由TOYOMALL持有的北角新光戲院鋪址標售，項目佔全幢大廈業權逾77%，料將受惠新強拍門檻，該項目亦是半世紀地標，粵劇戲迷蒲點，代理建議準買家改商場，增加租金收入。

近期大手沽售物業的TOYOMALL，推出旗下北角新光戲院現址標售，物業為英皇道413至423號僑輝大廈戲院部分、地下、1至6樓及天台，總建築面積約9.6萬方呎，總地盤面積約2.98萬方呎，以現狀連約推出，佔全幢大廈約77.41%業權，截標日期9月28日。

總面積9.6萬呎

新光戲院於1972年開幕，屹立區內半世紀，是粵劇戲迷蒲點，演出數之不盡的，舞台劇、演唱會、中國地方戲曲展及神州藝術節等，亦在此舉行。

目前TOYOMALL就項目月收130萬，4樓及5樓則放盤中，第一太平戴維斯投資部董事胡子申表示，物業現時為零售基座，總樓面約9.5萬方呎，若呎租40元，現址月收近400萬，地鋪亦可分間出租，商場有潛力加建至約14萬方呎，全新規劃，樓面增加50%。

代理薦改建商場增值

有外資代理行代理續指，《施政報告》建議放寬強拍門檻至七成業權，將令項目率先受惠。

市場消息指，大廈樓齡逾50年，佔地2.98萬方呎，若以地積比15倍計算，可建樓面44.7萬，若每呎樓面地價1萬，全幢金額高近45億。

2003年，TOYOMALL斥1.68億，向僑光置業購入新光戲院及僑輝大廈商場業權，身為投資者，於2005年8月，有意將物業發展主題商場，粵劇界人士汪明荃交涉，民政事務局亦或斡旋，業主願意延續租期4年至2009年。2012年，經營新光戲院的香港聯藝機構以商業考慮為由不續約，原定同年2月19日結業，戲劇團盛世天創辦人李居明與業主洽商，結果，新光戲院在結業前兩日成功續約4年。「新光戲院大劇場」同年5月21日重新啟用，李居明投資逾千萬元翻新物業，2021年再續租3年。

(星島日報)

恒基大角嘴舊樓 強拍底價6.97億

市區地皮供應有限，不少財團選擇併購市區舊樓，以增加供應，其中，由恒基收購的大角嘴道舊樓獲批強拍，其底價涉及約6.97億，目前只剩下其中一個地段，收取83.33%業權，將透過強拍統一該批舊樓業權。根據市場消息透露，該項目將發展中小型住宅，總樓面約7.62萬方呎。

持有83.33%業權

據土地審裁處顯示，恒基收購的大角嘴道177至191號舊樓，剛批出強拍令，底價為6.97億，是次申請為EVER GREAT DEVELOMENT LIMITED (廣益發展有限公司)，董事包括李家誠、馮李煥琼、李鏡禹，均屬恒基相關人士。

早於兩年前申請時，恒基持有177至179號舊樓91.67%業權，而181至183號舊樓91.67%，185及187號逾80.56%業權，189及191號約91.67%業權。目前，只有185及187號持有83.33%業權，其餘號數均已統一業權。該項目早於1957年落成，至今約63年樓齡，地盤面積約8995方呎。

(星島日報)

灣仔北海中心 享地利配套齊

灣仔比鄰金鐘，為香港傳統商業區之一，其中灣仔北海中心鄰近銅鑼灣及灣仔，可享雙邊優勢，加上周邊配套完善，吸引不少商戶進駐。

灣仔北海中心位於軒尼詩道326至338號，樓高31層，屬區內指標商業大廈之一，物業於1993年落成，至今樓齡約30年，大廈保養得宜，整體裝修乾淨企理。大廈設有4部客梯及1部貨梯，方便上落，可有效疏通人流。全層樓面面積約6,733平方呎，四正無柱，故即使全層物業分拆為多個細單位，亦可做到間隔方正實用，為中小企在單位設計及擺位上提供更大靈活度。

物業基座及1樓為商舖，設有多間食肆及零售商舖。大廈內商戶以貿易、科技及金融業為主。

室內空間見使 方便擺放

單位由於柱位設於牆邊位置，故令室內空間更見使，亦方便擺放辦公用品。由於大廈位於軒尼詩道，離海邊較遠，故由大廈外望，景觀多為灣仔都市樓景，景觀尚算開揚。

物業地理位置便利，僅需約5至10分鐘步程，即可到達灣仔傳統商業圈及銅鑼灣購物區，人流極為暢旺。交通方面，物業鄰近港鐵灣仔及銅鑼灣站，附近亦設有電車站及巴士站，方便往返港九新界各區。大廈亦設有停車場，方便駕駛人士出入。

買賣方面，大廈今年暫錄1宗成交，為中層B室，面積956平方呎。以1,068萬元成交，呎價11,172元。而再對上一宗成交為去年10月，中層F室單位，面積1,477平方呎，以1,513.9萬元成交，呎價10,250元。

租務方面，大廈今年暫未錄得租務成交，最新成交為去年9月，低層A至F室單位，面積6,773平方呎，以15萬元租出，呎租約22元。

(經濟日報)

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中層戶放售 意向價1188萬

全面通關後商務交流恢復正常，商業氣氛稍見向好，港島區商廈入市氣氛亦見轉好，帶動睇樓量有所回升。灣仔區商廈亦見受惠，加上會展站開通後，加強地利交通優勢，吸引不少中小企進駐區內商廈。新近有業主放售北海中心中層單位，意向價約1,188萬元。

有代理表示，單位為中層D室，面積約940平方呎，意向價約1,188萬元，呎價約12,600元。

面積940呎 呎價12600

該代理續指，通關後整體工商舖買賣表現觀望氣氛持續，而寫字樓租賃情況則稍見好轉。有代理行資料顯示，最新6月份租務成交宗數約506宗，較今年1月約369宗上升約37%，當中5月宗數更約達676宗。數據反映寫字樓租用需求量有明顯增加。加上是次放售單位處於灣仔區指標商廈，比鄰多座甲級建築如恒匯中心、中國人壽大廈，相信在性價比相對較高誘因下會獲企業吸納。

(經濟日報)

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金鐘力寶中心 高層戶呎租叫38元

力寶中心為金鐘指標，現物業高層單位，以每呎約38元放租。

面積3224呎 月租12.3萬

有代理表示，有業主出租金鐘力寶中心二座高層單位，物業建築面積約為3,224平方呎，業主意向呎租約38元，單位租金約12.3萬元。

該代理表示，物業處於極高層，景觀開揚，可望翠綠香港公園景，附寫字樓裝修，已分間成多個會議室，包括3間會議室及6間經理室，適合金融、專業律師事務所、集團、上市公司等行業。大廈設有4部載客升降機及1部載貨升降機可以到達該層，亦設有停車場及上落客位，方便車輛出入。

租務上，物業6月錄數宗租務，包括2座中層07室，面積約2,265平方呎，以每月約10.4萬元租出，呎租約46元。另2座高層02至03室，面積約4,525平方呎，成交呎租約45元。

(經濟日報)

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Historic North Point theater is up for sale

A property in North Point housing one of Hong Kong's most iconic theaters has been listed for sale through tender.

The sale of a portfolio of properties which comprises the Sunbeam Theatre premises, ground floor to sixth floor, and rooftop of the Kiu Fai Mansion on No 413-423 King's Road in North Point, has been entrusted exclusively to a real estate firm.

Kiu Fai Mansion, spanning approximately 96,000 square feet of total gross floor area, is being sold in its current condition and includes existing tenancies.

The tender will close on September 28.

The property available for tender constitutes about 77.41 percent of the undivided shares of the entire building, which is close to the compulsory sale application threshold of 80 percent.

Presently, for private buildings aged 50 years or older, the compulsory sale application threshold stands at 80 percent, but the government is proposing lowering it to 70 percent to make it easier for redeveloping old buildings.

With Sunbeam Theatre being operational for nearly 51 years, the aging building has a significant opportunity for redevelopment.

The theater and commercial area are presently located on the ground floor to the fifth floor, while the sixth floor is designated for residential use.

The property was previously sold for HK$168 million in 2003.

According to the agency, the property is located in the central area of North Point, with convenient access to amenities such as the Harbour North shopping mall, the newly completed Hyatt Centric Victoria Harbour Hong Kong hotel, and Henderson Land's (0012) Novum Point housing estate, all of which are recent projects.

Additionally, it is just a one-minute walk away from the North Point MTR station.

In terms of nearby home prices, the average transaction price for the adjacent Novum Point was HK$27,144 per square foot, as reported on another agency's website.

The first agency also mentioned that the property has the potential for redevelopment into a 140,000-sq-ft podium mall, which would result in an almost 50 percent increase in the current building area.

The property holds significant historical value due to the iconic status of Sunbeam Theatre, which was founded in 1972 by a troupe of Shanghai immigrants.

The theater is renowned for its Chinese traditional art performances and Cantonese opera in particular.

(The Standard)

More flats in Hung Hom hit the market

Henderson Land Development (0012) released the second batch of 28 flats at Baker Circle Greenwich in Hung Hom, as most Hong Kong interbank offered rates rose yesterday.

Homes in the batch are sized from 265 to 387 square feet with one to two bedrooms.

The average price after discounts is HK$18,978 per sq ft, less than 1 percent higher than the first price list of 56 units.

This came as the one-month Hibor, to which the mortgage rate is linked, inched up 1.6 basis points to 5.28744 percent, a fresh high since October 2007. The overnight Hibor surged 36.9 basis points to 5.59536 percent but both the one-week and two-week rates edged down less than 2 basis points to 5.28637 percent.

And China Citic Bank International has raised its prime rate by 12.5 basis points to 6.125 percent in line with its peers.

Despite the hikes, more than 4,000 property agents were expected to have visited the sales office of CK Asset's (1113) The Coast Line II in Yau Tong yesterday to prepare for future sales. The first batch may be unveiled this week and a 447-sq-ft showroom may open to the public as well.

In the secondary market, an emigrating homeowner sold a 789-sq-ft flat at The Horizon in Pak Shek Kok for HK$10.95 million and suffered a paper loss of HK$4.31 million, according to a property agency.

The vendor, who was willing to slash the asking price to clinch a deal quickly, had purchased the unit along with a parking space for HK$15.26 million in 2019, the agency said.

In the luxury market, a 2,623-sq-ft house at Redhill Peninsula in Tai Tam has been put up for sale, an agent said. Market valuations for the house are around HK$84 million, or HK$32,024 per sq ft.

(The Standard)

市區地皮供應不足，尤其位處港島區更為罕有，發展商頻頻向舊樓埋手，由恒基及太古地產合作收購的鰂魚涌英皇道及濱海街一系列舊樓，最新獲土地審裁處批出強拍令，底價高達63.1億，創本港有史以來金額最高的強拍底價紀錄。

每呎樓面地價約1.29萬

根據土審處的文件資料顯示，上述舊樓位於鰂魚涌英皇道983至987A號及濱海街16至94號，地盤面積約43882萬方呎，現址為包括瑞士樓等一列舊樓，重建為商住物業的地積比率逾9.38倍，可重建樓面面積約487217方呎。按上述強拍底價計算，平均每方呎樓面地價約12951元。

判詞指出，土審處信納上述舊樓的樓齡及維修狀況，申請人有充分理據重建該地段，並且已採取合理步驟收購地段內所有不可分割份數，因此批出強拍令。

地產界人士指，預料短期內發展商將委託測量師行進行拍賣，相信發展商可以底價投得，並統一業權進行重建。

資料顯示，恒基及太古地產曾向城市規劃委員會申請，將濱海街6幢舊樓重建為1幢32層高，包括辦公室、商店、服務行業及食肆等的商業大廈，並設有4層地庫停車場及2層平台，然而有關申請未獲接納。

將重建為商住大廈

土審處的文件顯示，上址將重建為1幢29層高、位於2層地庫停車場上的商住物業，其中地下至2樓為商鋪、住客會所及平台花園等非住宅樓面，4樓至29樓則為住宅單位，其中4樓至18樓每層32伙，19至28樓每層31伙，29樓則有15伙，非住宅樓面逾75476方呎，住宅樓面則約411741方呎。

太古地產在鰂魚涌擁有多個重建項目，當中位於船塢里8號的華廈工業大廈，今年5月獲批強拍，並且安排於今年6月底拍賣，底價高達51.25億，創本港歷來強拍底價最高紀錄，然而發展商於拍賣前，成功就物業餘下單位或業權，與有關業主簽署臨時買賣合約，因此毋須透過強拍統一業權進行發展。

至於恒基亦頻頻透過併購市區舊樓增加土地儲備，當中大角嘴道177至191號舊樓，本周一獲土審處批出強拍令，底價6.97億，將重建為中小型單位的住宅，可建總樓面約7.62萬方呎。

(星島日報)

「港島•東18」基座舖 英皇1.8億沽

屋苑基座商舖受捧，消息指，英皇 (00163) 以約1.8億元，沽出西灣河港島•東18基座舖位。

消息稱，西灣河成安街18號舖位易手，涉及物業地下及1樓，地下面積約5,530平方呎，1樓面積約4,908平方呎，合共約10,439平方呎。物業現時近乎全數租出，租客包括超級市場、餅店、零食店等，每月租金收入約53萬元。

每月租金收入約53萬

據悉，項目原由英皇持有，早年發展住宅項目港島‧東18，而商舖部分一直保留收租。較早前，業主把舖位放售，叫價約2.19億元，如今減近兩成，以1.8億元沽出，呎價約1.7萬元，回報率約3.5厘。市場人士透露，買家料為內地投資者。

上星期同區One Eighty兩層商舖，以7,500萬元成交，由盛滙商舖購入。

另商廈租務方面，消息指，長沙灣全新甲廈南商金融創新中心中層A02室，面積約1,448平方呎，成交呎租約23元。

另尖沙咀力寶太陽廣場中層12室，面積約1,550平方呎，以每呎約33元租出。

(經濟日報)

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灣仔3政府大樓 已獲批重建

市區商業用地供應罕有，而灣仔北3座政府大樓重建計劃，於上月終獲城規會批准申請，意味日後灣仔核心地段將新增大型指標甲級寫字樓、酒店及會展設施項目，總樓面高達約250萬平方呎。

樓高52層 集甲廈會展酒店

上述重建項目規模龐大，重建地盤包括灣仔政府大樓、稅務大樓、入境事務大樓、港灣消防局等用地，所組成的重建地盤面積逾16.6萬平方呎。當局計劃以地積比率15倍重建，其總樓面面積高達約249.4萬平方呎，日後項目樓高達52層，其中最低10層將發展為會議及展覽樓面，涉約92.5萬平方呎，中間27層則重建為甲級商廈，總樓面逾97萬平方呎，至於最頂約15層則為酒店，佔約57.4萬平方呎。據城規會文件，上述3座灣仔北政府大樓最快2026年騰空。而業界初步預測，地皮估值約199.5億至224.4億元，即每呎樓面地價約8,000至9,000元。

另外，於今個財政年度 (2023年4月至2024年3月) 灣仔區內亦料有新商業用地推出。地皮位於駱克道219號至227號，即前灣仔已婚警察宿舍。用地比鄰前灣仔警署，地盤面積約19,881平方呎，最高地積比率限制為12倍，總樓面約238,572平方呎。

前灣仔已婚警察宿舍 料今財年推

事實上，政府早年曾計劃將地皮前方的前灣仔警署用地與上述已婚宿舍合併出售，並發展為一個商業及酒店項目，但考慮到警署屬於二級歷史建築，不可重建，其用地的規劃意向亦主要是保存及活化舊警署，以作酒店、商業、社區及/或文化等用途。

觀乎現時區內有至少13個商業重建項目，總樓面面積涉逾520萬平方呎。由於該區的商業官地供應不多，財團及發展商主要透過收購舊樓或申請改劃重建增加土地儲備。較近銅鑼灣一帶的灣仔樂基中心，於今年5月獲城規會批准重建1幢27層高 (包括2層地庫) 的商廈，以發展食肆、商店及服務行業、辦公室，總樓面約103,948平方呎。

同時，在金鐘及灣仔一帶擁有不少物業的太古地產 (01972) 旗下太古廣場六座，亦料於今年竣工。項目前身為寶華大廈等舊樓，所涉總樓面約21.8萬平方呎。

(經濟日報)

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皇后大道東269號 料建住宅

太古地產 (01972) 近年積極在灣仔插旗，集團去年成功投得的灣仔皇后大道東269號的住宅官地，正進行拆樓工程及設計。

太古羅致灣仔地皮 拓商住項目

灣仔皇后大道東269號的住宅地，於去年6月以逾19.6億元批出予太古地產，每呎樓面地價約16,888元，當時成交價貼近市場估值上限。近日發展商在記者會透露，項目正進行拆樓工程及設計，預計提供約160伙，將會主打2及3房戶型。地皮佔地約1.32萬平方呎，總樓面約11.6萬平方呎。地皮當時接獲多達21份標書，反應非常分踴躍，入標財團涵蓋中小型發展商以至「大孖沙」，除太古地產外，亦包括長實、信置、會德豐、恒地、嘉華、華懋、旭日國際、漢國置業等。

事實上，發展商近年積極收購及發展灣仔一帶的地皮，除了上述住宅地，亦包括早前收購的星街項目 (現已發展為EIGHT STAR STREET) 及太古廣場六座。與此同時，集團亦持有太古廣場三座、太古廣場五座 (前稱軒尼詩道28號)、皇后大道東8號 (8QRE) 的商業項目。

(經濟日報)

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Compulsory sale sets new record at $6.3b

Swire Properties (1972) and Henderson Land Development's (0012) site in Quarry Bay was approved by the Lands Tribunal for compulsory sale with a reserve price of HK$6.31 billion - a new record for compulsory auctions in the city.

The property subject to compulsory sale comprises a range of old buildings situated at 983-987A King's Road and 16-94 Pan Hoi Street, which includes the Swiss House completed between 1959 and 1962.

The project was initially planned to develop two 32-story high-rise commercial buildings, which would include seven basement levels.

However, it was rejected by the Town Planning Board, and subsequently, the developers changed their plan to develop residential properties instead.

In March 2022, the Buildings Department approved the new redevelopment application, which includes the construction of two 28-story high-rise buildings, along with a three-story podium and two basement levels, covering approximately 368,300 square feet of residential space and around 72,300 sq ft of commercial space.

The reserve price of HK$6.31 billion for the site exceeded the previous record of HK$5.125 billion set in May for Swire Properties' Wah Ha Factory Building located at 8 Shipyard Lane in Quarry Bay.

Meanwhile, a consortium has filed an application to the Town Planning Board for relaxing the building height limit by 10 percent to build 12 houses on a site in Yuen Long. The land is situated at Shek Kong San Tsuen on Kam Tin Main Road, covering an area of about 43,060 sq ft.

The consortium has proposed to increase the building height restriction of the site from 9 meters to 9.9 meters, allowing for the development of 12 detached houses, each with two to three stories, and one non-residential building. The average floor area for each villa is around 1,435 sq ft, with expected completion in the first quarter of 2026.

In the primary market, a luxury project at Pok Fu Lam developed by Wang On Properties (1243) and others has been named Mount Pokfulam.

The development comprises seven mansions, each equipped with private front and rear gardens, a rooftop, terrace, independent garage, elevator and a private swimming pool.

The project is anticipated to be introduced in the form of move-in ready houses.

In other news, Henderson Land's Baker Circle Greenwich has received a large number of inquiries from prospective home buyers after adding the second price list, which consists of 28 units with an average discounted price of HK$18,978 per sq ft.

(The Standard)

Hong Kong property: mortgage loans for homes under construction fall to lowest in 17 years as rising interest rates stifle transactions

Loans for completed units are at a three-year low, according to data from a mortgage broker

Overall property transactions in July dropped 7.6 per cent to 4,777 cases, according to a property agency’s data

The number of new mortgage loans on residential properties in Hong Kong has dropped dramatically this year, new figures show, as rising interest rates and economic uncertainty stifle the property market.

Mortgages approved for properties under construction year to date have fallen to the lowest in 17 years, while loans for completed units have dropped to a three-year low, according to data released by a local mortgage broker on Tuesday.

“Overall, we have seen property transactions fall substantially this year, which has led to a sharp fall in mortgage loans,” the mortgage broker said.

The total number of property transactions – including new and second-hand homes, commercial buildings and car parks – dropped for a fourth consecutive month in July, declining by 7.6 per cent from June to 4,777, according to a report released by a property agency on Tuesday. That is the lowest figure in seven months.

The overall transaction value in July stood at HK$32.87 billion (US$4.2 billion), a sharp fall of 17 per cent from June and the lowest in six months.

Just 930 cases mortgages on properties under construction were approved in the first seven months of 2023, down 67.4 per cent from a year earlier, and the lowest since 2006, the mortgage broker data showed.

The number of mortgages for completed units slipped 3.5 per cent year on year to 48,057. That is the lowest since the first seven months of 2020.

On a monthly basis, the number of mortgage approved in July dropped by 9.3 per cent, to 7,617.

Rising interest rates and an uncertain economic outlook are to blame for the lower number of property transactions and hence the decline in new mortgage loans, Tso said.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority last week raised the city’s base rate for the 11th time in 17 months in lockstep with the Federal Reserve as the US central bank resumed its fight against inflation after a breather six weeks ago. Hong Kong’s monetary policy follows that of the United States as the city’s currency is pegged to the US dollar.

Commercial banks including Bank of China (Hong Kong), HSBC Holdings and Hang Seng Bank raised their best lending rate by 12.5 basis points to 5.875 per cent while Standard Chartered Bank and Bank of East Asia raised their prime rates by the same margin to 6.125 per cent, effective from last Friday or Monday.

A higher prime rate translates to higher monthly repayments for mortgage borrowers, affecting HK$1.8 trillion (US$232 billion) of outstanding home loans in Hong Kong. It has led many potential homebuyers to step back and wait to see what happens to the market before making their purchases.

The commercial banks in Hong Kong have raised their prime rate five times since September, by a total of 0.875 percentage points. It is now at a level last seen in February 2008 before the rate cut during the global financial crisis.

The payment on a typical HK$5 million (US$643,000) mortgage over 30 years have risen by 11.5 per cent after the five prime rate increases, or HK$2,431 per month to HK$23,511, according to calculations made by mortgage broker.

“As the interest rate still has room to go up, the overall buying affordability is low. Homebuyers are taking a wait-and-see approach, so property transactions are expected to continue to be slow in the third quarter,” the mortgage broker said.

(South China Morning Post)

樓市近月持續交投淡靜。有本港地產代理行引述土地註冊處統計顯示，上月整體樓宇買賣合約登記 (包括住宅、車位及工商舖物業) 錄4,426宗，總值329.67億元 (有關數字主要反映6月市況)，較6月的4,777宗及396.69億元，分別下跌7.3%及16.9%。宗數見去年12月3,565宗後的7個月新低；金額則見本年1月324.95億元後的6個月新低。

該行代理指出，上述統計反映6月利率持續高企，買家態度謹慎，令登記量連續4個月下調，累跌48.5%。7月住宅樓宇買賣登記錄3,065宗及265.91億元，較6月的3,613宗及336.21億元，分別下跌15.2%及20.9%，較今年3月高峰的6,690宗下跌超過五成。

一手私宅方面，上月錄829宗及79.2億元，較6月分別下跌17.9%及37.5%，跌穿千宗水平。至於7月一手買賣登記宗數最高新盤，是新地 (0016) 屯門 NOVO LAND 第2A期，錄321宗及20.23億元。其次是恒地 (0012) 啟德 Henley Park，錄196宗及17.64億元。至於二手私宅方面，上月錄2,098宗及182.2億元，較6月分別下跌12.6%及8.9%，反映二手觀望氣氛濃厚，買賣持續疲弱。

(明報)

豪掃太古城14個車位 投資者：跌價機會微

太古地產於今年6月，以優惠價格推售旗下太古城車位，變相減價28%至32%，有投資者透過多間有限公司，購入至少14個車位，涉資共約2,559.2萬，每個劃一價為182.8萬。

「太古走在市場前端」

該投資者接受本報查詢時回應，太古地產面對現實，敢走在現在市場前端，肯大幅減價，減幅之大，已充分反映該等車位，在未來下跌浪中絕大部分的可能跌幅。他強調，在此價格買入，未來再跌機會不大，縱使下跌，跌幅亦會非常小。

該投資者購入的車位，集中在第四期金殿臺的停車場，他續說，所有車位全部交吉買入，至於車位租金，要等完成交易、收到車位時再作擬定。

全部交吉 作出租用途

該投資者的太太，曾在2009年底大手掃入九龍站漾日居50個車位，合共涉資約2500萬，之後相隔幾個月後，她拆售部分車位，每個升值至約80萬。

除了他之外，恒基地產執行董事葉盈枝亦透過兩間公司，分別購入太古城2個車位，合共作價357.1萬。

代理指，太古城於上月錄3宗車位租賃，每月租金介乎4500至5000元。

太古地產於今年6月推售車位，折實價由130.05萬至套裝車位231.2萬，較之前減價28%至32%。

(星島日報)

尖沙嘴海防道地鋪月租68萬 藥妝店進駐每呎393元返疫市前

近期經濟氣氛欠佳，惟藥妝店仍積極建據點，尖沙嘴海防道一個地鋪，建築面積約1730方呎，由藥妝店承租，月租68萬，平均呎租393元，租金重返疫市前水平；同區「名店街」廣東道地鋪，在丟空3年後，亦迎來藥妝品回歸，月租38萬，則較疫市前下跌逾40%。

尖沙嘴海防道32至34號寶豐大廈地下B及C號鋪，建築面積約1730方呎，以每月68萬租出，新租客為一間藥妝店，該鋪位舊租客萬寧，於2008年時，以每月46萬承租該廈地下A、B及C號鋪，建築面積2980方呎，及後於2019年疫市前，以每月100萬續租，平均呎租336元。現時，B及C鋪已成功租出。

平均呎租393元

至於A鋪則仍在市場放租，建築面積1250方呎，意向月租45萬，業內人士指，大鋪拆細後，可提高呎租，若以呎租計算，租金重返疫市前水平。

事實上，市旺時，租客追求大面積鋪位，於2019年初，承租該廈A、B及C鋪的萬寧尋找擴張機會，以每月55萬增持該廈D鋪，建築面積約450方呎，呎租達1222元，合併成更大的巨鋪，惟在2022年3月第五波疫情時，經營環境嚴峻，放棄續租D鋪，以減少支出。隨後，D鋪曾短租予利是封店，目前仍然在尋找長租客。

尖沙嘴廣東道68至80號恒利大廈地下1號鋪，建築面積約1000方呎，亦由藥妝品以每月約35萬租出，平均呎租約350元。

藥妝每月35萬租廣東道鋪

該鋪位早年由星展銀行自用，及至2018年由藥妝店以每月65萬租用，及至2020年5月，該藥妝店撤出，疫情下鋪位一直丟空，現時再迎來藥妝店回歸，最新租金比2018年時跌46.2%。

(星島日報)

中環凱施餅店舖 月租35萬跌1成

東亞銀行 (00023) 旗下中環德輔道中33號地舖，原由凱施餅店租用，早前欠租並被業主收舖，現舖位獲屈臣氏以每月約35萬元租用，料跌約1成。

呎租284元 屈臣氏租用

中環德輔道中33號地舖，面積約1,229平方呎，獲個人護理用品店屈臣氏租用，近日正式開業。市場人士估計，是次月租約35萬元，呎租約284元。

屈臣氏於同區分店，原為於干諾道中馮氏大廈，而去年一醫療機構大手租馮氏大廈多層，開設綜合醫療服務旗艦中心，屈臣氏即遷出，現於同區重新開業。

翻查資料，德輔道中33號地舖，原由凱施餅店租用，而該連鎖餅店去年始出現財困，分店欠租，而該舖業主東亞銀行有限公司入稟，指凱施餅店自2022年6月1日開始，便沒有繳付租金及相關費用，涉及月租約39萬元，6月份該分店被封舖。若按是次新租金計，跌約1成。

另有代理表示，有業主連租約放售油麻地眾坊街59A號地下連1樓。地舖面積約880平方呎，1樓面積約5,000平方呎，意向價6,900萬元。

(經濟日報)

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內房續減磅 旭輝降價放赤柱5洋房

叫價逾16億減幅達16% 較購入價低8%

內房危機持續，有內房高層減價放售南區一籃子貴重物業。消息指，內房旭輝集團 (00884) 主席林中及相關人士，近日調低赤柱多幢洋房售價，涉及舂磡角道及海天徑共5座獨立屋，叫價大減16%，至逾16.59億元，較逾3年前購入價低約8%，以總樓面逾2.63萬平方呎計，平均呎價近6.3萬元。

據市場人士指，上述5座洋房為赤柱舂磡角道44號、46號、48號及50號屋，以及海天徑1號，實用面積4,374至6,615平方呎，採4及5房間隔，每座洋房均連私人平台、花園及享有海景，各連同車位出售，有關物業目前由旭輝主席林中、集團副主席林偉及行政總裁林峰透過公司名義持有。

消息指出，該批洋房原於市場以共19.75億元放售，每幢洋房叫價3.16億至5.2億元，惟包括林偉等在內的旭輝管理層，近日將有關物業的售價調低15%至18.6%，至2.68億至4.42億元，總叫價降至逾16.59億元，較起初開價大減16%。

眾多幢洋房中，減幅最大為舂磡角道48號洋房，實用面積6,600平方呎，4房間隔，連1,470平方呎平台及4,351平方呎花園，享全海景，叫價由4.95億元，降至最新逾4.02億元。而最貴重一幢則是舂磡角道50號洋房，實用面積6,615平方呎，目前意向價為4.42億元，相比原先叫價5.2億元，調低7,800萬元，減幅15%。

旭輝逾15億購 18億轉讓高層

翻查資料，上述5座洋房由信德集團 (00242) 發展，發展商在2016年中起推出招標，同年底以全盤形式易手至旭輝集團，作價15.88億元。不過，旭輝集團2020年5月公布，把上述5幢洋房出售予林中、林偉及林峰所持有的投資控股公司，總代價18億元，即若以現時最新叫價計算，較當時轉讓價，低逾1.4億元或7.8%。

旭輝2022年中期年報顯示，該集團總部設於上海，主營業務在內地從事房地產開發、房地產投資及提供物業管理服務業務，並聚焦內地一、二綫城市及重點城市，發展項目涵蓋住宅、商務辦公、商業綜合體等。而截至去年6月底，集團持有2,630萬平方米土地儲備 (約2.83億平方呎)。

舂磡角道屬於傳統豪宅貴重地段，吸引不少城中名人卜居，例如有「打工皇帝」稱號的長和 (00001) 聯席董事總經理霍建寧，就曾持有舂磡角道64至66號兩間大屋。

事實上，近期不乏內房高層、前高層放售或遭出售在港物業，例如恒大 (03333) 前副主席兼行政總裁夏海鈞，今年6月便以1.6億元放售北角柏傲山6座頂層複式戶。而恒大主席許家印持有的山頂布力徑10B號大屋，實用面積5,171平方呎，較早前被銀行接管放售，市值料約8.8億元。

(經濟日報)

內房富豪續沽貨 超豪宅大洗牌？

內房危機爆發多時，除內房持續面臨資金緊張，亦導致不少內房高層或相關行業富豪，身家出現萎縮。有內地富豪已放售或沽出在港物業套現，若有關情況持續，恐觸發本港貴重物業出現大洗牌。

受惠過去樓市攀升，加上傳統地段的豪宅供應緊絀，吸引不少內地富豪將資金調至本港，投資於豪宅物業市場，尤其市區豪宅及超豪等。

內房危機未除 賣港物業套現

然而，在內房危機等影響下，近年內地富豪變賣在港手頭物業的個案持續出現，當中更不乏蝕讓或遭強制出售的情況。例如，融創中國 (01918) 主席孫宏斌胞弟孫宏兵，去年3月以1.38億元售出西半山敦皓高層C室連天台戶，相比2018年購入價近1.89億元，約3年半貶值5,080萬元或26.9%，連同入市辣稅及其他使費，料更蝕近約1.1億元。

此外，海航集團 (國際) 副首席執行官孫乾皓，同年9月以3,008萬元沽售東涌水藍天一幢單號屋，持貨短短逾3年帳面貶值172萬元或5.4%離場。

除內地富豪自行沽貨，一些過往由內地富商持有的物業，近期也接連被接管放售，較近期一宗例如深圳祥祺集團主席陳紅天持有的港島東半山豪宅傲璇單位，早前由債權人委任羅兵咸接管，並於市場標售。

內房危機非一日之寒，若行業痛點未來遲遲未能解決，或有更多相關行業的內地富豪出售在港物業，情況如持續，恐觸發本港貴重物業大洗牌。

(經濟日報)

Firms upgrade HK offices as rents fall

Companies are jumping on the opportunity to upgrade to bigger and better offices amid Hong Kong's rare property downturn.

