Chapter 227: New York Business District

"Boss, Stewart rejected our acquisition."

When Van Daze held a family meeting, Kony brought some bad news to Liang Yao.

Stewart opened the first shopping mall in New York in 1848, and the Irish owner of the original Broadway Street textile store became one of New York's richest men.

Of course, before opening a shopping mall, Stewart had already merged hundreds of small shops, which gave him the ability to open a shopping mall.

"Give him a chance and he won't hit."

Liang Yao was also helpless. Since he couldn't cooperate, he could only become a competitor.

Liang Yao placed a map of the New York City area on his walnut desk and unfolded it. His eyes fell on the intersection of West 42nd Street and Broadway Avenue in Manhattan on the map.

This place has a name that is familiar to people all over the world in later generations: Times Square, New York.

"You want to buy land in New York? Do you also want to be a real estate tycoon?"

Kony speculated on Liang Yao's thoughts.

"To build a shopping mall, you need land. Doesn't this land belong to Backhouse?"

Liang Yao took out a pencil from the pen holder on the desktop and drew a circle at the junction of West 42nd Street and Broadway Avenue in Hatton District, where he planned to acquire a piece of land to build a New York business district.

Even if the Van Daze family fails to cooperate with him in the end, he will still build New York's business district and turn this place into New York's city card.

This is not because he wants to contribute to the urban construction of New York, but to earn dollars in the pockets of the New York people.

The huge pie in the retail market is very big and too tempting.

"You are right, this piece of land belongs to Backhouse, and it is one of the lands that Backhouse is most interested in." Coney said with a smile, "Backhouse once said that in the near future, this land will become the home of the entire New York City. , even the commercial center of the world.

Of course, there was a lot of bragging involved. The land that Backhouse and Astor valued most was Fifth Avenue between 48th Street and 57th Street in New York. They would definitely not sell this land.

However, for the area drawn on your map, Backhouse is still willing to sell it as long as the price can impress him. "

"Then he really has a sharp gaze." Liang Yao sighed.

These wealthy people in the United States are all very knowledgeable in their professional fields.

The retail rents on Fifth Avenue between 48th Street and 57th Street in New York City were among the highest in the world in later generations.

"Do you also think this piece of land has potential for appreciation?" Coney looked at the circle drawn by Liang Yao on the map of New York City.

Not only does it have great potential, but as long as New York does not weaken and holds this piece of land, future generations can live a happy life collecting rent.

In later generations, half of the ten commercial streets with the most expensive shop rents in the world were in New York. Even when Japan's real estate bubble was at its worst, Tokyo could not shake the status of New York's business district.

After Japan’s real estate bubble burst, only Ginza, Tokyo, barely made it into the top ten.

Astor was fond of real estate, and it makes sense for his descendants to be deeply involved in the real estate industry.

"How many dollars will it cost to acquire this piece of land?" Liang Yao asked Kony.

Coney grew up in New York, and even if he doesn't know the specific low prices in Manhattan, he at least has a general understanding.

"I don't know the specific low price of the circle you drew, but the price of land in Manhattan's business district will not be less than 200,000 US dollars per acre."

An acre of land costs US$200,000, which is indeed a sky-high price. Liang Yao bought a 50-acre piece of land along the Hudson River in the suburbs of New York to build a manor for less than US$100,000. The price per acre is The price is less than $2,000.

"So expensive?"

Although he was mentally prepared, Liang Yao was still a little surprised after hearing the price. Land prices in New York are already so high in this era.

"It wasn't so expensive originally. It was all thanks to the Astor family." Coney said with a smile. "Before Astor entered New York real estate, although land in Manhattan was expensive, the unit price per acre would not exceed US$100,000. , the land prices in New York were not so exaggerated at that time.”

“How many deposits has Bank of America taken?”

The New York branch of Bank of America has been open for more than a month. Liang Yao wants to know how much deposits the New York branch has absorbed over the past month.

"Thanks to your good reputation and high reputation, New Yorkers have great confidence in your bank, which has attracted more than 2 million US dollars in deposits in more than a month." Kony thought for a while and said.

Bank of America has already attracted US$2 million in deposits. It seems that if you grit your teeth, you can still buy a piece of land in Manhattan's business district.

In the evening, Fan Daze brought news to Liang Yao. He persuaded other family members to cooperate with Liang Yao at the family meeting.

This is good news for Liang Yao.

With the Van Daze family’s resource channels in the industry and the credibility accumulated by three generations of the Van Daze family in New York, it will become much easier to build New York shopping malls and create New York business districts.

"It's still early, let's go to the New York shopping mall. Stewart rejected my offer of an olive branch. We are going to open a shopping mall in New York, and Stewart will be our biggest rival."

Liang Yao put away the map on his walnut desk and said that he had asked Coney to inspect Stewart's shopping mall, but he had not yet seen New York's first large shopping mall with his own eyes.

He had not seen the extent to which Stuart had developed the shopping mall, and he was also full of curiosity about Stuart's shopping mall.

"You want to go shopping? I want to go too."

Yin Lisa Bai heard that Liang Yao was going to go shopping and said excitedly.

"Let's go."

Liang Yao agreed, asked the servant to prepare the carriage, and then drove to Stuart's shopping mall.

Stuart's shopping mall is located on Fifth Avenue between 48th Street and 57th Street in New York, which is one of the most prosperous areas in New York.

Of course, the rent is also the most expensive. According to the information Liang Yao learned, Stuart originally planned to buy a small piece of land from Buckhouse.

Unfortunately, Stuart's offer failed to impress Buckhouse, and Buckhouse himself did not want to sell the land, so Stuart had to give up in the end. He could only settle for the second best and rent a piece of land from Buckhouse and build the first large shopping mall in America on the land.

"This shopping mall is really big."

After arriving at Fifth Avenue between 48th and 57th Streets in New York, Fan Daze couldn't help but sigh at the luxurious building decorated with marble in front of him.

This brand new shopping mall looks even more luxurious than the City Hall in New York City.

Competing with such an opponent made Fan Daze feel a little scared.

Yin Lisa Bai was obviously not here for the first time, and she was no stranger to shopping malls.

"Have you seen a shopping mall bigger than Stuart Shopping Mall before?"

Connie looked at Liang Yao with a calm face and asked curiously.

"I have seen it."

Liang Yao said calmly.

The Stuart Shopping Mall in front of him, although it looked very magnificent to the natives like Fan Daze and Connie.

But in Liang Yao's eyes, this shopping mall was not as good as the shopping malls in some counties in the Pearl River Delta in later generations.

Of course, it is unfair to compare the modern shopping mall 171 years later with the shopping mall in 1851.

In the mid-19th century, it was already remarkable to invent the business model of urban shopping malls.

The model of Stuart's shopping mall in New York was later learned and borrowed by major cities around the world.

"It turns out that the Qing Dynasty's trade is so developed." Connie couldn't help but sigh, "No wonder you are so calm, it turns out that you are well-informed. When I first saw this mall, I was shocked and speechless."

Liang Yao just smiled and said no more.