{"id":54149,"date":"2017-05-09T13:03:27","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T06:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/opinion-is-a-kowloon-east-cbd-for-real-or-just-a-planners-dream\/"},"modified":"2017-05-09T13:23:08","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T06:23:08","slug":"opinion-is-a-kowloon-east-cbd-for-real-or-just-a-planners-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/opinion-is-a-kowloon-east-cbd-for-real-or-just-a-planners-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: Is a Kowloon East CBD for real or just a planner\u2019s dream?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe new HKSAR administration may offer new directions for Hong Kong, but we will have to wait and see. Being a veteran of the commercial leasing sector, forgive me for having my own expectations (if not high) for the commercial property market.
\nThe idea of Kowloon East becoming a CBD2 is definitely not something new, but will this idea be realised or is it just a planner\u2019s pipe dream?
\nThe long-term severe shortage of commercial space in traditional core business districts has been pushing…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…Opinion: Is a Kowloon East CBD for real or just a planner\u2019s dream?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The new HKSAR administration may offer new directions for Hong Kong, but we will have...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-e5n","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":91212,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/demand-grows-for-offices-in-hong-kongs-second-cbd-kowloon-east\/","url_meta":{"origin":54149,"position":0},"title":"Demand grows for offices in Hong Kong\u2019s \u2018second CBD\u2019: Kowloon East","date":"June 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Two years ago, the commercial real estate market was seriously concerned by the wave of new supply about to hit Kowloon East. 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