疫情走势缓和，带动核心区指标甲厦交投转活，消息指，中环美国银行中心低层单位以4935万售出，每呎造价约3.5万，属市价水平。

市场消息指出，中环美国银行中心低层8至9室，面积约1410方呎，以4935万售出，平均呎价约3.5万。据悉，原业主于2009年以1269万购入，持货12年帐面获利约3666万，物业期间升值约2.8倍。

据业内人士指出，上址大门正对电梯大堂，并坐享开扬海景，成交价属市价水平。

12年升值2.8倍

据代理行资料显示，该甲厦对上一宗成交为中层15室，于今年1月以约5060万售出，以面积1375方呎计，呎价约3.68万；至于该甲厦近期瞩目成交为由美国商会持有的19楼4至7室及13室，合共面积约5968方呎，于去年10月以1.43亿易手，呎价约2.4万，当时低市价约两成。

另外，由新世界发展的长沙湾荔枝角道888号于昨日亦录成交，为低层B1室，面积约1162方呎，以约1553.36万售出，呎价约13368元。

此外，标指甲厦亦频录承租个案，消息指，中环皇后大道中九号中层13室，面积405方呎，以每呎约68元租出，月租约27540元；上环信德中心西座高层07室，面积约2559方呎，以每呎约60元租出，月租约153540元。

(星岛日报)

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甲厦租金逾两年首录升幅

疫情持续放缓，为甲厦市场释出正面讯息，据一外资代理行指出，上月整体甲厦租金按月微升0.2%，为自2019年5月、即29个月以首录升幅。

该行最新发表的报告指出，上月整体甲厦租金按月微升0.2%，为自2019年5月高位以来首次录得升幅，主要分区市场中，中环区和尖沙嘴皆录得租金升幅。

代理行：按月微升0.2%

上月甲厦市场录10.72万方呎净吸纳量，市场录得更多扩充成交个案，而租户在选择办公空间时会重视灵活性和健体配套设施，例如，商务中心营运商IWG租用铜锣湾 Tower 535 两层楼面开设新的中心，涉及建筑面积23400方呎，以满足市场对灵活办公空间持续增长的需求。

月内中环区租赁交投活跃，较瞩目的租赁成交为一家投资管理公司原区搬迁，租用交易广场一座全层楼面，涉及净楼面面积13900方呎。

该行代理表示，随着租户在选择办公空间时会重视灵活性和健体配套设施，业主应密切留意这趋势及持续增长的需求，并提升办公空间内的设施。

工厦物业方面，他指出，9月商品出口货值继续显著增长。贸易总额按年稳定增长20%，当中进口贸易和出口贸易分别上升23.5%和16.5%。儘管全球多个地方受供应樽颈的问题困扰，但月内本地需求继续支持工厦租赁市场。例如，第三方物流公司北欧国际物流公司据报于葵涌现代货箱码头货仓大楼二期楼内扩张，承租约57500方呎仓库楼面。

(星岛日报)

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远洋九龙城旧楼强拍底价七亿

近年不少财团透过强拍途径增加土储，远洋集团今年中向已故「铺王」邓成波及相关人士购入的九龙城衙前塱道旧楼业权，最新获土地审裁处颁下强制售卖令，底价为7.05亿，对比2018年7月申请强拍时市场估值约6亿，高出1.05亿。

据土地审裁处文件显示，是次获批强拍令的项目位于衙前塱道3至13号大华楼，该财团持有不少于80%业权。据判词指出，申请人曾委託结构工程师对该旧楼进行结构评估，认为该旧楼的状况很差。

该建筑已有逾50年历史，需要大量维护，而且在不久的将来需要进行维修工作，以保持建筑物处于安全状态。而且申请人已採取合理步骤收购餘下业权，故批出强拍令。

可建楼面6.3万方呎

上址现为一幢6层高商住物业，地下1至3楼为九龙城博康护老院，另有商铺物业，楼上为住宅，早于1967年落成，至今楼龄约54年；该项目地盘面积约7030方呎，现时划为「住宅 (甲类) 2」用途，若以9倍地积比率，作商住重建发展，可建总楼面约63270方呎。

