疫市下，写字楼录大手租赁，中联办承租荃湾一幢新落成甲厦，涉及约3.5万方呎，月租近88万，平均呎租25元，低市价20%，作为新界区办事处，新据点较沙田现址更加大，景观亦十分开扬。
市场消息透露，荃湾杨屋道88号Plaza88顶楼39楼全层及38楼半层，建筑面约3.5万方呎，刚获中联办承租，月租近88万，平均呎租25元，签署5年租约，并拥有续租权，中联办将在此建立新据点，据知情人士表示「将整个新界工作部门，由沙田搬迁到荃湾。」
作为为新界西办事处
目前，中联办在港九及新界各有一个据点，全部自置的，新界为沙田小沥源源顺围28号都会广场R1至R4，位处地铺及1楼，建筑面积约2.5万方呎，早于2003年9月以1418万购入，呎价仅1282元。
中联办新界区据点，将由东部迁往西部，新据点面积较大。记者日前在Plaza88顶楼39楼所见，该全层望开扬城市景，并有部分海景。据了解，业主亿京就该新落成甲厦，意向呎租40元，有见租客身分特别，加上签署长约，乐于减租，更将最优质、最高层数以优惠价出租，呎租仅25元，减幅高达37%。
市场人士表示，上述写字楼以低市价出租，目前，荃湾指标甲厦如心广场，低层逾万呎单位，平均呎租25元，由于上述单位楼层高，加上景观佳，以此衡量，租金低市价逾20%。
一层半楼面共3.5万呎
有代理则表示，近年整体写字楼市况一般，随着疫情放缓，可望为市场带来动力，荃湾杨屋道88号Plaza88接近民居，不但属住宅屋苑海日湾建筑群之一，而且拥有大型商场，不论交通及配套均十分方便。
亿京每呎开价40元
多年来，中联办自置物业作为办事处，港岛区为上环信德中心西座高层01,09至12室，建筑面积约10280方呎，早于1991年以4057.5万购入，平均呎价3947元；九龙区办事处则于近年 (2012年) 购入，为观塘宏基资本大厦22楼，12060方呎，作价1.35亿。
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宏辉集团1920万蚀沽环贸中心
由宏辉集团持有的中环环贸中心中层单位以约1920万售出，持货5年实蚀约72万离场。
据宏辉集团公告指出，由该集团附属公司持有的中环半山写字楼单位以1920万售出，以面积约1431方呎计，呎价约1.34万，买方广田投资有限公司，该集团于2017年5月以1880万购入上址，持货5年帐面获利约40万，惟计及其他相关开支，出售该物业录亏损约72万。宏辉集团主席兼执董为庞维新；据地产代理指出，上述单位为中环环贸中心中层5室。
海富中心全层银主盘2.68亿获洽
甲厦罕现全层银主盘放售个案，早前由国安国际持有的金鐘海富中心二座中层全层银主盘物业，面积10627方呎，以约2.68亿获準买家洽购，呎价约25218元，于2017年以3.18亿购入上址，该公司早前被停牌，上月被清盘，物业沦为银主盘。本报昨日向该物业接管人Frank Recovery查询，发言人表示，上述物业尚未出售。
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I.T将撤出西洋菜南街巨铺
I.T旗下izzue承租旺角西洋菜南街巨铺23年，不敌疫情持续，将于月底撤出，铺主邓鉅明曾放售巨铺，惟最新只租不卖，意向月租100万。
业主邓鉅明：巨铺只租不卖
上址为西洋菜南街远景大厦地下至2楼巨铺，izzue将于本月底结业，并迁出该巨铺，邓鉅明坦言，近年来市况差，租客一直短租，租金优惠且不能作指标，婉拒透露金额，巨铺以每月100万放租。儘管他曾放售铺位，惟疫市持续下，他改变主意，指现时不是时候，打算待两至三年，当市况復甦时才卖。他又相信，疫情将于今年底结束，皆因往绩可见，瘟疫一般都只持续三年就消失。
上址巨铺总面积10459方呎，呎租约95.6元，izzue早于90年代进驻，2018年高峰期月租高达241.5万，最新意向月租回落约58%。
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中保集团大厦交通便利，而大厦质素及周边配套均完善，属质素理想的乙厦。
中保集团大厦位于德辅道中，为中环传统商业地段，定位为乙厦。中环乙厦多而质素参差，而中保集团大厦在规模上属优质乙厦，物业设有两个入口，位于干诺道中正门有天桥，连接国际金融中心，以及上环信德中心、港澳码头等，四通八达。
位置上，大厦处中环及上环中间，由港铁香港站出口前往国际金融中心，再由干诺道中步行至该厦，需时约10分鐘，尚算方便。此外，干诺道中及德辅道中交通网络发达。饮食配套方面，上班人士既可前往国际金融中心二期商场，亦可前往上环区，故各类餐厅均有提供。
每层楼面达1.5万呎
物业至今楼龄逾50年，而早年曾进行翻新，甚为光猛，加上设有两入口，质素不错。物业楼高32层，按层数区分出共6部客用升降机，来往各层，非常充足。地面有多个商铺，租户包括快餐店等，而大堂亦设有咖啡室。