Jefferies Financial has moved from Li Ka-shing's Cheung Kong Center to Two International Finance Centre; ByteDance has relocated to One International Finance Centre and law firm Stephenson Harwood has leased One Taikoo Place in Quarry Bay, switching from United Centre in Admiralty.

Tenants in Kowloon are also moving to Hong Kong Island to be closer to the central business district, with premium spirits company Edrington Group upgrading from Exchange Tower at Kowloon Bay to a 16,700-square-foot space at Swire Properties's (1972) Two Pacific Place.

With slowing demand and an impending influx of supply, Grade-A office rents are 31 percent lower than in 2019, according to a property agency data.

"Right now we've got a lot of nice buildings, whereas in the past even if you wanted to get in you can't get in," an agent said. "With Hong Kong's overall vacancy at around 15 percent, it's giving occupiers the opportunity to go in, look for better stuff and at more affordable rental levels."

(The Standard)

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Hong Kong home rental market on fire as influx of mainland professionals, graduates stokes deal volumes in key areas

Transaction volumes in Mid-Levels West and Yuen Long strike all-time highs in July, as fresh demand invigorates rental market

Demand surge can also be attributed to prospective buyers postponing their purchase plans due to rising interest rates, experts say

The demand for rental homes in several prominent districts of Hong Kong struck an all-time high in July as an influx of mainland China professionals and graduates added pressure to a red-hot market and fuelled expectations of further rent increases in the second half of 2023, property agents said.

The Mid-Levels West area recorded a total of 501 leasing transactions in July, the highest monthly tally ever, according to a property agency.

In Yuen Long’s district centre, rental agreements also hit a record of 200 last month while the 85 rental transactions struck in Tsing Yi was a three month high, according to the data complied by agents.

“Hong Kong’s rental market has entered its peak season,” an agent said. “Overseas students, mainly from mainland China, are returning to Hong Kong to study. That has brought fresh demand in the market. It is expected that the rental performance will continue to improve in the third quarter.”

This surge in demand can also be attributed to prospective buyers postponing their purchase plans due to rising interest rates, another agent said.

There were 4,426 property purchase transactions recorded in July, down 7.34 per cent from a month ago. Among them, residential transactions fell 15.16 per cent month on month to 3,065 deals, according to the data released by Land Registry on Wednesday.

The implementation of various talent schemes has attracted a substantial influx of professionals and graduates to the region, further driving the demand, the agent said. “Considering these factors, the residential leasing market has experienced remarkable activity,” the agent said adding that rents will rise further.

Hong Kong’s Top Talent Pass Scheme was launched last December in a bid to reverse a brain drain and address challenges stemming from a declining population. Under the scheme, a new two-year visa is offered to those who earned no less than HK$2.5 million in the previous year and graduates of the world’s top 100 universities with at least three years of working experience in the last five years.

Hong Kong has received more than 100,000 applications to various talent schemes so far this year and approved over 60 per cent of them, nearly double the number targeted, according to the government.

In a reflection of the heated market conditions, just 13,239 rental units are on offer, according to the property agency, meaning there were five prospective tenants for every available unit in Hong Kong. The agency said it had arranged a record of over 3,000 leasing transactions in July.

Housing rents have been rising in Hong Kong since the beginning of this year due to an influx of mainland professionals and graduates.

The average rent per sq ft calculated by usable area was about HK$34.79, representing a month-on-month increase of 0.7 per cent. That is the fifth straight monthly rise and reaches a level not seen since December 2021, according to another property agency.

On a six month basis, overall home rents rose 3.2 per cent, with flats in the size category of 1,076 to 1,721 sq ft seeing the biggest growth of 5.5 per cent, according to the Rating and Valuation Department.

According to an agency in Hong Kong, luxury rents are anticipated to rise by as much as 5 per cent in the second half of the year.

A property agent concurred with this upwards trend saying that this was due to limited new supplies of large-sized flats. The agent estimated that since 2019 around 600 new flats measuring 1,000 sq ft or larger had entered the market each year. “Considering the new demand from talent schemes, the market has been oversubscribed,” the agent said.

“When professionals with families arrive, they seek larger flats. As a result, the agency predicts that luxury flats measuring 1,700 sq ft or more will experience a four per cent increase in the second half of the year.”

In some cases, even tiny high-end flats in good locations are able to charge high rents. For instance, a 271 sq ft unit, together with a terrace of 107 sq ft, was rented for HK$24,500 per month or HK$90.4 per sq ft, making it the most expensive deal in per square-foot terms for the month, data from the agency showed.

(South China Morning Post)

大樓面物業具重建及增值空間，具靈活性，業主近期加快推出，希望吸引長綫投資者承接。

近期業主加快推售物業，並先後推出大樓面商舖及商廈。有外資代理行表示，獲業主委託標售北角英皇道413至423號僑輝大廈戲院部分、地下、1至6樓及天台。物業總建築面積約9.6萬平方呎，總地盤面積約2.98萬平方呎，以現狀連租約出售，截標日期為2023年9月28日 (星期四)。

新光戲院標售 估值8億至10億

僑輝大廈為北角英皇道新光戲院現址，屬區內地標，該物業佔全幢大廈的不可分割業權份數約77.41%，現時地下至5樓為戲院及商業部分，而6樓則為住宅部分，故具一定重建價值。據了解，市場人士估值約8億至10億元。項目由投資者羅守輝持有，他以約1.6億元向僑光置業購入新光戲院及僑輝大廈商場業權，多年來作收租。

鄧成波家族觀塘地舖 4億放售

另外，鄧成波家族續放售大樓面舖位，該行代理表示，觀塘駿業街56號中海日升中心一籃子地舖現正放售，建築面積共約18,427平方呎，現時由多間餐廳租用，部分交吉，每月租金收入約90萬元，現業主以約4億元放售，呎價約2.17萬元，回報率約3厘。翻查資料，該舖由鄧成波家族持有，波叔早年分階段購入該廈地下舖位，合共涉約5億元，換言之，現以蝕讓放售。

商廈方面，基金亦加快放盤。另一外資代理行代理表示，以公開要約形式出售上環 88WL 全幢商廈。物業位於上環永樂街88號，樓高25層，地盤面積約4,518平方呎，屬乙類地盤，總樓面面積則約90,199平方呎，按現狀放售。公開要約截止日期為2023年9月20日 (星期三) 中午12時正。據悉，物業市值約13.5億元，呎價約1.5萬元。

據了解，該廈由凱龍瑞基金持有，早年基金購入永樂街3舊樓地盤，共涉約9.62億元，其後進行重建，大廈年初落成。該廈每層面積約3,988至4,253平方呎，業主早前表示，項目部分樓面租出，呎租約46至49元，其後樓面亦進行招租。翻查資料，凱龍瑞附近亦有另一商業項目，涉及永樂街58號商業項目，物業樓高21層，總建築樓面僅約2.01萬平方呎，基金早前亦放租及放售項目。

分析指，在高息環境下，個別業主因應財務安排，加快推售物業套現資金，留待其他部署，近期加快推售物業。同時間，由於息口甚高，單一收租商舖及商廈單位，回報率約3至4厘，高息下未必吸引投資者留意。相比之下，大樓面的商舖及商廈，可透過租戶重組、翻新甚至重建物業，以提高物業價值，正合長綫投資者心水，故業主近期亦加快推出大樓面物業，以吸引長綫投資者注視。

(經濟日報)

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筲箕灣兩屋苑基座舖 一周連環易手

近期商舖成交，以地區商場為主，而筲箕灣更一連錄2宗大額大樓面舖位買賣。消息稱，筲箕灣成安街18號舖位易手，涉及物業地下及1樓，地下面積約5,530平方呎，1樓面積約4,908平方呎，合共約10,438平方呎。物業現時近乎全數租出，租客包括超級市場、餅店、零食店等，每月租金收入約53萬元。

港島東18兩層舖 1.8億沽

據悉，項目原由英皇集團持有，早年發展住宅項目港島東18，而商舖部分一直保留收租。較早前，業主把舖位放售，叫價約2.19億元，如今減近2成以約1.8億元沽出，呎價約1.7萬元，回報率約3.5厘。市場人士透露，買家料為內地投資者。

另外，日前筲箕灣道180號ONE EIGHTY地下及1樓舖位，總面積約5,900平方呎，以7,500萬元易手。物業地下兩舖位現時交吉，1樓由食店以13.5萬元租用。據悉，買家為盛匯商舖。

(經濟日報)

軒尼詩道巨舖提價40% 周大福每月36.8萬續租

隨着香港進入復常，核心區巨舖告別疫市時租金，銅鑼灣周大福毗鄰崇光百貨舖址，剛以每月36.8萬續租，較疫市時提價40%。

平均呎租168元

周大福位於軒尼詩道489號銅鑼灣廣場一期地下G15至G18號舖分店，剛以每月36.8萬續租，以建築面積2188方呎計算，呎租約168元，該舖位於2020年7月至今年7月的三年間，月租26.256萬，此租金亦是1998年有記錄以來最低，該舖位於1998年7月至2004年7月月租34.88萬，最新租金重返當年水平，隨後6年則加租43萬。

至於高峰期為2016年7月至2020年7月，月租高達94.7萬，最新租金較高位跌約61%。

(星島日報)

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麥當勞觀塘巨舖平69%續租 疫後同集團減幅最多 每月慳61萬

疫情過後，商舖租金仍在低位徘徊，連鎖食肆快餐店麥當勞乘市況低迷，成功以低價續租分店舖位。麥當勞現時位於觀塘THE WAVE 1樓逾5200方呎的分店，最新以每月27萬元續約，獲大幅減租逾69%，料屬2020年出現新冠疫情之後，麥當勞舖位中減租幅度最大個案。

上述麥當勞分店位於觀塘興業街4號THE WAVE 1樓102號舖，建築面積約5204方呎，在2018年起以每月88萬元租用，呎租約169元。當年，麥當勞將在一街之隔的興業街1號駱駝漆中心地舖分店，搬到THE WAVE的樓上舖繼續經營。

5204呎樓上舖呎租52元

由於疫情後商舖租金大不如前，不少食肆更在疫情期間結業，令專營食肆的樓上舖租金跌幅更加誇張。據了解，麥當勞最新以每月27萬元續租，呎租約52元，新租金較舊租每月少付61萬元，跌幅高達69.3%。

翻查資料，麥當勞對上一個獲大幅減租的分店舖位為金鐘夏慤道18號海富中心商場地下1至41號舖，總建築面積共15603方呎，在2021年底以每月79萬元續租，呎租約51元。舖位原先月租高達166.5萬元，即獲業主減租87.5萬元或52.6%。

最新續租的THE WAVE舖位的租金減幅由於接近七成，已經取代海富中心的舖位，成為麥當勞近年減租幅度最大的分店。

有業內人士分析指出，在近年疫情之下，對飲食業打擊甚大，縱使租金不斷下降，但仍有不少食肆支撐不住，在租約期間提早退租甚至倒閉。鑑於麥當勞屬國際連鎖品牌，提早離場的機會極微，因此業主亦寧願大幅降低租金留住優質租客。

毗鄰每呎42元放租

以THE WAVE為例，1樓全層共有3個舖位，在麥當勞對開的101及103號舖，建築面積合共約2637方呎，原本在2021年7月以每月13.26萬元租予餐廳3年，呎租約50元。不過，該餐廳經營一年後，去年8月起已經推出舖位及連生財工具招頂租，最後更在去年10月突然結業。

代理表示，上述舖位現已重新放租，仍保留上一手的裝修，叫租為每月11萬元，呎租約42元，較兩年前租出的月租13.26萬元，低2.26萬元或17%。

資料顯示，麥當勞在觀塘的海濱道至觀塘道商業區範圍內有多達4間分店，包括去年以每月13萬元租用駿業街56號中海日升中心1樓K舖，建築面積約4481方呎，呎租約29元。

此外，麥當勞新近亦租用同區協和街33號凱滙的基座商場裕民坊1樓176號舖，舖位建築面積約4024方呎，估計月租約30萬元，呎租約75元，據知租期長達5年。

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Swire office occupancies dip

Swire Properties (1972) said the occupancy rate of its office portfolio in both Hong Kong and Mainland China slid in the second quarter from a year ago but that of retail properties increased.

The occupancy rate for the developer's office buildings in Hong Kong declined by 2 percentage points during the first half, reaching 94 percent as of the end of June.

Retail sales in its three major malls in Hong Kong - Pacific Place, Cityplaza, and Citygate Outlets - rose by 59.5 percent, 11.8 percent and 61.7 percent, respectively.

Meanwhile, CIFI's (0884) chairman Lin Zhong and others are trying to sell five houses in Hong Kong for HK$1.7 billion after cutting the asking price by 16 percent.

In the primary market, Vanke Hong Kong's VAU Residence in Ho Man Tin opened the top floor units with rooftop terraces for visits, The seven flats are expected to be put up for tender next week, with a price of around HK$35,000 per square foot.

In Ho Man Tin, Grand Homm will resume sales under an agency’s supervision, using the tender sales format this month.

In other news, Evergrande Property Services (6666) shares plummeted up to 69 percent upon resumption of trading, before closing 47 percent lower at HK$1.21.

(The Standard)

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Hong Kong property: CIFI chairman Lin Zhong seeks US$212.7 million for 5 luxury homes in Stanley

CIFI Holdings’ chairman Lin Zhong and his brothers are asking HK$1.66 billion (US$212.7 million) for the five houses, 7.8 per cent less than the purchase price

The sizes of the 3-storey detached houses range from 4,374 to 6,615 sq ft, and each comes with a garden and outdoor swimming pool

Heavily indebted Chinese developer CIFI Holdings (Group)’s chairman Lin Zhong and his family have listed five luxury houses for sale in Hong Kong’s Southern district even as the city’s property market is the grip of a marked slowdown.

The five detached houses, located at No 1 Horizon Drive and 44, 46, 48 and 50 Chung Hom Kok Road in the upmarket residential area of Stanley, have an asking price of HK$1.66 billion (US$212.7 million), 7.8 per cent less the acquisition price three years ago.

The sellers recently cut the asking price in line with the city’s slowing property market to HK$1.66 billion, according to sources familiar with the matter. The revised asking price is HK$140 million less than the HK$1.8 billion the Lin family paid CIFI in 2020 to acquire these properties in a related transaction. They were originally listed for HK$1.98 billion.

CIFI Holdings declined to comment as it does not own the assets.

The sale comes amid a slowdown in Hong Kong’s property market, with high interest rates and a sluggish economy in China weighing on sentiment. Home prices weakened in June for the second consecutive month, with the city’s widely watched lived-in property index falling 0.54 per cent month on month after weakening 0.93 per cent in May. Homeowners who want to sell quickly may have to reduce prices further as the outlook is unlikely to improve in the next few quarters, according to analysts.

CIFI bought the houses from Shun Tak Holdings in 2016 for HK$1.6 billion. In 2020, the Chinese developer sold the houses to Elite Force Development, a company controlled by Lin and his brothers Lin Wei and Lin Feng, for HK$1.8 billion.

Ranging from 4,374 to 6,615 sq ft, each three-storey unit comes with its own garden and outdoor swimming pool.

CIFI initially wanted to sell the town houses separately when the luxury property market was buoyed by an influx of affluent mainlanders, according to a property agent.

“There’s no rental income generated from the properties, which explains why the owner was willing to reduce the price,” the agent said.

It will not be surprising if the asking price is reduced further, the agent added.

Other mainland Chinese tycoons, whose companies are facing a liquidity crises, are also selling their assets in the city. Cheung Kei Group chairman Chen Hongtian’s three core assets – two luxury residential homes and an office tower seized by creditors – are on the market.

CIFI’s woes started last November when it defaulted on a US$318 million offshore bond and terminated discussions with individual creditors and offshore creditors.

Later in March, CIFI said it was looking to sell its prime assets in Shanghai, including its headquarters, after a state-guaranteed 1.5 billion yuan bond issue hit a snag.

This was followed by a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange in which it warned that it expected to post a loss of between 13 billion yuan (US$1.8 billion) and 14 billion yuan for 2022, citing a slowdown in property sales and increased impairment provision for property projects in mainland China.

The company’s liabilities stood at 258.6 billion yuan at the end of 2022, up from 223.7 billion the previous year.

CIFI’s stock has been suspended since March 31, after it expressed its inability to publish results for the year ended December 2022.

有本港代理行代理表示，據該行統計，7月份市場僅錄約250宗工商舖成交，對比6月份的308宗減少約18%，按年同期337宗相比，減幅更見約25%，宗數為今年單月第二低。雖然成交量低，但總金額則維持相若水平，7月份共錄約37.27億元，與6月份約38.24億元相距不多，幅度僅約2%，主因月內成交涉多宗大額交易，拉高成交總額。

創今年3月後新低

該代理續表示，按三大範疇分析的話，7月份三個類別成交宗數均見下跌，其中寫字樓市場最疲弱，僅錄約27宗成交，總金額約3.58億元，宗數及金額同創今年新低，工廈錄約165宗買賣，按月跌約20%

(星島日報)

醫療主題新商廈 尖沙咀區看俏

外資代理行代理：呎租可高3成

九龍區商廈空置率偏高，有外資代理行認為，通關後租務量稍增，惟供應多料今年租金仍微跌，並認為尖沙咀區可望跑出，因區內新商廈以醫療作主題，競爭力高可脫穎而出。

據該行數據，整體甲級寫字樓市場在6月錄得12.1萬平方呎負淨吸納量。中環的空置率於6月底升至9.4%，尖沙咀空置率則回落至10.7%；上月整體寫字樓租金按月下跌0.5%。主要分區市場中，灣仔/銅鑼灣和尖沙咀租金分別微升0.1%和0.2%，而中環租金下跌1%。

九龍區整體租金 料跌5%

該行代理指出，中港通關後整體九龍區商廈睇樓及查詢量多，需求未見大增，「通關後確有中資機構租樓面，但這些均屬已在港的公司，並非全新需求」。下半年整體走勢上，該代理相信九龍區租務多，預計租務量增加，惟因供應持續，租金仍會微跌約5%。

該代理表示，按半年統計，整體九龍區租金跌約5%，惟尖沙咀尚有輕微升幅，因區內獲保險公司大舉租樓面，「自從去年第3季，當時尚未通關，大型保險公司已預租尖沙咀港威大廈單位，今年情況持續」。該代理預計，續有數間保險公司正尋找樓面，料第3季會落實交易。

同時間，該代理指醫療需求成為近期明顯擴充的例子。事實上，早在去年，區內新商廈項目，已有醫療機構承接，如凱龍瑞旗下尖沙咀金馬倫道項目，獲醫思健康 (02138) 認購30%股權，總額不多於2.75億元，主要用作醫療中心及其他臨床用途。至於建灝地產旗下尖沙咀亞士厘21 (21 ASHLEY) 2樓全層，面積約8,064平方呎，為物業最大面積樓層，獲大型醫學影像檢驗中心租用。

21 ASHLEY呎租 高見60元

該項目樓高21層，總樓面面積逾10萬平方呎，建築設計具備各種有利於醫療配套設施，專為各類型綜合診所、專科醫務中心、醫學美容中心及日間手術中心而設，個別樓層呎租高見60元。

該代理表示，尖沙咀內數個小型重建項目，其中2至3個以醫療作主題，該代理指隨着人口老化，醫療需求必然上升，而尖沙咀商廈作相關用途有優勢，「尖沙咀本身近高鐵站，內地人來港買保險、驗身，需求會有穩定增長」。該代理表示，業主把新商廈以醫療作主題，絕對有競爭力，因區內舊式商廈，難符合醫療使用，「很多醫療所需儀器如磁力共振，需要安放非常大型機器，樓面負重量要高，甚至大廈窗口要夠大，才可吊入機器，故此業主在興建物業前，建築上已有特別安排，度身訂做作醫療」。

該代理指出，目前醫療用途商廈，比起一般傳統寫字樓單位，呎租平均溢價高出30至50%，「若做傳統寫字樓用途，可能不及同區指標商廈如海港城，故目前作醫療用途新商廈，預租理想，成功脫穎而出」。

(經濟日報)

擴充個案不多 商廈空置料難改善

甲廈供應多，有外資代理行代理認為，租務活動仍以搬遷為主，擴充不多，料空置率難改善，而新甲廈因設備理想，租務市場上佔優。

今明兩年為甲廈高峰期，再加上目前空置樓面多，該代理認為消化不容易，關鍵是擴充個案實在不多，「近期成交個案，多屬機構搬遷升級，用相同租金升級至較佳寫字樓，但當中不少涉及縮減樓面，淨吸納量未必有改善，成交會增加租務，而九龍區空置率偏高卻暫難解決」。

企業看重ESG 新式商廈佔優

近期大手租務，多集中在質素較新的甲廈，如觀塘道348號宏利廣場，連錄兩宗租務成交，其中低層全層面積約3.6萬平方呎，以每平方呎約28元租出，新租客為美資企業 Carter's，另一單位面積約2萬平方呎，成交呎租同約28元，新租客為美資企業 Avery Dennison。兩租務均屬同區搬遷，可升級業務。

該代理分析，舊式大廈因設備不足，亦難以升級，故新式大廈將佔盡優勢，「隨着整體租金下跌，新甲廈租金亦相對便宜，而舊式商廈設備舊，業主未必願意花成本去升級，故會流失客人」。該代理亦提出，隨着ESG重要性提高，新式大廈優勢更明顯，「歐資企業非常看重ESG，若要搬遷，新大廈必須符合相關要求。舊式大廈最初沒有相關部署，要重新研究冷氣、水的排放數據等絕不容易。」

(經濟日報)

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北角一籃子舖位 2.13億易手

民生區商舖承接力相對較強，市場消息透露，北角一籃子舖位，以約2.13億元易手，租金回報約4厘。

市場消息透露，北角英皇道165至175號公主大廈地下一籃子地舖 (6,535平方呎) 及1樓 (6,440平方呎)，總面積約12,975平方呎，業主原本叫價3.2億元放售，議價後以約2.13億元易手，呎價約1.7萬元。

現收租70.5萬元 回報4厘

資料顯示，該舖現時分別租予幼稚園、食肆及藥房等多個不同租客，主要以民生行業為主，月租介乎1.9萬至23.5萬元，總租金收入達70.5萬元，即新買家可享約4厘租金回報。

區內代理透露，原業主為資深投資者楊奮彬旗下錦華地產，該公司於2009年以約1.14億元購入上述物業，持貨約14年帳面獲利近1億元。資料顯示，楊奮彬旗下錦華地產除了投資工商舖外，早年夥拍宏安地產 (01243) 進軍住宅市場，先後於馬鞍山發展薈晴及薈朗兩大新盤。

另外，有本港代理行一項研究報告指出，7月份市場共錄得約250宗工商舖買賣個案，按月回落約18%，而成交金額則錄得37.27億元，走勢維持平穩。該行代理表示，7月份正值暑假開始，不少投資者及企業決策者陸續外出旅遊，向來為投資市場淡季，加上外圍因素如息口高企、銀行收緊借貸，旅遊零售市道未如預期等影響，導致7月份成交量下滑，而預料8月份整體市況仍會受影響，工商舖買賣交投亦會處於膠着狀態，表現一般。

(經濟日報)

Buyers vie for Yau Tong, Hung Hom flats

Flats on sale at new projects in Yau Tong and Hung Hom have been heavily oversubscribed after their developers rolled out extremely competitive prices.

CK Asset's (1113) The Coast Line II in Yau Tong had received about 3,000 checks for the 254 flats on the first two price lists as of yesterday, making them nearly 11 times oversubscribed.

The starting price of HK$2.9 million in the first list of 132 flats was the lowest for a downtown development in four years, with the average discounted price of HK$14,997 per square foot setting a near seven-year record low.

Following an overwhelming response to the first price list, CK Asset rolled out 122 flats in the second list at a slightly higher average discounted price of HK$15,063 per sq ft compared to the first list's HK$14,997 per sq ft.

Additionally, the most affordable unit was also priced slightly higher at HK$2.94 million, compared with HK$2.9 million on the first list.

The second price list of 122 units includes seven studios, 72 one-bedroom units, 35 two-bedroom units, and eight three-bedroom units, with sizes ranging from 210 to 718 sq ft.

The developer opened show flats for viewing on Saturday, with buyers from Tseung Kwan O and Kai Tak together accounting for 40 percent of the total number of viewers. Sales of the first batch is expected to be launched this week.

The competitive pricing at The Coast Line II exerted pressure on other new projects, leading Minmetals Land's (0230) Montego Bay to offer additional units at discounts.

Meanwhile, Henderson Land's (0012) Baker Circle Greenwich in Hung Hom had received 650 checks for the first batch of 60 flats as of yesterday, making them nearly 10 times oversubscribed.

The 60 flats go on sale tomorrow at prices starting from HK$3.67 million - 11 percent lower than a previous phase - with an average discounted price of HK$18,963 per sq ft.

The secondary market was pressured by the inexpensive new projects, with a property agency recording just three deals at 10 major housing estates over the weekend, one more than the previous weekend.

Another agency also observed a similar trend with four transactions.

And both agencies saw their streak of single-digit transactions extend into a 14th week.

In other news, the Lands Department approved the presale of 4,602 unfinished flats in July - a fivefold increase over the previous month - leading to a huge rise in the supply of new flats in the primary market.

佐敦銀主盤商廈 1.38億易手

投資者市場淡靜，惟價格低企的銀主盤受捧，佐敦柯士甸路28號全幢商廈銀主盤，以1.38億元易手，物業較12年前購入價低出約35%。市場消息透露，佐敦柯士甸路28號全幢商廈銀主盤，以1.38億元易手，該廈地下至3樓為商舖，總面積約5462方呎，4至18樓則為寫字樓，面積合共約12465方呎，另天台面積約1570方呎，平均呎價7,698元 (不計天台)，新買家擁物業命名權，預計全幢市值月租約50萬，料回報逾4.3厘。

料回報逾4.3厘

該廈業主於2012年8月以2.12億購入，2020年曾以4.6億放售，直至2022年3月，淪為銀主盤，由銀行接手放售，最新成交價較當年購入價低約35%。

佐敦吳松街139至141號地下2 (139)號舖及閣樓，建築面積約800呎，另入則閣約500方呎，以約3,480萬元洽至尾聲，平均呎價4.35萬元 (不計閣樓)，租客榮式烤雞扒，月租10.5萬，若落實易手，料回報約3.6厘。該廈樓齡52年，原業主於2017年4月以3,498萬元買入，若以3480萬元成交，料帳面蝕讓18萬元，錄輕微蝕讓。

商廈租金下跌，商戶趁機轉區提升質素。家樂福超市租鰂魚涌英皇道633號一層半樓面，呎租料約25元。該企業原租用九龍灣一號九龍，現提升級數至港島東。

英皇道633號 呎租約25

市場消息指，鰂魚涌英皇道633號商廈錄租務，涉及物業28樓全層，以及26樓A室，面積約1.5萬平方呎，以每平方呎約25元租出。據悉，新租客為國際連鎖超市家樂福，料作內地市場業務之用。該集團目前辦公室位於九龍灣一號九龍，估計呎租同約20餘元，估計是次搬遷，有見港島東租金下跌，故提升級數至港島區。英皇道633號位於區內主要商業地段，附近亦有全新及翻新的甲廈項目，據了解，目前物業仍有數層樓面待租。

市場消息指，金鐘遠東金融中心高層02B室，面積約2,900平方呎，以每月約13萬元租出，呎租約45元。另消息稱，灣仔海港中心中層06室，面積約1,544平方呎，以每呎約58元租出，涉及月租約9萬元。

此外，消息指尖東康宏廣場中層03至04室，面積約3,743平方呎，以每呎約30元租出。另同區瑞信集團大廈高層A室，面積約1,123平方呎，成交呎租約26元。

(經濟日報)

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工商舖7月297宗買賣 按月跌2成

有本港代理行綜合土地註冊處資料顯示，7月份整體註冊宗數最新報297宗，按月下跌約21%；註冊金額則錄30.36億元，按月減少約18.2%。

當中商廈板塊的註冊量跌幅最大，7月僅錄49宗登記，按月大跌約43%，工廈板塊最新有170宗註冊，按月減少約16.3%。商舖註冊量錄78宗註冊，按月下跌約10.3%，為跌幅最少的板塊。

若按金額劃分，7月份註冊量最多的為價值500萬元或以下的物業，共錄175宗註冊，按月下跌6.9%。其次為價值500萬以上至1,000萬元及1,000萬以上至2,000萬元的物業，最新分別錄得57宗及40宗註冊，按月分別減少32.1%及34.4%。

逾億元商舖成交共3宗

高價物業的註冊量受到重創，介乎2,000萬以上至5,000萬元及5,000萬以上至1億元的物業登記量分別僅錄得18宗及4宗，按月分別大減43.8%及63.6%。

7月份只有商舖板塊錄得逾億元註冊成交，共有3宗。矚目的註冊成交包括有鄧成波家族以1.5億元將旺角道93至99號華懋王子大廈地下兩個舖位售出，以及一內地投資者以5.28億元購入啟德沐泰街7號 THE HENLEY 的基座商場。

該行代理表示，聯儲局在7月的議息會議決定將基準利率上調25點子至5.25至5.5厘，局方亦預示不會在今年內減息。由於目前市況受到美國的貨幣政策主導，假如未來的貨幣政策未有出現放寬的迹象，相信工商舖市未必會再有大幅反彈。

展望8月份，值得市場關注的消息包括有位於荃灣油柑頭的住宅用地將在8月中截標，由於地皮的規模較先前售出並位於西寧街的住宅用地大，地皮的招標結果可反映發展商對本港物業市場的發展前景。

(經濟日報)

九龍灣企業廣場三期 全層放售估值1.8億

投資者現放售九龍灣企業廣場三期28樓全層寫字樓，估值約1.8億元。

有外資代理行代理表示，有業主放售企業廣場三期28樓全層，該物業將以交吉形式出售，投資或自用可塑性極高。

該代理指，企業廣場三期為九龍灣指標甲廈。是次出售物業建築面積約16,100平方呎，享有180度維港啟德全海景，市場估值約1.8億港元，呎價約10,800元。物業估值呎價低水，該物業同一幢大廈的低層8樓在2018年的成交價格2億元 (每平方呎為12,579元)，呎價回落超過1成，是大型企業總部首選。

翻查資料，該層樓面由投資者廖偉麟持有，他於2021年，以1.43億元購入單位。

(經濟日報)

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信和東九13工廈 分段活化增值

觀塘3工廈已完成 租金可高3成

活化項目租值可提升，信和表示，旗下東九龍13個工廈物業，將分階段進行活化，並已完成觀塘富登中心等，合共約31萬平方呎。集團表示，已完成的活化工廈，租金比傳統工廈高出3成。

信和集團表示，近年積極活化觀塘工廈，透過引入多元化租戶，推動發展該區成為初創及健康消閒社區；並通過新傳媒平台推廣租務，接觸年輕創業者。集團於東九龍的工廈租務提供13個物業，樓面面積合共208萬平方呎。自2018年至今，集團先後完成3幢觀塘工廈活化，分別為泛亞中心、富登中心以及利登中心，面積合計31萬平方呎。至於樓面面積達22萬平方呎的威登中心，預計明年內完成活化。

吸引多元化租戶 促進交流

信和集團資產管理董事蔡碧林表示，活化工廈吸引多元化租戶，例如是攀石中心、瑜伽中心、舞蹈中心、影樓等租用。更年輕、輕鬆的氛圍能促進租戶協作交流。她又指，集團銳意引入健康消閒和餐廳食肆租戶，除了提供裝修配套予寫字樓租戶外，亦致力引入健康生活工作室、醫療保健中心以及不同類型食肆，例如於觀塘引入走健康路綫的西餐廳，以及沙田石門引入健身美容及中醫保健中心。

