Pandemic leaves Hong Kong’s ‘Ginza-style’ retail towers half empty as bars, restaurants struggle for survival

Landlords of Hong Kong’s “Ginza-style” high-rises are struggling to retain tenants as restaurants and bars – normally their bread and butter – battle to stay afloat during the pandemic.Four such buildings – typically found on narrow lots with one retail business on each floor reached directly by a lift – in the commercial districts of Mong Kok, Tsim Sha Tsui and Causeway Bay were largely empty when the Post visited on Tuesday.A total ban on evening dine-in services as part of government…

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