高鐵站商地規劃 新地研再闖關

新地 (00016) 以422億元投得的西九高鐵站「巨無霸」商業地王後，曾提交「鑽石型」商廈的申請方案，惟於1月底遭城規會否決。不過，新地剛向城規會申請覆核，並表示會再提交修訂方案予城規會。

新地於奪得地皮後，於去年9月提交新方案，並由多年前港鐵 (00066) 設計的3幢「波浪型」的商廈，改為興建兩幢「鑽石型」商廈，當中涉及的寫字樓樓面亦較已批方案減少約1成，商場樓面則較之前增加約9成。此外，集團亦要求放寬項目高度限制為114米至159米。

惟新提交的方案於1月遭城規會否決，當時新地對城規會的決定感到失望，並指會積極作出檢討。而新地昨日亦透露，集團會再仔細研究方案，並將會再提交修訂方案給城規會，希望日後可得到局方及公眾的支持。

城規指阻山脊綫水平 申請遭否決

根據上月城規會的公開會議紀錄，會方提出多項否決申請的原因，包括申請人無法證明新方案有足夠的規劃及設計增益去支持放寬建築高度限制，以致破壞山脊綫水平、新建築設計沒有為南北行人道連接及通風上帶來顯著改善、未有提供足夠資料說明如何落實設計及管理聯繫新舊社區的1.5公里步道，及擬建的大型購物商場沒有為本地社區帶來太多益處等。

另外，城規會昨日宣布修訂古洞南分區計劃大綱核准圖，修訂項目主要涉及改劃兩塊位於金坑路的地皮，並由主要劃為「綜合發展區」地帶及「康樂」地帶改劃為「綜合發展區 (1)」地帶及「綜合發展區 (2)」地帶，及訂明最高地積比率及建築物高度限制。修訂項目亦包括改劃兩塊分別劃為「綠化地帶」及主要劃為「綜合發展區」地帶的土地以反映現有用途。

(經濟日報)

Property projects at two locations get mixed reception as Hong Kong’s homebuyers pick their way through leftover inventory

At Lohas Park in Tseung Kwan O, CK Asset Holdings sold 117 of the 159 flats at the Sea to Sky project developed with MTR Corporation

Across the city in Tuen Mun, buyers continued to shun China Evergrande Group’s Emerald Bay project, with the developer selling 13 of the 269 flats left over from their October 2019 launch

Hong Kong’s weekend property sales saw mixed reception at two different projects, as homebuyers picked and chose their way through two projects that had been on the market for at least nine months.

At Lohas Park in Tseung Kwan O, CK Asset Holdings sold 117 of the 159 flats at the Sea to Sky project developed with MTR Corporation. Buyers were undeterred by the 12-per cent increase in average price since the project’s launch last June, with about seven registered bidders vying for every available unit.

Across the city in Tuen Mun, buyers continued to shun China Evergrande Group’s Emerald Bay project, with the developer selling 13 of the 269 flats left over from their

October 2019 launch.

“The sale is quite good for Sea to Sky, which were leftover stock for almost a year since last June,” agent said, adding that two-bedroom flats were almost all sold, with only larger three-bedroom units remaining.

The mixed reception at the two projects showed how property buyers are becoming more discerning, as this year’s pipeline of new flats may widen to between 20,000 and 36,919 flats, according to another agent’s estimate. Leftover stock are particularly unattractive to customers as they tend to cost more than the new launches that typically are offered at larger discounts.

Apartments that fail to sell during their launch also tend to be larger units that cost more, and which require larger down payments, which add up to lower market demand, agent added.

Between 2,000 and up to 2,500 flats are expected to be sold in March, according to the agent’s estimate. The highlight is likely to be the Grand Victoria project in Kowloon, a joint project by five developers including Wheelock Properties, Sino Land and K Wah International. The project attracted as many as 5,000 visitors to the opening of its show flats on Thursday, including the television actor Tsui Wing.

The average price at Sea to Sky rose to HK$17,797 per square foot after an 18-per cent discount, still 12 per cent higher than the launch price of HK$15,823 per sq ft last year at launch.

Evergrande, which is also building a community of luxury villas at the wetlands in Wo Shang Wai, has pulled out all stops at Emerald Bay to attract buyers to its first residential real estate project in Hong Kong. The Guangzhou-based developer offered the first 50 buyers a discount on its property services and a discount on the stamp duty levied on any property purchased.

Still, it managed to find buyers for a dozen of the flats that range from 223 sq ft to 475 sq ft, for a price range between HK$4.43 million and up to HK$8.77 million. The smallest flat was a 223 sq ft unit priced at HK$3.79 million. The developer, the largest mainland Chinese builder by sales, has sold more than 1,360 flats at Emerald Bay for a total haul of HK$6.67 billion since the project’s launch.

(South China Morning Post)