傳統核心商業區銅鑼灣的政府用地供應不多，大部分財團透過收購重建增加土地儲備。現時區內初步料有至少10個商業項目有待推出，其中以「銅鑼灣大地主」希慎 (00014) 及華懋旗下的加路連山道用地規模最大，總樓面涉逾百萬平方呎。

銅鑼灣區內未來至少有10個商業項目，合共提供逾280萬平方呎樓面，當中9個屬於重建項目，只有於2021年批出的加路連山道商業地為新批商業官地。

希慎夥華懋商廈 料2026落成

希慎多年來積極擴展區內的商業版圖，鞏固區內勢力。集團於2021年5月夥華懋斥約197.8億元投得加路連山道商業用地，已於去年10月獲屋宇署批出建築圖則，獲准興建2幢15及24層高的商廈 (另設5層地庫)，總樓面涉約108.08萬平方呎，料於2026年落成。

希慎去年曾透露，集團將展開一項大規模的升級工程，將加建5條天橋及有蓋行人道路，貫穿希慎廣場、利園一期、利園二期、利園三期、利園五期及利園六期，與加路連山道項目，亦正向政府申請興建地下行車隧道，該改造工程預計涉資逾20億元，可見發展商着力連結用地周邊的商業項目，以便產生協同效應。

至於旗下波斯富街85、87及89號項目，則於去年3月獲屋宇署批准興建1幢26層高 (另設1層地庫) 的商廈，總樓面約4.8萬平方呎。

區內舊樓群 新世界大額收購

由另一龍頭發展商新世界 (00017) 大額收購的銅鑼灣利園山道5至27號、波斯富街54至76號，及羅素街60號的舊樓群，亦已於2022年中向土地審裁處申請強拍，當時項目的現況市值高達約45.05億元，屬歷來強拍申請最貴物業。假設發展商將以最高地積比率15倍重建，可建樓面將達30萬平方呎，料較合適重建銀座式商廈，或設商場及寫字樓的綜合式商廈發展。

頗為鄰近前述的加路連山用地的禮頓道128至138號、希雲街2至30號希雲大廈，早前經金朝陽 (00878) 收購後，於2022年中公布以約32.09億元沽出予 United Endeavor，有傳新買家有中資背景。用地屬於「其他指定 (混合用途)」用途，佔地約1.32萬平方呎，可發展為住宅或商業用途，或申請作混合兩者發展。如以商業地積比率最高15倍計算，可建樓面約19.8萬平方呎。

(經濟日報)

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傳統購物區 銅鑼灣舖租亞太次高

銅鑼灣為傳統的購物區，過去吸引大量遊客及本地人消費，惟受疫情影響，區內的租金大受打擊。有外資物業顧問行早前公布2023全球主要零售街道報告，揭露單計亞太區，銅鑼灣 (主要街區商店) 的租金排名第二位，僅次於尖沙咀。

報告指出，單計亞太區，香港尖沙咀 (主要街區商店) 租金位居榜首，每月呎租約970港元。而排名第二為銅鑼灣 (主要街區商店)，每月呎租約893港元，至於東京銀座以每月呎租約593港元位列亞太區第三。中環 (皇后大道中等) 則以每月呎租約437港元位居亞太區第八名。

尖沙咀全球第三高

宏觀全球排名，2022年排名全球第二貴購物地段的尖沙咀，於2023排名下跌至全球第三名，租金按年增加約4%，但仍較疫情前水平低約4成。美國紐約第五大道，及意大利米蘭蒙特拿破崙大街則分別排名全球第一及第二，每月呎租分別約1,299港元及約1,147港元。英國倫敦的新邦德街，及法國巴黎香榭麗舍大道則分別位居全球排名第四及第五。

(經濟日報)

內地餐飲續落戶 30萬租羅素街舖

「和府撈麵」2000廣場設首店 租跌逾7成

內地餐飲繼續攻港，更租用核心區一綫街。銅鑼灣羅素街2000廣場地下1,500平方呎舖位，獲內地餐飲「和府撈麵」租用，開設本港首店，月租料約30萬。該舖原由 PRADA 租用，早年以900萬元租用多層，現業主分間重新招租，租金下跌逾7成。

