疫情逐步回穩，為甲廈市場釋出曙光。由宏安地產持有的金鐘統一中心高層全層以5.15億易手，呎價約2.5萬，料買家享租金回報約2.7厘。

代理表示，金鐘統一中心30樓全層以5.15億易手，以面積約20488方呎計，呎價約25135元，是次成交將以買賣公司形式交易。該全層現時月租約114.7萬，租期至2023年，料買家可享租金回報約2.7厘。據了解，買家為許大絢及梁先杰。資料顯示，業主為宏安地產，於2016年以5.12億購入，持貨約5年帳面獲利約277.5萬。

約20488方呎

據大型代理行資料顯示，該甲廈對上一宗成交於今年3月錄得，為高層B室，面積10244方呎，以約2.15億售，呎價約2.1萬；另一成交為30樓F室，面積20489方呎，於2016年11月以約5.1億售，呎價約2.5萬。

代理認為，今年度核心區商廈續受用家及投資者追捧，其中，中環中心更於第二季起率先獲買家承接，累計售出5層全層，成交呎價亦見理想；而今次統一中心全層同獲承接，反映投資市場亦漸轉向價格相對低水的商廈物業，相信港島區指標商廈更有機會成為火車頭，牽動整體甲廈及乙廈表現。預料下半年商廈買賣及租務交投將會更趨暢旺，港島核心區指標商廈更會看高一綫。

(星島日報)

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全幢工廈交投旺 興勝6.28億沽觀塘物業

3億售柴灣工廈5成業權 美資基金買入

投資市場明顯轉旺，大手成交屢現。興勝創建 (00896) 宣布，以6.28億沽出觀塘大業街1號禧年工業大廈全幢，持貨2年獲利約1.39億元，而集團亦宣布以約3億元售出柴灣美利倉大廈5成業權，由美資基金AEW購入。

興勝創建宣布，以6.28億元沽出禧年工業大廈全幢。

據悉，該廈地盤面積約5,780平方呎，現址為一幢14層高工廈，總樓面面積約6.28萬平方呎，按成交價計，呎價約1萬元，現時物業每月租金收入約96.7萬元。

均輝購觀塘工廈 或合併重建

興勝創建於2019年以4.89億元購入物業，去年曾申請重建成1幢36層高酒店，提供160間客房，總樓面約8.3萬平方呎。當中地積比率由現時規劃大綱圖的最高12倍，放寬至15.836倍，包括按照工廈活化政策2.0規劃容許增加地積比率2成，可建樓面約8.3萬平方呎，較現時樓面約6.3萬平方呎多出3成。如今沽出物業，2年獲利約1.39億元。

據悉，買家為均輝集團，而該集團正持有觀塘偉業街111號均輝中心，正比鄰禧年工業大廈，不排除購入後可作合併發展。據了解，均輝中心地盤面積約4,200平方呎。

興勝創建積極沽貨，該集團宣布，以3.05億元售出柴灣美利倉大廈50%權益。翻查資料，興勝創建於2019年7月，以7.35億買入柴灣利眾街第18號美利倉大廈、柴灣中心工業大廈及觀塘工業中心單位，其中美利倉大廈樓高16層，地盤面積約6,685平方呎，總面積約68,296平方呎。據悉，買家為AEW基金，購入作投資。

投資市場轉旺，工商舖買賣全綫向好。代理表示，金鐘統一中心30樓全層以5.15億元易手，按面積約20,488平方呎計算，平均呎價約25,135元，物業將會以買賣公司形式交易。該全層現時月租約114.7萬元，租期至2023年，新買家可享租金回報約2.7厘。據了解，新買家為許大絢及梁先杰。

金鐘統一中心 全層5.15億易手

資料顯示，業主為宏安地產，於2016年以5.12億元購入，持貨約5年，帳面獲利約277.5萬元，接近平手離場。

(經濟日報)

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外資活躍 工商舖全年成交料900億

代理：工廈旺勢可持續

疫情緩和下有利投資市場，工商舖大額物業半年錄得350億元成交，按年增逾1.6倍，有外資代理行相信，市場資金仍多，特別外資基金表現活躍，下半年交投金額突破500億元，並估計上半年成焦點的工廈，旺勢可以持續。

據該代理行資料統計，2017至2018年為投資市場高峰期，成交金額分別為1,837億及1,441億元，而2019年下半年出現疫情，成交降至692億元，而去年受疫情衝擊，進一步跌至528億元。今年上半年情況向好，單計首6個多月，成交金額涉358億元，較去年上半年136億，高出逾1.6倍。

該行代理分析，上半年投資市場集多個有利因素，「香港疫情受控，對比起環球疫情反覆，香港及內地情況明顯較理想，吸引投資者留意。市場資金非常充裕，銀行體系顯示資金無流走，加上利息低，有利投資市場。」至於去年尾政府減辣，該代理則認為主要推動中細碼物業成交，「大額物業多以買賣公司股份形式進行，減印花稅對中細價物業如舖位推動較高。」

對港投資市場 憂慮漸降

提到資金充裕，上半年外資基金表現非常活躍，該代理認為，外資對本港投資市場的憂慮漸降低，即重投市場，「香港為自由市場，過往物業升值空間多，本港物業回報率平均約3.5%，或比其他城市低。但香港吸引之處，是地方細而多買家，流動性高容易沽貨。」對於社會運動、國安法等政治因素，該代理謂基金對本港憂慮已降，「去年外資基金少許擔心本港政治氣氛，希望先觀望，而今年明顯已沒有太擔心。」

外資基金今年入市策略偏向工廈，包括黑石基金以2.83億元購入葉氏化工大廈，而嘉民亞洲亦以5.7億購觀塘海裕工業大廈多層。該代理分析，「工廈收租回報普遍較高，疫情下需求不減，租金首兩季仍有3%升幅。工廈包括有物流貨倉、數據中心、凍倉等，需求很大，最近更有基金購工廈改作迷你倉。由於可塑性高，吸引基金留意。此外，供應量持續偏低，少有工廈新地皮，而政策輔助包括活化工廈、標準補地價金額等，鼓勵業主把工廈轉用途。」

工廈價全年料升約15%

對於下半年市況，預計整體交投仍上升，而工廈市場旺勢持續，「下半年反彈力度更大，年初仍有疫情，第二季成交額大幅改善，情況慢慢好轉，下半年氣氛更佳，預計400億至500億元成交，全年達800億至900億水平。工廈價上半年已升8%，預計全年升10至15%。」至於過往甚受歡迎的甲廈，該代理指多個客觀條件欠佳，反彈力度稍遜，「2022至23年為甲廈供應高峰期，疫情下很多企業重組及控制成本，由核心區搬至非核心區，令租金及空置率受壓，預計反彈力度較其他範疇弱。」

(經濟日報)

50大甲廈8買賣 創今年單月新低

7月股市表現波動，甲級商廈交投同受影響回落。綜合代理數據顯示，7月50大指標甲級商廈只得8宗買賣，創下今年以來的單月新低。

數據顯示，7月50大指標甲級商廈僅錄得8宗買賣，相對6月的20宗，按月下跌約60%；最新成交面積約5.19萬方呎，按月亦下挫38%。但總計今年首7個月，50大甲級商廈仍錄得106宗買賣成交，較去年同期的39宗大增1.7倍。

7月指標甲級商廈成交集中於九龍區，期內佔4宗；港島及新界各佔2宗。核心區中，上環信德中心及中環皇后大道中99號中環中心各錄得1宗買賣。

代理表示，股市表現波動，影響部分市場人士的信心，甲級商廈交投因而回落。近期交投仍集中於非核心區，反觀傳統核心區甲級商廈銀碼大，呎價較高，投資者態度較審慎。

(信報)

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鰂魚涌匯豪峰車場7600萬售投資者羅守輝沽貨持貨九年升1.1倍

資深投資者羅守輝旗下TOYOMALL剛沽售鰂魚涌匯豪峰車場，作價7600萬，買家為投資者周永祥等人。

上址為太古城道39號匯豪峰車場，樓高3層，設56個車位，另5個電單車位，知情人士透露，該車場剛以7600萬沽售，以買賣公司形式易手，平均每個車位約136萬 (不計電單車)，由投資者周永祥及另一名拍檔承接，支付一成訂金，明年一月正式成交。

車位平均作價136萬

他續說，鰂魚涌每個屋苑皆設車場，惟匯豪峰位置特別好，距港鐵站約3分鐘步程，而且被多幢大型工廈 (已被收購或收購中) 包圍，未來極具前景，加上車場樓底高，車位寬闊，極具增值空間。此車場多年來由承包商租用，月租18萬，承包商以每個4000元出租車位，另提供日租車位。

他又說，該車場最新回報僅2.8厘，買家打算成交後，為物業增值及拆售。據了解，周永祥是寵物玩具生產商，同時亦是資深鋪位投資者。

周永祥接受本報查詢，證實購入車場，惟他強調，該車場將作為長綫投資，現階段不便透露。

TOYOMALL於2013年11月以3698萬購入車場，持貨逾7年，帳面獲利3902萬，升值約1.05倍。有代理評論，2013年為鋪市高峰期，尋找投資目標不易，羅守輝極具眼光。該車場可拆售及自由買賣。

投資者周永祥：作長綫收租

有代理表示，鰂魚涌車位需求穩定，樓齡較新的車場最受捧，原因空間寬闊，設施新穎，惟部分屋苑樓齡舊，車位具需求，康景花園車位月租高達4500至4700元，皆因單位與車位比例為13比1，供不應求。

該代理又說，太古城以往劃一以3180元出租車位，輪候需時，拆售後月租驟升至4000元水平。區內部分車位規定同廈業主才能購買，包括康惠花園、太古城及逸樺園等等。值得留意的是，區內惠安苑樓齡46年，單位與車位為1.4比1，惟不乏需求，每月租金企硬3000至3500元，皆因惠安苑接近港鐵站，不少商廈車主紛在此承租車位。

(星島日報)

Buyers hold back for new launches

Secondary transactions across 10 major estates dropped 27 percent to 13 over the weekend, according to property agency.

The biggest decline was recorded at Kingswood Villas in Tin Shui Wai, where the number of deals fell from six to two, as buyers held back for the launch of new projects in the district this month.

In the primary market, the Development Studio, backed by Keith Graham Kerr, former chairman of Swire Properties (1972), launched five units at 42 Tung St in Sheung Wan for sale by tender.

In the commercial market, Bridgeway Prime Shop Fund Management bought an 880-sq-ft shop in To Kwa Wan for HK$14 million, 20 percent lower than the market price, while Hanison Construction (0896) sold the Hay Nien Industrial Building in Kwun Tong for HK$628 million, taking in a HK$139 million profit.

(The Standard)

統一中心兩單位月租16.6萬起

代理表示，金鐘統一中心高層兩個單位招租，意向呎租約38元，月租低至約16.6萬元。

放租的大單位擁海景，為32樓A02室，面積約6953方呎，按意向呎租約38元計算，涉及月租約26.4萬元。由於單位位處大廈高層，故享有開揚海景，為物業增值，對租客吸引力上升。

另一個招租單位為32樓A03室，面積約4382方呎，每方呎叫租同約38元，總月租約16.6萬元。該單位連寫字樓裝修出租，租客可即租即用；景觀則可望開揚城市景致。

(信報)

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金鐘統一中心高層一籃子單位，面積由4000至7000方呎，以意向價每方呎約38元放租。代理表示，金鐘金鐘道95號統一中心32樓，其中大單位更擁海景，為32樓A02室，面積約6953方呎，按意向呎租約38元計算，涉及月租約26.4萬餘元。由於單位位處高層，故享有開揚海景。郭氏續表示，另一個獨家招租單位為32樓A03室，面積約4382方呎，每方呎叫租同約38元，總月租約16.6萬餘元，單位連寫字樓裝修出租，租客可即租即用；景觀則可望開揚城市景致。

該代理續稱，統一中心作為金鐘區地標甲廈，大廈質素及配套有保證，而今番業主租金叫價克制，相信會獲租客青睞洽租。資料顯示，統一中心最近一宗租賃為該廈中層A01室，面積約2573方呎，成交呎租約40元。

(星島日報)

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新東海商業中心鋪每呎1.8萬叫賣

本港經濟表現好轉，市場憧憬工商鋪後市有力回穩，部分業主趁勢放售。有代理表示，尖沙嘴東部科學館道9號新東海商業中心1樓108至109號鋪，面積約2414方呎，意向售價約4380萬，呎價約1.8萬。新東海商業中心附近商廈林立，人流有一定保證，物業現時由五家飲食業及零售業租客租用，每月租金合共約14.8萬，買家可享回報率高達4.04厘。

該代理又指，物業地理位置優越，毗鄰香港歷史博物館和香港科學館，是每年平均參觀人次最多的博物館，物業同時鄰近大型購物商場，包括The One、K11 Musea等，日夜人流暢旺。大廈交通配套完善，徒步至紅磡站及尖東港鐵站僅需約10分鐘，附近亦有多條巴士及小巴專綫來往港九各區。預計上述放盤短期內可獲投資者承接。

(星島日報)

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金鐘海富中心意向呎租38

金鐘甲廈需求大，現海富中心單位，以每呎約38元招租。

2座單位 月租9.7萬

有代理表示，有業主現放租金鐘海富中心單位，涉及物業2座502A至03A室，面積約2,556平方呎，意向呎租約38元，涉及月租9.7萬元。

翻查資料，5月至今大廈錄得3宗租務，其中5月份，2座低層單位，面積約961平方呎，以每月3.8萬元租出，呎租約40元。另6月份2座低層01、11至15室，面積約4,388平方呎，以每月19.7萬元租出，成交呎租約45元。上月物業亦錄得一宗細單位租務成交，涉及2座一個低層，面積約327平方呎單位，以每月1.6萬元租出，呎租約49元。

(經濟日報)

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外資代理行：商廈需求漸回穩 50%受訪企業有意擴張

有代理發表最新商廈市場調查報告顯示，約半數 (50%) 受訪企業有意在未來三年內擴張，比較2020年10月的調查結果 (23%) 大幅增加，尤其以科技公司、投資和保險公司等亞洲本地企業意願較強。就跨國企業而言，辦公室整合與升級計畫仍是公司房地產策略重點，但部分企業 (如科技公司) 仍持有適度的長綫擴張意願。

科技公司具長綫擴張意願

數據顯示，71%受訪企業認為企業經營狀況持續改善，比例遠高於2020年4月 (22%) 及10月(48%) 兩次調查結果。以大中華區和太平洋地區受訪企業的市場信心度最高，印度和東南亞地區企業對市場樂觀程度相對較低。

該行代理表示，近期而言，企業租戶繼續利用區內租金減免及優惠趨勢，重新協商租約及續租，以節省成本，受訪企業希望在疫情完全受控後，員工可花更多時間於辦公室工作，並習慣新混合辦公模式。 與此同時，企業根據實際需要制定長遠的辦公政策，管理層權利決定員工的日程以及批准遙距辦公方案。

料共享工作間需求上升

該行另一代理表示，辦公室在促進協作與溝通方面，將比以往發揮更大的作用，辦公室設計也需要作出相應的調整和改變。 該行預計，非正式協作空間以及共享工作間需求將有上升趨勢。同時，在混合辦公模式下，員工獨立工作以及組織小型專案團隊會議的情況將會更為普遍，更多企業租戶將考慮減少大型會議室數量，但同時亦期望業主能夠提供大型企業會議或活動的空間及配套。

(星島日報)

茶果嶺舊樓八成業權聯售

市區地皮供應有限，令舊樓備受財團追捧，其中，位於觀塘茶果嶺道189至193號全幢舊樓，目前業主已收集逾八成業權，並推出市場聯售，可建樓面逾1.7萬方呎。

可建樓面逾1.7萬呎

觀塘茶果嶺道189至193號全幢舊樓，業主推出市場聯售，已收集逾八成業權，並透過市區重建中介服務推出，並委託測量師作銷售，測量師表示，項目毗鄰港鐵藍田站，擁維港景致，可作重建發展，地盤面積約2350方呎，屬住宅 (甲類) 用途，地積比率達7.5倍，可建樓面逾1.7萬方呎。

下月15日截標

該測量師再指，預料可吸引不少投資者及財團，由今日起推出招標，並於下月15日截標。此外，該測量師續稱，隨着本港疫情緩和，樓價上升，樓市氣氛持續向好，資金積極追捧「磚頭」，預期是次推出招標的茶果嶺道項目，反應不俗，項目鄰近多個大型住宅物業，將陸續落成，未來具發展潛力，若有效利用最大的地積比率，可重建作商住發展，項目現時有逾8成業權聯合出售，由於預期投資額適中，故可望吸引投資者及各類型的發展商參與。

(星島日報)

全幢物業可改用途 成財團吸納對象

大額交投暢旺，近一星期先後錄得多宗全幢物業成交。由於全幢物業可更改用途及重建，價值可望提升，即成財團吸納對象。

投資市場持續暢旺，全幢物業成投資焦點，包括近月成交極少的酒店，亦罕有錄得買賣。土瓜灣譚公道103至107號酒店易手，物業樓高18層，總樓面約29,349平方呎，全幢以3.8億元成交。該物業原由一本地財團持有，早年購入地盤後自行發展，興建一幢提供99間房的酒店，並於2019年落成，其後本港社會運動及疫情影響，酒店一直未有營運，現獲財團購入，平均每房價值約383萬元。

Weave Living買酒店 作共居空間

據了解，新買家為Weave Living，該集團在港主力發展共居空間，創立品牌Weave Co-living，過去數年先後購入旺角、紅磡、大角咀及西環4項目，把原本酒店改裝成共居，合共提供540間房。該集團去年以2.95億元收購西半山醫院道6至8號全幢，呎價約1.4萬元，據悉將會被改裝成多戶房屋 (Multi-Family)。

至於上半年投資暢旺的全幢工廈強勢持續，興勝創建以6.28億元沽出觀塘禧年工業大廈全幢。物業地盤面積約5,780平方呎，現址為一幢14層高工廈，總樓面約6.28萬平方呎，呎價約1萬元，現時物業每月租金收入約96.7萬元。興勝創建於2019年以4.89億元購入物業，去年曾申請重建成1幢36層高酒店，2年獲利約1.39億元。買家為均輝集團，而該集團正持有觀塘偉業街111號均輝中心，正比鄰禧年工業大廈。

另外，屯門東亞紗廠工業大廈第一期全幢，獲中資物流公司承接，涉約22.4億元，為2021年至今投資市場最大宗全幢工業物業成交。物業樓高15層，總面積約466,449平方呎，成交呎價約4,802元。原業主為鄧成波家族，2012年向嘉民物流基金以5.08億元購入該物業的71%業權，以及2016年以2.38億元向國泰航空旗下雅潔乾洗購入約18%業權，並於2018年統一全幢第一期業權，轉手獲利超過13億元。

全幢工廈亦具重建概念，葵涌瑞康工業大廈，獲億京以約5億元購入。物業地盤面積約14,291平方呎，項目現有建築面積為14.7萬平方呎，呎價約3,401元。億京購入後，料重建成新式工廈，或補地價重建甲廈。

分析指，工商物業於過去一年價格明顯回調，現正值疫情緩和，加上市場資金多，近月吸引財團注視。不過，由於商廈及舖位租金向下，目前回報率略為降低，而財團看好後市，故購入全幢物業，再作翻新及重建，待項目完成增值後，市況可望全面回勇，回報率即提高，料全幢物業續獲追捧。

(經濟日報)

灣仔全幢服務式住宅標售 估值3.7億

全幢物業承接力理想，業主趁勢標售，現本地財團標售灣仔道全幢服務式住宅，市場估值約3.7億元。

有測量師指出，灣仔道238至240號項目配現正標售，截標日期為8月31日。該物業現為一幢9層高服務式住宅，於1963年落成，地庫及地下現租予髮型屋，1樓至7樓屬住宅。

可重建約28485呎

測量師指，物業位於摩理臣山道及灣仔道，鄰近銅鑼灣時代廣場，地盤面積約1,890平方呎，現規劃為其他指定用途 (混合用途)，可作寫字樓、酒店、住宅等用途。以最高地積比率15倍計，可重建總樓面約28,485平方呎。該物業已獲批重建為一幢22層高銀座商廈，買家可於物業外牆及天台上加設多個大型戶外廣告牌。據市場估值約3.7億元，每呎樓面地價約1.3萬元。

(經濟日報)

新蒲崗匯達商業中心 享地利交通便

匯達商業中心位處新蒲崗心臟地帶，屯馬綫通車與觀塘綫兩綫滙聚，令區內交通配套趨成熟，加上啟德發展區基建逐步落成，商貿氣氛及居住人口將慢慢增加，鄰近的新蒲崗區亦連帶受惠。

交通配套方面，大廈距離鑽石山港鐵站僅8分鐘步程，並坐擁四通八達的交通網絡，屯馬綫開通和觀塘綫兩綫滙聚，佔盡地利優勢；加上鄰近巴士站和的士站僅一箭之遙，約5分鐘路程，附近亦有多條巴士路綫可達港島地區，交通便利。

鄰近多間大型購物商場

大廈鄰近多間大型購物商場，如Mikiki、越秀廣場、荷里活廣場等，對預備擴展業務的企業家來說，確是便捷、優質的理想之選。物業提供大量時租停車位，而且共3層停車場，車位充裕。停車場亦設有自助式雙升降機直達車場，方便駕車人士出入。

飲食配套上，物業處於工廠大廈地段，四周也不乏食肆餐廳。大廈鄰近多間大型購物商場，上班族可步行至附近Mikiki及越秀廣場一帶，有多間連鎖品牌食肆、快餐店、酒樓可供選擇，若不介意步程也可選擇荷里活廣場也有食肆及美食廣場提供，食肆林立。

匯達商業中心在景觀及設計上，展現辦公室的時尚氣派。大廈配套方面，大廈大堂備有3部電梯及1部專用載貨電梯，讓繁忙時段可分流，方便客人上落。值得一提，大廈樓齡新，而外牆為玻璃幕牆，而大堂更突顯高雅亮麗的感覺。大廈每層面積約6,487平方呎，大多以一梯多伙為設計，樓層設獨立廁所。而現時租客包括教會、製造行業等。

業主多作自用 盤源矜罕

大廈大多單位由業主自用，因此大廈不論放租或出售的盤源更是矜罕。大廈樓面設計靈活，租戶可獨佔全層或每層規劃最多5個單位，加上少柱位設計，極盡空間效能。除標準單位外，亦提供行政高層單位，部分專享私人洗手間；更特設「頂層辦公廳」，坐享無與倫比的廣闊翠綠景觀；而寫字樓單位坐擁彩虹道遊樂場的翠綠園景，於較高層單位更能飽覽遠至獅子山的開揚景致，讓人能在盎然綠意的環抱中，工作效率自然能大大提升。

(經濟日報)

Wing Tai bets on affordable luxury concept in Kwu Tung after Tuen Mun projects prove popular with millennials

Wing Tai will expand its affordable luxury concept at its new project in Kwu Tung, New Territories, where it set a land price record.

The developer plans to build 700 units, mostly two-bedroom flats, targeted at young buyers.

Wing Tai Properties will expand its affordable luxury concept for millennials at its upcoming project in Kwu Tung, New Territories, where it set a price record in terms of square footage for the land it acquired last month.

The Hong Kong developer said that the concept leverages on its experience of designing luxury developments, opening up a new product line that appeals to a new generation of buyers seeking affordable prices. This has resulted in strong sales at THE CARMEL, OMA OMA, and OMA by the Sea in Tuen Mun since they were launched in early 2019, the company said.

The company said that their designs match that of upscale luxury projects. Some of the features include a stone spa at THE CARMEL, a 40-metre long infinity pool at the OMA OMA and a 25-metre hanging garden pool at OMA by the Sea.

“This concept is well received by new families and first-time buyers between the ages of 25 and 35,” said Kenneth Ng Kar-wai, managing director of Wing Tai’s property division, which has developed 7.5 million sq ft of real estate in the city since 1991, including the luxury residential projects La Vetta and Le Cap in Kau To, Sha Tin.

The common characteristic of these three housing projects in Tuen Mun is that they are surrounded by greenery. Nearly 50 per cent of the flats in these projects are two-bedroom units priced between HK$6 million and HK$8 million.

The developer plans to build 700 units, mostly two-bedroom flats, targeted at young buyers on the Kwun Tung site.

Ng said that he would blend the development with nature, pointing out that landscape design is their strength. “With the natural surroundings, the result will be twice as good,” he added.

In June, the developer paid HK$2.61 billion for the site in Kwu Tung, which can yield a total gross floor area of 284,169 sq ft. It works out to HK$9,208 per square foot, making it the most expensive plot in the New Territories. It was among the three sites sold in the area by government tender since April.

“The site adjacent to Fanling golf course already offers a great landscape,” Ng said, adding that the plot was about 10 minutes’ walking distance to Sheung Shui MTR station.

The relatively underdeveloped Kwu Tung, where an MTR station is due to open in 2027 – has caught investors’ attention after Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) won a site, Area 25, for HK$8.61 billion in April. SHKP paid nearly 40 per cent more than the market valuation for the plot.

The per square foot price for the site, which can yield a total gross floor area of 1.19 million sq ft, works out to HK$7,184. Surveyors expect completed flats to fetch as much as HK$20,000 per square foot.

Last week, Wheelock Properties won another parcel, Area 24, which can yield a gross floor area of 492,390 sq ft, for HK$4.19 billion, or HK$8,499 per sq ft. This was 18.3 per cent higher than the HK$7,184 per square foot SHKP paid for the adjacent plot, Area 25, in April.

On July 29, just before the Lands Department awarded Area 24 to Wheelock Properties, property agency said that it had helped a client to buy a 1,576 sq ft house at Valais, the biggest luxury development in Kwu Tung, for HK$23 million, or HK$14,594 per square foot.

“The deal was done with zero discount,” agent said.

The seller had paid HK$20.33 million for the house in December 2011.

“It is one of the few profit-making transactions concluded at Valais as many owners sold their houses at a loss in the past several years due to the area’s inaccessibility,” another agent said.

“In the past three months, seven transactions were done at Valais, compared to just two to three deals a year previously,” the agent added.

(South China Morning Post)

OECD property prices break 30-year record

Property prices are surging in almost every major economy during the pandemic along with the global fiscal and monetary stimulus, analysis by the Financial Times found.

Only three of the 40 countries experienced real-terms housing price decrease in the first three months of 2021, covered by data of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. It was the smallest portion of the price fall since the data series began in 2000.

As countries bottomed out from the recessions triggered by pandemic, the annual house price growth across the OECD members is at its fastest pace in 30 years in the first quarter recording 9.4 percent, which is also faster than growth in rent prices.

Strong growth in housing costs continued in the United Kingdom, South Korea, New Zealand, Canada and Turkey.

Properties in developed countries were overvalued by about 10 percent compared with long-term trends, said Adam Slater, lead economist at analysis firm Oxford Economics. He calculated that the "housing fever" is one of the biggest since 1900, but it was not so big as to kickoff a financial crisis.

Meanwhile, the Chinese city of Dongguan implemented a series of property cooling measures after banning developers from bidding sites by related companies to increase the winning rate.

Measures included a tightening on property taxes, which the exclusion period of individual housing transaction value-added tax extended to five years from two years. Homeowners who sold their property within five years of their purchase are required to pay a total of five percent VAT.

(The Standard)

根據代理統計，7月份工商鋪市場錄得約628宗買賣個案，涉及總金額約147.09億，成交宗數為連續第四個月錄超過600宗，證明買家入市心態趨穩定。代理預測，鋪市持續受惠，工廈及寫字樓市場則因應經濟環境改善而加快起動。

代理：連續四個月錄逾600宗

代理資料顯示，7月份工商鋪共錄約628宗成交，對比6月微減約5%，自今年3月起連續四個月錄超過600宗水平，反映工商鋪走勢趨穩；而對比2020年7月同期更大幅遞增約85%。金額共錄約147.09億，較6月約255.54億減少約42%，按年錄約2.9倍增長，由於今年6月份錄得九龍灣國際展貿中心全幢約105億成交，若扣除此宗大手交易後，6月總成交金額約150.54億元，與7月份相若。

代理稱，依三個範疇分析，7月份工廈及寫字樓市場成交量與上月相若，商鋪宗數按月跌約17%，反映個別低於市價盤源漸消化，不少業主趁勢提價而造成買賣雙方拉鋸局面。雖然三個類別最新成交量對比6月份未見升勢，但較去年市況大為改善。翻查資料，2020年工商鋪單月最低成交宗數分別約100宗、約16宗及約17宗。

商鋪宗數按月跌17%

代理認為，疫苗計畫已開展近半年，接種人口陸續增加，預料有助控制疫情，增強市民外出消費的信心。同時，第一期消費券已於8月1日派發，不少市民已陸續提取，零售及餐飲食肆已率先受惠，消費力有望進一步上升。隨着經濟環境陸續改善，工廈及寫字樓兩者隨之起動，整體工商鋪交投前景佔優。

(星島日報)

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代理：逾億元工商鋪交投增

有代理綜合土地註冊處資料顯示，7月份工商鋪註冊共錄得644宗，當中錄13宗過億元成交，數字為近20個月以來最高。該代理行認為，隨着本港「清零」，加上資金尋找出路，後市註冊量值料繼續平穩發展。

上月錄13宗逾億元買賣

7月份工商鋪各板塊註冊宗數均錄按月下跌。工廈及商廈分別最新報363及121宗，按月減少2.7%及0.8%。商鋪註冊量亦按月跌15.3%，最新錄160宗。7月份整體註冊宗數為644宗，按月跌5.8%，已連續5個月企穩600宗以上水平。整體金額繼續攀升，7月份錄97.97億，按月升11.1%。

7月份共錄得13宗億元買賣，按月增30%，更是近20個月以來單月錄最多逾億元成交宗數，其中長沙灣青山道646號豐華工業大廈全幢及中環C WISDOM CENTRE全幢分別以8億元及4.32億元成交。7月份大手成交大多為鋪位買賣，共佔8宗，包括以3億元成交的屯門天生樓地下共11個商鋪。

該行代理表示，7月份的過億成交中，鋪位買賣佔多，反映大手資金看好鋪市。全幢工廈亦不乏捧場客，買家看準可塑性高，以作改裝或重建。

(星島日報)

老牌家族放售物業共22項意向價3.12億

近期市況不俗，市場有投資者趁勢放售一籃子物業合共22項，包括住宅、地鋪、地廠及工廈單位，遍布港九新界，意向價共約3.12億。

有代理表示，是次放售涉及共22個物業，3個地鋪、1個地廠及3個工廈、包括15個住宅，總面積逾30000方呎。其中，黃大仙鳳德道13至21號鳳寧樓3個相連地鋪，面積逾2700方呎，屬於民生區，現時租客為著名川菜館詠藜園。

黃大仙鋪由詠藜園承租

荔枝角通州西街1059至1061號新光工業大廈地廠，面積逾3600方呎，物業鄰近荔枝角港鐵站和長沙灣核心工商地區，單位入口面向通州西街，車輛直達，將以交吉形式出售。

土地註冊處資料顯示，上述黃大仙鳳寧樓3個相連地鋪，業主於2004年4月僅以400萬購入，荔枝角新光工業大廈地廠則於2004年7月以900萬購入。

包括鋪位工廈及住宅

除了鋪位及工廈，放售的包括大批住宅，其中，鰂魚涌英皇道846號民新大廈的6個住宅單位，每間實用面積逾千呎，陳氏表示，以意向價計算，回報近約3厘，其他住宅單位分別位於鰂魚涌 、紅磡、佐敦、旺角及新蒲崗，以現狀及連約形式放售，可即時為買家取得穩定租金收入。

(星島日報)

東亞銀行購葵涌偉倫工廈全層 作價1.07億面積25618呎

疫情逐步回穩，為工商鋪市道釋出曙光，帶動銀行機構亦加快入市步伐。東亞銀行以1.072億購入葵涌偉倫中心中層全層，每呎造價約4185元，屬市價水平，料作自用途。

據土地註冊處資料顯示，葵涌偉倫中心第二期中層全層，於上月初以1.072億售出，買家為東亞銀行有限公司 (THE BANK OF EAST ASIA,LIMITED)，原業主於2011年底以4535萬買入，以公司名義利合興有限公司持有，註冊董事為吳姓及關姓人士，持貨10年，帳面獲利6185萬，物業升值約1.36倍。

據地產界人士表示，上址全層面積25618方呎，以易手價計，呎價約4185元，屬市價水平，並指出，該工廈最大優點為車場面積大，且可以入到櫃，備受實力用家追捧，惟該工廈於市場上少有放盤，全層供應更是買少見少。

十年升值1.36倍

據代理資料顯示，該工廈對上一宗買賣於2017年7月錄得，為2期中層全層，面積25618方呎，以1億元成交，呎價約3904元；另一成交為2期高層全層，面積25618方呎，於2016年11月以8400萬售出，呎價約3279元。

事實上，東亞銀行近年連環沽售5項曾作為自用的鋪位，今番購入工廈，市場人士預期，該物業將作為後勤部門用途，配合銀行經營新趁勢，減少實體店，增加網上銀行比重。

市場料作自用

由2018年12月開始，該銀行先後沽售小西灣、葵涌、土瓜灣、深水埗及屯門鋪位，合共套現逾3.36億，其中以屯門鄉事會路112至140號雅都花園商場地下16、39及41號鋪最大宗，涉資高達1.35億。其次為柴灣小西灣道23號富怡花園地下56至62號地鋪，以5980萬易手。

近年連沽五個鋪位

當中不乏持貨數十年的鋪位，其中，深水埗長沙灣道132至134號地鋪，於去年7月以約3510萬成交，交吉逾3年，東亞銀行於1978年以240萬購入上址，持貨42年帳面獲利約3270萬，物業期間貶值約13.6倍。

(星島日報)

華人行千呎舖 50萬租跌逾5成

部署通關旅客重臨 租客搶一綫靚舖

核心區舖租大幅調整後，漸見商戶重返。中環華人行地下千呎舖，獲鐘錶店以50萬元租用。該舖曾由Swatch租用，其後由口罩店短租，現成交月租較對上長租約跌逾5成，較高峰期更下挫近8成。

市場消息指，中環核心地段錄得舖位租務成交，涉及華人行地下舖位，面積約1,098平方呎，以每月約50萬元租出。該舖位處皇后大道頭段，正對娛樂行，為中環心臟，可說是區內最優質地舖之一。據了解，新租客為鐘錶店。

高峰期舖租230萬 跌約78%

翻查資料，該舖多年來曾獲不同租客承租，2012年零售高峰期，舖位曾由鐘錶店以每月230萬元租用，及後2015年獲Folli Follie以180萬租用，租金下跌。其後2018年，零售明顯從高峰回落，Swatch以110萬元租用舖位，惟本港受社會運動及疫情衝擊，零售甚差，而品牌亦於去年6月提早遷出，及後更被業主入稟追討租金。由於舖位交吉日久，業主決定把舖放短租，去年疫情時獲口罩店以每月約20萬租用。如今鐘錶店以每月約50萬元租用，租金上一份長租合約下跌約55%，若與高峰期的230萬元相比，租金更跌約78%。

事實上，自從疫情爆發以來，奢侈品不時收縮業務，棄租核心零售區舖位，而是次罕有出現鐘錶店租用，料因租金出現大幅調整，至相對合理水平，加上零售品牌憧憬年尾或有望通關，旅客有望重臨，故趁租金便宜搶佔核心區一綫靚舖。近日中環舖位租務成交略為增加，華人行對面的陸海通大廈地下一舖位，面積約700平方呎，獲首飾店以每月約20萬租用，租金跌約4成。

