政府放寬隔離檢疫政策後，增加商務人士來港意慾，間接利好寫字樓買賣活動。

上環信德中心連接着港澳碼頭，對於不少企業需穿梭中港澳來說十分便捷，加上上環區寫字樓造價對比中區相宜，單位面積選擇多，因而成為不少中外企業進駐的商廈，物業升值潛力更大。而位處上環信德中心招商局大廈中層，現以公開招標形式放售，意向價約1.4億元。

有代理表示，業主委託以公開招標形式放售，為上環干諾道中168號信德中心招商局大廈 17樓12至16室，建築面積合共約6,223平方呎，意向價約1.4億元，平均每呎叫價約22,497元，截標日期為10月31日。項目屬上環區內罕有大樓面單位，同時為港島區知名甲級海景商廈，而標售的單位更可享有開揚維港景致，份外耀眼。至於物業會以交吉形式放售，部分樓面附有整齊裝修及來去水位，可即買即用。

上環區罕有大樓面 眺望維港景

信德中心位於上環干諾道中168至200號，由信德中心有限公司發展，於1986年落成，區分作東、西翼2座大廈組成，其中東翼早年由酒店改建為商廈，現名為招商局大廈，樓高42層，每層樓面面積逾25,000平方呎，單位面積介乎700餘至25,000餘平方呎不等，單位間隔四正，當中大部份單位可享維港海景，其餘以眺望中、上環一帶城市景為主。而基座為信德中心商場，設有不少食肆及商店。

據資料顯示，信德中心招商局大廈成交以租務為主，反映出業主甚為惜售，同時物業回報吸引，而市場新近錄得信德中心招商局大廈中層05室，面積約1,267平方呎，以每平方呎約51元租出，月租約65,000元。

鄰近新海濱地 前景看俏

另一代理表示，信德中心招商局大廈位於港鐵上環站上蓋，附近又設有電車及多綫巴士路綫，交通便利，地理位置優越。而信德中心設有大型停車場和商場，配套一應俱全。而今次放售項目鄰近中環民耀街新海濱3號的商業地王，平均地價約3.1萬元，預料今番出售物業升值潛力極為優厚，相信招標物業對用家更具吸引力，不論自用或投資都相當有潛力，預料項目洽購反應會見理想。

(經濟日報)

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遠展逾20億 放售油麻地灣仔酒店

今年酒店買賣表現不俗，發展商趁機放盤。消息指，遠東發展 (00035) 旗下酒店集團，放售油麻地及灣仔酒店，合共涉逾20億元。

海景絲麗酒店 市值11億

市場人士指，遠東發展旗下帝盛酒店集團，委託測量師行放售兩項酒店。其中海景絲麗酒店，位於油麻地上海街268號，鄰近駿發花園，距離油麻地港鐵站僅數分鐘步程，因位於油尖旺核心地段，地點頗理想。

該酒店於1993年落成，地盤面積約5,402平方呎，總樓面約67,826平方呎，項目樓高20層，2至18樓為客房，每層提供約12至16間房，提供268間房。因疫情關係，物業現時作檢疫酒店用途。據悉，物業市值約11億元，平均每房價值約410萬元。

另一幢放售物業為灣仔皇后大道東至377號香港麗悅酒店，位置上略為偏離灣仔核心地段。物業於1997年落成，地盤面積約4,093平方呎，總樓面約61,136平方呎，物業樓高29層，設有兩層商舖，3至19樓為客房，合共提供142間房，現時亦作檢疫酒店之用。物業市值約10億元，每房價值約704萬元，兩項酒店合共涉約21億元。

疫情衝擊下，本港長達兩年多零遊客，酒店自然最受衝擊物業。不過，近一年市場錄得多宗大額酒店買賣，新買家趁低價購入酒店，改裝成共居，作長綫收租。

(經濟日報)

領展7.7億奪安達臣道首幅商地

每呎樓面地價5501元 發展社區商業設施

領展 (00823) 擊退4組財團，成功以7.66億元，奪前觀塘安達臣道石礦場首幅商業地，每平方呎樓面地價約5,501元，符合市場預期。集團表示，日後將會發展為社區商業設施。

領展行政總裁王國龍稱，集團將可持續發展標準融入項目中，並為區內居民營造一個理想的租戶組合，藉以滿足消費者不斷演變的需求。該區未來數年將有多個公共發展項目及資助房屋屋苑落成，集團擬將該用地發展為社區商業設施 (包括零售設施、鮮活街市及停車場)，以滿足區內將逾3萬人人口的日常所需。

接有蓋天橋 連接旗下秀茂坪商場

項目亦將與運輸交滙處，及政府將興建的有蓋行人天橋和電梯相連，並將連接領展旗下秀茂坪商場及區內其他住宅群，方便居民乘搭公共交通工具。有測量師指，由於項目位處民生區，相信是次由具豐富屋邨商場營運經驗的領展投得，對項目發展有利。

該地比鄰觀塘安達邨，佔地約6.3萬平方呎，總樓面面積約13.9萬平方呎，於上周五（26日）截標，共接獲5份標書，包括：信置  (00083) 、新地 (00016) 、領展、長實 (01113) 及華懋。地皮估值約5.6億至10億元，每呎樓面地價約4,000至7,200元，反映成交價屬市場預期之內。

事實上，領展在觀塘持有多個商業及屋邨商場項目，包括海濱道77號海濱滙的寫字樓項目、鄰近是次成交地皮的寶達商場、順利商場、秀茂坪商場、曉麗商場等，可見集團是次進一步擴大區內勢力。

至於領展對上一次投得商業項目要數到2016年2月，集團當時以59.1億元奪得旺角彌敦道700號項目，並已發展為「T.O.P This is Our Place」。至於上述同區的海濱滙則同由領展夥拍南豐於2015年以58.6元奪得。近期領展亦頗踴躍參與競投商業地，包括西九文化區藝術廣場大樓、銅鑼灣加路連山道商業用地等。

(經濟日報)

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荃灣愉景新城商場 中資60億洽購

新世界放售非核心物業 或成今年最大額買賣

發展商加快推非核心物業，早前傳出新世界 (00017) 放售非核心物業，消息指旗下荃灣愉景新城商場獲中資洽購，估計涉資近60億元。該商場總樓面達64萬平方呎，若最終落實，將成今年最大額物業買賣。

較早前市場傳出，新世界正暗盤放售數項非核心物業，其中價值最高為荃灣D‧PARK愉景新城。業內人士稱，該項目獲發展商、外資、內房，甚至本地房地產基金等視察及研究，由於項目具規模，加上荃灣消費人口持續上升，故獲財團出價洽購。

新世界暫未回應交易

據悉，當中以一家中資最為積極，估計涉資約60億元，若最終易手，將成今年最大手物業買賣成交。

消息亦指，是次新世界放售商場，亦為新買家提供租金回報保證。本報就有關消息，向新世界查詢，截稿前暫未獲回覆。

消息稱，洽購財團以華潤集團最為積極，事實上，華潤集團今年非常活躍於本港物業市場上，如今年中，集團向嘉里 (00683) ，購入嘉里 (沙田) 貨倉及嘉里 (柴灣) 貨倉兩項物業，作價分別23.3億及22.9億元，合共涉及約46.2億元，以成交價計，為今年最大金額買賣，收購後作集團旗下華潤物流之用。

華潤今年活躍物業市場

另外，集團旗下華創建投，6月份斥13.6億元，購入大埔運頭塘商場。該集團早前曾表示，未來將會續向民生區商場發展，故對D‧PARK愉景新城感興趣。

位於荃灣的D‧PARK愉景新城，為荃灣大型屋苑愉景新城基座商場，樓高3層，總樓面達63萬平方呎，連同逾千個車位，絕對為區內大型商場之一，而項目連接港鐵荃灣站，亦鄰近荃景圍一帶大型屋苑，故消費人口主要為區內客。商場合共約140間店舖及旗艦店，主要為民生商戶包括快餐店、家品店、教育中心等。

目前商場出租率逾9成

商場由新世界及香港興業 (00480) 合作發展，97年落成，2010年新世界斥資約13.78億元，向香港興業購入商場及車場5成業權。其後新世界為物業進行租戶重組以及重新定位，據了解，近年商場打造成以親子為主題，包括商場設中央公園等，周末吸引家庭客前來，據了解，目前商場出租率逾9成。

新世界今年暫未有大型住宅樓盤推售，而銷售集中於商業項目，其中近一年多推出長沙灣荔枝角道888號全新甲廈項目，銷情不俗，當中獲南洋商業銀行大手購入3層，現大廈易名為南商金融創新中心。同時間，集團亦推出部分非核心物業，若價錢合適，可出售套現，投放在其他項目身上。

數字顯示，今年大額買賣物業相對較淡靜，大額商舖成交，主要來自地區商場，包括近日中國海外 (00688) 以約4.25億元，沽出土瓜灣海悅廣場商場，買家為俊業集團。

(經濟日報)

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民生區商場抗跌 今年投資焦點

加息在即，投資者尋找較高回報及穩健物業，而中港尚未通關，核心區商舖前景仍不明朗。相比之下，民生區商場出租率高、抗跌力強，相信為今年投資焦點之一。

代理行數據顯示，2017及2018年，均錄逾400宗大手買賣 (5,000萬元以上物業)，近年整體回落，2021年有所反彈。但因年初疫情嚴峻，今年首7個月暫錄471億元成交，僅為去年一半，宗數亦只是去年35%。香港加息在即，預計對投資市場進一步衝擊，金額及宗數有可能再下跌。

投資物業關鍵之一是回報率，若加息提高投資成本，對機構投資者來說，便會尋求較高回報率物業，以抵銷息口上升的影響。在商舖市場上，核心區商舖過去兩年因疫情關鍵，租金及售價作出明顯調整，漸出現投資機遇。

不過，若旅客未重返，核心區舖位空置率偏高的問題難以解決，故租售價反彈力度有限。目前政府實施「3+4」檢疫措施，對推動外地旅客訪港消費始終不高，加上中港通關更是無期，核心區商舖市況變化不多，投資者亦卻步。