向邓成波家族购入

资料显示，已故「铺王」邓成波家族及相关人士曾于今年中推出其持有的业权放售，消息指，并由远洋集团购入。

(星岛日报)

燕貽大厦批建5.3万呎

屋宇署9月共批出17份建筑图则。当中，西半山罗便臣道燕貽大厦，刚获批建一幢楼高30层的住宅，可建楼面约53169方呎。项目原先由中国奥园持有，自18年起积极收购，唯集团于本月中以蚀让价9亿售予投资者伍登辉，料亏损约1.77亿。

大昌鸭脷洲建单幢楼

由大昌集团持有的鸭脷洲海旁道住宅项目，获批一幢楼高30层、设有4层地库的分层住宅，涉及楼面约88280方呎。

恒基持有的大埔旧墟直街美新里3号地盘，获批建一幢楼高17层的商住大厦，涉及住宅楼面约35860方呎，以及商业楼面约7359方呎。

由中国移动持有的沙田松头下路与桂地街交界，获建一幢楼高17层并设两层地库的数据中心，涉及楼面逾93.9方呎。

(星岛日报)

光辉冻仓申改建数据中心 葵涌区工厦纷转型 创科热潮带动

新世代进入「大数据」时代，各行各行业均抢佔科技革新先机，对数据中心服务需求急增，近年葵涌工业区随即掀起重建数据中心热潮，最新由外资基金ESR持有的光辉冻仓 (二仓)，向城规会申请改装全幢工厦作数据中心发展，涉及总楼面约35.2万方呎。

本报早前率先报道，疫情下各行各业加速数码转型，市场对数据中心设施及服务需求殷切，葵涌工业区掀起重建数据中心热潮，并具潜力发展成一个新晋数据中心的重要地区；据本报统计，连同上述改划申请，该区至少有7个项目改划作同类发展，涉及至少约179.2万方呎楼面。

外资基金持有

有不少财团已覷準该区旧式工厦发展潜力，最新再有工厦申请全幢改装作数据中心发展，据城规会文件显示，上述项目位于葵涌永业街11至19号，目前属「工业」用途地带，申请拟议略为放宽地积比率限制、以进行整幢现有工业大厦改建，作准许的资讯科技及电讯业 (数据中心) 用途。

上述地盘面积约3.46万方呎，申请放宽地积比率限制约7.3%，至不多于10.19倍发展，以满足数据中心的运作要求，并改装为一幢楼高15层 (包括1层地库) 的数据中心，涉及可建总楼面约35.23万方呎，现时主水平基準上84.36米的建筑物高度维持不变。

可建楼面逾35万呎

申请人指，是次申请符合本港鼓励数据中心发展的政策方向，能够支持重整葵涌工业区土地用途及本港再工业化的相关规划政策。拟议发展可加速葵涌工业区的活化进展，而且放宽的地积比率实属轻微，与近期城规会批准的类似申请一致。

资料显示，上述光辉冻仓 (二仓) 原本由已故「铺王」邓成波家族持有，于今年5月以18亿售予外资基金ESR。

事实上，该区最瞩目为万国数据于区内持有3个项目、先后改划作数据中心发展，涉及约75.9万方呎佔最多。最快落成的为蓝田街2至16号项目，获批建一幢楼高23层的数据中心，可建总楼面约24.68万方呎，料最快于2022年落成，预计同年中正式啟用及开始营运。

(星岛日报)

