If it comes off, Tianjin’s Manhattan project will become the latest illustration of China’s build-it-and-they-will-come approach to development. Pudong -- the futuristic financial center that sprang up on Shanghai’s east bank in the 1990s -- also had its doubters. Occupancy rates in its central Lujiazui area are 97 percent and rents among the world’s priciest.
“A 7 percent growth rate, like China’s, means a lot of things that look strange today look less so tomorrow,” David Carbon, managing director at DBS Group Holdings Ltd. for economic and currency research, wrote in a report this month. “Roads always go nowhere when you build them. It’s what happens later that counts.”
Hines Buys Greater Osaka Orix Shed to Expand in Japan
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Hines has acquired a fully leased warehouse in Greater Osaka for an
undisclosed price, with the announcement coming less than two weeks after
the US deve...
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