出租率高 本地消費仍穩定

持續兩年多疫情，令民生區商場成投資對象，畢竟地區商場出租率高，本地消費仍穩定，而商場內的租戶如超市、快餐店等，疫情下生意沒受明顯衝擊，物業抗跌力較強，而今年大手商舖成交，幾乎全屬民生商場包括大埔、土瓜灣及荃灣，料今年民生區商場仍是財團重點留意對象。

(經濟日報)

跑馬地愉華大廈申強拍

近年財團紛紛透過併購豪宅地段舊樓，申請強制拍賣以增土地儲備，繼日前有財團申請強拍跑馬地翠景樓之後，持有毗鄰愉華大廈的財團，最新亦向土地審裁處申請強拍，以統一業權發展，目前持有項目逾80%業權，市場估值逾6.11億。

土地審裁處文件顯示，位於黃泥涌道59及61號、雲地利道36及38號的愉華大廈，由一家名為PRECISE LUCKY LIMITED的公司申請強拍，該公司持有約80.59%業權，現餘下8個單位未成功收購，包括Hongkong Bank Trustee Limited持有黃泥涌道61號一個低層物業，市場估值約1336萬，該8個單位市場估值約1229萬至1667萬，市場對整個項目估值6.1124億。

市場估值逾6.11億

上址現為一幢商住物業，地下為商鋪，樓上為住宅，樓齡約58年。由於該舊樓毗鄰馬場，落成後料不少單位可享馬場景，而且鄰近銅鑼灣核心商業地段，因此極具重建價值。今年6月財團委託測量師調查顯示，上址地盤面積5648方呎，若以地積比率9倍發展，涉及可建總樓面約50832方呎。

值得留意的是，早前一家名為Sonic Success Limited的公司，向土地審裁處申請強拍上述舊樓毗鄰的翠景樓，現持有約83.33%業權，市場對整個項目估值7.0681億。與此同時，黃泥涌道63至65號安美大廈，早前曾錄19宗成交，包括16個住宅單位及3個鋪位，總成交額涉及約4.12億，不排除上述項目由同一財團併購，料屆時會整合發展。

九龍城舊樓本月23日拍賣

此外，由財團併購的九龍城嘉林邊道28A至28B號，早前獲土地審裁處頒下強制售賣令，仲量聯行將於9月23日，安排拍賣該物業，底價4.0425億。據土地審裁處文件顯示，上址現為1幢3層高舊樓，早於1950年落成入伙，樓齡約72年。該舊樓佔地10070方呎，現劃為「住宅 (乙類)」用途，若以地積比率5倍重建，可建總樓面約50350方呎。

(星島日報)

Link's $766m bid wins site at Anderson Road

Link Asset Management, the manager of Link Real Estate Investment Trust (0823), has won a commercial site in Kwun Tong for HK$766 million, or HK$5,501 per square foot, which is in line with market expectations.

The site on Anderson Road, known as Lot 1078 in Survey District 3, has an area of about 5,880 square meters and the maximum gross floor area is 12,936 sq m, according to the Lands Department.

The lot's market valuation ranged from HK$550 million to HK$905 million, or from HK$4,000 to HK$6,500 per sq ft.

The plot is the first of a pair of commercial sites available for sale within the Anderson Road Quarry Development. It is also the second government land won by Link seven years after its HK$5.86 billion bid for a commercial site on Hoi Bun Road in Kowloon Bay, where its headquarters is located.

Other tenderers included Sino Land (0083), CK Asset (1113), Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016) and Chinachem.

Link said it intends to develop the land into a community commercial facility, including retail facilities, a fresh market, and car parks to serve the daily needs of more than 30,000 population as a number of public developments and subsidized housing estates in the district are completed in the coming years.

The site will be connected to public transport via an adjacent interchange. A covered pedestrian footbridge and lift system, both to be built by the government, will connect Link's Sau Mau Ping Shopping Centre and other residential estates in the Sau Mau Ping district.

The project is required to be completed by end of June 2028.

Previously, the government sold two residential sites in the area.

In 2018, Chinachem acquired Lot No 1068 at a consideration of HK$3.11 billion for private residential development, which is now known as Mount Anderson, which will provide 334 flats by 2023.

In 2020, CK Asset acquired Lot No. 1069 at a price of HK$4.95 billion to build 1,700 units of private and subsidized starter homes.

In other news, a consortium has applied for a compulsory sale of Comfort Mansion in Happy Valley, which is valued at over HK$600 million.

And a property at No 28A and No 28B Grampian Road in Kowloon has been granted a compulsory sale for redevelopment with a reserve price of HK$404.25 million, the auctioneer said.

(The Standard)

Transitional flats play pivotal role in easing Hong Kong’s housing crunch as city looks to secure enough land supply, official says

Short-term policies are necessary to alleviate the plight of underprivileged residents, Undersecretary for Housing Victor Tai says

Average waiting time for public rental flats is six years, double the government’s pledge of three years

Transitional homes have played a pivotal role in easing Hong Kong’s shortage of public flats while authorities look to secure enough land supply, the deputy housing chief has said.

Undersecretary for Housing Victor Tai Sheung-shing on Wednesday said short-term policies were necessary to alleviate the plight of underprivileged residents. He was officiating a commencement ceremony ahead of the construction of more than 1,000 transitional homes and a community service building in Kam Tin by next year.

“Distant water cannot quench a fire nearby,” Tai said, citing a Chinese proverb. “We need to take forward every short-term measure to ease difficulties faced by public housing applicants and residents living in undesirable environments.”

He added that transitional housing was an important policy that showed cooperation among the community, the business sector and the government.

The policy is a 2018 government initiative to help low-income groups living in poor conditions, such as subdivided flats, who have not been able to move to public housing.

The average waiting time for public rental flats in Hong Kong is six years, double the government’s pledge of three years.

As of August, the government has identified land for 21,700 temporary flats, of which more than 5,000 are currently in use, while the rest are under construction or study.

The government has identified 350 hectares of land for 330,000 public flats to fulfil demand for housing over the next 10 years, but two-thirds of the homes can only be built between 2027 and 2032.

The Kam Tin project, which is among the coming transitional housing schemes, will provide 1,028 flats in a 200,000 sq ft site along Kam Po Road and cost more than HK$576 million (US$73 million).

Its operator, the pro-establishment New Territories Association of Societies (Community Services) Foundation, is aiming to construct three four-storey buildings in September 2023 to accommodate around 2,800 residents, who are currently either public housing applicants or families living in undesirable environments like subdivided units.

A two-floor community service building, featuring a supermarket, restaurant, clinic and a self-serve laundry shop, will also be built. The centre will also offer interest classes, counselling and career training services.

“These community services will serve both the transitional housing residents and the neighbourhood to foster interaction between them,” said Leung Che-cheung, president of the New Territories Association of Societies.

Leung added that the district’s rural community had been supportive of the project despite construction leading to the closure of a public road.

Located within a five-minute walking distance from Kam Sheung Road railway station, the operator said it expected the site to be fully occupied next year when it opened, while residents would sign a three-year contract and could potentially extend their stay.

“We hope that residents can stay until they can be housed in public housing,” Leung said.

The site is temporarily leased by the developer Henderson Land Development until 2027.

The government’s assessment committee on funding transitional housing projects led by undersecretary Tai held a meeting on Tuesday, approving changes to five schemes to provide an additional 260 flats, increasing the total number to 2,415.

The amendments included doubling the number of flats for a housing estate in Choi Hung operated by Lok Sin Tong to 331 to accommodate a total of 778 residents by increasing the number of floors in the building from four to eight.

Lok Sin Tong will also relocate 108 modular housing units to the Choi Hung site from another transitional housing estate in Sung Wong Toi Road, a site due to be returned to the government by next year. It will be the first transitional housing estate to reuse such flats.

Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho Wing-yin pledged to locate sites which would allow occupants of transitional flats to stay there longer following her first visit as minister to several of the city’s subdivided flats in July.

受疫情及加息因素影響，核心區甲廈租金持續受壓。由活星地產創辦人兼主席李耀湘持有金鐘海富中心二座中層單位，於交吉逾一年後，以「一拆二」形式，簽下兩年長租，呎租34元，創該甲廈過去12年呎租新低水平，回報亦低見1.5厘。

市場消息指出，金鐘海富中心二座中層1C室，建築面積約1422方呎，新以每呎約34元租出，月租約48348元，據地產代理指出，上述單位於2020年底連同毗鄰D室一併租出，月租12萬，以建築面積約3314方呎，租戶於去年中撤出，業主將單位「一拆二」形式放租，上址另一單位仍交吉放租，意向呎租35元。

據地產界人士透露，上述業主為活星地產創辦人兼主席李耀湘，於2020年11月以8616.4萬購入，以建築樓面3314方呎計，每呎造價約2.6萬，以最新租金計，回報僅1.56厘。代理亦指出，海富中心二座呎租罕現跌穿每呎35元水平，惟受疫情及美國聯儲局加息等利淡因素打擊，現今甲廈租務市場觀望氣氛籠罩，故上述租金已屬貼市價水平。

呎租創12年新低

據代理行資料顯示，該甲廈於今年以來僅錄兩宗租務成交，成交呎租分別為42元及47元。該廈近期低位租金為二期低層9室，於2020年9月以每呎約38元租出，以建築面積約1155方呎計，月租約43890元。

活星地產李耀湘持有

翻查資料，李耀湘為活星地產創辦人，近年亦活躍於物業買賣，中環雲咸商業中心 27樓全層於去年10月以7650萬成交，原業主為李耀湘等人，持貨約13年後帳面獲利約4866萬，此外，李氏於去年中亦4.7億購入山頂倚巒單位，面積3581方呎，呎價約13.12萬，創該屋苑成交價及呎價新高。

