中环甲厦租跌 律师楼纷迁入升级

置地两厦呎租110至130元 高位回落逾1成

疫情下商厦需求急降，中环甲厦租金下跌，吸引区内个别律师楼搬迁升级。置地旗下两中环甲厦，近日录得律师楼租用，呎租约110至130元，较高峰期跌逾1成。

整体中环商厦租务淡静，而近日录得零星成交，均属区内租客搬迁。市场消息指，置地旗下中环历山大厦录得租务成交，涉及中高层1层半楼面，面积约1.4万平方呎，成交呎租约110元。据悉，该厦本年初呎租水平近130元，如今较高峰期下跌约15%。

据了解，新租客为律师楼，目前租用同区皇后大道中9号全层以及部分楼层单位，合共约1.5万平方呎，而目前该厦呎租水平约70至80元，而由于属散业权物业，质素较次，楼面实用率亦较低；故是次趁租金回落，转租历山大厦，实用率较高及地点更佳，租金开支亦没有大幅增加。

另一宗新租务亦属置地旗下物业，涉及告罗士打大厦高层单位，面积约9,000平方呎，成交呎租约130元。该厦基座正为中环指标商场置地广场，故属同区极优质甲厦，如今成交租金水平亦较高位平逾1成。消息指，新租客为美资律师楼，目前租用中环香港会所大厦单位，即将约满，趁指标商厦租金回落，如今转租。

疫情下环球商业活动大受打击，令核心区租务活动淡静。有代理统计指，7月整体甲级写字楼市场新租赁成交按月下跌14%，连续12个月录得负吸纳量，涉及面积达27.71万平方呎。中环写字楼市场单月录得2.92万平方呎的负吸纳量，空置率升至5.7%。

中环写字楼 空置率升至5.7%

商业活动未恢復，令外资、中资机构少有新租中区甲厦单位，需求急降，同时个别租客迁出，令租金明显下挫。

因中环仍是金融及专业服务业集中地，最优质商厦租金回落吸引同区租客搬迁。同时间，近年亦有律师行迁出中环，搬至港岛东，如近日一间原租用香港会所大厦的律师楼，转租太古坊濠丰大厦1.1万平方呎楼面，呎租约50元，可节省一半以上租金。

(经济日报)

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Secondary sales fall over weekend

Property agency recorded 14 secondary transactions at 10 blue-chip housing estates over the past weekend, down by 33 percent week-on-week.

With developers launching new projects as the pandemic shows signs of easing, buyers are shifting their focus to the primary market, agent said.

In Kwun Tong, a 517-sq-ft flat at Laguna City changed hands for HK$7.6 million, or HK$14,700 per sq ft, after HK$400,000 or 5 percent was cut from the original asking price while in Hung Hom, an 853-sq-ft flat at Whampoa Garden sold for HK$14.68 million, or HK$17,210 per sq ft, after HK$1.32 million was slashed from the asking price.

And in Tin Shui Wai, a 635-sq-ft flat at Kingswood Villas fetched HK$6.38 million, or HK$10,047 per sq ft, after HK$610,000 was slashed from the asking price.

In the primary market, Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016) released 45 flats in the second price list of Wetland Seasons Park phase 3 in Tin Shui Wai at an average HK$13,613 per sq ft after discounts, about 5 percent higher than the first batch.

The cheapest flat in the list costs HK$5.19 million.

In Tuen Mun, Empire Group and Hong Kong Ferry (0050) sold a 406-sq-ft flat at Seacoast Royale for HK$6.6 million, or HK$16,273 per sq ft.

In Aberdeen, K Wah International (0173) sold a 2,747-sq-ft luxury house at Marinella development for HK$137.8 million, or HK$50,164 per sq ft.

In the rentals market, a 254-sq-ft flat at Tak Bo Garden in Ngau Tau Kok was rented for HK$9,200 per month, or HK$36 per sq ft, after HK$1,800 was cut from the initial asking rent. The landlord , who bought the flat for HK$2.6 million in 2013, will earn a rental yield of 4.2 percent per annum.