As long as China remains a revolving dictatorship, enriched citizens will continue to shove money out the door, just in case the proletariat revolts. A cynical take on why Guangdong soy sauce conglomerate, Lee Kum Kee, last month paid £37 mln (€44 mln) for a 75,000 sq ft (7,000 m2) office block in London Docklands – even though they intend to occupy only one of the 10 floors.
Morgan Stanley spin-off, Proprium, made a 20-times multiple on its €65 mln equity investment in 2007 in Motel One.