據一間外資代理行統計資料顯示，今年7月甲廈空置樓面衝上1000萬方呎大關，創歷來新高水平，等同五幢國際金融中心二期，空置率高達12.3%，加上新供應「排隊」出場，涉及面積達700萬方呎，預測今年底空置率將攀升至14.8%，將打破自1999年紀錄，因空置樓面高踞不下，料明年整體甲廈租金跌約5%至10%。

另一方面，有代理表示，荃灣青山公路611至619號東南工業大廈中層D至E室，建築面積介乎約7184至14368方呎，意向價約2729萬起，呎價約3800元。

另一代理指，灣仔道113至117號得利商業大廈1樓全層，建築面積約3875方呎，以交吉及按現狀形式出售，意向價約4650萬，呎價約1.2萬。

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中環皇后大道中9號中層意向1.3億

早前由佳源持有的中環皇后大道中9號中層單位，早前獲投資者張肇桓以9500萬承接，上址最新以招標形式放售，意向價約1.3億，呎價約3.89萬。

投資者張肇桓放售

有代理指出，中環皇后大道中9號 14樓3室現以招標形式放售，總建築面積約3335方呎，物業以現狀連租約出售，意向價約1.3億，截標日期為今年10月11日 (星期二) 正午12時正。

代理表示，物業於今年6月份成交價為9500萬，該成交是原業主和財務機構的財務安排，並不能真正反映物業現時的真正價值，因此該財務機構現招標出售，意向價約1.3億，平均呎價約38981元。

意向呎價3.89萬

代理稱，中環甲廈屬市場罕有供應，區內近期亦頻錄逾億元大手買賣，包括荊威廣場頂層、南華大廈中層全層等。

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皇后大道東8號兩全層錄承租

共享工作空間營運商IWG於今年3月，向太古承租旗下金鐘皇后大道東8號 (8QRE) 辦公大樓18層，總樓面逾6.7萬方呎，開辦共用空間Spaces，已錄兩全層租出。該項目提供900個辦公位置，為Spaces於本港第7個據點，亦令IWG旗下品牌包括Spaces、Regus及Signature於本港據點擴展至18個。

該項目佔地逾67000方呎，涉及18層樓面，提供逾900個辦公位置，包括188間私人辦公室、單人固定辦公桌及企業專屬樓層，以滿足不同規模公司的需求。新中心特設有兩層「商務俱樂部」開放空間讓會員與更廣泛的專業社群互動交流。

IWG辦公中心使用率增80%

IWG香港及大灣區區域經理 Paul MacAndrew 表示，市場對混合辦公模式寫字樓需要大增，目前，皇后大道東8號已錄2層全層租出。至於IWG其他辦公中心，今年6月份使用率明顯增長，較2月份升逾80%，IWG目標為年內為其全球網絡新增1000個據點的目標出發。

據地產代理指出，上述共享工作空間項目位處金鐘區，屬甲廈市場一綫地段。

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外資代理行：未全面通關 港島甲廈租金料跌5%

甲廈租金仍偏軟，即使近日稍為放寬隔離措施，有代理行認為，在未全面通關下，今年港島甲廈租金料跌約5%。

據該行每月商廈統計上，7月份整體甲廈租金稍下跌，中環最優質甲廈呎租約133.8元，按月跌0.9%，而中環整體甲廈租金為113.1元，按月跌1.3%。至於邊緣區跌幅較高，上環及灣仔區租金分別按月跌2.1%及2.5%，而鰂魚涌跌2.8%，為各區跌幅最高。

租務成交上，近日甲廈租務成交，不少來自中資機構。九龍站環球貿易廣場  (ICC) 55樓逾半層樓面、以及56樓全層，總面積約5萬平方呎，以每平方呎約75元租出。按該廈高層單位高峰呎租達100元計，如今租金水平已回調約25%。

中金公司租環球貿易廣場 5萬呎

新租客為中資金融機構中金公司，主要業務為協助公司集資上市、包銷等。過去2年，多間內企來港IPO上市，令該行生意提升。由於預計下半年將有中概股回歸，中金公司業務料進一步擴大，故進行擴充，而今年整體甲廈租務大手成交，幾乎全為搬遷個案，是次屬今年最大手擴充樓面個案。

此外，環球貿易廣場同時錄得另1宗中資機構租務，涉及物業高層大半層樓面，約2.8萬平方呎，以每呎約75元租出。新租客為瑞禾航空資本，該機構主要業務為飛機租賃，以及資產管理等，總部設於香港。公司目前租用中環國際金融中心一期低層單位，涉及約4,000多平方呎，如今搬至環球貿易廣場作大幅擴充。

翻查資料，是次錄得2宗中資機構擴充個案，樓面原來均由德意志銀行租用，該銀行近年放棄部分樓面，是次涉及3層樓面，德意志銀行曾尋求頂租，最終合約完結而遷出。

空置率升至9.2%

至於中環新甲廈預租情況，將於明年落成，恒地 (00012) 旗下中環 The Henderson 於早前錄得第2宗租務，承租的是國際投資公司凱雷集團 (Carlyle Group)，涉及約2萬平方呎樓面，呎租料約130元。

該行指出，受第2季度經濟表現弱於預期的影響，商業氣氛受抑制。大部分租戶推遲他們的房地產決策，令租賃活動大幅度下跌。由於港島區寫字樓需求短缺，7月份港島區整體空置率飈升至9.2%，是2003年沙士疫情後的歷史新高。

該行稱，在全面放寬邊境限制之前，預計甲廈業主更願意提供靈活的租賃條款，並進一步調低租金，以應對即將推出市場的新超甲廈供應。直至今年年底，預計港島寫字樓租金會由當前水平再進一步下降3至5%。

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資策推威靈頓街商廈 呎價2.16萬起

商廈買賣方面，近日銀座式商廈交投轉多，資本策略 (00497) 現推售中環銀座商廈「威靈頓街92號」(92 Wellington Street) 重建項目，現先推7層，每層面積約2,300平方呎起，呎價約2.16萬元起。

每層2371呎起 明年落成

中環威靈頓街92號重建項目，地盤面積約2,883平方呎，樓高23層，總樓面約5.5萬平方呎，將於2024年落成。

資本策略表示，率先推出項目7層樓面發售，分別為5、7至9、15、17及19樓，每層面積約2,371平方呎起，至約3,000餘平方呎。定價方面，平均呎價約由2.16萬元至2.39萬元，如9樓全層，面積約2,941平方呎，定價6,646萬元，呎價約2.26萬元。

據了解，去年集團已部署銷售，最初預計平均呎價約2.8萬元，惟近1年多市況轉弱，是次定價已較去年最初部署時，降價約23%。

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啟德跑道區兩商地保留 有望今通過

規劃署：有助維持旅遊中樞活力

政府早前提出將5幅啟德商業地改劃為住宅地，不過城規會於6月考慮有關的申述及意見後，建議保留其中位兩幅於跑道區的用地作商業用途，只將當中3幅改劃為住宅。方案將於今日再經城規會審議，而規劃署表示拒絕接納相關的反對聲音，意味該兩幅用地或有望保留作商業用途。

城規會計劃保留作商業用途的兩幅用地位於跑道區，分別為4C區4號及5號用地。而是次會方就此再接到4份申述，當中有兩份支持保留商業用途，其餘兩份均為反對意見。

反對意見：市區房屋供應重要

表示支持的兩份申述分別為一名個別人士及環美航務。前者認為將用地保留作商業用途，可確保啟德發展區保持其活力，並提出將公共運輸服務營辦商及運輸署應考慮開設新的路綫，以連接跑道區與不同港鐵站等建議。而兩者均認為當局該提供足夠的泊車位設施，以配合上述兩用地的商業發展項目及郵輪碼頭，及提出在4C區5號用地或4B區5號用地的東南部分開設一個公共運輸交滙處。事實上，環美航務有份營運及管理啟德郵輪碼頭。

至於其餘兩份反對意見均由個別人士提出，他們主要認為，若用地改劃為住宅用途，對市區的短中期房屋供應十分重要，不應過分着重發展商的利益。不過，考慮到上述兩用地適合作商業用途，並有助維持旅遊中樞的活力和郵輪碼頭的經營前景等主要因素後，規劃署拒絕接納上述的反對意見。這意味城規會今日考慮上述申述後，意味該兩幅用地或有望保留作商業用途。

事實上，政府早在去年財政預算案公布將啟德5幅商業地改劃成住宅的方案，將提供近487萬平方呎樓面面積，涉及6,000個住宅單位供應，相當於政府一年土地供應目標1.29萬伙近半，如上述兩幅商業地成功保留，意味最終或減少約1,720伙住宅供應。

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大南街商住銀主盤 3950萬沽 5載貶8%

銀主盤趨勢蔓延至全幢物業，深水埗大南街一幢商住大廈，由銀主以3950萬元售出，物業5年間貶值350萬元。

資料顯示，上述大南街180號，地下為商舖，1及2樓為寫字樓，3至5樓為住宅，總建築面積約4411方呎，由銀主以3950萬元售出，平均呎價約8955元。

據了解，原業主於2017年斥資4300萬元購入，去年疑因物業斷供而淪為銀主盤，現作價較5年前購入價賬面跌350萬元或8.1%。

另一邊廂，土瓜灣馬頭圍道123號地下，建築面積1040方呎，獲市建局斥資2758萬元收購，呎價約26519元。據了解，原業主於2019年11月才以2468萬元購入上址，持貨不足3年，賬面賺290萬元或11.8%。

皇九單位意向價1.3億

商廈市場方面，有代理表示，中環皇后大道中9號 14樓3室，建築面積約3335方呎，以現狀連租約出售，意向價約1.3億元，呎價約38981元，截標日期為10月11日。

上址今年6月由內房佳源國際 (02768) 以9500萬元售予肇才教育創辦人與行政總裁張肇桓。

該代理稱，該成交是原業主和財務機構的財務安排，並不能反映物業的真正價值，因此該財務機構委託該行進行標售。

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Hong Kong, mainland China to see office rents decline through 2022 amid Covid-19 policies, while Singapore, Seoul surge

Hong Kong and most mainland cities will see office rents slide in the second half of the year, according to a property consultant’s forecast

Seoul and Singapore top property consultancy’s forecast for 22 markets, while Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Tokyo will see the largest drops

Office property markets in Hong Kong and mainland China are likely to see declining rents for the rest of the year, according to a consultancy ranking that places them in the bottom half of a list of 22 Asia-Pacific markets.

