疫市下录瞩目大手成交，九龙湾国际展贸中心由亿京牵头财团体以一百零五亿元鲸吞，该集团主席余卓儿早于十九个月前，当政治事件所引发的动乱演得最激烈时「觅盘」，并锁定该项目，日前终于落实交易，计画重建地标甲厦，总投资额约二百亿。

本报昨日独家披露，九龙湾国际展贸中心全幢以一百零五亿易手，亿京集团主席余卓儿昨日向本报证实，日前就该项目签署正式买卖合约，作价一百零五亿元，以买公司形式承接物业，集团牵头佔有七成权益。

亿京佔七成 伙伴包括资策

他续说，项目佔地逾二十三万方呎，可塑性高，以现址总楼面逾一百七十七万方呎计算，呎价仅五千九百多元，令他感到满意！儘管项目可透过补地价，将地积比由目前的七倍提高至十二倍，重建总楼面可达二百九十万方呎，惟他们打算维持原有地积比，重建后总楼面将与现址一样！他解释说，有两个原因，建筑物密度较低，环境舒适，而且不用补地价，省时兼具效率。

他表示，东九龙甲厦供应多，目前商厦市况一般，他与合作伙伴有共识作「两手準备」，假若后市欠佳、卖楼拆售套现不容易，将作为长綫收租。根据初步计画，整个发展项目总投资额约二百亿，重建为综合式商场及写字楼，打造成为区内地标甲厦，其中一幢写字楼将规限作全幢形式出售，商场则由发展商保留长綫收租。余卓儿又说，他亦曾研究重建住宅，发现并非理想的选择，改规划及补地价需时，而且附近有多条天桥带来噪音，环境不合适。

发展共识作「两手準备」

余氏续指，港岛核心区难觅商厦地皮，即使九龙尖沙嘴亦缺乏新供应，惟有向观塘及九龙湾埋手。「惟观塘区併楼难度非常高，即使要找一幅面积三万方呎的地皮，也不容易！在发展商眼中，地皮够大才有气势，至少五万呎，才能剪裁打造地标项目！」

事实上，余卓儿早于二○一九年十月，当政治事件所引发的动乱演得最激烈时，吼中该幅佔地逾二十三万方呎的九龙湾国际展贸中心全幢，频向合和实业洽购，最初出价不足一百亿，直至日前落实以一百零五亿成交，足足历时十九个月，他笑言：「此时冇人吼，皆因项目规模庞大，而且，大家都将注意力投放在住宅市场。」际此期间，他研究项目发展潜力，并寻找伙伴参与，最终由亿京牵头，拍档包括有资本策略，至于早前市场一度盛传有份参与的信和，最终并没有参与。

最初出价不足一百亿

余卓儿证实亿京佔七成权益，惟他表示不方便透露拍档详情及所持份额。本报昨日亦联络资本策略，主席钟楚义回应：「集团佔很少份数，详情日后透露。」

九龙湾国际展贸中心地皮由合和及长实于一九八七年联手投得，各佔五成权益，随后合和买下长实权益，成为独资发展商，并于一九九五年落成。由于项目地皮本来属工业与展览用途，落成初期只作陈列室、展览场地及会议室，及于二零零五年初，合和向政府补地价二亿一百八十二万，将部分楼面转作零售与写字楼用途。

(星岛日报)

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星光行高层海景户意向价4269万

代理表示，尖沙咀星光行高层17至18室，面积约2189方呎，以约4269万元放售，呎价约1.95万元，将于7月交吉。

该行指出，是次放售单位属星光行罕有放盘，贴近电梯大堂，并靠近维港海旁的方向及享海景。单位更会连全写字楼装修出售，节省装修成本及时间，新买家可灵活作自用或投资用途。

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市建红磡庇利街项目招意向 建灝6.18亿夺橡树街重建地盘