建华7600万购美孚新邨铺

建华集团以约7600万购入荔枝角美孚新邨铺位，每呎造价约7.6万，该集团今年以来连购4项铺位，涉资约逾两亿。

市场消息指出，荔枝角美孚新邨1期百老汇街地铺，面积约1000方呎，以约7600万易手，呎价7.6万，买家为建华集团相关人士，该铺现时由菜档以20万承租，料买家享租金回报约3.15厘。原业主于1999年以430万买入，持货22年帐面获利约7170万，期间升值约16.6倍。

城市金库劏铺跌价76%

劏场铺位再录蚀让，北角城市金库地库单号铺以41万售出，以面积34方呎计，呎价约12059元，原业主于2013年以175万购入，持货8年帐面蚀让134万，物业贬值约76.5%。

尖沙嘴柯士甸道105号百安大厦地铺，面积约800方呎，以约3850万售出，呎价约4.81万，原业主于2019年9月以3280万购入，持货两年多帐面获利约570万，物业期间升值约17%。该铺现时由食肆以约9.8万承租，料买家享回报约3厘。

Burberry将撤出罗素街

佐敦庙街286至298号华志大厦地铺，建筑面积1500方呎，以约4000万成交，呎价约2.6万，该铺由食肆及僱佣中心以约9.1万承租，料买家享回报约2.7厘。原业主于1997年以700万买入，持货24年帐面获利约3300万，升值约4.7倍。

由英国时尚品牌Burberry承租的铜锣湾罗素街金朝阳中心地下至2楼巨铺，总楼面约5200方呎，租约于明年初届满将撤出，据悉，该铺现时租金约200万，惟于2015年高峰期时租金高达880万。

(星岛日报)

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旺角百老滙多层铺 2.8亿洽至尾声

近期核心区铺位获留意，消息指，旺角西洋菜南街多层百老滙电器铺位，获2.8亿元洽购至尾声，料快易手。

消息指，旺角豉油街28号旺角广场地下3号铺、1楼及2楼全层铺位快将易手。物业位于西洋菜南街与豉油街交界，共佔3层，地下部分约350平方呎、1楼面积约4,312平方呎，而2楼面积约4,376平方呎，总建筑面积合共约9,038平方呎。

美孚新邨地铺 7600万易手

据了解，铺位由连锁电器百老滙租用，该影音店自2014年起租用，月租约125万元，连同品牌自用地下铺位，组合成3层复式铺位。据了解，租约至本年中到期，而租客与业主早前达成续租，预计月租降至约70万元。业主早于半年前，委託代理行放售，叫价约3.2亿元，据悉现铺位获2.8亿元洽购至尾声。据悉，业主于94年以8,780万元购入铺位，一直持有作收租，若最终以2.8亿元成交，持货27年，可望获利近2亿元。

另消息指，荔枝角美孚新邨1期百老滙街12A号地铺，以7,600万元易手，铺位面积约1,000平方呎，成交呎价约7.6万元。

(经济日报)

火炭工业转住宅 料增7400伙

火炭属于传统工业区，近年在政府加快改划区内工业地作公营房屋下，亦吸引私人发展商参与重建，长实 (01113) 日前则申请重建区内逾20幢工厦成大型住宅区，涉及约4,700伙，连同区内其他项目将提供逾7,400伙供应。

火炭工业区位于港铁火炭站西北面，面积约30公顷，属于传统工业区，区内共有约45幢工厦，一般楼龄逾30年以上，其餘一半楼龄介乎约15至30餘年，但由于近8成的工厦属于分散业权，要重建转型的困难较大，因此政府一直倾向维持作为工业区的定位。

政府带头转型

不过，近年政府陆续将自己持有的工业区重建成住宅发展，由公屋骏洋邨、居屋彩禾苑、旭禾苑等前身都属于工业区，近年再有房委会决定重建穗辉工厂大厦两座住宅物业，料可提供约1,360个单位，预计重建工程于2023年展开，并于2031年落成。