(經濟日報)

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大窩口工業區 半數項目建新式工廈

鄰近港鐵站的大窩口工業區，近年有不少工廈重建及改裝個案，其中8個項目涉及182.34萬平方呎樓面，當中一半或4個項目屬於重建成新式工廈，涉及約74萬平方呎樓面。

分拆5小型綜合發展區

荃灣區內共有兩個規模較大的工業區，東面屬於大窩口工業區，西面則為柴灣角工業區，當中大窩口工業區近年有不少工廈重建計劃。大窩口工業區北面的德士古道、沙咀道及楊屋道交界，早年已經獲規劃署改劃成「綜合發展區」，希望推動重建轉型，及後加快發展，更在2010年分拆成5個較小型的「綜合發展區」，並已經陸續有工廈展開重建成住宅發展，成功轉型成為住宅區。

新地4工廈增地積比建住宅

當中新地 (00016) 近期再就安泰工業中心、王子工業大廈及亞洲脈絡中心等4幢工廈的重建方案提交修訂，申請將地積比率將增加22%至6.1倍，當中6倍作為住宅用途，將會興建5幢31層高分層住宅，較舊方案減少1幢但高度增加7層，總單位數目約1,330伙，較舊方案增加327伙，約27%。

項目將繼續分為4期發展，當中新地旗下安泰工業中心位於第1期，將會興建1幢31層高住宅，總樓面約20.1萬平方呎，較舊方案增加2成，預計提供約465伙，較舊方案增加42%。至於鄰近轉型速度較慢，只有數年前房委會已經將前大窩口工廠大廈重建成居屋尚翠苑，而新意網 (01686) 則申請將工廈Jumbo iAdvantage地下至7樓，改裝成為數據中心之用。

而楊屋道以南的部分，目前仍然規劃「工業」用途，但亦有不少發展商、投資者看準機會，購入區內的工廈展開重建，其中4個重建項目，預計可帶來約73.77萬平方呎樓面。當中有財團今年初申請將灰窰角街18至32號的富源工業大廈、美德大廈，放寬地積比率至11.4倍，以作准許的工業用途，並計劃重建1幢22層高的工廈，另設2層地庫，涉及總樓面面積約18.9萬平方呎。

另外，華人置業 (00127) 去年以約3.6億元增持的馬角街14至18號栢獅電子大廈，則計劃重建成1幢23層高的工廈，總樓面約22.8萬平方呎，預計於2024年底前完成。而新意網在2018年以約7.26億元購入的前馬角街熟食中心工業地，則將會用來興建高端數據中心，涉及樓面約20.17萬平方呎。

(經濟日報)

NikeLab銅鑼灣舖縮近半樓面 年慳432萬

雖然疫情回穩，政府亦大派消費券，增強市民消費意欲，但仍有個別零售商削減店舖樓面。其中運動服裝店旗下香港唯一一間NikeLab位於銅鑼灣白沙道之相連舖位，早前棄租其中一個，以該舖每月租金36萬元計，即每年慳租432萬元。

上述舖位位於白沙道5、7號地下，面積分別約1400及約1600方呎，合共即約3000方呎，由NikeLab於2015年起租用，至2018年續租3年，月租分別約36萬及約56.4萬元，呎租即約257及352元水平。

月租56萬承租白沙道1600呎舖

不過，有關租約今年6月到期，NikeLab已放棄租用5號地舖，土地註冊處顯示，該舖已由飛騰體育用品租用，月租大減至21.8萬元，較NikeLab棄租前租金減幅達四成。

而雖然7號地舖租約亦已到期，暫未見新租約登記，不過，就記者日前現場所見，獲NikeLab棄租的5號舖已上圍板，而7號舖的NikeLab仍繼續營業，原本打通的兩舖亦已分間開，估計已跟業主達成續約共識。換言之，NikeLab今次棄租一半樓面，以原來租金計，每年可慳租432萬元。

NikeLab為NIKE旗下副線品牌，全球只有約8間實體專門店，專門出售與設計師合作推出的特別版產品，故香港店外不時有人排隊爭購限量版波鞋。除白沙道分店外，NikeLab其餘分店位於東京南青山區、北京三里屯、上海徐匯區，其餘城市分別有紐約、米蘭、倫敦、巴黎，位置全為潮人集中地。

香港NikeLab所在的白沙道，亦有多間潮流品牌進駐，包括Stussy、Carhartt、Patagonia等，而白沙道6號的太平館餐廳，更擁不少明星食客。 

敏華控股老闆娘9800萬購京瑞廣場舖

另外，有名人趁機入市舖位。土地註冊處顯示，沙田安群街3號京瑞廣場1期地下8號舖，上月以9800萬元由敏華控股 (1999) 創辦人兼董事局主席黃敏利之妻許慧卿購入。原業主2017年底以約7055萬元購入，持貨不足4年，帳面獲利2745萬元或39%。

另外，市場消息指出，資深投資者楊萬勤等持有的旺角快富街33至35號利大廈地下A舖，面積約900方呎，連入則閣樓約500方呎，連租約以6500萬元易手，呎價4.64萬元。商舖現租予醫務中心及兌換店，每月租金共約14.8萬元，租金回報約2.7厘。楊氏等於2007年2月以1450萬元購入該舖，持貨逾14年，帳面獲利5050萬元或3.5倍。

(明報)

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Flats at Kowloon Godown go down in size but up in number

Wheelock Properties has submitted a new redevelopment plan for Kowloon Godown in Kowloon Bay to the Town Planning Board to build 1,782 residential flats but with smaller sizes.

Nearly 1,000 units have been added to the 784 flats that were approved 10 years ago, but the average size of each unit will shrink 56 percent to 465 square feet.

The developer wants to build seven 28-story buildings on the 165,812 sq ft site, providing a total gross floor area of 829,059 sq ft.

The project is located on Kai Hing Road, near the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal.

Managing director Ricky Wong Kwong-yiu said the company has collected over HK$20 billion in the first seven months of 2021, selling 1,165 flats.

He expected the company to break its sales record of HK$26 billion and said overall property prices will rise 5 percent by the end of the year.

Meanwhile, the Land Registry recorded 9,957 sale and purchase agreements for all building units received for registration in July, up 6.1 percent from June and 31.4 percent higher year-on-year.

The total amount for sale and purchase agreements in July was HK$94 billion, which rose 1.5 percent from June and 35.6 percent from 2020.

In the commercial property market, Swire Properties (1972) said the overall Hong Kong occupancy rate for its offices remained at 96 percent in the first half.

The developer said its Pacific Place's office occupancy rate rose to 98 percent, while the rent dropped 11 percentage points. And for its Taikoo Place project, the rental reversions remained positive.

However, the company believes the increased availability and subdued demand has exerted downward pressure on rentals, especially in Central and the Pacific Place portfolio.

Before the completion of Two Taikoo Place, Julius Baer, a Swiss private bank, had committed to four floors (approximately 92,000 sq ft) and will be the first anchor tenant of the building, the company said.

Link Reit (0823) meanwhile said the number of visitors at its shopping malls had returned to pre-pandemic levels and it believes the positive impact of government coupons could last between 12 to18 months.

The company revealed that over 60 percent of its shop tenants have installed e-payment apparatuses which have been adopted by mall tenants, but the acceptance in wet markets is relatively lower.

(The Standard)

Record prices of mid-sized Hong Kong flats driven by first-time buyers taking advantage of relaxed mortgage rules, say analysts

Homes measuring between 431 and 752 sq ft soared to record-breaking prices in June as couples and young families snapped up second-hand units

Among the most popular developments driving the price increases were Kingswood Villas in Tin Shui Wai, and City One Shatin in Sha Tin

More first-time buyers have been piling in to Hong Kong’s property market, driving up the prices of mid-sized flats in out-of-town locations, according to analysts.

Homes measuring between 431 sq ft and 752 sq ft soared to record-breaking prices in June as couples and young families snapped up second-hand units in areas like the New Territories, where their money goes a lot further than it does in the city.

Property agents said the prices had been driven higher by a relaxation of mortgage rules in 2019 allowing first-time buyers to borrow a much higher percentage of a flat’s value.

“The relaxation measure pushed more first-time homebuyers to enter the property market,” property agent said. At the same time, more people were taking the opportunity to upgrade to larger units.

“This led to more people making use of the relaxation rules,” the agent said. “So people who previously bought units of 200 to 300 sq ft would perhaps purchase units of 400 to 500 sq ft instead.”

Among the most popular residential developments driving the price increases were Kingswood Villas in Tin Shui Wai, City One Shatin in Sha Tin and Metro City in Tseung Kwan O, according to property agency.

“For some buyers who live in a two-bedroom unit … their family has expanded and they have another child or their children are growing, they may need to switch to a three-bedroom [unit],” agent said.

The prices of second-hand homes measuring 431 sq ft to 752 sq ft set a new record in June, according to an official price index. They edged up 0.37 per cent to 381.5 in June, breaching the previous high of 377.9 set in May 2019, according to recent data from the Rating and Valuation Department.

Homes at the extreme ends of the size spectrum fell in June. Houses larger than 1,722 sq ft saw their value drop 1.2 per cent, the biggest fall among all types of unit, while the very smallest flats, less than 431 sq ft, declined 0.45 per cent.

Home prices were flat overall, with the index remaining at 394.5, just a whisker below the previous peak of 396.9 in May 2019.

A total of 3,059 transactions were recorded in 10 major second-hand housing estates so far this year, up by a half from the 2,049 sales recorded in the first seven months of last year.

Kingswood Villas topped the list, with 433 transactions, a 29 per cent increase, according to the agency.

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announced the relaxation of the lending cap in October 2019.

Under the measure, which applies to completed flats only, the lending cap for those who are qualified to borrow up to 90 per cent of the property’s value rose from HK$4 million to HK$8 million. The cap on the value of flats eligible for mortgages of up to 80 per cent also rose from HK$6 million to HK$10 million.

“The transaction volume of people buying properties in this range is always going to be big,” property agent said. “Now many people are first-time buyers, and when you buy property for the first time you typically buy around such sizes, which makes for an easier entry point.”

(South China Morning Post)

Hong Kong’s overall property deals to take a breather after coming within touching distance in July of pre-protests high

The overall number of deals were within touching distance of a high recorded in May 2019

Overall number of transactions will fall in August by nearly 13 per cent, property agent said

Hong Kong’s overall property transactions are expected to take a breather this month after rising to a 26-month high in July, close to levels seen before the city’s anti-government protests broke out in June 2019, thanks to a recovery in the economy and the coronavirus pandemic stabilising locally.

The overall number of transactions, including residential, commercial and industrial properties, as well as parking spaces, rose to 9,957 deals in July, approaching a high of 10,353 deals in May 2019, according to the Land Registry. The value of transactions also stretched a five-month rally to a three-year high of HK$94 billion (US$12.09 billion).

“Before property prices could approach historical highs, buyers’ pace of entry into the market slowed down slightly, with some taking a wait-and-see approach,” property agent said. “The overall number of transactions in August will fall from this high level by nearly 13 per cent to around 8,680 deals.”

The improving economy and coronavirus outbreak, coupled with quantitative easing, have boosted the number of transactions in Hong Kong, the world’s most expensive real estate market. But more aggressive asking prices, as well as rising home prices are pushing some potential buyers to the sidelines.

The absence of launches of large-scale new projects in late July and early this month are also expected to weigh on the transaction volume, the agent said. The agent, however, added that the overall transaction number will rise again after a short break, with major new projects in the pipeline.

Hong Kong home prices were flat in June after reaching a two-year high, according to data from the Rating and Valuation Department. An index measuring the prices of second-hand homes stayed at 394.5, data from the department shows, just a whisker below the previous peak of 396.9 in May 2019. The rising prices have led to more aggressive asking prices from sellers, according to property agency.

The strong sales “reflected that under quantitative easing and low interest rates, the boom in the second-hand market continued, stimulating brisk turnover”, another agent said.

In the first seven months of this year, the number of overall property transactions totalled 60,293, an increase of 49.5 per cent year on year, the highest in nine years, according to another property agency. The amount was HK$568.4 billion, up 68 per cent year on year, the highest since 1997.

The driving force has been the housing market, occupying 49,737, or 82.5 per cent of the total number of transactions, in this period.

A family bought a 773 sq ft flat at Hemera in Lohas Park for HK$11.6 million this week as they thought “the housing market still has rising momentum” and did not want to keep paying rent, according to the agency.

The number of transactions involving commercial and industrial properties dipped 5 per cent month on month to 628 in July, but the shops market will benefit from an improvement in the retail and catering industries, thanks to the government’s consumption vouchers, according to property agency.

(South China Morning Post)

向來放盤甚罕有的尖沙嘴新東海商業中心，最新錄一宗成交，該廈中高層14室，建築面積約1102方呎，以每呎11700元易手，涉資1289.3萬，地產界人士指，該單位擁維港景，屬於優質單位，成交價屬市價水平，該廈中層12室，建築面積約2732方呎，早於今年4月以每呎11640元易手。

涉資1289萬 屬市價水平

該廈於過去5年約錄20宗，當中17宗為中低層 (位處2樓至7樓) 單位，該廈5樓3室，建築面積1178方呎，以2018年6月以1508萬易手，平均呎價12801元。

市場消息指，深水埗栢樹街17號地鋪，建築面積約480方呎，以1020萬易手，該鋪位由食材店承租，月租2.38萬，新買家料回報2.8厘。盛滙商舖基金李根興評論，該地段人流一般，但千餘萬的鋪位盤源少，該鋪位目前由食材店承租，疫下食材店特別受捧，相信日後並不一樣。

春園街地鋪傳9100萬沽

灣仔春園街1至11號地下2B及2C鋪，市場消息指以約9100萬易手，建築面積約1500方呎，租客南記粉麵，月租20萬，新買家料回報3厘。

有代理表示，觀塘敬業街59號敬業工業大廈單位，面積約3686呎，以1550萬成交，平均呎價4205元，市值呎租約15元，料回報約4.4厘，原業主於2009年以100萬購入，持貨12年，帳面獲利1450萬。

(星島日報)

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小西灣新藝工廈意向1.55億

工廈物業有價有市，部分業主亦趁勢放售。小西灣新藝工業大廈一籃子物業以意向價1.55億放售，呎價約4019元，較早前放售價調低約15%。

代理表示，小西灣安業街3號新藝工業大廈共11個單位，分布於5、7、9及10樓，總樓面面積約38566方呎，佔新藝工業大廈近一成業權，現以意向價約1.55億出售，平均呎價約4019元。

平均呎價約4019元

該代理稱，物業現已全數租出，租客以經營倉存行業為主，總月租收入約52萬元，按此計算，租金回報高達4厘，極其適合投資者購入作中長綫收租投資之用。代理補充，項目曾於去年底推出市場放售，當時意向呎價約4685元，今次業主調低叫價約14%，以提升項目的租金回報，增加物業競爭力及吸引力。

代理補充，位處新藝工業大廈斜對面，新業街5號王子工業大廈於今年中錄得一宗逾億元成交，涉及樓層為5層全層、天台連車位，總成交額約1.597億元，據悉買家為迷你倉公司，證明小西灣一帶工業物業的投資及自用價值均受肯定。

代理續稱，小西灣新藝工業大廈周邊重建項目林立，包括太古地產及中華汽車共同持有柴灣道391號住宅項目，前身中巴車廠，該項目毗鄰新藝工業大廈，落成後該地段人流將大幅增加。此外，毗鄰新藝工業大廈旁，由新地早年發展的數據中心iAdvantage租務暢旺，岑氏相信，今次業主因應市況調整叫價，令項目租金回報見可觀。

(星島日報)

永泰粉嶺地15%股權 3.9億售董建成唐英年

永泰地產 (00369) 在6月底以26.168億元高價投得粉嶺高爾夫球會旁住宅地，據永泰最新公告，以3.9億元售出項目公司15%，予全國政協副主席董建華的胞弟董建成、前政務司司長唐英年。

可建樓面28.4萬呎

該幅地皮可建樓面約28.4萬平方呎，由永泰以每呎樓面地價9,208元擊敗另外16組財團投得，較估值上限高15%。

據發展商最新宣布已訂立協議，Sunbeam Star及Su Sih兩間海外註冊公司，向集團收購持有粉嶺住宅地項目公司的分別10%及5%的股權以及股東貸款。

當中Sunbeam的實際持有人為董建成，而Su Sih則為唐英年，而永泰在項目所佔權益則會降低至85%，並會向兩人就股東貸款收取3.9252億元，亦即是地價26.168億元的15%。當中董建成為船王董浩雲兒子、董建華胞弟、前東方海外主席，今年初曾夥永泰、銀娛副主席呂耀東以及羅嘉瑞旗下冠君產業信託合資以2.55億英鎊收購倫敦金融城商廈；唐英年則為「紡織大王」唐翔千兒子、曾任政務司司長，其胞妹唐英敏亦曾參與永泰的屯門項目OMA By The Sea。

永泰地產發言人指，集團常夥拍不同策略合作夥伴共同參與項目發展，今次與兩位合作夥伴均對新界東北、落馬洲河套等發展十分有信心。永泰將會是最大的股東，負責是次項目發展、銷售及市場推廣。

(經濟日報)

洗衣街核心區地舖 連租約開價3500萬

本地疫情持續清零下，加上消費劵推動，市場上零售氣氛大為好轉，素來市場敏感度高的舖市，亦陸續步入復甦階段，價格回落更陸續吸引投資者趁勢吸納，當中核心區舖位成交更為顯著；有業主乘市況轉活，將手持的旺角洗衣街地舖推出應市，意向價約3,500萬元。

古早蛋糕店承租至2022年底

代理指，位於旺角洗衣街111至115號地下C號舖，面積約680平方呎，現連租約，以意向價約3,500萬元放售，平均呎價約51,471元。上址現由古早蛋糕店承租，月租約4.8萬元，租期至2022年年底，新買家可享穩定租金回報。

前水務署大樓重建計劃 升值潛力增

舖位位處洗衣街飲食旺段，計有利苑酒家外，亦有居酒屋、韓燒店及冰室等，餐飲類別多元化，不時吸引外區客捧場。而現正放售的舖位，其正面向旺角前水務署大樓原址，該用地一直積極研究作重建發展，而待日後重建計劃落實開展後，勢將帶動該地段人流增加，大為提升該舖位的長綫投資潛力，而上址業主出售舖位作重整物業投資組合，屬市場難求，此洗衣街一段的舖位業主大都看好後市，一直作長綫持有，鮮有放售。

而據資料顯示，洗衣街同一地段上，近年成交以租務為主，最新買賣為今年年中易手的165號地下，面積約2,015平方呎，成交價約5,600萬元。但隨着疫苖接種普及，市民消費意慾回升，旺角區內商舖空置率為大為改善，6月份區內商舖空置率約11.9%，按月升0.03個百分點，按年錄得0.34個百分點的跌幅，表現向好。

代理續指，旺角作為本港核心旅遊消費區，雖然受封關影響，旅客幾近絕跡，但旺角區同時亦為港人愛到之處，本土消費力不容忽視，而且近月本地疫情緩和，市民外出消費意慾回升，可望日後市況回復時，更顯旺角舖位投資價值更見穩健。至於今以放售的舖位，其地理位置極具優勢，周邊有大型重建項目有待發展，重建計劃一旦落實，預料周邊的工商舖物業造價亦會受惠。

(經濟日報)

第一集團續推工商新盤 荃灣工廈呎價6000起

第一集團營業及市場部助理總經理郭照華表示，疫情穩定，經濟逐步恢復，工商舖最壞情況已經過去，料下半年價量齊升，集團會繼續推售工商新盤。

集團旗下共有7個工商重建項目，包括3個位於荃灣、3個位於長沙灣及1個位於九龍灣。荃灣工廈國際企業中心二期在售呎價6000至8000元；商廈國際企業中心三期呎價1.04萬元起。

郭照華指，集團未來會作多元化發展，目標研究更多住宅項目。現時旗下住宅包括南區淺水灣道72號屋地，估值22億元。

宏安地產 (01243) 投資部高級物業經理胡日發指出，早前以逾4.1億元購入香港仔黃竹坑珍寶閣509個車位，將作長線收租，因為黃竹坑上蓋物業發展項目陸續落成，區內停車場升值潛力大，目前平均車位月租2000元，回報約3厘，集團將為停車場增值。他認為，市況轉好，預計通關之後反彈幅度更大。

(信報)

Tsing Yi flats set to go on sale

Wang On Properties (1243) released the sales brochure for The Met. Azure in Tsing Yi and said sales will launch soon.

The project offers 320 homes ranging from 181 square feet to 257 square feet, according to its sales brochure.

Located at 8 Liu To Road, the 16-floor building offers 20 units in each floor, nearly 80 percent of which are studio flats.

Executive director Teresa Ching Tak-won said the core concept of the design was to create an ideal home life that is environmentally friendly, convenient and healthy with modern technology.

Ching added that the sales of the flats will open soon.

Sun Hung Kai Properties' (0016) Wetland Seasons Bay in Tin Shui Wai also uploaded its sales brochure yesterday. It offers 1,224 units ranging from 268 to 1,158 sq ft.

The project comprises 6 multistory residential buildings, providing a total of 1,104 units, and 10 multistory villas offering 120 units ranging between 757 sq ft to 1,158 sq ft in size.

The project offers units ranging from studio flats to four-bedroom units, and also has a rare one-bedroom plus storeroom layout.

The project is expected to open sales in early August.

Meanwhile, La Marina, phase II of The Southside, which is located above Wong Chuk Hang station, has received pre-sale consent, and will open sales this month at the earliest.

Codeveloped by Kerry Properties (0683), Sino Land (0083) and MTR Corporation (0066), the project offers 600 residential flats, providing one- to four-bedroom units.

The developer added that the connected 500,000 square feet shopping mall, The Southside, will be completed in 2023.

(The Standard)

Hong Kong’s mass-housing rental market picks up as mainland Chinese students snap up even haunted flats

Some mainland Chinese students returning for the new academic year next month are closing deals after viewing flats online, agents say

Rents are likely to rise 10 per cent in this half due to demand from students, economic recovery and vaccinations, agents say

Activity in Hong Kong’s mass-housing rental market is picking up thanks to mainland Chinese students who are returning to the city after a gap of a year, as universities resume classroom lectures next month.

Market observers said that many of the mainland students will be arriving in the city earlier than usual as they have to undergo 14 days of quarantine and prepare for the new academic year, with many booking flats after simply viewing only photos or videos.

Home rents are likely to rise 10 per cent in this half because of the rise in demand from mainland students, economic recovery and vaccinations, property agent said.

“The summer high season for leasing has begun,” the agent said. “The demand in the leasing market will gradually increase, which is likely to drive rents upwards and support property prices at the same time.”

The city’s rental index has risen for four straight months in June, according to the latest data from the Rating and Valuation Department.

The view was echoed by analyst. The analyst said that rents have risen along with the booming sales and prices in the property market in the year’s first half.

Hong Kong’s universities had 13,580 mainland students in the last academic year, according to data from the University Grants Committee. Since not all students can be accommodated in dormitories, many of them end up renting private flats individually or in groups.

A property agency in Tseung Kwan O struck 23 leases with mainland students in 20 days last month. They made decisions remotely by viewing photos and videos online, agent said. Tseung Kwan O is close to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

“Even some haunted flats were leased,” the agent said, adding that all of them paid a full year’s rent and deposit in advance, making them very popular with landlords.

For a 659 sq ft flat at Metro City in Tseung Kwan O, the annual rent and two months’ deposits is around HK$294,000 (US$37,815), according to the property agency.

Festival City in Tai Wai, which is close to Baptist University and City University of Hong Kong in Kowloon Tong, is also popular, as 41 leases were signed in July alone, according to another property agency.

In one instance, six mainland students rented a four-bedroom flat measuring 959 sq ft for HK$37,000 a month in the estate. Festival City’s average rent saw the biggest increase among 18 estates tracked by property agency, with rents rising 10.2 per cent to HK$31.8 per square foot in June from February levels.

Another estate, Solaria in Tai Po, which is near the Chinese University of Hong Kong, saw over 15 leases in July, another agent said.

One mainland student paid an entire year’s rent, some 15 per cent above the market level, after only viewing photos, the agent said .

市場資金非常充裕，大手買賣增加。近1星期逾億元買賣明顯轉旺，工業、分層甲廈及停車場等均錄買賣，反映投資者對後市有信心。

近日大手買賣市場暢旺，逾億元成交相繼出現，如興勝創建 (00896) 連環出貨，以6.28億沽出觀塘大業街1號禧年工業大廈全幢，物業總樓面約6.3萬平方呎，集團於於2019年以4.89億元購入，去年曾申請重建成1幢36層高酒店，提供160間客房，總樓面約8.3萬平方呎。如今沽出物業，2年獲利約1.39億元。據悉，買家為均輝集團，該集團正持有觀塘偉業街111號均輝中心，正比鄰禧年工業大廈，料作合併發展。

興勝創建沽兩工廈 套現逾9億

此外，興勝創建亦以3.05億元售出柴灣美利倉大廈50%權益。集團於2019年7月，以7.35億買入柴灣利眾街18號美利倉大廈、柴灣中心工業大廈及觀塘工業中心單位，其中美利倉大廈樓高16層，地盤面積約6,685平方呎，總面積約68,296平方呎。新買家為外資基金AEW，購入作長綫投資。興勝創建沽出兩項工廈物業，合共套現逾9億元。

宏安換貨 沽甲廈購停車場

去年交投淡靜的甲廈市場，近2個月市況略轉好，其中金鐘統一中心30樓全層以5.15億元易手，面積約20,488平方呎計算，平均呎價約25,137元，物業將會以買賣公司形式交易。該全層現時月租約114.7萬元，租期至2023年，新買家可享租金回報約2.7厘。據了解，新買家為許大絢及梁先杰。資料顯示，業主為宏安地產 (01243) ，於2016年以5.12億元購入，持貨約5年，帳面獲利約277.5萬元，接近平手離場。宏安地產沽貨後，即斥逾4.1億元，購入黄竹坑惠福道珍寶閣509個車位，平均每個車位約80萬元，集團發言人指，是次購入停車場作長綫投資，目前車位每個月租約2,000餘元，屬偏低水平，將透過翻新，提高價值。

此外，酒店亦錄買賣，土瓜灣譚公道103至107號酒店易手，物業樓高18層，總樓面約29,349平方呎，以3.8億元成交。該物業原由一本地財團持有，發展興建一幢提供99間房的酒店，一直未有營運，現獲財團購入，平均每房價值約384萬元。新買家為Weave Living，該集團在港主力發展共居空間，相信購入該酒店轉作共居。

分析指，市場資金仍非常充裕，加上疫情緩和，財團入市意慾較高，令近期大手買賣轉多。從最近成交中，不乏本地財團換貨，亦有外資基金入市，反映多路資金看好後市，相信未來數月大手買賣保持理想。

(經濟日報)

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嘉民2億 購葵涌工廈多層

工廈續成基金追捧對象，消息指，外資基金嘉民亞洲，以約2億元購入葵涌厚豐工業大廈多層樓面，連同早前成交，今年累購逾13億元工廈樓面。

涉厚豐工業大廈10萬呎

市場消息指，葵涌厚豐工業大廈多層樓面成交，該物業位於葵涌永健路，於1983年落成，樓高22層。據悉，是次成交涉數層樓面，由零售品牌持有自用多年，涉及面積約10萬平方呎，如今以約2億元沽出，並將售後租回物業。

據悉，新買家為嘉民亞洲，購入作長綫收租，因該廈呎價便宜回報率高，故決定入市。事實上，嘉民亞洲基金今年甚積極入市，集團於本年初，以5.7億元大手購入觀塘海濱道177號海裕工業中心半幢業權，物業總面積約117,381平方呎，呎價約4,855元。

另外，基金亦連環購九龍灣三湘九龍灣貨運中心單位，先以1.82億購入該廈低層B室，連4個上落貨車位成交，其後再斥3.68億元，購入該廈高層全層，面積約69,700平方呎，呎價約5,279元。連同是次購葵涌物業，今年已斥逾13億元購入。

(經濟日報)

HK ultra-luxury market sizzles

Hong Kong was among one of the seven cities which saw the number of ultra-luxury home transactions double in the first half of 2021, racking up 785 deals over the period, according to property agency.

In value terms, the transactions were worth US$2.4 billion (HK$18.72 billion) year-to-date compared to US$1.4 billion a year ago, the real estate consultant said.

And though Hong Kong's luxury property prices fell 7 percent in 2020, prices now are only about 3 percent lower than historical highs, the agency added.

The news came as a 2,849-square-foot duplex unit at Dukes Place sold for HK$185 million, or HK$64,935 per sq ft.

A total of 2,843 residential units received pre-sale consent from the Lands Department in July, a 32-month high.

Meanwhile, the Urban Renewal Authority has offered owner-occupiers of the Shing Tak Street/Ma Tau Chung road development project an acquisition price of HK$19,848 per saleable area sq ft, the highest amount among its Kowloon projects.

The offer price was calculated based on the unit rate of a seven-year-old notional replacement flat of the same locality.

In the primary market, the second phase of Grand Victoria, which is offering 108 units via tender, saw 12 sales today. All the units have three or more bedrooms with saleable areas ranging from 752 sq ft to 3,029 sq ft.

Property brokers expect the per square foot price and selling price of the duplex units, which have rooftops and platforms, to surge to a new high.

The developers have cashed in a total of HK$5.7 billion by selling 413 units in the first and third phases of the residential project at an average price of HK$28,109 per sq ft. The highest price was HK$53,850 per sq ft.

Also in the primary market, Wang On Properties (1243) revealed the first price list of the Met. Azure in Tsing Yi yesterday, which offers 64 units at an average price of HK$18,700 per sq ft.

(The Standard)

Asia-Pacific companies willing to pay higher rent for green buildings to reach net zero carbon goals

While 70 per cent of occupiers in the region are willing to pay a rental premium for green space, compared with 62 per cent in Hong Kong

Existing supply of green buildings in many regional markets was not enough to meet demand

Most companies in the Asia-Pacific are willing to pay a premium to rent space in sustainable buildings as they look to make good on their sustainability pledges, real estate consultancy said.

While 70 per cent of occupiers in the region were willing to pay a rental premium for green space, that ratio was lower at 62 per cent among those in Hong Kong, according to a survey of 550 industry leaders across the region by the consultancy.

“With 40 per cent of real estate occupiers across Asia-Pacific having already adopted net zero carbon goals and another 40 per cent planning to do so by 2025, green buildings are no longer just ‘nice to have’ if corporates are to follow through on their sustainability pledges,” property consultant said.

The consultant said that companies in the Asia-Pacific were looking to achieve a goal of making 50 per cent of their property portfolios accredited by 2025, but the existing supply of green buildings in many markets was not enough to meet this demand.

Under the 2015 Paris Agreement, countries from China to the United States have vowed to cooperate to cap peak emissions of greenhouse gases in a bid to limit global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius compared with pre-industrial levels to slow down the impact of climate change. Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged last September that China, the world’s top carbon emitter, would cap its emissions by 2030 and reach carbon neutrality by 2060.

Such growing concern over climate emergency and governments policies around the world were driving companies to take action and transition to net zero carbon, property consultant said.

Hong Kong companies were not far behind.

“The enquiries around net zero carbon we received in Hong Kong in the first half of this year were more than double the total enquiries received in 2020,” the consultant said.

“Businesses acting now are the ones that will benefit the most as they prepare themselves for inevitable legislation, while meeting growing investor, customer and employee demands while realising savings through operational efficiencies,” the consultant said.

The regional real estate decarbonisation drive was prompting companies to prioritise locations that help them reduce carbon emissions and focus more on green building investments, property consultancy said.

the property consultancy said that banks and financial companies were likely to be interested in relocating to so-called green buildings, given their interest in green financing and bonds.

“Banking and finance is the sector that pays highest attention to green space because their own businesses have already got quite a high exposure to environmental, social and governance and green concepts,” said Martin Wong, director and head of research and consultancy for Greater China at Knight Frank.

疫市下中環有全新商廈落成，金利豐主席朱李月華7年前購入商廈，重建為 金利豐中心 (35 QRC)，並變身「醫生大廈」，金利豐執行董事朱俊浩表示，該全幢由醫療集團承租，租客簽署10年租長約。

該全幢商廈由朱太兒子朱俊浩 (Kingston) 負責策劃及打理招租事宜，他表示，早於疫情前，中環已有不少寫字樓供應，港島東、黃竹坑及九龍東亦供應充裕，疫市後不少企業員工在家工作，令企業對寫字樓需求減少，他不希望在此平台與人競爭，將該廈定位為醫療行業，況且，該廈毗鄰的萬邦行，本身是很成功的醫生大廈，35 QRC規模不算大，但位置十分理想，極具優勢吸引醫療行業，因此，雙方洽商僅1個多月時間，租客一簽10年長約。

洽商僅一個多月拍板

他表示，雙方迅速達成協議，皆因大家有相同理念，一起將該廈打造成為醫療大廈。他續說，樓高26層，每層約1000方呎，新租客嘉仁專科醫療集團，日後每層將容納2至3名專科醫生，包括心臟科、腫瘤科、泌尿科等，目標吸納中產病人。

朱太2014年逾16億購入

皇后大道中35號前身為舊式商廈，於1957年落成，「殼后」朱李月華於2014年7月斥16.0086億向福利集團購入，但朱氏婉拒透露租金，惟他表示，該全幢總投資額逾20億。

代理表示，港島區「醫生大廈」需求殷切，由於吸納本地客，受疫市影響相對輕微，他估計該廈市值呎租逾50元。

該廈地鋪除了作醫療中心外，尚有一個建築面積約2300方呎地鋪，據地產界人士指，曾以每月92萬放租，後來封盤，最後由朱太擔任集團主席的先施錶行旗下FRANCK MULLER進駐。

代理料呎租逾50元

FRANCK MULLER自從2014年起，承租銅鑼灣霎東街15號OLIV地下至3樓，作旗鑑店，建築面積約9499方呎，一簽9年租約，土地註冊處資料顯示，首3年月租238萬，呎租約251元。隨後3年續租權，加租20%至每月285.6萬，最後3年續租月租高達365.6萬至2023年。

(星島日報)

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銅鑼灣舖空置 按年減1.47百分點

零售市道好轉，帶動舖位空置情況逐步改善。代理資料顯示，本港5個核心消費區商舖空置率，以銅鑼灣改善情況最為理想，7月份空置率10.06%，按年更大減1.47個百分點。

代理表示，根據統計，7月份本港各核心區商舖空置情況平穩向好，銅鑼灣空置率連續第3個月遞減，7月份錄得約10.06%，比對6月份下降0.22個百分點，較去年同期下跌1.47個百分點，反映租客對進駐銅鑼灣區舖信心回升。

登龍街舖洽租烈 搶至27萬租

近月銅鑼灣區舖位租務氣氛暢旺，登龍街28號永光中心一個地舖，原本意向租金約26萬元，由於洽租情況熱烈，據了解，業主終以約27萬元由冰室承租。

九龍區方面，以尖沙咀及旺角兩區7月份商舖空置率按月走勢相對穩定，但對比2020年同期則見改善。尖沙咀區最新舖位空置率為15.47%，對比6月輕微增加0.04個百分點，不過就較去年同期大幅回落1個百分點，反映區內吉舖數量持續遞減，逐漸獲承租。

大角咀舖叫價1950萬 加價7成

該代理分析，舖位租賃市場已調整一段長時間，核心區舖租回落至吸引水平，加上市民抑壓已久，乘近月本地疫情有所緩和，再加上消費券於8月份開始派發，舖租市場相應受惠。

另外，據市場消息指，大角咀中滙街32至38號中堅樓地下12A舖，地舖面積700平方呎，另設500平方呎天井，現時由美式餐廳月租5萬元租用，原業主叫價1,800萬元，最終以1,150萬元獲承接，減價36%或650萬元。據悉投資者即時將舖位重新放售，叫價1,950萬元，加價高達7成。

(經濟日報)

Prices for 32 Tsing Yi studios released

Wang On Properties (1243) has released 32 studio flats in the second price list at the Met. Azure in Tsing Yi.