銅鑼灣黃金地段羅素街，罕有錄得餐廳租地舖個案。羅素街2至4號2000廣場地下舖位，面積約1,576平方呎，由內地餐飲品牌「和府撈麵」租用，該舖近日已貼上廣告，寫上「中式藥膳養生麵」。據悉，是次為品牌首次落戶，料快將開業。

據了解，和府撈麵為一家以麵食為特色的中國餐飲連鎖品牌，於2012年成立，現時已遍布超過60個城市，擁有500多家分店。價格上，內地分店顯示，撈麵及湯麵每碗約30餘元起。市場人士估計，是次舖位月租料約30萬元，呎租約190元。

PRADA 疫市離場 呎租曾達600

翻查資料，該廈早年由多個不同商戶租用，2013年正值內地客消費高峰期，國際名牌 PRADA 以月租高達900萬元，承租2000廣場地下至2樓3層，商舖面積逾1.5萬平方呎，呎租高見600元，但集團最後不敵疫情，決定在2020年2月提早離場。

其後，項目業主「玩具大王」蔡志明拆細放租，其中2樓率先在2021年以月租30萬元租予食肆，呎租僅60元，而地下及3樓全層則獲在德國、丹麥及內地經營眼科診所網絡的德視佳承租，據悉月租約85萬元。如今價值最高的地舖部分租予食肆，租金跌逾7成。事實上，羅素街舖位於零售高峰期，曾由不同國際品牌租用，而負租能力較弱食肆一度絕迹。

去年初，由餐飲業務附屬機構 A La Carte 與孩之寶合作發展「變形金剛」主題餐廳，以約100萬元租用於銅鑼灣羅素街金朝陽中心地下至1樓的複式舖位，面積合共5,200平方呎，店內除了有餐飲外，更有零售區售賣變形金剛玩具及紀念品等。

近期內地餐飲品牌連環攻港，更選址核心區一綫街，包括旺角創興廣場地下舖位，面積約2,583平方呎，由內地人氣食店「木屋燒烤」以每月約26.8萬元租用，呎租約103元，租金較高峰期跌6成。另內地飲品店「蜜雪冰城」，亦租用旺角銀行中心地下5號舖，面積約412平方呎，月租料約20萬元。品牌於本月中已開業。

(經濟日報)

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甘比續沽貨 6千萬放售銅鑼灣舖

華置 (00127) 行政總裁陳凱韻 (甘比) 續放售銅鑼灣舖，現以6,000萬放售東角道地舖。

有代理表示，銅鑼灣東角道24至26號置安大廈、怡安大廈地下21號舖位，總面積約458平方呎。

雪茄專門店10.8萬租 回報2.2厘

業主意向售價約6,000萬元，折合每平方呎約13.1萬元。物業現連租約放售，租客為雪茄專門店，月租約10.8萬元，租期至2026年中。若按意向價計，回報率約2.2厘。

翻查資料，該舖此曾由天梭錶 (Tissot) 租用，月租最高曾達55萬元，而疫情期間，有地產代理行曾以約13萬元租用舖位3年，該行當時指租舖因位置靚，可收宣傳之效。早前租約期滿，不再續租，按現時最新租金計算，較對上租金跌約17%。

舖位由甘比持有，早年華置購入該廈多個舖位而近年則轉售予甘比。去年中，甘比亦曾放售同地段相連舖位，叫價1.2億元，最終以9,700萬元沽出，以該舖建築面積約832平方呎計算，呎價約11.7萬元。舖位由廚具專門店 LE CREUSET，月租約25萬元，以現時成交價計算，租金回報率約3.1厘。另有外資代理行表示，有業主出售黃竹坑道 W50 高層全層連一個車位，物業最新意向價為6,200萬元。物業建築面積約5,235平方呎。業現已分間9個獨立單位，每個單位亦可因應買家需要獨立出售，每戶均設有獨立洗手間，並採用智能卡電子鎖，價格為700萬餘元。

(經濟日報)

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Wang On kicks off race to market

Wang On Properties (1243) plans to unveil the first price list for its Phoenext in Wong Tai Sin as soon as this week.

The project's sales brochure has been uploaded to its website and the first round of sales, which will have at least 50 units, may take place within the month at the earliest, it said.

The project provides a total of 230 flats ranging from studio to two-bedroom units. They are sized from 178 to 375 square feet.

Showrooms for two standard units - one with one bedroom and the other with two - are expected to open within the week.

This came as Citibank (Hong Kong) expects property prices to drop by another 10 percent this year amid high rates and excessive supply.