“Hong Kong SAR and mainland China are lagging in terms of rental growth,” a property consultant said. “We have also revised down our full-year expectations of the two markets.”

Guangzhou, which ranks 21st on the list, is tipped to see rents tumble by 3 per cent for the rest of the year following a 1.1 per cent decline recorded in the first half of the year, according to the consultancy. The vacancy rate in the city is likely to ease slightly, to 16.1 per cent from the current 16.4 per cent.

Only Tokyo fares worse, with the forecast calling for a 3.1 per cent slide in office rents, following a 1.6 per cent decline so far this year, the consultancy said. The Japanese capital’s vacancy rate is likely to worsen to 3.1 per cent from 2.1 per cent.

Hong Kong, meanwhile, ranks 20th, with rents pegged to fall 2.5 per cent.

Office rents in Shanghai are forecast to retreat 0.9 per cent, while those in the tech hub of Shenzhen are estimated to see a 0.7 per cent slide.

Among Chinese cities, only the capital Beijing is expected to see office rents rise, with the consultancy predicting they will improve by 0.5 per cent – placing the city in the 13th spot.

Singapore’s office market is likely to be the second-best performer with 8.3 per cent rent growth this year. Seoul tops the consultancy’s list with an anticipated 14.8 per cent increase in rents.

While most major markets in the region have opened to international visitors provided they are fully vaccinated, mainland China and Hong Kong still require visitors to quarantine upon arrival, on top of a plethora of Covid-19 tests.

China, the world’s second-largest economy, grew at a slower-than-expected 0.4 per cent pace last quarter, reflecting the toll of wide-ranging lockdowns in the capital Beijing and financial hub Shanghai, which hammered economic output and likely put the nation’s 5.5 per cent growth target for this year out of reach.

Meanwhile, Hong Kong’s economy slipped into a recession in the second quarter, contracting by 1.4 per cent from a year ago. In the first three months of the year, the gross domestic product slumped 3.9 per cent, leading officials to downgrade the growth forecast for the second time this year. Hong Kong’s economy is now tipped to contract by as much as 0.5 per cent or grow by as much as 0.5 per cent.

“The continued closure of the border between Hong Kong and China mainly affects the recovery of Hong Kong in regards to attracting mainland companies and the return of Chinese tourists,” the consultant said.

The impact on the office property market is apparent in Hong Kong. According to data from another property consultancy, the vacancy rate for prime office space in July inched up to 9.6 per cent from 9.4 per cent in June – close to the record high of 9.8 per cent recorded in September 2021.

With 2.8 million square feet of new prime space hitting the market this year, supply will reach a level not seen since 2008, when it stood at 3.5 million sq ft, according to another property consultancy.

(South China Morning Post)

Homes go on sale for Mid-Autumn

Miami Quay I in Kai Tak may unveil its first price list today, offering at least 130 flats and kicking off sales for the Mid-Autumn Festival, said the developers.

This came as the Bank of East Asia (0023) raised the cap on Hong Kong interbank offered rate-linked loans by 0.25 percentage points to 2.75 percent.

Developed jointly by Wheelock Properties, Henderson Land Development (0012), New World Development (0017) and Empire Group, phase one of Miami Quay provides 648 homes in total.

The project features one or two-bedroom units, so the developers expect it will attract young buyers, small families and investors.

Elsewhere, Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016) is expected to start sales of 164 units at Park Yoho Bologna in Yuen Long at the end of September.

Andy Chan Hon-lun, the developer's real estate agency general manager, said phase three of Park Yoho will be put for sale at a market price.

SHKP said about 3,000 homes at the project have been sold so far.

In other news, China's large residential builder Vanke (2202) said it will launch a new project on Yee Kuk Street and Hai Tan Street in Cheung Sha Wan, offering over 500 new homes in small and medium size.

Vanke said it expects to put the redevelopment project for sale next year, after winning two compulsory sale tenders for HK$852 million.

彭國邦指應盡快與國際通關 令商業市場回正軌

疫情衝擊商業市道，太古地產 (01972) 行政總裁彭國邦 (Tim Blackburn) 認為，本港應盡快與國際通關，令商業市場重回正軌，並指寫字樓租金已見底，通關後新需求可重臨，而住宅樓價受加息影響等僅屬短綫，長遠仍可平穩發展。

疫情令封關持續近3年，對跨國商業活動造成衝擊，寫字樓需求下降。據測量師行數據，目前整體本港甲廈空置率近10%，為近10多年來新高。

港背靠中國優勢 跨企必選擇

坐擁多個大型寫字樓項目的太古地產，早前公布最新營運數字，截至上半年，集團兩大商業重鎮，太古廣場及太古坊整體出租率仍高達97%及96%，整體出租率為96%，彭國邦指，疫下集團寫字樓仍保持理想出租率，「核心區甲廈租金已有所調整，但現已見底回穩，中期來說相信會穩定。」

封關成為跨國商務往來的重要阻礙，他認為，在新政府上場後已有正面進展，包括近期「3+4」檢疫措施，但並不足夠，希望是全面通關，現時很多地區也全面開放。對於有個別機構，近一年把總部遷至新加坡，令香港國際金融城市地位或受動搖說法出現。

彭國邦指，暫未見旗下租戶出現此情況，亦強調香港擁背靠中國優勢，「對跨國企業來說，因要到不同地方經商，他們搬總部或只是暫時性。但長遠來說，若機構睇重內地市場，必須選擇在港設辦公室。」

疫情期間在家工作興起，他不相信傳統辦公室因而被取代，「辦公模式一定會有轉變，在疫情前，曾有共享空間會代替傳統辦公室的說法。現時很多機構提供更彈性上班時間及地點，工作生活平衡，若機構可提供良好工作環境，便可吸納人才。」彭國邦說。

他指，集團旗下太古坊二座今年第4季落成，樓面已獲5成預租，他透露大廈設計甚有心思，提供很多公共地方迎合新需求，強調辦公室受歡迎與否，關鍵是大廈質素及管理。

中長綫住宅需求 仍理想

至於住宅市場上，最近樓價有所調整，彭國邦認為，住宅價格有調整受不同原因影響，包括加息、經濟不明朗因素，「相信只是短綫衝擊，中長綫住宅需求仍理想。」他指，集團過往發展大型屋苑太古城、半山豪宅等，而2023至2026年將有數項目，包括灣仔EIGHT STAR STREET、黃竹坑站4期、柴灣中巴車廠，以上本年投得灣仔皇后大道東地皮，將提供多元化的住宅供應。

(經濟日報)

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未來10年 重點投資內地一綫城市

今年為太古地產 (01972) 成立50周年，行政總裁彭國邦 (Tim Blackburn) 指，集團對本港及內地投信心一票，未來10年將投1,000億元，一半投資中國內地，並集中一綫城市。

彭國邦稱，太古地產計劃在未來10年，投資1,000億元擴展公司業務，於香港、中國內地和東南亞三地發展一系列新項目。三分之一資金會投放在香港，繼續擴建和優化太古坊及太古廣場兩大核心投資物業組合。

500億資金投資內地市場

另外，公司計劃將超過一半的資金投資於中國內地市場，「過往集團在內地市場發展理想，包括太古匯等項目，未來主力發展一綫城市，預期未來10年公司佔中國內地物業組合的總樓面面積將增加1倍。」

對於近期內地房地產出現不少債務問題，令到房地產市場受到衝擊，彭國邦指出相關內房出現問題為住宅市場，而集團在內地發展全為商業項目不受影響，而集團仍然非常看好前景。

至於大灣區發展方面，彭國邦指集團將在深圳開設酒店，未來亦會在深圳物色新項目，因留意到商廈空置率較高，故將主力發展零售項目。

(經濟日報)

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數據中心需求殷 租金穩步上 代理：料未來1年升3%

數據中心於疫市下「異軍突起」，有外資代理行代理接受本報訪問時表示，科技發展一日千里，加上疫情帶動，令電子商貿發展迅速，企業對數據中心需求與日俱增，惟今市場可作數據中心的工廈供應有限，供不應求，令數據中心於疫市下炙手可熱，買家以機構性投資者為主力，料該類物業未來一年租金升約3%。

該代理指出，儘管受疫情及美國聯儲局加息等利淡因素洗禮，工商鋪市場觀望氣氛揮之不去，然而，全幢酒店及工廈於今年上半年仍受捧，該類物業防守力較高，該行統計資料顯示，今年第二季逾億元成交金額涉183億，當中工廈物業佔47%，涉及買賣金額達86%，因工廈受工廈活化政策支持，隨着市場進入5G大時代，新經濟需求如數據中心及凍倉等應運而生，該類物業均可透過工廈改裝而成，可為物業增值 (Value-added)，成為機構投資者追逐目標。

此外，該代理亦指出，全幢酒店如出一轍，因可改裝作長租公寓或共享空間，為物業釋出潛在價值，帶動該類物業於上半年頻錄大手買賣。

工廈佔買賣金額達86%

當被問及數據中心於疫市下炙手可熱，該代理分析指，因受疫情打擊，推動電子商貿需求、亦因居家工作日趨盛行，帶動企業對網絡及數據需求上升，刺激市場對數據中心需求穩步上揚，然而，市場可作數據中心用途的工廈有限，政府每年推出工業用地僅寥寥可數，若以現有工廈改裝，數據中心需要較高供電量及空間支緩，故一般舊式工廈不能直接改裝，市場上的同類放售物業亦相當罕有，造成市場供不應求，料該類物業明年整體租金上升約3%。

第2季甲廈負吸納量17.7萬方呎

另一方面，該代理亦為甲廈市場「把脈」，代理指出，整體租務市場於今年第二季曾稍回暖，惟通關尚未有正式時間表，市場仍缺乏新動力，今年第二季市場錄負吸納量17.7萬方呎，待租率 (空置樓面加於未來12個月市場放租樓面) 約13.8%，加上正值供應高峰期，環顧今年達290萬方呎樓面出台，明年亦有大量樓面「排住隊」出場，料整體待租率持續上升。

然而，受政府早前落實推出「3+4」檢疫措施，為甲廈市場釋出正面訊息，加上中資企業對中環甲廈可說「情有獨鍾」，若中港兩地於年底前可通關，料中資企業勢將「回歸」，屆時可帶動核心區甲廈租金回穩。

(星島日報)

Hong Kong’s Swire Properties zeroes in on Shenzhen as part of its US$12.7 billion, 10-year investment plan

Swire plans to bring its Taikoo Li and Taikoo Hui mixed-use projects, which have been successful in other mainland Chinese cities, to Shenzhen

The Hong Kong-listed firm recently signed a cooperation agreement with the Futian district government of Shenzhen to develop a retail-led commercial project

Swire Properties will expand its retail property business in Shenzhen as part of its HK$100 billion (US$12.7 billion) investment plan over the next 10 years.