随着政府先行，私人发展商参与推动转型，继近年中洲将前惠康仓货重建成新盘星凯‧堤岸后，近日长实亦申请将火炭工业区东部20幢工厦，由「工业」用途改划为「住宅 (戊类)」等用途，重建成为24幢大型住宅屋苑，提供4,706伙。

长实申建区内20幢工厦

根据重建方案将3期进行，当中第一期是由长实持有的沙田屈臣氏中心，提供约300伙，平均单位面积约608平方呎，预计2026年落成。

至于第二期则涉及邻近火炭站的多幢工厦，包括大家乐中心、沙田冷仓一仓、二仓和百适一仓、二仓，及稻苗学院，均属于单一业权，提供1,793伙，预计2028年落成，属于可行性较高的部分。由于第二期所涉及的工厦多由大业主所持有，例如华润持有冷仓一仓、二仓和百适一仓、二仓等，过往亦曾经申请重建成酒店等用途，预计若果今次顺利获批重建后，发展商亦会有兴趣展开重建，令到落实第二期发展亦有若干可行性。

至于属于第三期的中建电讯大厦、峯达工业大厦等13幢工厦，现时业权相当分散，无单一大业主主导重建，预计由展开收购至完成重建，难于在10年内落实，而所涉及工厦却佔据了火炭工业区的中心位置，将对周边转型有一定阻碍。

(经济日报)

Burberry joins Prada, La Perla in exiting Hong Kong’s Russell Street, once the world’s most expensive retail rental strip

The British fashion brand has maintained a presence on Russell Street since 2012, occupying 5,200 sq ft of space in Soundwill Plaza

Burberry will be moving to a new location in World Trade Centre shopping centre, according to local media

British luxury fashion house Burberry will shut its flagship store on Hong Kong’s Russell Street, once the world’s most expensive shopping strip, after a 10-year lease expires early next year, according to sources.

The iconic brand, known for its trademark check pattern, has maintained a presence in the Causeway Bay shopping district since 2012, occupying 5,200 square feet of space across two levels at Soundwill Plaza. It initially paid HK$7.7 million (US$988,000) per month, which was later increased to HK$8.6 million in 2015 amid the retail boom, sources said.

“With no mainland tourists, international brands are finding it hard to repeat sales achieved three years ago,” property agent said. “Now, retailers have ample choice as there are so many empty spaces on Russell Street and nearby areas that are being offered at cheaper rents.”

The agent said that the landlord, Soundwill Holdings, had cut the rent for the existing lease due to expire early next year, but was unsure of the current rate.

Soundwill declined to comment, while Burberry did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

It has been reported in the local media that Burberry will move to the nearby World Trade Centre shopping centre on Gloucester Road, a nine-minute walk from Russell Street.

Burberry will be the third major international brand to close its flagship store on Russell Street. The Italian fashion label Prada started the trend, shutting its 15,000 sq ft outlet in June 2020, followed by lingerie maker La Perla three months later in September.

Hong Kong’s retail sector is struggling to recover from its worst downturn on record. Many international brands such as Topshop, Gap and Victoria’s Secret have closed their operations in the city after they were hit by the anti-government protests in 2019 and later by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Burberry, however, said early this month that it would continue to build its new concept stores across the world.

“We have no intention to significantly reduce the footprint of our stores,” Julie Brown, chief operating and financial officer, said during a media call on November 11 to discuss the half-year earnings.

Burberry’s revenue in the six months to September 25 rose 45 per cent year on year to £1.2 billion (US$1.6 billion), returning to pre-pandemic levels on the back of strong growth in mainland China, South Korea and the US. Adjusted operating profit increased nearly four times in the same period to £196 million.

Brown conceded that online shopping had accelerated because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Burberry has always been one of the biggest innovators in digital, and we continue to put a lot of emphasis on digital channels,” she said. “That being said, since stores have reopened, we have found that consumers still value the luxury experience in a physical store.”

This means that the key to success is an omnichannel approach, which provides a seamless experience for consumers, whether they shop in-store or online, she said.