Local prime rates may stay high for a while even if the US Federal Reserve cuts rates by one percentage point by the end of the year as the market expects, Citi said, adding that lenders may also opt to keep a high rate to hedge against risks from the property market.

The current mortgage rate of 4.125 percent is much higher than rental returns of 3 percent, which will inevitably deter investors from entering the market. The mortgage-linked one-month interbank rate dipped by 28 basis points to the lowest in 1 months at 4.985 percent yesterday.

Coupled with a potential new home supply of up to 20,000 in the next one to two years, as compared to less than 10,000 in the first 10 months of last year, Citi expects home value to be under pressure until 2025.

Meanwhile, an international property agency forecasted the annual private housing completions in 2026-2028 will decrease by 44 percent compared to 2023-2025 because of fewer projects commencing construction in the past years or so.

The downturn in prices has seen the number of licensed real estate agents fall for nine months in a row to 39,575 as of last month, the lowest since May 2020, according to data from the Estate Agents Authority.

A mortgage broker said the number of mortgage loan applications for presold homes plummeted by 63.6 percent year on year in 2023 to 1,382, a new low since it started keeping records in 2005.

(The Standard)

Hong Kong home sales sink to 33-year low in 2023 amid high interest rates as sector sees glimmers of rebound in December

Transactions in 2023 fell 2.7 per cent year on year to 58,023, while value fell 13.9 per cent to HK$477.6 billion (US$61 billion), a property agency says

Property agents foresee steady growth ahead given positive December figures and anticipated rate cuts later in 2024

Property transactions in Hong Kong descended to the lowest level in 33 years in 2023 as sentiment among potential homebuyers was submerged under a deluge of poor economic news and high interest rates, although December’s sales figures showed some rebound.

A total of 58,023 properties changed hands in the city in 2023, a 2.7 per cent drop compared with 2022 and the lowest figure since 1991, according to a property agency. The total value of transactions plunged 13.9 per cent year on year to a 10-year low of HK$477.6 billion (US$61 billion), the agency said.

“The figures reflect a sluggish market for the year of 2023 as interest rates soared and the local economy slowed down,” an agent said in a report on Tuesday.

Nevertheless, the city’s transacted sales are expected to rise this month amid a pause in rate hikes, anticipation of rate cuts later in 2024, and a basket of rescue measures issued by the local government, the agent said.

In December, transacted property sales rose 6.2 per cent month on month to a three-month high of 3,752, while sales value jumped 35.8 per cent to HK$33.3 billion, the agency said, attributing the results to the government’s easing of stamp duties and the US Federal Reserve’s rate-hike pause.

Transactions in the new-home market rose 4.1 per cent to 10,681 in 2023, with value rising 14.9 per cent to HK$131 billion, compared with 2022, the agency said. However, the figures were the lowest in 10 years aside from 2022, which saw sales of 10,261 units valued at HK$114 billion.

Last month, 950 new homes worth HK$10 billion sold, a 67.5 per cent increase by volume and a 50.8 per cent jump by value when compared with November. The agency cited registrations for the first phase of Yoho West in Tin Shui Wai as a reason for the surge.

In the secondary market, 2023 sales added up to 29,690 units worth about HK$251.2 billion, the agency said, as volume dropped by 6.6 per cent year on year to the lowest level in 28 years and value fell by 10.9 per cent to a seven-year low.

Sales of lived-in homes in December edged down 1 per cent to 1,840 units compared with November, with total value rising 4.3 per cent to HK$13.2 billion.

“The property market in Hong Kong is expected to witness steady growth, driven by multiple favourable factors that showed by the year’s end,” another agent said in a statement.

However, purchasing power may turn to lived-in homes in the short term because the latest new-home projects to launch have sold out and the next round has yet to come to market, the agent said. This may drive sales of second-hand homes above 2,000 units in January, the agent added.

Overall property transactions in January might rise 3 per cent to 3,880 units, the agent said.

In October, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu announced much-anticipated easing of decade-old cooling measures for the property market in his annual policy address. Specifically, the buyers’ stamp duty was halved to 7.5 per cent for non-permanent residents and for residents buying a second or additional home; the special stamp duty, equivalent to 10 per cent of a home’s price, was waived for owners who resell the property after two years, down from three years; and eligible workers from overseas are no longer required to pay stamp duty on properties unless they fail to become permanent residents.