The Hong Kong-listed company is keen to grow its retail assets in the Greater Bay Area in Shenzhen besides Hong Kong and Guangzhou, said chief executive Tim Blackburn at a briefing last week.

“The challenge for us is continuing the Greater Bay [Area] story which, at the moment, is Shenzhen. That is where we want to be able to bring a Taikoo Li or a Taikoo Hui concept,” said Blackburn.

Taikoo Li and Taikoo Hui are Swire’s mixed-use property projects in China. On the mainland, the company has such developments in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu.

Swire’s HK$100 billion investment plan unveiled in March is broadly divided into three main components. About HK$30 billion has been earmarked for reinforcing office developments, HK$20 billion for residential projects in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, and HK$50 billion for Taikoo Li and Taikoo Hui projects in China’s tier one cities, specifically in the Greater Bay Area.

He added that the company would like to build on the success of its Taikoo Hui project in Guangzhou, which “has been our flagship for more than a decade”.

While the scope of the Shenzhen project “will be entirely determined by the size of the site and the planning parameters”, Swire’s “retail projects are generally between one and 1.5 million square feet”, Blackburn said.

Swire recently signed a cooperation agreement with the Futian district government of Shenzhen. The company will work closely with the local authorities to develop a new commercial project and introduce premium international retail brands with a focus on culture and the arts to support the district in lifting its profile.

“The Futian district government is keen to take advantage of our extensive experience and expertise in urban regeneration, as well as our creative approach to placemaking” to transform neighbourhoods, Swire said in a statement.

Swire has a clear understanding of what the government is looking for, Blackburn said. Swire has had a team in Shenzhen since 2019 scouring for sites, but has yet to zero in on a location.

“To choose one site, we probably look at 100. That is how you know how complex the process is, in order to meet all our criteria,” Blackburn said.

Generally, the development period from acquisition to completion is between four to five years, depending on the scale, he added.

Swire’s focus in Shenzhen will be retail-led and is unlikely to include an office component. The city has ample supply of grade A office space, which has pushed up the vacancy rate to 15.5 per cent in the second quarter, according to a property consultancy.

“In short term, the issue of oversupply exists, the liquidity/lettable rate of the stock will be slower compared to last year, the vacancy rate will be pushed up and the rent is likely to remain flat,” the property consultancy said in its Shenzhen office market report.

“We have very clear ideas on where we want to invest and how much we want to invest in each of those projects,” Blackburn said, adding that that the project in Shenzhen would most likely be a joint venture.

The company has previously resorted to this route in Xian, where it had formed a 70:30 joint venture for the HK$10 billion project.

Last week, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang sounded another warning about China’s economy at a State Council meeting, saying companies were “facing more difficulties than in 2020” – during the initial outbreak of the coronavirus – and called for more reform.

China’s Communist Party will hold its twice-a-decade congress next month and it comes against the backdrop of an economy dogged by constant Covid-19-related disruptions, a looming population crisis and soaring youth unemployment.

Blackburn said Swire was comfortable investing in the Chinese mainland, pointing to the group’s 150-plus year history in the country.

“Will we continue our investment decisions in the Chinese mainland? The short answer is yes,” he said. “Irrespective of the short-term volatility, during this period of Covid, we still see the fundamentals.”

(South China Morning Post)

Miami Quay prices attract plenty of home hopefuls

Miami Quay I in Kai Tak plans to put another 65 flats on the market, which are expected to see a 5 to 10 percent hike in prices.

Co-developed by Wheelock Properties, Henderson Land (0012), New World Development (0017) and Empire Group, the project had received over 500 checks for 130 flats on the first price list by Saturday, making the batch 2.8 times oversubscribed.

The first batch goes on sale over the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival weekend.

Ricky Wong Kwong-yiu, an executive director of Wheelock Properties, said about 7,000 visitors were in attendance at an exhibition hall, with more than 50 percent of them current residents of Kowloon, especially people living or working in Kowloon East.

About 25 percent were from Hong Kong Island and the rest from the New Territories and other parts.

And many of the would-be buyers were young people.

About 70-80 percent of them intend to purchase a property for themselves while the remainder aimed to buy the property for investment.

The Miami Quay development features three residential buildings that can offer a total of 648 flats.

The first price list for Miami Quay I was released last Friday and included 130 flats.

There are studios plus one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom flats on the list, with prices ranging from HK$5.24 million to HK$14.6 million. So square-foot prices are from HK$20,339 to HK$23,839.

The average price is HK$22,452 per sq ft, which is the lowest seen in the district during the past two years.

Wong said the prices of these units are indeed attractive in the market, and he believes there will be room for increases of 5 to 10 percent when more flats are added.

Amid sales of a large project, the picture of sales in the 10 major housing estates in the secondary market was mixed over the weekend.

A property agency's 10 major housing estates only recorded eight transactions during the weekend - a five-week low.

But another agency recorded 10 transactions, a week-on-week increase of 11.1 percent.

The decrease of transactions recorded by the first agency was seen to be mainly due to the fact that the pandemic in Hong Kong has risen again, with tens of thousands of confirmed cases in a single day, and that caused a decline in property viewing activities.

啟德兩商地保留 少1720伙住宅供應

城規會昨日再審議，有關保留兩幅位於啟德跑道區用地作商業用途的申述及意見，並表示拒絕接納相關反對申述，即兩幅用地將獲保留作商業之用。

上述兩幅獲保留的用地分別為4C區4號及5號用地。會方早前就此再接到4份申述，當中有兩份支持保留商業用途，其餘兩份屬反對意見。

對於由一名個別人士，及有份營運啟德郵輪碼頭的環美航務所提出的支持意見，城規會表示備悉。同時，會方表示不接納其餘兩份反對意見，意味該兩幅用地將保留作商業用途。

政府在去年財政預算案已公布，將啟德5幅商業地改劃成住宅的方案，涉及6,000個住宅單位供應，而是次決定保留兩幅商業地後，最終住宅供應將減少約1,720伙。

西貢綠化地 建330伙住宅

另外，城規會早前計劃將一幅比鄰西貢打鼓嶺新村的綠化用地，改劃成私人住宅用途，提供約330伙。而改劃遭長春社等反對，主因是擬議房屋發展違反「綠化地帶」的規劃意向，並不能應付市民對可負擔房屋供應的需求，加上當局應考慮其他土地供應選項，如棕地及閒置土地。

不過，經會方於昨日審議後，會方同樣拒絕接納所有反對申述，因此方案獲城規會通過，日後將增加約330伙住宅供應。

(經濟日報)

銅鑼灣舊樓強拍添變數

近年銅鑼灣一帶不少舊樓紛紛被財團併購，其中有財團早於2020年向土地審裁處申請強拍的銅鑼灣勿地臣街10及12號舊樓，昨獲該處頒下判決書，指小業主曾去年7月遞交4份專家報告，最終有3份專家報告不被法庭接納，另外申請人在14日內與小業主確認是否提出撤銷部分修訂異議通知書的申請，若未能協商可向法庭申請指示。

另外，早前獲太古地產申請強拍的鰂魚涌華廈工業大廈，於上月低層A室，成交價5950萬；業界透露，上址建築面積4220方呎，呎價約1.41萬，原業主早於1972年約26.5萬購入，帳面獲利約5923.5萬，物業期間升值逾223倍。太古地產發言人表示，華廈工業大廈早於18年申請強拍，最新對上述工廈單位作出收購，該工廈強拍進行中，料與毗鄰仁孚工業大廈作合併發展，以作辦公樓及其他商業用途，總樓面約77.9萬方呎。

(星島日報)

Miami Quay sells at 10 per cent discount as Kai Tak developers grapple with monorail loss in a slowing housing market

Wheelock Properties, Henderson Land Development, New World Development and Empire Group priced the first 130 units of Miami Quay at HK$22,452 per square foot

The price is about 10 per cent cheaper than the Monaco Marine that launched in the same area in April, and 2.3 per cent less than One Victoria that launched in June 2021

A housing project at Kai Tak launched with a 10 per cent discount to the area’s prevailing price, as developers grappled with the sudden loss of mass-transit access and reduced commercial presence in Hong Kong’s former airport site amid a slowing market.

Wheelock Properties, Henderson Land Development, New World Development and Empire Group priced the first 130 units of their Miami Quay apartments at HK$22,452 per square foot on average after discounts, about 10 per cent cheaper than the Monaco Marine that launched in the same neighbourhood in April.

The first phase of Miami Quay, comprising 648 flats in three tower blocks, is scheduled for completion in August 2023. As the second housing project to go on sale on the former runway, Miami Quay’s price is also 2.3 per cent lower than the average price by its predecessor One Victoria, which launched in June 2021 at HK$22,977 per sq ft.

