Real estate developers are under pressure in China to
refurbish older properties for rental purposes to ease a supply shortage in the market for affordable housing, says Peter Churchouse of Portwood Capital.
It is bad enough that they are in sight of fresh water and have access to canals, railroads and highway infrastructure galore; a new British study, «New Tricks With
Old Bricks» (PDF), says reusing and
refurbishing existing and empty
properties could actually save more carbon dioxide than constructing new ones.