The group will take occupy 7,188 sq ft on the ground and third floors at 2 Russell Street in Causeway Bay

By opening on a retail street, the firm wished ‘for a form of visibility and not to create a hospital-like atmosphere’, chairman and CEO says

Germany-based and Hong Kong-listed EuroEyes International Eye Clinic is set to open its first store in the city, taking over the space occupied by Prada in one of the world’s costliest retail strips, to tap booming demand as the city’s economy recovers in the post-Covid-19 era.

The group will take over the ground and third floors at 2 Russell Street in Causeway Bay. The combined floor space spans 7,188 sq ft (667.8 square metres).

Prada’s Hong Kong flagship store occupied 15,000 sq ft across three storeys, for which the luxury brand paid HK$9 million (US$1.1 million) in monthly rent at its peak. It shut its doors after its lease expired in 2020.

“We got a good discount in contrast to Prada,” Jorn Slot Jorgensen, chairman and CEO of EuroEyes, said at a lease signing ceremony on Thursday. Early Bright Group, which is owned by billionaire Francis Choi Chee-ming, is EuroEyes’ landlord.

“It’s quite new that a clinic will go into a retail street … We are trying not to hide on the 26th floor, but we wish for a form of visibility and not to create a hospital-like atmosphere,” Jorgensen said. He declined to disclose how much the group will be forking out in monthly rent for the clinic, which includes 2,000 sq ft of space on the ground floor and 5,188 sq ft on the third floor.

“We took the chance, as we think it’s a good time right now,” Jørgensen said. “I would never have got such a location three years ago. It would not have been within our budget.”

The space on Russell Street, frequently ranked as the world’s most expensive retail street by rental values, will see the group bringing its laser eye and lens surgery services to Hongkongers and tourists from mainland China.

With tourism rebounding in Hong Kong since the start of this year, a real estate consultancy said it expected the return of tourists to boost consumption and inject new momentum into the city’s retail market, according to a report released on Thursday.

Mainland tourists have made up 80 per cent of all visitors to Hong Kong since China’s borders reopened, similar to pre-pandemic levels. “Mainland Chinese tourists’ changing spending habits will trigger stronger demand for necessities and healthcare goods like medicine, cosmetics and beauty products … Recent months have seen retailers start to re-establish their presence on high streets in core districts,” the report said.

EuroEyes listed in Hong Kong in 2019. It established its first clinic in Shanghai in 2012 and now operates in seven Chinese cities. Its China operations accounted for 16 per cent of the group’s total revenue in 2022.

Despite the pandemic, which caused the group’s sales in China to fall by more than 30 per cent last year, Jørgensen remains optimistic about the demand for eye surgery in the region, as vast proportions of the population struggle with myopia or presbyopia.

“The mood of patients has also changed,” he said. “People want to invest in themselves and invest in healthcare. We are very confident in China right now.”

(South China Morning Post)

Chinese tycoon Chen Hongtian has Hong Kong property that includes Peak house seized by lenders

The 9,212 sq ft property at 15 Gough Hill Road was seized this month by receivers appointed by Bank of East Asia

Opus Hong Kong apartment is taken over by receivers on behalf of Bank of Communications

Chen Hongtian, a low-profile mainland Chinese tycoon, who was the talk of the town in Hong Kong for purchasing a house on The Peak for a record price almost seven years ago, has had at least three of his assets worth a total of about HK$7 billion (US$891.7 million) at time of purchase seized by lenders.

The house, a 9,212 sq ft property at 15 Gough Hill Road, was seized this month by receivers appointed by Bank of East Asia (BEA), according to government records. Chen bought it through Lambda Industrial – a firm he owns with two others, one of whom is believed to be his wife – for a record HK$2.1 billion in 2016. It was mortgaged twice with BEA in the first half of 2019.

BEA appointed Deloitte China partners Derek Lai Kar-yan and Ivan Chan Man-hoi as receivers and managers earlier this month, according to sources. In a receivership, the receiver will act primarily in the interest of the creditor who appoints them. This often results in the company being liquidated or dissolved, and may mean that other creditors are not repaid. “We are looking for a buyer for the Gough Hill Road property,” Lai said.

