Recently Taikoo Shing has renovated the old foodcourt into some new restaurants and snack bars. A medium-size salad costs more than $60 and a mini-size costs $45. There was a middle aged woman (50+) buying the medium-size one when I passed by. Unless Swire has not done enough market research, otherwise, I would say the local consuming power is still strong and many people are still willing to spend. The mall had a promotion earlier on, giving out a bottle of free tailor-made nutella after a spending of $1500+, and the event was well received, all nutella were claimed before deadline.
動權在買家，所以，他是在上方，但我見過不少買家，本來已經接受業主開價，只要他簽名確認，交易便完成，但唔知點解，他們改動合約內容，有時並不是降低成交價，而是稍為延長成交日期，或者要求少付訂金，甚至咬文嚼字，稍為改動合約的文字表達方式，他們不知道，改動之後，他們的位置亦出現了變化，從上方變成下方，喪失了主動權，所以，一般成功物業投資者，是不會在合約上作出細微改動，無謂將自己從上方變成下方。