The World’s Empty Office Buildings Have Become a Debt Time Bomb -
From San Francisco to Hong Kong, higher interest rates and falling property values are bringing the commercial real estate market to a perilous precipice.
Multiple illustration for the Bloomberg Businessweek Magazine.
Multiple illustration for the Bloomberg Businessweek Magazine.
Year: 2023
AD: Somnath Bhatt
AD: Somnath Bhatt
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