大厦另一优点，是每层楼面达1.5万平方呎，中环乙厦来说面积不细，同时间，单位伙数则可按业主自行分间，亦可打通多个单位。单位面积由900多平方呎起，可适合不同规模公司使用。
物业大部分单位向北，外望为中上环一带的景致，部分享维港海景，景观尚算开扬。至于大厦另一面单位，望向德辅道中楼景。用户上，现时租客包括有律师事务所、医务所、会计师楼等。
买卖方面，2017年，资深投资者杨超成，以6,700万元购入物业8楼15至18室，面积约5,003平方呎，其后于2018年，以8,780万元沽出，呎价约17,549元，创该厦呎价新高。去年中，物业录得一宗买卖，涉及中高层1室，面积约1,350平方呎，以约2,050万元成交，呎价约1.5万元。
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甲厦租务改善 连续3季录正吸纳
甲厦租务有改善，有外资代理行报告指，本年首季录得正吸纳量约24.5万平方呎。
该行指，今年1月份写字楼租金表现大致平稳，惟自2月起新冠疫情严峻，租赁活动明显较之前淡静，整体租金按季回落约0.9%，按年则下跌3.1%。就分区而言，以港岛东及港岛南的租金跌幅较大，按季分别下滑2.2%及1.5%。疫情有望受控及逐步放宽社交距离措施，租金距离2019年的高位已有接近27%的累计跌幅。
银行金融租户佔比最大
吸纳量方面，上半季录得不少租赁成交个案，其后因收紧防疫措施令不少业主及租户暂停睇楼活动，引致成交减少。首季各分区市场总净吸纳量连续第3个季度录得正数，达245,100平方呎。首季度新租赁成交以银行及金融行业租户 (34.7%) 佔比最大，其次为消费品及制造业 (12.8%)，政府机构和运输及物流行业也较之前活跃。受新项目落成因素影响，首季度整体待租率维持于13.6%水平。
该行代理指，预计2022年全年将录得30万至50万平方呎的净吸纳量，当中银行及金融业仍将是今年写字楼需求的主力，专业服务业及物流业也将保持活跃。另外，下半年在非核心地区将有3个大型项目相继落成，总楼面面积约有230万平方呎，相信新项目将刺激租户的扩充或搬迁活动，但庞大的供应量将难免于短期内推高整体市场的待租率至大约16至17%水平。
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尖东康宏广场中层 呎价叫1.4万
尖东指标商厦康宏广场现有单位进行放售，意向呎价约1.4万元。
面积4284呎 5997万放盘
有代理表示，尖东科学馆道1号康宏广场中层14至15室。面积约4,284平方呎，现以每平方呎约1.4万元放售，意向价约5,997万元，可以公司股权转让形式交易。
该代理指，物业享有开扬景致；另设精緻写字楼装修、经理房、会议室及茶水间等隔间，为买家节省一笔装修费及时间。该代理称，买家可灵活按需要作自用或收租，弹性十足；而目前业主亦以每平方呎约33元招租。
翻查资料，该厦近期鲜有买卖成交，对上一宗同类型楼面相若的相连单位买卖成交需追溯至2018年，该单位为高层06至08室，面积约5,332平方呎，成交价约8,080万元，折合呎价约1.5万元。
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外资基金趁低吸 酒店工厦连录买卖
大额投资市场有起色，近日连录大额买卖，涉及酒店及工厦，买家均为外资基金，料看好物业前景，趁疫情价格回调而入市。
首季大额投资市场相对淡静，直至近日情况有所改善，市场连环出现大手成交，并主要由基金承接。最大手为美资基金斥29亿元，购入葵涌集运中心全幢。物业位于货柜码头路43号的集运中心获，总楼面面积约26.62万平方呎，美资基金以29亿元购入，呎价高见1.09万元，为区内工厦呎价新高。是次成交暂为2022年市场最大手买卖。
基金太盟投资 (PAG) 2015年底以14亿元购入物业，其后于2018年以20亿元沽出，升值4成，而买家为资深物业投资者罗守寧家族或有关人士。该家族持货仅4年，如今再沽出大幅获利约9亿元，升值45%。据了解，该物业早年已由数据中心租用。新买家为美资基金Nuveen旗下Asia Pacific Cities Fund (APCF)，主力投资亚太区物业包括新加坡、日本等，如今首次进攻香港即购入工厦。
WEAVE LIVING疫下积极扩充
另一宗大手成交为九龙珀丽酒店以13.75亿元易手。物业位于大角咀道86号，于2011年落成及开业，地盘面积约9,090平方呎，总楼面约11万平方呎。项目楼高27层，提供435间房，天台则为酒吧。以13.75亿元成交价计，每间房价值约316万元。
新买家WEAVE LIVING近年积极在港扩充，单计近一年已先后两度入市，包括2.95亿元收购西半山医院道6至8号全幢住宅物业，涉48间房，现作收租项目；WEAVE LIVING表示，将进行全面翻新，包括为部分房间重新布局，将物业打造成时尚、配套完备、灵活租期的现代住宿空间。据悉，品牌早在两年前已在同区晏架街开设「Weave Studios Olympic」，如今趁疫市酒店叫价回落，再于同区增据点。