“We think omnichannel is really the way to create a truly luxury experience with personalised service, while at the same time allowing us to focus on local consumers in our key markets,” she said.

(South China Morning Post)

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Kwok Family’s Empire Group bets on Hong Kong’s border reopening to spur tourism demand for its HK$6 billion five-star hotel Kimpton

Construction of The Kimpton, a HK$6 billion five-star hotel project, has reached 10th storey of the 42-storey structure

Family-owned Empire Group has also joined partners in building the Greenwich Village mall in Tseung Kwan O South and the Fullerton Ocean Park hotel

Empire Group Holdings, founded by the late Hong Kong tycoon Walter Kwok Ping-sheung, is pushing on with its HK$6 billion (US$770 million) luxury hotel project in Tsim Sha Tsui, betting that tourism in the city will rebound from one of its worst patches on record.

The Kimpton, a 42-storey five-star hotel built on the former Mariners’s Club, will offer 492 rooms with harbour views at its opening in the second half of 2023. Construction has reached the 10th floor, fully making up for delays over the past two years by the city’s social unrest and material supply bottlenecks during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The plan will allow the family-owned developer to benefit from an expected recovery in the industry amid tentative signs of border reopening and room demand.

The local pandemic situation “is gradually settling,” said director Jonathan Kwok, a son of Walter Kwok. “Hopefully by the end of 2022, I think the border should be [fully] reopened.”

While the city has maintained its strict quarantine requirements for inbound visitors, local residents would be allowed to enter mainland China without quarantine starting from early December, the South China Morning Post reported last week.

Average hotel occupancy jumped to 60 per cent in the first nine months this year, versus 43 per cent in the same period in 2020, according to the Hong Kong Tourism Board, due to quarantine demand, long-stay incentives and staycation business. Visitor arrivals slumped 98.2 per cent to 63,000.

The Mariners’ Club is a blue-and-white building that was opened in 1967 by the city’s former colonial-era Governor David Trench. It sits on a parcel of land next to the K11 Musea mall, a New World Development project in the Tsim Sha Tsui shopping district.

Empire Group’s other projects include a HK$1 billion shopping centre called Greenwich Village in Tseung Kwan O South. The mall, covering 100,000 square feet (929 square metres) and 90 per cent tenanted, is a venture with Lai Sun Group which opened for business earlier this month.

The 425-room Fullerton Ocean Park, Empire Group’s venture with Sino Land, is expected to open in the first half of next year. The luxury hotel is located next to the Water World of the Ocean Park.

While the group’s focus is on operating hotels, it would like to retain the flexibility of offering serviced apartments or co-living space in its property, director Lesley Kwok said.

“Now the demand for staycation in Hong Kong is really great,” she added. “We will try to cater to the business with more packages.”

Property agency is optimistic about Hong Kong hotels’ average room rate and occupancy growth in the year ahead. Over the next couple of years, room supply could increase by 2.5 per cent, it said. It grew by 3.6 per cent annually over the past decade.

The industry dynamics have improved as new supply dwindled over the past two years when the building cycle that started in 2016 came to an end, hastened by the street protests of 2019 and the Covid-19 outbreak.

“In 2020, there were almost no new hotel openings because some developers opted to slow their construction or delay the opening of their properties to wait for market conditions to improve,” agent said. New additions were also offset by hotel conversion or closures, the agency firm said.

Those that have closed or are planning to close include the Excelsior, Novotel Nathan Road and the Harbour Plaza Resort City in Tin Shui Wai. Other properties are getting delayed or may be redesigned for different uses, which could also keep a lid on new supply in the years ahead, the agency added.

Walter Kwok, who founded Empire Group in 2010, passed away in October 2018 at 68. He was the former chairman and chief executive of Sun Hung Kai Properties before his ouster from the city’s biggest developer following a family squabble.

(South China Morning Post)