她表示，今年亦完成沙田石門企業中心活化工程，大廈面積共43萬平方呎，除傳統商業寫字樓租戶外，亦吸引醫療保健中心租用外，更獲年輕KOL進駐開設舞蹈和瑜伽工作坊。

集團指，旗下工廈租務共提供超過30個物業組合，合共涉及近360萬平方呎，已完成及將會完成活化工廈佔整體物業組合27%，合共提供96萬平方呎樓面。活化工廈租金比一般傳統工廈租金高出30%。

(經濟日報)

旺角朗豪坊享地利 合半零售業

旺角為寫字樓及零售集中地，而朗豪坊配套非常齊全，非常適合半零售行業使用。

朗豪坊位於旺角砵蘭街、上海街及亞皆老街交界，項目龐大。交通方面，朗豪坊連接旺角港鐵站出口，而附近的彌敦道、亞皆老街等均有多個巴士站，從亞皆老街前往西隧、或彌敦道前往紅隧亦不遠，來往港島方便。

此外，大廈前往高鐵西九龍站約5至10分鐘車程，適合往返內地工作人士。飲食及生活配套上，朗豪坊最大優點是寫字樓連接地標式商場及酒店，商場內餐廳多，而酒店亦有米芝蓮中菜餐廳，上班人士亦可前往砵蘭街、彌敦道等，附近亦有大量茶餐廳、粉麵店等。另附近亦有新落成住宅項目ONE SOHO，令整體觀感再提升。

朗豪坊不論在規模及外形上，均屬旺角地標，項目結合酒店、商場及寫字樓，外形上亦非常有氣派。寫字樓大堂設於商場4樓，地下並沒有獨立寫字樓出入口相連，而大堂設於商場另一邊，有扶手電梯直達，有效疏導人流。

物業於2004年落成，樓高60層，共分兩組升降機，一組為低層6樓至33樓，另一組為高層35樓至60樓。

每層逾1.5萬呎 可間10單位

分層樓面上，每層面積約1.5萬至1.7萬平方呎，最多可分為10個以上單位，最細單位由千餘平方呎起。樓底或不及近年落成的新商廈高，亦因建築特色有別於傳統商廈，令寫字樓單位間隔不夠四正，細單位柱位較多。

景觀上，大廈屬市區摩天大廈，附近建築物同屬舊樓，20樓以上已享有開揚景觀，而高層單位可望西九龍方向的維港，另一邊則望九龍樓景。

租戶方面，由於位處核心零售區，加上配套完善，大廈吸引不少半零售商戶，包括多間大型美容及醫美用戶、美容業，另有健身中心等。至於傳統寫字樓租客方面，租客包括銀行、財務公司及證券等。

重建前被稱為「旺角六街」的朗豪坊，由鷹君 (00041) 及市建局共同發展，亦是市建局歷來其中一個最大型重建項目，整個重建由收購到開幕歷時16年。朗豪坊的建築工程則需時5年、共斥約110億元興建，最後於2005年初才正式開幕。

鷹君之後分拆房地產信託基金冠君產業信託 (02778) 上市，冠君於2008年2月向鷹君收購朗豪坊商場、寫字樓及停車場，收購價為125億。目前大廈絕大部分樓層由大業主持有，只有少許樓面早年拆售，故買賣極少。

(經濟日報)

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中層兩戶備裝修 意向呎租約50

朗豪坊罕有樓層曾賣散，現有小業主把單位放租，意向呎租約50元。

享開揚西九龍景觀

有代理表示，有業主放租朗豪坊兩個單位，涉及37樓11及12室，面積均為1,376平方呎，意向呎租約50元。兩單位均提供基本裝修，由於處中層，可享開揚西九龍景觀。

據悉，同層為早年拆售樓層，現時由不同業主及租客承租，包括財務公司等。

租務方面，該層樓面10室，面積約1,363平方呎，近日以每呎約50元租出。

同區租務方面，同屬大型項目的旺角新世紀廣場第1座17樓，面積約22,175平方呎，早前以每呎約30餘元租出。新租客為商務中心品牌Regus，本身已租用該廈約7,000平方呎樓面，現進行擴充。

(經濟日報)

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油麻地全幢商住樓1.7億易手 長情業主沽貨半世紀升值65倍

淡市下不乏投資項目，酒店及學生宿舍令投資者趨之若鶩，油麻地新填地街甘霖大廈全幢商住樓以約1.7億易手，平均呎價7311元，物業於50年升值65倍，新買家擬將物業翻新，改裝為學生宿舍。

油麻地新填地街98至104號甘霖大廈，1980年落成，現址總樓面逾2.3萬方呎，早前於市場放售，意向價2.3億，獲得多名準買家洽購，經過討價還價，市場消息透露，該廈已覓得新主人，物業以1.7億易手，平均呎價7311元。

買賣公司形式交易

該交易為買賣公司形式，知情人士續指，該全幢商住樓新買家，擬將物業翻新作學生宿舍，將令回報提高。

俊和相關人士呼聲高

據了解，買家以俊和集團或相關人士呼聲高，本報向俊和查詢，惟直至截稿前，未獲回覆。

該廈佔地面積2643方呎，樓高約16層，現址總樓面23254方呎，其中地舖面積約2381方呎，閣樓為儲物屋，面積2491方呎，1至3樓亦是商業用途，面積各為2150方呎，4至14樓為住宅用途，每層999方呎，15樓為939方呎，由於物業每層面積較細，景觀亦特別開揚。

有代理指，由於該廈每層3面有窗，可將單位一分為二，同時部分樓層則保留間隔，作為共居住宅。

原業主早於1973年以255萬購入，持貨50年，帳面獲利約1.6745億，物業升值逾65倍。

擬變身學生宿舍

事實上，近年來，市場上不乏酒店及全幢商住樓易手，部分買家將物業轉作服務式住宅或學生宿舍，應市場所需，以增加回報。其中，矚目的包括年前易手的紅磡蕪湖街83號「逸．酒店」以16.46億沽，項目佔地面積約1.02萬，平均每方呎13251元，房間作價426萬，物業已改作學生宿舍，吸納香港理工大學、城大、浸大及都會大學學生。

還有，宏安地產夥拍美國私募基金安祖高頓購入九龍貝爾特酒佔，項目作價20億，亦改作經營學生宿舍。

(星島日報)

老牌業主放售8舖位 協和街地舖意向3200萬

淡市下不失是覓盤的時機，市場上有老牌業主大手放售手上8個舖位，全部於70年代購入，分布民生旺段，其中，位處觀塘協和街珠寶金行地段的一個地舖，意向價3200萬。

持貨逾半世紀

有外資代理行代理表示，該名老牌業主手上物業，皆70年代購入，分布油麻地、土瓜灣、新蒲崗及觀塘區，持有半世紀後，所處地段變身當眼旺段，建築面積約450方呎至約1050方呎，擁長情租客，疫情間未有退租，該批舖位意向價數百萬至3000萬元。

據了解，其中一個地舖位處物華街「金行段」，人流最旺，意向呎價5萬元，低於同廈之前呎價5萬至逾7萬，隨着裕民坊重建後，由該處步行1分鐘可抵天橋，連接觀月．樺峯及凱滙。協和街今年2月錄1宗成交，「小巴大王」馬亞木沽協和街93至115號建德大樓，建築面積800方呎，以4200萬易手，平均呎價5.25萬。疫市前，該廈C舖以5000萬易手，平均呎價7.14萬。

閣麟街28號舖叫價8200萬

另外，有本港代理行代理表示，中環閣麟街28號地下及閣樓，建築面積約1300方呎，其中地下約900方呎，意向價約8200萬，平均每方呎約6.3萬，物業位處中環核心區，由髮型屋承租多年，門闊約15呎，深約50呎10吋，鄰近多座商廈及著名食肆。

(星島日報)

More Yau Tong flats rolled out

CK Asset (1113) has unveiled the third price list for The Coast Line II in Yau Tong.

Prices of the 128 flats remain more or less the same as the previous batches ranging from HK$2.9 million to HK$10.58 million after discounts.

The units in the third price list consist of 22 studios, 21 one-bedroom units, 70 two-bedroom units and 15 three-bedroom units, with a total market value of HK$954 million, CK Asset said.

The discounted average price for units in the third list is about HK$14,806 per square foot, slightly lower than the previous list of HK$14,997 per sq ft.

The developer said that the project has received enthusiastic responses, with a total of 382 flats launched so far.

Depending on market feedback, it does not rule out the possibility of releasing additional flats today, with the possibility of starting sales within the week.

The project has garnered more than 10,000 checks for the 382 flats released, making them, 25 times oversubscribed.

Meanwhile, Henderson Land Development's (0012) Baker Circle Greenwich in Hung Hom has received over 700 checks for the 60 flats offered in the first batch today, making them nearly 11 times oversubscribed.

(The Standard)

Hong Kong property ‘price war’ imminent as Li Ka-shing’s CK Asset slashes flats to lowest seen in city in 7 years

Developer cuts prices at The Coast Line II in Kowloon to US$1,921 per square foot – 16 per cent below other recent launches

Bid to boost buyer sentiment draws deposit cheques from more than 8,000 prospective buyers for 254 units

Hong Kong homebuyers rushed to snap up new flats at the lowest prices the city has seen in seven years, betting that the flagship property company of Hong Kong’s richest man has the correct reading of the slumping market.

More than 8,000 prospective buyers have deposited cheques to bid for 254 units at The Coast Line II in Yau Tong, which has not yet launched. The project by CK Asset Holding, the property flagship of Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, lies about 10 minutes from an MTR station in the southeastern corner of Kowloon.

The 132 flats in the project’s first batch are priced at HK$14,997 (US$1,921) per square foot on average after discounts – 16 per cent cheaper than the most recent launches of Wheelock Properties’ Koko Mare and Koko Rosso in the neighbouring Lam Tin neighbourhood.

“The launch of The Coast Line II is just the beginning of a price war,” a property agent said, who called CK Asset’s aggressive pricing a bid to raise attention and spark an improvement in sentiment among homebuyers who are reluctant to buy right now because they foresee prices continuing to fall.

A 16 per cent discount to other projects is not shockingly low but is in line with the current market situation, the agent said, as the government index shows the market corrected itself by around 14 per cent already during 2022.

“What CK Asset did is actually quoting a more down-to-earth, more realistic and more updated market price,” the agent said. “If new projects are launching at a normal market price, the responses are going to be very slow and cold.”

In addition, phase II of the project does not have guaranteed sea views like phase I, which has 228 units but has not yet been announced for sale. CK Asset will probably raise prices “along the way”, the agent said.

Raymond Cheng, managing director of property management at CGS-CIMB Securities, agreed CK Asset is likely to raise the project’s prices gradually. He expects the average price for the whole project will eventually work out to at least HK$16,000 per square foot.

The gross margin for the whole project will be about 25 to 30 per cent, Cheng said, which is still a reasonable profit for the company, albeit lower than the 30 to 40 per cent yield from projects over the years.

Hong Kong’s primary market has cooled as rising interest rates weigh on buyer sentiment. Two new project launches – La Montagne in Wong Chuk Hang and High Park I in Yuen Long – recently received lukewarm responses.

Meanwhile, the number of unsold units in completed projects is the highest since 2007, according to a property agency. A total of 83,000 housing units are available in Hong Kong, with 18,000 in completed projects and the rest under construction. About 25,000 more units are expected to hit the market in 2023.

“In order to digest inventory, developers understand they need to offer some discounts,” Cheng said.

The glut of new supply in the second half will further exert pressure on the already floundering residential market amid a challenging external economic environment, high interest rates and a slow economic recovery in mainland China.

“The property market is going to have a few tough years ahead,” another agent said, whose firm expects home prices to drop 5 to 10 per cent in the second half, resulting in a total drop of 5 to 8 per cent in 2023.

Price pressure in the new-home market has spilled over to the secondary market as well.

“Transaction volume over the weekend has frozen” in the secondary market, said CGS-CIMB’s Cheng.

Only four secondary-market sales were recorded over the weekend across the city, one better than the previous weekend, according to another agency. A local property agency also recorded four sales and another local property agency had just three deals.

The Coast Line II’s low prices will also affect the secondary market nearby, with local homebuyers bargaining an additional 5 to 10 per cent discount.

A property agent said secondary transactions will continue to hover at a low level.

“The purchasing power of buyers is seriously skewed, and the overall property market has become polarised, busy in the primary market and quiet in the secondary market,” the agent said.

經過疫情打擊後，商廈市場吹淡風，空置率創歷來新高，在市況處低谷之際，有外資公司有意「減磅」，放售旗下貴重的核心甲級寫字樓。本報獲悉，英資公司置地罕有放售中環交易廣場三座全幢甲廈，每方呎叫價3.8萬，索價達160億，成為近年來中環區罕見的大手放盤，市場矚目。

近日，多間發展商接獲由一間外資行推介的實盤，英資置地公司放售旗下交易廣場三座全幢，樓高33層，每方呎叫價3.8萬，以總樓面約430802方呎計算，意向價達160億，項目提供120個車位。該間外資代理強調「極珍罕放盤」，鼓勵發展商「勇於試價」，除了本港大型發展商外，內地金融機構，以及外資基金亦是目標客，事實上，市場上多間內地金融機構，一直有意在中環核心區尋找全幢甲廈，建立旗艦大本營，是次放售為他們提供駐中環的良好進機會。

內地金融機構成目標

有代理指出，2019年初商廈高峰期，該廈呎租高見170元，當時難有大面積空置，用戶難於找到心儀單位，即使現時經過逾3年疫情，該廈出租率目前仍然高逾90%，租盤主要集中低層單位，其中6樓及7樓全層面積約10707方呎，意向呎租128元。

2地標甲廈提供100萬呎樓面

近期，整體投資市場淡靜，商廈市況見慘況，尤其經過疫情三年洗禮，不少外資機構離港赴往新加坡設立據點，由於缺乏剛性需求，企業新租賃及擴張規模大為減少，市場以搬遷續租主導，以致本港寫字樓空置率近年急速上升，根據世邦魏理仕資料顯示，上半年整體空置率升0.4個百分點，目前處於15.7%水平，屬於歷來新高。

市場人士指，儘管今年以來，中環區表現較其他地區為優勝，不過，區內恒基旗下 The Henderson，以及長實旗下的長江集團中心二期，將於今年內落成，2個項目合共提供約100萬方呎樓面，推出預租以來反應慢熱，亦可見甲廈前景面臨前所未有的新挑戰。

中環對上一宗世紀大刁，為長實於2017年11月以402億出售中環中心權益，為香港歷來最大宗物業成交，交易涉及中環中心的75%業權，包括約122萬方呎寫字樓及商舖樓面，成交呎價約3.3萬。

置地公司母公司為怡和策略。怡和早於上世紀末宣布遷冊，撤出香港轉往新加坡上市。

有外資代理行數據顯示，上半年整體空置率升0.4個百分點，目前處於15.7%水平，屬於歷來新高。

(星島日報)

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外資代理行：租賃需求減 甲廈租金料跌3至5%

有外資代理行報告指，上半年首次公開招股緩慢，僅募集178億，創下20年來上半年新低，影響中環寫字樓市場。該行代理預計，今年下半年寫字樓租金將跌3%至5%。

IPO影響中環商廈市場

該行另一代理表示，上半年首次公開招股 (IPO) 籌集僅178億，創20年來新低，意味投資銀行和證券公司前景不明朗，過去15年來，IPO集資和中環辦公室租金相關性高達0.62，關聯性強勁。不過，第二季集資額按季升55%，預示年底市場復甦。傳多間知名公司將在港上市，包括順豐速運、拉拉科技控股以及盒馬鮮生等，將帶動租賃市場。

該代理又表示，內地人在港購買各種保險，令友邦、保誠和宏利等在今年第一季錄滿意業績，多間保險行業公司遷址及擴張，對沖基金行業亦計劃擴大其辦公室需求，例如，Man GLG在國際金融中心二期新租用4000方呎空間、富德資產管理在同一幢樓作內部搬遷、寶捷思資本市場在友邦金融中心租用兩層部分單位。

(星島日報)

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盛滙2.13億購北角英皇道舖 平均呎價1.6萬料回報逾4厘

整體投資市場淡靜，惟民生區舖位表現不俗，有資深投資者趁淡靜吸納，盛滙商舖基金購入北角一籃子舖，作價約2.13億易手，料回報逾4厘。原業主為資深投資者楊奮彬，物業於14年間升值86%。

市場消息透露，北角英皇道165至175號公主大廈地下一籃子地舖，建築面積6535方呎及1樓建築面積6440方呎，總面積約12975方呎，業主原本叫價3.2億，議價後以約2.13億易手，呎價約1.6萬。

6名租客承租 月收70.48萬

上述舖位現時租客包括2間食肆知粥嘗樂、大小姐冰室，以及豪大大、友康藥房、脊醫，以及1樓的幼稚園，合共6名租客，以民生行業為主，月租介乎1.9萬至23.5萬，總租金為70.4755萬，新買家料回報約4厘。

有市場人士估計，由於該舖位門面闊，擁有多個租客，不排除盛滙基金將物業折售。過往，盛滙亦經常購入有潛力的舖位，然後拆售獲利。包括大埔道76至84號華僑大廈地下1至4號舖。

投資者楊奮彬沽售 14年升86%

盛滙商舖基金於2021年6月斥5000萬購入，隨後改為7個舖位，3號地舖 (遊戲機中心承租) 率先於2021年10月沽出，其餘6個舖位早前亦成功沽售，共套現7683萬，短短23個月間升值54%。

該舖原業主為資深投資者楊奮彬， 於2009年以約1.14億購入上述物業，持貨約14年，帳面獲利約9900萬，升值逾868%。

楊氏向來只買不賣，今次在代理推動下，終於售出一項物業止賺，他旗下錦華地產，除了投資工商舖外，早年亦夥拍宏安地產進軍住宅市場，先後於馬鞍山發展薈晴及薈朗兩上車盤。

該舖分別租予2家食肆、藥房、五金店及幼稚園，共有6名民生租客，月租合共70.5萬元，新買家料回報約4厘。

(星島日報)

羅守輝續出貨 西環地庫舖3500萬沽

資深投資者羅守輝續沽貨，剛以約3,500萬元，沽出西環地庫舖位。

健身中心10萬租用 回報3.4厘

市場消息指，西環德輔道西363號地庫舖位易手，物業面積約7,959平方呎，以約3,500萬元成交，呎價約4,397元。該舖現由健身中心租用，月租約10萬元，回報率約3.4厘。

據了解，舖位原由羅守輝持有，他於2018年，以3,250萬元購入舖位，持貨5年轉手，帳面賺約250萬元。

另商廈交投方面，銅鑼灣力寶禮頓大廈低層D室，面積約756平方呎，以約1,195萬元成交，呎價約15,807元。

有本港代理行代理表示，中環德輔道中71號永安集團大廈高層03至07室，總面積約5,912平方呎，現以呎價約2.5萬餘元放售，涉及總額約1.48億元，將以現狀及交吉形式出售。

(經濟日報)

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油塘工業區添萬戶 成海景住宅新區

長實 (01113) 油塘親海駅低價出擊引起市場哄動，近年區內亦加快由工業區轉型成為新興住宅社區，未來將有逾萬伙供應推出。

過往油塘屬於住宅及工業綜合社區，其中茶果嶺道北面以住宅區為主，包括油塘邨、油翠苑、油塘中心等，而南部分別是鄰近港鐵油塘站的油塘灣工業區，以及東源街、高輝道交界一帶的油塘工業區。隨着工業北移，油塘灣工業區及油塘工業區均獲改劃作為綜合發展區，並有意推動轉型成為住宅區。

油塘灣1及2期 供應逾6200伙

當中油塘灣呈「U」形的大型項目，便已經規劃逾20年，由恒地 (00012) 牽頭九龍倉 (00004)、新世界 (00017) 等申請興建28幢住宅、4幢酒店、政府、機構或社區設施等，共提供約6,556伙住宅及889個酒店房間。而目前由恒地等牽頭超級財團正在洽商的油塘灣第1及第2期補地價金額，日後將提供逾6,200伙。

冰廠增住宅 減建酒店房間

而未有加入超級財團的保利達柯為湘家族持有的油塘冰廠，原本按油塘灣方案內獲劃為酒店發展，不過該冰廠早前便提出申請轉作住宅發展，擬建1幢32層高 (另設2層地庫) 的住宅，提供約522伙。若有關申請獲批，日後整個油塘灣項目的住宅單位，將會增約8%至7,078伙，惟酒店房間則減約18%至733間。

至於親海駅所在的油灣東源街一帶，更是有多個重建項目正在推展。親海駅前身亦屬於東源街的工業地，長實在4年前補地價約22.1億元，將工業地轉為興建4幢住宅大廈，提供約886伙，分別為親海駅及親海駅II兩期推售。

鄰近為越秀於東源街越秀冷藏倉庫及相鄰用地，獲准興建5幢23至27層高分層住宅，部分設2層平台及1層地庫，住宅樓面約65.8萬平方呎，按照城規會批准的方案，項目將會提供1,393伙；而青建國際 (01240) 亦就東源街18號紹榮鋼鐵獲批重建，提供224伙。

再加上，宏安 (01243) 旗下油塘工業大廈第4座，則會以地積比率6倍發展，擬建2幢26層高的住宅大廈，將提供約676伙，為平均面積約398平方呎的住宅單位。

隨着多個重建項目陸續完成，預計油塘工業區面貌將會煥然一新，取而代之成為一個臨海的住宅新區。

(經濟日報)

華東貨倉最後1層 華潤斥1.4億購

隨着油塘轉型加快，亦吸引更多發展商進駐收購重建，除了宏安 (01243) 外，據悉華潤亦成功收購華東貨倉大廈，其中最後1層收購達1.4億元。

佔地2.6萬呎 可建樓面15.7萬

華東貨倉大廈位於東源街4號，建於1978年，樓高7層，佔地約2.6萬平方呎。由於地盤規模大，加上位處臨海，現時已經劃為住宅 (戊類) 用途，有潛力重建成住宅發展。

據悉，華東貨倉大廈老牌業主在2017年標售4層樓面，佔整幢大廈逾4成業權，最終獲華潤置地以約3.98億元購入，呎價約4,023元。

及後，發展商低調收購餘下業權，包括在今年初以約1.4億元購入3樓全層，面積2.47萬平方呎，呎價約5,668元，預計已經統一業權。若果以華東貨倉大廈佔地約2.6萬平方呎，以地積比率6倍重建，預計可建樓面約15.7萬平方呎。

同區華輝工業大廈一個低層單位，面積約5,465平方呎，早前則以約2,100萬元易手，買家為金朝陽相關人士，平均呎價3,843元。金朝陽首次購入該廈單位，料作為旗下經營迷你倉用途。

(經濟日報)

Hung Hom flats sell like hot cakes

The first batch of 60 flats at Baker Circle Greenwich in Hung Hom was in hot demand on the first day of its launch on the market.

Half of the 60 flats were snapped up within 30 minutes of the launch of sales and by 8pm, 50 had been sold by Henderson Land Development (0012), the developer.

The flats range from studios to three-bedroom units with areas of 215 to 490 square feet, and discounted prices of HK$3.68 million to HK$9.05 million.

Meanwhile, CK Asset (1113) added a fourth price list of 244 flats for sale at The Coast Line II in Yau Tong, with an average discounted price of HK$14,765 per sq ft

It will release the 626 flats for sale this Saturday.

According to sources, the developer has received over 15,000 checks for the flats, making them 23 times oversubscribed.

The first batch of 626 flats are priced at HK$2.9 million to HK$11.35 million after discounts.

In other news, a property agency has revised down its whole-year target for home price growth to 5 percent, citing the property market's lack of momentum for sustained upward growth amid interest rate hikes and a slow economic recovery.

(The Standard)

Hong Kong’s IPO market slump hurts office leasing demand but insurance boom picks up some slack

Grade A office rent in Central is down for the fourth year in a row since 2019, as Hong Kong’s initial public offerings (IPO) market struck a 20-year low

Robust demand from the insurance sector and a strong IPO pipeline has brightened the outlook for the second half of the year

A slowdown in public markets has tapped the brakes on office leasing momentum in Hong Kong, but a turnaround in deal activity, with a boost from several blockbuster listings which are in the pipeline, may improve performance in the second half of the year, according to a real estate firm.

Office rents in the city’s business district saw a decline in the January-June period as the initial public offerings (IPO) market struck a 20-year low with just HK$17.8 billion (US$2.2 billion) raised, according to the agency’s research.

Grade A office rent in Central is down for the fourth year in a row since 2019, according to Savills.

“The slow IPO market further dampens the business prospects of financial institutions, with slow take-up evident across all districts,” an agent said.

This especially affected banks and brokerage firms from mainland China with offices in Central, according to the report.

However, there are signs of a potential market recovery in the second half of 2023 for IPOs as the strong sequential rise of 55 per cent in the second quarter is seen extending its run.

Several notable listings are in the pipeline and this could lift the overall market sentiment in Hong Kong. Those include logistics company SF Express, which plans to raise some US$3billion in a share sale.

Elsewhere Lalatech, the operator of Lalamove and Huolala, filed for an IPO in March and Alibaba Group Holding has also said it will move ahead to list two of its units: its supermarket chain Freshippo and its logistics arm Cainiao.

“The IPO pipeline continues to be stable with over 110 active applicants, which is more than enough to fuel a rebound in the second half of 2023,” said Irene Chow, partner at consultancy KPMG. “We anticipate more specialist technology companies to appear in the second half of 2023.”

Drawn to the city’s volatile stock markets, hedge funds are lining up for office space, the agency said with Man GLG securing 4,000 sq ft of office space in Two International Finance Centre. It is the discretionary investment unit of the world’s largest publicly traded hedge fund.

Meanwhile, Chinese fund Funde Asset Management has also relocated to Two International Finance Centre and US brokerage BGC Capital Markets has occupied multiple units across two floors in AIA Central, the agency said.

The insurance sector, which saw a boom in the first half, also stimulated the market, propelled by AIA subsidiary Blue Cross’s leasing of a 30,400 sq ft office space at Hopewell Centre in Wan Chai.

The insurance sector has seen a 70 per cent surge in office space demand compared with last year and now accounts for 12.5 per cent of the total market, another agency said in late July.

Still, many corporate tenants remain cautious due to the overall uncertain business climate, and this is putting downward pressure on rents. Office rents are expected to decrease 3 per cent to 5 per cent in the second half of 2023, the agent said

The softer demand is reflected in the overall vacancy rate, which rose to 13.5 per cent in the second quarter from 13.4 per cent in the previous quarter, with the 22.2 per cent vacancy rate of Kowloon East a stand-out.

High-specification, green-accredited offices are in demand, particularly among multinational companies which have strict environmental, social, and governance (ESG) requirements, the first agency said.

“Looking ahead, with another 7.5 million sq ft net of new supply in the pipeline, most of them built to the highest standards with ample green features and accreditations, we would expect tenants’ flight to quality,” the report said.

(South China Morning Post)

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Li Ka-shing’s CK Asset expects to sell 626 flats in weekend sale as 13,000 Hong Kong homebuyers bite on 7-year-low prices

The developer expanded The Coast Line II sale from 254 to 626 flats as it received more than 13,000 deposit cheques from hopeful buyers

The low average price of HK$14,686 (US$1,880) per square foot will pressure other developers to cut prices in future launches, analysts say

CK Asset Holdings, the property flagship of Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, will sell out the 626 available units at its The Coast Line II development in Kowloon on Saturday after homebuyers jumped at the chance to snap up new flats at the lowest prices in recent memory.

The units in phase II of the Yau Tong project are priced at HK$14,686 (US$1,880) per square foot on average after discounts, which is a seven-year low for new flats in the city, according to Raymond Cheng, managing director of property management at CGS-CIMB Securities.

More than 13,000 prospective buyers have deposited cheques in hopes of buying the flats at the sale, which CK Asset expanded over the last two days from 254 units to 382 and finally to 626 given the demand.

With the aggressive discounting, CK Asset appears to be kicking off a price war that will see developers offering bigger discounts for new launches in the third quarter, according to a property agent.

Developers have been discounting flat prices by 1 per cent to 3 per cent below market levels since the third quarter of last year, the agent said, who anticipates that developers will price new units at 10 per cent below market levels in the third quarter as they strive to attract buyers and stimulate sales.

The cheapest flat at The Coast Line II, which lies about 10 minutes from an MTR station in the southeastern corner of Kowloon, is a 210 sq ft studio on offer for HK$2.9 million, or HK$13,810 per sq ft, after an 18 per cent discount. The expected sale proceeds from the 626 units are HK$4.67 billion.

An on-site lottery on Saturday morning at Fortune Metropolis in Hung Hom will decide which of the 13,000 hopefuls get to buy flats.

Meanwhile, falling prices in the primary market are depressing sales in the secondary market, the agent said, as homeowners have to cut their asking prices to draw buying interest.

A property agency recorded only four secondary-market sales across the city over the weekend – one better than the previous weekend. Another agency also recorded four sales, and another agency had just three deals.

An agent said secondary transactions will continue to hover at a low level.

“The purchasing power of buyers is seriously skewed, and the overall property market has become polarised, busy in the primary market and quiet in the secondary market,” the agent said.

Hong Kong’s property market has cooled as high interest rates weigh on buyer sentiment. Two recent project launches – La Montagne in Wong Chuk Hang and High Park I in Yuen Long – received only lukewarm interest.

Meanwhile, the number of unsold units in completed projects is the highest since 2007, according to an agency, which said a total of 83,000 housing units are available in Hong Kong, with 18,000 in completed projects and the rest under construction. About 25,000 more units are expected to hit the market in 2023.