市区重建局 (下称市建局) 近年啟动多个重建项目，陆续进入可推出招标的收成期。其中于上月接获14份标书的大角咀橡树街/埃华街重建项目 (下称橡树街项目)，由首度夺得市建局项目的建灝地产以约6.18亿元中标，作价符合市场预期。市建局随即推出红磡庇利街/荣光街大型重建项目（下称庇利街项目）周五（11日）起招收意向书，可建楼面面积达71.75万方呎，属近7年最大规模的市建局项目，市场估值动輒高达107.6亿元，6月25日截收意向。

罗建一：橡树街拟建中小商住盘

上月收到14份标书的橡树街项目，佔地约6663方呎，可建楼面面积约6万方呎，获长实 (01113)、其士国际 (00025)、远东发展 (00035) 和信置 (00083) 等入标，最终由建灝地产旗下达创集团有限公司以约6.18亿元投得，属市场估值约5.4亿至9亿元的范围之内，每方呎楼面地价 (下称楼面呎价) 约10308元。

建灝地产首席行政总裁罗建一对中标感到高兴，指出该集团首次投得市建局项目，认为橡树街项目交通便利和配套完善，初步计划兴建中小型优质商住盘。他形容中标价合理，展示该集团对香港商住项目的发展潜力充满信心，并强调本港住屋刚性需求非常庞大，特别是对中小型住宅项目更是殷切。

资料显示，建灝地产对上一次于官方市场购入土地，是2019年8月以约2.44亿元投得卖地表屯门景秀里与景峰径交界住宅地，并已于今年4月提出预售楼花申请，提供112伙，预计2023年7月入伙。

庇利街可建72万呎 估值107亿

市建局近年啟动红磡和土瓜湾一带多个重建项目，并以小区形式作总体规划。是次登场的庇利街项目早于2016年3月啟动重建，属于首个成熟可推出市场的地盘。该项目佔地约7.97万方呎，毗邻私人住宅项目环海．东岸，与即将啟用的港铁 (00066) 屯马线土瓜湾站仅相距约5分鐘步程，可建楼面面积约71.75万方呎。市建局2016年已预计该地盘的发展期长约10年时间，预计兴建约1150伙，并设有约11.95万方呎的商业及零售楼面面积。

近年市建局推出招标的重建项目，以楼面面积不足20万方呎的中小型地盘为主，是次庇利街的可建楼面面积达71.75万方呎，已是2014年观塘市中心第二及第三发展区 (现已发展为凯滙) 提供逾100万方呎楼面面积以来，近7年登场的市建局重建项目中规模最大的一个。

市建局指出，中标庇利街项目的发展商，须按发展协议中列明有关九龙城土瓜湾小区发展项目总体设计上的要求，与毗邻的重建项目产生协同效应，以达致整个小区的重整及规划更完整和一体化，促进该小区的连接性和步行环境，并以更丰富的「地方营造」及智慧元素，提升该区的宜居性。发展商也要按发展协议中列明的标準与品质、可持续发展和智能系统的要求，兴建新发展项目。

港铁屯马线二期将于本月27日通车，届时土瓜湾站正式啟用。泓亮諮询及评估董事总经理张翘楚指出，市建局趁此时机推出庇利街项目，正好受通车消息带动，加上项目规模庞大，势吸引大型发展商争夺，估计日后建成出售呎价2.2万至2.5万元也不成问题。市场人士估计，该地皮的楼面呎价约1.3万至1.5万元，估值93.3亿至107.6亿元。

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鹰君罗氏家族购油塘工厦

工厦物业有价有市，备受财团追捧。鹰君罗氏家族成员以5200万，购入油塘华顺工业大厦高层多个单位，呎价约3095元，属市价。

成交价5200万

据土地註册处资料，油塘草园街4号华顺工业大厦高层B至D、G及H室，于上月以5200万连车位售出，买家为Sunrise Success Limited，註册董事为鹰君罗氏家族成员罗嘉瑞及罗俊谦等人士，前者为鹰君集团主席兼董事总经理，后者为该集团执行董事。

