Christchurch rents to skyrocket
Graham Matthews, a director at Hampton Jones Property Consultancy and a former consultant for the body overseeing the rebuild, Cera, said the city previously had a range of tenants and commercial properties for lease - banks in A-grade buildings through to niche retailers in D-grade buildings with lower rents - but when starting a city centre from scratch, those cheaper buildings would not be present.
He and Colliers’ spokesman Alan McMahon estimated that rents would increase from $300 per sq m a year in 2010 to $400.
A survey of businesses by Recover Canterbury found it was a key concern. "We're worried about it," operations manager Bridget Frame told the Herald on Sunday. "We've lost that cheap, old building stock."
Matthews suggested businesses could get around the problem by using their space more efficiently
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