The flats in the list have an average price of HK$21,361 per sq ft after discounts, 14 percent higher than the first price list of HK$18,700 per sq ft. The cheapest flat, measuring 203 sq ft, is priced at nearly HK$4.1 million or HK$20,177 per sq ft.

Of a total of 320 flats in the project, the first batch was more than 11 times oversubscribed, with over 800 checks for the 64 units offered on its launch last Saturday.

Separately, Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016) sold a 437-sq-ft special unit with a terrace of the second phase of Regency Bay in Tuen Mun via tender at HK$10.81 million, or HK$24,737 per sq ft. The developer has cashed in over HK$2.1 billion in the second phase for 279 units, accounting for 98 percent of the flats at the project, with an average price of HK$19,748 per sq ft.

In the secondary market, a buyer walked away from a deal to buy a HK$7.43 million flat at Sunshine City in Ma On Shan, due to a lower valuation by banks.

The 363-sq-ft flat was valued at HK$6.65 million and HK$6.85 million by HSBC and Bank of China respectively, which was 8 to 10.5 percent lower than proposed sale price. The buyer forfeited a deposit about HK$370,000, which was 5 percent of sale price.

英皇1.1億購香港仔全幢舊樓增購毗鄰項目擴發展規模

市區地皮供應有限，令市區舊樓成財團併購對象，而據土地註冊處資料，香港仔舊大街72號舊樓全幢，於上月獲英皇以1.1億購入，毗鄰的74至80號地盤，英皇早已統一業權，目前增購毗鄰舊樓擴發展規模。

市區舊樓再獲財團出手收購，據土地註冊處資料顯示，香港仔舊大街72號全幢，於上月以1.1億易手，買家以公司名義登記，為ALL HARVEST CORPORATION LTD，公司註冊董事包括英皇國際執行董事張炳強、英皇集團董事總經理黃志輝，以及該集團另一名董事總經理范敏嫦。

至於毗鄰的香港仔舊大街74至80號地盤，早前已統一業權，並已完成清拆，至於74至80號地盤，其佔地為4289方呎，將興建為1幢樓高23層的商住物業，總樓面約3.8萬方呎，提供約110至120伙。

毗鄰74至80號已統一業權

英皇近月就頻頻出手，透過收購舊樓增加土地儲備，其中，筲箕灣南安街67、69、69A及71號仲齊大廈舊樓，英皇亦於上月透過強拍統一業權，以底價1.95億購入，其地盤面積約3000方呎，以地積比9.5倍計，可建樓面約2.85萬方呎，每呎樓面地價約6842元。

項目現址為1幢樓高8層商住舊樓，於1964年落成，樓齡約57年，地下有3個商鋪，1至7樓為住宅，共有兩條公用樓梯，規劃用途為「住宅 (甲類) 2」。鄰近筲箕灣港鐵站，甚具重建價值。發展商早前曾指出，項目將會連同南安街73至77號合併發展，地盤總面積約5980方呎，計畫興建1幢約25至26層高商住物業，提供約168伙。

除仲齊大廈外，英皇亦於上月統一西營盤高陞大樓業權，同樣透過強拍統一業權，以底價2.59億購入，地盤面積約2144方呎，以地積比率約9倍計，可建樓面約19296方呎，每呎地價約13422元。

近月頻收購港島舊樓

高陞大樓樓齡約55年，與筲箕灣仲齊大廈相若，位於西營盤皇后大道西78至80號及荷李活道265至267號，毗鄰荷李活道公園，以及西營盤港鐵站。

項目現址為1幢十層高樓宇，地下及1樓為商鋪，設有兩條公共樓梯。政府租約年期由1861年6月25日起計999年。

(星島日報)

CK Asset to convert some hotels into residential units to make most of decline in hospitality sector, rise in home prices

There is value in converting some of the company’s hotels into residential units, chairman Victor Li Tzar-kuoi says

Because of Covid-19, operating hotels has become riskier than ever before: analyst

CK Asset Holdings will convert some of its hotels for residential use amid a decline in the hospitality sector thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic and a record rise in the city’s home prices.

Victor Li Tzar-kuoi, the company’s chairman and managing director, stated publicly for the first time on Thursday that a specific percentage of CK Asset’s hotels portfolio will be converted for housing in the world’s most unaffordable housing market.

“We have a huge hotels portfolio. [For] 10, 15 per cent of that portfolio, the neighbourhood has changed, pricing has changed. And there is value generation by converting some of [these hotels] to residential,” he said.

Harbour Plaza Resort City in Tin Shui Wai could generate a residential area of 139,500 square metres, or 5,000 units, according to a document released by the Town Planning Board in December last year. Horizon Suites in Ma On Shan could generate up to 758 flats, with a residential area of 44,863 square metres, according to another document released in February this year. The two hotels have a total of 1,933 rooms currently, or about 13 per cent of the about 15,000 hotel rooms and serviced suites CK Asset owns.

Li’s comments come at a time when hotels in Hong Kong have struggled to fill rooms and break even, especially on weekdays, after the protests of 2019 and the coronavirus pandemic, which broke out last year, dragged the city’s visitor arrivals to almost zero. But home prices have proved far more resilient, with local demand and quantitative easing contributing to a recent rally.

Hotels that focused on tourists had “gone through possibly the most difficult period” already, according to Li. And while the company was converting some of its tourist-focused hotels into long-stay properties, Li remained optimistic about tourism. “I still remember the tough time during Sars. The lesson I learned from Sars was that [outbreaks] go away and tourists come back, and business will recover,” he said. “I’m quite sure one day tourists will come back and we’ll be giving good numbers.”

The company was building a new hotel in Ap Lei Chau for long-term lease, Li added.

“The hotels business involves long-term investments. Developers always prefer building residential flats for sale, rather than building hotels,” surveyor said. “Whilst we cannot foresee the impact of Covid-19 … operating hotels has become riskier than ever before.”

Stephen Ng, chairman and managing director of The Wharf Group, also spoke about the limitations of the hotels business on Thursday, during his company’s results briefing. Even though staycations, or bookings by locals, had become mainstream business for hotels, their impact was limited, he said. He said that even if business were to resume, there may be problems with staff recruitment, as many staffers had changed track or decided against joining the industry amid a pessimistic outlook for the sector because of the pandemic.

The redevelopment of CK Asset’s hotels into flats “will be good as this can provide immediate supply”, another surveyor said. “This will help boost supply even if they only lease out the flats, instead of selling [them].”

Even though developers will need to spend big to convert hotels into residential units, it will be worthwhile given the strong performance of the residential market even during Covid-19 and the economic downturn, the surveyor added.

Hong Kong home prices were flat in June after reaching a two-year high, according to data from the Rating and Valuation Department. An index measuring the prices of second-hand homes stayed at 394.5, data from the department shows, just a whisker below the previous peak of 396.9 in May 2019.

(South China Morning Post)

近期股市表現波動，連帶與股市關係密切的甲級商廈，交投也受到影響而回落。綜合代理數據顯示，7月份50大指標甲廈合共錄得8宗買賣，創下今年來的新低。不過，總計今年首7個月，指標甲廈仍然錄得106宗買賣，按年大升逾1.7倍。

7月份50大甲廈僅錄得8宗買賣，相對6月份的20宗，下跌約60%，最新成交面積約5.19萬平方呎，按月亦下挫38%。

首7月106宗成交 增1.7倍

雖然指標甲廈成交量按月略為回落，但總計今年首7個月，50大甲廈仍然錄得106宗買賣成交，較去年同期的39宗大增1.7倍。

若按地區劃分，7月份成交集中於九龍，期內佔4宗，而港島及新界各錄得2宗。上月表現較活躍的為葵涌新都會廣場，錄得2宗買賣；而核心區方面，上環信德中心及中環中環中心也各錄得1宗買賣。當中，中環中心上月錄得1宗全層成交，是繼6月底連錄2宗全層買賣後，又一宗全層成交。

代理表示，近期受到中概股風波影響，股市表現波動，影響部分市場人士的信心，而與股市關連較大的甲廈交投表現亦會受到影響，交投因而回落。不過，中長綫的角度而言，日後中概股料會加快來港上市的步伐，對於香港寫字樓的需求有正面作用，相信甲廈仍然會受到一定追捧。

該代理續指，近期甲廈的交投仍然集中於非核心區，因為相關地區甲廈涉及的銀碼較低，平均呎價也較低水，對於部分投資者有一定吸引力，反觀傳統核心區甲廈銀碼大，呎價較高，投資者會表現較為審慎，相信要待重新恢復通關後，交投表現才會有所改善。

(經濟日報)

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灣仔資本中心 位置優越合中小企

灣仔資本中心位處商廈林立的告士打道，地點甚為優越。單位享維港海景，而間隔方正實用，適合中小型企業使用，吸引不同種類的租客進駐，如證券及金融等行業。

資本中心坐落於灣仔商業區地段，地理位置優越，鄰近港鐵灣仔及銅鑼灣站，享雙鐵路優勢。大廈比鄰一帶為香港會議展覽中心、主要政府大樓、新鴻基中心、中環廣場及華潤大廈，屬區內黃金地段，對上班一族絕對便捷。

大廈正位處告士打道繁華路段，步行約7分鐘即達灣仔港鐵站、銅鑼灣站約8分鐘步程，附近亦有多條巴士綫及電車可到達，交通便利。加上比鄰行人天橋可直達香港會議展覽中心、華潤大廈及新鴻基中心，位置優越，亦設有多條巴士及小巴轉綫，前往港九新界各區，十分便利。此外，大廈設備完善設有停車場，提供大量月租時租停車位，而停車場入口設於謝斐道，方便駕車人士出入。

大廈地理環境優越，四周不乏食肆餐廳，附近軒尼詩道、謝斐道及駱克道一帶，有多間茶餐廳、酒樓、特色小店及咖啡室可供選擇，食肆林立。若不介意步程可步行至登龍街等銅鑼灣地段，或也有大型購物商場食肆及美食廣場選擇。

物業於1982年落成，至今樓齡約39年，樓高25層，大堂裝修氣派非凡，備有8部電梯及1部專用載貨電梯，設高低樓層升降機，讓繁忙時段可分流，方便客人上落。大廈每層面積約15,727平方呎，大多以一梯多伙為設計，樓層設獨立廁所。

樓面設計靈活 可變多個單位

大廈樓面設計靈活，租戶可獨佔全層或每層規劃多個單位，大多單位享海景景觀，坐享維港美景及灣仔運動場，單位落地玻璃大窗，盡擁維港海景，工作效率自然能大大提升。

而部分單位坐擁城市開揚景觀，單位正對電梯，出入極為方便；而間隔方正實用，適合中小型企業使用，吸引不同種類的租客進駐，如證券及金融等行業。

買賣方面，今年2月物業錄成交，涉及中層2室，面積約2,171平方呎，以約4,233萬元易手，呎價約1.95萬元。

(經濟日報)

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黎姿醫美公司51.6萬租南豐大廈 英國《金融時報》提早15個月撤出

新冠肺炎疫情雖然緩和，但經濟受壓，對部分企業營運帶來挑戰，故商廈仍有退租情況。英國《金融時報》的香港辦事處原租用上環南豐大廈兩層樓面，現提早超過一年退租18樓全層，每月節省64.71萬元租金；有關樓層火速獲黎姿 (現名黎珈而) 旗下醫學美容公司以51.58萬元承租，租金回落約20%。

據了解，《金融時報》香港辦事處於2019年10月開始承租上環干諾道中88號南豐大廈18樓全層作為辦公室，建築面積9165方呎，月租約64.71萬元，呎租約71元，成為該廈近年呎租新高成交，並簽約3年。

18樓全層新約平20% 呎造56元

雖然《金融時報》簽訂的租約要到明年9月底始到期，但土地註冊處資料顯示，租客THE FINANCIAL TIMES (HK) LIMITED已在7月起退租，即提早15個月離場。以單位月租約64.71萬元計算，未計賠償，《金融時報》可節省約970.65萬元租金支出。

《金融時報》退租18樓全層後，目前仍租用同廈6樓全層，該單位已承租多年，建築面積9165方呎，目前月租約54.37萬元，每呎約59元，租期至明年9月。

在《金融時報》離場後，業主南豐隨即找到新租客頂上租用18樓單位。土地註冊處文件顯示，G MAX GROUP LIMITED由7月起租用上址3年，最新月租約51.58萬元，呎租約56元。以最新租金計，較《金融時報》接近兩年前簽訂的租約月租減少13.13萬元，跌幅約20.3%。

中東基金租國際金融中心二期設港據點

據公司註冊處資料顯示，G MAX GROUP LIMITED的董事為黎珈而，該公司的登記地址亦與黎珈而擔任主席兼行政總裁的卓珈控股 (01827) 總部相同，料租用南豐大廈單位作為旗下醫學美容公司分店。

另外，全港指標商廈中環國際金融中心二期錄大手租賃成交，70樓12、15至16室，租用面積約5306方呎，以100.8萬元租出，呎租約190元。據了解，新租客為中東基金公司，首度在港設立據點。

資料顯示，由於單位屬高層，3年前高峰期呎租可高達220元，最新成交呎租已較高位下跌13.6%。

(信報)

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鄧成波家族6.95億售粉嶺工廈

「鋪王」鄧成波家族連環沽貨，由該家族持有的粉嶺勉勵龍中心全幢，以6.95億由中資公司承接，每呎造價4550元，市場消息透露，買家為華潤物流。

平均呎價4550元

據代理指出，由鄧成波家族持有的粉嶺安樂門街35至37號勉勵龍中心全幢，項目地盤面積60547方呎，總樓面152762方呎，作價6.95億易手，買家為中資公司，平均呎價4550元，創今年以來粉嶺區內最大宗金額工廈成交。原業主鄧成波家族於2015年以5.15億購入，持貨6年帳面獲利1.8億，物業期間升值約34%。

代理表示，今年上半年粉嶺工廈投資活動活躍，工廈價格升勢凌厲，政府政策有利工廈，包括活化計畫和標準金額措施，令工業資產被定位為具吸引力的投資資產類別。

華潤物流承接

市場人士透露，上述買家為華潤物流，華潤物流活躍於市場，除了勉勵龍中心，並購入屯門東亞紗廠工業大廈全幢，作價22.4億，屬今年以來市場上最大宗全幢工廈成交，平均呎價4802元，該全幢樓高15層，總面積約466449方呎，平均每呎4802元。鄧成波家族近期頻頻沽貨，早前以3650萬售出九龍城候王道26號地鋪。

(星島日報)

新地1.15億沽九龍城巨鋪屯馬綫通車帶動平均每呎1.5萬

受港鐵屯馬綫通車帶動，沿綫地段鋪位備受追捧，由新地持有九龍城獅子石道巨鋪，放盤逾一年，最新在屯馬綫通車帶動下，以1.15億成交。自從該鐵路開通後，沿綫地段鋪位暫錄6宗買賣，涉資逾2.7億，當中以食肆鋪位最受最捧。

由新地持有的九龍城獅子石道1號基座商場，包括地下1至3號鋪及1樓全層，知士人士指，物業早於一年放盤，直至最近，在屯馬綫開車後帶動，以1.15億易手，買家投資者為曾廣達、曾善兒及朱家偉，該巨鋪總樓面約7607方呎，呎價約15118元，現址租客包括家品店及補習社。

放盤逾一年終售出

代理表示，上述獅子石道的優勢是路面夠闊，而且門口可停車，該地鋪亦適宜分拆兩個，出租予食肆，以提高回報率，1樓則仍然租予補習社，預期增值後，月租可達30萬或以上，回報提高至3至4厘。

上述獅子石道1號由新地發展，於2002年3月落成，樓高19層，一梯3伙，擁有57伙，新地當年出售住宅，持有鋪位收租，直至近期才沽貨。

地鋪適宜拆細出租

同區近期鋪位頻錄成交，包括龍崗道12號地下及入則閣，面積約1000方呎，以3100萬成交，呎價約3.1萬，該鋪位由食肆以7萬租用，料買家享回報約2.7厘，原業主於1977年4月以40萬買入，持貨44年帳面獲利3060萬，物業升值約76.5倍。

地產界人士表示，九龍城區為民生地段，受惠港鐵屯馬綫通車，帶動區內人流量，區內食肆受惠，近期午市及晚市皆見人流如鯽，加上區內鋪價遠較核心區便宜，故吸引投資者紛「吼準」洽購，成交鋪位以食肆鋪為主導。

事實上，自港鐵屯馬綫於今年6月底通車以來，九龍城、土瓜灣及新蒲崗區共錄至少約6宗鋪位買賣，合共涉資逾2.7億，資料顯示，新蒲崗崇齡街90號地鋪，面積約900呎，以3276萬易手，呎價約3.64萬，該鋪由食肆以6.5萬承租，料回報約2.38厘。原業主於2004年以140萬購入，持貨17年帳面獲利3136萬，物業期間升值約22.4倍。

盛滙基金早前亦以1400萬購入土瓜灣麟祥街27號，面積880方呎，呎價約1.59萬，該鋪由冰室以2.45萬租用，租金回報約2.1厘。原業主於1990年以107萬買入，持貨31年帳面獲利1293萬，升值約12倍。

(星島日報)

Hysan Development, IWG form flexible office joint venture as Hong Kong landlord eyes Greater Bay Area market

The joint venture will acquire and operate IWG’s 32 existing locations and the Regus, Spaces and Signature brands across the Greater Bay Area

Hong Kong’s office rents have declined by a quarter from two years ago as demand for office space has fallen because of remote working arrangements

Hysan Development is expanding into the shared-office market in the Greater Bay Area through a joint venture with IWG, the world’s largest flexible workspace operator, as it seeks to cash in on the growing trend of remote working arrangements by companies who are looking to contain costs.

The joint venture will acquire and operate IWG’s 32 existing locations and brands across the Greater Bay Area, Hysan said on Monday, without disclosing its investment in the venture.

Sixteen of these shared offices are in Hong Kong, which are operated under three brands – Regus, Spaces and Signature.

“The workspace ecosystem is fast evolving to better meet end users’ needs and expectations, and flexible workspace will play an important part,” said Ricky Lui, chief operating officer of Hysan Development. “The joint venture reflects our confidence in the economic growth of the Greater Bay Area.”

Hysan has market value of HK$30.8 billion (US$3.95 billion) and ranks among the biggest office landlords in Causeway Bay, the city’s prime commercial district.

The formation of the joint venture comes as Hong Kong’s office rents have fallen by a quarter from two years ago. Demand for office space has reduced as remote working arrangements have taken hold across the globe as companies implemented social distancing to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and cut costs.

“In the wake of the pandemic, we are seeing record levels of demand as companies embrace hybrid work and rethink their real estate strategy,” said Mark Dixon, founder and chief executive of IWG.

Some of big office users like HSBC and Standard Chartered have accelerated the shift towards remote working.

HSBC has downsized its global office footprint by 10 per cent since January 2020 as it has adopted a hybrid model of splitting work between the office and home, the bank said during its half-year results announcement on August 1.

In February, Standard Chartered signed an agreement with IWG giving its 85,000 employees globally access to IWG’s 3,500 offices around the world for a trial period of 12 months.

The newly emerging flexible office trend is pushing landlords to seek greater exposure into the sector to diversify from their core business, analysts said.

“Operators with a strong track record of successfully running flexible workspace locations, at scale, are more interesting for investors, particularly operators with a robust client base and potential to tap into the corporate real estate market, which IWG certainly have,” property consultant said.

Almost all of the clients were looking at ways to incorporate flexible offices into their real estate strategy, the property consultant added.

Hysan said it would continue to expand IWG’s brands in the growing flexible workspace market in the region.

Currently, more than 10 per cent of Hysan’s 2.5 million square feet of prime office space in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay has been leased to different flexible workspace operators, including IWG.

Last year, IWG’s Signature brand took over 32,000 sq ft of space vacated by rival WeWork at Hysan Place. IWG’s Spaces brands operates a flexible location at Lee Garden Three.

Hysan’s other co-working operator tenants include The Desk at One Hysan Avenue, and WeWork and Compass at Lee Garden One.

(South China Morning Post)

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平均每間房值620萬 近1年最大宗酒店成交。

全幢酒店價格回調，獲基金留意趁低吸納。消息指，帝邦旗下尖沙咀寶勒巷晉逸精品酒店全幢，以9.8億沽出，較高峰期意向價回落約兩成，為近一年最大宗酒店成交。買家為外資基金，屬首度在港投資物業。

市場消息指，尖沙咀錄全幢酒店成交，涉及物業為「晉逸精品酒店尖沙咀」，位於寶勒巷。物業原為商廈，帝邦集團早年購入後，改裝成酒店。地盤面積約6,000平方呎，地下為商舖，現由餐廳租用，地下屬酒店大堂，1至18樓為客房。物業總樓面約71,600平方呎，提供158間房。受疫情影響，目前仍是零旅客，故尖沙咀酒店房租仍在低水平，現該酒店每晚房租約400餘元。

總樓面7.16萬呎 供158間房

消息指，早前業主曾把物業放售，意向價約12億元，獲多路財團洽購，最終以約9.8億元沽出，較高峰期回落約18%。按成交價計，平均每間房價約620萬元。據了解，買家為一家美資基金，過往投資內地及亞洲地區房地產，如今首度在港入市，相信有見酒店價格回落，趁低吸納。

原業主帝邦集團由邱騰達創立，旗下晉逸Butterfly精品酒店，原本共有5幢，近年沽出部分項目，包括2013年以6.8億元，沽出灣仔晉逸時代精品酒店。

持續1年多的疫情，令旅客數字跌至近乎零，酒店成為最直接受衝擊的範疇，因房價急劇回落，導致投資價值降低，過去一年市場極少出現全幢酒店買賣。較大手為去年銅鑼灣摩頓台7號珀麗尚品酒店，以4.6億元易手，較叫價減3成，故是次晉逸精品酒店成交，已成為近一年多最大碼酒店買賣。事實上，上月土瓜灣譚公道103至107號酒店，以約3.8億元成交，由共居空間品牌Weave購入。

疫情緩和，大手買賣明顯增加，今年大額物業投資市場上，以外資基金作主導，上半年先後購入多項全幢物業。踏入下半年，基金持續掃貨，如粉嶺葉氏化工大廈，早前以約2.83億元成交，由黑石基金購入；該基金今年先後購兩幢工廈並部署改裝，發展迷你倉業務。

(經濟日報)

上環南豐大廈呎租56元黎姿旗下公司承租全層

南豐旗下的上環南豐大廈，其中一層樓面錄租客提早退租，該全層旋即由黎姿旗下公司承租，月租51.58萬，平均呎租56元。

上環南豐大廈其中兩層樓面，由英國《金融時報》承租作為香港辦事處，其中的18樓全層，月租64.71萬，租客提早逾一年退租，而該全層獲黎姿 (現名黎珈而) 旗下醫學美容公司承租，月租51.58萬，平均呎租56元。

每月逾51萬租出

土地註冊處資料顯示，G MAX GROUP LIMITED由7月開始租用上址三年，到期日為2024年6月，每月租金51.58萬，相比舊租金回落約20%。土地註冊處資料顯示，G MAX GROUP董事黎珈而，登記地址亦與由黎姿擔任主席兼行政總裁的卓珈控股總部相同，為銅鑼灣禮頓中心單位。

《金融時報》香港辦事處於2019年10月開始承租該廈18樓全層作為辦公室，建築面積9165方呎，月租約64.71萬，簽約3年，平均呎租約71元，為該廈近年呎租新高，現時，該全層最新月租較舊租金減20%，最新平均呎租56元。

(星島日報)

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尖東康宏廣場意向價9368萬

有代理表示，尖東科學館道1號康宏廣場中高層15至16室放售，建築面積約5064方呎，叫價每方呎約1.85萬，涉及總意向價約9368萬，可以買賣公司交易，物業連約出售，現租客上市公司，呎租約30餘元，租期至2023年，適合投資者購入作中長綫收租投資之用。該代理稱，今次放售物為康宏廣場罕有相連單位放盤，單位位處大廈中高層，享有開揚木球會景致。

平均每呎約1.85萬

市場消息指，康宏廣場中層08室，面積約約1891方呎，目前交吉，意向價約3365萬，呎價約1.78萬元，單位連裝修及傢俬，用家可即買即用。康宏廣場於6月份錄1宗租賃，該廈中層11室，面積約825方呎，以每月約2.5萬租出，呎租約30元。另同廈中層04室，面積約2526方呎，以每呎約20元租出。

由長實、信和、南豐及大昌四家發展商合組財團，於1992年初以12.5億投得尖東科學館道商業靚地，發展為樓高28層的康宏廣場，總樓面約60.3萬方呎，自94年開售以來，見證26年間商廈樓市起落，當時吸引一眾城中巨賈大手購入，其中最經典當推項目高層全層，由當時城中娛樂大亨斥4.173億購入，建築面積約27928方呎，呎價達14942元，創當年整個尖東區的呎價新高。

(星島日報)

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萬兆豐中心呎價9982元售

觀塘海濱道133號萬兆豐中心相連單位，建築面樍6161方呎，物業曾九度向財團公司借貸，以6150萬易手，平均呎價9982元，業內人士指低市價逾20%。

低市價逾20%

上址為萬兆豐中心8樓F及G室，建築面樍6161方呎，以6150萬易手，原業主於2011年5月以2491.9萬購入上址，帳面獲利3658.1萬，物業升值1.46倍，不過，由於原業主曾9次向財務公司借貸，因此，實際所賺將大為減少。該物業買家為牛頭角潮語浸信會，料物業作為自用。

現時，萬兆豐中心一個中高層C室，面積約2475方呎，意向呎價約1.4萬，涉及總金額約3465萬；物業現由業主自用，將以交吉形式出售，單位享有全海景景觀，將會連寫字樓裝修出售。該單位現時市值呎租約25至28元，準買家亦可同時洽購萬兆豐中心1個車位，售價約210萬，不但可作自用，亦可考慮出租及作中長綫投資。萬兆豐中心向來受用家追捧，該廈早前獲社福機構購入作自用，為大廈低層F室，面積約4065方呎，成交價約4065萬。

單位屬「九按財仔」

紅磡民裕街37至45號凱旋工商中心11樓D室，實用面積3230方呎，以1710萬易手，平均呎價5294元。

(星島日報)

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北角康樂大廈申強拍 估值約7.04億

發展商積極收購舊樓，土地審裁處最新接獲2宗強拍申請，其中有財團就旗下北角康樂大廈，正式入紙申請強拍，估值約7.04億元。

根據土地審裁處文件，位於北角馬寶道77至87號的康樂大廈，地盤面積7,680平方呎，目前申請強拍的財團已持有該廈86.27%的業權，估值約7.04億元。

而這宗強拍申請人為卓越兆業有限公司，公司董事包括澳門商人羅盛宗等。上述項目於1964年落成，樓齡約57年，比鄰太古發展的港濤軒，對面為北角工業大廈，亦與新地 (00016) 旗下海璇僅1街之隔，並距離北角站約2分鐘步程。

紀惠集團佐敦舊樓申強拍

另一宗申請為佐敦南京街15至17號舊樓，有財團近日亦向土地審裁處入紙申請強拍，項目估值逾1.87億元。

文件顯示，上述舊樓的地盤面積2,796平方呎，而現時申請人已持有該舊樓81.25%的業權，測量師對項目的估值逾1.87億元。這宗強拍的申請人為嘉澤投資有限公司，公司董事包括紀惠集團行政總裁湯文亮等人。項目早於1959年落成，樓齡約62年，目前為1座7層高的商住樓宇，距離港鐵佐敦站約2分鐘步程，附近亦有不少商業大廈及酒店。

(經濟日報)

上環6項目重組 全數改建商廈

上環是香港早期的主要商貿區之一，而且鄰近現時港島區核心商業區，故一直吸引各發展商收購該區舊樓。據本報統計，目前區內約有6個商業重建項目，料將為該區供應約116.3萬平方呎商業樓面。

當中以永泰地產 (00369) 及資本策略 (00497) 等持有的嘉咸街項目規模較大，涉逾43萬平方呎樓面，而且早前獲批興建兩幢商廈及酒店。

嘉咸街C地盤 改建寫字樓酒店

屬傳統舊區的上環，大部分商廈早於上世紀中後期落成，故大部分發展商會以重建方式在該區物色發展用地。據統計，區內目前有約6個商業重建項目，涉約116.3萬平方呎商用樓面，當中，規模較大的屬於嘉咸街項目C地盤，地皮先由市建局收購，其後永泰地產及資本策略等於2017年10月以約116億元奪得發展權；項目的可建樓面逾43.4萬平方呎，將分別重建為1幢32層高商廈，及1幢樓高27層的酒店，其基座為4層平台商場及2層地庫。

事實上，資本策略早在區內亦收購部分舊樓，包括位於威靈頓街的曾昭灝大廈。大廈地舖為知名酒樓「蓮香茶室」，物業佔地約4,206平方呎，屬「商業」規劃用途，地積比率15倍，可建樓面約6.3萬平方呎，該廈早年已由資本策略收購，雖然早前一直有消息指將物業清拆，惟尚未有實際行動。

大鴻輝持46萬呎商業樓面

另外，一向積極收購舊樓的大鴻輝興業，目前持有干諾道西94號至103號及德輔道西99至101號兩個地盤，兩項目面積達2萬平方呎，可建樓面最多約30萬平方呎，料重建為甲級海景商廈；而集團已於去年7月成功以底價約3.02億元統一德輔道西99至101號舊樓的業權，並將合併比鄰地盤一同發展商業項目。

而同由大鴻輝興業持有的德輔道中212至214號德輔商業中心，預計將與附近的永樂街舊樓一併重建。地盤面積合共約1.1萬平方呎，總樓面約16萬平方呎，計劃興建1座25層高商廈，附3層平台及1層地庫。

同時，有中資亦在上環「插旗」，以內房地產私募基金凱龍瑞為例，集團曾在2017年斥資約2.2億元收購永樂街78及80號兩幢舊式寫字樓，連同旗下的永樂街82至86號、88至90號多幢物業，可組成約4,400平方呎地盤，計劃興建1幢商廈。

(經濟日報)

紀惠申強拍佐敦舊樓

市區地皮供應有限，財團紛向市區舊樓埋手，土地審裁處昨連錄兩宗強拍申請，其中，佐敦南京街舊樓，目前獲紀惠申請強拍，已持有逾81%業權，市場估值逾1.87億。此外，北角康樂大廈亦獲財團申強拍，已收集逾86%業柱，市場估值逾7.03億。

市場估值逾1.87億

據資料顯示，佐敦南京街15至17號舊樓，獲嘉澤投資 (Joy Benefit Investment Ltd) 申請強拍，該公司董事包括紀惠集團副主席及行政總裁湯文亮、其太座林麗瑩，以及湯文亮的子女湯振傑及湯振玲。

目前紀惠已持有項目逾81%業權，市場估值逾1.87億。 現址為兩幢7層高的商住樓宇，佔地約2796方呎，地下及1樓為鋪位及寫字樓，其餘則為住宅，該舊樓早於1959年落成，樓齡約62年。

財團強拍北角康樂大廈

另外，北角馬寶道77至87號康樂大廈，目前亦獲財團申請強拍，據資料顯示，目前已收集逾86%業權，市場估值逾7.03億，地盤面積7680方呎，現址為約10層高的商住物業，該舊樓早於1964年落成，樓齡約57年。

而上述申請強拍的財團為卓越兆業 (Excellent Group Inc Ltd)，其公司董事包括澳門商人羅盛宗，其餘董事的報住地址均位於澳門，包括謝麗珊、安加慰、黃曉媚、李家華、伍英傑及何偉權。

(星島日報)

7月甲廈售價兩連跌 中環重災

受甲級商廈空置率上升影響，商廈售價未見反彈。有代理發表商廈市場報告指出，7月整體甲級商廈售價按月下挫1.7%，連續兩個月回落。

報告指出，甲級商廈售價連跌兩個月，今年以來累積升幅僅2%；而中環甲級商廈售價跑輸大市，今年首7個月累積下跌5.7%。整體甲級商廈租金7月按月調整1.7%，今年以來升幅只有1.5%。甲級商廈租售價下跌原因是空置率持續上揚，7月整體甲級商廈空置率上升至10.2%，屬紀錄新高。

億元大刁逆市增 兩月6宗

由於有買家趁低吸納，全層逾億元甲級商廈買賣逆市增加，過去兩個月已錄得6宗，當中3宗來自中環皇后大道中99號中環中心。今年首7個月更累錄17宗相關大額成交，宗數已超逾去年全年總和。

代理表示，受甲級商廈空置率上升影響，租售價仍未見大幅反彈，但與豪宅物業相比，甲級商廈呎價明顯低水，吸引部分買家趁低吸納，並帶動全層交投上升。他又指出，近期入市的買家以本地財團為主，亦有部分為中資財團，相信這兩類買家短期仍是甲級商廈市場的主力。

(信報)

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Wetland Seasons Bay puts up 245 homes

Wetland Seasons Bay phase 1 in Tin Shui Wai opened its first price list, offering 245 units at an average price of HK$13,689 per square foot.

The cheapest flat, a 300-sq-ft one-bedroom unit, costs HK$4.55 million after discounts.

The first batch of 245 flats range from 300 to 795 sq ft and cover one- to four-bedroom units.

The average price of this batch is 20 percent higher than Wetland Seasons Park in Tin Shui Wai, which was also developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016), but is slightly lower than the last batch of Wetland Seasons Park.

The project will open show flats and start receiving checks tomorrow with the first round of sales starting next week.

In Sheung Wan, Hollywood Hill, developed by Hanison Construction (0896), also unveiled its first price list of 10 flats with an average selling price of HK$31,000 per sq ft.

The price per sq ft is 8 percent lower than the first batch of 28 Aberdeen Street in the same district.

The prices of the 400-sq-ft one-bedroom units range from HK$11.56 million to HK$13.6 million. Sales start this week on a first come, first served basis.

The developer said that there will be a five to 10 percent price hike for the coming batches.

In Ho Man Tin, Madera Garden announced its second price list and offered three more units. The properties range from 286 to 414 sq ft. The price per sq ft is between HK$24,630 and HK$26,762 and prices range between HK$7.65 million and HK$10.7 million after discounts.

It will open the second round of sales for a total of 11 units, including the remaining eight flats from the first round of sales and the three newly added units, on Saturday.

(The Standard)

Wharf’s first-half results improve, helped by resurgent sales of luxury homes in Hong Kong and strong consumption in China

Wharf’s underlying interim net loss narrowed by 53.5 per cent to HK$526 million (US$67.58 million), after an impairment provision of HK$3.65 billion

Including valuation gains, Wharf posted an interim net profit of HK$1.04 billion, swinging from a loss of HK$1.74 billion last year

Wharf Holdings, one of Hong Kong’s biggest builders of luxury homes and shopping centres, improved its first-half financial results, as strong sales of ultra-expensive residences and investment gains bolstered its bottom line.