「纺织大王」家族成员沽货

据业内人士指出，上址总楼面约1.68万方呎，呎价约3095元，属市价水平。

同时，资料亦显示，原业主为百乐恒有限公司，註册董事包括「纺织大王」陈瑞球女儿陈淑玲等人士，于1996年以约847万买入，持货近25年帐面获利约4353万，单位升值约5.1倍。

(星岛日报)

建灝6.2亿 夺市建局大角咀项目

楼面呎价10308 拟建中小型优质商住宅

市建局昨日公布，就旗下大角咀橡树街/埃华街项目，向建灝地产集团批出发展合约，涉6.181亿元，每呎楼面地价约10,308元，稍微低于早前市场估值下限约6%。

该项目位处橡树街89至95号 (单数) 及埃华街1至5号，地盘面积6,663平方呎，可建楼面约59,966平方呎，当中包括约1万平方呎的商业楼面，及约5万平方呎的住宅楼面。以中标价计算，每呎楼面地价约10,308元。

预计总投资额约9.48亿

建灝地产首席行政总裁罗建一表示，集团很高兴是次能投得该合作发展项目，价钱属合理水平，展示集团对香港商住项目发展潜力充满信心。他再称，初步计划将项目发展为中小型优质商住宅，建构一个可提升社区生活环境的可持续发展项目。

若以每平方呎建筑成本约5,000元计算，连地价及10%发水楼面，预计项目的总投资额约9.48亿元。而若加上利润及8成实用率推算后，估计日后项目推售实用呎价约21,558元。不过，参考目前区内新盘利‧晴湾23 (平均实用呎价2万)、半新盘奥朗‧御峰 (平均呎价约1.77万)，略高于现时同区一、二手呎价水平。

土瓜湾庇利街项目 邀意向

消息透露，发展商需以一笔过前期费用决胜负，以价高者可投得地皮。市建局亦规定，卖楼收益达到12.5亿元后，便须与当局分红，首3,000万元分红比例为20%，及后每增加3,000万元，分红比例将递增10%，最高为50%。综合市场资讯，地皮估值约6.6亿至9亿元，每呎楼面地价介乎1.1万至1.5万元。

另外，市建局昨日亦就土瓜湾庇利街/荣光街项目，邀请发展商提交意向书，截止日期为本月25日 (周五)。成功投得本项目的发展商需要按发展协议中列明有关九龙城土瓜湾小区发展项目的总体设计要求，以促进小区的连接及步行环境。项目地盘面积约79,718平方呎，可建楼面约71.7万平方呎，大约可提供1,300伙。

(经济日报)

九龙城住宅地盘 邓成波家族6亿沽

邓成波家族继续出货，以约6亿元沽出九龙城衙前塱道一住宅地盘。

市场消息指，九龙城衙前塱道3至13号逾9成业权，以约6亿元成交。据悉，该物业现为一幢落成于1967年楼高6层之商住大厦，地下至3楼为商铺，4至5楼为住宅，实用面积合共约3.3万平方呎。据了解，该项目由邓成波家族持有，涉及整项目约97%业权，尚欠两地铺便统一业权。

地盘面积约7,030平方呎，城市规划为「住宅 (甲类) 2」用途，高度限制由主水平基準起计80米，最大可建楼面面积约63,270平方呎。

据悉，项目以约6亿元成交，料新买家购入后，再申请强拍以统一业权，再重建成住宅。事实上，港铁屯马綫通车在即，九龙城配套将更完善，吸引财团部署日后推出住宅项目。

传新买家为远洋集团

市场人士透露，新买家为内房远洋集团 (03377) 或有关人士，而该集团近期亦有推售旺角住宅项目千望。本报就有关消息，向远洋集团查询，集团表示对消息不作回应。

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IWG集团：灵活办公室 疫后需求更大

疫情下机构控制成本，对写字楼租务需求有转变。经营共享办公室的IWG集团表示，疫后机构对灵活办公室需求更大，故该集团有扩充空间。

环球疫情持续1年多，很多大型机构因应市况，缩减办公室楼面以节省成本，而早年扩充甚积极的共享空间品牌，更连环弃租写字楼。不过，IWG集团却甚为积极，过去半年连环接手多个WeWork弃租的办公室，包括铜锣湾希慎广场3万平方呎，涉及两层，连同九龙东海滨汇1座及2座5楼全层共5万平方呎，以及尖沙咀港威大厦，集团短时间内接手3幢甲厦楼面，作为旗下品牌Signature之用。

