Category: Financial District

Commercial Real Estate Faces Perfect Storm: The Demise of Downtown Office Buildings

Commentary In the mid-1970s I was a struggling business and economics student. I paid for my tuition and personal expenses with physically demanding summer and part-time jobs and some student debt. I dreamed of one day working on Canada’s version of Wall Street, which was located in Toronto at the corner of King and Bay…


New Property Records Reveal Beijing’s Buy-Up of London’s Financial District

Newly released records showing overseas ownership of UK property reveal, for the first time, China’s strengthening grip on London’s financial district. Documents released under Britain’s brand new register of overseas entities—and analysed by The Epoch Times—reveal how the Chinese regime has ploughed millions into commercial and residential properties in the affluent area using offshore companies….