本報昨日率先披露中環交易廣場三座索價160億，引起市場高度關注，該項目有最新進展，一間內地金融機構擬夥拍2間財團，洽購該巨無霸項目，據悉涉逾百億。

就項目放售一事，本報日前 (周二) 向置地公司查詢，發言人回應「不評論市場傳聞」。不過，該公司昨日則強調，市傳放售的消息純屬揣測，該公司未有計劃出售中環區任何物業。

洽購價涉逾百億

事實上，發展商及基金近日紛接實盤，交易廣場三座索價160億放售，一間在港尋找旗艦據點多時的內地金融機構，深感興趣，夥拍2間中資財團，趁勢洽購該物業，希望憑藉三方實力鯨吞該涉資逾百億巨無霸項目，在中環豎起地標設立總部。

銷售報告披露租金等資料

一間外資行近日馬不停蹄積極向客戶推介，包括發展商及基金，另一重點的目標客為中資金融機構，該代理行提交詳細報告，讓客戶對交易廣場三座作全面了解，並披露該廈主要租客及租金等資料。報告指中環地位超然，始自2008年起，來港設據點的中資公司，39%選擇中環，惟中環甲廈供應少，只佔整體市場約20%而己。

報告亦指出，該廈向來受中資及外資大戶的垂青，其中，招商銀行大手承租5全層，涉逾5.68萬呎，租客並包括2間國際頂級律師樓，承租數層樓面，絕大部分皆長情租客。

兩年前作內部轉讓

置地早於兩年前，就交易廣場三座作內部轉讓，方便日後若然出售時，可以買賣公司省回大額釐印費，該全幢原由Mulberry Land Company Limited持有，於2021年1月轉予HKL (THREE EXSQ) LIMITED，作價167.28億。

中環對上一宗世紀大刁，為長實於2017年11月以402億出售中環中心權益，為港歷來最大宗物業買賣。

(星島日報)

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置地否認 放售交易廣場三座

對於有報道指，中環大地主置地，正放售中環交易廣場三座全幢，置地否認有關消息，並表示無意放售中環物業。

近日有報道指，置地罕有放售中環交易廣場三座全幢，市值約160億元，按其總樓面面積430,802平方呎計算，每呎意向價約3.8萬元。

置地發言人否認相關消息，相關謠言純屬市場猜測，並強調集團並無計劃出售旗下位於中環的商廈。資料顯示，該廈曾於2021年作內部轉讓，當時作價逾160億元。

中環過往極少大手商廈買賣，對上一宗中區大額商廈交易，為2017年長實 (01113) 以402億元沽出中環中心75%業權，當中包括約122萬平方呎寫字樓及商舖樓面，成交呎價約3.3萬元。

另有外資代理行代理表示，有業主出售北角英皇道375號全幢商住物業。該廈為一幢14層高商住物業，總建築面積約18,310平方呎，地盤面積約1,576平方呎。現已全部承租，地舖為藥房，1樓為足浴、2樓至13樓經營連鎖式旅舍，業主意向價為2.5億元。

(經濟日報)

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萬兆豐中心海景商廈 意向價5330萬

觀塘區陸續有新型商廈進駐，打造成的商業核心區，吸引不同公司落戶，而現放售的萬兆豐中心單位，備型格裝修及開揚海景，料成市場追捧對象。

有代理稱，有業主放售觀塘海濱道133號萬兆豐中心中層F至G室，面積約6,161平方呎，業主意向售價5,330萬元，每平方呎叫價約8,651元，以海景寫字樓單位而言，有如此性價比在市場上絕無僅有，現正交吉放售。

特高樓底 裝潢齊備

放售單位樓底高約12呎8吋，設來去水及24小時空調，有落地大玻璃，對正郵輪碼頭，享永久海景，開揚光猛，採光十足。單位之前用作影視製作公司寫字樓，設計上別樹一幟，擁有型格靚裝，包括中島茶水間兼接待處，多用途玻璃房及會議室等，新買家購入後即減省不少裝修成本。

過去該廈的租賃及買賣成交均非常活躍，價格一直保持穩健，絕對是投資自用首選。而據市場成交所見，萬兆豐中心高層D室，面積約1,915平方呎，以2,138萬元沽出，平均呎價約11,164元。而該廈成交又以租務較活躍，新近租出的高層單位，面積約2,258平方呎，月租約6萬元，平均呎租約27元。

交通便利 具協同效應

萬兆豐中心位於觀塘海濱道，前臨海濱長廊，步行5分鐘可到達港鐵牛頭角站，佔盡地理優勢。大廈樓高共25層，以玻璃幕牆設計，面向無敵大海景；同時自設2層停車場，有189個私家車及21個貨車位；電梯以高中低層分布，每層各設3部客用電梯，完善配套有利提升日常運作效率，絕對滿足業戶需要。

該代理續指，萬兆豐中心比鄰綠景NEO大廈、絲寶國際大廈等甲級商廈，商業氣氛濃厚。觀塘區作為 CBD2 的發展核心，早已聚集了銀行、金融機構、創意產業及科技公司的後勤辦公室或總部，配套本已相當完善，加上有新地全新商廈 The Millennity，內裏設大型商場，預料人流及消費力有增無減，此等成為該區發展更大助力，帶動周邊物業價格上升。再者，近年啟德發展區項目落成，政府部門及私人機構陸續遷入，周邊地區能與之產生協同效應，盡享發展機遇，吸引跨國企業進駐，區內商廈宜睇高一綫。

(經濟日報)

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Chinese lender in fray for Three Exchange Square

A Chinese lender is among the potential buyers of Hongkong Land's Three Exchange Square in Central, The Standard's sister publication Sing Tao Daily has learned.

A property agency has been actively promoting the landmark building to developers, funds and lenders, and a mainland bank intends to form a consortium with two mainland firms to acquire the 33-level Grade-A office tower, Sing Tao said, adding that the bank has been looking for an office in a prime location to establish its headquarters in Hong Kong.

Interested parties were briefed with detailed information on the tenants and rents of the 142-meter-high tower earlier so that they could have a better understanding of the rental return of the property.

Hongkong Land had transferred its stake in the building from Mulberry Land Company to a related company called HKL (THREE EXSQ) two years ago, so it could sell the tower by way of transfer of shares in future sales to reduce the stamp duty, according to Sing Tao. The consideration of the internal transfer was HK$16.73 billion, it added.

The newspaper earlier reported that Hongkong Land is seeking to sell the property for HK$16 billion, which, the unit under British multinational conglomerate Jardine Matheson denied yesterday.

Hongkong Land - the biggest landlord in Central - called it "pure speculation" and it "has no plan to sell any of the buildings in Central."

(The Standard)

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Hongkong Land denies plan to sell Three Exchange Square tower

Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd. said it has no plans to sell Three Exchange Square, a tower in Hong Kong’s Central district, following a media report that it was exploring a sale.

“The market rumor is pure speculation. Hongkong Land has no plan to sell any of the buildings in Central,” a company spokesperson said in response to a query by Bloomberg News.

Local newspaper Sing Tao earlier reported that an unidentified agency was marketing the property for sale at HK$16 billion (US$2 billion).

Three Exchange Square is a 33-story Grade-A office tower with tenants including S&P Global Inc. and China Merchants Bank Co. Hongkong Land is Central’s biggest commercial property landlord.

Hong Kong’s office market has been under pressure for the past couple of years. Office values have declined about 35% from their peak in 2018, according to an international property agency.

(The Standard)

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‘No price war’: Hong Kong developers brush aside fears of a property crash even as CK Asset offers new Kowloon flats at 15 per cent discount

CK Asset’s executive director said discounts were ‘money from [the company’s] pocket’, dismissing fears they would lead to a price war among developers

Clearing inventory is wise in a high-interest environment, and other developers are unlikely to follow suit on prices, analysts say

CK Asset Holding’s aggressive pricing of homes at a development in Kowloon – where prices lower than Hong Kong has seen in seven years have drawn a throng of potential buyers – is not the first shot in a catastrophic price war but simply a smart strategy to clear inventory, experts said.

The developer, the property flagship of Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, also dismissed claims that its discounted pricing aimed to, or would, trigger a price war.

More than 22,000 prospective buyers have deposited cheques in hopes of buying flats at The Coast Line II  in Yau Tong, which are priced at HK$14,686 (US$1,880) per square foot on average after discounts. CK Asset expanded the sale, which starts on Saturday, from 254 units to 382 and finally to all 626 available flats given the response.

“Every developer has different strategies to sell their new residential projects, and CK Asset just chose to quickly sell [these units] by offering some discounts, ” said Stewart Leung Chi-kin, chairman of the executive committee of the Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong.

The move should not be seen as a dire omen for the market, as the developer is still earning a healthy profit, Leung said. “If a developer decides to sell a property at a reduced price, but they are making a loss, then there would be a need to panic.”

Leung and other experts believe that the aggressive pricing was a marketing strategy to test homebuyers’ responses and attract market attention. It is also seen as good business.

“Holding inventories amid a high interest-rate environment is not good for developers in the long run, because [it] means paying extra interest every month,” said Eddie Hui Chi-man, associate head of Polytechnic University’s faculty of construction and environment. “If I sell [inventory] at a slower pace, my costs will increase, so it is better to sell faster.”

Some consultants said CK Asset’s aggressive discounting will lead other developers to offer bigger discounts for new launches in the third quarter, triggering market speculation about a greater decline in home prices.

“We always price our developments to the then-market situation,” Justin Chiu Kwok-hung, CK Asset’s executive director, told the Post, adding that the lower prices will give the younger generation a chance to own their own residences or upgrade their homes.

“Every development has its own calculation,” Chiu said, dismissing concerns that the discounts could lead to a price war among the city’s major developers. “It is not a very big development, it will not change the market. It’s money from our pocket … so why would I trigger a price war?”

“Every development has its own calculation, [The Coastline] is not a very big development, it will not change the market,” the executive said.

The pricing level will make “not a lot of profit, but a decent profit”, he added.

The gross margin for the whole project will be about 25 to 30 per cent, which is still a reasonable profit for the company, albeit lower than the 30 to 40 per cent yield from projects over the years, according to Raymond Cheng, managing director of property management at CGS-CIMB Securities.

Low prices at this one project are unlikely to affect the entire market, said Chau Kwong-Wing, chair professor of real estate and construction at the University of Hong Kong.

“What happens later also depends on the next batch, and on CK Asset or other developers’ calculations,” he said. “If all developers follow this huge discount, then, of course, the impact on the market would be quite significant, but I don’t think that is likely to happen. I think they will observe for a while first.”

Hong Kong’s property market has been sluggish as high interest rates weigh on buyer sentiment. Two recent project launches – La Montagne in Wong Chuk Hang and High Park I in Yuen Long – received only lukewarm interest.

Meanwhile, the number of unsold units in completed projects is the highest since 2007, according to a property agency, which said a total of 83,000 housing units are available in Hong Kong, with 18,000 in completed projects and the rest under construction. About 25,000 more units are expected to hit the market in 2023.

An on-site lottery on Saturday morning at Fortune Metropolis in Hung Hom will decide which of the 22,000 hopefuls get to buy The Coast Line II flats. The expected sale proceeds from the 626 units are HK$4.67 billion.

The cheapest flat at The Coast Line II, which lies about 10 minutes from an MTR station in the southeastern corner of Kowloon, is a 210 sq ft studio on offer for HK$2.9 million, or HK$13,810 per sq ft, after an 18 per cent discount.

中環威靈頓街92號錄大手買賣，德林控股投資近3億，購買該廈最高五層全部單位，以及樓頂全部面積，和該物業冠名權，在購該物業最高五層後，亦獲冠名權，將命名「德林大廈」(DL Tower)， 公司計劃將總部遷入該物業，此投資為集團首次投資香港商業地產，若以以5層總樓面約1.16萬方呎計，呎價約2.58萬。

連命名權一併購入

中環威靈頓街92號重建項目，由資本策略發展，地盤面積約2883方呎，樓高23層，總樓面約5.5萬方呎，將於2024年落成。，該項目目前共沽出9層樓面，佔項目約40%。

iCITY累售214伙

有代理表示，由金朝陽旗下葵涌全新數碼工廈地標iCITY，項目開售至今，已累售214伙，當中73伙今年成交，臨近現樓之際，iCITY銷售步伐加快，單在7月份已售出9伙，最新錄中層單位成交，該單位建築面積約422方呎，成交價430萬，呎價約10190元。該代理續稱，近年大熱的新式工廈，單位面積較細小，適合年輕創業家小型作業，加上工廈不受「辣稅」限制，而且iCITY將近現樓，吸引本地及海外投資者及用家追捧，可望於短期內自用或放租。

(星島日報)

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胡忠大廈極高層意向2917萬

有代理表示，灣仔皇后大道東213號的胡忠大廈極高層16室放售，建築面積約1459方呎，意向呎價約2萬，項目涉資約2917萬，以現狀及交吉交易，單位間隔方正實用，採無柱設計，備基本寫字樓裝修，設經理房及會議室等，物業處極高樓層，可遠眺開揚山景，胡忠大廈本身附平台公園。

平均呎約2萬

該代理又說，胡忠大廈本身及周邊配套甚完善，樓下商舖樓層備餐廳及郵局，大廈周邊店舖林立，有多間銀行及食肆。大廈周邊有公眾停車場方便駕駛人士，步行約5分鐘即可到達港鐵灣仔站，大廈並有多條巴士及小巴路線途經。

(星島日報)

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金朝陽希雲大廈32億交易現變數

金朝陽於去年8月以32.09億出售銅鑼灣希雲大廈地盤，買家徐意為一間中資發展商的相關人士，交易出現變數。金朝陽發公告指，延至昨日 (8月9日)，買家並無支付進一步按金。(買家徐意以支付額外費用為代價，將3.2億元按金限期由今年2月延至昨日)。

買家未支付3.2億按金

金朝陽指，董事會現正就違約而應對買方及 / 或買方擔保人採取下一步行動，諮詢法律顧問意見，並正審視公司可用選項及追究辦法，以維護公司及股東整體利益，當中包括但不限於與買方及買方擔保人達成和解，或終止買賣協議及補充協議並採取行動尋求追索。

已延期6個月

希雲大廈位於銅鑼灣禮頓道128至138號、希雲街2至30號，屬於市區罕有的大型地盤。若以成交價計算，物業的總實用面積85928方呎，呎價約3.7萬元，以佔地約13205方呎、地積比率15倍重建成為商用物業，可建樓面19.8萬方呎計算，每呎樓面地價約1.62萬元。

據雙方在去年公布協議，去年8月簽立買賣協議時，買家支付訂金3.2億元，為成交價10%，並於6個月後 (即今年2月) 支付多10%的進一步按金，涉資3.2億元，直至項目完成交易，清付餘下金額。

正諮詢法律顧問意見

希雲大廈屬金朝陽收購的大型項目之一，項目在獲80%業權後，於2019年7月申強拍，項目估值逾15.7億，屬該集團歷來最大宗收購商住項目。而金朝陽就項目的總收購成本約21.017億元。

(星島日報)

歌賦山道巨無霸洋房推出招標

多個豪宅新盤部署登場，其中山頂歌賦山道15號巨無霸洋房，剛上載銷售安排，項目將於本月14日起招標，截標日期為9月19日。

歌賦山道15號大宅，面積約18078方呎，附連9948方呎花園、1200方呎前庭、1631方呎庭院、2081方呎天台及2788方呎停車位。大宅樓高6層，包括地下低層3樓、地下低層2樓、地下低層1樓、地下、1樓、2樓及天台，屬6房連套房加書房及家庭房設計，並且設有升降機通往各層，花園設有泳池。

種植道1號料今年推

項目早前已經上載售樓說明書，項目由接管人Chateau 15 Investments Limited  (接管人和經理人已任命) 推出，預期是《一手住宅物業銷售條例》2013年4月底實施後，山頂區最大面積洋房，並晉身全港第10大洋房之列。

除上述巨無霸洋房之外，由九倉持有、會德豐地產負責銷售的山頂種植道1號超級洋房項目，亦部署於今年第三季或第四季推出。項目合共提供20幢洋房，面積介乎約4600至7500方呎，其中5幢洋房料以招標方式推售，餘下15幢洋房則保留作長線收租用途。

(星島日報)

Home rents in Hong Kong climb to 18-month high as students and professionals return while interest rates deter buyers

Rents increased 1.15 per cent in July, according to a property agency’s market rental index, which tracks 138 housing estates across the city

The index could climb by another 1.74 per cent in the third quarter to a level not seen since October 2021, the agency says

Home rents in Hong Kong climbed to an 18-month high in July as the city’s private housing market entered its peak season, as students and working professionals returned to the city and high interest rates continued to deter renters from becoming buyers.

Rents increased 1.15 per cent in July to 114.02 from a month earlier, according to the a market rental index compiled by a local property agency, which tracks 138 housing estates across the city. The index has risen 5.45 per cent over the six-month period starting January, when it fell to its lowest level since August 2016.

“Prospective buyers have switched from buying to renting, and the inflow of students and professionals has greatly increased the demand for rental properties,” an agent said in a report on Thursday.

“The private housing market has entered the traditional summer leasing peak season, and the number of leasing cases has increased, leading to a steady increase in rents. The rental market continues to be active.”

The agency expects the index could climb by another 1.74 per cent to 116 in the third quarter, a level not seen since October 2021.

Housing rents have been rising in Hong Kong since the beginning of this year, due largely to an influx of mainland professionals and graduates.

A total of 4,426 property purchase transactions were recorded in July, down 7.34 per cent from June. Among them, residential transactions fell 15.16 per cent month on month to 3,065 deals, according to data released by the Land Registry on August 2.

An international agency expects mass market and luxury rents to rise by 3 to 5 per cent for the full year in 2023, according to an agent from the agecny.

“There is a trend that more people prefer to rent as there is uncertainty as to when interest rates will start falling,” the agent said.

At the end of July, interest rates in the city rose for the 11th time in 17 months, taking funding costs to the highest level since December 2007. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the de facto central bank in the city, raised the local base rate by 25 basis points to 5.75 per cent in lockstep with the US Federal Reserve.

“We also notice that more corporations leased a number of flats as the accommodation for their staff moving from China,” the agent said.

Rents are expected to rise by 9.5 per cent for the full year, outperforming home prices, according to another agent.

On a six month basis, overall home rents rose 3.2 per cent, with flats in the size category of 1,076 to 1,721 sq ft seeing the biggest growth of 5.5 per cent, according to the Rating and Valuation Department.

Home rents could rise by a further 4 per cent in the third quarter with the support of the traditional peak season, according to the agency.

“As students return and spur the leasing demand, rent in the fourth quarter may go up by 2 per cent,” the agent said.

(South China Morning Post)

受進出口疲弱等因素影響，第二季本地生產總值增長幅度略為放緩，商廈市場增長勢頭亦明顯減弱。有本港代理行發表的商廈市場報告指出，7月份商廈註冊宗數僅錄49宗，按月減少逾40%，成交量低位徘徊，租售價方面，上月甲廈售價持平，金按月微升0.2%，來自部分擴充搬遷的個案所帶動。

大額欠奉售價下跌

上月50大指標甲廈成交量只有3宗，今年以來最低，由於缺乏大手成交，部分分區售價持續回落，其中港島最弱的是上環，指標甲廈售價按月挫5.5%，最新平均呎價20048元，同區乙廈售價同樣錄跌幅。

上月錄不少搬遷個案，中環長江集團中心二期錄預租，由滙橋資本預租半層樓面，面積約5260方呎，呎租約120元，九龍東亦錄外資企業升級個案，觀塘道348號宏利廣場連錄兩宗租務，美資企業Carter's租用低層全層，涉及面積約3.6萬方呎，另一宗為美資機構Avery Dennison租用約2萬方呎，以上兩宗呎租同為28元。

空置率高見10.5%

空置率高企，全港整體甲廈空置率10.5%，中區、灣仔及銅鑼灣、尖沙咀空置率分別為9.5%、6.7%及7.8%。該行代理指，商廈復甦遜預期，主要受息口高企、投資需求減及吸納速度慢等因素影響，料以上情況令部分投資者觀望，短期內商廈價量齊跌。

(星島日報)

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星光行低層意向價1080萬

有代理稱，尖沙咀星光行低層29及29B室，建築面積約1276方呎，意向價1080萬，每方呎約8464元。

星光行位於尖沙咀梳士巴利道3號，業權分散，物業鄰近天星碼頭，由物業步行至港鐵尖沙咀站L6出口，約5分鐘路程。星光行聚集企業包括升學顧問、會計及旅遊等企業，該廈基座設有中式酒樓及快餐店。

距港鐵站步程5分鐘

星光行較近期成交，包括今年8月，12樓19室，建築面積約715方呎，以900萬成交，平均呎價12587元；今年1月，該廈18樓6室，建築面積920方呎，以1520萬易手，平均呎價16522元。

(星島日報)

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商廈港威大廈 中高層租11.1萬

尖沙咀指標商廈港威大廈今年租務理想，消息指，港威大廈一座中高層12室，面積約2,314平方呎，成交呎租約48元，涉及月租約11.1萬元。

另同區康宏廣場中高層17室，面積約2,290平方呎，以每呎約31元租出。

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‘Always the first’: CK Asset’s history of using discounts to hone its edge, clear inventory to survive Hong Kong’s property market slumps

This week’s The Coast Line II sale is far from the first time the property flagship of Li Ka-shing has used low prices to get attention and clear inventory

‘As a developer you want your money back as soon as possible, and also to get a profit,’ expert says

Tens of thousands of people queued for hours on Saturday to get their hands on something unseen for seven years in Hong Kong: new flats on offer by one of the city’s most renown developers at prices last recorded in 2016.

The crowd started assembling at 8am, a full two hours before CK Asset Holding began offering the first 626 flats at its The Coast Line II apartments project in Yau Tong on the Kowloon peninsula. From the lobby of a shopping centre, the line spilled over a footbridge across a major thoroughfare, ending at a spot in a subway station three hours’ queue away from the sales desk.

By 9pm, CK Asset sold every flat in the current phase for a haul estimated at HK$4.67 billion (US$597 million). The sell-out was almost guaranteed, as 60 buyers had registered to bid for every available flat.

The winning strategy sparked fears among consultants that other developers in Hong Kong would be tempted to follow with even bigger discounts in the third quarter. CK Asset, and the city’s powerful guild of developers allayed concerns that a price war is imminent.

Still, this weekend was just a page out of CK Asset’s play book; the property flagship of Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing has used aggressive pricing to draw attention and clear its inventory quickly across every property slump throughout the years.

“When the market is uncertain, CK Asset is always the first to cut prices,” a property agent said. “As a developer, you want your money back as soon as possible, and also to get a profit.”

Developers also need to consider opportunity cost, the agent said. “If they choose to hold inventory, developers will be burnt from two sides. One is the holding cost and the other is the income return that could have been generated from the cash.”

CK Asset made the first splash in 1998 – hot on the heels of the Asian Financial Crisis -when it sold the first phase of its Tierra Verde project in Tsing Yi at a lower-than-market average of HK$4,147 per square foot. The result: A sensational 1,400-unit sell-out on the first day.

Phase II, which launched two months later, was also offered at a low price, helping the developer sell all 1,781 units, most of them on the first day.

“The aftermath of the Asian financial crisis continued for a few years and spilled over to the property market, as the difficult financial environment weighed on sentiments,” another agent said. “But new launches at low prices were still popular, as homebuyers would come out.”

In 2001, CK Asset offered the first 24 flats in the first phase of its Caribbean Coast project in Tung Chung at about 20 per cent cheaper than the neighbourhood’s average price.

Buyers brought their own chairs to camp out at the sales office days before the sale opened on a first-come-first-served basis, the agent said.

Phase II repeated the strategy in 2003, with the first eight flats of the 1,240-unit project offered with 34-per cent discounts.

“The developer offered a few units at a much lower price as a way to test homebuyers’ responses amid a sluggish property market,” the agent said.

The low-price tactic continued to work. In 2009, CK Asset needed only two hours to sell more than 300 units at Le Prestige, the second phase of the massive Lohas Park residential project in Tseung Kwan O, which had a total of 1,688 units.

The developer priced the units in the project at an average of HK$5,500 per square foot, but launched sales at HK$4,692 per square foot for the first 32 units – a 14.7 per cent discount. More than 1,000 buyers showed up at the sales office hoping to snag one of those 32 flats.

In 2014, CK Asset surprised the market again by launching the cheapest new homes available for sale in Hong Kong: a 194 sq ft studio flat at phase I of Mont Vert in Tai Po, priced at HK$1.65 million.

The first 260 units at Mont Vert launched at a price 30 per cent lower than neighbouring new flats, according to a local property agency.

In addition to the cheapest new home, CK Asset also went on to unveil one of the city’s tiniest new flats, a 165 sq ft unit – about the size of a parking space – at Mont Vert II.

Earlier this year, CK Asset slashed prices to clear inventory on two of its projects. The company cut prices for 10 remaining flats at Seaside Sonata in Nam Cheong by 10 to 16 per cent in February. The discount immediately attracted buyers, and the inventory sold out overnight.

Later in March, nearly 5,000 people braved a thunderstorm to queue up in Hung Hom to bid for the first 400 flats in the second phase of the Grand Jeté project in Tuen Mun by CK Asset and Sun Hung Kai Properties. The price was set at an average discount of 17 per cent.

“CK Asset is a fast-asset-turnover developer,” said Raymond Cheng, managing director and head of HK property at CGS-CIMB Securities. “They price their projects according to the market price and do not hold inventory. This is their general sales strategy.”

The Coast Line II is currently under construction, with completion slated for 2025. Its low pricing makes sense given its less convenient location and lack of guaranteed sea view compared to phase I, which has yet to commence selling its 228 units, analysts said.

The Coast Line II is about an eight-minute walk to the Yau Tong subway station. Ko Fai Road is dusty and noisy, as the project is located in an industrial area with trucks lumbering in and out of three cement plants that serve several construction sites nearby.

The Kwun Tong wholesale fish market, located in front of The Coast Line II, will be demolished for the construction of more residential buildings in the future.

The industrial Yau Tong district has been transforming into a residential area in recent years. Occupied and projects that are about to launch total 2,434 units, according to another property agency.

The fact that the area is still under development also justifies the low pricing for The Coast Line II, another agent said. “If it is all built, [The Coast Line II] will not be sold at such a cheap price.”

People choosing the area should be prepared to wait a few years for the district to develop, the agent said. “Yau Tong is in reference to the development in Kai Tak, people are betting on it to become the next central business district,” the agent said.

儘管近期寫字樓租賃市場淡靜，整體空置率亦升至逾15%，不過，保險及金融行業需求仍然持續，灣仔合和中心錄大手租賃，該廈高層兩全層涉及3.2萬方呎，由保險公司承租，作為擴充業務，每月租金高逾140萬。

消息人士透露，上址為合和中心54樓及57樓，每層面積約1.6萬方呎，合共約3.2萬方呎，獲保險公司承租，平均呎租約45元，月租高達144萬，該2層早於疫市前由多個租客承租，當時平均呎租約52元，因此租金較疫市前回落約13%。知情人士指，新租客為友邦保險，該公司去年完成收購藍十字後，由於業務擴充，需要更多樓面，看中該廈地點非常方便，而且租金較新式實惠，因而大手承租。

平均呎租45元

業內人士指，近年來，寫字樓以「升級搬遷」帶動，過去疫市下，部分商廈雖然「升級」，搬向更優質的商廈，但縮細了樓面，近期「升級搬遷」不乏擴充，但商戶仍然注重租金實惠，保險及金融公司表現積極。

根據一間外資代理行發布的2023下半年房地產市場報告指，今年第一季寫字樓查詢量和預約參觀有所增加，但第二季增長勢頭放緩，導致甲廈整體空置率升至15%，首季整體商廈租金下跌2%。受中環及金鐘租金調整影響，整體甲廈租金進一步按季下調0.8%，跌至每月呎租55.4元。今年首季，內地公司在核心區寫字樓新租賃比例佔29%，踏入第二季，內地公司新租賃查詢增加，受惠地區包括中環及尖沙咀。該行預期，租金將於2023年第四季回穩，預計全年甲廈租金持平或錄正增長，全年整體增幅2%。

較疫市前回落13%

根據另一間外資代理行資料顯示，2023年上半年，市場租賃約2022年全年一半，然而，第2季按季跌26%，只有78.6萬方呎，過去連續三季淨吸納，今年第2季跌至負數，上半年負吸納量27.67萬方呎，空置樓面1,350萬方呎，屬歷來新高，上半年整體空置率升0.4個百分點，達到15.7%歷史新高。今年第二季整體租金按季跌0.5%，半年跌幅2.2%，然而，中環租金去年第二季開始穩定，最新按季升0.1%。

(星島日報)

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恒隆放售佐敦恒福商廈 全幢時裝行業主導

恒隆旗下的佐敦彌敦道恒福商業中心全幢放售，該廈聚集時裝生意租客，該廈曾於2018年放售，當時意向價25億，惟代理強調，最新並沒有意向價或市值。

上址為佐敦彌敦道221B至E號恒福商業中心全幢，總建築面積約68189方呎，樓高16層，每層面積介乎約3913至4164方呎，面向彌敦道門面寬闊，總長逾25米，地舖搶眼，更設獨立樓梯入口連接地庫及1樓。

總樓面逾6.8萬呎

該物業門前設多條巴士線，除了可作企業香港總部外，亦可打造成銀座式主題商廈、醫務大樓及教育中心，故租務比同區物業看高一線，現時出租率達100％，現時租戶以時裝業務為主，受惠於近年醫療旅遊需求強勁，該廈亦適宜做專科及體檢醫務診所、醫學美容租戶。

出租率達100％

該廈距離佐敦港鐵站C1出口，僅數步之遙，到達尖沙咀需時5分鐘步程，鄰近西九龍高鐵站、中港碼頭、跨境巴士總站及紅磡港鐵站，該物業亦適合作各大中港企業集團總部或自用。

有外資代理行代理表示，恒福商業中心於高峰期，呎租高逾90元，而最新沒有意向價或市值，由準買家出價，隨着市民及內地客對醫療及醫美服務需求增加，尖沙咀區商廈租金攀升，佐敦亦由傳統批發零售業務租戶，逐漸轉型醫務診所及醫美健康。

(星島日報)

市建九龍城項目突招意向 可提供約640伙 市場估值26至28億

市建局就九龍城盛德街/馬頭涌道發展項目，今日起邀請有興趣參與的發展商及財團提交合作發展意向書，截止日期為本月29日。該項目可提供約640個住宅單位，綜合市場最新估值約26.55億至28.21億，每方呎估值約6400至6800元。

市建局表示，上述是該局其中一個重建公務員建屋合作社樓宇試點項目，於2020年5月展開，並獲得政府授權進行。為協助合作社社員處理複雜的解散合作社手續，以及取得其單位業權，市建局為有關社員提供免費法律顧問服務及其他支援。在全數154名受影響的前合作社社員配合下，市建局於今年3月完成住戶搬遷工作，較原定計劃提前六個月。

該局又稱，項目旨在釋放土地發展潛力，並藉重建將建築物從街道後移，以擴闊及綠化地面行人空間，改善該區的步行環境。

項目釋放土地發展潛力

市建局董事會已設立一個遴選小組，將評審接獲的合作發展意向書，並於稍後邀請合資格發展商及財團，提交合作發展標書。同時，成功取得該項目的發展商或財團，必須按照發展協議中列明的建築設計、標準與品質、可持續發展和智能系統的要求，興建新發展項目，以提供一個可持續發展的生活環境。

該項目地盤面積約46102方呎，預計可興建總樓面面積最多約414920方呎，合共提供約640個住宅單位。

可建樓面上限逾41萬呎

有測量師表示，由於項目距離港鐵宋皇臺站約有8分鐘步程，加上近期地價回落，再考慮到成本等其他因素，預期平均每方呎樓面價約6400元，即項目估值約26.55億。

上述為市建局其中一個於本年度推出的項目，其餘兩個項目為九龍城啟德道/沙浦道及黃大仙衙前圍村。

其中，黃大仙衙前圍村擁有超過600年歷史，政府年初時表示，經過多年來的考古和準備，保育方案獲古物諮詢委員會支持，因此可以完成換地手續，並開始推進重建工作。該項目地盤面積約6.47萬方呎，涉及可建總樓面39.93萬方呎，料可提供約750伙。

(星島日報)

灣仔胡忠大廈 實用率高合用家

灣仔屬傳統商業區，交通方便，附近配套齊全，胡忠大廈屬區內指標大廈之一，樓面較大兼實用率高，吸引不少用家。

胡忠大廈為傳統寫字樓大廈，於1991年落成，由合和實業發展，以合和實業主席胡應湘的父親胡忠命名。

項目樓高38層，不包括地下及不設1樓，總樓面積達847,550平方呎。地下大堂以雲石鋪設具氣派，並提供12部升降機，亦設有貨用升降機，能更有效將用戶分流。

多個政府部門設辦公室

物業內有不少政府部門及機構辦事處，包括教育局及衞生署。物業一大特色，為區內很多商業項目全層樓面約萬餘平方呎，而胡忠大廈每層面積約25,000平方呎，樓底高度約7.9呎，適合用家。屬舊式商廈設計，單位間隔方正無柱位，實用率高見9成。

景觀上，主要單位可以享有山景及開揚皇后大道東景，部分高層單位更可遠眺海景。

大廈位於灣仔皇后大道東213號，鄰近合和中心、合和中心二期、QRE Plaza及大新金融中心 (前稱陽光中心)，為灣仔區內甲級寫字樓大廈的指標。交通上，由港鐵灣仔站步行至該廈，需時約5至10分鐘，大廈門外設有巴士站，附近亦設有小巴站，直達港九新界，大廈內亦設有24小時停車場，提供合共80個車位，方面駕車人士出入，交通便利。

飲食方面，大廈內設有連鎖快餐店，附近亦有不少茶餐廳及食肆，值得一提，物業地下西餐廳，由知名歌手開設，甚具人氣。

鄰近的QRE Plaza內亦有大量餐廳，上班人士亦可選擇步行2至3分鐘到利東街，有不少中高檔餐廳可供選擇。

今年3宗租務 呎租高見41元

大廈今年以租務主導，暫錄得3宗租務成交，其中，高層單位，面積約2,962平方呎，以每月88,860租出，呎租30元，另中層單位，面積約1,074平方呎，以每月44,034租出，呎租41元。

(經濟日報)

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高層單位放售 意向呎價約2萬元

胡忠大廈放盤不多，現極高層單位放售，意向價約2,917萬元。

灣仔會議展覽設施擴建在即，而隨着香港經濟環境持續復甦，其亞洲金融地位將陸續吸引中國及外資企業來港交流，對灣仔區展覽、商廈及酒店需求與日俱增。新近有業主乘市場消息，決定推出灣仔指標商廈胡忠大廈極高層單位放售，意向價約2,917萬元。