The company’s underlying interim net loss narrowed by 53.5 per cent to HK$526 million (US$67.58 million) from HK$1.13 billion loss in the first half of 2020, after an impairment charge of HK$3.65 billion, Wharf said in a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange. Including valuation gains and one-time gains, Wharf reported an interim net profit of HK$1.04 billion, swinging from a loss of HK$1.74 billion a year earlier.

Wharf’s fortunes were helped by strong sales of ultra luxury homes in the world’s most expensive urban centre. Five units of Wharf’s luxury project at 77/79 Peak Road were sold for a combined HK$3 billion, or up to HK$92,100 per square foot. It also sold a luxury apartment at the exclusive Mount Nicholson project for HK$490 million. Two town houses at 11 Plantation Road were leased by tender for a combined HK$2.2 million per month.

“Since a series of transactions of ultra-luxury housing in January and February, the following few months have become quiet,” said Stephen Ng, chairman and managing director, said at a briefing on Tuesday. “This fully matches the nature of the ultra-luxury housing market, where not every day has home sales. But when there are sales, they can sometimes be high.”

The resurgent sales of luxury homes underscores how the coronavirus pandemic has not impeded the fortunes or spending habits of the wealthy class. Wharf spent HK$15.6 billion to buy two prime residential land plots at The Peak in Hong Kong to further its grip on the city’s luxury residential market. In particular, the acquisition of two sites in Mansfield Road doubled the total attributable gross floor area to nearly 600,000 square feet.

Still, the luxury housing segment is characterised by long holding periods, Wharf said in its filing. Mount Nicholson, one of the most expensive addresses in Asia on a per square foot basis, may be a useful illustration in this regard, Wharf said. The site was bought in 2010. It was not until 2016 that the first property was sold. Two houses and 10 flats remain unsold, out of the entire project’s 19 houses and 48 apartments, which underscores how the internal rate of return will be weighed down by the long payback period, Wharf said.

“Land on The Peak is not easy to handle,” said Ng. Mount Nicholson “looks like Asia’s king of housing on the outside, but the return may not be as high as some mid- and low-tier housing,” he added.

Wharf’s shopping centres are doing well in mainland China, helped by a recovery in luxury retail sales. Revenue from investment properties jumped by 45 per cent to HK$2.68 billion, while operating profit increased by half to HK$1.78 billion, driven mainly by the malls at the International Finance Square in Chengdu and Changsha. The developer sold 1,815 homes in China in the first six months totalling 214,400 square metres (2.31 million square feet), with the contracted sales value falling 29.6 per cent to 5.7 billion yuan (US$879 million).

Wharf announced an unchanged interim dividend of 20 Hong Kong cents. Its shares fell 0.4 per cent to HK$26.30 after the earnings were announced.

(South China Morning Post)

Home prices in Kowloon rise after Urban Renewal Authority’s record compensation offer for old residential buildings

Lived-in home prices in Ma Tau Wai, Kowloon, have risen by about 3 per cent in the past month; some agents expect a further 5 per cent boost by year-end.

The URA last week offered 154 flat owners of a Civil Servants’ Co-operative Building Society HK$19,848 (US$2,550) per square foot

The Urban Renewal Authority’s (URA) record-high acquisition price for units in ageing residential buildings in Ma Tau Wai, Kowloon, has led to a slight increase in home prices in the area. Market observers, however, said that any rise would be limited as the boost will be tempered after the gains in June following the opening of a new MTR line.

The URA last week offered 154 flat owners of a Civil Servants’ Cooperative Building Society Scheme (CBS) development project in Shing Tak Street, Ma Tau Wai, HK$19,848 (US$2,550) per square foot of saleable area, the highest such offer in Kowloon, according to analyst.

Lived-in home prices have risen by about 3 per cent in the past month as news of URA’s impending offer started doing the rounds, putting it on a par with newer developments, market observers said. They have risen about 5 per cent since the Tuen Ma line opened in June.

“It’s almost HK$20,000, of course [homeowners] will be aggressive,” property agent said. “Coupled with the opening of the Sha Tin to Central link, raising asking prices and withholding listings is inevitable.”

Another agent said that prices in the area could rise a further 5 per cent until the end of the year aided by the opening of the Tuen Ma line, acquisitions and economic recovery.

CBS buildings were built between 1952 and the mid-1980s on land granted by the government – usually at a third of market value – to civil servants who formed cooperative societies. Such buildings can also be found in Hung Hom, To Kwa Wan, Kowloon City and Kowloon Tong among other areas. The flats in these societies tend to be large, ranging from around 800 sq ft to 1,600 sq ft.

The URA said that the offer of HK$19,848 per square foot was based on the price of a seven-year-old replacement flat nearby. The authority had appointed seven independent consultancy firms, which compared transactions of similar properties, to arrive at the rate. The residents received the offer letters last Friday and have 60 days to consider the offer.

For instance, a 950 sq ft CBS flat will fetch HK$16.33 million after deducting the land premium, which is enough for buying a three-bedroom flat at One Kai Tak or Billionnaire Avant in Kowloon City or Bayview in To Kwa Wan, analyst said.

the analyst estimated that the site could fetch between HK$12,500 to HK$13,000 per square foot from developers when it is available for tender.

Overall, 197 out of the 238 cooperative societies have been dissolved, according to the Development Bureau. Twelve have been redeveloped already, whereby 600 flats were cleared to make way for 3,800 units. Another 4,400 units in 185 CBS projects are ready for redevelopment.

However, some residents of CBS projects that are likely to be redeveloped fear that it could affect their quality of life.

The substantial fall in living standards, quality of neighbourhood, higher management fees in new flats and difficulty for elderly residents who have lived there for decades to adapt to a new environment were among their chief concerns, said Irene Wong, whose CBS home in To Kwa Wan may be acquired by the URA.

She also said owners were unhappy with the URA for not engaging in enough discussions and not giving them the option of acquiring the development as a whole without dissolving the societies, so that the value of common space could be included in the offer price.

The URA said it plans to conduct an opinion survey with these residents by the fourth quarter to look into their concerns.

疫情逐步回穩，帶動甲廈租賃表現，中環指標甲廈美國銀行中心一個中層單位，建築面積約近3800方呎，以每呎58元租出，高市價約8%，相較今年初回升近16%。業內人士表示，隨着疫情放緩，經濟環境漸改善，料甲廈租售價趨向穩定。

市場消息指出，上述為中環美國銀行中心中層08至12室，建築面積約3797方呎，以每呎58元租出，月租約220226元。代理指出，上述單位坐享側海景，單位質素不俗，雖然如此，成交呎租較市價高約8%，反映市場氣氛改善，今年初，該廈一個望側海景、同樣面積的單位，以每呎50元租出，可見最新租金較今年初升16%。

每月租金22萬

根據代理資料顯示，該甲廈對上一宗租賃為低層12室，面積732方呎，於上月以每呎52元租出，月租約3.8萬；該甲廈今年1月錄得，為該甲廈低層6至9室，面積3110方呎，平均呎租僅40元。不過，代理指，該單位望馬路景，不能與上述單位相提並論。

代斑指，受疫情等因素打擊，甲廈租金早前於低位徘徊，惟受本港經濟逐步重回正軌，為甲廈租賃市場釋出曙光，上述租金屬理想水平，惟單一成交不能代表整體市場已回升，下半年甲廈租金走勢仍需視乎疫情等因素走勢而定。

該甲廈現時有約28個放租，入場呎租由45元起。美國銀行中心屬指標甲廈，業權分散，該廈高層單位於2018年11月以每方呎115元租出，惟去年租金大跌，優質單位呎租低至40元，去年8月，該廈29樓2室，建築面積約1998方呎，以每方呎約40元租出，為該廈近10年呎租新低；該廈34樓5室，去年2月以每方呎42元租出。

去年中呎租低至40元

據另一代理行早前報告指出，今年第二季甲廈空置率報9.5%，屬2004年以來17年新高，租金更連跌25個月，該行認為，現今甲廈需求仍然疲弱，料下半年租金有機會再跌約5%，此外，甲廈市場於今年次季錄負吸納量 (承租樓面低於退租樓面) 8.1萬方呎，為連續第8季錄負吸納量。

另外，金鐘甲廈統一中心亦錄承租個案，消息指，該甲廈A01室，面積2573方呎，以97774元租出，呎租約38元。

(星島日報)

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西環香港工廈意向價3.25億

工廈物業有價有市，部分業主亦趁勢放售。西環香港工業大廈一籃子單位，總樓面36152方呎，以意向價3.25億放售。

有代理表示，西環德輔道西444至452號香港工業大廈一籃子物業，包括兩層中層全層及個別中層單位，總樓面約36152方呎，意向呎價約9000餘元，意向價逾3.25億。何氏稱，項目以部分連租約及交吉形式出售，當中兩層全層已悉數租出。

總樓面涉3.61萬呎

代理指出，業主因應市況，叫價相對克制，冀獲實力投資者承接。資料顯示，香港工業大廈對上一宗成交要追溯至2017年初，該單位為大廈低層G室，面積約1780方呎，呎價約9438元。

此外，由於港島區可供出售的工廈物業相當罕有，加上現時該批放售中的單位涉及該廈業權近10%，大部分單位景觀相當開揚，又擁全海景致，物業地皮用途在補地價後更可作住宅發展，因而極具收購重建發展潛力，更勝於其他工廈物業。

至於租賃方面，據大型代理行資料顯示，該廈高層E室，面積1050方呎，於今年5月份以2萬元租出，平均呎租約19元；此外，該廈低層A室，面積2200方呎，於今年3月份以3.96萬租出，平均呎租約18元。

(星島日報)

元朗住宅地價「難搶高」發展具限制 發展商：每呎出價不多於7000元

政府持續推地，其中，元朗住宅地將於本周五截標，有發展商指出，由於地皮具發展限制，只可作低密度發展，最高只可建三層，而且同區缺乏低密度住宅項目，難以作出比較，預期地價「難以搶高」，每呎出價不多於7000元，如果以同等價錢寧願競投古洞區地皮，同時亦指出，競投的中小財團出價趨審慎。

元朗流業街與涌業路交界住宅地皮，可建樓面約78575方呎，但在發展上具一定限制，包括物業高度限制不多於9.9米，層數不多於3層，只可作低密度發展，提供約112伙，同時地皮呈「P」字形，在剪裁上較為困難，預期樓宇只能建於地盤的北面，要由可通車的南面入口，通過一條長的私家車路前往。

發展商：同等價錢寧願投古洞地

有發展商指出，地皮具發展限制，物業最高只可建三層，即只能作低密度發展，由於同區過往推出的低密度住宅項目，普遍銷情較慢，區內若缺乏同類項目作比較，再加上地皮呈「P」字形，在設計上亦要大花心思，在計算出價上自然較為困難。

另一方面，地皮位於東頭工業區一帶，其發展潛力，未能比得上其餘新發展區，例如古洞區，相信普遍財團出價會較為審慎，若每呎出價逾7000元，寧願競投古洞地，預期中小財團出價審慎。另外，雖然地皮總價未算太高，但亦打算合組財團競投，藉以降低風險。

物業最高只可建三層

麗新發展高級副總裁潘銳民稱，集團將研究入標上述地皮，雖然往後落成的物業，最高只可建三層，但認為其位置上較適合做低密度住宅，但由於地皮形狀不工整，在設計上要較花心思。

佳明營業及市務總監顏景鳳指，元朗流業街鄰近元朗市區，可步行至港鐵朗屏站，加上地皮屬低密度發展項目，適合興建中小型住宅項目，集團都會研究亦有興趣考慮入標。

中小財團出價趨審慎

目前該地皮市場估值約4.32億至5.34億，每呎樓面地價約5500元至6800元。據同區代理指，目前區內一帶的洋房及低密度住宅項目，普遍成交呎價約1.2萬至1.5萬。

有測量師稱，地皮位於東頭工業區北面，鄰近香港駕駛學院及元朗舊墟，區內基建配套一般，料每呎地價約6363元，估值約5億。

另一測量師表示，預計是次逾15家發展商入標，估值料約5.3億，每方呎樓面呎價約6800元。泓亮諮詢及評估董事總經理張翹楚指，相信今次會有逾10家家發展商入標，因對比新界東北新發展區，新界西北區內基建發展已經成熟，發展商興趣或更大，即使現時東頭為工業區，現時正在轉型。

(星島日報)

德祥炮仗街地盤4億獲洽購

近年市區重建項目備受追捧，鄰近港鐵屯馬線的項目，其潛力更被看高一線。市場消息指由德祥地產 (0199) 持有土瓜灣炮仗街41至45號 (單號) 的地盤，鄰近港鐵土瓜灣站，據悉獲財團以約4億元洽購，以可建樓面3.4萬方呎計，每方呎樓面地價1.18萬元。就上述消息向德祥地產查詢，至截稿前未能聯絡得上。

長沙灣銀主舖搶至2000萬拍出

零售業有回暖迹象，有投資者趁勢物色商舖。有拍賣行昨日拍賣12項物業，並沽出2伙銀主盤。其中位於長沙灣青山道W668地下3號舖及1樓3號舖，面積1551方呎，開價1900萬元，隨後每口叫價20萬元，獲4組準買家承價，最終被搶至2000萬元售出，呎價12,895元。土地註冊處資料顯示，原業主2016年5月以3070.98萬元購入，其後淪為銀主盤，而是次成交價仍較原買入價低1071萬元或35%。

盛滙購中環舖即加價44%放售

另外，近期頻入市的盛滙商舖基金，昨日再斥資2630萬元購入中環舖。盛滙商舖基金創辦人李根興表示，以2630萬元連租約購入中環蘇杭街10號地下4號舖，以商舖面積約550方呎計，呎價5萬元。商舖現以月租5萬元租予素食餐廳，租金回報約2.3厘。李根興透露，原業主早前以3200萬元放售，議價後減價570萬元或約18%、以2630萬元沽出，集團購入後隨即加價44%、以3800萬元放售。原業主2012年8月2170萬元購入，帳面獲利460萬元或21%。

(明報)

佳寧娜攻市區蚊型地盤重建 深水埗海壇街項目最快明年推

近年中資大舉進軍本港房地產市場，成績各異，具內地資金背景的佳寧娜集團 (0126)，2018年低調成立地產部，伙拍與從事房地產逾20年的尹德輝作策略伙伴，致力收購市區舊樓蚊型地盤，並以西九龍作為起點。最快明年中推售首個位於深水埗海壇街的商住項目，主打細單位戶型。該集團目標是「年年有盤開」，冀能協助港人「先安居、後樂業」。

佳寧娜集團於內地發展多年，1990年代初開始在深圳從事房地產開發業務，其中於1998年落成的佳寧娜友誼廣場更為深圳市羅湖商業中心區的地標商廈，及後進一步拓展餐飲、地產、商貿及物流等。至於在港業務方面，主要是餐飲業，較為人熟識的是佳寧娜酒樓，以及早前收購的本地茶餐廳「味皇」等。不過，該集團早前低調拓展本港的房地產市場，佳寧娜主席馬介欽接受本報訪問時表示，集團貫徹「取之社會、用之社會」的精神，參與舊樓併購，致力為大眾重建居所。

90年代發展深圳房地產

馬介欽透露，伙拍駿高集團董事、現為佳寧娜集團地產部董事總經理尹德輝，為佳寧娜地產策略合作伙伴，主力舊區重建及數據中心等。他坦言，本港地少人多，房屋需求龐大，預計物業價格漲多跌少，另一方面亦希望協助改善民生、籠屋等問題，期望透過重建舊樓，協助港人安居。

尹德輝補充，集團看好西九龍重建展潛力，正積極籌備首個商住項目發展，位於深水埗海壇街223至225A號重建項目，屬單幢式物業，主打開放式及1房戶型，實用面積約200至400方呎，總樓面約4萬方呎，最快明年中開售。同時，亦在其他舊區物色合適的重建項目，如已併購的長沙灣青山道296至306號項目，預計可建樓面約7.2萬方呎。

併購青山道舊樓 料建7萬呎樓面

被問及為何挑選難度較高的舊樓併購，而不選較容易的競投官地，馬介欽回應，舊樓併購在時間、價格上可控制，一個項目收購至推售，涉約4至5年，反觀競投官地，發展時間會較短，但政府出售地皮以價高者得，集團出價上偏向審慎，預計不容易中標，因此主力作重建市區舊樓為先，但也不排除日後與其他發展商或財團合作競投官地。馬介欽又透露，除房地產外，集團亦以「地產+」的概念拓展新市場，如早斥資逾1100萬元購入葵涌香港貨櫃碼頭路88號永得利廣場2座12樓，將作數據中心，提供網絡機櫃出租服務，預計明年開幕。

(明報)

Evergrande gains on hopes of sale to Vanke

Shares of China Evergrande (3333) extend gains for the third day as reports surfaced that it is considering selling its property management businesses to a consortium lead by rival China Vanke (2202).

Evergrande closed 7.84 percent higher at HK$6.33 yesterday. Its shares have climbed more than 21 percent so far this week on expectations the world's most-indebted developer will ease its cash crunch with asset sales.

On Tuesday night, Evergande announced that it is in talks with several independent third-party investors to sell a part of the interests in the listed subsidiaries China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle (0708) and Evergrande Property Services (6666).

Shares of the EV segment rose 4.7 percent while Evergrande Property Services climbed 8.96 percent yesterday.

The company is also seeking buyers for the bulk of its urban renewal projects in Shenzhen, Reuters reported earlier.

Vanke, one of the biggest developers in China, is expected to be the buyer of Evergrande Property Services, local media reported yesterday. Vanke acquired a 19.9 percent stake in embattled developer Tahoe Group for 2.4 billion yuan (HK$2.88 billion) last year. It is also considering buying projects from Sichuan Languang Development, a mainland developer with overdue debts totaling 4.54 billion yuan.

Top Chinese politicians defined Evergrande's financial problems as "liquidity stress" and not an insolvency, REDD reported last week.

Evergrande plans to sell around 120 billion yuan in assets and initiated talks with potential buyers such as China Jinmao (0817) in early June, the report added.

Assuming Evergrande maintains control of the auto and property services units, the firm may raise about HK$25 billion from selling minority stakes, a property analyst said.

"It's positive for Evergrande," analuyst said. "We believe that Evergrande's bankruptcy risk may not be as high as bond prices suggested."

If realized, the sales may help Evergrande reduce its net debt-to-equity ratio by about 10 percent to 90 percent, Cheng said, adding he expects the ratio fell to 99 percent by the end of the first half. Evergrande said in late June that the ratio dipped below 100 percent, meeting a key debt metric of China's "three red lines" requirement for property developers.

Mainland developers also rose with China Overseas (0688) jumping 8.89 percent, the best performer among blue chips.

隨疫情逐步回穩，帶動甲廈租賃市場轉活，甲廈市場頻錄市價承租，其中，金鐘統一中心中層單位以每呎38元租出，另外，上環中遠大廈亦以每呎34.5元租出，均屬市價水平。

市場消息指出，金鐘統一中心中層A01室，面積約2573方呎，以每呎約38元租出，月租約97774元。據從事商廈買賣的地產代理指出，上述租金屬市價水平。

據大型代理行資料顯示，該甲廈早前租賃為中層B室，面積5263方呎，於今年6月以每呎38元租出，月租約199994元。

此外，上環中遠大廈亦錄承租，消息指，該甲廈高層08室，面積1108方呎，以每呎約34.5元租出，月租約38226元；據大型代理行資料顯示，該甲廈近期承租個案為高層1室，面積11692方呎，於本月以701520元租出，平均呎租約60元。

中遠大廈月租3.82萬

至於買賣方面，市場消息指出，尖沙嘴富峰行中層單位，面積約664方呎，以687.97萬售出，呎價10361元；同區冠福中心低層02室，面積約469方呎，以429.9萬沽出，呎價約9168元。灣仔駱克道88號1中層單位，面積2010方呎，以2500.23萬元售出，呎價約12439元。

(星島日報)

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港九商廈租務略加快 租金偏軟

商業氣氛稍轉好，租務市場亦轉活，港島及九龍指標商廈租務略為加快。業內人士認為，因空置率仍較高，租金料持續偏軟。

7月整體10大商廈買賣仍淡靜，而市場亦錄得一宗大額買賣，涉及金鐘統一中心30樓全層以5.15億元易手，面積約20,488平方呎計算，平均呎價約25,137元，物業將會以買賣公司形式交易。該全層現時月租約114.7萬元，租期至2023年，新買家可享租金回報約2.7厘，新買家為許大絢及梁先杰。

宏安5.15億沽統一中心全層 平手離場

資料顯示，業主為宏安地產 (01243)，於2016年以5.12億元購入，持貨約5年，帳面獲利約300萬元，接近平手離場。

另外，指標甲廈呎價稍為回穩，上環信德中心招商局大廈中層01室，面積約1,632平方呎，以約4,863萬元易手，呎價約2.98萬元。按是次成交價計，較去年明顯回升，去年同廈1710至11室，以每呎約2萬元成交，按是次樓層接近，呎價顯著上升。

租務方面，上月以金鐘力寶中心較活躍，如1座中層單位，面積約2,100平方呎，以每月8.8萬元租出，成交呎租約42元；另外成交集中於2座，如2座低層10至11室，面積約2,320平方呎，以每月9.28萬元租出，呎租約40元。同廈高層9室，面積約1,786平方呎，成交呎租高見55元。

九龍區甲廈空置率逾12%

九龍區方面，7月尖東新文華中心，錄得數宗租務成交，如B座中層單位，面積約1,898平方呎，以每月3.6萬元租出，呎租約19元，另同座中層，面積約695平方呎，成交呎租約25元。

空置率方面，九龍區仍維持偏高水平，有代理行資料顯示，九龍區整體甲廈最新空置率錄得約12.42%，按月回落0.19個百分點，尖沙咀最新空置數字為8.31%，按月下調0.11個百分點。

該行代理指出，港島區上月錄得298宗租務成交，較6月285宗稍增，而中環、上環等均錄大手租務成交，反映租務市場已稍為好轉。後市方面，代理指目前整體空置率仍偏高，在市況有改善下，甲廈租金經過明顯調整後漸穩定，未來數月或出現輕微回調。買賣方面，該代理指近期業主叫價仍相對硬淨，成交量料維持偏低。

(經濟日報)

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指標甲廈售價連跌兩月 按月挫1.7%

有代理發表的最新商廈市場報告指出，整體甲廈售價按月下挫1.7%，為連續2個月下跌。

報告指出，寫字樓售價連跌2個月，今年以來累積升幅僅2%，而中環售價跑輸大市，最新呎價約33,206元，全年暫時下跌5.7%；而整體甲廈租金按月同樣向下調整1.7%，今年累積升幅只有1.5%，表現接近持平。

中環甲廈售價今年累跌5.7%

商廈空置率繼續上升，整體甲廈空置率上升至10.2%，屬紀錄新高水平，其中，東九龍高見14.8%，而中區也升至8.6%。

不過，由於商廈售價繼續下調，部分財團有意趁低吸納，單計近2個月全層逾億元寫字樓買賣已經錄得6宗，而中區一帶更獨佔5宗，包括中環中環中心 (3宗)、金鐘統一中心 (1宗) 及中環香港鑽石會大廈 (1宗)，情況為近年罕見。總計今年首7個月，全層逾億元商廈買賣已累錄17宗，較去年全年的15宗還要高。

若以買家來源劃分，今年以來的17宗全層大手買賣，買家同樣以本地財團為主，期內佔10宗，中資買家亦佔5宗，包括近期紀惠集團購入中環中心全層單位。

代理表示，受到商廈空置率上升影響，板塊租售價仍未見大幅反彈，在部分業主擴大議價空間下，商廈價格持續再度回落。不過，與其他板塊例如豪宅物業相比，寫字樓呎價明顯低水，吸引部分買家趁低吸納，並帶動全層商廈交投上升，單計中環中心最近2個月已連錄最少3宗全層交投。

該代理又指，近期入市的買家以本地財團為主，亦有部分為中資財團，相信這兩類型的買家短期內仍然會是商廈市場的主力。另一方面，市場游資仍然充裕，需要四出尋找出路，相信全層交投的步伐仍然會持續。

(經濟日報)

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世茂中環The Center Space月租8000起

世茂集團 (00813) 推出旗下在港首個商務中心項目、位於中環的The Center Space，The Center Space銷售及營運總監蔡漪婷稱，The Center Space設有私人辦公室、共享工作空間及虛擬辦公室等，其中私人辦公室有逾30間，最細由1人房至最大可容納約60人，以工作枱計超過200張，工作枱計月租8000至12000元，租金視乎房間景觀、面積及租期長短，租期可由1個月至最長兩年。

至於虛擬辦公室有地址及電話等租用服務，地址月租800元，電話月租則580元，同時租用地址及電話月租1200元。

蔡漪婷稱，近年不少大型企業未必租用數千呎樓面，轉用服務式辦公室，同時創業人士對共享空間有一定需求，料共享工作空間前景不俗。

資料顯示，The Center Space屬商務中心，位於中環皇后大道中99號中環中心76樓，總樓面約23.6萬方呎。

世茂集團物業發展部高級經理汪子恩稱，集團旗下九龍半山延坪道9號項目分2期發展，其中1期已申請預售，由6座組成，提供336伙，全屬分層單位，戶型為實用面積約700方呎的2房戶至約3000方呎4房單位，主打3房或以上單位，項目售樓處、樓書及地基均已完成，集團待獲批預售及時機容許即推售。

(信報)

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Mainland students driving rents higher

Property agency said that the number of inquiries it has received from mainlanders about rental properties through its chat system surged 6.8 times in the past three months as the start of the next academic year draws closer, leading it to forecast that rental prices could increase by 5 percent on average for the year.

That is the highest rise in four years.

Bolstering the case for the increase is that many mainlanders schooling here prefer to pay rents for a year in advance and scramble for homes even when they are above market prices by 3 to 16 percent, making them the darlings of many landlords.

Students tend to target flats in areas that are nearer their universities.

Thus, private properties in Tseung Kwan O are popular among mainland students of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and low-price properties in Tuen Mun with Lingnan University students.

As for those studying at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, units from Sha Tin to Tai Wai are often their preferred options.

An agent pointed out that many of these mainland tenants often do not hesitate to rent units with suitable partitions and designs at high prices as they can share flats with their mainland colleagues to reduce the costs.

Property agent said that a two-bedroom unit of Metro City Phase One was rented by mainland HKUST students for HK$15,500 a month, or an average price of HK$43 per sq ft, with a year's rent paid in advance.

Another agent said that many mainland students were seeking shared apartments last month. Nearly 90 percent of them paid a year's rent in a lump sum and were willing to rent above market prices, which raised the rental transaction volume and average price at some estates in Tuen Mun and Tin Shui Wai by about 10 percent.

Terence Chong Tai-leung, associate professor of economics at Chinese University, said there are more than 10,000 mainland students in universities here, of which more than half live in campus dormitories. The rest, mostly postgraduates, rent their apartments outside campus.

Most of them have recently returned here and are seeking a flat after having gone back to the mainland due to the unrest and the pandemic.

The fierce competition, therefore, has driven up rents for flats near the universities, he added.

Mainland students may not be able to get to Hong Kong before the start of school as the border remains closed due to the pandemic, but renting flats remotely has become the new normal for them, thanks to technology.

They rely on online information alone, and the lease is agreed upon before they arrive. Some other agencies said inquiries from mainland students in the past three months have soared by more than 50 percent.

Property agent said that 23 "remote renting" cases had been recorded in just 20 days, with decisions made by mainland students who relied purely on photos, videos and virtual reality.

A 659-sq-ft three-bedroom unit at Metro City phase two was remotely rented by mainland students for HK$21,000 because the project is next to the MTR station and a shopping mall.

A full year's rent was paid in one lump sum, with a two-month deposit, involving more than HK$290,000 in total.

Unlike buying a house, mainland students who rent a flat usually only live there for one to two years, and they are accustomed to using online platforms, agent said.

As universities gradually resume physical classes as the situation with the pandemic improves, the agent said that a conservative estimate of mainland students renting flats online can be put at more than 30 percent.

近年不少地產代理行遷出中環，以節省成本。消息指，本地大型代理行，租用尖沙咀九倉電訊中心3層多樓面，涉及約6萬平方呎，呎租約35餘元。該集團原租用中環新世界大廈，搬遷可節省逾半租金。

涉6萬呎 呎租約35元

市場人士指，尖沙咀海港城九倉電訊中心錄大手租務成交，涉及物業10、16及17樓全層，以及數個細單位，面積合共約6萬平方呎，以平方呎約35元租出。九倉電訊中心屬於海港城商廈群中，樓齡較舊的商廈，故租金相比較港威大廈等為低。大廈位處廣東道，樓下為海港城商場，故配套甚佳。

據了解，新租客為本地大型代理行，該集團租用中環皇后大道中新世界大廈多年，物業現時呎租料約80元，是次遷出中環搬至尖沙咀，可節省約56%開支。

中環租金過往冠絕全球，而代理行業員工多外出工作，留在總部時間不穩定，故不少代理行為節省成本，選擇遷出中環，搬至非核心區。近兩年，市場上多間外資測量師行，先後遷離中環，如一測量師行原租用金鐘太古廣場三期，兩年前搬至港島東太古坊一座；而另一測量師行原租用中環怡和大廈多年，今年亦選擇搬至太古坊的港島東中心，同樣可節省大筆開支。

另消息指，尖沙咀海港城港威大廈錄全層租務，涉及物業中層2層樓面，每層面積約2.5萬平方呎，合共約5萬平方呎，以每平方呎約50元租出。

據悉，新租客為保誠保險，集團一直租用港威大廈，是次新租全層樓面料作整合及擴充。翻查資料，該兩層樓面曾由共享空間WeWork租用，該品牌原本大手租用6層樓面，合共約15萬平方呎，惟集團在港大幅收縮業務，裝修樓面後一直未有遷入，交回業主。據了解，其中兩層樓面早前已獲商務中心IWG租用。

(經濟日報)

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新世界約1.4億 沽學士臺停車場

發展商沽非核物業，消息指，新世界 (00017) 及協成行以約1.4億元，沽出半山薄扶林道學士臺停車場。

消息稱，薄扶林錄停車場買賣，涉及薄扶林101號學士臺停車場，分布於物業1及2樓，涉及50個車位。項目由物業發展商新世界及協成行持有，早前委託測量師行進行放售，據悉，項目以約1.4億元沽出。

涉50車位 每個價值280萬

該屋苑提供600多伙單位，惟車位僅50個，故需求極大，以1.4億元成交價計，每個車位價值約280萬元。據悉，車位每月租約4,200至4.500元。

新世界近期亦有沽售非核心資產包括停車場，本年中以5,968萬元，沽出柴灣康翠臺2樓50個車位，平均每個車位成交價約119萬元，新買家為內地客。

黄竹坑珍寶閣509車位 4億沽

車位供應緊張，位於港島區停車場更是罕有，故近期港島區屋苑停車場吸引財團入市承接。本月黄竹坑惠福道珍寶閣509個車位，以逾4億元易手，平均每個車位約80萬元，新買家為宏安地產。該批車位原本由新濠國際 (00200) 所持有，租金回報率約3.8厘。

據悉，項目不能拆售，宏安將加以翻新，提高租金收入及回報率，作長綫投資。

(經濟日報)

黃竹坑環匯廣場 全層1.42億售

甲廈買賣略回升，消息指，黃竹坑環匯廣場中高層全層，面積約9,820平方呎，連同兩個車位，以約1.423億元成交，呎價約14,500元。

原業主於2014年，以8,641.6萬元購入樓面，現持貨7年轉，獲利約5,588萬元離場，升值約65%。

(經濟日報)

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大手工廈成交今年暫錄19宗 較去年同期急升2.8倍 基金主導市場

工廈交投活躍，根據本報統計，今年以來市場暫錄19宗大手工廈買賣，較去年同期僅5宗，上升2.8倍，涉資高達145.8億，更是急升5倍。當中，外資基金最活躍，佔市場「大半」交易金額。

今年以來，市場暫錄19宗逾億元工廈買賣，其中全幢佔12宗，最大宗為華潤物流承接屯門東亞紗廠工業大廈，作價22.4億，其次，ESR斥18億購入葵涌光輝凍倉全幢。除了全幢外，一籃子巨額買賣亦「非常出色」，其中，施羅德資本房地產與Bentall Green Oak買入荃灣有線電視大樓及One Midtown一籃子貨，作價高達26億，更是今年來最大宗工廈買賣。

金額145.8億 急升五倍

積極購貨的基金共有六家，除了上述施羅德，嘉民亞洲基金、SilkRoad Property Partners、安祖高頓基金、黑石基金及ESR都相繼出手，可見他們看好工廈的前景。ESR以18億購入葵涌光輝凍倉，於一眾基金當中，屬第二大買家。

嘉民亞洲基金購入位處觀塘、九龍灣及葵涌的物流中心及一籃子工廈，悉數屬於分散業權，合共涉資13.2億，排行第三位。

由此可見，散業權工廈物業亦有價有市。地產界人士表示，該批物業在重新打造後，料收取可觀回報。

散業權工廈亦受捧

有代理表示，工廈可塑性高，而早前活化工廈2.0及標準金額先導計畫，讓全幢工廈更具重建價值，吸引不少財團入手，支撐工廈售價。

該代理表示，展望未來，考慮到工廈物業用途廣泛，銀碼較為低水，而疫情後市場對倉庫和物流中心的

需求亦有所增加，加上數據中心的發展前景樂觀，將會帶動工廈後市繼續造好。

另外，現時香港各項本地經濟指標逐漸回暖，相信亦會支持工廈售價繼續向好。

另一代理表示，今年上半年工廈成交回升，工廈物業總成交金額按年上升2.04倍。該代理預期，投資者下半年將繼續注視工廈物業。

(星島日報)

代理行：荃灣工廈價格跑贏大市

本港疫情在月初基本上達致「清零」，利好消息為工廈市場帶來動力，有代理行資料顯示，今年首7個月工廈買賣共錄2356宗，比去年同期升1.53倍，更連續5個月企穩350宗或以上。今年首7個月售價累升3.2%，荃灣區累積升幅更以7.2%跑贏大市。

該代理行資料顯示，今年首7個月工廈售價則累升3.2%，呎價按月錄得上升的共有七區，其中升幅最高的為葵涌區，按月升1.9%，最新報4011元。其次為按月升1.5%的長沙灣區，7月報6117元。荃灣區表現亦不俗，不但按月升1.4%，更已經連續5個月錄得升幅，今年首7個月累積升幅達7.2%，表現跑贏大市。

連升五月累積幅度7.2%

雖然整體工廈售價指數上升，但7月份仍有三區錄得跌幅，當中紅磡/土瓜灣的跌幅最明顯，按月跌1.5%，7月最新報4916元，首7個月已經累跌4.8%。觀塘則按月跌1.3%，最新報6283元。

此外，該代理行綜合土地註冊處資料顯示，今年首7個月工廈買賣註冊共錄2356宗，比去年同期升1.53倍，7月份最新報363宗，按年升82.4%，已連續5個月保持在350宗以上水平。7月份註冊金額錄42.38億元，按年升近1.2倍。

(星島日報)

60%企業願租環保商廈

近年，市場興起環保商廈，據外資代理行研究數據顯示，香港約有逾六成的企業，願意租用獲環保認證的商廈，並支付較高的租金，相關租金較一般商廈貴1%至7%等。該行今年上半年接獲有關淨零碳的客戶查詢增加，反映香港企業較以往關注可持續發展。

該行最新一份研究，向亞太區超過550位地產領導者進行意向調查，區內約有九成的企業，同意解決地產業產生的碳排放，對實踐淨零碳的目標極為重要。該行認為，這標誌着區內地產組合的租賃及投資邁向新時代。

淨零碳查詢增逾一倍

該行代理表示，該行於今年上半年接獲有關淨零碳事宜的客戶查詢，較去年全年增加逾一倍，顯示氣候危機及世界各地政府推出的政策令企業採取行動，邁向淨零碳。

該代理稱，現時採取行動的企業未來將會最受惠，因為各國都為減碳採取更嚴厲手段，業主及早節能減碳，既符合投資者、客戶及員工的需求，亦可提高營運效率，節省成本。

該行研究顯示，現時香港有39%企業租戶，已訂立淨零碳的目標，並有額外29%的企業計畫於2025年前制定目標。目前在租用獲環保認證商廈的租戶，大多支付較普通商廈高出1%至7%租金。

該行另一代理表示，租戶對地產有關的減碳方案需求趨增，以配合其可持續性發展目標，將令投資者優先考慮綠色投資，推動地產業面向未來的環保建築轉型。

(星島日報)

Pavilia Farm buyers quit $55m deals

Three deals worth a total of HK$55.44 million at the Pavilia Farm III, which has been hit by a construction scandal, were terminated last Friday.