“Overall it’s cheaper,” said Sam Chi-yung, chief strategist at Patrons Securities in Hong Kong, adding that the 2020 decision to scrap a monorail link between Kai Tak and East Kowloon has affected home prices, as did the conversion of three commercial parcels in the area to residential use. “Higher interest and mortgage rates will affect the ability to repay, which indirectly affects sales.”

[Kai Tak] appears to be mostly residential,” Sam said. “Home prices in a place with only residential [property] will not be as high as where there is also commercial use.”

The entry price of Miami Quay is HK$5.24 million (US$667,590) for a flat that measures 250 square feet (23 square metres).

The price was set below the market price to attract the attention of young buyers and small families, said Wheelock Properties’ managing director Ricky Wong Kwong-yiu. It could be on sale in the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday next weekend at the earliest, he added.

The average price of second-hand homes has fallen in Hong Kong, as a resurgent Covid-19 outbreak – and the quarantine rules to contain it – has driven the city into a technical recession. A property agency’s index which is a gauge of lived-in homes, fell 0.8 per cent to 173.22 for the week that ended on August 28, the lowest since March 2019.

The index may fall a further 1.9 per cent until the Mid-Autumn Festival next week, the agency said.

Some buyers are taking advantage of falling prices to enter the market, aiming to get ahead of the curve before the rising interest rates imposed by monetary authorities spill over into higher mortgage payments.

The number of residential, commercial and industrial properties as well as parking spaces rose 4.8 per cent to 5,238 transactions in August as more buyers piled in amid the falling prices.

The most affordable prices – usually associated with the smallest units – are finding ready buyers. Wang On Properties launched its Larchwood micro-apartments in western Mong Kok, featuring units as small as 181 sq ft, as cheap as HK$3.83 million. The developer sold 33 units, or 40 per cent of the 83 flats on offer, as of 6:30pm, agents said.

Hong Kong’s government set a 280 sq ft minimum size last December for flats built on government land. However, private projects that were not subject to lease modifications and land exchanges were still not covered by the minimum flat size requirement.

The tiniest flat measures 181 sq ft, slightly larger than a standard car-parking space of 130 sq ft, and costs HK$4.18 million after discounts. The cheapest flat at HK$3.83 million measures 206 sq ft. The average price of the 83 flats is at HK$22,421 per sq ft after discounts. Another 15 Larchwood flats will go on sale on Sunday.

疫情表現反覆，有代理行綜合土地註冊處資料顯示，8月份錄367宗工商鋪註冊，按月只增加1宗，金額錄47.89億，按月減少約18.8%，該行指出，雖然政府並未收緊防疫措施，但市場觀望氣氛濃厚，料後市不會有驚喜，仍然維持低水平。

商鋪註冊量四個月低

上月工廈及商廈註冊分別按月升約4.3%及5.1%，各錄195及83宗。商鋪註冊按月跌約11.0%，最新報89宗，為最近四個月以來低位。8月份整體宗數報367宗，按月升約0.3%，即只較上月多出1宗，數字繼續在今年低位徘徊。8月份金額錄47.89億，按月挫約18.8%。

按金額劃分，除了500萬以下及逾1億物業外，其他金額類別註冊量按月下跌。500萬以下物業共錄189宗，按月升17.4%。逾1000萬以上至2000萬物業，共錄50宗，按月下降約20.6%。逾2000萬至5000萬錄17.1%按月跌幅，8月共錄34宗。逾5000萬至1億最差，只錄5宗登記，按月急挫58.3%。8月逾1億錄8宗，按月增加4宗，商廈及鋪位各佔3宗，金鐘海富中心二座13樓全層以約1.93億成交，鋪位包括西貢翠塘路1A號Centro全幢商場作價約4.22億，中環安蘭街18號28及29樓全層作價約1.7億。

市場靜候反彈時機

該行代理表示，近日本港疫情反彈，雖然政府未縮減食肆每枱人數、堂食時間等，但市場觀望氣氛濃厚，上月工商鋪註冊宗數繼續低位徘徊，並預料在現況下，工商鋪買賣將維持較低水平。

(星島日報)

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市建觀塘商業項目明截意向

本港疫情反覆，整體商業氣氛不景氣，市建局亦調整觀塘市中心第4和第5發展區「巨無霸」商業項目的酒店、寫字樓及商業零售組合比例推出，包括可放棄興建酒店、商業樓面最多102萬方呎等，以打造區內新地標，並於明日 (7日)截收意向書；綜合市場估值介乎約184.1億至259.9億，每呎樓面地價由8500至12000元。

業界：料財團出價保守及審慎

有測量師表示，項目發展規模大，故市建局亦調整該項目發展酒店、寫字樓及商業零售組合比例，以增加彈性，而且近期商業市道未見好轉過，未來商業樓面供應相當充裕，相信發展商出價會保守及審慎。

另一測量師指出，近年寫字樓空置率高企，預測甲級商廈和核心商店的租金走勢偏弱，在加息和市場不明朗的環境下，相信發展商的入標價必然保守。綜合市場估值介乎約184.1億至259.9億，每呎樓面地價由8500至12000元。

市場估值184億至259億

觀塘市中心項目是市建局歷來規模最大的單一重建項目，以五個區域進行分階段發展，該項目為最後一個發展區域，地盤面積為27.56萬方呎，可建總樓面約216.59萬方呎。

該項目早前向城規會提交修訂申請，調整酒店、寫字樓及商業零售組合比例，增加項目彈性，當中酒店部分不設樓面下限至最多34.44萬方呎，意味中標財團可選擇不興建酒店或最多提供400間酒店客房。

總樓面216萬呎

而寫字樓部分則修訂為70.89萬至137.37萬方呎，最後商業用途樓面 (商店及服務行業、食肆、娛樂場所及教育機構)，則修訂為69.97萬方呎至102萬方呎。若規劃許可獲城規會批准，該局會據「浮動規劃參數安排」推出招標。

(星島日報)

李寧開旗艦店 200萬租廣東道巨舖

租金較高峰跌7成 核心區今年最大額租務

核心區舖位租金經過大幅調整後，吸引個別品牌趁機開旗艦店。內地體育服裝品牌李寧 (02331)，以每月約200萬元，租用尖沙咀廣東道新港中心逾7,000呎複式舖，成品牌首間香港旗艦店。是次租務為今年核心區最大額商舖租務成交，租金較高峰期跌7成。

尖沙咀新港中心錄得一宗大手舖位租務成交，涉及物業包括：地下及1樓，屬複式舖位，由於新港中心位處尖沙咀最核心零售地段廣東道，故商場街舖價值甚高。據了解，複式舖以約200萬元租出。由於年初受第5波疫情衝擊，零售進一步受挫，今年市場甚少大手商舖租務成交，是次涉及約200萬元月租，為今年核心區錄得最大額租務成交。

新港中心複式舖 共7700呎

據了解，新租客為內地服裝李寧，近日舖外已貼上品牌標誌，預計第四季開業。李寧為內地龍頭運動服裝，產品包括球鞋、輕便運動服裝，並贊助國家跳水隊、乒乓球隊等，更與國際級體育明星合作，包括前NBA球星韋迪 (Dwyane Wade) 推出「Way of Wade」系列，球鞋甚受歡迎，亦反映品牌在國際上地位。

李寧早年曾在港落戶，不過規模只是商場內面積較細舖位，是次斥200萬元租新港中心7,700平方呎複式舖，為品牌在港旗艦店，將會售賣籃球鞋、羽毛球、瑜伽產品等。消息稱，該品牌亦正物色核心區如中環，開設大型店舖。

周生生數月前遷出 高峰700萬租

翻查資料，該店舖地下面積5,243平方呎，1樓建築面積2,443平方呎，原由連鎖金行周生生 (00116) 自2005年開始承租，月租高達700萬元，直至數月前合約期滿遷出。如今李寧以約200萬元承租，租金下跌約逾7成。

事實上，目前由華置 (00127) 及華創建投持有新港中心，因疫情衝擊令出租率偏低，特別區內大型品牌旗艦店先後遷出，例如其中一複式舖，地下至2樓，總面積共約10,140平方呎，曾由國際品牌Burberry租用，今年亦棄租。

至於商場內另一組巨舖，面積逾4萬平方呎，由時裝H&M租用，租約今年中完結，曾一度貼出即將結業告示，最終業主與租客續短租一年。

業界：市況待明年才有反彈

疫情下持續封關，零旅客之下零售商紛紛減成本，放棄核心區舖位，令空置率上升。有外資代理行數字顯示，2017年核心區舖位空置率約4%，而踏入2020年疫情爆發，空置率升至最高逾18%，現時稍為回落至約16.5%，仍處偏高水平。租金方面，該行數據顯示，4大核心區平均呎租約252元。

另一外資代理行代理分析，核心區舖位租金經過多年調整後，現時處於低水平，實在「跌無可跌」，惟目前後市仍有不明朗因素，零售品牌始終未有大幅擴充意慾。另一代理認為，目前品牌對於核心區部署開業仍較為審慎，相信整體市況要等明年才明顯有反彈機會。

(經濟日報)

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檢疫措施放寬 激活商業氣氛？

商舖租金由高峰期下挫，令品牌重新感興趣來港開業，以打造品牌聲望。惟放寬檢疫措施後，尚未出現大量旅客來港，相信要待香港與內地及國際完全通關，才令零售商重拾信心擴充。

趁租金跌 打造品牌聲望

在零售高峰期時，尖沙咀廣東道及銅鑼灣羅素街，數千呎複式舖，月租動輒數以百萬元，甚至千萬元計，當中更是一舖難求。疫情後旅客絕迹，核心區舖位單計近兩年租金已下跌4至5成，從高峰期更下瀉7至8成，如今在廣東道以200萬元，可租用兩層複式舖，對品牌來說較易負擔，亦可以在最優質地段開業，有助品牌宣傳。

