随着业主大幅减价，大手买卖趋活跃，尖沙咀漆咸道南珀薈酒店以1.8亿易手，原业主于2010年购入商厦改装酒店，持货14年平手离场。

珀薈酒店位于漆咸道南117号，佔地2000方呎，为一幢迷你酒店，楼高20层，总建筑面积约24551方呎，曾在去年9月以3.8亿放售，早前减至2.4亿再度推出，短时间以1.8亿易手，减价6000万或25%，该酒店拥有63个房间，每个房间作价286万，以若总楼面计算，平均呎价仅7332元。

提供63个房间

珀薈酒店早于2015年落成，提供63个酒店房间，根据代理指，该项目适合改装为学生宿舍，邻近理工大学，可提供潜在130至150个牀位。市场消息指买家为中原慈善基金，惟该基金主席黄伟雄昨日接受本报查询，否认购入物业。

今年5月，尖沙咀柯士甸道108号耀基大厦商住楼，由上巿公司利骏集团主席陈洪楷等相关人士以1.5亿承接，平均呎价约7250元，总面积约20689方呎，将打造服务式住宅，目标客为区内上班人士及来港学生。

珀薈酒店前身为崇基商业大厦，由投资者刘嘉伟于2010年10月以1.48亿购入，然后斥资改装酒店，于2015年10月初投入服务，计及改装等成本，料持货14年平手离场。

适合改装学生宿舍

刘嘉伟先后于中文大学及理工大学就读商科及国际酒店管理硕士课程。2006年大学二年级时，他购入旺角300多呎唐楼经营宾馆，劏6至7个房间，每个日租300多元。在经营数间宾馆后，珀薈酒店是他的第一个酒店项目。

「80后」原业主酷爱创业

他是一名酷爱创业的「80后」，除了酒店外，2016年创立Nap Lounge，在中环、湾仔及尖沙咀提供据点，让上班族利用午间1小时，甚至15分鐘空档充电。他曾说：「当你有很多知识在脑袋里，反而规限了你的道路，包袱更重。有人读了四年工程，没道理不做工程师，读了三、四年会计，没道理不考牌当执业会计师，那三、四年可能规限了你一生人走的路。」

(星岛日报)

The Uppland sells out, releases more flats

Hong Kong's home buyers continued to focus on the primary housing market with The Uppland, the first phase of Gold Coast Bay in Tuen Mun, selling all 188 flats on offer on Saturday, and The Pavilia Forest III in Kai Tak selling 60 out of 108 flats yesterday.

Encouraged by the red-hot sales, The Uppland's developer Early Light International released a third price list yesterday evening, offering 108 flats at prices of HK$11,219 per square foot after discounts, 5 percent higher than the previous price list.

The new batch of flats range in size from 204 to 653 sq ft and include 60 studios, 16 one-bedroom, 27 two-bedroom and 5 three-bedroom units.

After discounts of 12 percent, they are priced between HK$2.23 million and HK$7.76 million.

A property agency predicts that rents for the project could reach HK$40 per sq ft, with an annual rental rate of return close to 5 percent.

Gold Coast Bay offers 1,323 flats in total with the first phase, The Uppland, providing 692 flats.

Meanwhile, The Pavilia Forest III, developed by New World Development (0017) and Far East Consortium International (0035), was oversubscribed almost 53 times, receiving more than 5,800 tickets.

Projects under The Pavilia Forest brand have sold 253 flats in nine days, accounting 83 percent of units on sale.

It was the highest sales in nine days that the housing estate in the old airport runway had seen in three years.

All three-bedroom flats with sea views were sold out.

Developers have raked in HK$1.7 billion in these days, and 70 percent of revenue was contributed from 22 buyers.

The second-hand homes market saw the number of deals pick up over the weekend.

Ten blue-chip housing estates tracked by Midland Realty recorded 11 deals up by 57 percent week-on-week while the top 15 estates recorded 13 deals, up by 18 percent.

Another property agency's data showed deals at 10 major housing estates jumped 42 percent week-on-week to 10 and back to double-digits.

An agent said that purchasing power in the real estate market was stimulated thanks to the growing possibility of interest rate cuts, which strengthened buyer confidence on the market.