香港共17据点 风格多元化

IWG香港区经理Paul MacAndrew指出，集团自1999年在港发展，旗下拥多个不同品牌包括REGUS、SPACES及Signature，合共17个据点，各品牌走不同风格，「REGUS属商务中心，较为传统企业类型，SPACES则时尚一点，Signature则为两者之间，可让租客选择。」

集团租用希慎广场楼面，会员入场费每月约2,380元起，可享办公桌 (Hot Desk)，另外亦有独立房间计划等，而所有会员均可享辨公室内的设施包括茶水间、会议室等。据悉，目前出租率已逾9成，「之前有租客迁出，好快便有新租客进驻。」

2016至2018年是共享空间行业在港的扩充期，多个品牌租楼面设据点，及后个别品牌传出经营困难消息，寻找顶手甚至弃租。Paul认为，现时行业进入整期，共享办公室吸引力仍然强劲，「最大优点就是灵活，包括面积、租约期长短，而新租客可节省一大笔装修费，兼有不同行业人士在共享空间内互相交流。」

企业提供多个方案 让员工选择

疫情令不少大型机构对成本更加谨慎，个别更需要减楼面，以节省开支。Paul指出，疫情出现新常态，更有利共享空间行业发展，「无论是初创公司或跨国企业，都积极寻求不同的营运方法及改革工作空间。实际上这个趋势已持续数年，疫情只是扮演当中催化剂的角色。」他分析，机构採灵活工作安排，令行业更有扩充空间，「疫情下企业採新策略，提出灵活工作地点的措施，员工减少了在总部工作的时间。疫情后相信在家工作仍会继续，共享空间好处，就是可给予机构多一个选择，让员工灵活在不同地点上班。」

共享空间兴起，欧美、亚洲等均有新成立品牌，面对市场竞争，Paul认为IWG仍拥很大优势，「一是经验，我们拥有32年历史，最重要是规模大，在全球多个国家合共3,000多个据点，规模大予人信心。」香港方面，他指仍有一定扩充空间，「下年仍会继续扩充，的确租金比之前便宜，而我们的模式是与商厦业主互相合作。香港是集团的重点市场之一，亚洲区上，中国、新加坡均是重点。」

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黄竹坑甲厦呎价破顶 呎租升2%

近期港铁黄竹坑站上盖住宅项目晋环推售，市场反应理想，气氛亦蔓延至同区写字楼市场。有代理发表的报告指出，近期黄竹坑甲厦连录多宗破顶成交个案，带动区内最新平均呎价升至1.95万元的新高，呎租按月亦升近2%。

代理指出，自活化工厦1.0政策推出，以及港铁南港岛綫通车后，黄竹坑逐渐转发展成为新商圈，适逢近期该区有港铁上盖住宅项目推售，令该区重新成为焦点，而相对之下，写字楼价格较为低水，因而吸引部分资金流入，例如区内指标甲厦One Island South，近期亦连录2宗高价买卖。

代理指，近年黄竹坑逐渐转型成新商业区，但受制于配套不足，尤其缺少零售楼面，限制该区过往租售价升幅，但随着黄竹坑站项目陆续完工，包括预计2023年落成、楼面约50万平方呎的黄竹坑站商场，以及港铁南港岛綫 (西段) 可望动工，将吸引更多人愿意到黄竹坑落户，为该区带来根本性转变。

One Island South呎售2.46万

该报告指出，近月黄竹坑连录多宗破顶成交，最为瞩目的要数One Island South一个中层面向城市景的单位，以每呎约2.46万元沽出，创下黄竹坑商厦新高纪录。租务方面，4月份该大厦一个低层城市景单位，也以每呎约38元租出，同样创该厦新高。此外，同区的乙级商厦W50，呎租也重上30元水平。