從實際營商角度，若缺乏旅客到訪，於核心零售區大手租舖開業不易計數，畢竟難以單靠本地客生意維持。

政府於8月份，推出「3+4」入境檢疫措施，縮短酒店隔離期，希望便利訪港旅客及商務人員，從而令本港及國際盡快接軌。措施實行一個多月，核心區商舖租務未見明顯加快，仍然吉舖處處，似乎新措施不足以激活商業氣氛。

部分品牌 現階段採觀望

據多間商舖租務代理透露，暫未見有大量零售品牌因應新措施，而變得積極擴充業務。對零售商來說，香港零旅客已持續近3年，對何時完全通關難以掌握，何況即使通關後，旅客重返的速度及數量仍難與以前相比，故對大部分品牌來說，現階段仍是採觀望態度，寧等待完全通關落實，才作出租舖擴充也未遲。

(經濟日報)

栢麗大道複式舖 展覽商60萬租用

近年興起藝術展覽，更趁核心區大樓面舖位交吉而承租，尖沙咀栢麗大道前周生生複式巨舖，獲一家展覽商租用。

尖沙咀彌敦道111至181號栢麗購物大道地下G1至G4號舖連1樓1至2號舖的複式舖位，地下面積約2,866平方呎，1樓面積約2,894平方呎，合共約5,760平方呎，舖位早前租出，月租料約60萬元。

據了解，新租客為一家從事展覽業務公司，租用兩層大型複式舖，日後料作展覽用途包括NFT等藝術展覽。租約方面，據悉是次料涉及1年或以上租期。

租金較高峰期跌約8成

翻查資料，周生生2008年起租用舖位，月租高達215萬元，其後2012年續租，月租加4成至300萬元，而近年自由行旅客消費放緩，租金回落，估計跌至約100多萬元。按現時月租約60萬元計，租金較高峰期跌約8成。

藝術展覽近年在港頗受歡迎，在核心區吉舖增加下，不少展覽商短租舖位。如中環皇后大道中59至65號泛海大廈地舖及1樓，總樓面約19,075平方呎，曾由TOPSHOP時裝租用，舖位於2020年中交吉，去年獲藝術展覽會主辦機構短租，舉行香港首個大型藝術科技體驗展Digital Art Fair Asia，屬亞洲首個展示世界級新媒體藝術、NFT加密藝術實體展覽，為期約1個月。

(經濟日報)

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全幢住宅租務穩健 吸財團注意

近期大手買賣成交上，全幢住宅所佔比例提高，由於住宅租務穩健，加上日後或可進行拆售，故吸引不少財團留意。

在投資物業中，商舖及商廈交投相對淡靜，而大手成交上，連環錄得全幢住宅買賣。包括Weave Living表示，與領盛合作，成立價值1.4億美元 (約10.9億港元) 的合營企業，並以2.75億元購入半山羅便臣道68號全幢住宅物業。該廈由本地老牌家族持有多年，Weave Living方面表示，項目總樓面約2.6萬平方呎，屬一梯一伙設計，入市因價格較便宜，並看好住宅租務市場。集團將加以翻新，作長綫收租項目。

Weave Living購半山住宅 擬收租

Weave Living今年已於香港和新加坡收購合共4個物業，現時在兩地持有共10個物業，提供約1,500個住宿單位。最新與領盛成立的合營企業，總投資價值為4億美元 (約31.2億元)。早前集團與安祖高頓 (Angelo Gordon) 及保德信房地產 (PGIM Real Estate) 等合作。至於是次合資的領盛過去曾在港投資物業，對上一次在港進行買賣，為2012年以23.68億元沽出佐敦彌敦道諾富特酒店。

另外，何文田The Argyle全幢住宅租賃項目，早前以5.8億元成交。該物業位於亞皆老街，鄰近勝利道及太平道，位置理想。物業於2015年落成，由萬泰發展，項目地下及1樓為商舖，舖位面積約6,165平方呎，6至29樓為住宅，總建築樓面約36,997平方呎，而住宅部分實用面積約23,032平方呎，以市值約5.8億元計，建築面積呎價約1.56萬元。

項目合共提供36伙，實用面積由約440至980平方呎，採2至3房設計，並設有特色戶。萬泰於2016年把物業推出進行招租，入場費約2.3萬元起，呎租約54元起。是次新買家為本地投資者朱鴻鈞，購入作收租

另外，建灝地產早前以約11.4億元，向鄧成波家族購入九龍城蔚盈軒。項目樓齡4年，樓高29層，總建築面積約8.4萬平方呎，合共提供92個單位，由1至4房不等，以11.4億元成交，呎價約1.35萬元。翻查資料，項目原為豐泰持有住宅項目銅璵，在2017年由鄧成波以13億元購入，並且改裝成為長者服務式住宅命名為蔚盈軒。若以11.4億元成交價計，鄧成波家族蝕1.6億元離場。

分析指，由於核心區商廈及舖位，租金及售價在低位徘徊，空置樓面不少，投資價值上或欠穩健。相比之下，住宅租務市場仍平穩，優質地段住宅出租率甚高，財團轉向投資全幢住宅，收租上較為穩定。此外，買家購入日後可因應市況進行拆售套現，靈活度較高，料在住宅市場相對平穩下，全幢住宅可吸引資金承接。

(經濟日報)

中環振邦大廈 交通便合服務業

中環振邦大廈屬區內老牌物業，勝在位處皇后大道中心臟地段，非常便利，適合服務業。

中環振邦大廈位於皇后大道中58至62號，絕對為大道中最中心位置，比鄰娛樂行、皇后大道中100號等，地點為最大優勢。交通上，由港鐵中環站出口步行至該廈，僅需數分鐘，而大道中與中環其他主要地段連接，故附近有巴士、電車站等，四通八達。

樓上每層 可分間數單位

此外，附近亦有人氣日本超市，以及近一年多新開業的中環街市等，注入不少新動力及人流。

值得一提，該廈不少商戶涉及美容等服務業，故交通便利成關鍵。

配套上，大道中一帶有多個大型商場，亦鄰近蘭桂坊，餐廳食肆多不勝數。

大廈於1968年落成，樓齡高加上沒有太多翻新，故難免有較陳舊感覺。地下入口要步行多級樓梯才到達電梯大堂，稍為不便。

項目樓高10層，總樓面約9.1萬平方呎，樓上每層可分間成數單位，最細單位約700至800平方呎起，適合中小型公司使用。景觀方面，大廈主要望向皇后大道中樓景。

買賣較少 去年呎價見16398

買賣及租務方面，大廈買賣成交較少，去年物業7樓5室，面積約805平方呎，以約1,320萬元成交，呎價約16,398元。另外本年7月，物業高層單位，面積約1,400平方呎，以約2,000萬元易手，呎價約14,286元。

租務上，今年大廈錄數宗租務，年初低層單位，面積約962平方呎，以約3萬元租出，呎租約32元，至於年中低層商舖部分，面積約5,890平方呎，成交月租約47.1萬元。

最近一宗租務為7月，一個面積約1,436平方呎的中層單位，以每月4.1萬元租出，呎租約29元。

(經濟日報)

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低層單位放售 呎價叫1.9萬

中環振邦大廈放盤少，現物業低層單位，以每呎1.9萬元放售。

有代理表示，物業位於中環皇后大道中58號振邦大廈9樓A室，面積約1,400平方呎，叫價約2,660萬元，呎價約1.9萬元。

同時招租 每呎41元

據了解，業主一直自用作美容院，保養得宜，現時亦以呎租41元招租，單位裝修簡潔亮麗，亦配備來去水位。除可作傳統寫字樓用途外，亦適合作美容、髮型屋及醫療等相關行業，租客類別多元化，且同幢大廈內亦有經營美容中心、診所及各類樓上舖，可為同類行業帶來協同效應。

該代理續稱，近期中區可作樓上舖的商廈買賣氣氛熾熱，短短1周內先後錄得多宗買賣成交，如由大鴻輝集團持有的雲咸街1號南華大廈7樓全層，最近以呎價約29,175元易手，涉資約1.2億元；而威靈頓街1號荊威廣場高層全層則以約1.1億元成交，呎價約25,017元。

至於另一宗安蘭街18號頂層複式單位連天台，亦以作價約1.7億元售出，即平均呎價約3.48萬元易手，反映中環區商廈備受市場注目。

(經濟日報)

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Prices rise at Miami Quay

Miami Quay I in Kai Tak has released its second price list of 65 flats, with prices ranging from HK$6.44 million to HK$21.15 million, up 5 to 10 percent over the first batch.

The first batch of 130 flats had received more than 800 checks over the weekend.

The project, developed by Wheelock Properties, Henderson Land Development (0012), New World Development (0017) and Empire Group, attracted more than 30,000 visitors to both its online exhibition and show flats at The Gateway, Harbour City in Tsim Sha Tsui over the weekend.

Ricky Wong Kwong-yiu, executive director of Wheelock Properties, expects the first round of sales will be launched on the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday.

Wong said a four-bedroom unit featuring a skyline view will be up for sale by tender in the first round as well.

In other news, a private equity fund acquired a shop on Queen's Road West for HK$20.5 million. Bridgeway Prime Shop Fund has bought 20 stores for about HK$430 million so far this year, expecting shop prices will be steady before the year end if quarantine-free entry is rolled out in November.

(The Standard)

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Hong Kong property sellers roll out perks and promotions, but a bathtub video gets one agency into slightly hot water

Developers and agencies offer perks including Japan travel, water park memberships, festive craft activities and dining vouchers to drum up sales

A property agency removes a promotional video that featured a female agent in a bath towel showing off a large tub

Some Hong Kong property companies are pulling out the stops to secure sales in a downbeat market amid falling home prices, offering a range of perks and – in the case of one agent – appearing in a bath towel in a video to entice potential buyers.

In addition to lower prices, developers and agencies have recently offered perks including subsidies for travel to Japan, water park memberships, hot-water dispensers, festive celebrations and dining vouchers to drum up sales.

