Article: Bargain car parks.

Aug 29, 2001 (The Courier-Mail

ABIX via COMTEX) -- Brisbane's property boom has yet to extend to car parks. In Sydney and Melbourne, individual car parking spaces have become hot property, with prime city spaces now commanding up to $A70,000 in Melbourne and up to $A100,000 in Sydney. In contrast, prime Brisbane spaces only average about $A23,000. Spaces at the Festival Car Park in the city's CBD, which was recently acquired by Westpac Banking's Investa Property Group, work out to about $A28,871 per car park. Australian prices are still far short of prices in some Asian cities, with a Hong Kong car parking space recently selling for $A800,000.

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