Industrial space is showing the same rent rise and space decline.
The proposed rent rise was no bigger than those of other local district councils, he said.
Council tenants also face a 60% rent rise.
What began as a march to the chSteau, to protest Pierre's rent rise, rapidly got out of hand.
Its the social rent rise that I think is the real demon in the detail.
Private financiers will, of course, require a return on their investment, and this will almost inevitably mean rent rises.
Scout groups say they may close after council landlords demand rent rises of up to 3,000%.
They say they now plan to negotiate rent rises.
Jose Rivera, who has sold milk, eggs and other dairy items in the market for 15 years, said that "everyone's concerned" about rent rises.
Luz Rivera, whose husband cooks in a local restaurant, saw her rent rise to $1,540 and says she has "nowhere else to go."