China’s Slumping Commercial Property Market Is Attracting Bargain Hunters

  • Office prices have been hurt by slow economy, oversupply
  • ‘We’ve come to a buyer’s market,’ Colliers manager says

Pedestrians walk along a bridge pass buildings in Pudong's Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai, China.

Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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China’s battered commercial real estate market is expected to attract more bargain hunters this year after prices were crushed by a slowing economy and swelling supply.

That’s according to Colliers International Group Inc., which says prime office values tumbled about 30% from their pre-Covid high in some of the nation’s major cities.