Lambda Industrial was renamed Chateau 15 Investments. Other directors of the company are Chen Yao Li Ni and Vincent Chen Peng Yu. Yao Li Ni is Chen’s wife, according to Dow Jones’ risk and compliance database.

In an interview with the Post in June 2016, Chen said he bought 15 Gough Hill Road because an apartment he bought in September 2015 for HK$387 million in Opus Hong Kong in eastern Mid-Levels was “too tiny”. The fifth-floor luxury apartment has also been taken over by receivers, said Deloitte’s Lai.

Lai and Chan were appointed as receivers of the Opus Hong Kong property, which Chen bought with Yao Li Ni, by Bank of Communications in February this year. The apartment was mortgaged to the bank in August 2019. The receivers are in the process of reviewing the Opus apartment, Lai said.

Chen lost control of other assets in the city, including commercial buildings Towers A and B of Cheung Kei Center in Hung Hom. The buildings, previously called One Harbourgate, were bought by Chen through Cheung Kei Center Limited for HK$4.5 billion in December 2016. The other directors of this company are Yao Li Ni and Vincent Chen Peng Yu as well.

They were mortgaged with Hang Seng Bank in May 2019. The bank appointed Christopher So Man-chun and Victor Jong Yat-kit of PwC Hong Kong to take over the buildings this month.

Chen had a fortune of 30 billion yuan ranking him 172nd among China’s richest in Hurun Report 2022, the same ranking as Hui Ka-yan, chairman of embattled developer China Evergrande Group. He once said that investors would shift their money out of Hong Kong if “localism” continued to spread.

Chinese tycoons are a major source of demand for luxury homes in Hong Kong. Agents said the seizure of Chen’s properties did not reflect a decline in their desire for Hong Kong property.

The seizures are “isolated incidents”, a property agent said. “Many of my clients are still interested in these [distressed luxury Hong Kong] properties.”

(South China Morning Post)

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Kai Tak site named

The Site 2 Development in Kai Tak Area 4C has been officially named as The Knightsbridge.

The residential project at 22 Shing Fung Road offers 566 flats and is being jointly developed by Henderson Land (0012), China Overseas Land & Investment (0688), New World Development (0017), Wheelock Properties, Chinachem and Empire Group.

The project's sales brochure will be uploaded after the Easter holidays, and about 70 percent of the flats will be sold by tender.

It comprises seven towers and one low-rise building, offering 566 one, three and four-bedroom apartments ranging in size from 351 to 1,942 square feet.

In the luxury market, Wheelock will launch five houses at No 1 Plantation Road on The Peak in the third or fourth quarter. Each will have an area of about 5,000 to 6,000 sq ft.

And Villa Lucca, a luxury development in Tai Po and jointly developed by Hysan Development (0014) and HKR International (0480), has sold 18 units for a total of HK$460 million.

The developers have also unveiled show units for the detached homes.

In other news, Chinachem chief executive Donald Choi Wun-hing maintained the company's forecast that home prices will rise 10 percent in Hong Kong this year, but will take time to recover to the 2018 level.

(The Standard)

德視佳國際眼科承租羅素街巨鋪 創始人約根森：捕捉本地客及遊客

視力矯正服務供應商德視佳國際眼科，向「玩具大王」蔡志明承租銅鑼灣羅素街 2000廣場其中一個複式巨鋪，德視佳創始人董事長兼首席執行官約根森 (Jrn Slot Jrgensen) 表示，看中該地段客戶多元化，可捕捉本地客兼內地客。