受到多项高价成交刺激，5月份黄竹坑写字楼租售价显著上升，当中甲厦平均呎价按月急升15%，至每呎19,491元的新高纪录，至于平均呎租按月也升1.7%，至26.2元的水平，但与2019年历史高位的30.4元仍有一段距离。

整体写字楼的租售价表现亦向好，5月份甲厦价格按月升2.1%，租金亦升2.1%，上月除了黄竹坑之外，表现较佳的区域为中环，按月升约6.1%，最新平均呎价升至3.9万元，主要受到指标甲厦皇后大道中九号一宗成交带动。至于整体乙厦售价，按月亦升0.4%。

(经济日报)

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Billion closes $10.5b KITEC deal

A consortium led by Billion Development and Project Management plans to acquire Kowloon Bay International Trade & Exhibition Centre for about HK$10.5 billion from Hopewell, The Standard's sister newspaper Sing Tao Daily reported.

This is expected to be the largest property transaction year-to-date if the deal is confirmed. With a gross floor area of 1.77 million square feet, the per-sq-ft price will be about HK$5,900.

The consortium has arranged syndicated loans for the acquisition and has worked out two renewal plans.

The 14-story KITEC has a site area of about 239,800 sq ft. If it is redeveloped, the gross floor area can be 2.87 million sq ft, with a plot ratio of up to 12 times. The per-sq-ft rent at KITEC is around HK$20.

Apart from redeveloping the property into a Grade A commercial building, the consortium may also apply to the Town Planning Board to rezone the site for residential purposes, the sources said, adding that the new buyers value the large site area of the project and the sea view.

The consortium is said to include Sino Land (0083) and CSI Properties (0497), the report said.

Billion Development, Sino Land and CSI Properties won the tender for a commercial plot at the junction of Cheung Yip Street, Sheung Yee Road and Wai Yip Street in Kowloon Bay for HK$3.04 billion in 2015.

The plot has a site area of 40,849 sq ft and a maximum gross floor area of 490,188 sq ft.

Meanwhile, the Urban Renewal Authority said the contract for the development of the Oak Street / Ivy Street Development Project in Tai Kok Tsui has been awarded to K&K Property, with a tender amount of HK$618.1 million.

The URA earlier invited 39 property developers to submit tenders for the project following an expression of interest exercise. The URA received a total of 14 tenders from these 39 property developers when the submission of tender closed on May 20.

The project, which covers a site area of 6,662 sq ft, was commenced in March 2018. Upon completion, it will provide a maximum total gross floor area of 59,965 sq ft.

The URA will also invite interested developers to submit expressions of interest for the development of the Bailey Street / Wing Kwong Street Development Project in To Kwa Wan today.

(The Standard)

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Hong Kong’s co-working sector set to stabilise, recover as balance returns after years of unbridled expansion

Hong Kong’s co-working industry is recovering as many operators have folded following years of overexpansion, agent said

Hong Kong has the third largest number of co-working spaces in the world after London and New York, according to survey by UK firm CircleLoop

Hong Kong’s co-working sector is on track to stabilise and recover after a period of rapid expansion and will be well supported by the shift to remote working, industry observers say.

The co-working industry in Hong Kong is getting better now after adjustments made in the last few quarters, agent said.

“Previously many operators were in overexpansion mode, but then the market adjusted and many closed down and disappeared, creating a new balance point between supply and demand,” the agent said. “We think it will stabilise again towards year-end.”

The shared office space sector in Hong Kong saw high levels of growth between 2016 and 2018 when several operators announced expansion plans only to beat a hasty retreat after the economic downturn spurred by the social unrest in 2019 and the coronavirus pandemic sapped demand.

WeWork, the New York-based shared office provider, has reduced its Hong Kong footprint by half, after giving up 90,000 sq ft of space spread over eight floors in Tower 535 in Causeway Bay. The closure of the flex office was largely related to HSBC, which decided to relocate its business division from the WeWork space to their own building in Central, according to another property agent.

