统计指，今年10月商厦租务及租用楼面，均较去年同期大升。

有本港代理行资料显示，10月商厦市场录得约526宗租赁成交，按月及按年分别上升约17.9%及约26.4%；而涉及租用面积约156万平方呎，较9月的约108万平方呎大增约44%，按年对比更增约5成，反映整体商厦吸纳情况理想，企业扩充楼面态度亦转趋积极。月内市场录得较为瞩目的大手租务成交，如金管局以呎租约58元承租西九龙柯士甸道西1号环球贸易广场22楼、25楼及27楼共3层楼面，面积共约10.8万平方呎，涉及月租约626.4万元。

至于甲厦空置率方面，10月九龙区整体空置率录得13.48%，按月下跌0.51个百分点。东九龙区甲厦空置情况大幅改善，观塘录得约11.07%，按月下跌1.87个百分点，为今年度该区最低纪录；九龙湾亦同见改善，最新空置率录得约24.47%，按月跌1.14个百分点。而尖沙咀空置率最新录得8.51%，按月微升0.13百分点，按年同期比较则跌0.67个百分点。

港岛区空置率12.34%

至于港岛区，10月空置率整体录得12.34%，按月下降0.07个百分点，而与去年同期11.8%相比，则上升0.54个百分点，个别核心区则录有显著改善迹象，其中铜锣湾区10月录得空置率8.8%，按月及按年分别下跌0.49及0.53个百分点，而金鐘区仍为港岛区空置率最低区域，最新录得7.51%，按年改善幅度达2.09个百分点。

该行代理表示，受惠于息口下调和较早前股市走势强劲等利好因素，本地商业气氛回暖，令写字楼租赁个案有明显增加，而最新一份施政报告亦继续大力发展「总部经济」，吸引海内外公司来港设立总部或分部，相信相关政策可有效激活本地写字楼租赁市场，加上最新美联储局于11月再度减息，对整体营商环境而言有推动作用，相信租务市场会维持活跃，对后市抱审慎乐观态度。

(经济日报)

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外资代理行：5大商业区空置率降

据一间外资代理行报告指，10月5大商业区甲级写字楼空置率俱回落，整体市场租金按月下跌0.8%。

该行发表的香港地产市场报告中指出，整体甲级写字楼市场在10月见改善，5大商业区的空置率俱回落。10月底整体市场空置率下降至13.3%。其中湾仔/铜锣湾空置率下跌0. 4个百分点至低于10%，中环空置率同样下跌0. 4个百分点。

该行代理指，上月整体租赁市场有所改善，录得183,700平方呎净吸纳量。金融机构于写字楼租赁市场最活跃，开始见到来自私人财富管理公司及家族办公室的租赁需求。尽管经济仍具挑战，政府已积极对外推广以吸引高资产人士在港开设家族办公室，相信长远的租赁需求将会增加。

租金按月微跌

该行另一代理表示，尽管空置率有所改善，10月整体市场租金仍按月下跌0.8%。中环租金进一步下跌0.8%。湾仔/铜锣湾及港岛东的租金亦分别下跌了0.5%和1.1%。

(经济日报)

共享办公室 商厦逆市更灵活

整体商厦空置率高，有共享办公室营运商认为，因业务为企业提供灵活性，反而在逆市下受欢迎，并相信未来可与商厦业主合作及提供方案，加快提高出租率。

星星地产主席陈文辉于10年前，创立METRO WORKSPACE共享办公室，先后于中环、金鐘、葵涌等设立据点。陈文辉称，共享办公室的好处是签约较短，灵活度高，「当市况充满不明朗因素时，更造就共享办公室，因企业希望採取灵活方案，例如较短租约。」他提到，现时旗下7个办公点，整体出租率在9成以上，惟租金受整体市况影响，徘徊在较低水平。

与业主合作 缔双赢

面对目前商厦高空置情况，集团作出新部署，就是以该营运品牌，与业主合作管理楼面。首个合作位于黄竹坑「The Urban Woods」，星星地产资本市场董事总经理余湛铭指，两年前接手该厦全层楼面，「曾经是一个共享办公室营运商租用，停运后交回业主。接手后再作少许改动，并重新处理租务，1年内由零租客，变成出租率9成以上，属非常成功个案。」

他提到，新模式是与业主合作关係，替其招租，再向业主收取分成，「当然要与租务表现掛勾，业主随时可向我们终上合作。」他指，业主最初未必接受新模式，「觉得没有租金收入，但当交吉一段日子后，情况未有改善，便开始尝试与我们合作。」

他分析，对业主来说，拥多个好处，「一方面现时租金处低水平，若现以低租锁定3至5年租金，业主或会担心数年后租金会回升，若与我们合作，以较短期租约便具灵活性。」此外，品牌营运10年，曾合作机构达数千个，可提供方案并拥有平台，协助配对租客。

高才通带动 租务需求增

至于今年新查询的企业，METRO WORKSPACE经理陈歌嫚表示，自从政府的人才通、高才通等措施后，多了外来企业查询，例如来自内地，2至8人成立新公司，或曾于投资银行工作，现自立门户需要一个小办公室。她提到，现时黄竹坑项目提供28间房，出租率9成以上，每间房约5,000元起，租客不乏设计公司、金融行业等。在营运期间，喜见有企业不断扩充，「最成功例子，为最初2人公司，后来两度升级，至一间8人房，可见业务扩充。」