The project, which is being jointly developed by New World Development (0017) and MTR Corp (0066), lies atop the Tai Wai MTR station in the New Territories.

The cancellations come after construction defects at the project were found last month. NWD said it would demolish and rebuild two of the seven residential blocks at the project as the strength of some concrete sections did not meet the design requirements approved by the Building Department.

A 991-square-foot four-bedroom flat sold for HK$26.26 million, or HK$26,504 per square foot, was the biggest terminated deal recorded in the Sales of First-hand Residential Properties Electronic Platform.

Transactions for another two flats sized 746 sq ft and 534 sq ft were terminated as well. The buyers had bought the flats for HK$17.23 million and HK$11.94 million respectively.

Though buyers would normally forfeit their deposits on a project if they pull out of the deal, NWD said the 846 buyers affected will be compensated no matter whether they terminate or continue their deals.

Meanwhile, in the luxury market, CK Asset (1113) sold a 2,169-sq-ft flat in the first phase of 21 Borrett Road at the Mid-levels for HK$154 million. The flat has four rooms with two suites and two parking spaces. The average price is around HK$71,369 per square foot. The developer has sold four flats at the project for HK$735 million since July.

Meanwhile, a property agency reported that only seven secondary deals at 10 major housing estates over the weekend, down two deals from a week ago, and falling to a 26-week low. Three estates - Mei Foo Sun Chuen in Lai Chi Kok, Kornhill in Quarry Bay and Metro City in Tseung Kwan O - recorded no deals.

Since the their ndex, the gauge of secondary property prices, has reached a new high, potential buyers and homeowners may opt for unsold units in the primary market, agent said.

In the industrial market, data from another property agency showed the number of transactions surged 1.5 times year-on-year to 2,356 for the first seven months in 2021.

An 82 percent on-year increase to 363 in July's transaction figure was recorded.

The total transaction amount last month was HK$4.238 billion, up 120 percent from a year ago.

(The Standard)

New World’s Pavilia Farm project sees its first cancellations with deals for three flats terminated

Market observers fear this could trigger further cancellations amid uncertainty over the demolition and reconstruction of the two affected towers

New World’s compensation for the buyers of 846 units in the two towers earmarked for demolition was seen as ‘generous’

New World Development’s The Pavilia Farm III project, where two blocks are earmarked for demolition, has seen its first cancellations.

Deals for three flats in the affected blocks of Hong Kong’s bestselling new residential project last year were terminated despite adequate compensation offered by the developer. Some market observers fear more cancellations were possible because of uncertainties over the project.

The three flats, of which two were owned by a single buyer, were priced at HK$26.27 million (US$3.38 million), HK$17.23 million and HK$11.94 million, respectively, according to data from the Sales of First-hand Residential Properties Authority.

New World confirmed the cancellation of the deals on Sunday.

“No one can predict when the developer can tear down the towers and rebuild two new blocks because it involves many parties including the government and the subway operator MTR Corp,” agent said.

The agent said that end users with actual needs cannot wait and will cancel their purchases and look for other flats, but added that he expects most buyers to stick with their purchases “due to the generous compensation offered by the developer”.

New World sent shock waves through the industry when it announced last month that it would tear down blocks one and eight after finding that the concrete walls in the podium of the two towers failed to “meet the requirements of the approved design” during concrete strength tests.

The demolition and rebuild affects the buyers of 846 units.

New World has offered buyers who settle the purchases within 180 days of signing the contract compensation of up to 7.6 per cent of their purchase price. Buyers who choose to pay their mortgages after they move in will receive HK$380,000 in interest compensation. Those who cancel their purchases will each receive HK$310,000, inclusive of rental subsidy and interest compensation.

Last week, David Tang Chi-fai, MTR Corp’s property and international business director, said New World had submitted an investigation report to the Buildings Department and the rail firm, adding that liability considerations would be looked at.

New World sold 3,028 units, or 98 per cent of the entire project sitting above Tai Wai MTR station in the New Territories, as of June 30, according to sales agents.

Over six weekends late last year, the developer sold 2,100 flats in Tai Wai for a total haul of HK$23.8 billion, making The Pavilia Farm the city’s top selling new launch last year.

The project sold so well that the developer raised the average prices between the projects’ three phases, pricing Phase III 24.3 per cent more than Phase I.

Last month, Frank Chan Fan, the Secretary for Transport and Housing, said the Buildings Department was conducting an investigation to see whether the construction at The Pavilia Farm involved violations of the Buildings Ordinance.

He said that the demolition plan of the affected towers must cover detailed procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

(South China Morning Post)

康宏廣場相連單位意向價9368萬

有代理表示，尖沙咀康宏廣場中高層15至16室放售，單位面積約5064方呎，每方呎叫價約1.85萬元，涉及總意向價約9368萬元，可以買賣公司形式交易。

物業連租約出售，現租客為上市公司，呎租約30餘元，租期至2023年，適合投資者購入作中長線收租投資之用。

該行稱，上述物業為康宏廣場罕有相連單位放盤，令物業發展方向更為多元化。

(信報)

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Hong Kong home prices hit new heights

Hong Kong’s home prices jumped to a record high, joining other global real estate markets that are soaring on low mortgage rates and rising demand as the pandemic slowly recedes, Bloomberg reports.

Values for resale houses rose 0.65% for the week ended Aug. 8, according to property agency, which started tracking prices in 1993. The last record for the firm’s price index was set in mid-2019 at the beginning of anti-government protests. Residential property values have increased 8.6% since the beginning of the year.

Outsized demand, limited supply and low borrowing costs have fueled the world’s most expensive property market even amid concerns about the city’s future after the protests and the introduction of a national security law by China last year.

The abundance of liquidity has also resulted in soaring prices in other major financial centers around the world. U.S. residential property prices jumped the most in 30 years in April, with even more dramatic rises in many suburban and rural areas where bidding wars are common. Home prices in New Zealand, one of the world’s hottest markets, have risen for 31 straight months. 

The rising prices also signal that a potential exodus of residents to the U.K. via a new visa program hasn’t hurt the real estate market in Hong Kong.

In addition to the strong demand from local buyers, mainland Chinese investors are helping boost the market. They made up 11.2% of purchases by value in the first four months of 2021, up from 10.5% in the same period last year, according to another property agency.

Prices are expected to keep rising. A property agency expects that home values to climb another 5% in the second half of the year.

(The Standard)

「電器大王」家族成員購尖東商廈

疫情持續回穩，帶動商廈市場交投轉活，城中名人亦趁機入市。已故「電器大王」信興集團創辦人蒙民偉家族成員以約8131萬購入尖東商廈，呎價約1.03萬，屬市價水平。

蒙民偉子女8131萬入市

據土地註冊處資料，尖東新東海商業中心高層01至05室，於上月中以8131.85萬成交，買家以公司名義信興恒展有限公司登記，註冊董事為蒙德揚及蒙倩兒，為已故信興集團創辦人蒙民偉子女，原業主為日資企業前田建設(MAEDA CORPORATION)，早於1991年以約3552.75萬購入，持貨30年帳面獲利約4579萬，期間升值約1.28倍。

日資前田建設持有

據代理指出，上述成交單位面積7895方呎，呎價約1.03萬，屬市價水平，料買家購入作自用用途。該家族向來活躍於物業買賣，資料顯示，由蒙民偉第二任妻子王蓓芬及女兒蒙珮兒持有的大坑康馨園高層單位，於今年初以4300萬連車位沽出，呎價約25779元，持貨逾24年帳面獲利近2584萬。

(星島日報)

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16財團入標競投元朗住宅地大小發展商齊角逐出價料審慎

中小型地皮渴市，元朗流業街住宅地昨日截標，吸引16家財團入標爭逐，參與競投的財團類型亦甚為廣泛，除藍籌發展商外，並不乏中小型財團亦入標競逐，但由於項目發展限制，部分財團出價較審慎，業內人士預期，由於地皮規模不大，市場估值由4.32億至5.34億，故吸引一眾財團入標。

元朗流業街與涌業路交界住宅地於昨日中午截標，據地政總署公布，共接獲16份標書，為16年8月推出元朗凹頭地 (現為山水盈)後，區內約5年以來接獲最多標書的地皮。在遞交標書現場所見，入標財團類型廣泛，其中，新地、長實、信置、嘉華、建灝、其士、爪哇、遠展及莊士中國均表示獨資競投，旭輝、大鴻輝亦有入標競投，但未有透露以獨資或是合組財團形式入標。

五年來同區接獲最多標書

其中，嘉華香港地產發展及租務總監尹紫薇表示，集團是次獨資入標，雖然地盤呈不規則形狀，但勝在面積足夠大，能作低密度發展，亦能滿足集團期望發展的項目，指出所有價值均反映在出價中。

建灝行政經理林綺華則指，集團獨資入標。是次地皮於發展上有限制，料以低密度發展，集團出價未算進取，項目將預留位置興建通道。而對於項目的周邊配套，認為地皮鄰近亦有其他住宅項目，所以不需感到擔心。

嘉華：地盤不規則但面積夠大

另外，佳明項目經理曾嘉敏表示，集團是次獨資入標，該地皮有高度限制，因應項目的環境和發展的限制，集團是次出價較為保守。

有測量師表示，是次入標數量符合預期。認為古洞發展區地皮高價售出，對是次地皮價格亦有一定的帶動，始終本港地皮供應有限。而是次地皮發展規模較細，涉及投資金額不多。如果有發展商計畫發展為豪宅項目，高度和低密度發展的限制有可能反而成為優勢，因此隨時有發展商會以高價參與競投。

建灝：出價未算進取

測量師表示，先前預計吸引超過15家發展商入標，所以是次入標數量符合預期。由於地皮規模屬小型，總投資金額不高，故此吸引一眾發展商積極競投。對該項目估值約每呎地價約6800元，總值約5.3億。

地盤面積約163699方呎，地積比率約0.48倍，將以低密度住宅發展，可建總樓面約78575方呎。市場對該地皮估值約4.32億至5.34億，每方呎樓面地價約5500元至6800元。地皮位於東頭工業區北面，鄰近香港駕駛學院，前往港鐵朗屏站需約5分鐘車程。

佳明：高度限制致出價保守

地皮呈「P」字形，剪裁上較花心思，據賣地章程顯示，地皮需作低密度發展，惟具有不少限制，發展物業高度限制不多於9.9米，層數不多於3層，共提供約112伙，項目須於2026年6月底前完成。

(星島日報)

長沙灣工廈申放寬地積比

近年不少發展商將旗下工廈申請重建發展，高山企業今年6月循強拍途經統一業權的長沙灣豐華工業大廈，新近向城規會申請放寬兩成地積比率，以重建成1幢27層高的新式工廈，可建總樓面約13.26萬方呎。

重建27層高新式工廈

據城規會文件顯示，豐華工業大廈位於長沙灣青山道646、648及648A號，鄰近港鐵荔枝角站，交通便利；地盤面積約9205方呎，項目計畫由現時地積比率12倍增加兩成，至14.4倍發展，計畫重建1幢樓高27層 (包括2層地庫及1層平台) 的新式工廈，可建總樓面約13.26萬方呎。

新慶路地皮申建35伙

另外，屯門藍地新慶路一幅住宅用地，鄰近新慶村兒童遊樂場，早年獲城規會批准作低密度發展，不過有關申請的規劃許已於6月屆滿，申請人新近沿用舊有方案重新向城規會提交規劃許可申請，擬議興建35個住宅單位。

上述項目位於屯門藍地新慶路丈量約份第130約地段等，屬「住宅 (戊類)」地帶，地盤面積約41252方呎，以地積比率約1倍發展，計畫興建5幢5層高分層住宅，可建總樓面約41253方呎。

申請人指出，上述項目曾於2017年4月申請分層住宅，以作低密度住宅發展，並於同年6月底獲城規會批准，惟因該住宅計畫後來在換地申請時被逼暫停，直至新慶路及康寶路的擬議公型房屋的可行性研究完成。由於上述規劃許可已於今年6月屆滿，故現再次提交規劃申請。

(星島日報)

Shimao launches workspace

Shimao (0813) has launched The Center Space executive business lounge offering premium, flexible workspace for businesses.

Located on the 76th floor of The Center in Central, with a total floor area of 23,600 sq ft, the business lounge offers an average of 120 sq ft per person of workspace, three times more than the industry average.

The Center Space offers different types of workspace solutions including virtual offices, co-working space, serviced offices, enterprise solutions, multi-functional meeting rooms as well as VIP rooms.

More than 30 office rooms are equipped and more than 210 working desks are provided. The Center Space currently offers a lease term from 1 day to 24 months, with the minimum lease period starting from 30 minutes. People can rent a workplace at a rental price from HK$8,000 to HK$12,000 per month.

Clients can also enjoy a basic virtual office service package - providing phone secretary and company address - at a price of HK$1,200. 

Tinnie Choi, the head of sales and operation at The Center Space, said more than 50 percent of companies plan to pilot new workspaces as their companies shift to a hybrid model. She also revealed that some professional, fintech, finance, and consultancy firms that previously move out from Central, have signed leasing contracts with the office.

(The Standard)

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12 bids for Yuen Long site

At least 12 bids were received for a residential site in Junction of Lau Yip Street and Chung Yip Road, Yuen Long.

Developers including Chevalier International (0025), SEA Group (0251), CK Asset (1113), K Wah (0173), FEC (0035), K&K Property, Sino Land (0083), Grand Ming (1271), Tai Hung Fai Enterprise and CIFI (0884) have submitted tenders.

The site has an area of 163,700 square feet. Based on the plot ratio of 0.48 times, the maximum gross floor area is 78,600 sq ft. The market valuation is between HK$470 million and HK$630 million.

(The Standard)

China halts private equity fund investment in residential property

China is halting private equity funds from raising money to invest in residential property developments, turning off the spigot on one of the last stable funding resorts for the struggling sector, Bloomberg reports.

The government-endorsed Asset Management Association of China, or AMAC, has verbally informed private equity firms it would no longer be accepting the required registrations to set up funds to invest in projects, people familiar with the decision said, requesting not to be named because the matter is private.

Applications that have already been made would also be denied, while existing funds wouldn’t be affected, the people said.

The suspension adds to the challenges for Chinese property developers after regulators tightened funding channels including bank loans and trust funding as part of a campaign over the past years to reduce risks.

Some of the largest developers, such as China Evergrande Group, are struggling under massive debt loads built up during boom years in China’s property market and the sector is now driving a record surge in defaults in China’s bond market. Yuzhou Group Holdings Co. fell by 6.2%, the most in more than two weeks.

Evergrande has been one of the companies that’s been battered by tightening funding in recent months, losing 61% of its value this year.

As traditional avenues of funding were choked off, real estate companies turned to private equity funds backed by high net worth individuals and institutions to raise money, often using land or cash flow income from the project sales as guarantee.

Most of the issuers of property funds are local companies. Investment into real estate-focused private equity funds stood at 843 billion yuan (US$130 billion) by 2020, 13.5% of the total sector, according to a report by AMAC.

(The Standard)

Wang On sells all 143 small flats at The Met.Azure in Tsing Yi as fear of missing out fuels buyers’ rush to get on property ladder

Wang On Properties sold all 143 units offered for sale at The Met.Azure project in Tsing Yi, with 13 buyers bidding for every available flat

The flats were priced at less than JHK$5 million each after discounts, qualifying first-time buyers for 90 per cent mortgage financing

A weekend launch of micro apartments sold out in Hong Kong, as first-property buyers snapped up the only new flats available for less than HK$5 million, days after home prices broke records in the world’s least affordable real estate market.

Wang On Properties sold all 143 units offered for sale at The Met.Azure project in Tsing Yi, with 13 buyers bidding for every available flat in a project that’s about 25 minutes’ walk to the local subway station. The entire project, scheduled for completion in December 2022, comprises 320 micro apartments that range from 181 to 257 square feet (24 square metres).

The flats were priced from HK$3.89 million to as much as HK$4.61 million (US$592,000) after discounts, within the threshold that qualified first-time buyers for 90 per cent mortgage financing.

“There is strong demand for this type of flats, which allow [first-time buyers] the chance to enter the market” with budgets of less than HK$5 million,” property agent said. “There’s even full sea view” from the flats, the agent said.

The sell-out weekend reflects how Hong Kong’s economic recovery and falling unemployment rate are fuelling the city’s real estate market, aided by low mortgage rates and a greater confidence now that the coronavirus outbreak appears to be tapering in the city.

“People are more confident in entering the [property] market,” and to make long-term financial commitments, the agent said, adding that the brighter outlook augers well for upcoming launches like Sun Hung Kai Properties’ Wetland Seasons Bay in Tin Shu Wai.

The weekend’s bumper sales may also have been driven by the fear or missing out, as a price gauge of second-hand homes compiled by another property agency soared to a record of 191.34 in the first week of August, surpassing the previous high of June 2019 just before Hong Kong’s street protests began to wreak havoc on the city’s economy.

The average price of lived-in homes climbed to a record of HK$8.53 million this year, extending the bull run in the residential property market since 2016. Hong Kong’s home prices have topped the world several years in a row, making the city the world’s most expensive urban area.

Most of today’s buyers were in their 20s and 30s, according to the agency, who noted that the number of new homes sold this year have risen 20 per cent to 10,000 units.

Wang On’s flats were offered at an average of HK$20,638 per square foot, setting a price record for new projects in the Tsing Yi neighbourhood. It is 39 per cent higher than the first batch of flats offered in October 2019 by Grand Ming Holdings at The Grand Marine.

Soaring home prices and the diminution of affordability have also caught the local government’s attention. Average home price in June was a mere 1 per cent off historical high, said the government’s principal economist Desmond Hou during a briefing on Friday, who referred to the official index from the Rating and Valuation Department.

The Housing Affordability Index climbed to 75 per cent in the second quarter, way above the 20-year average of 47 per cent, the government noted. This means home prices are still losing touch with economic fundamentals and citizens’ affordability.

(South China Morning Post)

Hong Kong’s lived-in home prices hit new high as economy rebounds from social unrest, coronavirus, according to property agency’s index

The index hit 191.34 in the first week of August, marginally higher than the high of 190.48 in June 2019 when civil unrest first broke out

Recovery is being fuelled by low interest rates making mortgage repayments manageable, say analysts

The first sign that Hong Kong home prices have reached new highs has emerged.

The closely watched index has broken the previous record set two years ago as the economy recovers and coronavirus cases subside.

The gauge of lived-in homes compiled by the property agency stretched a three-week rally to hit 191.34 in the first week of August, according to data released on Friday. That is marginally higher than the high of 190.48 in June 2019, when the social unrest that went on to wreak havoc on Hong Kong’s economy first broke out.

“Under the low interest-rate environment, it is easy for home prices to rise but not fall,” property agent said.

The mortgage rate, currently at about 2.5 per cent, means homeowners’ repayment burden is 70 per cent lower than it was in 1997, the height of the property market boom, he said.

The agent said that the easing of the coronavirus pandemic locally had driven domestic consumption, which in turn had boosted the economy and the housing market.

Even homeowners who are eager to up sticks and leave Hong Kong in the wake of the political upheaval that has plagued the city generally have financial holding power and will not be easily persuaded to lower their prices under the low-interest rate environment, the agent said.

The index dropped by almost 10 per cent as a result of the civil unrest which was followed immediately by the pandemic, but bottomed out and has quickly rebounded.

Even though recent stock market volatility led to a drop in property transaction volumes of about 30 per cent last month, the agent is optimistic that the outlook will improve with the potential reopening of the border with mainland China later in the year.

The agent expects a 40 per cent jump in transaction volume this year compared to 2020 and a further increase of up to 10 per cent in home prices, with the annual increase coming in at around 15 per cent and the index surpassing the 200-mark.

Another property consultancy has the similarly sanguine.

“Hong Kong home prices surge mainly due to strong demand coupled with low interest rates,” the other agent said. “As monthly mortgage payments are lower than rents, it will encourage more people to buy than rent.”

The consultancy has revised its forecast for home price growth from 5 per cent to as much as 8 per cent this year.

“This index is the first indicator to show Hong Kong used home prices at a historical high. The government’s Rating and Valuation data should reflect it in the third quarter,” the agent said.

Whether Hong Kong home prices will continue to grow after the border opening allows mainland buyers to visit the city remains to be seen, the agent added.

(South China Morning Post)

疫情持續轉好，帶動甲廈租賃市場轉活。有代理指出，甲廈連續七季錄負吸納量，市場正處歷來最長調整期，今年上半年負吸納量61萬方呎，現時整體空置率高達10.8%，屬十六年來新高，該代理預期，年內甲廈租金將低位橫行。

受疫情等因素打擊，甲廈市場陰霾密布，該代理亦為市場「把脈」。代理指出，自2019年第四季以來本港寫字樓市場連續七個季度出現負吸納量，持續時間已經追和二十年前、香港史上最長的下行周期。然而，今次下行周期到目前為止，已錄超過300萬方呎的總出租面積收縮，比2001年至2003年間所錄得的170萬方呎，收縮的更加多。

近半年租賃市場漸活躍

巧合的是，此兩次下行周期都陷於嚴峻疫情之中，鑑於當年「沙士」於全球的傳播範圍沒有是次新冠病毒疫情廣泛，而且持續時間亦較短，因此十八年前的衰退情況，可說影響較小，除此以外，2018年中、美貿易摩擦、2019年香港的社會事件，亦大大加深過去兩年本港經濟以至寫字樓市場的衰退情況。

近期本港經濟終於逐漸走出衰退，看到曙光，儘管中港兩地回復通關之前，經濟難以全面復甦，但起碼不少關鍵經濟數據從低位恢復增長。與去年相比，企業現時更願意作出有關房地產方面的決策，代理忙於為不少公司提供整合策略及建議。甲廈租務睇樓量在近月顯著上升，新租成交量連續四個季度向上，今年頭六個月已達到去年全年的90%。

搬遷及縮規模主導市場

對租務代理來說，是一個好兆頭，但對於寫字樓業主，情況就未必一樣。上半年甲級寫字樓市場共錄負吸納量61.1萬方呎 (退租樓面高於承租樓面)，換句話說，儘管新租務成交量持續攀升，但整體租賃需求仍在收縮！直至目前為止，今年租賃活動主要以搬遷或縮小規模為主，屬於新增或擴張的需求仍然相當有限，不超過總交易的20%。

寫字樓空置壓力未見緩和，過去六個月，本港甲廈空置率從9.9%上升至10.8%，為2004年第三季以來的最高水平，空置面積更上升至880萬方呎，創歷史新高。

空置樓面880萬呎歷史新高

在是次經濟衰退前的十個年，經濟市況穩健，甲廈於該段日子平均約340萬方呎空置空間。如果將最近兩次下行週期 (2008/2009和現在) 也計算在內，平均空置面積則約為400萬方呎。要將空置情況回復到「正常水平」，市場大約需要吸納500萬方呎的空間。

參考過去10至15年每年平均吸納量約160萬方呎水平，市場大約需要2至3年時間才能「回復原狀」。再者，近年新興的辦工模式，甚至有可能令整體需求較以往為低。

另一樣值得注意的是，2022至2023年間還有超過600萬方呎的新甲級寫字樓供應流入市場，整體供應在未來一段時間仍然相當充裕。

可以說，現時是近二十年來企業部署長遠辦公室策略的最佳時機。目前寫字樓的空置面積，加上未來兩年新供應總共1560萬方呎，佔本港現有甲級寫字樓存量的19%。上一次市場出現更高比率已是在1998年為21%。

隨着經濟復甦，寫字樓租賃活動將在未來6至12個月進一步活躍。受惠新股上市和財富管理業務的良好表現，金融行業對辦公空間的需求增長將更加明顯。邊境通關在望，對內地企業強勢回歸的預期，亦是一眾業主所期待的。

未來租賃成交量的上升或許會令業主變得樂觀，然而租金不太可能迅速出現「V」型反彈。以現時情況評估，租金再大幅下降的機會不大，但亦只會在低位橫行一段時間，直到空置壓力明顯改善為止。畢竟暫時而言，寫字樓的租用面積淨增長還是相當有限。

租金下跌、負擔能力有所改善、加上寫字樓供應高企，將誘使企業重新部署他們的辦公室網絡。新冠疫情或多或少改變了業務營運策略，以及人們的工作模式。對許多大機構而言，往後的辦公室必須與時並進，設計和功能都必須能夠應付未來的新挑戰。

(星島日報)

九倉電訊中心六萬呎承租

本地大型地產代理行遷出中環新世界大廈，進駐尖沙嘴九倉電訊中心，涉及3全層樓面及其他細單位，面積近6萬方呎，平均呎租約35元，遷址既節省逾半租金，同時將目前4個據點集合一起。

地產代理進駐

目前該地產代理行於港島區承租4個寫字樓據點，包括新世界大廈、雲咸街及蘭桂坊商廈等4個據點，涉近4萬方呎，集團集合這些據點，遷往尖沙嘴九倉電訊中心，知情人士透露，該代理行擴大規模，新租樓面較舊時的大約50%，過往接近4萬多方呎加至6萬方呎。

九倉電訊中心錄物業10、16及17樓全層，以及數個細單位，面積合共約6萬方呎，以每方呎約35元租出。

九倉電訊中心屬於海港城商廈群中，租金較低，相比較港威大廈為低，大廈位處廣東道，樓下為海港城商場，故配套甚佳。

該地產行租用中環皇后大道中新世界大廈多年，物業現時呎租料約80元，是次遷出中環搬至尖沙嘴，可節省約56%開支。

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英記突18億放售銅鑼灣舊樓 波斯富街「大窿樓」涉20%強拍關鍵業權

銅鑼灣波斯富街一綫地段舊樓群重建價值極高，為不少財團爭購的對象，區內一列未有窗花的「沽窿舊樓」，收購財團一直未能取得關鍵業權而陷入膠着，最新「地膽」英記茶莊家族成員等、突然以招標形式放售上述舊樓一籃子物業，涉及佔該地段逾20%關鍵業權，足以影響整場併購行動，有望成為持續多年收購戰的轉捩點；該批單位市場估值約18億。

英記茶莊家族成員及資深投資者張實來等，新近突然推出持有的銅鑼灣利園山道23及25號 (部分)、波斯富街72及74號 (前段) 的4個地鋪，以及16個分布於同廈1至5樓單位，整批共20個物業以招標方式放售，佔該地段逾20%業權，將成為物業能否強拍的關鍵因素之一；並委託仲量聯行標售，將於9月28日截標。據市場估值，該批單位估值約18億。

涉四地鋪及16個住宅

上述項目位於銅鑼灣核心一綫購物地段，鄰近希慎廣場及時代廣場，佔地約3萬方呎，若以發展商業項目，以地積比15倍重建發展，可建總樓面約45萬方呎，極具重建價值。資料顯示，上述項目及鄰近一帶的舊樓群，即利園山道5至27號、波斯富街54至76號，以及羅素街60號舊樓，近年獲財團插旗收購，市場消息透露，在此收樓的大財團為新世界或有關人士。

本報曾於2018年5月率先報道，銅鑼灣波斯富街舊樓群正爆發舊樓收購戰，一家大型發展商收樓多年，仍未能購入足以申請強拍的八成業權，皆因身為英記茶莊家族成員或有關人士，不斷增持住宅單位，加上一眾具實力的鋪位業主亦不會輕易賣鋪，形成多股龐大勢力爭持。

當年因有大量住宅被收購，該批住宅單位的全部鋁窗則被拆卸，僅剩半道牆壁，出現一個個灰黑的「大窿」，有位處低層的「樓上鋪」商戶曾投訴，大雨時拆窗單位水浸，殃及樓下單位。

大型發展商收購多年

據業內人士透露，上述地段的地鋪收購難度及成本極高，要成功併購絕對不容易，據悉，該處業主雲集包括老牌家族、鋪位投資者，以及富起樓經驗的發展商等展開併購行動；其中，早年已在此購置地鋪的英記茶莊家族成員及相關人士，有見發展商收樓，隨即作出反擊行動，並於2014年起密密購入住宅單位，增持業權作為防守，至今已持有逾20%業權。

整體可重建45萬呎商廈

有代理指出，是次推出市場招標的物業坐落於銅鑼灣核心地段的優越位置，屬大單邊，與毗鄰大廈具合併重建的潛力，料將備受市場注目。另外，早前政府招標出售的加路連山道商業地皮及波斯富街的全幢物業成交價理想，反映該區富有理想的發展及投資價值。現時本港商業及零售氣氛漸改改善，市場憧憬中港兩地恢復通關後，北水有望重臨市場，料下半年工商鋪市況可望回穩，料有較強反彈力。

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各路資金追捧工商鋪 全幢工廈車場頻錄買賣

有報道指尖沙嘴寶勒巷晉逸精品酒店以9.8億沽出，買家為首度在港投資物業的美資基金。該酒店房間總數約158間，平均房價每個約620萬，平均呎價約13687元。報道指，是次成交價較業主早前之意向價回落了大約18%，某程度上反映疫情對旅遊酒店業之衝擊。

上月亦有一宗全幢酒店買賣個案，位於土瓜灣譚公道103至107號全幢酒店，以約3.8億沽，買家共居空間品牌Weave Living，該品牌在過去四年在港以約25億累購6個項目，涉及共居項目、服務式住宅及公寓，房間共約99間，每個約383萬，平均呎價約12752元。

工廈改數據中心出路多

大手車場熾熱，宏安地產上月斥資4.1億購入黃竹坑珍寶閣停車場509個車位，平均每個約81萬，惟該批車位拆售或需向政府申請補地價。最近成交包括: 旺角奶路臣街33至37號依利大廈3樓至6樓合共四層停車場，成交價1.218億，買家為內地人士；鰂魚涌栢蕙苑1樓停車場以約1.4億沽，買家為亞洲木薯資源，約100個車位，包括61個私家車位，29個電單車車位及10個貨車車位。

全幢工廈買賣暢旺，葵涌打磚坪街中央工廈全幢以9億沽，買家萬國數據黃偉，過去數年亦曾購入兩幢葵涌工廈，於2018年以7.7億購入藍田街聯發工業第一大廈全幢及在2019年10月以8.8億購入大圓街美羅工業大廈全幢，分別向城規會申請重建作數據中心。

外資基金頻出手

觀塘大業街1號禧年工業大廈全幢以6.28億沽，買家跨國貨運公司均輝集團主席或有關人士，外資黑石基金以2.826億購入粉嶺業暢街13號葉氏化工大廈，總樓面約63897方呎，呎價約4424元。另外，外資基金嘉民亞洲以約2.86億購入葵涌厚豐工廈多層樓面，涉及10萬方呎，平均呎價2000餘元。該基金先後購入觀塘海濱道海裕工業中心半幢業權、九龍灣三湘貨運中心數層單位。還有東亞銀行購入葵涌偉倫中心第二期中層全層以1.072億沽出。

逾億元銀碼鋪位買賣宗數亦與工廈不相伯仲，較大銀碼鋪位買賣成交其中包括: 旺角窩打老道寶翠大樓地下入口連一、二樓，成交價約3.38億；上水新發街44號地下連閣樓以約1.2億沽；旺角彌敦道648至652號皇上皇大廈地下A鋪，成交價約1.1億；上水新豐路33號新豐大廈地下2號鋪以約1.2億沽；九龍城獅子石道1號地下1、2、3號鋪連一樓全層，成交價1.15億；天水圍天秀路8號天一商城地下G1鋪以約1.49億沽。

上月逾億銀碼寫字樓買賣宗數為工商鋪三個物業類別之中較少的，只有大約五宗，其中包括：中環中心25樓全層以6.75億成交，以及金鐘統一中心30樓全層以5.15億成交。

市場預期下半年之逾億元工商鋪買賣暢旺，每月突破廿宗。最近有見中資、外資基金、本地投資者、發展商等積極入，可見他們樂觀，環球資金充裕、銀紙急速貶值、超低息環境、政治環境趨穩定、疫苗接種率增加、本地疫情確診數字「清零」、消費券帶動、憧憬通關皆有利於工商鋪投資信心。

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美國銀行中心低層戶意向租金16萬

代理表示，中環美國銀行中心低層05室，面積約3562方呎，意向呎租約45元，涉及月租約16萬元。

該行指出，單位間隔四正實用，附有基本寫字樓裝修，另設有來水去茶水間，為租客節省一筆裝修成本及時間。

同時，今番出租單位位處低層，仍可享有開揚海景景觀。

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美國銀行中心享地利 方正實用

美國銀行中心位於中環夏慤道，正於港島核心商業地帶，位置便利，連接政府總部，比鄰遠東金融中心、力寶中心及海富中心等，佔盡地利優勢，適合中小型企業進駐中環。

大廈屬交通樞紐地帶，位處中環及金鐘之間，享雙鐵路優勢。由中環港鐵站出口僅步行5分鐘，而大廈商場出口，設有接駁天橋連至金鐘廊，可通往金鐘港鐵站及該區商廈。除港鐵外，大廈附近設有多個巴士站及可步行至電車站，來往港九新界各地。而且，比鄰有天橋連接東昌大廈、力寶中心及金鐘廊，天橋網絡更延伸至高等法院、政府合署及太古廣場。

鄰近美利道新商廈 帶動氣氛

另外，恒地 (00012) 旗下中環美利道商業地王項目The Henderson亦在附近，項目兩年後落成，料可進一步帶動附近商業氣氛。

飲食配套上，物業設有商場提供小量的快餐店；或上班人士可由天橋步行至太古廣場及金鐘廊，有多間餐廳可供選擇，同時間亦可選擇步行至中環或鄰近大型商場，如國際金融中心IFC等。

物業於1975年落成，至今樓齡約46年，夏愨道一帶商廈林立，美國銀行中心的位置是黃金地段。大廈配套方面，物業樓高37層，地下至2樓為商場，3至4樓為停車場，5樓以上屬寫字樓，而大堂裝修氣派十足，紅磚築砌設計，帶出英倫風格，現代中帶有復古趣味；備有12部電梯，分高低樓層，讓繁忙時段可分流客人，方便上落。

