北京写字楼租金超纽约和东京

Beijing s persistent smog seems to have put a dent in the city s appeal to tourists. Last year, Beijing Youth Daily reported that the number of visitors to Beijing had fallen 50 percent in the first nine months of 2013, compared with a year earlier; the newspaper attributed the decline, at least in part, to the city s infamously bad air quality. Hiring managers in China also report greater difficulty (subscription required) attracting mid-career expats to Beijing, especially those with young children.
The blanket of toxic smog hasn t hurt Beijing s office market, which jumped up three notches on a global ranking by Cushman & Wakefield to become the fourth-most-expensive location to rent office space in the world. According to the real estate firm s “Office Space Around the World 2014” report, office space in Beijing s Central Business District costs on average 1,027 ($1,412) per square meter per year.
That s more expensive than No. 5-ranked central Tokyo ( 1,003; $1,380) or No. 6-ranked Madison & Fifth Avenues in New York ( Euros; $1,366). Cushman & Wakefield s rankings took into consideration both published rental rates and “additional costs,” which includes agent fees and other costs of doing business.
London (West End) remains the world s most expensive city in which to rent office space, with total costs running 2,122 ($2,919) per sq. m. annually. Hong Kong, home to the priciest office space in Asia, came in second globally ( 1,432; $1,970). Moscow ranked third ( 1,092; $1,502).
The cities included in the ranking that experienced the highest annual growth in office rental rates were both in South Africa: Rental rates in Durban s Central Business District spiked 40 percent, and rates in Sandton, the financial district of Johannesburg, rose 44 percent.