有代理表示，單位為胡忠大廈極高層16室，面積約1,459平方呎，意向價約2,917萬元，意向呎價約2萬元會以現狀及交吉形式交易。

間隔方正 備有裝修

單位間隔方正實用，採無柱設計，另備有基本寫字樓裝修，設有經理房及會議室等，為買家節省部分裝修成本。而因物業處於大廈極高樓層，可遠眺開揚山景。

(經濟日報)

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工商舖7月250買賣 今年第二低

有本港代理行統計，7月份市場僅錄得約250宗工商舖買賣成交，對比6月份的308宗減少約18%，而按年同期337宗相比的話，減幅更見約25%，成交宗數為今年單月第二低。

寫字樓表現最弱 僅27成交

雖然成交量遞低，但總成交金額則維持於相若水平，7月份共錄得約37.27億元，與6月份約38.24億元相距不多，跌幅僅約2%，主要因月內工商舖買賣成交中涉及多宗大額交易，因而拉高成交總額。同時，整體工商舖物業價格亦見穩定，令7月份市場出現量跌價穩走勢。

按3大範疇分析的話，7月份3個類別成交宗數均見下跌，其中寫字樓市場表現最為疲弱，僅錄得約27宗成交，總金額約3.58億元，宗數及金額同創今年新低，而工廈市場就錄得約165宗買賣個案，按月下跌約兩成；而由於月內太古地產斥資約3億元收購鰂魚涌華廈工廠大廈地下A2地廠及1樓A室，為該廈統一業權，因而帶動工廈市場總買賣成交金額上升至約17.34億元，按月增多約9%。

商舖市場呈同樣量跌價升走勢，7月份共錄得約58宗買賣成交，按月減少約12%，總金額則錄得約16.35億元，比6月份多出約11%；當中涉及的大額成交為由恒地發展的啟德沐泰街7號 THE HENLEY 地下連1樓基座商場，以約5.28億元售出，料新買家為內地投資者。

該行代理表示，7至8月暑假期間一向都是外遊高峰期，加上今年為3年疫情後首度回復正常旅遊，市民外遊情況更為活躍，亦因此令投資市場放緩。同時，現時經濟市道仍處於復甦階段，息口問題對投資決策影響大，目前加息周期，令買家投資成本增加，而銀行又同步收緊借貸審批，情況雪上加霜。

另一方面加息令存款利率提升，不少銀行都推出高息回報存款計劃，比工商舖物業回報率更高，風險更低，令買家入市態度更為審慎。同時零售消費市道亦未有明顯改善，訪港旅客數字旺丁不旺財，港人北上消費及外遊增多，本地消費市道不振，亦令工商舖市場未如預期大幅反彈。潘氏相信，受息口因素等困擾，市場觀望氣氛將會延續至8月份，買賣交投將會處於膠着狀態，預料整體買賣表現將會一般。

(經濟日報)

中環永安集團大廈 高層大單位叫價1.48億

中環永安集團大廈高層海景大單位，現以呎價約2.5萬餘元放售。

面積5912呎 呎價2.5萬

有代理表示，中環德輔道中71號永安集團大廈高層03至07室，總面積約5,912平方呎，現以呎價約2.5萬餘元放售，涉及總額約1.478億元，將以現狀及交吉形式出售。

該代理稱，是次放售物業為中環區罕有相連大單位，同時物業位處大廈高層，可享優美海景景致。此外，單位間隔四正實用，更備有來去水位，用途彈性大，適合不同行業進駐；而單位位處正𨋢，屬罕有。

該代理續稱，今番業主放售誠意十足，叫價相宜；翻查資料，永安集團大廈最高成交呎價曾錄得約3.46萬元，為該廈中層05室，面積約1,400平方呎，於2018年中售出。

(經濟日報)

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甲級商廈之外 還有超甲級

中環超甲級商廈實在寥寥可數，更是從來無業主願意沽貨。超甲廈的罕有之處，在於本身地段、質素、單一業權的獨特性，業主割愛機會極低。

近日有報道指，置地罕有放售中環交易廣場三座全幢，市值約160億元，按其總樓面面積約43萬平方呎計算，每呎意向價約3.8萬元。報道後不足1小時，置地發言人否認相關消息，指相關謠言純屬市場猜測，並強調集團並無計劃出售旗下位於中環的商廈。資料顯示，該廈曾於2021年作內部轉讓，當時作價逾160億元。

中環大地主迅速回應出售傳聞，相信亦因公司一向以中環作為發展基地，甲級寫字樓作收租為核心業務，而過往20多年，亦沒有出售任何中環物業，故此作出回應，避免過分揣測。

全港超甲級商廈 僅約10幢

相關傳言出現，或許因近3年疫情衝擊，甲廈需求下跌，中環空置率亦出現近10多年新高，令大家可能會想像甲廈業主開始對後市乏信心，或有出售意慾。

但要留意一點，近10多年來，中環全幢甲廈成交可謂少之又少，而更需要注意中環甲廈亦有分等級，是次提及的交易廣場屬於中環超甲廈級數。據測量師行統計全港甲廈數字，其中一項為「中環超甲廈商廈」，所涉及物業僅約10幢，包括國際金融中心二期、交易廣場、遮打大廈等。空置率上，中環甲廈空置率現約9.9%，而超甲廈則約7.4%，反映超甲廈租用情況，在市況欠佳下仍相對較理想。

超甲廈之罕有在於物業的質素，包括所處的位置，定必是中環最核心商業地段，大廈配套齊全，故雲集國際大型機構租用。最優質物業始終防守力最高，不論旺市或淡市，質素最上乘商廈，租客仍會感興趣。例如在旺市時，超甲廈呎租高達180至200元，交吉單位難求。當近1年市況轉弱，超甲廈呎租回調至120至140元平，下跌約3成，又可以吸引一些機構，因應租金回調，願意遷入以提升辦公室級數。任何時間，超甲廈在租務市場上均勝一籌。近20多年，未有業主曾沽售超甲級商廈，只會不斷提升設備作長綫持有。

業權質素地段極珍貴 難割愛

更重要的是，超甲廈必須是單一業權，物業一旦拆售後，租戶組合便難以控制，物業質素亦會慢慢降低。還有一點要留意，中環全幢物業最珍貴之處，在於大廈命名權，若跨國企業以全幢方式購入，便可把大廈名字更改，顯示集團地位。換言之，超甲廈的單一業權、質素及地段，均是極之珍貴，除非準買家能出天價，否則業主割愛機會非常低。

(經濟日報)

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Commercial building in Jordan up for sale

Hang Lung Group (0010) has put the whole of Hanford Commercial Centre in Jordan up for sale with an estimated valuation of HK$1.5 billion - a lot less than five years ago.

The building has a floor area of 68,189 square feet, with 16 storys and typical floor plates ranging from 3,913 to 4,164 sq ft, according to a property agency.

The Hanford center faces the busiest section of Nathan Road with retail shop footage over 25 meters. The property is fully occupied mainly by fashion-related tenants plus health care, medical and beauty service providers.

Rents exceeded HK$90 per sq ft during peak times, according to the agency.

The agency also said such a building going up for sale in the area is rare as most such properties are owned by established local families and developers seeking long-term rental income. But the latest market valuation is HK$1.5 billion, slumping from HK$2.5 billion in 2018.

The local commercial building market has seen deals plunging more than 40 percent monthly to 49 in July amid a slow economic recovery.

(The Standard)

URA opens plan for To Kwa Wan

The Urban Renewal Authority started to receive expressions of interest yesterday for the redevelopment project Shing Tak Street / Ma Tau Chung Road in To Kwa Wan, which is expected to offer 640 flats.

With a land area of 4,283 square meters, the project seeks to maximize development capacity, intending to offer 640 residential units spanning a gross floor area of 38,547 square meters.

The project will enhance the local surroundings by expanding the sidewalk, introducing building setbacks and incorporating green spaces. The improvements will also enhance pedestrian accessibility at street level.

Initiated in May 2020 and sanctioned by the government, the project represents one of the URA's pilot endeavors aimed at the redevelopment of structures within the framework of the Civil Servants' Co-operative Building Society Scheme.

All the CBS members affected by this project were relocated by March, six months earlier than originally scheduled.

(The Standard)

CK Asset strikes while the iron is hot, announces prices for new Coast Line phase flats after blockbuster sales over weekend

Average price of the first batch at The Coast Line I is 1.68 per cent higher than that of The Coast Line II’s first batch because of better harbour views

First batch expected to be fully sold out, ‘continuing the sales success of the project’s phase two’, a property agent says

Hong Kong property developer CK Asset Holdings has released the price list for the first 50 units at its The Coast Line I project just two days after homebuyers snapped up all 626 apartments in The Coast Line II on the first day of sales on Saturday.

The average price of the first batch of 50 flats has been set at HK$15,250 (US$1,950) per square foot, 1.68 per cent higher than the average price of the first batch at The Coast Line II, which were priced at HK$14,997 per sq ft, because The Coast Line I is nearer to the harbour in Yau Tong and offers better views. The Coast Line I will have a total of 228 units.

“This batch of flats has been launched on the basis of the original price list of The Coast Line II,” said Justin Chiu Kwok-hung, CK Asset’s executive director. “The price has been increased due to different views, as The Coast Line I is closer to the sea.”

CK Asset, Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing’s flagship developer, sold every flat in The Coast Line II for an estimated total of HK$4.67 billion on Saturday. The outcome was almost guaranteed after 60 buyers registered their interest for every available flat.

The company decided to launch The Coast Line I after Saturday’s sale, Chiu said. The cheapest unit on offer in the first batch is a 288 sq ft one-bedroom flat for HK$3.85 million, or HK$13,490 per square foot, after a 19 per cent discount.

 “It is expected that the first batch of units will be fully sold out, continuing the sales success of the project’s phase two,” a property agent said.

“The sales result from The Coast Line II suggests that CK Asset’s price cutting strategy is effective for clearing inventory,” another property agent said. Other developers will follow suit, and the discounts will need to be as high as 10 to 15 per cent compared with neighbouring new developments, the agent said.

For instance, Sino Land uploaded the sales documents for its Villa Garda Phase III project in Lohas Park on a government website for first-hand residential properties on Monday. A first price list is likely to be announced soon.

“Although the secondary market is still struggling, new launches have boosted the property market’s overall atmosphere,” another agent said. “Owners of lived-in homes who are willing to reduce their prices can be taken up, reflecting that purchasing power is still there.”

Eight secondary-market sales were recorded over the weekend, a record high for the past five weeks, according to an property agency. Another agency also recorded eight transactions, twice as much as the previous weekend and a seven-week high. Another one saw five deals.

New developments in the primary market will continue to dominate in the near future, the agent said. “But the owners of lived-in homes are not pessimistic about the future and, therefore, generally have not reduced their prices drastically,” the agent said, adding that transactions in the second-hand market have been relatively quiet.

The second-hand market will recover after a period of time, with hot sales of new flats boosting the market, the agent said.

(South China Morning Post)

觀瀾湖集團放售中環皇后大道中9號 29樓全層單位，建築面積約13769方呎，以交吉形式推出。

有外資代理行表示，該物業目前由業主自用，將按現狀交吉出售，樓底高度約3.9米。該廈大部分高層樓面由資深投資者持有，罕見放售，全層交吉放盤更是買少見少。

面積約1.37萬呎

據了解，上述單位業主HAYLAND LIMITED，早於1995年以1.28億買入，公司董事包括朱鼎健、朱嘉盈及朱鼎耀。朱鼎健為觀瀾湖集團主席兼行政總裁，朱鼎耀則為觀瀾湖集團副主席。觀瀾湖集團屬港資企業，早年進入內地發展，主打高爾夫和休閒產業，該集團目前至少6間度假酒店，高爾夫球場則分布於深圳、東莞及海口等地。

1995年1.28億買入

皇后大道中9號較近期成交為今年初，14樓03室以1.05億易手，平均呎價31484元，原業主張肇桓去年以9500萬購入，持貨7個月，帳面獲利1000萬，物業升值逾10%。該物業望禮賓府全景，新買家以購入公司形式承接，省卻相等於樓價4.25%釐印費，交吉交易，市值呎租約70元，料回報2.7厘。

該單位曾由佳源國際持有，2013年11月以9360萬購入，翌年向恒生銀行承做一按，去年3月再由投資者張肇桓借二按，後淪為銀主盤，去年6月，債權人之一張肇桓以9500萬購入。

(星島日報)

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中環長江集團中心二期 工銀洽租20萬呎

料呎租80至90元 同區搬遷升級

中環全新甲廈，續成中資銀行寵兒。消息指，長實 (01113) 旗下長江集團中心二期快將落成，項目多層樓面涉及約20萬平方呎，獲國企中國工商銀行洽租，預計呎租約80至90元，現仍待批核。該銀行目前租同區花園道3號，搬遷料作同區升級。

預計今年落成的中環長江集團中心二期，近日加快洽商。市場人士透露，項目多層樓面正獲國企洽租，涉及逾10層樓面，面積合共約20萬平方呎，正獲工銀洽租。據了解，是次洽租樓層外，項目提供一個約6,000平方呎地舖，料作集團分行之用。消息稱，由於是次租務仍需待集團總部批核，故尚未成事。

工銀目前正租用同區花園道3號多層樓面作香港總部，而該廈亦獲命名為「中國工商銀行大廈」，預計若成功租用長江集團中心二期，將把同區租用樓面整合遷入。

據了解，長江集團中心二期至今落實租務不多，是次獲洽租多層樓面，料提供一定優惠，市場人士估計呎租低於100元水平，涉約80至90元，故可吸引租客搬遷。

料今年落成 暫僅落實兩宗租務

長實旗下和記大廈重建項目，長江集團中心二期料今年落成。項目樓高41層，總面積達55萬平方呎，標準辦公室樓層面積約17,300平方呎，項目分為東、西兩座，並提供185個車位。早前因受疫情封關影響，項目年初起進行招租，暫時落實租務僅約兩宗，包括內地聯合能源集團，租用約8,500平方呎樓面，屬同區搬遷作擴充及升級，另同廈39樓02室，面積約5,260平方呎，由滙橋資本預租。

核心區甲廈租務稍加快，市場人士指，金鐘太古廣場二座中層全層，面積約2萬平方呎，以每呎約100元租出。據了解，新租客為一家內地金融機構，主要業務為證券生意，集團原租用中環盈置大廈單位，是次搬遷至金鐘地標太古廣場，可作升級及擴充樓面。

今年甲廈租金 業界料跌約5%

受環球經濟氣氛、息口上升，加上內地經濟表現欠佳等因素影響，本港甲廈租務仍頗為淡靜，而甲廈高空置情況未完全改善。據一間外資代理行統計，目前全港甲廈空置率高達15.8%，仍按月上升，至於中環甲廈空置率為9.2%，同為近年新高。至於租金方面，中環最新呎租為94.4元，較高達峰139.9元，下跌約32.5%，而今年走勢相對穩定。

該行代理指出，甲廈租務在通關前後作比較，今年首7個月，全港甲廈租務錄得439宗，涉及總樓面為220萬平方呎，若與去年同期涉及443宗及234萬平方呎比較，兩者數字非常接近，反映通關後甲廈租務活動沒有出現明顯復甦。

後市上，該代理指由於整體新需求稍疲弱，近期租務成交以搬遷為主，故空置率偏高仍會維持，而今年全年甲廈租金料跌約5%。

(經濟日報)

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新甲廈設備齊 下半年租務焦點

甲廈新供應高峰期下，全新項目因設備齊全，租務市場上佔優，料成下半年租務市場焦點。

今年商廈落成量 估增至158萬呎

今年上半年中港全面通關，原本預計甲廈租務可因此受帶動，惟環球及內地經濟仍有隱憂，機構普遍採保守策略，不敢進行擴充。本港甲廈新需求未見大幅改善，通關後租務市場稍有起色但並不活躍，相信整體租務要回復疫情前暢旺水平，仍要待內地經濟轉佳，畢竟過往數年，核心區甲廈租務市場，均由中資機構來港擴充所支撑。

近兩年為甲廈供應高峰，據差估署數字，預計今年商廈落成量，將進一步上升至約158萬平方呎，除了中環兩幢全新項目外，港島東、東九龍等均有新商廈落成，碰上目前需求偏弱，要消化絕不容易。

從近期整體市場租務成交上，以全新甲廈較受捧，由於競爭激烈，新商廈業主叫價降低，目標吸納企業搬遷。畢竟全新甲廈設備最新，並具備ESG元素，可滿足跨國企業搬遷需求，故全新項目競爭力強，成為租務市場焦點。

核心區租金回調 吸引機構升級

至於另一甲廈租務市場的現象，就是核心區甲廈租金回調後，吸引機構升級。過往中環甲廈呎租動輒逾百元，超甲廈更高見180元以上，令不少企業有感成本太重，遷出中環。如今情況出現變化，中區甲廈租金下跌3成以上，對個別企業來說，卻是遷入中環，為提升辦公室級數最佳時機，故相信核心區甲廈，是另一租務焦點。

(經濟日報)

天后金輪天地商廈遭接管 9億放售

近期不少內地財團持有的物業淪為銀主盤。消息稱，內地財團持有的天后金輪天地全幢商廈，近期被接管，並委託測量師行放售，市值約9億元。

出租率約7成 呎租45至55元

市場人士指，一家測量師行獲接管人委託，放售天后電氣道68號全幢商廈金輪天地。物業為一幢25層高商廈，2020年落成，標準樓層每層樓面約2,124平方呎，總建築面積約51,970平方呎。

該廈鄰近天后港鐵站，而業主早年把物業打造成銀座式商廈，地舖租客以萬寧等民生行業為主，樓上商戶主要為食肆，亦有美容、健身等商戶，出租率約7成，呎租約45至55元。由於中高層單位可享維港景，加上外形甚新，物業質素不俗。

據了解，項目由內地財團持有，早前被接管。按市場估價約9億元計，呎價約1.6萬元。

原內地財團持有 擬作長綫收租

翻查資料，該廈早年為住宅地盤，資本策略成功併購並進行重建，集團2018年初以約8.44億元，把物業售給金輪天地控股 (01232) ，原打算作長綫收租投資。

不過，疫情衝擊，不少內地財團出現財困，而業主於去年初曾放售項目，並一度傳出獲財團以9億元洽購至尾聲，惟最終未有成事。

隨着內地經濟表現欠佳，近期涉及內地財團持有工商舖淪為銀主盤的個案明顯上升，如早前內地企業持有，觀塘偉業街118號啟迪中心物業，最後被接管進行放售。物業為一座樓高8層的大廈，地盤面積約4,520平方呎，總面積約47,947平方呎。據悉，項目市值約2.7億元，呎價約5,631元。

另外，有外資代理行表示，有業主標售的中環甲廈皇后大道中9號29樓全層，截標日期為9月20日。物業面積約13,769平方呎，目前由業主自用，將按現狀交吉出售。

據了解，項目現由觀瀾湖持有，集團主要業務為酒店及高爾夫球場。翻查資料，集團於1995年以1.28億元買入上址。

(經濟日報)

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大角咀嘉運大廈 補價2.8億元

地政總署昨公布，中信泰富旗下大角咀角祥街11至15號及深旺道3號嘉運大廈，於7月以逾2.82億元完成補地價。

項目曾於2019年申請重建成1幢商廈。據當年申請文件，該商廈佔地約28,740平方呎，屬於「其他指定 (商貿)」用途，擬建1幢27層高商廈 (包括4層平台以及4層地庫)，總樓面34.5萬平方呎，日後重建的商廈地下亦將設加油站。

(經濟日報)

九龍灣成商廈重鎮 增930萬呎樓面

九龍灣由前工業區成功轉型為九龍商廈供應重鎮之一，不少發展商或財團亦密謀重建，目前區內至少錄9個重建項目，當中8個日後重建為商業項目，料將提供約930萬平方呎樓面，其中區內地標九龍灣國際展貿中心近期獲批建4商廈，總樓面涉約177萬平方呎。

區內的工廈業主積極為旗下物業申請重建，當中屬於該區地標的九龍灣國際展貿中心近日有新進度，據屋宇署4月份資料，項目獲該署批准重建為4幢16層高連6層基座及地庫的商廈，總樓面達176.8萬平方呎。

九展獲批建4幢商廈

九展現為1幢14層高的大型展覽及工商業大廈，早前曾向城規會申請重建成3幢24至26層高甲級商廈。項目由億京牽頭的財團，於2021年以約105億元大額購入，料重建的投資額高達200億元。

另一規模相若的重建項目，為中信持有的啟祥道20號大昌行集團大廈，項目早前已獲城規會批准重建為2幢32層高 (包括2層零售平台) 的商廈，另設3層地下停車場，總樓面約147.75萬平方呎。

而位處較臨海位置、由九龍倉 (00004) 規劃逾10年的啟興道1至5號九龍貨倉，於2022年底亦以約20.9億元完成補地價，將由目前的工業用途轉作商住項目。若以重建後總樓面面積約82.9萬平方呎計算，每方呎樓面補地價約2,521元。

九龍灣行動區兩項目 料作賣地推售

同時，政府亦將有2個大規模項目待推，包括由當局主導的「九龍灣行動區」。項目將區內多個大型政府設施，包括廢物回收中心、驗車中心等搬遷，從而騰出土地興建大型的商業、零售及文化中心，涉及總樓面面積逾430萬平方呎，預計日後將會以賣地形式推出市場。

其中位於常悅道的第2號用地，前身為環保署的九龍灣廢物回收中心的用地，地盤面積約1.7公頃，擬以地積比率12倍發展，提供約220.2萬平方呎樓面。項目擬設6層基座，用作零售及餐飲等用途，總樓面59.3萬平方呎，並於基座上興建3幢商廈，寫字樓樓面面積達155.5萬平方呎。

而另一幅位於偉業街旁的第4號用地，前身則為運輸署的驗車中心，地盤面積約1.68公頃，日後計劃重建為辦公室、酒店及零售、餐廳等綜合用途，在4至5層高的商場基座上興建3幢商廈，最頂數層料作酒店，總樓面逾216萬平方呎。

(經濟日報)

西半山舊樓 財團10億統一業權

批建30層高住宅 樓面逾5.3萬平方呎

財團積極收購舊樓增加土地儲備，西半山燕貽大廈昨日舉行強拍，項目最終由原本持有大部分業權的投資者伍登輝及曾祥顯，以底價10億元投得，成功統一其業權，預計日後會發展單幢住宅，並待市況好轉才推出。

據昨日現場所見，財團代表手持1號牌競投物業，在無競爭對手下成功奪得項目。

伍登輝指，集團暫計劃跟隨屋宇署於2021年批出的發展方案重建，初步擬發展1座30層高的住宅，但他直言現時市況較淡，不會急於推出，並會等待樓市好轉、美國開始減息才推出市場。

伍登輝：美國減息再推售

他補充，他於2021年底亦已成功以底價3.77億元透過強拍統一西營盤保德街1至7號舊樓業權，現正為該項目進行工程，未來會繼續透過收購舊樓增加土地儲備。

資料顯示，是次強拍物業位於西半山羅便臣道63、65、65A及67號，早於1967年落成，現為1幢8層高住宅，地盤面積約10,645平方呎。

事實上，項目由早年由中國奧園 (03883) 展開收購，曾在2019年3月申請強拍，當時持有84.88%業權，其後在2021年9月份獲屋宇署批准可重建成1幢30層高分層住宅連住客休憩設施，總樓面約53,170平方呎。不過，由於中國奧園陷入內房危機，終於同年11月以9億元沽出，損手近1.8億元離場，並由伍登輝接貨。

(經濟日報)

The Coast Line I unveils second list

CK Asset (1113) has released a second price list for The Coast Line I in Yau Tong, featuring 50 homes at an average price of HK$15,714 a square foot, slightly higher than the first list's HK$15,250 per sq ft. A one-bedroom unit costs HK$3.65 million after discounts.

The first list of 50 homes was 10 times oversubscribed in half an hour of its launch on Monday.

Meanwhile, Villa Garda III in Tseung Kwan O, will release a first price list as early as today, offering at least 129 homes. The project is a joint venture between Sino Land (0083), K Wah International (0173), China Merchants Land (0978) and MTR Corp (0066).

Elsewhere, Top Spring International (3688) proposed to increase the residential plot ratio to 6.18 times to offer 1,898 homes at a site in Fan Ling.

(The Standard)

Founder of Huobi crypto exchange thought to be tenant of new US$128 million mansion in Hong Kong’s Kowloon Tong

A 11,692 square feet house in Kerry Properties’ Mont Verra project in Beacon Hill has been leased to a person named Li Lin, public record shows

Li Lin, founder of Huobi Global, sold all his stakes in the cryptocurrency exchange last year amid a meltdown in the virtual asset market

Li Lin, founder of cryptocurrency exchange Huobi Global, is believed to have rented an ultra-luxury mansion in Hong Kong, as the financial centre woos Chinese players in the industry to boost its status as a virtual asset hub.

The 11,692 square feet house, which is part of Kerry Properties’ Mont Verra project located in the upscale neighbourhood of Beacon Hill in Kowloon Tong district, was leased earlier this month to a person named Li Lin, according to records on the government’s Land Register.

The mansion is estimated to be renting at HK$1.17 million (US$150,000) a month, according to a person familiar with the matter who declined to named.

As part of the “lease with option to purchase” agreement, the tenant has the choice to buy the premises for HK$1 billion during a 90-month leasing period, or renew the tenancy for another three months after it expires, Kerry Properties said.

The developer confirmed that the tenant’s name is Li Lin, but declined to reveal his background or nationality.

The South China Morning Post was unable to reach Huobi founder Li, who sold his entire stake in the crypto exchange last year at an undisclosed price.

The two-storey mansion, the largest of three that was on offer at Mont Verra, comes equipped with a banquet hall, a theatre, an entertainment room, a gymnasium, a library, five maid rooms and a swimming pool. The house, a rarity in the city, was opened for sale by tender last month.

At least three flats in the same project have been sold at prices ranging from HK$240 million to HKS$258 million, according to published transaction records.

Mont Verra sits next to another development by Kerry Properties, Mont Rouge, where Beijing’s national security office in Hong Kong bought a 7,171 square feet villa for a record HK$508 million last year.

Huobi founder Li in October sold all his stakes in the company to Hong Kong-based About Capital Management during a meltdown in the global crypto market.

Huobi has repeatedly denied allegations that Justin Sun, founder of the blockchain and crypto token Tron, purchased a roughly 60 per cent stake in Huobi with US$1 billion through that acquisition deal. Sun has also rejected the speculation.

Huobi, founded in Beijing, was among an early wave of Chinese crypto companies that fled the mainland amid the government’s escalating crackdowns on the industry. In November, the Seychelles-based firm dropped the character for “coin” from its Chinese name.

After maintaining a conservative attitude towards cryptocurrencies for years, Hong Kong last autumn announced a high-profile push to become a virtual assets centre.

Part of those efforts include drawing more crypto entrepreneurs and investors from the mainland, where cryptocurrency trading is banned, industry experts have previously told the Post.

The leasing of the Mont Verra mansion comes as the city’s residential property market faces a series of headwinds, including high interest rates, a glut of unsold units and a lack of purchasing power from mainland China, a real estate services company said in its midyear property market report released last month.

Home prices fell 1.2 per cent in the second quarter from the previous three months, according to the agency, which expects prices to drop 5 to 10 per cent in the second half, resulting in a total decline of 5 to 8 per cent in the full year.

Luxury home prices in Hong Kong could fall by 1.5 per cent this year, according to another property consultancy.

A four-bedroom luxury home in Hong Kong’s exclusive enclave of Mount Nicholson resold in February at an estimated loss of HK$130 million, 25 per cent below the price in 2019.

全新甲廈在租務市場上成焦點，消息指，觀塘 The Millennity 3層樓面合共4.5萬平方呎，獲日資企業Fuji Film承租。

市場消息稱，The Millennity 錄得大手租務，涉及物業1座27至29樓，合共3層樓面，合共約4.5萬平方呎，以每呎約28元租出。

據悉，新租客為日資企業Fuji Film，該品牌主要業務包括為各行各業提供資訊及通訊科技文件管理顧問服務，包括集影印、打印、傳真和掃描功能於一身的多功能設備、生產型打印系統、文件管理及工作流程軟件、以至企業印刷託管服務等。據了解，該集團目前租用太古灣道12號 (前稱太古城中心四座)商廈，是次新租 The Millennity 3層料作搬遷，既可節省租金開支，亦提升辦公室級數。

觀塘巧明街 The Millennity 今年落成，並錄不少租務成交，包括金融科技公司Doo Group、本地設計公司等承租。

印刷公司呎租23 租創紀之城1期

另消息指，觀塘創紀之城1期中層單位，面積約1.2萬平方呎，以每呎約23元租出。據悉，新租客為一家印刷公司，原租用九龍灣展貿中心，因應物業將拆卸重建，現搬至同區創紀之城。事實上，近一年不少九龍灣展貿中心商戶，紛於同區搬遷，如早前觀塘創紀之城1期 3萬平方呎樓面，獲政府機構租用，涉及部門為選舉事務處。

另港島甲廈租務方面，消息稱信德中心招商局大廈中高層01室，面積約1,638平方呎，以每呎約55元租出，至於金鐘力寶中心二座低層02室，面積約1,253平方呎，成交呎租約45元。

(經濟日報)

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中環盈置大廈獲財團逾60億洽購

經過疫市多年來打擊，商廈市況近20年來最差，空置率創新高，際此淡市之際，核心商業區中環卻出現罕見大手洽購及洽租，本報獲悉，中環盈置大廈全幢商廈，獲財團出價逾60億洽購，平均每呎洽購價約2.3萬。

越南財團先後沽港物業

近期中環地標甲廈成為焦點，繼置地旗下交易廣場三座獲金融機構等合組財團，出價逾100億洽購，區內盈置大廈全幢亦成為實力準買家的目標，消息人士透露，盈置大廈曾是恒生大廈前總部的，總樓面逾26萬方呎，規模適中，對於用家極具吸引力，出價逾60億洽購，有意趁淡市自置「心頭好」，以全幢樓面264622方呎計算，平均呎價約2.3萬，相比於2018至2019年間高峰期，區內甲廈呎價動輒逾5萬元，低逾50%。

知情人士指，盈置大廈業主為越南富商的朱立基，今年已先後沽售鰂魚涌住宅地盤 (4.3億) 及及北角酒店 (4.68億) 後，近期，發展及財團紛接獲旗艦全幢盈置大廈實盤，國際級代理行積極推介，指業主未設意向價，準買家自行出價，消息人士指，盈置大廈短期內將成為中環區矚目大交易。

盈置大廈前身恒生大廈，1962年落成，2006年由摩根士丹利以22.58億承接，徹底打造翻新大廈，朱立基於2009年9月以約36億購入盈置大廈。

長江集團中心二期獲工行大手洽租

中環區近年大交易為中環中心，75%業權於2017年11月以402億易手，區內對上1宗矚目的全幢商廈為干諾道中50號的中國農業銀行大廈，於2012年以48.8億易手。

另一方面，中環長江集團中心二期多層寫字樓樓面，涉約20萬方呎，加上大廈一個約6000方呎地舖，獲中國工商銀行大手洽租，料作集團分行用途，是次租務正待集團總部批核，才能落實。本報就上述消息向負責該廈租賃的和記地產查詢，惟直至截稿時未獲回覆。

中國工商銀行現時承租同區花園道3號中國工商銀行大廈多層樓面，作為香港區大本營，該廈亦以此銀行冠名，若然成功租用長江集團中心二期，將於同區作升級搬遷。

長江集團中心二期將於今年落成的，樓高41層，總樓面約55萬方呎，今年以來錄2宗預租，包括專門投資醫療及高端生物科技的滙橋資本，承租該廈半層樓面，建築面積約5260方呎，以及內地聯合能源集團承租該廈高層半層樓面，業界料呎租均為約120元。

(星島日報)

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沙田京瑞廣場舖1.31億獲洽 料租金回報2.7厘

由億京持有的沙田安群街3號京瑞廣場一期地下G29號舖，建築面積約3767方呎，租客沙田友冰室，月租約30萬，以1.31億獲洽，若以洽購價計算，平均呎價3.48萬，料回報約2.74厘。昨日亦有消息指，該地舖已沽售，惟有關消息尚未獲證實。

平均呎價3.48萬

京瑞廣場位處民生旺段，不但吸引區內客，亦吸引新界東不少居民到此消費，該地段舖位於過去多年淡市時，經常見有買賣。

西灣河舖意向價3600萬

有代理表示，西灣河筲箕灣道180至184號地下獨立入口連1樓全層，建築面積約3290方呎，由一間韓國名牌食店以每月約13.5萬承租，最新連租約叫價約3600萬，料回報率可高達4.5厘。

(星島日報)

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ICBC eyes offices in CK tower

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (1398) is looking to lease over 10 floors at CK Asset's (1113) new skyscraper in Central at an estimated rent of up to HK$90 per square foot, according to a report.