STORHUB连环在港扫工厦
另外，近日迷你仓集团STORHUB，连环在港扫工厦，包括两度向铺王邓成波家族购工厦，其中以3.5亿元购入红磡义达工业大厦一篮子物业，涉及该厦1楼A及B室、2楼B室、C室及D室、4楼至6楼B室，及地下3个落货位及7个车位；该批物业总楼面约83,531平方呎，呎价约4,190元。此外，基金再购入长沙湾及新蒲岗工厦，3项物业合共涉近9亿元。
分析指，市场资金仍充裕，而外资基金近两年成功筹集资金，部署投资香港市场；而在疫情下，工商物业价格有所回调，基金趁机入市。事实上，基金投资物业年期较长，达3至5年以上，故短期疫情未有影响投资意慾。由去年至今，基金均为市场上大额物业主力买家，相信今年情况仍持续。
(经济日报)
今年大额物业交投金额 按季跌6成
首季投资市场较淡静，有外资代理行报告指，今年大额买卖物业交投金额按季跌6成。
该行指，第一季共有总计97亿元的大额商业物业 (7,700万以上物业) 转手，按季减约6成，而与去年同期97亿元接近，而去年同期为第4波疫情爆发。
商铺涉39亿元 佔总投资额4成
分类上，以商铺涉39亿元，佔总投资金额约4成；而工厦则录34亿元成交，当中仅有一宗全幢工厦成交。至于房地产基金在今年第一季投资18亿元，佔总投资额的19%。
该行代理表示，与去年下半年相比，变种病毒的爆发带来不确定性和业务中断令第一季的投资额显著下跌。不少睇楼活动和交易磋商都被搁置。在疫情稳定之前，投资者採取观望态度。正常社交活动将在第二季逐步恢復，该代理预计未来几个月投资需求将回升。
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洗米嫂传卖中环商厦全层输3200万
商厦造价由高位回落，市场更录得蚀让买卖。澳门太阳城集团 (01383) 创办人周焯华正室陈慧玲 (洗米嫂) 在近4年前斥逾1.01亿元购入中环安乐园大厦低层全层单位，市传单位近期以6900万元易手，账面料蚀超过3200万元，物业大幅贬值约32%。
市场消息传出，中环安乐园大厦6楼全层，建筑面积约3893方呎，以约6900万元交吉易手，呎价约17724元。
资料显示，上述单位由陈慧玲透过公司于2018年9月以逾1.01亿元买入，当时呎价高达26000元，创该厦自1961年落成以来的呎价高位。
当时该单位连一份月租15.34万元的健身中心租约，但受疫情影响，健身中心已结业，单位最终亦蚀让沽出，账面亏损约3221.8万元或31.8%。
此外，被清盘的国安国际 (00143)，其位于金鐘海富中心二座15楼全层的原总部，早前遭清盘人接管及放售，近期获买家出价约2.68亿元洽购。据了解，该物业建筑面积约10627方呎，以洽购价计，呎价约25219元。单位于2017年1月以3.18亿元买入，现时洽购价较5年前低5000万元或15.7%。
国安国际前海富总部获2.7亿洽购
宏辉集团 (00183) 公布，以1920万元出售中环环贸中心13楼5室，建筑面积1431方呎，呎价约13417元。该集团于2017年4月斥资1880万元购入上址，账面获利40万元或2.1%。
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Hysan, Chinachem Add Cultural Space to Causeway Bay Commercial Project
Hysan Development and its partner Chinachem Group are turning to culture to boost the value of a HK$28 billion ($3.5 billion) commercial project they are developing in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay area, according to a planning application submitted by the joint venture last month.
The partners submitted designs created by architects Ronald Lu and Partners to add performing arts and cultural facilities, a communal garden and a larger public open space to the project being developed on Caroline Hill Road near Hysan’s Causeway Bay headquarters, while also requesting permission to expand the floor area of the project.
