东莞银行传80万租中环3层巨铺

疫情持续令本港商铺空置率上升，租金大跌，传统商业区中环亦有不少巨型铺位待租。市场消息指出，邻近中环中心的中银集团人寿保险大厦3层复式、总面积近1.4万方呎的巨铺，获一家中资银行以每月80万元承租，租金较高位下跌约29%。据知情人士透露，新租户极有机会为去年才进军本港市场的东莞银行，拟开设首间零售银行分行。

据了解，位于德辅道中134至136号中银集团人寿保险大厦地库、地下及1楼3层铺位，地库建筑面积约4639方呎，地下建筑面积约4586方呎，1楼建筑面积约4622方呎，总建筑面积约13847方呎，原以每月120万元放租约一年，至近期获洽租，终以约80万元租出，呎租约58元，成交租金较叫租低33.3%。

较旧约平三成 每呎58元

资料显示，中银集团人寿保险大厦全幢原由中银保险持有，于2008年以8亿元售予赌王四太梁安琪旗下尚嘉控股，该3层铺位一直租予中银香港 (02388) 作为分行。铺位对上一份租约为2018至2021年，月租为112.5万元，租约去年4月届满。

中银香港去年未有续租，铺位过去一年曾短租予散货场数月，相隔逾一年后才再以长租形式租出，最新租金较旧约下跌28.9%，每月少收32.5万元。该铺2012年月租曾达96万元，即最新租金较10年前还要低16万元或16.7%。

知情人士表示，上述铺位的新租户为银行，以东莞银行的呼声最高。东莞银行为大湾区内的城商行之一，去年3月获金管局授予银行牌照，并租用中环国际金融中心二期写字楼单位设立香港分行，是该行目前唯一境外分行。东莞银行近期再向金管局申请在港设子行的牌照 (本港註册持牌银行)，新公司命名「莞银国际」，将染指本地零售银行市场，估计新承租的铺位将用作首间零售银行分行。

上址对面的德辅道中141号中保集团大厦地下B铺，建筑面积约3805方呎，原由花旗银行承租多年，惟本月租约期满并已迁出，铺位现以每月60万元放租，呎租约158元。花旗银行的旧租金为66.4万元，即最新叫租相对回落9.6%。

(信报)

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美资基金4.5亿入市 购粉岭全幢工厦

基金再度吸纳本港工厦，粉岭业畅街全幢工厦，获美资基金以4.5亿元承接，呎价约4,435元，基金购入将作冻仓用途收租。

呎价约4435 将作冻仓

本年初，粉岭业畅街6号新中国洗衣集团大厦全幢获财团洽购，涉资约4.5亿元。据了解，该项目近日正式易手。物业地盘面积约22,163平方呎，总面积约101,463平方呎，以4.5亿元成交价计，呎价约4,435元，物业附设1部货运升降机及2部客运升降机，另设11货车位私家车位。项目于1990年落成，近年由业主自用。

原业主于1999年以3,868.8万元购入，持货23年转手，获利约4.11亿元，物业升值约10.6倍。事实上，去年至今粉岭已录多宗全幢工厦成交。

据悉，买家为外资基金Heitman，该财团属美资房地产基金，于澳洲、韩国等均设有办事处。该基金去年成功集资，将投资逾百亿元物业，而是次属首度于香港入市。消息指，是次购入该工厦项目将转作冻仓用途，作长綫收租。

投资市场稍转好，而工厦成交明显反弹，并多由外资基金承接，如日前兴胜创建 (00896) 以逾2.11亿元沽出沙田工业中心一篮子物业，新买家为加拿大基金Brookfield，将发展迷你仓。

(经济日报)

Brookfield Buys Hong Kong Storage Space From Hanison for $27M After Acquiring RedBox

Brookfield has agreed to acquire industrial assets in Hong Kong’s New Territories from Hanison Construction for HK$211.3 million ($26.9 million), following closely behind the Canadian asset management giant’s under-the-radar purchase of local self-storage operator RedBox.

The assets comprise workshops 1 to 23 on the fourth floor of Block A at Shatin Industrial Centre and car parking spaces V49 and V55 on the second floor of the building, Hanison said Tuesday in a filing with the Hong Kong stock exchange.

Market sources tell Mingtiandi that Brookfield plans to convert the Shatin industrial units into a self-storage facility under the RedBox portfolio, tapping a hot sector that has also seen a series of conversion-led acquisitions by rival investor Blackstone. RedBox executives declined to comment.

Toronto-based Brookfield quietly bought RedBox Storage from InfraRed NF in a deal that closed in March, sources said. InfraRed NF is a joint venture of Hong Kong developer Nan Fung Group and British investment firm InfraRed Capital Partners, which is exiting the real estate business to focus strictly on infrastructure. Brookfield representatives also declined to comment on the Shatin acquisition or on the takeover of RedBox.

Struggling for Sheds

Situated at 5-7 Yuen Shun Circuit near the City One residential precinct, the partly leased Shatin property generated an annual rental income of HK$3,180,000 and HK$3,485,000 in the financial years ended 31 March 2021 and 31 March 2022, Hanison said. The developer, controlled by the Cha family of Hong Kong Resorts International, expects to book a gain on the disposal of HK$66.2 million.

Upon completion of the transaction, Brookfield will take possession of the 34,525 square foot (3,207 square metre) industrial space, paying roughly HK$6,120 ($780) per square foot for the conversion opportunity.

The limited supply of industrial stock for sale in the market means that investors buying into strata-titled floors can still enjoy a decent return from the assets, a property agent said.

“The mini-storage business seems to be quite active in the last year, and in particular Blackstone and Storefriendly have been buying en-bloc properties to convert into mini-storage,” the agent told Mingtiandi. “This sector will continue to grow despite the fact that there are quite a number of players and operators in the market which offer the similar service and product, hence the growth should be slower depending on the locations.”

Blackstone’s trio of acquisitions in 2021 included the Elegance Printing Centre, a Shau Kei Wan property picked up from the family of late “Shop King” Tang Shing-bor for HK$500 million. That November deal followed the US private equity giant’s HK$282.6 million September purchase of Yip’s Chemical Building in the Fanling area and the HK$508 million April buy of the New Media Tower in Kwun Tong, the latter property having already opened as a Storefriendly location through a joint venture with the local self-storage operator.

Self-Storage Heats Up

InfraRed NF acquired a 90 percent stake in RedBox in 2018, on the heels of a 2017 investment of $28 million in China Mini Storage, a mainland-based self-storage provider.

RedBox was founded in 2014 by E3 Capital Partners, a property investment firm led by Simon Tyrrell, and now owns and operates five self-storage facilities in Shatin, Chai Wan, Yau Tong, Tuen Mun and Tsuen Wan, spanning more than 400,000 square feet of space.

Tyrrell stepped down as RedBox CEO in early 2021 to become a board member and executive chairman, focusing on the company’s strategic initiatives. His successor, Tim Alpe, previously served as chief operating officer of the Ovolo boutique hotel group in Hong Kong and Indonesia.

The New Territories contains the lion’s share of Hong Kong’s 690 self-storage locations with 39 percent, according to data compiled by another property agency, followed by Hong Kong Island with 32 percent and Kowloon with 29 percent. Of the total, 249 buildings are considered old, with 88 percent of them having been built in 1987 or earlier, presenting a potential flight-to-quality opportunity, the property agency said.

(Mingtiandi)