寫字樓全層面積約13,880平方呎，最細單位由600平方呎起，而每層樓面分拆的情況均不同，大多以一梯多伙為設計，樓層設獨立廁所。

19樓數戶1.42億售 呎價2.37萬

美國銀行中心周邊大廈不多，景觀開揚，分別可望向附近的花園景，以及部分海景觀，惟整體景觀開揚舒適；而間隔方正實用，適合中小型企業使用，吸引不同種類的租客進駐，如等行業。大廈設備完善設有停車場，提供大量月租時租停車位，適合駕車人士。

買賣價方面，2019年為甲廈買賣高峰期，美國銀行中心高層07至08室，面積約2,659平方呎，以約1.43億元成交，呎價53,800元，單位以交吉交易，創下物業呎價歷史新高。其後受社會運動及疫情衝擊，甲廈價回落，去年美國商會沽出美國銀行中心19樓的04至07室、及13室，單位總面積5,968平方呎，涉資約1.4億元，呎價約2.3萬元。今年物業錄買賣，涉及19樓數個單位，面積約6,000平方呎，以約1.42億元售出，呎價約2.37萬元。

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企業廣場三期單位 5738萬放售

東九龍甲廈租售價相對低水，現九龍灣企業廣場三期放售及放租，物業意向價約5,738萬元。

代理表示，有業主放售及放租九龍灣企業廣場三期中高層7至8室，單位面積約4,590平方呎，業主意向售價約5,738萬元，折合每平方呎約12,500元，

同時放租 意向每呎20元

據悉，單位同時放租，意向每月租金約91,800元，折合每平方呎租約20元。

該代理表示，大廈採用鵝蛋形玻璃外牆設計，外形時尚，大堂設計華麗典雅，設有14部載客電梯及1部載貨電梯，配套理想。

買賣成交上，上月一個面積約8,970平方呎單位，以約9,200萬元易手，呎價約10,256元。

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嘉民2.86億 購葵涌厚豐工廈多層

土地註冊處資料顯示，葵涌永健路1至5號厚豐工業大廈多層樓面易手，涉及物業地下至4樓、15、16樓等，連同一批車位，以2.86億元成交。據了解，該批樓面總面積約14.5萬平方呎，成交呎價約1,967元。

新買家為嘉民亞洲，購入作長綫投資。翻查資料，嘉民亞洲今年先後購入觀塘、九龍灣工廈樓面，連同是次入市，基金已斥14億元購工廈作投資。據悉，該批樓面原由百麗集團持有，樓面作旗下鞋履生意自用，料是次售後租回樓面。

中環遠東發展大廈地舖 1.15億沽

另核心區錄舖位買賣成交，消息指，中環德輔道中113號遠東發展大廈地下，實用面積約1,161平方呎，以1.15億元成交，舖位由電訊店以每月22萬元租用，回報率約2.3厘，成為今年罕有中環核心地段地舖買賣。據了解，原業主於2003年6月，以1,700萬元購入舖位，持貨18年轉手，獲利約9,800萬元離場，升值5.7倍。

(經濟日報)

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外資基金續掃貨 購大手物業改裝

上半年活躍於投資市場的外資基金，繼續大手掃貨，近一個月先後購入工廈、酒店等，反映基金看好後市，購入大手物業進行改裝，作長綫投資。

今年投資市場反彈，大手買賣比去年倍升，而外資基金更多番入市。上半年先有荃灣有線電視大樓多層物業，獲施羅德資本房地產與BentallGreenOak以約26億購承接，物業屬工業用途，涉及樓層包括地下、4至12、21、40樓全層，總共566,265平方呎，按26億元計，平均呎價約4,591元。

尖沙咀酒店全幢成交 涉9.8億

下半年基金仍積極掃貨，近日最大額買賣，為尖沙咀晉逸精品酒店全幢成交，項目地盤面積約6,000平方呎，地下為商舖及酒店大堂，1至18樓為客房。物業總樓面約71,600平方呎，提供158間房。受疫情影響，現時每晚房租水平較低。

早前業主帝邦曾把物業放售，意向價約12億元，最終以約9.8億元沽出，較高峰期回落約18%。按成交價計，平均每間房價約620萬元。買家為一家美資基金，過往有投資亞太區物業，包括於內地購入物流中心，如今首度在港入市。是次成交為近一年最大額酒店買賣。

另外，興勝創建以3.05億元售出柴灣美利倉大廈50%權益。集團於2019年7月，以7.35億買入柴灣利眾街18號美利倉大廈、柴灣中心工業大廈及觀塘工業中心單位，其中美利倉大廈樓高16層，地盤面積約6,685平方呎，總面積約68,296平方呎。新買家為外資基金AEW，購入作長綫投資。

葉氏化工大廈 2.83億轉手

基金對全幢工廈興趣高，葉氏化工 (00408) 以2.83億元售出粉嶺業暢街13號葉氏化工大廈。物業為一幢6層高工業大廈，於1990年落成，地盤面積約12,895平方呎，標準層建設面積約11,500平方呎，標準層樓底約3.45米高，全幢總建築面積為63,896平方呎。新買家為黑石基金，將購入該廈改裝成迷你倉。事實上，較早前該基金亦5.08億元購觀塘全幢工廈，亦將改裝成迷你倉。

分析指，由於本地疫情緩和，經濟有所反彈，吸引外資基金重投物業市場，加上多項非住宅物業價格有回調，基金入市興趣更大。對基金來說，具有增值空間物業，可提升租金收入及回報率，日後轉售時價格可望上升，故具增值空間物業如全幢工廈，料續成基金投資對象。

(經濟日報)

嘉里斥近5億 購古洞北17幅農地

新界東北發展加快，近期推出的古洞北官地愈搶愈貴，有發展商亦加快在該帶「插旗」，嘉里 (00683) 最新斥近5億元，購入位於古洞北新發展區內的17幅農地，是繼資本策略 (00497) 、泛海等後，再有新一批發展商在區內部署發展。

根據土地註冊處資料，其中位於丈量約份第95約地段第29號、第34號、第45號、46號、48號、第50號至52號、第55號及第75號，共10幅農地，上月由一間名為HIGH DYNAMIC HOLDINGS LIMITED的公司以4.278億元購入，而公司董事為嘉里發展香港區總經理湯耀宗等人。

該10幅農地涉及地盤面積約18.13萬平方呎，並組成一幅呈不規則的土地。以10幅農地的面積計，是次成交呎價約2,360元。而翻查分區計劃大綱圖，大部分的農地現正規劃為「住宅 (乙類)」用途，最高地積比率為3.5倍，最高建築物高度限為主水平基準上75米至95米。

部分建私人住宅 近古洞站

而原業主為堅謙信有限公司 (KLIMSON COMPANY LIMITED)，公司董事包括侯信之、候懷謙及侯達堅，上述公司早在1992年以約480萬元購入一批農地，以該10幅土地計算，是次易手帳面勁賺4.232億元或逾88倍。

而嘉里昨日宣布，以4.978億元買入古洞北發展區丈量約份第95約地段共17幅地塊，又指地塊現屬農地儲備，待完成相關程序後，計劃部分土地將發展為私人住宅。集團亦表示，該農地鄰近未來北環綫古洞站，具備交通可達性，並對古洞發展區的潛力充滿信心，將充分利用社區營造的經驗，結合大灣區發展機遇，將古洞北發展成為一個優質社區。

(經濟日報)

Kerry buys 17 Kwu Tung sites for $500m

Kerry Properties (0683) has splashed nearly HK$500 million for 17 agricultural sites in Kwu Tung, part of which will be converted for residential purposes.

The land is close to Kwu Tung Station of the Northern Link, which is proposed to be completed in 2027.

The property company said it is very confident in the potential of the Kwu Tung North New Development Area and will make full use of the experience of community building, as well as combine the development opportunities of the Greater Bay Area to develop Kwu Tung North into a high-quality community.

Previously, Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016) had spent HK$8.61 billion for the 18,567-square-meter residential site in Kwu Tung.

Last month, Wheelock Properties purchased an 82,000-sq-ft residential site in Kwu Tung for HK$4.19 billion.

Meanwhile, four shops and 16 units at Lee Garden Road and Percival Street together were put up for sale via tender with a market valuation of HK$1.8 billion combined. Property agent said that this batch of properties is located in the core area of Causeway Bay, and therefore enjoys great retail and redevelopment value.

The tender will end at noon on September 28.

In another deal, a 709-sq-ft unit of Tai Koo Shing changed hands for HK$14.3 million after the price was lowered by 2 percent. The average price of the unit is HK$20,169 per sq ft.

Excluding the fees, the vendor made a profit of HK$11.54 million after having held the property for 19 years. The price rose 4.2 times over the period.

(The Standard)

Derelict buildings on prime site in Causeway Bay may finally be in line for redevelopment as two families sell their minority stake for up to HK$1.8 billion

A 20 per cent share of the plot in one of the Hong Kong’s busiest shopping districts will be put up for tender, potentially netting the two owners HK$1.8 billion (US$231 million)

It clears the way for the majority owner to buy the stake and force the sale of the remainder of the plot for renovation

The final hurdle standing in the way of plans to redevelop three dilapidated buildings in the heart of Causeway Bay may soon be cleared.

Two families have decided to auction off their 20 per cent stake in the plot in one of the Hong Kong’s busiest commercial districts, in a move that could pave the way for refurbishment if the majority owner successfully bids for it.

According to property agents, the majority shareholder owns 70 per cent of the site, and the further 20 per cent would give it the legal right to force a compulsory auction of the remainder.

The units at the junction of Percival Street, Russell Street – once the world’s most expensive retail location – and Lee Garden Road, will be put up for tender, according to propety agent, and could pocket the owners HK$1.8 billion (US$231 million).

“The value of these properties will be very high as it is in the core centre of Hong Kong’s busiest district,” the agent said.

The sale comes as Hong Kong’s home prices have risen to new highs and retail prices have bottomed out as the economy recovers.

Located on first-tier shopping streets, the properties, aged more than 50 years, represent about a 20 per cent ownership share in the building lot. The tender will be closed on September 28.

The proposed redevelopment – which would probably see the building upgraded into high-end flats with a retail component – has been stalled for years as the biggest single owner faced difficulties in acquiring the remaining shares after it accumulated its 70 per cent stake, the agent said.

“It is a valuable opportunity to secure a meaningful ownership share in a sizeable potential landmark development in the heart of Causeway Bay,” the agent said. “It offers high redevelopment potential and will benefit from the development of the nearby commercial development project at Caroline Hill Road and The Excelsior redevelopment project.”

Under the Land (Compulsory Sale for Redevelopment) Ordinance, developers can force a compulsory auction to buy the remaining stake in a building, if it is over 50 years old and they already own at least 80 per cent.

Most units in the building have been left empty, while ground level shops have been leased to different retailers, from luxury watch brand TAG Heuer to jewellers and underwear merchants.

Sales of shops gained momentum as retail sales rose 8.4 per cent year on year in the first half of 2021.

There were 13 commercial and industrial property deals of over HK$100 million each in July, up 30 per cent from June and the highest in 20 months, according to another property agency. Eight of the deals involved shops.

“Shop sales accounted for the majority, reflecting the fact large funds are optimistic about the shop market,” the agent said.

The agent cited the fact the US Federal Reserve has kept interest rates low, global quantitative easing that has driven capital inflows, and an easing of the pandemic as reasons for the market’s heat.

“The market sentiment is hot. The government has accelerated the vaccination schedule, the unemployment rate has fallen, and consumption coupons will stimulate the economy and will further boost confidence in the investment market,” the agent added.

灣仔乙級商廈新銀集團中心極高層單位現銀主盤，迅即獲市場吸納，以1.4億元成交，呎價接近1.9萬元，較單位7年前購入價略高約5%。

市場消息透露，灣仔新銀集團中心29樓全層，建築面積7388方呎，單位上月被銀主接管並推出放售，約一個月後以1.4億元成交，呎價約18950元。

根據土地註冊處資料顯示，原業主於2014年6月以約1.33億元向合和實業主席胡應湘及太太郭秀萍購入，最新成交價較7年前僅高701.6萬元或5.3%。

港島甲廈空置率三連漲

另外，有代理資料顯示，7月香港區整體甲級商廈空置率為9.99%，按月輕微上升0.05個百分點，連升3個月；按年空置率則增加2.62個百分點。

統計的5個核心區中，灣仔及金鐘的空置率升幅最為明顯，灣仔最新空置率約12.95%，比6月遞增0.68個百分點，按年更多出4.69個百分點；金鐘7月空置率9.41%，較6月微升0.5個百分點，按年則漲1.09個百分點。中環區表現不俗，7月空置率錄得約7.3%，按月下滑0.18個百分點，按年則多出1.73個百分點。

代理表示，通關事宜沒有實質進展，本港整體經濟市道未見明朗，企業多以節省成本為目標，部分會把個別部門重整及遷移至其他地區，釋出更多港島核心區甲級商廈樓面，帶動空置率上升。

(信報)

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羅素街8號全層租33.7萬跌44%

銅鑼灣羅素街8號英皇鐘錶珠寶中心2樓全層，建築面積約6738方呎，市場指以每月約33.7萬元租出，呎租約50元。該層原由食肆承租，月租曾達60萬元，租金較高峰期下跌43.8%。

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上月整體甲廈空置率9.99%

受疫情等因素打擊，甲廈市場陰霾未散，空置率持續高企。據代理指出，今年7月甲廈空置率報9.99%，按月微升0.05%，按年上升約2.62%，當中以金鐘區按月升幅最急，按月上升約0.5%，惟中環區空置率則按月微跌0.18%。

代理：按年上升2.62%

代理表示，上月整體甲廈空置率錄約9.99%，較6月輕微上升約0.05%，按年升2.62%。統計的五個核心區中，灣仔及金鐘按月升幅最明顯，灣仔最新甲廈空置率約12.95%，比6月遞增0.68%，按年對比則增幅較明顯，較去年7月升4.69%；金鐘7月空置率記錄為9.41%，對比6月增加0.5%，按年則多出1.09%。至於中環區表現見不俗，7月份甲廈空置率錄得約7.30%，按月下跌0.18%，對比去年同期則多出1.73%。

中環空置率錄7.30%

銅鑼灣區區內甲廈空置率呈穩定趨勢，7月份甲廈空置率錄得約11.36%，對比6月減少0.33%，按年則上升3.99%；上環區空置情況亦見穩定，最新錄得為10.38%，按月輕微減少0.03%。

該代理分析指，儘管疫情稍回穩，本港經濟表現好轉，惟現今甲廈市場空置樓面仍然龐大，對租金構成一定壓力，若中港兩地於短期內未能通關，料甲廈空置率將仍然高企。

(星島日報)

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教會1778萬購石門商廈

沙田石門京瑞廣場二期錄連環成交，買家為喜樂福音堂受託人法團，呎價約11160元，屬市價水平，料購入作自用用途，原業主持貨五年帳面獲利逾700萬。

據土地註冊處資料顯示，沙田石門京瑞廣場二期低層C室，於上月底以810.216萬成交，買家為THE INCORPORATED TRUSTEES OF HEPHZIBAH EVANGELISTIC CENTRE (CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST)，為喜樂福音堂受託人法團，原業主於2016年以484.3萬購入，持貨5年帳面獲利約325.91萬，物業期間升值約67%。

五年升值約67%

地產界人士指出，上址建築面積726方呎，以易手價計，平均呎價約11160元，該商廈低層多由教育機構及教會進駐，料該教會購入作為自用。

另一買賣為同層A室，土地註冊處資料顯示，該單位於同日以968.688萬售出，買家同為喜樂福音堂受託人法團，以面積868方呎計，呎價約11160元，原業主於2016年以579.824萬購入，持貨五年帳面獲利約388.86萬，物業期間升值約67%。值得一提的是，上述兩單位均由同一吳姓投資者持有，合共獲利達約713萬。

有代理報告指出，2023至2025年物流及工業投資額將由2019至2020年的250至300億美元升至500至600億美元。代理表示，隨着電商增長及科技驅動型供應鏈發展，租戶組合轉向以「新經濟」行業主導，過去6個月，儘管收益率在過去12個月受壓，且較利息下跌更快，但亞太區物流及工業板塊仍錄得創紀錄的大型交易，包括ESR購入黑石在澳洲的Milestone組合。

(星島日報)

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土瓜灣高山道舊樓批強拍底價1.36億已收集逾83%業權

近年市區土地供應罕有，舊樓併購成為發展商增加土地儲備的主要途徑。由財團併購的土瓜灣高山道舊樓項目，最新獲土地審裁處批出強拍令，底價為1.36億，對比20年5月強拍申請時，當時估值1.1253億，高出約20.9%，而目前財團已收集逾83%業權。

據土地審裁處文件顯示，是次獲批強拍令的項目位於土瓜灣高山道26號、新柳街2A及2B號，上述財團由申請強拍時持有約83.333%業權，目前餘下新柳街2B號地鋪並未成功收購，市場估值約1065萬。

尚餘部分地鋪未收購

值得一提的是，上述地鋪原業主早於1967年離世，而該單位被一名曾姓人士逆權侵佔超過12年或20年，目前該逆權侵佔案件仍等待法庭裁決，惟該名曾姓人士同意以1250萬出售上述鋪位，不過最終仍要視乎法庭結果而決定該名曾姓人士能否擁有上述權益。

梁朝偉地鋪1350萬蝕沽

是次獲批強拍令的財團為新朗發展 (實業) 有限公司，據公司註冊處資料顯示，公司董事為林小棠、林源森及顏煜奇，其中，林小棠及林源森為龐源集團高層；資料顯示，龐源以經營電子貿易起家，在深圳福田開設玩具批發市場、樂器城等。

可建樓面約17190方呎

另外，該舊樓項目亦因有名人業主而成為市場焦點，最矚目為影帝梁朝偉持有新柳街2A號地鋪，當時該鋪位獲市場估值約839萬，相對梁朝偉於13年底以1500萬的購入價，低出約661萬，惟該鋪最終於今年4月初以1350萬售予有關併購財團，持貨約7年，帳面蝕約150萬，貶值約10%。

據判詞中亦提到，基於現有樓宇樓齡較高，目前大廈維修狀況不佳，而且部分設施未能符合現代安全標準和法定要求，加上翻新成本並不符合成本效益，再者申請人已採取一切合理步驟取得全部業權，故批出強拍令。

財團為龐源相關人士

上述項目毗鄰土瓜灣高山劇場，以及鄰近港鐵土瓜灣站，出入交通便行，具重建價值。現址為樓齡約63年的商住物業，地下為商鋪，樓上則為住宅樓層，地盤面積約1910方呎，若以地積比9倍作重建發展，可建總樓面面積約17190方呎。

資料顯示，對上一宗獲批強拍令的項目為上月底、恒基收購的大角嘴併購的萬安街24至30號舊樓，底價約2.7億，但相較兩年前，申請強拍時的市場估值1.62億高出約67%。

半年暫錄八宗強拍申請

事實上，恒基去年已就大角咀道177至199號申請強拍，另外恒地亦持有萬安街16至22號全數業權；據恒基年報顯示，該公司於大角咀嘉善街、利得街、角祥街、福澤街、博文街、萬安街及大角咀道一帶有多個併購項目，總地盤面積約3.18萬方呎，若以地積比9倍重建發展，可建總樓面約28.6萬方呎。

另一邊廂，土地審裁處今年迄今僅接獲8宗強拍申請個案，對比去年同期的約22宗強拍申請，按年減少14宗。有業內人士認為，近期樓價穩步上揚，加上經濟逐步復蘇，有不少業主不願平價賣樓，故拖慢發展商的併購進度，影響強拍申請數字。

(星島日報)

長實7.16億 高價奪元朗住宅地

樓面呎價9112區內次高 料日後賣2萬元呎

發展商爭地戰加劇，屬於今季僅有的兩幅住宅地之一的元朗涌業路地皮，由長實 (01113) 以7.16億元奪得，每呎樓面地價9,112元，較市場估值上限高出14%，預計日後售價將達2萬元。

近期新界地價頻頻以高價批出，在上周五截標的流業街與涌業路住宅地接獲16份，包括不少中小型發展商。

吳佳慶：擬建兩層高精緻洋房

據地政總署公布，由長實以7.16億元奪得，以可建樓面7.86萬平方呎計算，每呎樓面地價9,112元，較市場估值上限每呎8,000元高出14%，僅次於2015年時候，「賭王四太」梁安琪旗下尚嘉以每呎1.2萬元奪得牛潭尾地皮，成為元朗次高地價。

長實執行董事吳佳慶指，對投得地皮感到欣悅，形容地皮條件獨特，是靠近元朗市中心極罕見之低密度住宅地皮，計劃在該地皮發展精品住宅，將全部興建兩層高的精緻花園洋房，為用家提供香港少有能兼享便捷與寧靜的居所。

測量師：顯示對新界發展有信心

有測量師指，中標價高於市場一般預期，連最近幾次賣地結果，顯示發展商對住宅市場和新界未來發展具信心，按現時土地招標結果，估計地盤將主要用作發展低密度住宅和獨立屋，預計落成後住宅呎價逾1.9萬元。

事實上，若以每呎建築成本約5,000元計，計及「發水樓面」10%因素，即每呎投資額達1.33萬，以2成利潤、8成實用率計算，估計項目實用呎價將近2萬元，較同區映御、朗屏8號、世宙近期呎價1.5萬元高出3成，亦較長實近年推售的元朗牛潭尾洋房項目意花園，部分成交呎價逾1.7萬元，高出18%，反映發展商相當看好後市。

該幅地皮位於元朗香港駕駛學院旁，前方是南生圍，地盤形狀不規則，地盤佔地約16.4萬平方呎，地積比率0.48倍，可建住宅樓面約78,575平方呎，高度限制為3層，早前截標前估值介乎4.7億至6.3億元不等，每呎樓面地價介乎6,000至8,000元。

(經濟日報)

擺脫工業區面貌 火炭轉發展住宅

火炭工業區近年出現轉型，早前房委會決定重建4個工廈物業，包括位於火炭的穗輝工廠大廈，連同區內中洲旗下新盤星凱‧堤岸，合共涉及逾2,200伙，住宅元素加重，改變過往純粹工業區的形象。

火炭工業區面積約30公頃，屬於傳統工業區，區內共有45幢工廈，一般樓齡逾30年以上，其餘一半樓齡介乎約15至30餘年，但由於近8成的工廈屬於分散業權，要重建轉型的困難較大，因此政府在數年前決定維持作為工業區的定位。

改劃土地用途 增建公營房屋

不過，由於土地供應緊張，政府亦將區內部分有住宅潛力的地皮，由工業用途改劃，大多數作為公營房屋之用，當中近年入伙的駿洋邨，或者近年推出的居屋彩禾苑、旭禾苑，前身都是工業用地作為巴士廠等用途。

穗輝工廈料可建900中小單位

至於早前房委會決定重建旗下4個工廈物業，包括九龍灣業安工廠大廈、火炭穗輝工廠大廈、長沙灣宏昌工廠大廈，以及葵涌葵安工廠大廈，合共提供約4,800伙，當中穗輝工廠大廈位於山尾街5至13號、火炭工業區的東南部，屬於工業區較邊陲位置，南面已經是火炭村，故此較具潛力轉型作住宅發展。據資料顯示，穗輝工廠大廈地盤面積約9.6萬平方呎，現時作「工業」規劃用途，屬於24層高出租工廠，樓齡接近40年，若果參考同區彩禾苑、駿洋邨地積比率達5.8倍至6.1倍，以平均地積比率約6倍計算，即可建樓面約57.6萬平方呎，估計可提供約900個中小型單位。

至於工廠對出的火炭西熟食市場則會研究聯同遊樂場及臨時停車場用地，一併以「一地多用」方式興建政府聯用綜合大樓，而火炭東熟食市場用地則會再制定善用有關用地的方案。

除了公營房屋發展外，同區私人發展商亦積極部署，其中規劃多年的前惠康貨倉項目重建如火如荼，發展商中洲置地以約11.2億元購入後，再於2017年底完成以約35.8億元補地價，總地價開支達47億元，將會發展成4幢住宅大廈，涉及約1,335伙，戶型由開放式至4房不等，實用面積介乎約250至1,500餘平方呎，主打1房至3房，現時已經命名為星凱‧堤岸，屬於區內最大型重建項目之一。

另外，多年前由持有區內沙田冷倉及百適一倉的華潤，亦曾向城規會申請重建成酒店發展，可建樓面達65.9萬平方呎，但礙於發展密度過高，最終不獲城規會接納。隨着區內工業環境改變，不排除發展商會再謀新的發展。

(經濟日報)

CK Asset wins site in Yuen Long for $716m

CK Asset (1113) was awarded a residential site in Yuen Long for HK$716 million, or HK$9,112 per buildable square foot - 14 percent above the market estimates.

Executive Director Grace Woo Chia-ching said the company plans to develop two-story exquisite garden houses on the site, offering convenient and peaceful residences that are scarce in Hong Kong.

The site located in Lau Yip Street is an extremely rare, low-density residential land close to Yuen Long's city center, Woo added.

Surveyors said that the bid price - though not a huge deviation - is above the market expectation, which shows that the developer is optimistic about the market outlook.

The above-expectation price is due to the moderate size of the land and its flexible development potential in the future, which attracted many developers to participate in the tender and made the bids more aggressive, another surveyor said.

The high price recorded after the land sales of Kwu Tung further reflects the development potential of projects alongside the railway in the northwestern New Territories. Developers have cast their confidence in the prospects of the region, which serves as a reference for the land prices in the region, the surveyor added.

A total of 16 tenders were received for the land, which has a site area of 163,699 sq ft, and a gross floor area of 78,575 sq ft.

(The Standard)

Southside's La Marina poised to hit market

Kerry Properties (0683), Sino Land (0083) and MTR Corporation (0066) will soon release the sales brochure of La Marina, which is part of The Southside development at Wong Chuk Hang Station.

The project, under package two of the development, comprises two towers and offers a total of 600 flats ranging from studios to four-bedroom units with areas from 320 square feet to 1,901 sq ft. Forty-five percent of the flats are two-bedroom units, 33 percent are three-bedroom units, and there are also 29 special units.

The Southside, which can accommodate 5,200 flats and includes a shopping mall, has a site area of 771,772 sq ft and is being developed in six packages.

Kerry Properties also announced it will put five houses at The Bloomsway in So Kwun Wat for sale via tender, starting Saturday.

The tender will end on September 30.

Meanwhile, Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016) has released the third price list of Wetland Seasons Bay located in Tin Shui Wai, which consists of 215 flats, with an average price of HK$15,018 per sq ft. The layouts range from studios to three-bedroom units.

The developer said it will open the first round of sales of 350 flats on Saturday, of which 302 will be put up for sale via price lists while the remaining units will be sold via tender.

The project has released three price lists so far with a total of 583 units.

In the secondary market, a luxury 1,084 sq ft unit at The HarbourSide atop Kowloon Station changed hands at HK$62 million.

The three-room unit came in with an average price of HK$57,196 per sq ft. Excluding fees, the vendor enjoyed a nearly fourfold profit of HK$49.38 million after holding the property for 17 years.

In Tseung Kwan O, a two-room flat at Ocean Wings sold for HK$12.4 million after the seller cut the asking price by HK$1.2 million, according to a property broker. This suggested an average price of HK$20,911, the highest among two-room flats at the housing estate.

(The Standard)

Hong Kong rents set to keep rising as record-breaking home prices force would-be buyers into leasing market

As the price of owning a home soars, some prospective buyers are electing to rent while they wait for the market to cool down, according to property agents

Rents are likely to be boosted further still by an influx of mainland Chinese students when university lectures resume next month, agent said

Rents in Hong Kong are poised to increase further as soaring house prices deter would-be buyers and push them into the rental sector, according to property analysts.

The average price of a lived-in property hit a new high this month, according to a closely watched index. The price gauge of second-hand homes compiled by a property agency soared to a record of 191.34 in the first week of August, surpassing the previous high from June 2019, just before Hong Kong’s street protests began to wreak havoc on the city’s economy.

As a result, some prospective buyers are electing to rent while they wait in the hopes that the market will eventually cool down.

“People may [suddenly realise] they are not able to afford to enter the market, so their only option is to rent,” property agent said.

Rents are likely to be boosted further still by an increase in mainland Chinese students looking for accommodation when university lectures resume next month, the agent  said.

Home rents will increase 15 per cent in the whole of this year as the economy rebounds from Covid-19, and amid the expected influx of students, according to another property agency.

The city’s rental index rose for four straight months to June, according to the latest data from the Rating and Valuation Department.

Analysts’ predictions for rent increases this year have ranged from 5 per cent to 15 per cent.

Property agent forecast a rental increase of 4 to 5 per cent between January and August, and estimated there would be a further 10 per cent rise to come before the end of the year.

“Not everyone can accept the fluctuation of home prices,” the agent said.

In the first seven months of 2021, compared with the same period last year, the number of residential leasing transactions facilitated by property agency rose by about a third in Tseung Kwan O, which is adjacent to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

“There were limited new expatriate arrivals in [the first six months of 2021],” another agent.

The expected increase in residential rents comes even amid record-low interest rates that have made mortgage repayments far more affordable for first-time buyers.

The one-month Hong Kong interbank offered interest rate (Hibor), at 0.064 per cent on Monday, is at its lowest since January 2010, according to data provided by the Hong Kong Association of Banks.

Monthly mortgage payments are “significantly” lower than monthly rental payments, mortgage broker said.

“But this may not be enough to lure buyers into the market as many people will be looking at price levels and interest rates from a long-term perspective,” the broker said.

疫情持續轉好，帶動甲廈租賃交投轉活，市場頻錄承租個案。消息指，上環信德中心西翼高層單位以每呎52元租出，屬市價水平。

市場消息指出，上環信德中心西翼高層06A室，面積1200方呎，以每呎52元租出，月租約6.24萬；據業內人士指出，上述租金屬市價水平。

屬市價水平月租6.24萬

據代理資料顯示，該甲廈近期頻錄承租，其中，信德中心西翼低層8室，面積1440方呎，於今年8月以7.2萬租出，呎租約50元；另一宗為信德中心西翼中層7室，面積2559方呎，於今年7月以14.8萬租出，呎租約58元。

另一方面，商廈市場亦頻錄買賣，其中，九龍灣德福大廈高層08室，面積1277方呎，以1617.9萬售出，呎價約12670元；此外，尖沙嘴業廣商業大廈中層01至02室，面積1439方呎，以約1248萬售出，呎價8673元。

德福每呎12670元售

據外資測量師行早前指出，甲廈連續七季錄負吸納量，今年上半年負吸納量61萬方呎，現時整體空置率高達10.8%，屬十六年來新高，預期年內甲廈租金將低位橫行。

(星島日報)

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市建土瓜灣百億項目群雄爭奪 屯馬綫通車效應新界地價創新高

港鐵屯馬綫通車後進一步刺激土瓜灣區發展，市建局土瓜灣庇利街/榮光街百億重建項目將於下周一截標，將成各方財團逐鹿之地，消息指除區內有項目的發展商虎視眈眈外，亦有不少財團有意競投，勢將成為群雄爭奪目標。業界人士認為，環顧近期賣地表上的地皮均以高價批出，可見本港土地供不應求，料各大財團將以高價爭奪項目發展權。

市建局上月底邀請33家發展商入標競投，並於下周一 (23日) 截標，各大發展商已密密籌備入標工作，其中，除於區內有發展項目的新地及麗新等會研究入標外，而華懋及遠東發展亦指會研究入標，同時亦有不少財團均表示有意競投，並透露近期賣地表上的新界區地皮不斷被搶貴，擔心部分發展商以高價搶地，故考慮以合組財團形式競投，藉以增加「籌碼」。

邀33家發展商入標競投

華懋集團執行董事兼行政總裁蔡宏興曾指出，該集團與市建局有不少發展項目，雙方合作發展經驗豐富，而且上述項目屬市區罕有新供應，該集團會研究入標競投。

麗新發展高級副總裁潘銳民說，目前集團正積極研究入標，他認為，近年市區靚地近年新供應罕有，而且上述項目位於市區優質地段，加上在港鐵屯馬綫通車後帶動，進一步完善區內交通配套，對外交通更加便利。

他透露，日前元朗住宅地以高價批出，可見發展商對後市有信心，亦反映本港土地供不應求，加上近期亦有不少新盤以高價售出，對該項目均有刺激作用，不排除各發展商以進取價競投，中小型發展商則以合組財團競逐。

財團區內密密「插旗」

事實上，近年有不少發展商已於區內密密「插旗」，多個新盤亦相繼落成，如新地旗下Downtown38、長實旗下VIVA、新世界發展的瑧尚及恒基發展的傲形等。同時亦有發展商積極拓展區內併購版圖，就周邊舊樓群展開收購，據恒基年報顯示，其併購範圍包括下鄉道及落山道之間的舊樓群，整個地盤面積約42506方呎，可建總樓面約37.44萬方呎。

土瓜灣庇利街/榮光街重量級重建項目，為近7年來市建局最大型項目，地盤面積約7.97萬方呎，可建總樓面約71.75萬方呎，包括約59.79萬方呎住宅、約11.95萬方呎商業樓面，預計提供1150個住宅，設限呎元素，面積最少300方呎，一半單位不少於480方呎。綜合消息指，上述項目估值約92至逾100億，每方呎樓面地價約1.3萬至1.5萬。

賣樓收益逾148億後需分紅

據招標條款顯示，日後賣樓收益逾148億後需要分紅，即每方呎售價達20628元以上便要分紅，達標後首2.5億，隨即需要分紅兩成，其後按比例增加至最多五成，同時亦以一口價、價高者得作勝負關鍵。商場部分首10年為市建局及中標財團共同持有，發展商分佔70%租金收益，市建局佔餘下30%，其後可互售予對方，或延長共持5年，15年後公開招標，以七比三作分紅。

(星島日報)

航天科技每呎11576元售

工廈物業有價有市，再錄大手成交。觀塘航天科技中心中層單位以9000萬成交，每呎造價約11576元，屬市價水平。

據土地註冊處資料顯示，觀塘航天科技中心中層1室，面積7775方呎，於上月底以9000萬成交，買家以公司名義建威科技 (香港) 有限公司 (KIN WEI TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED)，註冊董事為莊姓人士，原業主於2011年以4031.43萬購入，以公司名義江波龍科技 (香港) 有限公司持有，持貨10年帳面獲利約4969萬，物業期間升值約1.23倍。

持貨10年升1.23倍

據代理資料顯示，該廈對上一宗成交為中層全層，面積10589方呎，於2018年12月以9300萬售出，呎價約8783元；另一宗買賣為高層全層，面積10589方呎，於同年9月以1.0589億易手，呎價約1萬元。

新都會呎價1.06萬售

另外，葵涌區內工廈頻錄承接，消息指，該區新都會廣場2座高層12室，面積約1461方呎，以1550萬售出，呎價約10609元；另外，同區生興工業中心低層A室，面積約3300方呎，以940萬易手，呎價約2848元。

至於租賃方面，市場則錄低價承租，消息指，觀塘聯卓中心低層全層，面積約4263方呎，以6.4萬租出，呎租約15元，屬稍低於市價水平。

(星島日報)

市建局2898萬沽長沙灣鋪

疫情持續轉好，帶動鋪位買賣轉活，市建局亦加入沽貨行列。由該局持有的長沙灣福榮街1樓及地鋪以約2898萬售出，呎價約6441元。

據土地註冊處資料顯示，由市建局持有的長沙灣福榮街538號喜遇地下1號鋪及1樓，於本月初以約2898.8萬售出，買家以公司名義頤富發展有限公司 (OASIS DEVELOPMENT LIMITED)，註冊董事為多位陳姓人士。

據悉，上址地鋪面積900方呎、1樓面積3600方呎，合共面積4500方呎，以易手價計，呎價約6441元。

平均呎價6441元

據代理資料，該街道近期成交為23A至23E號地下23A室，面積500方呎，於今年6月以1048萬售出，呎價約20960元；另一成交為福榮街506至510號地下一號鋪，於今年5月以3488萬售出，以面積2000方呎計，呎價約17440元。

市場消息指出，大埔太和路15號太和中心地下單號鋪，面積約1000方呎，以約2600萬易手，呎價約2.6萬，該鋪月租5.8萬，料買家享回報約2.67厘。據悉，原業主於2017年5月以2200萬購入，持貨4年帳面獲利約400萬，物業期間升值約18%。

(星島日報)

荔枝角道888號商廈 呎價12197

土地註冊處顯示，長沙灣商廈荔枝角道888號9樓A7室，建築面積2,132平方呎，月初以2,600.3萬元售出，呎價12,197元。登記買家為威年置業投資有限公司，該公司董事包括威信科技 (國際) 有限公司董事總經理丁可恒及執行董事高子揚等。

資料顯示，威信集團為製衣輔料生產商，去年3月公司第一條口罩生產綫到港，隨即加入政府的「本地口罩生產資助計劃」，成為20條資助生產綫之一。此後，公司連環入市，包括去年5月以1,718萬元購入長沙灣億利工業中心兩個單位；而今年7月更以1,900萬元向星星集團 (01560) 主席陳文輝或相關人士，購入金鐘海富中心商場一個舖位。

(經濟日報)

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西半山寶珊道地盤放售 估值逾20億

豪宅地皮罕有，消息指，莊士機構 (00367) 及嘉華國際 (00173)，放售西半山寶珊道地盤，可重建約4.42萬平方呎，估值逾20億元。

可建樓面約4.4萬呎

市場人士指，代理行獲委託，放售西半山寶珊道項目。物業為寶珊道28至30號，地盤面積約1萬平方呎，可建樓面約4.42萬平方呎。寶珊道為傳統豪宅地段，私隱度高，故地盤可興建超級豪宅。市場人士估計物業市值逾20億元，每平方呎樓面地價逾4.5萬元。

據悉，項目莊士機構與嘉華國際持有，2009年合資以3.25億元購入。

翻查資料，同地段尚璟共有38個單位，有基金於兩年前向永隆銀行創辦人伍宜孫家族購入項目剩餘的25伙，其後再作轉售。據悉，早前已售出單位，平均成交呎價約5.9萬元。

(經濟日報)

旺角百寶利全層 租25萬跌逾5成

登山用品Chamonix設旗艦店 呎租約50

核心區舖位租務有改善，而租金亦明顯下挫。旺角百寶利商業中心全層5,000呎樓面，獲登山用品Chamonix以每月約25萬元租用，租金較高峰期跌逾5成。

有代理指，Chamonix將於旺角西洋菜南街1號的百寶利商業中心2樓全層開設其全新旗艦店，總面積達5,000平方呎。

鍾建民：趁東奧熱未退擴充

擁有35年歷史的登山用品零售品牌Chamonix，包括運動鞋履、服飾、袋、攀山及攀岩裝備，以及露營用品等，將於原來的旺角奶路臣街街舖搬至上址，並計劃於今年9月正式開張。Chamonix創辦人兼香港攀山專家鍾建民表示，東京奧運會剛完結，市民對運動的熱情未減，於此時進行擴充。

市場人士指，是次月租約25萬元，呎租約50元，較高峰期跌逾5成。旺角百寶利商業中心多層舖，原由FOREVER 21租用，品牌遷出交吉一年多，其中3樓早前獲健身中心租用，月租料約25萬元。

中環中南行舖 呎租約43

舖位租務略增，代理表示，中環德輔道中59號中南行地下及地庫，地舖面積約2,000平方呎，地庫面積約1,500平方呎，物業總面積約3,500平方呎，獲零售商以每月約15萬元承租，平均呎租約43元。資料顯示，舖位前租客為時裝店，租約於今年初屆滿，其後一直以短租形式續租，至近期零售市道前景好轉，終獲長租客進駐；物業舊月租約30萬元，是次新租金減幅約50%。

(經濟日報)

More mainland Chinese landlords will open co-working spaces in Hong Kong as a low-risk route into the office sector, say analysts

Hui Wing-mau, the chairman of Shanghai-based Shimao Property Holdings, has just opened a new flexible working space in The Center.