The lease at Cheung Kong Center II would include 200,000 square feet of office space as well as 6,000 sq ft of retail space that can be used as a bank branch, the Hong Kong Economic Times reported.

The deal has not been finalized yet, it said.

Leasing activity at Cheung Kong Center II has been muted amid a lackluster office market and companies relocating from Central to areas like East Kowloon.

In light of the market situation, the rental rate is estimated to be in the range of HK$80 to HK$90 per sq ft.

Wholly owned by CK Asset, Cheung Kong Center II is being built on the site of the former Hutchison House. When completed this year, the 41-story tower will offer a total space of 550,000 sq ft.

A property agent said the reported negotiations between ICBC and CK Asset appears to be an outlier in light of the substantial space involved.

The last major deal involving office space was reached a year ago with asset management firm CPPIB reportedly leasing 28,000 sq ft in the nearby Henderson building - The Henderson at HK$130 per sq ft

An international agency firm declined to comment, saying the project is subject to a confidentiality policy.

(The Standard)

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New Lohas Park studios priced under $5m

Villa Garda III in Lohas Park will be available for sale at HK$16,938 per square foot or less than HK$5 million for a studio, the cheapest among new projects in the area.

Jointly developed by Sino Land (0083), K Wah International (0173), China Merchants Land (0978) and MTR Corp (0066), the phase 11D of Lohas Park, known as Villa Garda III, released its first price list yesterday for 130 flats, with a discounted average price of HK$16,938 per sq ft, nearly 8 percent cheaper than those sold at Villa Garda II last year.

The pricing is 6.3 percent above the discounted average rate of HK$15,939 per sq ft observed in the second batch of the well-received development, The Coast Line I, located in Yau Tong.

The cheapest flat in the first price list of Villa Garda III is a 283-sq-ft studio on the 10th floor of Tower 3A, offered at a discounted price of HK$4.97 million.

Meanwhile, CK Asset (1113) will launch sales of all 219 flats in the price lists for The Coast Line I on Sunday, with the cheapest priced at HK$3.65 million after discounts, in a bid to sell out the project as soon as possible.

The developer revealed the third price list yesterday, featuring 119 flats, with the cheapest unit priced at HK$3.8 million. This follows the earlier release of the first and second lists, each comprising 50 flats, on Monday and Tuesday, respectively.

The 219 flats that go on sale Sunday comprise one to three-bedroom units, spanning areas from 273 to 736 sq ft. The discounted prices fall within the range of HK$3.65 million to HK$13.42 million, with an average discounted price of HK$15,939 per sq ft .

Executive director Justin Chiu Kwok-hung said the sooner they sell out all the units, the better it will be for the developer, allowing it to rest easy.

Despite the influx of new projects into the market, he remains unworried about the intense competition, citing his confidence in the project's quality.

Just around two weeks have passed since the developer released the initial price list for the entire project. In this short span, the first batch of flats has already been sold out.

(The Standard)

Hong Kong’s Villa Garda III developers rush to the market with sales launch, hot on the heels of CK Asset’s sold-out project

Sino Land, K Wah International and China Merchants Land aim to capitalise on a revival in the demand for property and seek to pre-empt launches by rivals

Move follows the successful sale made by CK Asset Holdings which sold out all 219 standard units at its The Coast Line I development in Kowloon

Sino Land, K Wah International and China Merchants Land, the developers behind Villa Garda III housing project in Hong Kong have hastened their sales campaign releasing the first price list at discounts in response to the renewed buying interest sparked by CK Asset’s successful launch.

The project is located in Tseung Kwan O district’s Lohas Park neighbourhood and the developers aim to capitalise on this demand revival, seeking to pre-empt launches by rivals, according to market watchers.

Hong Kong’s inventory of unsold units in completed projects is at its highest since 2007, according to a property agency, which said a total of 83,000 housing units are available currently with 18,000 in completed projects and the rest under construction. About 25,000 more units are expected to hit the market in 2023, according to the agency.

“Developers may want to tap prospective buyers who were unsuccessful in purchasing flats in The Coast Line II, as Tseung Kwan O and Yau Tong are close to each other,” said Raymond Cheng, managing director, head of HK property at CGS-CIMB Securities. “From a city planning and environmental perspective, Villa Garda III is much better than The Coast Line I.”

The Villa Garda III project has released its first price list of 130 units, at an average discounted price of HK$16,938 per square foot. The price is 7.8 per cent lower than the HK$18,378 per square foot price listed by the project’s phase II, launched last year.

The lowest price tag on the list is for a 283 sq ft open studio, for which buyers will have to pay HK$4.97 million, or HK$17,553 per square foot.

The sales campaign for these flats is expected to be launched next weekend, according to a property agent.

Earlier this month CK Asset Holdings, the property flagship of Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, announced it had sold out all 219 standard units at its The Coast Line I development in Kowloon.

Justin Chiu Kwok-hung, CK Asset’s executive director, said there was no competition between the properties offered by Villa Garda III and The Coast Line I.

“You need to also take into account the quality and location of the development,” Chiu said. “Hong Kong people would always prefer the downtown area over the suburbs.”

In a reflection of underlying demand, CK Asset increased the units on offer from 50 units to 219. The average discounted price of the 219 units in The Coast Line I is HK$15,939 per square foot, 8.5 per cent higher than The Coast Line II, because The Coast Line I is nearer to the harbour in Yau Tong and offers better views.

The sales of the units are expected to raise HK$1.9 billion.

“Both developments have their own features but CK Asset’s may outweigh a bit due to its pricing,” Cheng said. “They did not raise the price much for The Coast Line I and some investors may prefer flats with a harbour view.”

CK Asset, sold every flat in The Coast Line II for an estimated total of HK$4.67 billion last Saturday. The outcome was almost guaranteed after 60 buyers registered their interest for every available flat.

Chiu said they are planning to launch The Southside phase three project in Wong Chuk Hang in the second half of the year, but added they will also consider the market sentiment.

息口上升，加上整體市道一般，近期工商舖銀主盤上升，而銀主亦推出物業放售，當中不乏全幢物業。

近期不少內地財團持有的物業淪為銀主盤，市場人士指，一家測量師行獲接管人委託，放售天后電氣道68號全幢商廈金輪天地。物業為1幢25層高商廈，2020年落成，標準樓層每層樓面約2,124平方呎，總建築面積約51,970平方呎。

該廈屬銀座式商廈，地舖租客以萬寧等民生行業為主，樓上商戶主要為食肆，亦有美容、健身等商戶，出租率約7成，呎租約45至55元。由於中高層單位可享維港景，加上外形簇新，物業質素不俗。

天后金輪天地 去年放盤未成事

據了解，項目由內地財團持有，早前被接管。按市場估價約9億元計，呎價約1.7萬元。翻查資料，該廈早年為住宅地盤，資本策略成功併購並進行重建，集團2018年初以約8.44億元，把物業售給金輪天地控股 (01232) ，原打算作長綫收租投資。

不過，疫情衝擊下，不少內地財團出現財困，而業主於去年初曾放售項目，並一度傳出獲財團以9億元洽購至尾聲，惟最終未有成事。工廈銀主盤亦上升，有兩間外資代理行表示，獲委託聯合公開招標形式出售觀塘偉業街118號啟迪中心物業，物業將以「現狀」連租約形式出售。截標日期為9月28日 (星期四) 正午12時正。

啟迪中心於1966年落成，位處觀塘偉業街，為1座樓高8層之大廈。地盤面積約4,520平方呎，總面積約47,947平方呎。據悉，項目市值約2.7億元，呎價約5,631元。

觀塘啟迪中心被接管 涉4.8萬呎

該物業原由一家內地企業持有，集團主要於香港及中國從事經營及管理工作中心及創新中心，而近期啟迪中心被接管。

另有代理表示，獲接管人委託，放售長沙灣青山道505號通源工業大廈地廠物業，物業將以「現狀」連租約出售。據市場人士指，項目估值約7,500萬元。

物業樓高12層，是次出售物業位於地下全層，總建築面積約10,500平方呎，現租客為政府指定驗車中心。另外，銀主委託代理，放售觀塘開源道55號開聯工業中心大型地廠，物業面積約10,781平方呎，意向價8,670萬元，呎價約8,042元，單位現已交吉。

分析指，不少財團及投資者早年購入工商舖作投資，惟受疫情衝擊，物業租售價向下，而去年更進入加息周期，高息環境持續1年，令不少業主負擔加重，個別因未能供款，物業被接管。據代理指，近期接受不少銀主委託放售工商舖物業，相信因價格有一定下跌，故仍吸引個別投資者留意。

(經濟日報)

尖沙咀星光行高層戶 6年貶25%

尖沙咀指標商廈錄蝕讓，資料顯示，星光行高層16及16A窒，面積約2,185平方呎，以約2,950萬元成交，呎價約1.35萬元。

據悉，原業主於2017年，以3,911萬元購入單位，持貨6年轉手，帳面蝕讓961萬元，蝕幅約25%。

(經濟日報)

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木薯資源傳13億 沽上環服務宅

報道指，木薯資源 (00841) 及投資者林子峰，尋求以13億元出售上環服務式住宅「璘舍」，林子峰接受本報查詢時，表示並無此事。

翻查資料，2018年木薯資源及林子峰，斥11億元收購位於上環皇后大道中338號 Queen Central 商廈，項目樓高25層，林子峰表示佔項目4成權益。購入物業後，業主稍作翻新，並轉成服務式住宅收租。

(經濟日報)

強拍申請首8個月僅4宗跌75% 降低門檻草案10月審議財團放緩併購待修例

政府去年《施政報告》建議放寬申請強拍門檻至七成業權後，今年以來約8個月土地審裁處僅接獲4宗強拍申請個案，對比去年同期大跌約75%，更創近3年同期新低紀錄。而降低強拍門檻條例草案終於在10月24日首次提交立法會審議；有業界人士認為，目前財團放緩併購步伐，待降低強拍門檻條例生效後，才加快收購進程，預期強拍申請個案將會回升。

降低強拍門檻條例終於落實審議，據立法會文件顯示，發展事務委員會10月24日會議議程包括土地 (為重新發展而強制售賣) (修訂) 條例草案，料屆時將會審議有關降低強拍門檻條例。

資料顯示，2022年的《施政報告》建議放寬申請強拍門檻，樓齡達50年或以上但少於70年的私人樓宇門檻由八成業權降至七成，樓齡達70年或以上則降至六成。位於非工業地帶的工廈，如樓齡達30年或以上，強拍門檻降至七成業權。

門檻降至7成

有測量師指出，今年首8個月強拍申請宗數減少，主要是市場上有併購項目的財團目前靜待降低強拍門檻生效，料條例通過後，預期屆時申請宗數將會增加；另外，在目前樓市前景未明及高息環境下，亦有部分發展商放慢收購步伐，而且近期政府賣地表的地皮不少以低於市場估值批出；料部分財團會趁低價收購，屆時叫價太高的小業主議價能力將會大降。

據土地審裁處資料，今年迄今首8個月該處僅接獲4宗強拍申請個案，對比去年同期的16宗，按年減少12宗，跌幅高達約75%，更創自2020年起約3年新低紀錄；而今年期內涉及物業總市場估值約6.876億，對比去年同期的114.423億，大減107.547億或約94%，最新市場估值金額亦是約3年同期新低紀錄。

料申請宗數增加

上述4宗強拍申請個案市場估值金額介乎約8743.86萬至2.6億，最矚目為財團併購的鴨脷洲山明街16至24號 (雙號)、新市街41及43號 (單號)，當時財團持有約80%業權，餘下3個商舖、4個住宅單位，以及部分天台尚未收購，而整個項目市場估值約2.60637億。項目地盤面積約4060方呎，若以地積比率將以10倍計，可建總樓面約40600方呎。

立法會發展事務委員會10月24日會議議程包括土地 (為重新發展而強制售賣)  (修訂) 條例草案，料屆時將會審議有關降低強拍門檻條例。

(星島日報)

尖沙咀海防道地舖月租40萬 舖主賠償蛋糕店撤走加價1.35倍租予首飾店

核心區地舖租賃暢旺，靚舖供應緊張，尖沙咀海防道一個地舖，舖主於市況低潮時與蛋糕店簽下租約，現時寧願支付賠償給蛋糕店提早撤走，由一間法國首飾店提價1.35倍進駐，每月40萬，平均呎租489元。

尖沙咀海防道45號地舖，位處漢口道單邊，建築面積約818方呎，麥蛋糕於2020年11月進駐，簽約2年，及至去年11月市況低潮時，以每月17萬續租兩年，知情人士透露，近期有代理為舖主覓得首飾店租客，舖主於是賠償給蛋糕店撤走，指每月約10萬，租客亦於近日火速遷出，騰空地舖。

平均呎租489元

新租客SATELLITE PARIS為法國首飾店，現時，港區代理在海港城設有一個專櫃，由於生意一直甚佳，有見核心舖租自高位大幅回落，首次於進駐街舖建立據點，對後市充滿信心，每月租金40萬，平均呎租489元，新租金較麥蛋糕續約租金高出23萬，增幅高達1.35倍，亦反映通關前後，同一個舖位租值發生巨大變化。

資料顯示，海防道45號曾由化妝品連鎖店卓悅承租，由2011年一直租用至2020年，月租曾高見120萬，呎租約1467元，直至2017年減至60萬。

首飾店擴張 街舖設據點

業主曾於2019年中，將舖位預租予藥房，月租70萬，惟藥房最後棄租，卓悅於是以每月30萬短租，直至2020年3月。

現時，即使最新租金大幅增加，仍較高峰期低80萬或66%。築面積2980方呎，及後於2019年疫市前，以每月100萬續租，平均呎租336元。

(星島日報)

尖咀金馬倫道舖平三成租出 5000呎每月26萬 食肆首進駐

香港與內地恢復全面通關後，本地零售業未有如預期般迅速彈升，核心零售區舖位租賃仍慢熱，當中面積較大的舖位，除要減租吸客外，更要轉換租戶類型始能把舖位租出。位於尖沙咀中國保險大廈地下一個建築面積近5000方呎巨舖，放租約一年，近期終以每月26萬元租予食肆，租金挫逾三成，並屬該地舖歷來首次租予非零售類別商戶。

放租一年 減價獲承接

上述舖位為金馬倫道48號中國保險大廈地下B舖，建築面積約4998方呎，自去年6月起丟空放租，意向價為每月32萬元，經歷一年時間後，近期終以26萬元租出，成交月租較叫租下調18.8%，呎租約52元。據了解，該租戶經營餐飲行業。

中國保險大廈在1999年落成，上述舖位一直都租予非餐飲行業，在大廈落成初期，該舖由銀行租用，直至2007年由連鎖時裝店 INITIAL 以每月28.8萬元租用，呎租約58元，之後一直續租，在上址連續經營15年載，於去年租約期滿結業。

INITIAL 在結業前的月租為37.6萬元，即最新租金較舊租低11.6萬元，下跌幅度達30.9%。而 INITIAL 於2013年零售高峰期時，所繳付的租金曾高達每月45萬元，現時月租較高位下挫42.2%。

舊客全屬非餐飲行業

由於零售行業在通關後擴充步伐仍慢，上述巨舖惟有首度租予餐飲行業，目前租金較 INITIAL 在2007年最初租用該舖時所簽訂的租金水平低近一成。

同一地段金馬倫道22至24號東麗中心地下，建築面積約3215方呎，今年4月由藥妝店以每月25萬元租用，呎租約78元，以成交呎租作比較，可見該地段租金近月上升乏力。

另外，同區彌敦道111至181號栢麗購物大道地下G7號舖連1樓4號舖，地下建築面積約651方呎，1樓建築面積約1382方呎，總建築面積約2033方呎，去年8月由本地時裝品牌 maple 老闆兼投資者麥志剛斥資6300萬元購入，呎價約3.1萬元。

據了解，舖位在購入後，曾以每月28萬元放租一段時間，其後降價至25萬元，但一直未獲承租，最終舖位改自用作為 maple 時裝分店。按照過去半年資料，栢麗購物大道的舖位租賃成交月租由9萬至20萬元。而此舖於2018年租予珠寶店時，月租曾達35萬元。

根據一間外資代理行資料顯示，雖然尖沙咀為主要旅遊區，但在通關後，區內舖位空置率未有迅速下跌。最新的數據顯示，今年第二季尖沙咀的街舖空置率為13.1%，縱使較第一季的15.5%下降2.4個百分點，但仍是尖沙咀、旺角、銅鑼灣及中環四大核心零售區中，空置率最高的一區。尖沙咀今年上半年舖租只有2.5%增長，升幅同樣屬四區中最低。

(信報)

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The Coast Line I all set for Sunday sales

CK Asset's (1113) The Coast Line I in Yau Tong will go on sale Sunday, with the first 219 flats already 22 times oversubscribed with 5,000 checks.

And tomorrow, Villa Garda III in Lohas Park will start to receive checks as well, competing with the Yau Tong project for potential homebuyers.

Jointly developed by Sino Land (0083), K Wah International (0173), China Merchants Land (0978) and MTR Corp (0066), the phase 11D of Lohas Park, known as Villa Garda III, released the first price list on Wednesday, offering 130 units.

Sino Land said up to 70 percent of inquiries over the new flats in Tseung Kwan O had come from homeowners or tenants in the area, with two-bedroom units being the most popular among prospective buyers. More apartments may be released over the weekend and there is room for price increases, said Sino Land.

Sales of units at Villa Garda III will kick off as early as next week.

In contrast to the hot primary market, a homeowner of Maya by Nouvelle in Yau Tong sold their unit for HK10.5 million, suffering a loss of over HK$3.7 million, having bought it for around HK$14.2 million back in 2020.

Meanwhile, the one-month mortgage-related Hong Kong interbank offered rate dipped to 4.63 percent yesterday, a new low in over two months, despite the US Federal Reserve's signal of more interest rate hikes in the latest meeting minutes. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority also revealed that the composite interest rate, a measure of the average cost of funds of banks, rose by 11 basis points monthly to 2.46 percent as of the end of July, indicating an increase in the weighted funding cost for deposits.

In the commercial market, more properties were put up for sale, including the Nexxus Building in Central for HK$6 billion and a serviced apartment block in Sheung Wan called Giada Central with an asking price of HK$1.3 billion.

Last week, Three Exchange Square in Central was reported to be put up for sale for around HK$16.3 billion, though the landlord Hongkong Land denied later that it has no such plans.

(The Standard)

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中環區甲廈市場表現不俗，嶄新地標即將落成，吸引租客頻作「升級搬遷」，不過，由於租客未見大幅擴充，當承租了新據點，舊址勢必騰出放租，空置率只是稍見回落。

近期中國工商銀行大手洽租中環長江集團中心二期，涉及樓面多達20萬方呎，若然落實，將是一宗轟動的「升級搬遷」，工行目前租用同區花園道3號多層樓面，作為香港總部，該廈亦命名為「中國工商銀行大廈」，假如成功租用長江集團中心二期，原來據點將會騰出放租。

有代理表示，目前整體商廈市況一般，新租賃及大幅擴充未算熱烈，不過，大手洽租，租客積極升級，仍為市場帶來動力；由於租賃屬於預租，相信舊址有足夠時間尋找新租客。

工行洽租長江集團中心二期

恒基旗下 The Henderson，以及長實旗下長江集團中心二期，將於今年內落成，合共提供約100萬方呎樓面，預租該大廈租客，主要來自升級搬遷，亦包括承租長江2期5000多呎的滙橋資本，由同區告羅士打大廈遷來；加拿大退休金計劃投資局承租 The Henderson 約28000方呎，來自同區的約克大廈。

事實上，經歷疫情洗禮後，不少外資機構離港赴往新加坡設立據點，由於商廈缺乏剛性需求，因此企業新租賃及擴張規模減少，市場以搬遷及續租主導，根據一間外資代理行資料顯示，上半年整體空置率升0.4個百分點，目前處於15.7%水平，屬於歷來新高。

中環100萬樓面今年落成

根據高另一間外資代理行資料顯示，最新「升級搬遷」，不再是疫市期間的要求縮小面積，而是承租較多樓面，市場睇樓氣氛有所改善，預期第3季進入「轉角位」，市況有起色，第4季向上，料今年全年租金可錄得3%升幅。

(星島日報)

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樓市會循環 現屬入市好時機

首次投資商廈 德林陳寧迪：投港信心一票

近期市況一般，德林控股 (01709) 卻選擇此時投資中環甲廈，德林控股集團董事局主席陳寧迪認為，樓市是循環，本港資金非常充裕，現時屬入市好時機。他又指，投資罕有物業才有價值，故會留意核心區甲廈及優質地段豪宅。

日前德林控股公布，投資近3億元購入即將竣工、位於中環威靈頓街92號銀座式商廈最高5層單位，並獲得該物業的命名權，將命名為「德林大廈」(DL Tower)，公司計劃將總部遷入該物業，此投資為集團首次投資香港商業地產。以5層總樓面約1.16萬平方呎計，呎價約2.53萬元。

3億購中環商廈5層 作總部

近來樓市充斥負面消息，如發展商減價、蝕讓個案增，不少人憂心樓價還會下跌。陳寧迪指出，公司是次作出收購，已是投香港信心一票，「很少金融機構，選擇此時入市物業，我正想向所有投資者表達，對香港充滿信心」。

他分析，樓市永遠是循環，冬天過後春天便來，或許循環可能「遲到」，但一定不會不到，現是入市時機。他以個人經驗為例，「金融海嘯後，很多人失業，對後市無信心，連我自己也出售貝沙灣住宅套現，後來樓價倍升」。

早前有報道指，外資逐步離開香港，陳寧迪對此不表認同，「資金數字解釋一切，銀行體系總存款額逾15萬億，一半是外滙，數字不斷上升」。市場資金充裕，「香港管理30萬億港元資產，46%為本地，54%來自外地，當中涉及地產比例仍然低，非常有潛力」。

是次首度入市，選擇中環甲廈。眾所周知，甲廈空置率升至高位，陳寧迪指，「寫字樓講供應及需求，去年新落成逾300萬呎樓面，97%來自非核心區，包括九龍灣、啟德，中環未有。今年亦有逾200萬呎，4成來自中環，但其實只是涉及3幢物業，而長江集團中心二期及 The Henderson 根本不會出售，故我們投資威靈頓街商廈正是難得」。

投資物業 要選擇核心區

新項目將於明年入伙，集團購入5層樓面，把4層作辦公室，1層作為會所，可招待客戶。他認為，投資任何物業，均要選擇核心區，供應最少的地段，「香港整體空置率15%，中環只是6%，而中環就是中環，屬最罕有地段」。寫字樓空置高並非香港獨家，全球如澳洲、美國等亦出現辦公室空置上升，「跟美國業主討論，當地即使在一綫地段，疫情3年出現在家工作，更指出助創意，故業主現把樓面重新定位，結合工作、娛樂，提供一個舒適地方，日後我們亦會參考，而購入大廈將雲集高級餐飲、對冲基金等，感覺將很時尚」。

樓市另一關鍵因素是利息高，他指，「由零息加到5至6厘，絕對有影響，主要影響中低價物業，高價物業受衝擊較少，或許投資者會認為，5厘做定期比起投資物業好，但記緊利息會下跌」。

除了商廈外，陳寧迪亦提到超級豪宅，並指出最優質地段的豪宅，大多頗為陳舊，故可以考慮發展，興建超級豪宅，吸引內地買家」。

(經濟日報)

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The Coast Line I flats over 95 percent sold

CK Asset (1113) sold more than 95 percent of all its 219 standard units at The Coast Line I in Yau Tong after sales kicked off yesterday, but warned that the property market would continue to be sluggish.

At least 209 flats, including all the one and two-bedroom units, were snapped up yesterday after the developer received nearly 9,000 checks, or 40 times the number of homes on sale.

The homes up for sale included 110 one-bedroom, 44 two-bedroom and 65 three-bedroom flats.

They were priced between HK$3.65 million and HK$13.4 million after discounts, from HK$13,381 to HK$18,239 per sq ft. The discounted price was HK$15,939 per sq ft on average.

The developer said more than 3,700 potential buyers showed up at the sales office yesterday and it was very satisfied with the sales performance.

Still, it was a sharp contrast to the second phase The Coast Line II of which all the 626 units were sold within a day - the highest in more than eight years - when the sales were launched a week ago.

The Coast Line II, averaging HK$14,868 per square foot after discounts, set a record of over 38,000 checks before the sales.

Executive director Justin Chiu Kwok-hung said that the market sentiment was weaker than expected and that the prices of all the unsold units in the first phase might be slightly higher than what the market could afford despite the three-bedrooms and sea views of the phase.

Chiu said buyers nowadays were "extremely sensitive" to price and would hesitate if the prices were even marginally above budget.

Meanwhile, in Tseung Kwan O, the developers of Villa Garda III in Lohas Park said another batch of at least 65 flats would be released as early as today.

The project, jointly developed by Sino Land (0083), K Wah International (0173), China Merchants Land (0978), and MTR Corp (0066), is about seven times oversubscribed with more than 1,050 checks placed for the 130 units included in the first batch.

The developers said over 5,000 groups of buyers have visited the show flats so far.

Also in Tseung Kwan O, developer Kowloon Development (0034) sold six homes at Manor Hill for a total of HK$28 million yesterday.

As the market remained focused on the primary market, homes in the secondary market have come under pressure with the number of transactions in 10 major housing estates falling 38 percent week-on-week to just five deals on the weekend, according to a property agency.

No transaction was recorded at eight of the 10 major housing estates, the agency said.

(The Standard)

Hong Kong property: discounts bring relief to ailing sector as thousands queue once more for flats at CK Asset’s The Coast Line I in Yau Tong

The developer looked set to shift all 219 units on offer in phase I, according to a property agent

The HK$15,939 per sq ft price tag was slightly higher than the HK$14,868 at last weekend’s sale, which itself was 16 per cent cheaper than the launch in January of Wheelock’s Koko Rosso project

Almost 4,000 homebuyers rushed to snap up flats at CK Asset Holdings’ The Coast Line I in Yau Tong on Sunday, just a week after all units in the other phase of the project, The Coast Line II, sold out on their first day of sales.

With 95 per cent of the available units sold as of 8pm, the developer looked set to shift all 219 standard units on offer in phase I, according to a property agent.

There was a sense of déjà vu as hundreds of prospective buyers started to line up outside the sales office in Hung Hom as early as 9.30am. Thousands more then joined a queue that ended up extending all the way from the atrium of the Fortune Metropolis mall to the Hung Hom MTR station.

About 3,700 would-be buyers visited the sales office Sunday morning, according to Justin Chiu Kwok-hung, CK Asset’s executive director.

However, some units were not yet sold due to higher selling prices. “Buyers are extremely price-sensitive nowadays, and they would be discouraged by the slightly higher price than their budgets,” Chiu said.“The market will remain sluggish.”

CK Asset, the flagship property developer of feted tycoon Li Ka-shing, priced the flats in The Coast Line I at an average discounted price of HK$15,939 (US$2,035) per square foot.

That was slightly higher than the average HK$14,868 per square foot price tag at last weekend’s sale, which itself was about 16 per cent cheaper than the most recent launch in January of Wheelock Properties’ Koko Rosso project in the same neighbourhood.

The units include 110 with one bedroom, 44 two-bedroom flats and 65 three-bedroom homes, with areas ranging from 273 to 736 square feet and discounted prices ranging from HK$3.65 million to HK$13.4 million.

More than half of the prospective buyers had unsuccessfully attempted to purchase units in The Coast Line II, an agent said at the sales site.

The prices of new flats launched recently were 20 to 25 per cent lower than those of second-hand apartments of the same quality in the neighbouring areas, the agent said.

“Although the property market has been in a downturn, as long as there is a discount, people will rush to buy flats,” the agent said.

It is likely that the number of first-hand transactions will rise to about 1,500 for the whole of this month, more than double that of July, the first agent said.

Interest rate hikes coupled with the launch of discounted new homes have led to a muted atmosphere in the secondary market and the further downward movement of property prices, according to market watchers.

A market index a gauge of lived-in home prices compiled by an agency, showed that Hong Kong’s second-hand home prices fell 1.54 per cent to 162.88 for the week ended August 18, the biggest drop since November 2022.

That ended a three-week winning streak for the market index, as it fell through 163 points to a 26-week low.

“The secondary housing market is extremely quiet and after a long period of [holding out], more and more homeowners are facing the reality and willing to reduce price to reach a deal,” another agent said.

Some property owners chose to leave the market at a loss. A two-bedroom flat at Tai Po Centre was sold at HK$5.02 million, the unit was originally put up for sale at HK$5.6 million earlier, according to a property agency.

The owner purchased the unit in 2020 for HK$6 million.

Earlier this week, another housing project in Hong Kong – Villa Garda III by Sino Land, K Wah International and China Merchants Land – intensified their sales campaign by releasing their first price list at discounts.

The move was in response to the renewed buying interest sparked by CK Asset’s successful launch, according to analysts.

The project is located in Tseung Kwan O district’s Lohas Park neighbourhood and the developers aim to capitalise on the revival in demand and pre-empt launches by rivals, the analysts said.