对于行业前景，陈文辉指共享空间扩充高峰期已过，甚至有大型品牌已离开市场，现时处于稳定期，「月租其实已没有下跌空间，大约在4千至5千元起便稳定下来，反映始终有基本需求。」

他认为，新工作模式未必人人需要返公司上班，但员工又未必希望在家工作，或会到住所附近的办公空间。至于香港整体营商气氛，他相信仍有待改善，但对香港基本条件仍有信心，「香港始终有低税优势，吸引高才通客户，想在港设立办公点。」

(经济日报)

赤柱玛利诺神父宿舍 建住宅

屋宇署9月共批出7份建筑图则，包括住宅及工商等项目，其中港岛及新界各佔3份，九龙则佔1份。

住宅项目方面，赤柱一级历史建筑赤柱村道44号玛利诺神父宿舍，于月内获准修订建筑图则，兴建1幢3层高 (建于1层地库停车场之上) 的分层住宅，总楼面约27,806平方呎。

前述项目继2021年获批加建住宅发展后，近期再向城规会申请放宽密度等限制，以翻新并扩建现有宿舍及加建1幢住宅等，将提供23伙，料于2028年12月落成。

至于商业项目，万国数据葵涌打砖坪街57至61号中央工业大厦获准重建1幢19层高 (另设2层地库) 的数据中心，总楼面约276,115平方呎。

另外，西营盘第三街15至19号项目获批建1幢3层高的商业项目，涉及总楼面面积约4,563平方呎。项目近年曾向城规会申请重建1幢27层高酒店。

而大埔下黄宜凹一幅政府用地获批建1幢3层高的安老院，总楼面面积涉约50,764平方呎。这项目申请人为可爱忠实之家 (HOLF)。

(经济日报)

Relaunched Tung Chung site draws strong interest

MTR Corporation (0066) received 33 expressions of interest for the relaunched Tung Chung East Station Phase 1 project, one more than a year ago.

Local developers including Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016), CK Asset (1113), Henderson Land Development (0012), Wheelock Properties, Chinachem, Emperor International (0163), Far East Consortium International (0035), K&K Property and Chun Wo Development were said to have submitted their expressions.

The target project has a gross floor area of 322,900 square feet for residential use, which is estimated to be able to offer about 600 units. The market valuations range from HK$320 million to HK$480 million.

MTRC cut the involved gross floor area by over 53 percent from when the project was first launched last year and removed the requirement to build a shopping mall.

In the first launch, MTRC received 32 expressions of interest but in the end withdrew the project with zero bids amid the sluggish property market.

The project near the Tung Chung East Station is the only one MTRC plan for this year.

MTRC property and international business director David Tang Chi-fai expects the property sector could support the project as the Tung Chung East would be a key community to Hong Kong and the company made many adjustments to the development plan.

Tang added that the home sales would start in three to four years, believing that market sentiment would much improve by then.

However, a surveyor noted that the response to the official tender may be cooler as the developers remain conservative given the high inventory of new homes and the lack of well-established infrastructure in the neighborhood.

Meanwhile, the Buildings Department approved only one residential construction plan in September, with the historical architecture Maryknoll House on Stanley Village Road in Stanley allowed to be redeveloped into a three-story flatted house, in addition to six other commercial and industrial plans.

The number of Hong Kong residential property rental deals was 70 percent higher than purchasing transactions in the first nine months, driven by the strong demand of new arrivals including mainlanders, according to a local property agency.

In Happy Valley, Chevalier International (0025) and the Hong Kong-Macao Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will launch a residential project Ventria Residence for the elderly officially on November 26.

(The Standard)

TST fourth in priciest street list

Tsim Sha Tsui ranked fourth in the world for most expensive shopping street and continues to top the Asia-Pacific ranking as the most expensive retail destination in the region, according to an international property agency's 2024 Main Streets report, which focuses on headline rents in 138 best-in-class urban retail locations across the globe.

A European street took top spot for the first time with store rents in Via Montenapoleone in Milan rising by nearly a third over the past two years to US$2,047 (HK$15,966) per square foot.

Upper 5th Avenue in New York City was dethroned this year, sliding into second with rents at US$2,000 per sq ft.

London's New Bond Street leapfrogged Hong Kong's Tsim Sha Tsui to take third, despite the latter's positive rental growth. Yearly rents for Tsim Sha Tsui main street shops advanced by 7 percent year-on-year to an average of US$1,607 per sq ft.

But rents in New Bond Street surged by 13 percent year-on-year to US$1,762 per sq ft.

Causeway Bay and Central ranked second and seventh in the Asia Pacific rankings with yearly rents at US$1,430 and US$721 per sq ft respectively. Central moved up one spot from a year earlier, beating Shinjuku in Tokyo.

Russell Street in Causeway Bay once topped the list in the second quarter of 2018 with a yearly rent of US$2,671 per sq ft.

Rents across the 138 locations are now on average nearly 6 percent above pre-pandemic levels.

Rents in the four core districts in the city - Tsim Sha Tsui, Central, Causeway Bay and Mong Kok - bottomed out in 2023 and remained within the single-digit growth range of between 3 and 6 percent year-to-date as of the third quarter, according to an agent.