The co-working space offers an attractive, low-risk entry point into the broader office rentals sector, property consultant said.

More mainland Chinese landlords are likely to enter Hong Kong’s flexible working space, traditionally dominated by local and international investors, as it offers a low-risk entry point to the broader office market, according to analysts.

Hui Wing-mau, the chairman of Shanghai-based Shimao Property Holdings, has become the latest to debut his new co-working space in the world’s most expensive office building, The Center, in the city’s Central district.

Hui, one of the wealthiest tycoons in mainland China, opened The Center Space, a 23,600 square-foot co-working area on the 76th floor of the landmark skyscraper, last week.

“More mainland-backed developers, especially those without a large office portfolio in Hong Kong, will try to operate co-working space in Hong Kong as it is a low-risk route for them to enter the leasing market,” property consultant said.

Last October, China Resources, a mainland-based conglomerate, opened the CRB Business Lounge, which offers 24-hour access to fully furnished, flexible offices, in the China Resources Building in Wan Chai.

Co-working offices operated by landlords is a space that has been dominated by major local operators such as Hongkong Land, Great Eagle Holdings, Swire Properties and Henderson Land Development.

In March 2018, Hui, the 37th richest man in mainland China, bought a 20 per cent stake comprising nine floors of The Center, a tower valued at HK$40.2 billion (US$5.12 billion), from Li Ka-shing’s CK Asset Holdings. Hui, who is also a Hong Kong resident, said it was his biggest personal investment in the city.

“Adopting a hybrid workspace model has become the new trend as demand for flexible workspaces has increased immensely, especially after Covid-19,” said Tinnie Choi, head of sales and operations of The Center Space.

She said some operators had been unable to continue, mainly because they could not afford the rent. This gave an advantage to landlords who decide to open their own flexible working spaces.

“You can see a trend in which many landlords are choosing to operate by themselves. Of course we can control our rents,” said Choi. “Relatively speaking, the [rent] burden is not high.”

The co-working sector has witnessed several major players, such as WeWork and KrSpace, closing their operations in Hong Kong or significantly reducing their footprint. The Center Space is on the same floor as an Australian co-working company, Victory Offices, which closed its Hong Kong operations in December, just a year after it had started, because of the high rent and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Landlords are increasingly considering investing in their own flexible spaces as a way of offering an extra amenity to their tenants, another property consultant said. Those tenants are often large occupiers who wish to expand temporarily into a new space, or new entrants to Hong Kong who want flexibility while trying to plan their long-term needs.

“In the past, low vacancies, strong office demand and high rents had deterred landlords from dedicating space for this type of investment,” the consultant said.

Hong Kong co-working market, as of the first quarter of 2021, accounted for 2.61 million square feet, or 3.2 per cent, of overall office stock, according to property consultancy. The operators are spread across 315 locations, charging an average rate of HK$2,950 per desk per month.

Even though demand is strong across the sector, desk prices remain sensitive given the wide range of options for the user, the consultant said. There will be slow rental growth as the market matures.

“It is quite clear that the demand is down to businesses trying to defer decisions on long-term strategy and seeing the flexible terms as the correct solution during this current uncertainty,” the consultant said. “Even from a more extreme view, tenants may be thinking that the trend of using flex offices in addition to working from home could be more permanent particularly if staff enjoy this arrangement and productivity is not affected.”

(South China Morning Post)

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HNA’s creditors put former chairman’s US$56 million Hong Kong penthouse up for sale to repay loans

The 4,600 sq ft fully furnished four-bedroom penthouse is on the 45th floor of 39 Conduit Road, Mid-Levels, one of the most prestigious addresses in Hong Kong

The flat was previously owned by Billion Able, which had HNA chairman Chen Feng as its director. The firm bought it in 2015 for US$55.6 million

A 4,600 sq ft luxury penthouse in Hong Kong, which was previously owned by the debt-laden mainland Chinese conglomerate HNA Group, has been put up for sale by creditors.

The fully furnished four-bedroom flat is on the 45th floor of 39 Conduit Road, Mid-Levels, one of the most prestigious addresses in the world’s most expensive property market.

The property was bought by Billion Able Corporation in April 2015 for HK$433 million (US$55.6 million), or about HK$94,150 per square foot, according to Land Registry and Company Registry records. Chen Feng, the founder and chairman of HNA Group was the director of Billion Able, but resigned in March last year.

A property agency has been appointed as the sole agent for the flat, which can be accessed by private lift for increased privacy.

Market observers expect the penthouse to be highly sought after as the prices of super deluxe homes continue to soar amid rising demand.

“The response [for the tender] should be good,” analyst said.

Property agent said that the property could fetch between HK$100,000 and HK$120,000 per square foot, indicating a price of HK$460 million to HK$552 million for the penthouse.

HNA Group, which is undergoing debt restructuring and faces some US$187 billion in creditor claims, is one of four defendants sued by the lender, Thing On Capital, because of its failure to repay a HK$180 million mortgage for the flat, Bloomberg reported in July. HNA was Billion Able’s ultimate parent when the mortgage was signed and was one of the guarantors for the loan.

Thing On has demanded the defendants repay the loan, which was due on June 21, as well as related interest, the report added.

Man Chun So and Yat Kit Jong are the receivers of the flat, Land Registry records show. The addresses that So and Jong registered are PwC’s offices in Central, according to the Companies Registry, which noted So and Jong were appointed on March 16, 2020.

The property agency declined to disclose further details about the tender, which closes on September 27.

“Overall sales of distressed assets have been slowed down as creditors are reluctant to offer these assets at steep discounts any more amid an uptrend in the market,” surveyor said, which is involved in the auction of distressed real estate assets.

Currently, some 100 foreclosed properties were up for auction, the surveyor said.

整體甲廈租務市場略為改善，而近日大手租務，集中於九龍區。由於九龍甲廈租金較港島核心區便宜，可吸引租客搬遷，作整合業務或擴充之用。

近日甲廈大手租務出現於九龍區，包括尖沙咀海港城九倉電訊中心10、16及17樓全層，以及數個細單位，面積合共約6萬平方呎，以每平方呎約35元租出。九倉電訊中心屬於海港城商廈群中，樓齡較舊的商廈，租金相比較港威大廈等為低。

本地大型地產代理行搬至尖沙咀 呎租35元

據了解，新租客為本地大型地產代理行，該集團租用中環皇后大道中新世界大廈多年，物業現時呎租料約80元，是次遷出中環搬至尖沙咀，將有所擴充業務，以及整合多個部門，而租金開支料相若。事實上，近年不少代理行亦遷出中環，如一外資地產代理行原租用金鐘太古廣場三期，兩年前搬至港島東太古坊一座；而另一外資地產代理行原租用中環怡和大廈多年，今年亦選擇搬至太古坊的港島東中心。

保誠保險 租港威大廈兩層

另尖沙咀海港城港威大廈亦錄全層租務，涉及物業屬中層兩層樓面，每層面積約2.5萬平方呎，合共約5萬平方呎，以每平方呎約50元租出。據悉，新租客為保誠保險，集團一直租用港威大廈，是次新租全層樓面料作整合及擴充。據了解，該兩層樓面曾由共享空間WeWork租用，早年大肆擴充，租用港威大廈6層樓面，合共約15萬平方呎，惟集團在港大幅收縮業務，裝修樓面後一直未有遷入，交回業主，現其中兩層由保誠接手，部分則由商務中心IWG租用。

至於東九龍方面，全新甲廈吸引商戶遷入。消息指，觀塘海濱道海濱匯6樓全層，以及7樓部分樓面，面積合共達9萬平方呎，以每呎租金約25元租出，按物業高峰期呎租約33元比較，租金下跌逾2成。消息透露，新租客為醫療保險集團保柏，該集團目前租用鰂魚涌太古坊柏克大廈，另亦於九龍灣宏天廣場租用樓面，是次大手洽租海濱匯樓面，可整合業務，並提升辦公室質素。

分析指，本地疫情緩和，企業大幅收縮業務個案相對減少，目前不少企業，希望趁租金回調進行搬遷，可整合業務，如把集團旗下不同辦公室整合在一起，或作適量擴充。目前九龍區如尖沙咀、東九龍空置率偏高，租金水平由20餘元至約50元，較港島核心區為低，而東九龍新式甲廈質素高，故機構即使未有逼切減成本，仍考慮搬遷提升辦公室質素，故相信九龍區將續錄大手租務個案。

(經濟日報)

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金鐘區甲廈空置率 按月升

疫情衝擊港島甲廈租務市場，報告指，7月份香港區整體甲廈空置率連升3個月，金鐘區空置率續攀高。

代理資料顯示，7月香港區整體甲廈空置率為9.99%，按月輕微上升0.05個百分點，當中金鐘區空置情況遞增較為明顯，最新記錄為9.41%，對比6月多出0.50個百分點。至於灣仔最新甲廈空置率約12.95%，比6月遞增0.68個百分點，按年對比增幅更為明顯，

統一中心中層 意向呎租50元

該行指，金鐘區甲廈空置率已為第3個月錄得升幅，且增加更見明顯，相信是由於金鐘區寫字樓租金有所回落，但對比其他地區仍處於相對高位，所以令部分企業選擇遷出作開源節流。同時，個別租客重整業務據點，令交吉樓面增加，自然帶動空置率上升。資料顯示，金鐘統一中心於7月有一個近萬呎單位推出放租，為該廈中高層B室，面積約9,164平方呎，呎租叫價約50元。

(經濟日報)

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商廈售價低水 投資者趁低吸納

本港商廈市場在疫情持續受控的情況下，投資氣氛暢旺。根據代理資料研究部綜合土地註冊處資料顯示，7月份工商舖註冊共錄得644宗，已連續5個月企穩600宗以上水平。代理發表的報告亦指出，寫字樓造價近期再次回落，吸引買家趁低吸納，並帶動全層大手成交量上升。

隨着美國聯儲局早前已經宣布維持利率不變，全球量化寬鬆帶動資金流入，市場上游資充裕，環球投資氣氛熾熱。本港經濟亦受多項利好因素刺激，包括疫苗接種率上升、失業率回落，以及政府派發電子消費券等，無疑為投資市場注入一支強心針。筆者認為，不少在美國以預託證券方式上市的中概股，都回流港股市場掛牌，加上在中長綫的角度而言，IPO持續湧港，中概股亦預料會加快來港上市的步伐，相信會帶動本港寫字樓需求，為商廈市場帶來正面作用，相信甲廈會受到一定追捧。

本地巨企看好核心區商廈

市場人士指出，由於商廈售價繼續下調，寫字樓呎價明顯低水，部分財團有意趁低吸納，全層寫字樓逾億元交投回升，單計近2個月已連錄最少6宗，中區一帶的商廈獨佔5宗，包括中環著名商廈中環中心錄得3宗、金鐘統一中心及中環香港鑽石會大廈亦各有1宗。今年以來暫錄得17宗全層大手買賣，已超越去年全年總和，買家以本地財團為主，佔10宗，中資買家亦佔5宗，包括近期紀惠集團以約6.93億元購入中環中心26樓全層，面積約2.5萬平方呎，呎價約2.7萬元。

市場傳聞亦指，東方海外的董建成家族購入中環中心20樓及25樓自用，足見本地巨企對在核心區甲級商廈設立辦公室的信心，而低息環境加上市場資金充裕，開始重投工商舖物業，相信全層交投的步伐仍然會持續，在短期內本地及中資買家，均屬投資商廈的主力之一。筆者預計，待重新恢復中港通關後，商廈的交投表現將進一步上升。

(經濟日報)

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上月甲廈負吸納量8.9萬呎

疫情持續回穩，為商廈市場釋出正面訊息。有外資代理行指出，7月甲廈市場負吸納量約8.9萬方呎，按月回落約9%，該行指出，受空置率仍處高水平影響，甲廈租金仍備受壓力。

代理：按月回落9%

該代理行昨天發表的市場報告指出，隨着近期企業縮減規模活動有所緩和，7月整體甲廈市場負吸納量約8.9萬方呎，較6月的9.78萬方呎，按月回落約9%。

與此同時，空置率上升讓寫字樓租戶有更多選擇，因此部分租戶已把握機會重新配置辦公室，如醫療保健公司保栢承租觀塘海濱匯9.25萬方呎樓面以整合辦公空間。

截至7月底，中環寫字樓空置率維持在7.4%的水平，其中較矚目的租賃成交屬恒基旗下The Henderson於月內覓得首位租客。

租金按月微跌0.2%

該行代理表示，雖然個別大廈租金於7月微升，但整體空置率上升對租金構成下調壓力，導致月內整體市場租金仍按月下跌0.2%。

(星島日報)

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新地高鐵站地王新方案 有望開綠燈

第1座天台設免費觀景台 項目增行人連接道

新地 (00016) 旗下西九高鐵站商業地王早前擬建2幢商廈，並於年初遭城規會拒絕修改規劃方案後，早前再修訂覆核方案，而規劃署表示不反對申請，預計今日方案有機會獲城規會「開綠燈」。

新地於本年初向城規會申請建兩幢商廈，但是由於城規會認為，方案未能展示項目具備突出的規劃或設計增益，以放寬建築物高度限制，並會破壞山脊綫，所以年初的修訂方案未獲通過。

其後，新地再修訂方案，主要包括削減高度限制。同時，第1座的東南面天台會因應城規會建議而增設免費的觀景台。而發展商亦重新安排私人空間予公眾使用，及增加行人連接通道等。

規劃署不反對申請方案

不過，整個項目的地積比率不變，維持不多於5倍，總樓面面積維持約316.46萬平方呎，其中寫字樓涉約256.18萬平方呎，零售樓面佔約60.28萬平方呎。

考慮到發展商新增行人通道以加強項目內部的連接、新增的天台觀景台亦可令公眾可享受海景，加上項目引入太陽能綠化天台等可持續發展設計等因素下，規劃署不反對上述申請方案，料今日有機會獲城規會通過。

新地發言人表示，新地就西九龍高鐵站上蓋商業項目，提交予城規會的覆核規劃申請中，建議的改良方案，不會影響現有的山脊綫景觀，亦完全符合所有規例和相關地契條款。

新地：項目將是國際商業樞紐

新地強調，集團已按城規會委員的意見，大幅減低建築物的高度，新方案不會影響現有的山脊綫景觀。另外，與其他一般設有實質高度限制的地契不同，此項目的地契沒有訂明高度限制，分區計劃大綱圖亦清楚訂明，若新設計帶來顯著規劃上的裨益，可放寬高度限制。

有關項目將成為地標性交通導向商業綜合項目，除了提供嶄新概念的甲級寫字樓和零售設施外，更設有優質綠化公共空間及步道，把西九各個社區連繫起來，同時讓市民更容易接近海濱。項目特色包括：在最高建築物的頂層設有對公眾免費開放的戶外觀景台；提供8,500平方米、開放予公眾使用的休憩用地；設有全長1.5公里的「西九花園綠徑」等。

對於規劃署表明不反對改良方案，新地表歡迎，相信項目落成後，將會是香港以至大灣區的國際級商業樞紐，西九龍區的全新城市核心，除了可促進商貿以至旅遊觀光發展，同時可惠及西九龍居民、營造更理想社區。

(經濟日報)

栢麗大道舖租金 時光倒流35年

謝瑞麟月租25萬回歸舊舖 較高峰平8成

疫情下核心區吉舖仍多，租金大幅回調。尖沙咀栢麗購物大道一巨舖，獲謝瑞麟珠寶 (00417) 以25萬元租用，呎租約90元，租金跌逾8成，重返35年前租金水平。業界人士認為，核心區未有旅客重返，下半年核心區舖租料跌約5至10%。

土地註冊處資料顯示，尖沙咀栢麗購物大道地下9、10號舖及1樓，地舖面積1,411平方呎，連1,357平方呎一樓，合共2,768平方呎，以月租25萬元租出，呎租約90元。新租客為謝瑞麟珠寶，租約期由今年9月至2024年10月，為期逾3年，期後有3年續租權。位置上，該舖鄰近海防道，算是栢麗大道人流最旺的地段，而舖位樓底亦高，屬全段最優質商舖。

謝瑞麟2013年遷出 舊租136萬

資料顯示，該舖曾由謝瑞麟於2005年以月租98萬元租用、2008年加租至136萬元，續約至2013年，惟雙方未達成新租協議，謝瑞麟遷出，由恒生銀行 (00011) 以157.5萬元租用，為該舖最高租金，恒生其後於2016年約滿遷出，舖位空置多年，如今以25萬元租出，較高峰期大跌84%。

事實上，上述舖位早於1986年落成時，以月租25萬元租予美國運通銀行，換言之，今次謝瑞麟租用該舖租金算是重返35年前水平。目前謝瑞麟亦有租用比鄰舖位，料品牌趁租金大跌，先租下舖位，可作擴充或日後搬遷。

同地段早前亦錄一宗租務成交，栢麗購物大道D段地下舖位及1樓15號舖，面積合共約2,548平方呎，獲一間房地產公司租用作展銷廳，月租約15萬元，而同址地下一舖，面積約逾900平方呎，則由鞋店以約12萬租用。

據悉，該巨舖早年由投資者以4.4億元購入，去年尾獲投資者林子峰以2.1億元承接，原業主蝕2.3億離場。新買家購入後獲兩組客承接，如今月租合共約27萬元，較舊租138萬，租金跌8成。

疫情持續一年多，核心區舖租大幅回調，而空置率仍處高水平，據一外資代理行資料顯示，4大核心區空置率今年第2季回穩，個別地區如中環更有下跌，惟4區空置率均達10%以上。第2季租金跌幅亦緩和，約1至2%，偏向橫行發展。

代理：核心區舖租 料跌5至10%

有代理分析，是次栢麗大道出現低價成交，該地段早在2019年社會事件時受嚴重影響，舖位交吉增，而疫情進一步令地段人流冷清。該代理認為，該地段目前空置率仍高，而舖位業主普遍持貨多年，不介意低價租出舖位。

後市方面，該代理認為，商舖市場最差時間已過，舖租再大幅調整機會不高，惟核心區仍未有旅客重返，單靠本土消費難以支持租金反彈，相信下半年核心區舖租錄5至10%跌幅。

(經濟日報)

Henley III enters show and price phase

Henderson Land Development (0012) will next week open showrooms for Kai Tak's Henley III and release a sales brochure.

The third phase of the Kowloon East project offers 404 units ranging from studio to three-bedroom units, with sizes from 229 to 778 square feet. The developer said studio and one-bedroom flats make up 60 percent of the project and will be the focus of sales.

Selling prices will be revealed soon, said Thomas Lam Tat-man, general manager of the sales department at Henderson Land.

Lam added that the list price of Henley III will be higher than the first phase as the third is nearest to MTR Kai Tak Station.

Meanwhile, a section of the primary market in the New Territories is bubbling along.

In Tin Shui Wai, Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016) received over 10,000 checks for 302 flats at Wetland Seasons Bay phase one, meaning it was 32 times oversubscribed.

The first round of sales will open tomorrow, with discounted selling prices from HK$4.55 million to HK$ 11.25 million, meaning per square foot prices from HK$12,375 to Hk$18,850.

In Tsing Yi, the Met Azure developed by Wang On Properties (1243) had received 1,282 checks by 6 pm yesterday for 109 studio flats to be put up for sale today, meaning it was nearly 11 times oversubscribed.

The latest batch of the starter home project is selling from HK$22,478 to HK$26,295 per square foot.

中國恒大近期積極出售資產套現，旗下灣仔總部中國恒大中心全幢，旋即成為焦點，本報獲悉，越秀地產斥資約一百億，洽購該全幢物業接近尾聲，雙方並就有關洽商已達成共識，短期內正式簽約。

雙方洽商已達共識

本報獲悉，恒大旗下灣仔中國恒大中心全幢，屬港島核心區罕有供應，適宜作旗艦總部，特別吸引大企業眼球，知情人士透露，越秀地產斥資約一百億，洽購該項目接近尾聲，雙方並已於上周五達成共識，短期內將正式簽約作實，越秀與恒大洽談過程進展順利，恒大意向價雖然高達一百五十六億，惟最終亦要作出減價，以全幢涉資約一百零五億計算，平均每呎約三萬元。

知情人士續指，越秀希望在港覓得全幢商廈自用，以配合業務發展，目前，其總部設於駱克道一六十號越秀大廈，雖然坐擁命名權，惟大廈分散業權，非全幢擁有。

短期內將簽約作實

地產界人士表示，若參照目前市況，上述呎價水平合理，毗鄰金鐘統一中心及海富中心，近年大單位成交呎價，分別約二萬一千及約二萬八千五萬。同處灣仔區、指標甲廈灣仔會展廣場辦公大樓，質素高於中國恒大中心，對上大手成交於二○一九年四月，大鴻輝以約十六億八千萬承接多層樓面，平均呎價三萬三千九百元，其時尚未有動亂及疫情發生。

恒大於二○一五年十月，斥一百二十五億向華人置業購入該廈，前身美國萬通大廈，總樓面約三十四萬五千方呎，平均呎價約三萬六千，當時是全港最大額商廈買賣，呎價亦是最高紀錄，成交期長達六年，有別於一般商廈，由數個月至最多一年左右。

隨後，恒大將該廈易名「中國恒大中心」，作為在港總部大樓。土地註冊處資料顯示，恒大去年底就該廈向國企中信銀行融資約七十六億。

近年來，恒大積極減債，最新截至今年六月底，有息負債降至約五千七百億元人民幣，較去年高峰時逾八千七百億元，下降約三千億元。

早前，該集團公布探討亦出售恒大汽車，以及恒大物業等資產。

(星島日報)

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上環商廈90年代四度易手掀炒風

坐落上環德輔道中及干諾道中「大單邊」的南豐大廈，外型簡潔利落，但正正見證着上世紀90年代、本地商廈炒風的全盛熱況，物業在10年間四度易手，累計交易額達39億，幾經轉折，終由南豐集團在2002年年初統一業權，並全面翻新成現在的新貌。

現為南豐大廈 歷八年統一業權

於1973年落成的南豐大廈，大廈數度易名，亦由統一、分拆至再度統一業權，歷經樓市起跌；於92年由先施以10.1億售予榮山集團，並易名為榮山大廈，其後在94年，榮山將半幢大廈共12層售予浩展國際，成交價約11億，在同年浩展又將手持樓面售予南豐，成交價急漲至15億；直至2002年年初，榮山將尚持有的11樓以上半幢共15層樓面，合共14.3萬方呎，以招標形式放售，其時，商廈市場深受本港經濟衰退拖累，該廈呎租回落至14元水平，南豐亦把握時機，以3.088億購入，每方呎僅2165元，經8年之久，終統一全幢業權，並成為集團總部。該廈地庫至5樓共約6萬方呎零售樓面，原由先施百貨承租，於2013年8月約滿遷出，統一業權的南豐集團將大廈全面翻新，重新定位，工程更獲亞洲區商用裝修重建獎。

(星島日報)

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土瓜灣百億項目掀財團爭逐市建局今截標部分發展商合資減風險

隨港鐵土瓜灣站通車後，區內發展步伐加快，市建局土瓜灣庇利街/榮光街百億重建項目將於今日截標，料將成為各大財團爭奪目標，部分將合組財團減風險。市場對該項目估值約92億至逾100億，每方呎樓面地價約1.3萬至1.5萬。

土瓜灣庇利街/榮光街重量級重建項目，市建局上月底邀請33家發展商入標競投，並於今天截標，據了解，除於區內有發展項目的新地及麗新等會研究入標外，而華懋及遠東發展亦指將研究入標，同時亦有不少財團均表示有意競投，部分更以合組財團形式競投，有利分散風險。有業內人士透露，上述發展項目屬同區近年罕有的大型新供應，惟近月多幅地皮以高價批出，擔心發展商以進取價競投。

新地麗新研入標

上述重建項目是市建局近7年來最大型的發展項目，鄰近私人屋苑環海．東岸，是市建局於區內首個以小區模式推出的項目。地盤面積約7.97萬方呎，可建總樓面約71.75萬方呎，包括約59.79萬方呎住宅、約11.95萬方呎商業樓面，預計提供約1150個住宅單位，單位設有限呎元素，面積最少300方呎，一半單位不少於480方呎，另有約100個車位的公眾停車場。

據了解，上述項目日後賣樓收益達148億後需與市建局按比例分紅，即每方呎售價達20628元以上便要分紅，若達2.5億後需分紅兩成，其後按比例增加至最多五成，同時發展商亦需向市建局自行提出「一口價」，以價高者得作勝負關鍵。商場部分，首10年為市建局及中標財團共同持有，租金收益由中標財團和市建局以「七三」比例瓜分。

可建樓面約71.75萬呎

值得留意的是，中標發展商須按發展協議中列明，有關土瓜灣小區發展的「總體設計要求」作為興建新發展項目藍本，與毗鄰市建局重建項目產生協同效應，以達至整個小區的重整及規劃更完整及一體化，促進該小區的連接性和步行環境。

賣樓收益須與市建局分紅

業內人士指，隨着港鐵沙中綫陸續通車後，土瓜灣一帶對外交通便利，而且上述項目市區罕有，勢成各大發展商兵家必爭之地；綜合市場消息指，項目估值約92億至逾100億，每方呎樓面地價約1.3萬至1.5萬。

(星島日報)

Secondary home sales surge over the weekend

A total of 18 secondary transactions in the top ten blue-chip estates were recorded over the weekend, surging 1.6 times from a week ago with at least one deal registered in each estate, according to property agency.

Property agent said that the hot market response for Wetland Seasons Bay phase one spurred secondary transactions.

As buyers are actively entering the market, the agent expects that the overall property market will remain stable.

Another agent said that the recent stock market volatility has affected the pace of buyers entering the market though second-hand trading volume is expected to remain stable in the short term.

The first batch of 302 units in Wetland Seasons Bay phase one in Tin Shui Wai sold out quickly on Saturday.

Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016) opened its fourth price list yesterday, offering 160 units at an average price of HK$15,320 per square foot.

Prices are 2 percent higher compared with the third price list because of better floors and views, but still within the original price range, the developer said.

The cheapest flat, a 300-sq-ft one-bedroom unit, costs HK$4.72 million after discounts and prices range from HK$13,693 per sq ft to HK$18,706 sq ft after discounts.

The second batch of sales may be launched this weekend.

(the Standard)

Hong Kong’s supply of luxury homes to hit new high after demand from wealthy buyers more than doubles amid Covid-19

We have seen more transactions in second half of 2020 to first half of this year despite the coronavirus pandemic, property consultant said

Haven’t seen this much confidence in the market in a long time, if ever, property agent said

The supply for luxury homes in Hong Kong’s ultra-exclusive neighbourhood of The Peak is likely to hit 404,000 sq ft in 2024, the highest level since 2016, after demand boosted sales of mansions and high-end flats in the district by more than double to HK$12.8 billion (US$1.6 billion) in the 12-month period ending in June, according to property consultant.

“We have seen more transactions in the second half of 2020 to the first half of 2021 despite the [coronavirus] pandemic, as prices have become more attractive,” surveyor said. The prices of luxury residential properties are currently in the HK$80,000 to HK$100,000 per square foot range, the surveyor added.

“We forecast a gradual price growth of 3 per cent for the second half of 2021,” the surveyor said.

The recent flurry of initial public offerings (IPOs) on the Hong Kong and Shenzhen stock exchanges is boosting property sales in the city, as top executives of mainland Chinese companies look for properties to invest in. From last year to the first half of this year, there were 180 IPOs in Hong Kong, raising more than HK$600 billion in fresh capital and bringing a new wave of high net worth individuals into the Hong Kong market, who are likely to buy luxury residential properties.

Luxury homes are residential properties that cost more than HK$100 million, or more than HK$100,000 a month in rent. Average luxury homes were priced ranged between HK$80,000 and HK$150,000 per square foot previously. For instance, in 2016, a 9,212 sq ft property at 15 Gough Hill Road on The Peak sold for HK$182,370 per square foot, making it the most expensive home in Asia.

Including the Southern district, which covers neighbourhoods such as Deep Water Bay, Shouson Peak, Tai Tam Road and Repulse Bay, the supply of luxury homes is likely to amount to 482,291 sq ft by 2024, also the highest since 2016, property consultancy said.

There were 50 transactions of luxury homes between the second half of 2020 and the first half of this year, nearly tripling over the previous year, while the value of sales increased 115 per cent to HK$12.8 billion.

“Among the listings since 2020, 25.6 per cent were from companies based in Guangdong province. Because of the proximity to Hong Kong, the [top executives] of these listed companies were likely to look for property investment opportunities in Hong Kong,” consultant said.

The demand for luxury homes was split equally between mainland Chinese buyers and wealthy Hongkongers. For example, Wharf Holdings, one of the city’s largest builders of luxury homes and shopping centres, sold houses at 77/79 Peak Road, with two being bought by mainland buyers and the rest by locals. From 2016 to the first half of 2021, 10 of the 17 houses sold at Mount Nicholson were snapped up by mainlanders, according to the consultancy.

Of the luxury homes sold, more buyers chose the Southern district – 30 – than the 20 who chose The Peak.

“The Southern district, where the Repulse Bay or Stanley areas are, provide a beachfront lifestyle, great sea views, privacy and a mix of modern flat complexes and detached and semi-detached houses, which are ideal for large families,” consultant said.

Another property agency which specialises in luxury properties and expat relocations in Hong Kong, said the volume and value of sales had both risen 20 per cent in this year’s first half from a year ago.

“I haven’t seen this much confidence in the market in a long time, if ever,” agent said.

In April, the agency brokered the sale of a property in Pine Lodge in Shouson Hill for HK$101 million, a 10 per cent premium..

Although the more infectious Delta variant of Covid-19 was threatening market confidence and economic recovery in Hong Kong, Allan said investors were likely to view the city’s property market as a positive investment opportunity.

“I think buyers and investors continue to see positivity in the long-run, with low interest rates, high liquidity and low debt in the market. A lot of the wealthy local Hong Kong Chinese buyers and investors would still look at luxury properties as a key asset class in the long-term, as they have businesses in Hong Kong and they are making money here, so they are more confident in the market,” the agent said.