“Upon the project’s completion in 2026, the public will have direct access to a community space of over 110,000 square feet, which includes a park of 60,000 square feet, indoor performing arts and cultural facilities of 20,000 square feet, as well as community facilities of 30,000 square feet (an elderly day-care centre, a district health centre and a child care centre),” a Hysan spokesperson told Mingtiandi.
The plans for the three-tower commercial project, which Hysan and Chinachem purchased for HK$19.8 billion in May last year, call for boosting the maximum gross floor area by 2 percent to 1.09 million square feet (101,264 square metres). The blueprints also provide details on transport connectivity and an elevated walkway connecting the development to Hysan’s Lee Garden Six via Causeway Bay’s Leighton Road.
Adding Area
Each office tower on the 159,327 square foot site would feature a podium accommodating retail or community facilities, with 24 above-ground storeys for the interconnected towers one and two, and 16 storeys for tower three, which occupies the eastern wing of the plot.
“The additional (gross floor area) would be for arts and cultural facilities, which may generate some further pedestrian traffic to this area,” a surveyor said. The elderly day-care centre, district health centre and child care centre had been conditions of the original project tender.
The surveyor estimates that the value of the completed project will be around HK$28 billion, noted that the added space could allow for the construction of higher-level office floors with better views of the city.
Causeway Bay Kingdom
As Hysan and Chinachem await approval for their Causeway Bay project plan, asking rents for prime offices and Ginza-style commercial towers in the area range from HK$45 to HK$70 per square foot per month, depending on the quality and location of the building, the surveyor said. However, the surveyor added that there could be room for negotiation given the current weak commercial real estate sentiment.
The new plan was revealed less than one month after Hysan moved closer to consolidating a HK$7.5 billion commercial project five minutes’ walk from the Caroline Hill Road site, with the developer’s reported purchase of a unit at 9A Sharp Street East.
That acquisition of a piece of the aging walk-up property brings Hysan nearer to being able to force a compulsory sale of the building backing against the developer’s Leighton Centre which would allow it to build a new tower on the site.
(Mingtiandi)
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Hong Kong to see sales of bigger flats slow down, as interest rate rise counters mortgage relaxation
Impact of latest easing in home loans will not be as strong as previous instances, as Hong Kong is heading for an interest rate rise, property agent said
The sales momentum for bigger flats will slow down as seen previously in October 2019, another agent said
The relaxation of mortgages for more expensive flats in Hong Kong will propel sales in the short term only, as an imminent interest rate hike will keep potential buyers away, industry insiders said.
The sales of lived-in homes worth between HK$10.01 million (US$1.3 million) and HK$12 million jumped by 57 per cent to 199 deals in March, according to a property agency’s data, after Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po on February 23 allowed loan-to-value rations of 80 per cent for mortgages of homes worth up to HK$12 million from the previous HK$10 million limit. Following his intervention, the down payment for a home worth HK$12 million dropped to HK$2.4 million from HK$6 million previously.
The number of deals for this price category registered its best monthly performance in March, the data shows.
“But the impact of the latest easing in home loans will not be as strong as previous instances, as the city is heading for an interest rate rise, which is likely to increase borrowing costs,” another property agent said. The fifth wave of the coronavirus pandemic, which has devastated Hong Kong’s economy, could also hurt sentiment, the agent added.
The city’s economy most likely contracted in the first quarter of this year, Financial Secretary Chan said in March, with the jobless rate for the three-month period ending in February rising to 4.5 per cent, its highest level in about five months. Also, the retail and catering sectors were hit particularly hard by the city’s strictest social distancing curbs since the pandemic began two years ago.
An increase in interest rates by the US Federal Reserve on March 16 could further dilute the affect of the relaxation of mortgages. The Fed has suggested it could lift rates six more times, up to a total of 100 basis points, this year.
At even a 50 basis points increase, borrowers with a HK$9.6 million home loan on a 30-year term will pay at an effective interest rate of 3 per cent, up from 2.5 per cent, and see their monthly payments increase by HK$3,180 to HK$59,180, according to a mortgage brokerage service provider.
This is assuming that their mortgage loan is linked to the Hong Kong Interbank Offered Interest Rate (Hibor), the brokerage said. Such a buyer must also have a minimum monthly salary of HK$93,000 to be able to get such a high home loan, the brokerage added.
“The sales momentum for bigger flats will slow down in the coming months, repeating a pattern that we have seen during the relaxation in home loan rules in October 2019,” a property agent said.
In November 2019, the number of deals for lived-in homes worth between HK$8 million and HK$10 million, for which first-time buyers could borrow up to 90 per cent of a property’s value, up to a maximum of HK$8 million from HK$4 million previously, advanced 98 per cent to 506 deals from October the same year, the property agency’s data shows.
But sales retreated to 335 in December 2019 and further down to 303 in January 2020. They rebounded to 451 deals only last month.
“The market, however, will stabilise once Covid-19 recedes,” the agent said.
(South China Morning Post)