KINIBIZ Over the years, Tiger has had to come to terms with the ever decreasing size of its territory with trees chopped down to make way for a very different jungle of steel and glass.

Certain areas such as the wonderful Kuala Lumpur had been surrendered long ago to the construction of a modern, shiny metropolis. These jungles are eminently suitable for the many corporations, local and international which were supposed to fill its halls.

But over the past few months, Tiger has been hearing worrying rumours about an oversupply of office space in KL. Could it be that Tiger and his jungle companions have given the development hungry humans too much of a free hand to build and build?

NONE Looking around KL, Tiger cannot help but feel the answer to that question might be yes. After sniffing around, Tiger found that while some buildings such as the iconic Petronas Twin Towers were fully or almost fully occupied, others had worryingly low occupancy rates.

Real estate and property insiders say yes, too. These experts, while stopping short of calling it a glut, have gone with the slightly amusing term ‘overhang'. Not an expert herself, Tiger will have to accept that it is the best way to describe the situation.

A little more digging shows that the problem buildings appear to be the older ones, which were losing their tenants to the flashier, newer ones that kept sprouting up. The reasoning on the part of the tenants was simple, the newer buildings are modern and more suitable for the running of business... they are a sight more appealing too.

Some might say that this is fair enough, but Tiger asks what happens to all the empty buildings and points out the city is already pretty darn congested. It seems that nowadays every little piece of empty space or plot of land is seized upon, making a nice green area to laze or play about as rare as Tiger!

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This article was written by Stephanie Jacob.