[eye30]

There are an estimated 600 million cars in the world, a figure that's rapidly growing, especially in China and other "emerging markets".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17271118

Interesting facts:

The world's first parking lot is believed to have been built in 1917 in Los Angeles by a young Italian immigrant, Andrew Pansini.

The following year the La Salle Hotel in Chicago built the first parking garage on multiple levels.

I'd like to go and see this one.  AlanHo - as it is near you have you seen it:

The Cube, an office and apartment development in Birmingham, opened in 2010 and has installed an automated parking system which allows cars to "park themselves

[Dazzler]

That Automated parking system sounds good.. I scraped my bumper on the Hybrid slightly in a very tight underground car park in Hobart a while back ..

[Ugly Mongrel]

There are an estimated 600 million cars in the world, a figure that's rapidly growing, especially in China and other "emerging markets".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17271118

Interesting facts:

The world's first parking lot is believed to have been built in 1917 in Los Angeles by a young Italian immigrant, Andrew Pansini.

The following year the La Salle Hotel in Chicago built the first parking garage on multiple levels.

I'd like to go and see this one.  AlanHo - as it is near you have you seen it:

The Cube, an office and apartment development in Birmingham, opened in 2010 and has installed an automated parking system which allows cars to "park themselves

eye30, you should have posted this in the "Did you know?" thread. Verry interesting.

[Doggie 1]

In all seriousness, I'd like to own a few central CBD parking bays, knowing what government departments pay for their lease each year.
$20-50,000 per bay isn't uncommon.