Beirut’s Ghost Apartments Are Haunting the Economy

Beirut’s Ghost Apartments Are Haunting the Economy
The skyline of Beirut's Ashrafiyeh neighborhood reflects in the window of an apartment on Oct. 5, 2015. Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images
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The ghost apartments of Beirut are haunting the economy.

Permanently-drawn curtains on the city’s empty luxury high-rises and dust gathering over shuttered storefronts in the Beirut Souks mall offer a glimpse of the economic gloom gathering over one of the world’s most indebted countries.