(South China Morning Post)

政府有意重建位於金鐘區的金鐘廊，該區商業地位有望再度攀升，帶動區內商用物業價值增長。區內力寶中心有高層單位業主推出物業放售，意向價1.2億元。

有外資代理行表示，業主放售力寶中心二座36樓1室及2室，建築面積分別約2320及1980方呎，合共建築面積4300方呎，為罕有高層海景寫字樓物業，意向價1.2億元，呎價約27907元。

資料顯示，上述單位業主為新加坡籍人士，於2000年以2680萬元購入，目前叫價較買入價高出9320萬元或3.5倍。

華鴻工貿地廠叫4280萬

另外，有代理稱，觀塘鴻圖道41號華鴻工貿中心地廠，建築面積約4930方呎，以4280萬元交吉放售，呎價約8682元；該單位同時放租，叫租每月約11萬元，呎租約22元。

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創豪坊沽9單位 最平呎售5391元

工商物業投資市道低迷，交投銳減，有業主大幅降價出售物業。理想集團兩年前起拆售九龍灣宏光道8號工廈活化商廈項目創豪坊6樓全層，餘下9個寫字樓單位近日一律大幅降價出售，成交呎價低見5391元，較兩年前拆售最高呎價低六成。

理想集團原持有創豪坊6樓全層，自2021年8月開始拆售，包括23個寫字樓單位和8個會議室，當中19室，建築面積828方呎，兩年前成交價1126.1萬元，平均呎價約13600元，成為拆售呎價最高的單位。

據了解，上述6樓全層尚餘9個寫字樓單位未售出，理想集團日前突然通知代理餘貨減價出售，單位建築面積由783至988方呎，呎價由本來逾1.1萬元，減至5391至5810元，單位售價441萬至532.6萬元。

由於餘貨均割價出售，迅即吸引單位現租戶及投資者的注視，9個單位已經全數售出，合共總值約4220萬元。其中售出單位中呎價最低為27室，建築面積988方呎，成交價532.6萬元，呎價約5391元。

上環舊樓全幢4500萬易手

最新呎價最平的單位，較同一層兩年前售出最貴的13600元比較，大幅下挫60.4%。

理想集團2017年斥資約1.64億元向恒地 (00012) 大手購入創豪坊6樓全層，總建築面積19968方呎，呎價約8210元。現時單位悉數售出，合共套現約1.73億元，賬面仍獲利900萬元或5.5%。

此外，有市場消息傳出，上環文咸西街4號全幢舊樓，總樓面面積約3850方呎，以4500萬元易手，呎價約11688元。目前該址全幢月租約12.8萬元，租金回報約3.4厘。據悉，原業主於2006年以1100萬元購入該項目，賬面獲利3400萬元或3.1倍。

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恒基伊利近街項目批建1幢商住

屋宇署公布6月份共有13份建築圖則批出，當中佔7份為住宅及商住發展項目，其中矚目為爪哇位於渣甸山批建5幢獨立屋。當月共有4個項目獲准動工，涉2579伙，按月大升45%。

屋宇署6月批13份建築圖則

屋宇署公布6月份批出13份建築圖則包括港島4份、九龍4份及新界5份。批出圖則包括7項住宅及商住發展、1項商業發展，以及5項社區服務發展。

爪哇位於渣甸山89至93號項目，亦獲屋宇署批建5幢5層高獨立屋，設有1層地庫，總樓面約21425方呎。

爪哇渣甸山批建5座獨立屋

其中恒基位於中環伊利近街33至39號項目，獲批建1幢26層高商住項目，設有1層地庫，住宅總樓面約有41076方呎；商業樓面約1423方呎。

樂風今年3月以1.57億經強拍統一業權的鴨脷洲好景街26、28號及平瀾街2號項目，最新獲屋宇署批出建築圖則，獲准興建1幢23層高商住項目，項目提供住宅總樓面約28908方呎，商業樓面約4960方呎。

位於屯門青山公路青山灣段436號的「柳園」舊址，亦獲屋宇署批建1幢23層高商住大樓，並設有3層基座及1層地庫，項目住宅總樓面約提供14.81萬方呎，商業樓面約7180方呎。

商業項目方面，南豐旗下位於中環威靈頓街64至70號商業項目，獲批建1幢23層高商業大廈，總樓面約49141方呎。

動工量按月升45%

6月動工量亦錄得升幅，有代理表示，6月份共有4個私人住宅項目動工，共涉及2579伙，較5月份的1779伙增加45%，並創2021年12月以來，近19個月新高，反映發展商加快動工步伐，料全年動工量可衝破1.5萬伙水平。

另一代理則表示，6月份私人住宅落成量錄334伙，較5月僅得86伙，按月回升達288.4%，若以今年上半年落成量合計，共錄7556伙，較去年同期12064伙減少37.4%。

(星島日報)

尖沙咀彌敦道地舖35萬租出 品牌零售商進駐租金較4年前跌41%

儘管整體零售市況表現一般，核心區舖位租賃未有靜止，尖沙咀彌敦道美麗都大廈一個巨舖，結束近4年的短租，由零售商落實以每月35萬承租，平均呎租89元，租金較4年前下跌41%。

尖沙咀彌敦道54至64B號美麗都大廈地下3及4號連1樓1、2、3及4號舖，地下建築面積約1500呎，1樓約2420方呎，合共約3920方呎，以每月約35萬租出，平均呎租89元，新租客為來自外國的品牌零售商，看中該廈人流聚集，為區內別有特色的消費點。

平均呎租89元

該巨舖舊租客六福珠寶於2013年進駐，直至2019年遷出，舖位短租4年，經歷家品及時裝等不同租客，隨着長租客落實租賃，短租生涯畫上句號。

六福珠寶於該巨舖經營6年，經歷零售業高峰期，代理指，2013年業主叫租135萬，料至少以逾100萬承租，2019年時，六福撤出前月租約60萬，因此，最新租金較舊租金跌逾41%。

舊租客六福珠寶

美麗都大廈位處港鐵站D出口，該地段並非高消費區，卻充滿香港獨特生態，大廈早年聚集鐘錶、洋服等製造工場，後來隨着工業沒落，賓館應運而生，大廈規模龐大，旅客來自不同國家，人流暢旺，基座商場1樓亦有多家名店，包括大受歡迎的熊仔曲奇餅店，門外常見長龍。

今年初，美麗都大廈地一片冷清，有交吉地舖放租，亦有藥妝店關門不做生意，餘下主要是售賣民生用品的短租行業，不過，過去數月來非常熱鬧，零售、藥妝行業連環進駐，現時恢復成為遊客區。

美麗都大廈並非高消費區，卻充滿香港獨特生態，大廈賓館林立，規模龐大，人流暢旺，基座商場熊仔曲奇餅店，經常有內地客大排長龍光顧。

(星島日報)

文咸西街商住樓逾7500萬沽

上環既是民生地段，亦是商業區，物業受捧，區內文咸西街商住樓逾7500萬易手，文咸西街4號全幢商住樓，地舖及入則閣各為600及500方呎，1樓至5樓住宅每層550方呎，建築面積共約3850方呎，以逾7500萬易手，平均呎價1.94萬，租客包括蔘茸店及工作室，月租約14萬，料回報2.1厘。原業主於2006年8月以1100萬購入，持貨17年，帳面獲利6400萬，物業升值5.8倍。

美孚新邨地舖9000萬獲洽

美孚百老匯街1至31號美孚第一期地下4及9號舖，建築面積約1500方呎，租客新界農夫優質果菜及光大海味，市場消息指，以9000萬獲洽。

另外，土瓜灣道313至329號捷通大廈及奕賢大廈地下29 (美景街71) 號舖，建築面積約450方呎，亦以2000萬獲洽購，租客為偉昌大押。

有代理稱，觀塘鴻圖道41號華鴻工貿中心地廠，建築面積約4930方呎，現已交吉，意向價4280萬元，平均呎價約8681元，業主亦同時放租，月租約11萬元，平均呎價約22元。地廠門前無欄，車可到門口，方便出入及上落貨，物業樓底高約14呎。

(星島日報)

全新甲廈設備佳 吸引企業租購

今年為甲廈供應高峰期，近期新甲廈吸引大型機構洽租，亦有項目多層獲企業購入自用，可見因設備齊全質素新，競爭力較高。

市場人士指，即將落成的長江集團中心二期，多層樓面正獲國企洽租，涉及逾10層樓面，面積合共約20萬平方呎，正獲工銀洽租。據了解，是次洽租樓層外，項目提供一個約6,000平方呎地舖，料作集團分行之用，據悉租務仍需待集團總部批核。

長江集團中心二期 工銀大手洽租

工銀目前正租用中環花園道3號多層樓面作香港總部，而該廈亦獲命名為「中國工商銀行大廈」，預計若成功租用長江集團中心二期，將把同區租用樓面整合遷入。

是次獲洽租樓面多，料業主提供一定優惠，市場人士估計呎租低於100元水平，涉約80至90元。長實旗下和記大廈重建項目，長江集團中心二期料今年落成。項目樓高41層，總面積達55萬平方呎，標準辦公室樓層面積約17,300平方呎，項目分為東、西兩座，並提供185個車位。

早前因受疫情封關影響，項目年初起進行招租，暫時落實租務僅約2宗，包括內地聯合能源集團，租用約8,500平方呎樓面，另同廈39樓02室，面積約5,260平方呎，由匯橋資本預租。

另一在建的甲廈買賣，則獲企業購入多層。德林控股 (01709) 公布，投資近3億元購入即將竣工、位於中環威靈頓街92號銀座式商廈最高5層單位，並獲得該物業的命名權，將命名為「德林大廈」(DL Tower)，公司計劃將總部遷入該物業，此投資為集團首次投資香港商業地產。以5層總樓面約1.16萬平方呎計，呎價約2.53萬元。德林控股集團表示，新項目料於明年入伙，集團購入5層樓面，把4層作辦公室，1層作為會所，而集團過往業務主打家族辦公室，協助管理內地家族資產。

觀塘 The Millennity FUJIFILM租3層

中環威靈頓街92號重建項目，由資本策略 (00497) 發展，樓高23層，總樓面約5.5萬平方呎，將於2024年落成。據悉，項目現合共沽出9層樓面，佔項目約4成。

至於東九龍方面，亦以新商廈較受捧。消息稱，觀塘 The Millennity 錄得大手租務，涉及物業1座27至29樓，合共3層樓面，合共約4.5萬平方呎，以每呎約28元租出。新租客為日資企業 FUJIFILM，該品牌主要業務包括為各行各業提供資訊及通訊科技文件管理顧問服務。該集團目前租用太古灣道12號 (前稱太古城中心四座)，是次新租 The Millennity 3層料作搬遷，既可節省租金開支，亦提升辦公室級數。

觀塘巧明街 The Millennity 今年落成，並錄不少租務成交，包括金融科技公司Doo Group、本地設計公司等承租。

分析指，今年為甲廈供應高峰，而標準新甲廈提供最新裝修、設備等，吸引機構搬遷，加上因供應多，業主叫價上亦較相宜，更能打動企業購入或租用，料今年商廈市場上，新項目仍是買賣及租務焦點。

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佐敦恒福商業中心 14億放售

核心區全幢商廈少有放售，現恒隆放售佐敦恒福商業中心全幢商廈，市值約14億元。

出租率100%

有外資代理行表示，有業主放售佐敦彌敦道221B至E號恒福商業中心全幢商廈，物業總建築面積約68,189平方呎，標準樓層面積約3,913至4,164平方呎，樓高16層，物業面向彌敦道門面寬闊，總長逾25米，故除了地舖具搶眼門面外，更設有獨立樓梯入口連接地庫及一樓。

該代理指，受惠該地段商業零售氣氛濃厚，物業可塑性比一般寫字樓高，除可作企業香港總部外，亦可打造成銀座式主題商廈、醫務大樓及教育中心，故租務表現比同區物業看高一綫，現時出租率亦達100%，租戶以時裝業務為主，但受惠於近年醫療旅遊需求強勁，愈來愈多專科及體檢醫務診所、醫學美容租戶逐漸進駐落戶。

據了解，物業現市值約14億元，平均呎價約2萬元。

(經濟日報)

元朗朗壹廣場 北都概念成賣點

元朗區以往較少大型寫字樓項目，而信和集團旗下元朗朗壹廣場 (One North) 近期入伙，項目提供配套充足，絕對為區內新地標。

朗壹廣場位於元朗康業街，亦即東頭工業區，而該地段近年大變身，多幢新住宅項目落成，令整體觀感大為改變。交通上，由港鐵朗屏站步行至該廈約5至10分鐘，而大廈亦有提供接駁車，前往朗屏、元朗及錦上路港鐵站，而物業設有停車場，方便駕車人士。

合中港業務營商者進駐

項目並非傳統核心商業區，而賣點是配合北部都會區概念，距深圳灣口岸僅約20分鐘車程、離落馬洲公共交通轉車站僅約13分鐘車程、約28分鐘可到達港珠澳大橋、往返香港國際機場少於半小時，適合一些涉及中港業務，以及來往大灣區工作及營商人士。

物業地下大堂中庭極具氣派，設有巨大屏幕，可作活動之用。飲食及生活配套方面，大廈地下設有多個大型商舖，現由數間餐廳租用，另據悉亦有中式酒樓洽租樓面。至於較大型商場，可到元朗店 YOHO MALL。

朗壹廣場寫字樓部分由兩座大樓組成，每座樓高14層，總面積約44.5萬平方呎。項目每層可租賃面積約1.7萬平方呎，最細單位由800平方呎起，間隔靈活，可全面滿足租戶各種空間需求。

單位間隔四正，而樓底高3.1米 (淨天花板高度)，空間感十足。景觀方面，由於大廈附近並沒有高樓遮擋，4面均可享開揚元朗都市及山景，非常舒適。

2萬呎花園 首設緩跑徑

除了基本設備外，大廈亦加入以用家的身心健康為發展元素，設有佔地2萬平方呎的舒泰花園，內設戶外健身設備、戶外表演區、綠色草地適合進行瑜伽練習、兒童遊樂設施等。同時為新界區首座設有200米緩跑徑的辦公大樓，另提供228個單車泊位，讓租戶的員工在此進行各式各樣的休閒活動，上述設施極少於商廈項目出現，極具特色。

項目符合綠色建築認可標準，已獲得 WELL 健康建築標準核心體v2試行版中期認證 (目標獲取鉑金級認證)，同時已獲得香港綠色建築議會綠建環評新建建築1.2版暫定銅級 (目標達到最終銀級)。

2015年信置以16.9億元奪得元朗宏業西街與康業街交界的商貿用地，地皮最高可建樓面面積逾49.76萬平方呎，折合樓面每呎約3,396元。

(經濟日報)

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物業進行招租 意向呎租約20

元朗朗壹廣場設備上乘，現物業進行招租，意向每呎約20元。

配備醫療中心系統配套

信和集團表示，該廈早前已進行招租，意向呎租約20元。朗壹廣場除目標引入金融、財富管理、創科、物流、貿易等企業外，物業更已配備專為醫療中心、診所、美容及健身等行業而設的系統配套。

至於零售方面，商場已獲本地攀爬運動公司 Hong Kong Climbing Park 承租地面樓層逾10,000平方呎的面積打造室內攀石場，成為商場主要租戶。

據了解，目前該廈已租出部分樓面，最大租客承租逾萬平方呎，機構涉及清潔用品業務。集團亦指，除了半零售客戶外，吸引同區工廈用戶趁機升級亦是目標客群之一。

(經濟日報)

更多朗壹廣場寫字樓出租樓盤資訊請參閱：朗壹廣場寫字樓出租

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Peek inside this US$281 million Hong Kong mansion, up for sale: the 11-bedroom, 8-bathroom family home in Repulse Bay spans a whopping 18,270 sq ft, with both beach and mountain views

Despite the luxury housing market facing challenging conditions lately, a developer in Hong Kong has listed this Repulse Bay mansion for US$281 million – so what does it look like?

The city has commanded some record-breaking property prices in the past, attracting Chinese billionaires like Alibaba’s Jack Ma and Tencent’s Pony Ma, and local tycoons including Li Ka-shing

A developer is seeking to sell a huge mansion in Hong Kong for HK$2.2 billion (US$281 million), a price that would that make the property among the city’s most expensive transactions, at a time when the luxury housing market is facing challenging conditions.

The 18,270 sq ft house in the city’s upmarket Repulse Bay area was completed just over four years ago, before citywide protests and the pandemic shutdown curbed property transactions. The building, positioned between two roads, has some 11 bedrooms, eight bathrooms and an outside patio.

The site, previously occupied by a five-story block of flats, was bought by local property firm First Group Holdings in 2014 for HK$350 million before being redeveloped, according to government data.

“The pricing is high amid current market conditions being soft,” a property agent said. Any mainland buyer would likely need to live in the city due to the difficulty of moving cash out of China, the agent said.

Still, the house is one of a kind and will find an owner over time, with its premium due to the property’s rare size and prime location, the agent said.

The construction of the mansion finished with classical details dates back to a former era when wealthy mainland buyers including Alibaba’s Jack Ma and Tencent’s Pony Ma flocked to the city for trophy homes, supercharging the luxury property market.

Across the city, ultra-high-end homes sold for record-breaking prices. In 2017, former mainland property billionaire Pan Sutong paid HK$2.5 billion for a house in nearby Deep Water Bay, home to a number of Hong Kong tycoons including Li Ka-shing.

The situation has changed a lot since. China’s crackdowns on private enterprises, tougher scrutiny on capital leaving the mainland and an economic slowdown have meant Chinese money is no longer pouring into Hong Kong’s property market.

Instead, supply is increasing amid forced sales, with a wave of homes seized from embattled mainland property tycoons entering the market. Rising interest rates are also making loans more costly.

Used home prices have fallen 13 per cent from their 2021 peak and are now at levels first seen at the beginning of 2018, according to a property agency.

The area first became famous after the grand Repulse Bay Hotel was opened by the Kadoorie family in 1920. (The hotel was knocked down in 1982.) Repulse Bay is now a well-off area of mostly high- and low-rise flat blocks built on slopes above one of the city’s most popular beaches, and is just a 20-minute drive from the financial district.

This year, Wheelock and Co. chairman Douglas Woo bought a three-bedroom flat in the area for about HK$60 million, while Jean Eric Salata, CEO of Baring Private Equity Asia, reportedly bought a six-house development on Deep Water Bay Road for HK$3.6 billion.

資本策略旗下九龍灣甲廈啟匯，錄1宗大手承租，醫院管理局一口氣承租該廈達10萬方呎樓面，為今年以來九龍東最大宗甲廈租賃，業界預期月租約150萬。

九龍灣臨澤街8號啟匯，前身為傲騰廣場，於資本策略為首的財團購入後，進行大幅翻新，最新獲醫管局承租2層半樓面，合共約10萬方呎，市場人士指，醫管局承租低層樓面，由於大手承租，預期呎租約15元，月租約150萬，較同廈呎租16至18元，有一定折讓。

資策鍾楚義：帶動區內租務

資本策略主席兼執行董事鍾楚義表示，是次租賃為該區甲廈租賃市場打下強心針，帶動區內租務。他又說，目前列入九龍中聯網的伊利沙伯醫院，為九龍區主要大型醫院，啟德新急症醫院落成後，政府將伊利沙伯醫院大部分服務，搬至啟德新急症醫院，醫管局選址啟匯設立全新辦公室，料將成為該聯網主要辦公地方，事實上，項目鄰近香港兒童醫院，以及興建中的啟德新急症醫院。該廈辦公大樓全層樓面由2.5萬至4萬方呎不等，吸引銀行、科技、媒體及電訊中心以及共享工作間等進駐。

市場人士指，啟匯近期租賃包括29樓部分，建築面積約13493方呎，以每呎18元租出，該廈13樓2號單位，建築面積約18582方呎，以每呎16元租出。

近期呎租介乎16至18元

根據一間外資代理行資料顯示，今年第一季寫字樓查詢量和預約參觀有所增加，第二季增長勢頭放緩，導致甲廈整體空置率升至15%，首季整體商廈租金下跌2%，不過，該行表示，踏入第二季，新租賃查詢增加，受惠地區包括中環及尖沙咀，東九龍呎租低水，相信已跌至谷底，或離谷底不遠，該行預期，租金將於今年第四季回穩，預計全年甲廈租金持平或錄正增長，全年整體增幅2%。

(星島日報)

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創豪坊減價55%3日沽9單位

理想集團減價55%，推售九龍灣活化項目 Megacube 創豪坊6樓，沽售9個餘貨單位，套現約4220萬，整個項目累計賣樓收益達1.88億，為東九工商物業重新定價，目前區內工商物業出現封盤及減價求售個案。

呎價介乎5391至5841元

有代理表示，九龍灣宏光道8號創豪坊6樓全層，業主理想集團減價推售餘貨9個單位，成交價約441.4萬至532.6萬，呎價5391元至5841元，減幅達55%，短短3日售罄，套現約4220萬。

該代理補充指，當中5個連約單位，回報約4.73厘，買家多屬投資者。最高成交價單位面積988方呎，成交價約532.6萬，呎價約5391元，連約售出，月租約2.1萬，租期至2025年初，回報約4.73厘，買家為投資者。

套現4220萬

代理又指出，今番售出的9個單位後，整個項目共為理想集團帶來約1.88億收益，該6樓共提供27個寫字樓及8個會議室，2017年4月購入價約1.68億，拆售後帳面獲利約2000萬。

該代理預期，創豪坊餘貨減價，將為東九龍工商廈重新訂價，二手業主倍添壓力，個別連約單位業主封盤，靜觀後市，部分業主進一步擴大議幅至10%，未來兩個月區內工商廈料出現折讓潮，料擴大至20%至30%始獲承接。

帳面仍獲利2000萬

創豪坊位於宏光道8號，樓高9層，前身巨昇中心，在活化工廈計劃下改建創豪坊，並於2017年拆售，呎價由9000至逾10000元，理想集團當年購入6樓全層，呎價約8210元。

(星島日報)

柴灣利眾街2廈 重建新式工廈

位於港島東面的柴灣工業區，近年陸續有不少工廈展開重建，包括興勝創建  (00896) 積極就區內利眾街2幢工廈目前已經展開重建，改作新式工廈用途，提供約24.7萬平方呎樓面。

柴灣屬於住宅及工廈混合發展的社區，分別有利眾街及祥利街一帶，以及碼頭區的兩個工業區，其中利眾街工業區鄰近港鐵柴灣站，範圍約44.7萬平方呎，屬於小型工業區，由31幢工廈組成，大部分屬於老齡工廈，業權亦比較分散，只有5至6幢屬於單一業權。

利眾街18號樓面增4成

近年興勝創建先後以合共近17億元購入位於利眾街14及16號的德昌廣場，以及利眾街18號的美利倉大廈，並陸續申請進行重建，目前已經獲批正在展開重建，均將會重建成為新式工廈，合共將提供約24.7萬平方呎樓面。

當中利眾街18號美利倉大廈，佔地約6,685平方呎，目前為16層高工廈，於1980年落成，樓齡接近40年，原本於2015年由迷你倉集團以約3.95億元購入作營運，總樓面6.8萬平方呎，及後再由興勝創建以約7.35億元購入。

及後，興勝創建等申請放寬地積比率至14.4倍重建，擬興建1幢26層高的新式工廈，作為非污染工業用途，可建樓面約9.6萬平方呎，相較原有樓面6.8萬平方呎，增加4成多樓面。

德昌廣場放寬地積比

至於德昌廣場由興勝與南豐合作發展，原本屬於1幢舊式工廈，但原業主德昌電機在過去幾年成功全幢改裝成11層高的商廈，總樓面面積約9.6萬平方呎。興勝與南豐以約9.48億元購入後，便申請放寬地積比率由12倍增加20%至14.4倍，以地盤面積約10,515平方呎計算，可重建1幢28層高，非污染工業用途，即新式工廈，總樓面約15.14萬平方呎，較現有樓面多出逾58%。

另外，位於利眾街34號的寶源東丞工業樓，數年前則簽訂特別豁免書，可增加作食肆、展覽廳、辦公室、商店及娛樂場所等10多項用途，大廈地盤面積約9,279平方呎，若作銀座式商廈發展，以地積比率15倍計算，預計可提供逾11萬平方呎樓面。

(經濟日報)

Hong Kong developers line up home sales at heavy discounts to clear unsold stock, fearful of further price cuts in a watchful market

CK Asset, Sino Land and Henderson Land together plan to sell a total of 293 flats this weekend

CK Asset will sell 35 premium units at its Coast Line project in Yau Tong at prices ranging from HK$7.98 million to HK$12.9 million

Some of Hong Kong’s biggest developers have lined up sales of residential projects with revised price lists, using the recent prices as a benchmark to attract cautious buyers.

A total of 293 units in three projects on Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories will be on offer this weekend.

“The housing market had been very quiet until Coast Line project in Yau Tong,” a property agent said. “The developers are now testing homebuyers’ appetite with prices that are close to or below market prices, using Coast Line as a reference.”

Discounts will be their go-to strategy to clear stock, the agent added.

CK Asset Holdings, Li Ka-shing’s property flagship, has found success with its reduced pricing strategy, selling 832 of the 886 units on offer at the Coast Line, raking in HK$5.36 billion (US$684 million) in the process. The flats were priced at an average of HK$15,530 per square foot, the cheapest in seven years, which attracted thousands of homebuyers who bought all the units in phase II on the first day of sale on August 12, and 95 per cent of phase I flats last Sunday.

CK Asset on Tuesday released the price list of 35 premium units, including 28 duplexes and four split-level units, with the sale to take place on Saturday. The flats are priced from HK$7.98 million to HK$12.9 million after discounts.

Hong Kong’s property market has seen a marked slowdown this year. Of the 7,600 flats completed in the first half, only 55 per cent were sold as of end-June, lower than the average sell-through rate of 78 per cent over the last five years, according to an international property agency’s latest report.

Most buyers have adopted a wait-and-see attitude and are reluctant to buy flats as they anticipate prices to drop further, according to an agent.

“The new mass residential projects have to offer bigger discounts to lure buyers,” the agent said. “Coast Line in Yau Tong is an example where the prices are attractive to buyers, marking the start of a price war.”

On Monday, Villa Garda III in Lohas Park, developed by Sino Land, K Wah International and China Merchants Land, released the pricing for the second batch of 108 units: HK$16,938 per square foot on average after discounts.

The batch comprises 98 two-bedroom and 10 three-bedroom units ranging from HK$7.16 million to HK$12.7 million, or HK$15,884 to HK$17,681 per square foot after a maximum discount of 15 per cent.

Villa Garda III’s developers priced the first batch of 130 units last Thursday at HK$16,938 per square foot on average after discounts, 7.8 per cent lower than the HK$18,378 per square foot for phase II last year.

The 238 flats are expected to go on sale over the weekend, according to Sino Land.

Henderson Land Development released the price list for 42 units at the 420-unit The Holborn in Quarry Bay, with the first 20 flats to go on sale this Saturday.

The units include 19 one-bedroom and one two-bedroom flats, ranging from 255 sq ft to 413 sq ft. The flats are priced from HK$5.77 million to HK$11.85 million, or HK$22,609 to HK$28,687 per square foot after discounts.

“The latest price list of The Holborn is nearly 20 per cent lower compared with the first batch,” another agent said.

Henderson has sold 56 flats since mid-July for about HK$370 million. Since its launch in 2021, 93 per cent, or 192 of the 206 units at The Holborn have found buyers.

“Developers will cut prices of their projects by 5 to 10 per cent compared with new projects in the neighbourhood,” the first agent said.

The second agent agreed.

“We expect some developers to follow with price cuts later this year while others may slow down project launches,” the agent said.

(South China Morning Post)

Hong Kong property fire sale: Eric Chu selling hotel, luxury flats after wife Truong My Lan arrested in Vietnam scandal

Chu offloaded a hotel in Tin Hau in June at almost half what he paid in 2017, and sold an under-construction project in Quarry Bay at a big loss

The couple’s remaining commercial properties include the Nexxus Building in Central and several houses in Severn 8, a luxury project on The Peak

A Hong Kong businessman whose wife was arrested in Vietnam has emerged as the latest desperate seller in the city’s increasingly turbulent property market.

Eric Chu is offloading properties ranging from a hotel to luxury flats in Hong Kong, sometimes at a significant loss after his Vietnamese wife, Truong My Lan, became embroiled in one of the most high-profile scandals in the Southeast Asian nation.

The couple have commercial real estate valued at about HK$8 billion (US$1 billion) in the city after already selling at least HK$1 billion worth of properties in the past few months.

While the sales are more likely the result of individual financial problems, the low transaction prices threaten to dampen sentiment in Hong Kong’s already weak market.

Chu offloaded a hotel in Tin Hau area in June at almost half the price he paid for it in 2017, according to government documents and media reports. In the same month, he sold a project under construction to provide residential and commercial space in Quarry Bay for HK$412 million to local developer Wang On Properties. That is much less than the HK$678 million that he reportedly paid for the asset in 2018.

The couple’s remaining commercial properties include Nexxus Building in the heart of Central which counts the Hong Kong Bankers Club as a tenant; two commercial buildings in the central business area; and several houses in Severn 8, a luxury project on The Peak. A buyer has offered to pay more than HK$6 billion for Nexxus Building, Sing Tao reported recently.

All of Chu’s properties are open to offers, according to several property agents. The assets are either held by him, Lan, their daughters or associates with ties to their companies.

The couple began actively investing in Hong Kong’s property market in the mid-2000s, buying everything from houses on The Peak to skyscrapers. Now they’re selling into a commercial property market that is at its worst in almost a decade.

The fire sale coincides with a number of distressed properties that are on the market, including those formerly owned by beleaguered Chinese developers. China Evergrande Group’s creditors have yet to find a buyer for its Hong Kong headquarters almost a year after seizing it. Property tycoon Chen Hongtian also had a commercial building taken by a creditor, which put it up for sale recently.

Hong Kong office values have declined about 35 per cent from their peak in 2018, according to an international property agency. The city’s overall vacancy rate was almost 15 per cent in June, more than three times higher than in 2019, the agency’s data show. With interest rates rising along with supply, investors have little appetite to purchase Hong Kong’s office blocks.

It’s not easy to sell in the luxury residential market either. The upscale sector saw transaction volume decline by 24 per cent in the second quarter from the first three months of the year, according to another international property agency. Sustained high interest rates, stock market turbulence and a lack of affluent mainland Chinese buyers contributed to the fall, the firm said. Savills expects distressed sales to dominate the market with few transactions and volatile prices in the near future.

Lan, chairman of Vietnam developer Van Thinh Phat Holdings Group, was arrested in October along with three other people including the group’s CEO on suspicion of appropriating trillions of dong in 2018 and 2019, according to a police statement.

The company did not respond to emailed requests for comment.

The 66-year-old started selling cosmetics at the age of 16 and met Chu in Vietnam. The two got married and went into the restaurant and hotel business before moving into real estate investing.

Founded by Lan in 1991, Van Thinh Phat Group was the first private company in Ho Chi Minh City, according to the company’s website. VTP Group’s developments span residential properties, offices, hotels and shopping centres, including a suspended US$6 billion project called Saigon Peninsula with Malaysian billionaire Kok-Thay Lim’s Genting Group.

Once featured as a philanthropic socialite by Vietnam’s Communist Party media, the owner of one of the country’s top skyscrapers has seen assets related to more than 700 VTP Group units frozen by Vietnamese authorities since Lan’s arrest, dealing a blow to the group’s business and adding a cash strain to the family.