灣仔中國恒大中心擬放售 估值逾百億

據報呎價2.9萬 傳越秀地產初步洽商

中國恒大 (03333) 近日積極出售資產套現，據指亦擬出售在灣仔總部中國恒大中心，市值料逾百億元，獲國企越秀地產 (00123) 初步洽商，呎價2.9萬元。恒大方面指不作回應。

恒大債務問題近年成為市場焦點，據最新截至6月底，有息負債已降至約5,700億元人民幣，相較去年最高時的逾8,700億元，下降約3,000億元，但集團減債步伐亦未有放慢。

繼早前公布探討出售恒大汽車 (00708)、恒大物業 (06666) 等資產後，最新傳出放售的是恒大在香港的多項物業，包括在灣仔告士打道的總部大樓中國恒大中心。

恒大越秀 未就消息回應

據外電報道指，恒大正在與國企越秀地產談判出售其在香港的總部大樓「中國恒大中心」，當中恒大提出作價逾20億美元 (約156億港元)，暫時兩家公司仍未作出決定。本報向恒大、越秀查詢，雙方均未有就消息作出回應。

不過，據市場消息則指，在現時市況下，要以現時叫價成功售出有一定難度，最終成交價有機會再調整，估計以市值逾百億元計算，呎價大約2.9萬元將會較貼近市場水平。

據資料顯示，鄰近的商廈如統一中心早前一個高層單位，面積約10,224平方呎，以2.147億元售出，呎價約2.1萬元；而海富中心1座高層01室，面積5,568平方呎，呎價約2.85萬元。

業界：近期商廈市況疲弱

另一方面，據另一消息則指，恒大中心獲得多於一間中資地產商洽購，最終成交或仍有變數，恒大在市場放售一系列香港項目，包括作價逾80億元的元朗和生圍地皮。

該總部是恒大在2015年10月以125億元向華人置業 (00127) 購入，前身稱為美國萬通大廈，總樓面約34.5萬平方呎，呎價約3.6萬元，當時是全港最大額商廈買賣及呎價最高紀錄，特別是成交期長達6年。

在購入後，恒大將商廈改名作為「中國恒大中心」，並保留部分樓面作公司在香港的總部大樓自用。而據土地註冊處資料顯示，恒大在去年底以該商廈向國企中信銀行融貨約76億元。

有代理指，近期商廈市道仍然相對疲弱，去年商廈樓價隨着租金下跌，近期價錢方面相對穩定，「劈價」不多，但市場成交非常少，比較活躍已經是中環中心，呎價由2.5萬至3萬多元不等，而租賃方面，第二季租金跌幅收窄，但大型企業仍然收縮，預計租金向下調，但跌幅較去年同期收窄。

(經濟日報)

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新地高鐵站商業項目 批建兩幢商廈

降建築高度 集團：盡快動工建新地標

新地 (00016) 旗下西九高鐵站「巨無霸」商業地的修訂方案，昨獲城規會有條件下批准，可建2幢19至30層高商廈，並增設免費觀景台及行人連接通道等公眾設施。新地表示，會盡快展開工程，建構地標建築。

城規會昨討論西九高鐵站新發展方案，考慮到發展商新增行人通道以加強項目內部的連接、新增的天台觀景台亦可令公眾可享受海景，加上項目引入太陽能綠化天台等可持續發展設計等因素下，日前規劃署不反對上述申請方案，故昨獲城規會在有附帶條件下批准。

新地早於今年1月，就西九高鐵站項目，向城規會申請建兩幢商廈，惟會方認為，方案未能展示項目具有突出的規劃或設計增益，以放寬建築物高度限制，並會破壞山脊綫，所以年初的修訂方案不獲通過。

有見及此，新地再修訂方案，主要包括削減高度限制，其中第1座由159米 (主水平基準以上，下同) 降至118至148米，第2座則由114至131米減少至101至122米。

第1座天台 增設免費觀景台

此外，第1座的高度亦由30層調整至23至30層，第2座由20至24層調整至19至24層。同時，第1座的東南面天台會因應會方建議而增設免費的觀景台。而發展商亦重新安排私人空間予公眾使用，及增加行人連接通道等。

新地表示，歡迎城規會的決定，並將會盡快提交建築圖則以便展開工程，建構另一別具特色的地標性交通導向綜合項目，成為香港以至大灣區的國際級商業樞紐、西九龍區的全新城市核心。

有測量師認為，發展商改劃政府原有的規劃大綱是相當普遍，而暫時未能就目前方案評價項目的價值有否提高，需視乎日後發展才可下定論。該測量師又指，上述項目寫字樓部分於落成後，呎租可達80至90元，造價相當理想。

測量師：寫字樓呎租 可達90元

上述西九高鐵站商業地王由新地於2019年11月以422.32億元投得，當時每呎樓面地價約1.3萬元，其後中資平安人壽於去年以約113億元購入該地辦公室部分的30%業權。

茶果嶺村寮屋區 否決建屋

另外，茶果嶺鄉民聯誼會夥拍發展商，早前擬在劃為「未決定用途」地帶的茶果嶺村寮屋區，進行綜合住宅發展，供應4,984伙房屋，並附設零售及政府、機構或社區設施。不過，方案昨日遭城規會拒絕。

(經濟日報)

港鐵投中環商地王 看準具協同效應

港鐵 (00066) 早前破天荒入標中環新海濱商業地王，港鐵物業及國際業務總監鄧智輝指，地皮特殊、罕有，跟集團在香港站、九龍站的項目有協同效應，亦現時無任何計劃競投其他政府項目競投。

現階段無計劃 投其他官地

市值達553億元，由於採用「雙信封」制招標的中環新海濱3號商業地王，在今年6月截標，當時接獲的6份標書之中，就包括港鐵夥同九龍倉置業 (01997) 及華懋集團組成的財團。由於港府屬於港鐵最大股東，持股75%，故此港鐵的入標引人關注。

鄧智輝昨日回應指，政府招標機制公平，標書內評估評標標準「打分機制、提供多少政府設施清晰」，而港鐵在討論入標決策、方案的時候，公司內的政府官員代表都避席，認為「不存在有沒有衝突」，並強調項目特殊，港鐵現階段無計劃競投其他政府土地。

東涌配電站地 最快兩月內推

他續指，該項目非一般項目，在中環大規模的地皮寥寥可數，而港鐵在香港站、九龍站都持有投資物業，存在協同效應，加上項目涉及地底設施，而港鐵亦較熟悉地下工程，並指跟會德豐、華懋有合作經驗，形容今次是「志同道合」。

至於土地供應方面，港鐵未來一年推出東涌配電站、將軍澳百勝角通風樓及東涌東站第一期，合共涉及4,000多伙，其中東涌配電站最快在1至2個月內推出。

另外，將軍澳日出康城站上蓋的The LOHAS康城商場，開幕一周年，商場出租率達95%，一半商戶屬於食肆及服務的居民民生商舖，在疫情下零售市道受影響，形容對租金水平滿意。今日至今個月底在商場消費滿200元可獲10倍港鐵積分。

港鐵在2023年將有大圍站上蓋圍方及黃竹坑站southside兩個新商場落成，鄧智輝指，圍方首批租戶會先洽商超市、娛樂設施、酒樓等。對於上蓋的柏傲莊III重建，鄧智輝稱，須處理好拆卸重建次序、方案，才知道對圍方開幕日期有否影響。

(經濟日報)

新世界5.5億放售美孚一籃子鋪

疫情持續平穩，帶動鋪位市場交投轉活，大型發展商亦趁勢沽貨。由新世界持有的荔枝角美孚新邨一籃子鋪位，以意向價5.5億放售，料買家享租金回報約3厘。

市場消息指出，由新世界持有的荔枝角美孚新邨放售一籃子鋪位，共涉28間鋪位，總樓面約8.52萬方呎，以意向價5.5億放售，全數鋪位均獲承租，以每月總租金收入140萬，料買家享租金回報約3.05厘。

每月租金收入140萬

據從事鋪位買賣的地產代理指出，上述放售鋪位分布於該屋苑一至八期，大部分位於平台位置，其中一鋪位為1期百老匯街1至12、14至25及27至29號的24號鋪，面積1001方呎，現由語言學校承租。

本報就上述消息向新世界查詢，惟直至截稿時未聯絡得上。

有代理評論指，上述放售鋪位並非該屋苑一綫鋪位，用途以學校及教會為主，對投資者吸引力較遜息。事實上，新世界近期頻頻沽貨，該集團早前沽出屯門天生樓鋪位及銅鑼灣百德新街巨鋪，並以5968萬售出柴灣康翠臺一籃子共50個車位。

(星島日報)

Evergrande is in talks to sell Wan Chai headquarters building

China Evergrande Group is in discussions to sell its Hong Kong headquarters in Wan Chai as part of efforts to stave off a cash crunch, according to a person familiar with the matter. 

China’s most indebted developer is in talks with state-owned Yuexiu Property Co. to sell the office tower in Wan Chai, the person said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private. While the two companies are still negotiating and nothing is decided, Evergrande has floated a potential price tag of more than $2 billion, the person said. That compares with its HK$12.5 billion ($1.6 billion) purchase cost in 2015.

Evergrande didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. Calls to Yuexiu Property’s Hong Kong and Guangzhou offices went unanswered. REDD reported the talks earlier. 

Regulators are urging Evergrande to resolve its debt risks, prompting the company to offload assets and accelerate property sales to reduce leverage. It has so far struggled to revive confidence among creditors, suppliers and some home buyers who worry the company will struggle to make good on its $300 billion mountain of liabilities.

Potential sources of future funding for Evergrande include placements for its listed electric vehicle and property management units, and initial public offerings for operations including its beverage business, FCB, and amusement park and tourism properties, Fitch Ratings has said. The Shenzhen-based developer has some $80 billion worth of equity in non-property businesses that could help generate liquidity if sold, Agnes Wong, a Hong Kong-based analyst with BNP Paribas SA, wrote in a June report. – Bloomberg

(The Standard)

Hong Kong homebuyers snap up Sun Hung Kai’s Wetland Seasons Bay launch as improving economy lifts sentiments

Sun Hung Kai Properties sold 302 of the 350 units, or 86 per cent of the flats on offer as of 9pm, agents said

More than 33 buyers registered for each of the 302 flats on open sale at the developers’ Wetland Seasons Bay project in Tin Shui Wai

Hong Kong’s property buyers returned to the market, defying bearish sentiments in the local stock market to snap up new apartments at the city’s wetlands park, as an improving economy and a tapering Covid-19 outbreak lifted sentiments.

Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP), Hong Kong’s largest developer by value, sold 302 of the 350 apartments on offer at the first batch of sales at its Wetland Seasons Bay project in Tin Shui Wai as of 9pm, according to sales agents. More than 10,000 people put down money to register their interest to buy, equivalent to 33 bids vying for each of the 302 apartments available for open sale, while 48 of the larger units were earmarked for sale by tender.

“Sentiment among homebuyers has been lifted, as the economic conditions in Hong Kong have improved while the local coronavirus situation remains contained,” property agent said.

The strong weekend sales reflects how Hong Kong’s economic recovery and falling unemployment rate are fuelling the city’s real estate market, aided by low mortgage rates and a greater confidence now that the coronavirus outbreak appears to be tapering in the city.

Wetland Seasons Bay, scheduled for completion June 2022, comprises a total of 1,996 apartments and 10 villas across three phases. The average price of the first 245 units released was HK$13,698 per square foot, which was 5.6 per cent higher more than the most recent project in the sam neighbourhood, released in September 2020.

The 302 units earmarked for open sales in the first batch ranged in sizes from studios measuring 300 square feet (28 square metres), to four-room apartments of 795 sq ft comprising three bedrooms inclusive of an en suite, with prices going from HK$4.55 million going up to HK$11.2 million (US$1.4 million).

The project is located on the fringe of Hong Kong’s wetlands in Tin Shui Wai in the city’s northwestern corner, located across Shenzhen Bay from southern China’s technology metropolis.

“Tin Shui Wai used to be seen as a distant location in Hong Kong, but it’s becoming more attractive for homebuyers with the development of the Greater Bay Area project and due to the ease from which they can travel to the mainland,” the agent said.

The villas and larger units set aside for sale by tender had five bedrooms and accompanying gardens, with prices starting from HK$12 million before discounts.

Hong Kong’s unemployment rate fell to the lowest level since the start of the coronavirus pandemic last year, easing markedly to 5 per cent in the three months to the end of July.

The rolling figure was down 0.5 percentage points over the previous quarter, the Census and Statistics Department revealed on Wednesday, providing the latest sign that the city’s economic recovery was on a solid footing.

Government officials also upgraded their forecast for Hong Kong’s economic growth this year, as the city’s second-quarter economy expanded by 7.6 per cent from the same period last year, signalling a sustained economic rebound brought on by the easing of the local coronavirus situation.

The weekend sales also comes as the average price of a lived-in property hit a new high this month. The price gauge of second-hand homes compiled by another property agency soared to a record of 191.34 in the first week of August, surpassing the previous high from June 2019, just before Hong Kong’s street protests began to wreak havoc on the city’s economy.

The city’s rental index has also risen for four straight months to June, according to data from the Rating and Valuation Department.

(South China Morning Post)

疫情持續向好，市場憧憬工商鋪後市有力回穩，惟核心區指標甲廈租金彈升乏力。消息指，金鐘力寶中心二座高層單位於交吉近兩年後，以每呎38元租出，低市價約15%，較舊租金急挫約36%，並創該甲廈10個月呎租新低水平。

交吉近兩年始租出

市場消息指出，金鐘力寶中心二座高層06室，面積2337方呎，以每呎38元租出，每月租金88806元。據從事甲廈租賃的代理指出，上述租金低市價約15%，上址舊租金為每呎60元，惟已交吉達兩年，故是次再度租出，租金急挫約36%。

據代理資料顯示，該甲廈對上一低位租金於去年11月錄得，為2座低層3室，面積4541方呎，以168107元租出，呎租約37元，故上述租金創該甲廈過去10個月新低。

租金十個月新低

據業內人士指出，疫情持續好轉，惟現今甲廈空置仍屬高水平，令租金備受壓力，加上部分企業仍採取居家工作，對甲廈租賃需求造成影響。

據一外資代理行早前報告指出，整體甲廈空置率於6月底升至9.5%，自2004年4月底以來第二高。上半年，中環寫字樓空置率相對穩定，尖沙嘴空置率則飆升最多。上半年整體甲廈租金下跌4.7%，跌幅較去年下半年的6.6%收窄。中環租金走勢平穩，年初迄今僅回落3.2%。

(星島日報)

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中環美國銀行中心每呎45元叫租

代理表示，中環夏愨道12號美國銀行中心低層05室現正放租，面積約3562方呎，意向呎租約45元，涉及月租約16萬。單位間隔四正實用，附設基本寫字樓裝修，設有來去水茶水間，為租客節省一筆裝修成本及時間。單位雖位處低層，仍可享開揚海景。該代理指，美國銀行中心位處核心商業區中心地帶，港鐵中環及金鐘站均在步行距離之內，而且物業為甲級商廈，質素及管理有保證，對租客極具吸引力。

該代理續稱，美國銀行中心貴為中區指標商廈，其租金甚具指標性。資料顯示，今年截至7月底，該廈最高成交呎租曾錄得約62元水平，該單位為高層01B室，面積約1064方呎；而與今番放租物業同層的單位曾於6月份租出，為低層12室，面積約732方呎，呎租約53元。對比之下，今次業主叫價克制，加上單位附設基本裝修及間隔，屬近期市場上最受歡迎的盤源類別。

(星島日報)

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康宏廣場相連戶 叫價9368萬

尖東指標商廈康宏廣場相連單位，現進行放售，意向呎價約1.85萬元。

上市公司每呎30元租用

代理表示，尖東科學館道1號康宏廣場中高層15至16室現正放售，單位面積約5,064平方呎，叫價每平方呎約1.85萬元，涉及總意向價約9,368萬元，可以買賣公司形式交易。物業連租約出售，現租客為上市公司，呎租約30餘元，租期至2023年，適合投資者購入作中長綫收租投資之用。

該代理稱，今次放售物為康宏廣場罕有相連單位放盤，而位處大廈中高層，因此享有開揚木球會景致。

大廈租務方面，本月康宏廣場錄兩租務，其中高層單位，面積約3,743平方呎，以每月11.9萬元租出，呎租約32元。

(經濟日報)

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東九甲廈呎租20餘元有選擇

近期九龍區甲廈空置情況改善，但港島區走勢較疲弱，代理表示，九龍甲廈空置率回落，反映企業吸納情況理想，最大原因是九龍區商廈呎租對比港島區相宜，而且有不少物業質素上乘，且擁海景景觀，在經濟環境未明朗時，承租九龍區甲廈為不少企業落戶首選。其中，東九龍作為本港第二核心商業區，發展商及財團積極於區內興建新商業項目，其中以觀塘最為活躍，因此區內不少甲級商廈樓齡都較新，租金約20餘元水平亦有選擇，觀塘寫字樓物業甚具競爭力。

(星島日報)

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銅鑼灣 Tower 535 設計時尚享全海景

銅鑼灣 Tower 535 位於銅鑼灣鬧市，大廈設計時尚，享全海景，為區內較新式而質素上乘物業。

Tower 535 位於銅鑼灣謝斐道及景隆街交界，由港鐵銅鑼灣站駱克道出口步行至該廈僅數分鐘，附近的軒尼詩道為巴士及電車主要幹道，告士打道及景隆街，設有巴士、小巴站，而大廈亦鄰近紅隧入口，故來往九龍亦方便。

飲食配套上，物業比鄰世貿中心，目前商場進行大翻新，尚餘少量餐廳，而附近景隆街、駱克道等餐廳林立，上班人士亦可前往希慎廣場、時代廣場等大型購物中心，飲食及生活配套完善。

大堂牆身用上洞石 顏色柔和

物業於2016年落成，樓高25層，總樓面約27萬平方呎，地下及地庫為舖位，經過整合後，目前絕大部分租戶為餐飲，特別地庫設多個舖，分別由日式、泰式及素菜餐廳租用。

地下入口設扶手電梯上升降機大堂，據悉，發展商邀請美國設計團隊Skidmore,Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) 協助，而扶手電梯及大堂牆身，均用上博物館等建築物常用的洞石，顏色柔和，提高格調亦增加時尚感，有別於傳統商廈，而電梯大堂高5米，氣派十足。

大廈除傳統寫字樓用途外，物業部分樓面作餐廳、會所等半零售行業，而大廈提供7部升降機通往各樓層，非常充足。

每層1.1萬呎 採「無柱式」設計

寫字樓每層面積約1.1萬平方呎，採用「無柱式」設計，既提升單位之空間感、空氣流通及透光度，景觀方面，中高層單位可享全維港海景，非常舒適。

物業前身為中央樓，早於1964年落成，故早於2007年初，已獲財團出價收購，集齊9成業權後，2010年獲豐泰地產以26億元購入，新買家於2011年起進行重建，項目2016年落成。

(經濟日報)

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京瑞廣場連錄13宗成交

沙田石門京瑞廣場屬疫市奇葩，備受用家及投資者追捧，市場消息指，億京連環沽售該項目13個地鋪，涉資由1323萬至1.2億，合共涉資逾4.6億。

市場消息指出，由億京發展的沙田石門京瑞廣場於近日連環售出13個鋪位，當中最大手成交為地下一籃子鋪位，合共面積3128方呎，以約1.2億售出，呎價約38363元。此外，該項目二期地下兩單號鋪位，面積約1468方呎，以8015萬售出，呎價約5.45萬。

億京套現逾4.6億

另外，據土地註冊處資料顯示，沙田石門京瑞廣場1期低層23B室，面積約2069方呎，於上月底以3550萬售出，買家以公司名義DAILY GOLD DEVELOPMENT登記，註冊董事為張姓人士。據地產代理指出，上址面積2069方呎，以易手價計，呎價約17158元，屬貼市價水平。

事實上，京瑞廣場近期頻錄大手成交，資料顯示，日清食品代理商，廣大食品有限公司早前購入京瑞廣場地下G5及G56鋪，作價1.39億，地下G03號鋪作價9100萬，廣大董事為沈濟福、沈濟強、梁冠程及梁冠禧，四人是老牌食品進出口及零售批發商有成行辦館管理層或相關人士，當中沈濟福為集團執行董事。

G5及G56鋪建築面積約6743方呎，現址食肆陳根記，月租37萬，料回報3.19厘，還有，G03號建築面積約3223方呎，現址西餐廳SuCasa月租22.6萬，回報3厘，呎價分別為2.06萬及2.82萬。

(星島日報)

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中環嘉兆意向呎租42元

統核心區商廈有價有市，備受用家追捧。中環嘉兆商業大廈高層單位，面積720方呎，意向租金約30000餘元，折合呎租約42元。

代理表示，上述放租單位為中環雲咸街75至77號嘉兆商業大廈高層單位，面積約720方呎，業主意向租金約30000餘元，平均呎租約42元。

該代理指，物業屬罕有中環細面積單位，位處高層可外望大館開揚景致，單位間隔實用，內置洗手間，極具彈性。嘉兆商業大廈備有兩部客梯可供使用，附近交通完善，連接多條巴士及小巴綫，距離港鐵中環站只需約8分鐘步程，瞬間接通港九新界，四通八達。

該代理又指，物業鄰近中環半山自動扶手電梯、蘭桂坊及蘇豪區，人流非常暢旺，加上古蹟及藝術館大館近在咫尺，中西日式美食等餐飲配套完善，並靠近中環著名商廈中環中心及中央廣場等，可與周邊商廈產生協同效應。地利優越為企業進駐所考慮的重要一環，是次物業屬核心商業區中矜貴優質放租盤源，預料可獲具實力的企業趁低承租。

(星島日報)

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寫字樓租金 未來數月逐步升

近月地產市場正逐步回復，各類物業表現不同。整體而言，住宅銷售強勁反映市場復甦速度快。一手和二手住宅表現強勁，當中一手住宅銷售按月增幅尤其顯著。就寫字樓市場，近月港島區甲級寫字樓的租賃活動顯著增加，而九龍區甲級寫字樓市場持續活躍。

另外，在防疫措施放寬，大型疫苗接種計劃推出及市場對於新冠疫情的關注減低的背景下，香港零售物業市場將持續復甦。

就港島甲級寫字樓市場而言，租賃活動顯著增加，令空置率下跌，特別是非核心商業區。更多金融機構，特別是大型跨國企業，考慮到在其房地產計劃中實施靈活工作計劃，反映出市場對共享工作空間的需求強勁。鑑於較為穩定的營商環境，市場前景仍然樂觀，預期寫字樓的租金將會在未來數月逐步回升。

而九龍區甲級寫字樓市場，跟香港區的租賃市場一樣，租賃市場仍然活躍，租賃個案以面積5,000平方呎或以下為主。過去數月，九龍區的甲級寫字樓租金繼續溫和調整，預計今年首3季租金見底。筆者預計放寬入境限制將推動企業尤其中國內地的企業作出房地產決策，刺激經濟活動上升，從而帶動未來的租金反彈。

經濟復甦 零售物業市場樂觀

零售物業市場有所改善，由於防疫措施有所放寬，疫苗接種計劃大規模推出，加上市民對新冠疫情的擔憂減弱，香港零售物業市場持續復甦。根據最新的統計，零售業總銷貨額近300億港元，這是零售銷貨額連續幾個月錄得按年增長，筆者預計2021年全年零售總銷貨額有望按年增加10%，達至約3,600億港元。

在香港經濟復甦及邊境最終開放的預期下，優質街舖及商場的零售商對零售物業市場的前景更為樂觀。隨着空置商舖逐漸被吸納，業主在租賃談判時態度更堅定。有些業主在租約即將完結前與租客討論上調租金。由於消費者信心逐漸恢復，消費券計劃亦已推出，加上更廣泛的疫苗接種，預期商舖的人流將會持續增加，零售業亦將會慢慢復甦。

住宅續向好 一二手表現強勁

住宅物業市場則持續向好，住宅買家的信心依然樂觀。一手和二手住宅市場表現強勁。近月一手住宅市場的銷售增幅特別顯著。此外，豪宅市場表現堅挺，近月亦錄得多宗超過1億港元的大額交易。住宅租賃方面，住宅交易活躍，特別是每月平均租金超過10萬港元或以上的租賃市場。更多的業主把物業出租，而一些租客有意利用同一預算租用更優質的物業。

就香港的豪宅而言，隨着香港經濟狀況持續改善，息口維持在低位，上半年的超級豪宅成交宗數按年上升61%。單計今年頭6個月豪宅交易額已達到24億美元，遠遠高於2020年同期的14億美元。香港的豪宅樓價在2020年曾下跌7%，現時的樓價較歷史高位不遠，而成交量亦有所反彈。由於超級豪宅的業主通常不急於套現，只會以吸引的價錢出售物業，而隨着新冠疫情受控，近期準買家亦更熱衷於收購優質資產，預計今年香港的超級豪宅樓價將會繼續反彈，2021全年可升5至8%。

(經濟日報)

18 building plans win approval

The Buildings Department has approved 18 architectural plans in June, including a residential site co-owned by Kaisa (1638) in Kai Tak and CK Asset's (1113) Kwun Tong site for "starter homes."

Sitting on the runway of the former Hong Kong airport at Kai Tak, the approved plan allows the construction of six 22-to-24 story buildings and four six-to-seven story buildings in area 4B, site 4 of Kai Tak, which has a gross floor area of about 575,000 square feet.

The site was bought by Goldin Finance (0530) in 2018 but transferred to Rich Fast International, a holding company controlled by mainland developers Kaisa and Sinolink Worldwide (1168).

CK Asset's domestic site on Anderson Road in Kwun Tong is approved to build six blocks of high-rise apartments with a maximum of 32 stories along with four one-story, single-family houses. The gross floor area of the site is around 1.08 million sq ft.

The second-biggest developer in Hong Kong is required to offer no less than 1,000 flats as starter homes for sale at 80 percent of the market price to eligible applicants of the government's starter homes project.

Meanwhile, the Urban Renewal Authority received at least six tenders for the Bailey Street/Wing Kwong Street Development Project in To Kwa Wa, which is the biggest project in seven years with a valuation of as much as HK$10 billion. The six bidders included CK Assets, Sino Land (0083), Henderson Land Development (0012), K Wah International (0173), a conglomerate formed by Kerry Properties (0683) and China Merchants Land (0978), and another joint bid by Chinachem and Wheelock.

(The Standard)

Hong Kong developer Henderson Land says will increase supply of flats after strong showing in first half of 2021

Developer says it will make about 5,700 flats available for sale in the second half

Home prices will be volatile but will rise over the next several months, analyst says

Henderson Land Development, the city’s third-largest developer by market value, said it will increase the number of flats it sells in the second half of this year after reporting a significant jump in core profit for the first half.

The developer said it would make about 5,700 flats available for sale in the second six-month period, a 50 per cent increase from the 3,800 units it aimed to put up for sale during the same period in 2020.

“The local [coronavirus outbreak] has become stable and various sectors, with the exception of tourism, have gradually resumed their normal activities,” Henderson Land said in a filing to the stock exchange on Monday.

“Besides, the ongoing easing measures adopted by major central banks around the world have kept interest rates at a low level, which has rendered further support to the local property market,” Lee Ka-kit and Lee Ka-shing, the developer’s co-chairmen and sons of founder Lee Shau-kee, the second richest man in Hong Kong, said in the filing.

Henderson Land’s statement comes amid a new high in Hong Kong home prices. According to weekly data released by the property market index, which tracks 133 housing estates in Hong Kong, home prices hit a new high in the first week of August, and were marginally higher than in June 2019, when anti-government protests rocked the city. The index retreated 0.5 per cent for the week ending on August 15, but not before stretching a three-week rally into the first seven-day period. The index, a gauge of prices of lived-in homes, is compiled by property agency.

“Home prices will become a bit volatile after hitting a record high. But the overall trend will be prices rising over the next several months,” agent said. The agent said it is expected that the home prices to increase by up to 15 per cent if the border with mainland China is reopened this year.

On Monday, Henderson Land said its underlying profit, excluding a revaluation loss of HK$1.3 billion (US$166.8 million) on investment properties, amounted to HK$7.8 billion for the six months to June, up 51 per cent from a year ago. The developer attributed its strong core earnings partly to Miramar Hotel and Investment Company, which became a subsidiary of the group. Miramar’s assets and liabilities were consolidated into the group at their fair value, resulting in an attributable gain of HK$1.9 billion.

The developer’s revenue declined 19.65 per cent to HK$8.79 billion over the period, as property sales fell 47 per cent to HK$3.45 billion. It, however, proposed an interim dividend of HK$0.50 per share, the same as a year ago.

Henderson Land said it would also put 230,000 sq ft of office and industrial space on the market in the coming months.

Meanwhile, Henderson Investment, a subsidiary that runs department stores in Hong Kong, reported a 38 per cent fall in its net profit to HK$30 million in the first half. This was partly due to the absence of wage subsidies from the government’s Employment Support Scheme. Last year, the company received HK$21 million in such government subsidies.

Shares of Henderson Land advanced 1.7 per cent to close at HK$35.8 ahead of the earnings release on Monday. Henderson Investment remained unchanged at HK$0.4.

(South China Morning Post)

「鋪王」鄧成波家族連環沽貨，消息指，該家族最新以4.5億沽出尖沙嘴柯士甸道太極樓85%業權，該項目於3年前曾獲另一投資者以6.28億洽購，惟該交易最終告吹，是次成交價亦較早前洽購價低近3成。

市場消息指出，由鄧成波家族家族持有的尖沙嘴柯士甸道132號至134號太極樓85%業權以4.5億易手，據悉，該項目地盤面積5441方呎，現為一幢12層高商住大廈，地下為商鋪、一樓為寫字樓，至於2樓至11樓為住宅，可建樓面面積約6.52萬方呎。市場消息指，買家為資深投資者朱鴻鈞。

市傳投資者朱鴻鈞承接

資料顯示，上述一籃子物業於2018年獲一名澳門投資者以6.28億洽購，惟該買賣最終告吹，故是次成交價較早前洽購價低約1.78億，幅度約28%。

據土地註冊處資料顯示，上址原業主以公司名義儷人行有限公司持有，註冊董事為鄧耀昇及葉少萍。資料顯示，鄧成波家族於2016年以約4億購入上址，故持貨5年帳面獲利約5000萬，物業升值12.5%。

鄧成波家族近期連環沽貨，累售約30項，其中，由該家族持有屯門東亞紗廠全幢，以及粉嶺勉勵龍中心全幢，分別以22.4億及6.95億易手，買家為華潤物流。

該家族近期另一沽出物業為九龍城侯王道26號地鋪，建築面積約1000方呎，以3650萬售出，平均呎價約3.65萬，現址為髮型屋，鄧成波於2018年8月以3500萬購入，持貨接近3年，帳面獲利150萬，物業升值約4.2%。

五年升值12.5%

另一方面，工廈市場亦頻錄買賣，市場消息指，青衣工業中心2期地下單號單位，面積約4516方呎，以2380萬成交，呎價約5270元。另外，葵涌華豐工業中心2期低層N室，面積約1904方呎，以600萬售出，呎價約3151元。

(星島日報)

遠東發展大廈中層每呎14146元沽

疫情逐步回落，帶動商廈交投轉活，中環遠東發展大廈中層單位以呎價14146元易手，屬市價水平。

據土地註冊處資料顯示，中環遠東發展大廈中層02室，於上月底以1590萬易手，買家以公司名義WTF HOLDING LIMITED登記，註冊董事為袁姓人士，原業主於2009年以520萬購入，以公司名義新天資產管理有限公司 (CROWN SKY ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED) 持有，註冊董事為陳姓人士，持貨12年帳面獲利1070萬，物業期間升值約2.05倍。

據從事商廈買賣的地產代理指出，上述單位面積1124方呎，以易手價計呎價約14146元，屬市價水平。

12年升值約2.05倍

據代理資料顯示，該廈近期頻錄成交，其中，該廈6樓4室，面積1190方呎，於上月以1470萬售出，呎價約12353元。

此外，灣仔德士古大廈亦錄買賣，消息指，該商廈高層，面積2220方呎，以約3000萬易手，每呎造價約1.35萬。

另一方面，指標甲廈市場亦錄市價承租，消息指，上環信德中心招商局大廈高層09至10室，面積約2719方呎，以146826元租出，呎租約54元，屬市價水平。

(星島日報)

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信德中心中層單位 呎租約54元

甲廈租務略為轉好，消息指，上環信德中心招商局大廈中層09至10室，面積約2,719平方呎，以每月約14.6萬元租出，呎租約54元。由於該單位享正海景，成交呎租算理想水平。

另中環乙廈永安集團大廈錄租務，涉及物業低層06室，面積約1,796平方呎，以每呎約38元租出，涉及月租約6.8萬元。

(經濟日報)

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銅鑼灣舊樓重建有價 財團爭收購

銅鑼灣為本港核心區，吸引財團收購區內舊樓，其中位處心臟地段的波斯富街舊樓早年由不同財團收購，掀起一場爭奪戰，而最近戰況亦有突破，因有業主招標放售旗下關鍵逾2成業權，若目前正收購的財團最後成功購入該業權，料將可達到8成的強拍門檻。

利園山道20物業招標 佔2成業權

位於希慎廣場後面、比鄰羅素街的利園山道5至27號、波斯富街54至76號，及羅素街60號的舊樓群，佔地約2萬平方呎，目前坐落於「商業 (2)」用途地帶上，早於2013年獲財團「插旗」收購，同時亦有多批投資者、發展商「落釘」，掀起一場爭奪戰，惟一直膠着，而市場消息指，新世界 (00017) 擁有上述地段逾60%業權。

而當中持有利園山道23、25號 (部分)、波斯富街72號及波斯富街74號 (前段) 的4個地舖，及16個分布於同廈1至5樓單位的小業主，近日委託代理將整批20個物業招標，截標日期為9月28日，該批單位佔該廈地段份數逾20%，成為物業能否進行強拍的關鍵之一，而根據市場人士透露，該批單位的業權市值約18億元。

翻查土地註冊處資料，利園山道23號地舖業主為CEHK LIMITED，董事包括資深投資者張實來、張令宙等，而波斯富街72號地舖則由陳星海企業有限公司，董事包括英記茶莊的陳樹源、陳根源等持有。

事實上，物業位於銅鑼灣的心臟地帶，附近有地標式大型商場，比鄰亦曾多次成為全球最貴舖租地段，羅素街更為昔日內地旅客必到，而距離港鐵銅鑼灣站僅數分鐘內的步程，發展潛力相當高。

加路連山商業地 料發展商廈

而位處時代廣場旁邊的霎東街5號舊樓，於本年4月底獲財團以約6.06億元統一其業權。市場消息指，該財團不排除為希慎 (00014) 或相關人士，如消息屬實，料物業重建後，可與附近同系的利舞臺廣場產生協同效應，進一步鞏固希慎在銅鑼灣大地主的地位。同一財團亦於去年6月亦就勿地臣街10及12號、勿地臣街16號，及霎東街9A及9B號的舊樓地盤分別申請強拍，料會連同霎東街5號的舊樓合併重建，組成一個近9,700平方呎的地盤，總樓面涉約14.5萬平方呎。

值得一提的是，希慎於5月亦夥拍華懋以約197.78億元奪得銅鑼灣加路連山道商業地，每平方呎樓面地價逾1.8萬元，高於市場估值上限約15%。希慎發言人透露，預計在地皮興建1幢樓高28至30層的商廈，總投資額達260億元。

(經濟日報)

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上海街商住樓意向價二億

疫情持續轉好，帶動工商鋪交投轉活，部分業主亦趁勢推售旗下物業。佐敦上海街66至68號全幢商住物業，以意向價2億放售。

代理表示，佐敦上海街66至68號全幢，地下為商鋪用途，1至5樓則為住宅單位，以意向價約2億放售，地鋪面積約1498方呎，樓上住宅一梯一伙設計，1樓面積約1367方呎，2至5樓每層面積約1212方呎。

該代理指，業主於去年斥資約3000萬為全幢大廈作翻新，因此物業外貌及設施均見簇新，業主更特意為大廈加裝內置電梯直達各層，為項目大大升值。徐氏續指，大廈同時亦開放招租，以全幢形式承租，意向月租約22萬。

同時每月22萬放租