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Hongkong Vs Surabaya

What is so special about Surabaya to us GNFI? It’s the city of heroes, for sure, and it’s where i am now. Now I post most of GNFI articles from this city, updating status on GNFI twitter (@GNFI) from here. After Jogja, Phnom Penh, now Surabaya.

But hey…i just knew that Surabaya is World’s cheapest city to rent office space, while HongKong ( i dunno why it’s never been my favourite city) is the most expensive one.

“The average price of office property per workstation rose by almost a third from a year earlier in Hong Kong to $22,330, surpassing the 2009 leader, London’s West End, the report said. The soaring cost of property in Hong Kong has become a major cause of complaint for the southern Chinese city’s seven million residents.

Hongkong

Worries about a property bubble have prompted officials to announce a series of measures to cool the market, including boosting land supply, new stamp duties to keep out speculators and tightening mortgage lending.

Last year, a 79th floor office unit in The Center — a downtown skyscraper owned by Hong Kong’s richest man, Li Ka-shing — sold for HK$338 million ($44 million), or about HK$25,580 a square foot.

Office costs in the city’s prime districts rose 31 percent year-on-year from $16,970 in 2009, outstripping the rest of the Asia-Pacific region and the world amid strong demand and limited supply, the report said.

Average workstation costs in London’s West End were $20,160 a year, while Geneva came in third at $18,840, Tokyo fourth at $17,400 and Zurich fifth at $16,700.

Surabaya in Indonesia was the cheapest place to rent last year, while the Chinese cities of Shenyang, Qingdao and Dalian were also among the least expensive places surveyed.

New offices are being built in Surabaya

Looking ahead, DTZ said global average occupancy costs would increase 2.5 percent annually, with the strongest growth in the Asia-Pacific, at 3.7 percent. It forecast Hong Kong office prices to jump to $31,520 by 2015.

The survey includes within occupancy costs rent, maintenance costs and property tax. Total occupancy cost per workstation is defined as the price of an office unit divided by the number of occupants.

The survey compared office rents in 121 business districts across 47 territories around the globe. (Kompas.com)”

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