However, some flexible workplace operators, such as IWG, were expanding on the back of their global partnership with Standard Chartered. The bank’s 6,000 employees in Hong Kong can work at any of IWG’s offices after the lender implemented a flexible working arrangement last year.

This month, IWG opened its third centre in the city – a 50,000 sq ft flex office at The Quayside office tower in Kwun Tong, said Paul MacAndrew, country manager for IWG.

Another co-working operator, theDesk, said that all its seven locations in the city had high occupancy. Following a 65 per cent growth in membership last year, the company is “seeing a continuing growth trend” this year, said Paul Johnson, its chief commercial officer.

Separately, a survey by a UK-based company in May found that Hong Kong had the third most number of co-working spaces in the world after London and New York. Hong Kong had 166 co-working spaces, behind 313 in London and 229 in New York, according to the survey by CircleLoop, which operates a cloud-based business phone system.

“No one can deny that the 2020 pandemic has had a lasting impact on the way that companies work for good,” CircleLoop said. “As part of remote working, completing your workday from co-working spaces is a concept that businesses are taking advantage of more than ever before.”

The pandemic has been a game changer, creating instant disruption to the traditional workplace culture, while workers and companies adapt to the change, theDesk’s Johnson said.

With the remote working trend and decentralisation of workforce being implemented by multinational companies, the co-working industry is here to stay, he added.

(South China Morning Post)

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Developer China Vanke’s Hong Kong unit sets prices for Ho Man Tin project 3 per cent above secondary market

First batch of 50 units at Vau Residence will be offered at an average price of HK$24,519 per square foot after a discount of as much as 16 per cent

Vanke will also offer cash rewards to the first 50 fully vaccinated buyers

Vanke Holdings (Hong Kong), a unit of China Vanke, China’s third-largest developer, will launch a new residential project in Ho Man Tin at prices in line with those of the secondary market.

The price list for a first batch of 50 units measuring 209 sq ft to 388 sq ft at Vau Residence was launched on Thursday. The units will be offered at an average price of HK$24,519 (US$3,160) per square foot after factoring in a discount of as much as 16 per cent. Vanke has not announced a starting date for the sales yet. The development will have 165 units in total.

The prices announced on Thursday are 3 per cent higher than those of units at Seven Victory Avenue, a two-year-old development that is within walking distance of Vau Residence. The units at Seven Victory Avenue were selling for HK$23,820 per square foot, according to property agency.

“It is common practice for developers to offer their first batch of units at competitive prices, to draw buying interest. Builders will increase prices for the subsequent batches, once they have generated strong sales,” agent said.

The price list’s launch comes amid growing optimism that Hong Kong home prices will climb further this year as the city’s economy shows further signs of recovery. On Tuesday, US investment bank Goldman Sachs said it expected a 5 per cent rise in home prices this year, while property agent has forecast a 15 per cent increase.

“The launch prices have taken into reference the first and second-hand transaction market. We will not rule out the possibility of increasing prices for the following batches,” said Quincy Chow, Vanke Holdings (Hong Kong)’s executive director.

The strategy of raising prices for subsequent batches has been adopted by Hong Kong property company New World Development (NWD). After all 331 units at its Pavilia Farm III next to Tai Wai Station were sold on their first day of sales last weekend, NWD has raised prices for the second batch of 388 units to HK$22,600 per square foot, a 13 per cent increase over the launch price of HK$19,999 per square foot offered about a week ago. The second batch goes on sale this Saturday.

Vau Residence would attract both end users and investors, the agent said. “We have seen a sharp rise in home sales in the primary and secondary markets. It reflects buying confidence, which has been boosted by the gradual improvement in economic activity. The reopening of the border later is bound to enhance the sales momentum, when more mainland Chinese are free to visit Hong Kong,” the agent said.

Vanke will also offer a cash reward of HK$28,000 to each of the first 50 Vau Residence buyers who have had their Covid-19 vaccinations before August 31. Vanke said it expects the cash reward will cost it about HK$1.4 million in total.