約根森表示，早於2019年10月已計畫進軍香港，惟2020年初本港爆疫，直至數月前有見政府部署通關，集團重啟計畫。

棄中環選址銅鑼灣

他續說，香港是充滿活力的市場，他們首先看過中環許多據點，最終鎖定羅素街巨鋪，人流更多，旗艦診所落戶銅鑼灣黃金地段 2000廣場，同時可捕捉本地人及內地客。

「香港人口密集，羅素街更是高端消費地段，在此設據點，有如豎立一隻大耳朵，廣泛收集及傳送訊息，達到最佳廣告效力。」他形容。

旭日國際集團地產部總經理周兆輝表示，很高興德視佳進駐充滿活力的香港，承租黃金地段巨鋪，兩地通關後，旅遊區人流大增，對前景感到樂觀。

旭日周兆輝：對前景感樂觀

約根森預期，顧客以港人主導，比例佔80%，另20%內地客，羅素街內地客聚集，消費購物外，更可以順道做眼科檢查，然後回內地旗下診所做手術。德視佳早於2012年進軍內地，首個據點在上海，目前共8個據點，分布北京，杭州 深圳，廣州及四川。

預期港人顧客佔80%

成立於1993年，總部設在德國，在丹麥、內地及英國經營眼科診所網絡，約根森補充說，月前來到香港，發現街上人流增加了，令他對整個計畫充滿信心，相比外地經歷戰爭，經濟衰退，在這里做生意令人更具信心。

涉及樓面7188方呎

德視佳承租羅素街2至4號 2000廣場其中一個地鋪，面積約2000方呎，連同樓上3樓面積約5188方呎，合共7188方呎，平均呎租139元。市場消息透露，租期為三年梗約和三年生約。

羅素街是高端消費地段，在此設據點，有如豎立一隻大耳朵，廣泛收集及傳送訊息，廣告效力最佳。

(星島日報)

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鄧成波家族放售深水埗商住樓

鄧成波家族放售深水埗明輝大廈全幢商住樓，市場人士估計市值約1.8億。

估值約1.8億

有代理表示，深水埗欽州街56號明輝大廈全幢商住樓，樓高14層，位處大南街單邊，於2001年落成，地下及1樓為零售商鋪，門闊達75呎，2樓至13樓則提供24個住宅，按現狀連租約出售。

代理續說，由該物業步行至深水埗港鐵站僅需3分鐘，約10分鐘可到達南昌港鐵站，除了西九龍中心、黃金電腦商場和V Walk等完善商場設施外，區內正經歷重大變化，周邊有新崛起特色商店、精品咖啡店和餐廳等。該物業鄰近多個大型重建項目，包括新世界發展、萬科和百利保等發展商主導的住宅項目，市建局亦快將於深水埗進行地區研究，推動重建工作，料吸引學生及上班族租用。

(星島日報)

藥房奢侈品重返核心區 外資代理行：帶動鋪市升溫

有外資代理行發表最新研究報告指，自年初以來，入境旅客數字穩步上升，大部分來自內地，帶動零售市況，藥房奢侈品回歸核心區，帶動鋪市升溫。

報告指出，內地客疫情前在港旅遊消費佔零售額約30%，預計以旅客主導的零售行業得到提振，今年3月19日至25日間，旅客入境顯著增加，每日達到86600人次，相當於2019年上半年日均值的45%。當中，81%的入境旅客來自內地。

81%旅客來自內地

該行代理表示，隨着中港通關後，香港繼續成為內地客首選旅遊目的地，儘管過往數年市場出現不少利淡因素，但本地消費力卻持續，足以證明其穩定性，內地旅客回流將推動零售市場進一步增長，特別奢侈品牌、藥妝及美容等，紛重返核心區街道。該行預計，這些行業在核心區比例或從現時約15%水平，增至疫情前的25%水平。

鋪位空置率減少

該行另一代理表示，電子消費券帶動本地需求，港人及旅客外出用餐增加，為零售商提供良機，透過增設實體店把握機遇。現時，主要購物區及核心區街鋪租金較2019年中期高峰低約40%，加上空置率減少及租賃需求增加，未來12至24個月租賃成本將攀升。除了傳統核心區，零售商亦可考慮其他遊客熱點，例如西九龍、維港兩岸的海濱長廊及新興商業區。

(星島日報)

