Chang says resilience of Digicel building factored into NaRRA rental cost

READ: NaRRA signs $115m per year lease for new headquarters at Digicel Building "The reason that building cost so much, it's one of the few resilient buildings in Kingston. All the other high rise buildings in Kingston are sick buildings," he explained. Chang was speaking at the launch of the Caribbean Policy Research Institute's (CAPRI) latest report, which examines the impact of Hurricane Melissa, in Montego Bay on Wednesday, when he provided insight into how the rental cost was determined.

"I'm in one, the staff get sick everyday, they have improper air conditioning unit. The Digicel building is a new building, their rates of rental is higher than normal but everybody making a noise about it," he lamented. The proposed arrangement, however, drew swift backlash, with members of the public, the Opposition and others criticising what they viewed as the high rental costs. Following the criticism, the Government announced that it would scale down the arrangement, potentially by reducing the amount of office space by half. Chang argued that more effort should have been made to obtain information before the controversy escalated.…