(South China Morning Post)

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近年有不少企業「出走」中環，新創建 (00659) 去年底亦撤離扎根多年的中環新世界大廈，將總部搬到長沙灣，令新世界大廈出現兩層合共逾2萬方呎的放租盤。據悉，業主每層以每月約75萬元放租，由於屬中環核心地段罕有全層放租盤，故洽租反應理想，當中有一層已獲準租客出價70萬洽租至尾聲。

新創建舊總部位於新世界大廈第一座27樓及28樓，屬中高層樓面，每層租用面積約10270方呎，合共約20540方呎，在近期完全清空後放租，每層叫租每月75萬元，呎租約73元。

雖然通關後商業氣氛較淡靜，商廈租賃未見大幅彈升，不過由於新世界大廈始終位於中環最核心地段，加上全層面積逾1萬方呎兼可即租即用的租盤罕有，故此上述兩層樓面推出市場放租後，反應不俗，獲不少企業甚至半零售商戶洽租。

逾萬呎樓面 成交呎租料68元

市場消息指出，當中的28樓全層，已經獲洽租至尾聲，有機會短期內落實成交。

據知，該物業洽租的每月租金約為70萬元，呎租約68元，一旦落實，料為該廈今年以來最大宗的租賃個案。

新創建於2021年，以13.67億元向母公司新世界發展 (00017) 購入當時仍屬樓花的長沙灣甲級商廈荔枝角道888號 (現稱南商金融創新中心) 18樓至21樓共4層，總樓面面積96744方呎，呎價約14130元。南商金融創新中心在去年入伙，故新創建把總部搬到該廈，撤離中環。

除新創建舊有的樓面租出外，新世界大廈第二座2樓全層，租用面積約4920方呎，亦以每月約32萬元租出，呎租約65元。

而同區皇后大道中99號中環中心有單位的租戶提早退租後，火速獲其他租戶頂上。市場消息透露，中環中心56樓13室，建築面積約2420方呎，原本在去年5月由一家外資基金公司以每月16.94萬元租用，呎租約70元。當時租期為3年，租約至2025年4月。

國際金融中心二期1701呎單位 20萬租出

不過，該外資基金公司租用上址僅逾一年，便有意提早近兩年退租。據悉，單位剛獲一家投資公司頂租，月租約16.46萬元，呎租約68元，租期為兩年。雖然有關單位迅即獲其他公司租用，可是，物業的每月租金較去年下跌2.9%，料業主每月少收4840元租金。

另一方面，中環指標商廈國際金融中心二期低層10室，租用面積約1701方呎，以每月20萬元租出，呎租約118元，屬於中環較罕有的細單位租出個案。

(信報)

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羅守耀購銅鑼灣 OLIV 基座作價3億

市場錄大手舖位買賣，悅興地產董事羅守耀及太太鄧嘉玲在近年淡市下頻出手，最新購入銅鑼灣霎東街 OLIV 基座，作價約3億。

上址為霎東街15號 OLIV 基座部分，包括地舖至3樓及大型廣告位，剛以約3億售出，建築面積約9499方呎，平均呎價約31580元，以現狀形式易手。

平均呎價31580元

有代理表示，該項目樓底近5米高，內置樓梯及專用電梯連貫通至3樓。

該廈門前可停車，租客包括美容、餐飲及私人會所等，地舖至3樓曾獲瑞士名錶品牌 Franck Muller 以約238萬承租。

洽談過程長達一年

該代理指，買家悅興地產董事羅守耀及其牙醫太太鄧嘉玲，自從疫市以來，近3年不斷吸納工商舖物業，涉資約10億，包括銅鑼灣禮頓道58至60號地舖、中環域多利皇后街5至8號地下A、B1、B2及E號地舖，以及油麻地彌敦道526號寶翠大樓地下03A號舖連閣樓 (與窩打老道交界)。

該代理續說，羅守耀有感經濟正逐漸走出低谷，政府致力振興經濟，看好零售及餐飲前景，加上近年舖位價格已回落至合理水平，故積極物色優質舖位，今次 OLIV 項目洽談過程長達一年，與業主多番磋商下，終成功購入，OLIV 項目於高峰期時市值曾達約8億。

該代理又指出，近期銅鑼灣區舖位零售及餐飲氣氛轉好，相繼吸引餐飲及零售品牌進駐，最矚目為銅鑼灣京華中心地下連1樓及外牆廣告位，以逾300萬由國際時尚品牌租用，呎租約158元，羅素街金朝陽中心地下至1樓複式舖位，以月租約100萬獲餐飲品牌承租，同時，區內駱克道545號地舖，面積約1200方呎，以呎租約250元獲藥妝店承租。

(星島日報)

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荃灣縉庭山基座舖 意向價5500萬

息口高企加上外圍因素影響商業地產投資氣氛，投資者傾向選擇回報穩健的物業，而住宅物業基座商舖，投資潛力穩固，吸引不少財團及投資客入市。有業主看準市場需求，放售荃灣縉庭山基座逾萬呎複式舖位，租、售均調低，冀吸引更多準買家入市。

有代理表示，有業主放租及放售物業位於荃灣國瑞路168號縉庭山地下及低層地下，為市場罕有兩層巨舖，地舖面積約4,866平方呎，低層地下面積約5,452平方呎，總樓面面積約10,318平方呎，商舖連同2樓5個車位一併放售，並以交吉交易形式推出市場。

複式舖另連5個車位放售

而業主更因應投資氣氛而下調叫價，由原先意向價約6,000萬元調整至約5,500萬元，減幅約8%，月租叫價下調約10%，由以往約20萬元下調至約18萬餘元，叫價相對克制。

叫價下調8% 租金減1成

該代理續指，後疫情年代造就寵物經濟興起，市民消費模式有所轉變，加上旅遊限制及在家工作模式，衍生寵物相關支出亦見增多，更帶動企業開拓更多商機，其中近年本港亦出現了不少寵物友善的商場及餐廳，例如荔枝角 D2 Place、沙田新城市廣場以及同區的文青熱點荃灣南豐紗廠商場等，隨處可見寵物餐廳、寵物用品店等類型店舖租務趨活躍。

考慮到近期旅客偏愛到主題式商舖體驗，以及人寵共融元素商場成為大趨勢，相信縉庭山商場舖位可佔盡優勢，吸引與寵物相關行業進駐，更可帶動商場人流增加從而提高消費，締造雙贏。同時，縉庭山商場鄰近港鐵站，步程只需約5分鐘，加上面積大，柱位少，環境清幽，亦相當適合作教會用途。

另一代理補充，是次租售基座商場舖位樓上為縉庭山住宅單位，屋苑共有548伙，鄰近亦有住宅項目昇柏山，消費力不俗。同時，商場鄰近葵涌邨以及多間中、小學，民生客源有所保證，對教育等相關行業亦有一定需求，相信舖位亦會備受教育相關行業積極洽租。長遠而言，民生區基座商舖回報亦較為穩健，料可作長綫投資。加上業主亦考慮市況下調租、賣叫價至市場吸引水平，屬區內鮮有，預計是次調整可受實力投資者或財團關注。

(經濟日報)

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資策等8.5億購山頂中峽道獨立屋

投資市場氣氛一般，傳統豪宅有價有市，活躍於市場的資本策略，夥拍一家基金，向莊士大股東莊氏家族購入山頂中峽道獨立屋，作價接近8.5億元，樓面呎價高達104103元。

莊士大股東莊氏家族持有的中峽道24號獨立屋，早於2018年以35億放售，多次調整價錢，曾於2021年住宅樓市高峰期時，叫價上調至38億，不過，自從去年第5波疫市後，大幅減價至20億，早前市場一度盛傳物業易手，惟消息一直未獲證實，新買家終於揭曉，知情人士透露，資本策略夥拍一家基金，接近8.5億購入該獨立屋，將作重建用途，以可重建樓面8165呎計，樓面呎價約104103元。

該獨立屋樓高2層，周圍由翠綠一面包圍，環境極清幽，項目地盤面積約16330方呎，最大可建面積約8165方呎，市場消息指，由於物業具一定樓齡，料資策將大屋重建後出售，以該公司策略及經驗，相信重建後大屋受捧。

可建樓面8165方呎

中峽道24號獨立屋原由電訊盈科持有，為該集團前副主席張永霖的「大班屋」，由莊士機構大股東莊氏家族於2004年以1.41億購入收租，持貨19年，帳面獲利約7.09億，物業升值約5倍。

中峽道24號早於2018年以35億放售，多次調整價錢，最終以近8.5億易手。

(星島日報)

廣東道地舖每月150萬租出 內地「老鋪黃金」進駐 港設首間旗艦店

近年核心區舖位受捧，中資實用租客趁勢設據點，尖沙咀新港中心Burberry旗艦店舊址早前租出，市場消息透露，新租客為「老鋪黃金」，該家來自內地、成立24年的「老鋪黃金」，趁淡市之際，以每月約150萬進駐「名店街」，設立香港首家街舖旗艦店。

近年核心區舖位受捧，中資實用租客趁勢設據點，尖沙咀新港中心 Burberry 旗艦店舊址早前租出，市場消息透露，新租客為「老鋪黃金」，該家來自內地、成立24年的「老鋪黃金」，趁淡市之際，以每月約150萬進駐「名店街」，設立香港首間街舖旗艦店。

平均呎租約150元

搶租核心區巨舖的珠寶金行，通常是老字號，新港中心 Burberry 旗艦店舊址租出，市場消息曾盛傳為百年老店老鳳祥，知情人士透露，新租客叫「老鋪黃金」，成立於2009年，該家新企業推廣「古法金」，以足金為底材，手上鑲嵌鑽石，完全顛覆鑽石飾品以K金為底材的行業傳統標準。該店過往亦於海運中心開設據點，今次有見街舖租金高位大幅回落，設立在港首間街舖旗艦店。

新港中心地下至2樓3層巨舖，曾是英國奢侈品品牌 Burberry 旗艦店，於舖位高峰時月租高達650萬，指巨舖地下面積2816方呎，1樓及2樓面積分別為3565方呎及3759方呎，合共10140方呎，消息指「老鋪黃金」承租該巨舖，亦因應潮流，提供體驗式消費，平均呎租約150元。

租金高位回落逾70%

該巨舖位於名店街廣東界與海防道交界，佔盡地利，早年曾由 Nike 租用，2011年，多間國際品牌搶租作旗艦店，結果，英國品牌 Burberry 以每月約550萬突圍，打造成品牌3層高旗艦店，更於於2014年以月租650萬元續租，創下歷史新高，最新租金則由高位回落約70%。現時該舖位由時裝店等短租，數月前，亦曾短暫作為售賣明星二手衫慈善義賣用途。

「老鋪黃金」曾於海運中心開設據點，今番有見街舖租金高位大幅回落，設立在港首間街舖旗艦店。

(星島日報)

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Nine duplexes to go on sale

CK Asset's (1113) The Coast Line I in Yau Tong will start the sales of nine special units on Sunday, with the cheapest one priced at HK$4.38 million.

The nine duplexes with rooftop terraces offer floor areas ranging from 273 to 736 square feet.

The most budget-friendly option is a one-bedroom in Unit K on the 27th floor of Tower 1.

It boasts an area of 273 sq ft and includes a rooftop terrace measuring 118 sq ft. The discounted price for this unit stands at HK$4.38 million.

Meanwhile, Villa Garda III at Lohas Park saw its first batch of 138 units 10.6 times oversubscribed, with more than 1,600 checks.

A collaborative effort involving Sino Land (0083), K Wah International (0173), China Merchants Land (0978), and MTR Corp (0066), the project will be launching its initial collection of 138 units for sale on Saturday. These units will be priced between HK$5.97 million and HK$12.71 million.

Hong Kong property developers saw the lowest sales since 2019 for new residential units completed as expensive borrowing costs weigh on the market.

Builders sold just 55 percent of apartments completed in the first six months, compared with the average sell-through rate of 78 percent in the last five years, according to data from a real estate agency.

(The Standard)

「磁帶大王」陳秉志蝕讓拆售中環中心35個車位，總值約1.8億，入場費由438萬至550萬，較購入價低8%至15%，昨天即日沽售15個，另有2個被預留。

陳秉志於2017年夥多名投資者購入中環中心70%業權，作價402億，包括寫字樓及車位，當時股東亦瓜分車位，每個成本價介乎500萬至600萬。

蝕幅8%至15%

現時陳秉志拆售部分車位，涉及35個，分布該廈B1、B2及B3層，售價介乎438萬至550萬，若與他當時的購入價作比較，蝕讓幅度介乎8%至15%。

中環中心車位放盤及交投向來少，今年暫錄2宗，B2與B3層其中一個車位各以600萬及538萬易手，昨日陳秉志一拆售車位，即日沽15個，主要分布B3層及B2層，其中B2層P2033車位，買入價550萬，以468萬沽出，蝕讓達82萬，蝕幅高達15%，幅度最大。

中環中心車位曾經一位難求，於2019年10月，該廈B1層1023號車位以760萬易手，創全港車位新高。

目前上述B1層車位售價一律550萬，較高峰期低27%。B1層位置方便，價格減幅最少，5個車位買入價皆600萬，現時售價550萬，減幅達50萬或8.3%。

造價760萬曾是全港新高

事實上，4年前同廈車位貴絕全港，2019年10月，「物流張」張順宜以760萬沽出B1層1023號車位，貴絕全港，買家君豪集團總裁石金禹購入之後作自用，他亦於2017年9月，斥資7.4億購入中環中心79樓頂樓全層自用，呎價達約5.58萬，創下當時全港商廈呎價新高。

陳秉志近年多番沽售中環中心寫字樓，除了拆售39樓外，亦先後沽出多層樓面，有獲利亦有平手。

(星島日報)

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羅守耀等約9億購山頂獨立屋

爪哇上月沽售山頂加列山道超級豪宅，知情人士透露，買家為悅興地產董事羅守耀及鄧嘉玲夫婦，作價約9億，購入罕有獨立屋作長線投資，成交價較高峰期叫價折讓約40%。

加列山道59號前身地盤為兩幢獨立屋，爪哇將之合併重建成巨無霸獨立屋，屬山頂極之珍罕新項目，2021年甫放售時，叫價高達15億元，呎價21萬元，隨着樓市受負面因素影響，叫價逐步下挫，去年9月減至約11.8億元，關後內地客南下掃貨未見踴躍，加息衝擊樓市，獨立屋最終累減逾40%，透過買賣公司易手，作價約9億，每呎約12.7萬元。

較高峰期叫價折讓40%

該獨項目佔地面積約1.5萬方呎，實用面積約7111方呎，大宅備電梯、花園、前庭、天井及車房，天台設泳池，知情人士表示，原業主放盤叫價雖高，惟羅守耀及太太鄧嘉玲極具誠意，終於成功購入，成為近年山頂最大宗豪宅個案，作價及呎價皆創下近年區內新高。

羅氏夫婦看好工商舖後市，三年來，另斥逾10億吸納，包括銅鑼灣 OLIV 基座 (約3億)，銅鑼灣禮頓道58至60號地舖 (1.1億)、中環域多利皇后街5至8號地下A、 B1 、B2 及E號地舖 (1.8億)，及油麻地彌敦道526號寶翠大樓地下03A號舖連閣樓 (7150萬) 等。

(星島日報)

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中環環貿中心相連單位放售 意向價約3068萬

中環環貿中心低層相連單放售，有代理表示，中環亞畢諾道3至5A號環貿中心低層相連單位，建築面積約2557方呎，意向價約3068.4萬，意向呎價約12000元，以現狀及交吉出售。

該代理表示，大廈鄰近消費熱點蘭桂坊、SOHO 地段及舊中區警署活化項目「大館」，由該廈前往港鐵中環站需時約6分鐘，同時設有雙大堂入口，分別位於堅道及亞畢諾道，來回半山及中環皆方便。

該代理補充，大廈實用率近80%，最近一宗成交今年初錄得，為中層單位，建築面積約887方呎，成交價1188萬，折合每呎13393元。

(星島日報)

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屯門寶田商場8.8億放售

近期屯門私宅 NOVO LAND 熱賣，有業主趁勢推出旗下寶田商場放售，項目鄰近 NOVO LAND 項目，步程不需5分鐘，意向價8.8億。

有代理表示，寶田商場位於屯門鳴琴路99號，商場樓高4層連62個露天泊車位，總樓面約89437方呎，以現狀形式出售，業主叫價8.8億，平均每呎9839元。

平均每呎9839元

該代理指，商場租客以民生行業為主，連鎖快餐店、便利店，麵包店、診所及理髮店等；亦有幼稚園，青年中心及護老院，均屬「鐵約」租戶，現時商場月租約260萬，但由於仍有多個舖位與租客洽商中，若悉數舖位租出，料月租可上調至約300萬，若以意向價成交，新買家料享回報約4厘。

料回報約4厘

該代理指出，建華集團年內3月斥資約6.5億購入啟德2個商場，包括啟德1號I、II商場，總樓面約35140方呎，成交呎價約18497元；啟德沐泰街7號 THE HENLEY 基座商場，總樓面約26132方呎，7月以約5.28億易手，呎價約20205元，可見投資者仍看好後市。

(星島日報)

細碼新式工商物業 投資者追捧

近期整體市況一般，而一些細碼質素較新的工商物業，銷售情況不錯。

近來細碼工商物業受捧，有代理表示，位處九龍灣宏光道8號 Megacube 創豪坊6樓全層，業主理想集團以特惠價推售餘貨9個單位，成交價約441.4萬至532.6萬元，折合呎價為5,391元至5,841元，減幅達55%，於短短3日間成功售罄，套現約4,220萬元，當中5個為連租約單位，最高租金回報約4.73厘，買家大多屬投資者。

當中最高成交價的單位面積為988平方呎，成交價約532.6萬元，折合呎價約5,391元，連租約售出，每月租金約2.1萬元，租期至2025年初，回報率約4.73厘，該買家為投資者，有意購入作長綫收租。

理想集團沽9伙 套現4220萬

該代理指出，連同今番售出的9個精選單位在內，整個項目共套現約1.88億元。資料顯示， Megacube創豪坊6樓共提供27個寫字樓及8個會議室，2017年4月購入價約1.68億元，按此計算，整個項目分拆出售後帳面獲利約2,000萬元。他預期，Megacube 創豪坊餘貨單位以大幅減價作銷售策略見成效，將為東九龍區工商廈重新定價，更為二手業主倍添壓力，目前個別連租約出售的單位業主已決定封盤，靜觀市場變化，而早前已減價求售的業主已將下調空間進一步擴大，目前議價空間在1成左右，相信未來2個月東九龍區工商廈將會出現折讓潮，折讓幅度更將會擴大至2至3成才會有承接。

另細碼新工廈項目銷售亦見不俗，該行另一代理表示，金朝陽旗下葵涌 iCITY 工廈項目，早前單日售出3伙，成交呎價約9,142至10,163元，而 iCITY 累計8月份共售出6伙，為發展商套現約2,596.5萬元，買家為投資者，因看準工廈抗跌力強，且未來新式工廈亦會成為不少創業人士之選址基地，租賃需求不俗，支持租金走勢穩健，故有意購入單位作長綫收租及投資之用。

該代理指出，iCITY 將於今年第4季落成，已吸引本地及海外投資者及用家追捧，可望於短期內自用或放租。iCITY 項目採用全玻璃幕牆設計，提供24小時工作間，擁4.2米極高標準樓層高度，並內置獨立洗手間，適合用家靈活辦公使用。發展商提供80%直按計劃，方便買家資金調配。

分析指，在高息環境下，無疑衝擊工商舖投資市場，令投資者稍為審慎，而較為細碼工商物業，涉及金額較少，風險較低，高息資金安排下較為容易，而近期成交更集中於質素較新的工廈、商廈，反映投資者對新式物業始終有一定興趣。

兩層逾5萬呎樓面 料作擴充

近期甲廈租務集中東九龍，九龍灣恒生中心兩層逾5萬平方呎樓面，獲港鐵租用，料作擴充，呎租約25元。兩層樓面原由恒生銀行使用，去年集團決定放棄多層。

市場消息指，九龍灣德福廣場恒生中心錄得租務成交，涉及物業中層兩層，每層面積2.6萬平方呎，合共約5.2萬平方呎租出，據估計，平均呎租約25元。物業位處港鐵站上蓋，租金水平較穩定。

玩具公司孩之寶租3層

消息稱，新租客為港鐵，而該集團總部，亦設於該項目，即德福廣場港鐵總部大樓，相信是次租用兩層恒生中心作擴充。

恒生中心樓高15層，1995年恒生銀行以約10.9億元購入該廈10層，多年來一直作自用。直至去年初疫情期間，多間銀行採在家工作措施，先後減省辦公室樓面，而恒生銀行亦不例外，把其中多層自用樓面，推出市場放租。

結果其中一層，獲本地網購平台士多 Ztore 於租用作擴充，呎租約25元。至於最大手租務，來自玩具公司孩之寶，租用3層樓面，作搬遷以減省成本。若連同是次兩層租予港鐵，去年推出的放租樓層，已相繼獲吸納。

近期整體商廈租務稍加快，而空置率最高的東九龍區，因租客選擇較多，近期連錄大手租務。包括九龍灣啟匯 (Harbourside HQ)，獲醫院管理局租用2層半，樓面達9萬平方呎，成為今年九龍東最大宗的甲級辦公室大樓面租賃成交，呎租料約17元。

醫管局租啓匯9萬呎

醫管局表示，計劃將現時位於九龍灣國際展貿中心的資訊科技及醫療信息部辦公室遷往啟匯，搬遷工作將於明年初展開。另外，觀塘全新甲廈 The Millennity  1座27至29樓，合共3層樓面，合共約4.5萬平方呎，獲日資機構Fuji Film租用。

另其他商廈租務方面，消息稱，灣仔北海中心中層01室，面積約1,222平方呎，成交呎租約39元。另葵涌九龍貿易中心B座中高層11室，面積約2,737平方呎，以每呎約28元租出。

(經濟日報)

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尖沙咀彌敦道單邊舖月租30萬 珠寶店進駐 租金較4年前跌40%

核心區舖位租賃暢旺，尖沙咀彌敦道美麗都大廈繼早前一個巨舖由零售商承租，最新一個單邊複式舖，由一間來自民生區的本地珠寶連鎖店進駐，趁淡市搶攻黃金地段，月租30萬，租金較4年前跌約40%。

尖沙咀彌敦道美麗都大廈地下G12號連1、2樓11號舖，位處加拿分道單邊，毗鄰港鐵站D1出口，屬大廈最顯眼舖位，上一手長租客謝瑞麟珠寶金行承租多年，疫情前撤出，隨後該舖一直經營散貨場，知情人士透露，該舖最新以每月約30萬租出。

連鎖店首度進軍核心區

現場所見，新租客福泰珠寶正在裝修中；根據福泰珠寶網頁資料顯示，該集團成立於1993年，「主要位於香港非黃金地段住宅區，荃灣、佐敦、深水埗、將軍澳及上水」，該公司並於2014年起，「向香港境外自身經營零售商舖的若干珠寶零售商批發珠寶產品及買賣回收金。」

平均呎租182元

美麗都大廈位於彌敦道54至64B號，有代理指，上述地下G12號連1、2樓，每層建築面積各約550呎，合共約1650方呎，平均呎租約182元。福泰珠寶趁淡市，進軍核心區，插旗設據點。

事實上，該地段素來為珠寶店所鍾愛，該舖舊租客謝瑞麟，大廈另一個巨舖，六福珠寶於2013年進駐，直至2019年遷出，對正該廈、加拿分道另一個單邊舖，現址為老鳳祥銀樓。

珠寶店鍾情該地段

代理續表示，謝瑞麟高峰期月租逾100萬，疫市前撤出時月租約50萬，最新租金跌約40%。

近月，美麗都大廈舖位連環租出，對上一宗於本月錄得，地下3及4號連1樓1、2、3及4號巨舖，地下建築面積約1500呎，1樓約2420方呎，合共約3920方呎，由外國品牌零售商以每月35萬承租，看中地段人流聚集，該巨舖舊租客為六福珠寶，最新租金較4年前，跌幅同樣約40%。

(星島日報)

New home deals thrive as purchasing power drained

New projects continued to sell well, with about 114 flats sold over the weekend at The Coast Line in Yau Tong and Villa Garda III in Lohas Park.

Developed by CK Asset (1113), the two phases of The Coast Line sold 40 out of 44 units, marking a gain of HK$320 million. Eight special flats featuring a rooftop in the first phase were also subscribed yesterday, with only one left.

On Saturday, CK Asset put the remaining 35 units at The Coast Line II on to the market and ended the day with 31 homes transacted.

Nonetheless, CK Asset's chief manager of the sales department, William Kwok Tze-wai, said he was disappointed that not all of the special units introduced over the weekend were sold which, he added, indicated that the market's purchasing power has been almost exhausted.

Kwok expects one or two more interest rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve this year, that may cause home prices to fall in the fourth quarter.

In Tseung Kwan O, Villa Garda III joined the new project race by launching the sale of 138 units on Saturday. Over 60 flats were sold in the first hour and the project closed the day with 74 deals for over HK$580 million.

Jointly developed by Sino Land (0083), K Wah International (0173), China Merchants Land (0978) and MTR Corp (0066), the phase 11D of Lohas Park, known as Villa Garda III, received more than 2,300 checks before the first round of sales.

Hit by the sales of the new projects, the secondary market recorded only three deals in 10 major housing estates over the weekend, marking a drop of 40 percent from a week ago, data from a property agency showed.

It was the 17th consecutive week of single-digit transactions, with seven out of 10 housing estates reporting no deals.

An agent attributed it to new homes being priced at market levels in Kowloon district.

Another agent reported similar data, with only four deals in the 10 estates monitored by the agent.

The agent, expects home prices to continue to come under pressure in the secondary sector as homebuyers become cautious and prefer quality properties at low prices.

(The Standard)

CK Asset, Henderson Land among developers drawing out Hong Kong homebuyers with discounted new home offers

CK Asset sells 39 units out of the 41 on offer at The Coast Line I and The Coast Line II

‘New mass residential projects have to offer bigger discounts to lure buyers,’: property agent

Homebuyers in Hong Kong have continued to flock to projects that offer them best value for their money, with CK Asset Holdings – the flagship developer of billionaire Li Ka-shing that has been offering huge discounts – selling almost all units in the latest batch of its Coastline project on Sunday.

As of 6.30pm on Sunday, the project in Yau Tong had sold 39 units out of the 41 on offer at The Coast Line I and The Coast Line II, according to property agents.

CK Asset is offering discounts of as much as 16 per cent at The Coast Line II, significantly cheaper than the most recent launches by Wheelock Properties – Koko Mare and Koko Rosso – in the neighbouring Lam Tin area.

“At this moment, price is more important to buyers,” an agent said.

“Location is also always a concern for buyers. So, for example, the Yau Tong project is located in the city area and is being offered at a price lower than those in the New Territories, and that is another reason why it received an overwhelming response.

“People still like to live near the city centre because of proximity to work and [a shorter] commute.”

Homebuyers do like the New Territories as the area is cheaper, but most Hongkongers would still prefer the convenience of the city, so both price and location are important, the agent added. “In this period, [however,] attractive pricing is more important,” the agent said.

Hong Kong is consistently ranked top among markets where housing is unaffordable, and its residents are used to paying more than their peers across the world for homes.

However, surging interest rates have made buyers more sensitive to prices than usual. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has been keeping rates high in step with the US Federal Reserve’s monetary tightening stance to maintain the Hong Kong dollar’s peg to the US dollar. Commercial banks in the city have raised their prime rates five times since September last year, by a total of 0.875 percentage points, bringing them to a level last seen in February 2008.

A higher prime rate translates into higher monthly mortgage payments, and is affecting HK$1.8 trillion (US$229 billion) of outstanding home loans in Hong Kong. It has led many potential homebuyers to step back and wait and see what happens to the market before making their purchases.

The payment on a typical HK$5 million mortgage over 30 years has risen by 11.5 per cent after the five prime rate increases by HK$2,431 per month to HK$23,511, according to calculations by a mortgage brokage service provider.

“New mass residential projects have to offer bigger discounts to lure buyers,” another agent said.

“The Coast Line II in Yau Tong is one of the examples where the prices are attractive to buyers, marking the start of a price war. We expect some developers will follow the price cuts later this year, while the others may slow down project launches.”

Any potential price cuts are likely to give a slight boost to property transactions, including those involving new and lived-in homes, car parks and commercial buildings, for the rest of the year, the agent said.

As of Thursday, 42,754 property transactions had been recorded in Hong Kong, comprising deals for 10,243 new homes and 36,974 secondary homes, with the rest for commercial buildings and car parks, according to data compiled by the agency.

Last year, 59,619 property transactions were recorded in Hong Kong, with 10,243 new homes and 36,974 second-hand homes sold. It was the lowest number of transactions since 1997, when the agency started compiling data.

“The number of new homes sold may go back to the 14,000-level this year,” the agent said. “At first glance, that is a big jump, but last year was really bad. The annual transaction number of about 10,000 primary homes was much lower than the annual average of about 16,000 between 2017 and 2021.”

Other property projects that were on sale this weekend also saw buyers snapping up a number of units.

As of 6.30pm on Sunday, Villa Garda III had sold 74, or 53 per cent, out of the 138 units put up for sale, agents said. The project in Tseung Kwan O district’s Lohas Park neighbourhood, valued at HK$1.03 billion, is being developed by Sino Land, K Wah International and China Merchants Land.

The flats on sale included 17 one bedroom, 113 two bedroom and 8 three-bedroom units, with areas ranging from 340 to 719 sq ft.

Villa Garda III offered various discount schemes, including a 200-day Talent Payment plan, where units are priced at an average of HK$16,308 per square foot after a maximum discount of 14 per cent and a 4.5 per cent cash rebate on the balance of the transaction price. It is believed to be the most attractive plan for buyers.

Under the discount plan, these flats were being sold for HK$5.77 million to HK$12.28 million, or HK$15,168 to HK$17,653 per square foot.

There is no specific definition of talent in the price list, nor is there any requirement for the provision of diploma certificates.

Henderson Land’s The Holborn in Quarry Bay also sold three units. A maximum discount of 21 per cent and a 6 per cent early-completion cash rebate can be enjoyed if buyers settle the purchase price within 90 days after signing the preliminary agreement for sale and purchase of the project.

The Henley Park, another Henderson Land project, found one more buyer after putting up for sale 18 units in the Kowloon development. Units were priced between HK$7.93 million and HK$18.4 million, or HK$20,397 to HK$30,456 per square foot.

Other projects were also put on sale this weekend. In Lohas Park, Manor Hill put up 12 units for sale at an average price of HK$16,744 per square foot. This batch of units comprises two-bedroom units with storage capacity and an area of 428 sq ft. They were put on sale for a price range of HK$6.91 million to HK$7.32 million.

Uptify in Mong Kok, which offered 21 units on Sunday, provided a maximum discount of 24 per cent, which was increased from 14.5 per cent in early July, according to another property agency.

(South China Morning Post)

永倫長沙灣項目 申重建商廈

長沙灣永倫大廈 (前稱金城商業中心)，新近向城規會申請放寬高限等，以重建新式商廈。據文件顯示，申請公司為表永倫策略公司，項目位於長沙灣青山道412至420號，申請改劃為「商業 (5)」地帶。

可建總樓面6.7萬呎

項目地盤面積約5580方呎，以地積比約12倍發展，建築物高度限制由主水平基準以上84米，申請放寬至100米，以興建1幢樓高22層，另有3層地庫的商廈，涉總樓面約66961方呎。

據發展方案，項目最低3層擬議用作零售和餐飲用途，其餘樓層擬議用作辦公室用途，地庫將主要容納停車場和相關機電設施。3樓將設有公用平台花園，以提供視覺調劑空間、加強自然通風及營造綠化空間予員工共用。

(星島日報)

Hongkongers snap up cheaper new homes in weekend home sale bonanza that saw 223 flats on offer

Most of the new units on Saturday came from Villa Garda III in Tseung Kwan O, which sold 73 of the 138 put up for sale

Developers have been cutting prices and offering steep discounts to try to drive sales amid elevated interest rates

Hong Kong on Saturday saw 223 new residential units across five projects made available to homebuyers, with the new major launch of 138 flats at a project in Tseung Kwan O offering discounts as high as 15 per cent.

As of 4.30pm, Villa Garda III sold 73 out of 138 units, according to property agents. The units comprise 17 one-bedroom, 113 two-bedroom and eight three-bedroom flats, with areas ranging from 340 sq ft to 719 sq ft.

The project – jointly developed by Sino Land, K Wah International and China Merchants Land – sweetened the offering with a number of discount schemes.

Under its so-called 200-day talent payment plan, with a maximum discount of 14 per cent and a 4.5 per cent cash rebate on the remaining plan, units were priced at an average of HK$16,308 (US$2,243) per square foot. With the deductions, the flats were priced from HK$5.77 million to HK$12.28 million or HK$15,168 per square foot to HK$17,653 per square foot.

In comparison, a lived-in 343 sq ft unit at the five-year-old Wings at Sea II, also in Lohas Park, was listed for HK$6.4 million or HK$18,659 per square foot, according a property agency’s website on Saturday. The average price in the estate was HK$15,840 per square foot.

“The project is welcomed by buyers. It has good public transport and a shopping mall, allowing people to enjoy a good living environment,” an agent said. “Also, its price has a large discount compared with one year ago.”

Given its proximity to the Lohas Park MTR station, about 20 per cent of the potential buyers of the property were “long-term investors”, another agent said.

Elevated interest rates in Hong Kong have hobbled the property market as homebuyers turned cautious to avoid painful mortgages.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has been keeping in step with the Federal Reserve’s monetary tightening stance to maintain the local currency’s peg to the US dollar. Commercial banks in the city have raised their prime rate five times since September, by a total of 0.875 percentage points, bringing it to a level last seen in February 2008.

“Based on the current market situation, developers would cut prices by 5 per cent to 10 per cent to drive sales,” another agent said. “With a large amount of unsold units and developers wishing to clear inventory, the price war may intensify in the coming months.”

Earlier this month, CK Asset Holding, the property developer owned by billionaire Li Ka-shing, effectively triggered a price war in the housing market when it offered 626 units of The Coast Line II at an average price of HK$14,686 per square foot, about 16 per cent cheaper than the most recent launch in January of Wheelock Properties’ Koko Rosso project in the same neighbourhood. All flats in the batch were sold on August 12.

Another 219 units in The Coast Line I were priced at HK$15,939 per square foot, slightly higher than the previous phase. Buyers, however, still turned up in droves and snapped up almost all the units on the first day of its launch on August 20.

On Saturday, 32 units of The Coast Line II were also put on offer with prices ranging from HK$5.53 million to HK$10.95 million. Another three units, from a previous batch where potential homebuyers forfeited their deposits, were also made available to the market. As of 4.30pm, 32 of the 35 units had been sold, agents said.

Flats from two projects by Henderson Land were also released to the market. The Holborn in Quarry Bay with 20 units comprising one- and two-bedroom apartments were priced from HK$5.77 million to HK$11.85 million, a 20 per cent discount from the prices of the first batch released in 2021, according to a property agent.

Meanwhile, 18 units at Henley Park in Kowloon were also priced between HK$7.93 million and HK$18.4 million, or HK$20,397 to HK$30,456 per square foot.