通關後甲廈市況向好 料量增價穩

通關後整體甲廈買賣及租務氣氛稍轉好，業界預計今年甲廈買賣量勢增加，而價格則因供應多，僅平穩發展。

據一間本地代理行統計，3月份 (數字主要反映2月市況) 十大指標甲廈乏成交，惟踏入月中，甲廈買賣開始出現，料下月數字將較理想。

美國銀行中心高層 5000萬沽

近2星期指標甲廈錄得買賣，資料顯示，金鐘遠東金融中心2302室，面積約2,282平方呎，以約7,189萬元易手，呎價約3.1萬元，買家料為用家。按成交呎價計，已較高峰期同類單位下跌約4成。據悉，原業主為投資者，於2016年底以約8,717萬元購入單位，如今持貨7年沽出，蝕約1,528萬元離場，蝕幅約18%。

另外，消息指出，美國銀行中心高層03室，面積約1,303平方呎，以約5,000萬元成交，呎價高見約3.84萬元。原業主於2006年以約1,250萬元購入單位，持貨17年轉手，獲利約3,750萬元，升值約3倍。

長沙灣甲廈新盤單位 2.41億易手

除了指標商廈外，一手商廈表理亦理想，資本策略 (00497) 旗下威靈頓街92號 92 Wellington 近期開售，並錄4宗買賣，包括物業9樓全層，面積約2,941平方呎，以約6,600萬元易手，呎價約2.2萬元。另外，長沙灣全新甲廈，荔枝角道888號南商金融創新中心高層單位連車位，以2.522億元易手，涉及7樓約半層樓面連5個車位，其中寫字樓部分面積約15,263平方呎，涉資約2.41億元，呎價約1.58萬元，另外5個車位每個作價約220萬元。據悉，新買家為「毛紡大王」曹光彪家族成員，該家族去年以約8.5億元，沽出同區持有多年的永新工業大廈全幢。

有代理表示，自從通關後，商務活動增加，用家及投資者睇樓活動同步上升，現階段即使成交未出現大增，整體氣氛已明顯轉好。該代理指，近日已錄指標甲廈成交，呎價方面，已較高峰期回落。後市上，該代理相信隨着商務復常，今年甲廈買賣成交量肯定較去年理想，而造價方面，該代理則指由於目前空置率仍較高，加上個別地區新供應多，甲廈呎價料不會大幅反彈，相比之下，由於核心區空置樓面始終較少，造價料較理想。

(經濟日報)

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牛頭角警署地研商用 估值約36億

測量師：樓面料逾120萬呎 應有序推地

政府增東九龍商業樓面供應，近年遷出的牛頭角警署將會研究作商業用途，估計有潛力提供逾120萬平方呎商業樓面，不過近期商業地價低迷，地價估值約36億元。有測量師認為，應慢慢有秩序增供應，毋須過急。

前牛頭角警署及前東九龍行動基地等警務設施，位於九龍灣兆業街，比鄰德福花園、恒生中心及港鐵總部，政府在2020年已經陸續將警署等搬遷至位於啟德協調道105號的新警署。

據悉，當局一直有意研究警署在騰出之後的土地用途，其中一個方向則是研究作商業。若果以前牛頭角警署連同周邊的東九龍行動大樓及靶場計算，整個地盤佔地將會逾10萬平方呎，現時為「政府、機構或社區」規劃用途。按照現時九龍灣一帶商業用途，普遍地積比率達12倍計算，將可提供逾120萬平方呎商業樓面，具體方案則相信有待當局最終研究結果為準。

近九龍灣站 可打造甲廈

由於兆業街項目位置鄰近九龍灣港鐵站，而且地盤面積較大，亦較有潛力打造成甲級商廈。不過，有測量師認為，現時商廈樓面供應較多、價低迷，即使是早前旺角洗衣街商業地每呎地價亦只是3,000多元，認為上述地皮的地價亦最多只有約3,000元，地皮估值約36億元。

同時，該測量師認為，在現時市況下商住用途或較為合適，地積比率較低，但會較受市場歡迎。而若果維持作商業方向，則認為毋須太急推出，應慢慢有秩序推出。

(經濟日報)