“There will be more discounts for promoting sales in the primary market in the short term,” an agent said, adding that the market will also see more alternative promotional tactics, like videos and gifts.

Prices of second-hand homes have fallen in Hong Kong as a resurgent Covid-19 outbreak – and the quarantine rules to contain it – have driven the city into a technical recession.

A market index which is a gauge of lived-in home prices compiled by a property agency, fell 0.8 per cent to 173.22 for the week that ended August 28, the lowest since March 2019. The index may fall a further 1.9 per cent before the Mid-Autumn Festival on September 10, according to the agency.

Hong Kong had 41,684 property agents active in August, a four-month high, but only 5,238 property deals were completed, according to data from the Estate Agents Authority and Land Registry. That equates to a ratio of eight agents per deal.

Amid this competitive environment, one female property agent appeared in a bathtub, wrapped in a bath towel, in a video about Longfor Group’s Upper Riverbank development in Kai Tak. A property agency posted the video in late August but removed it after it sparked criticism, “online bullying” and even “doxxing”, according to a statement from the agency.

The video was meant to show the “spacious bathroom and an extra-large bathtub”, the agency said in defending both the agent and the video, adding that the agent was wearing clothing underneath the towel.

“The front-line colleague did not have any indecent actions or inappropriate statements in the whole film,” the agency said. “Before the short film was released, it had been reviewed, and there was no indecency in the video. After the production of the short film was completed, it was also confirmed and agreed by the seller.”

The number of housing transactions rose 12.7 per cent to 4,137 in August after a four-month low in July as more buyers piled in amid the falling prices and promotional lures. Some buyers are aiming to get ahead of the curve before rising interest rates imposed by monetary authorities spill over into higher mortgage payments.

Developers and agents have offered the following enticements recently.

A property agency offered the first three buyers of certain properties in Japan a subsidy of 2 million yen (US$14,234.8) for travel to Japan, according to the company’s statement in early September. The offer lasts until September 30.

The first 10 people buying three- or four-bedroom flats at Grand Victoria in Cheung Sha Wan – developed by Wheelock Properties, Sino Land, K Wah International and SEA Group – in September through a specific agency will get dining vouchers worth HK$5,000.

At Soyo in Mong Kok, developed by Excel Billion Group Holdings and Chun Wo Development Holdings, the first five buyers in September will get two free annual memberships for Water World at Ocean Park. The first five buyers through a specific agency get instant hot water dispensers.

Vanke Holdings (Hong Kong) Company has been giving its club members materials for use in craft activities at the showroom of VAU Residence in Cheung Sha Wan for the Mid-Autumn Festival, Father’s Day and Mother’s Day.

信和持有的九龍灣國際交易中心頂層3相連全層樓層放售，意向價近15億。有代理表示，國際交易中心29至31樓，每層面積約27457方呎，合共約82371方呎，以意向呎價約1.8萬計算，每層意向價約4.94億，總金額約14.82億。

意向呎價1.8萬

該代理指，物業位處頂層，享城市及啟德郵輪碼頭景，曾獲知名體育品牌承租，不過，現時以每呎約33元招租。國際交易中心坐落宏照道和宏泰道交界，採用玻璃外牆設計，鄰近企業廣場、富臨中心等甲廈，交通完善，可步行至港鐵九龍灣站，黃氏分析，內地早前放寬入境隔離政策，由「14+7」縮減為「7+3」，與內地商務往來活動將復甦。

(星島日報)

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新世界觀塘 KOHO 申重建商廈

新世界持有的觀塘 KOHO，新近向城規會申請放寬20%地積比重建。

據文件顯示，項目位於觀塘鴻圖道73至75號，目前屬「其他指定用途」註明「商貿」，申請略為放寬地積比率限制，以作准許辦公室、商店及服務行業和食肆用途。

申放寬20%地積比

該廈佔地面積約20000方呎，地積比由12倍略為放寬至14.4倍，即增加2.4倍或20%，以重建一幢樓高29層商廈，涉可建總樓面約288002方呎。

申請人指，擬議發展符合「其他指定用途」，註明「商貿」地帶規劃意向，將提供額外商業樓面面積，以回應起動九龍東。

(星島日報)

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DUTYZERO「衝出」東涌租核心區鋪 進駐中環銅鑼灣 租金大減50%至68%

零售商趁疫市插旗設據點，專賣酒類及食品的DUTY ZERO「衝出」東涌，進駐中環銅鑼灣，一口氣承租兩個地鋪，中環新顯利大廈地鋪月租25萬，平均每呎156元，較舊租金跌約50%，銅鑼灣羅素街金朝陽中心地鋪，月租約35萬，每呎476元，租金更大跌約68%。

DUTYZERO目前2家店鋪均位於東涌，分別為赤鱲角機場及東薈城，主力做遊客生意，近日，趁疫市下突破框框，衝出東涌，於黃金地段連環租鋪，其中，中環德輔道中8A至8C號新顯利大廈地鋪，建築面積約1600方呎，以每月25萬租出，平均呎租156元，消息人士透露，DUTYZERO更一簽三年約，而且當到達一定生意額，將會與業主分成。

新顯利大廈呎租156元鎖三年約

新顯利大廈鄰近置地廣場，位處中環核心商業區，該鋪位舊租客為服裝店，月租逾50萬，最新租金大減50%。

羅素街鋪呎租476元跌68%

除了中環外，DUTY ZERO更吼準曾以貴租聞名世界的羅素街，承租38號金朝陽中心D號鋪，建築面積735方呎，月租約35萬， 平均呎租476元，該鋪位對上長租為愛彼表 (Audemars Piguet)，今年初撤出，當時月租約110萬，最新租金大跌約68%。

李寧200萬租新港中心鋪

有代理表示，疫市下飲食主導鋪市，金朝陽中心原由英國名牌BURBERRY租用的複式鋪，早前亦由「變形金剛」為主題的餐廳進駐。

內地體育服裝品牌李寧，以每月約200萬元，承租尖沙嘴廣東道新港中心約7700方呎複式鋪，開設首家香港旗艦店，舊租客周生生，高峰期月租曾高達700萬，新租金跌70%。

內房基金凱龍瑞發展的灣仔軒尼詩道333號全新商大厦，最新沽售地鋪，1227方呎，以約5800萬易手。旺角廣東道1054號地下連入則閣，建築面積約1000方呎，租客合益肉食，成交價約2230萬，原業主於1968年5月以10萬買入，持貨54年升222倍。

(星島日報)

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旭輝13.38億沽北角項目 宏安與匯集基金聯手承接

內地發展商旭輝控股集團，旗下與宏安合營的旭輝地產，出售北角英皇道商業項目，作價13.38億，買家為宏安及匯集基金，各佔50%權益。

旭輝公布，旗下與宏安地產合營、持股60%的非全資附屬公司旭輝地產202006有限公司，出售炮台山英皇道項目全部權益予宏安地產等公司，總代價為13.37735億。旭輝早前曾宣布，以6.74億出售項目60%權益予大股東林中、林偉及林峰，有關交易已取消。

新買家各佔50%權益

今番交易連兩家公司，近11.3億未償還金額，母公司旭輝為賣方擔保人。買方為華王有限公司，由宏安地產及APG SPV各擁50%權益。APG SPV為APG Strategic Real Estate Pool (匯集基金) 於荷蘭成立的存託機構，由荷蘭退休基金為集體投資而成立。

公布指出，該宗交易所得款項淨額約6.81億，用作營運資金，並估計可錄收益約2180萬。

取消早前交易安排

該項目英皇道101號及111號，佔地面積約12695方呎，前身商廈，曾由新目標集團以約18.8億收購，目前拆卸中，計畫重建住宅項目，料2026年完成。今年6月底估值20億。

該交易原以6.74億在8月10日售予與集團股東林中、林偉及林峰。董事會認為，是次新交易與原出售事項類似，新出售事項收取現金較原出售事項多約800萬元，同時估計多約1192.5萬，預計9月底前落實。

(星島日報)

市建土瓜灣項目突擊招標 「一口價」定勝負 賣樓逾60億按比例分紅

市建局馬不停蹄推出發展項目，除觀塘市中心第4和第5發展區「巨無霸」商業項目今日截收意向之外，該局昨日突然推出土瓜灣第四個以「小區模式」發展的榮光街/崇安街發展項目招標。消息透露，發展商需自行提出「一口價」，以價高者得決勝負，日後售樓收益達60億以上須按比例分紅，最高達五成。該項目市場估值綜合約30.6億至36.2億，每呎樓面地價約1.1萬至1.3萬。

市建局於土瓜灣第四個以「小區模式」發展的榮光街 / 崇安街發展項目，挾市區及鐵路沿綫優勢，昨日正式招標，招標條款隨即曝光。市場消息透露，項目售樓收益達60億後，中標財團須與市建局分紅，達標後首1億須分紅兩成，其後分紅比例以每1億為一組遞增，當收入達63億以上，分紅劃一為50%，若以項目總樓面約27.86萬方呎計，相當於每方呎售價逾2.15萬便需要分紅，而且發展商須向市建局自行提出「一口價」建議，將成為勝負的關鍵。

售樓逾63億須分紅50%

至於商場部分，市建局及中標財團共同持有，租金收益由中標財團及市建局以「七三」比例瓜分，租金收入中標財團佔七成，其餘三成則歸市建局；發展商可以向市建局要求出售非住宅部分，但須獲市建局首肯。另外，項目設有限呎條款，住宅單位面積不得少於300方呎，同時規定最少一半單位面積不可超過480方呎。

該項目於上月初完成招收意向書程序，合共接獲31份意向書，該局昨日正式邀請31家發展商及財團入標競投，並於10月6日截標。市建局指出，招標遴選小組將評審收到的標書，並於稍後就批出該發展項目的發展向市建局董事會提交建議，由董事會作最終決定。

商場租金「七三」分帳

項目位於銀漢街44至54A號 (雙數) 及榮光街72至118號 (雙數)，鄰近港鐵土瓜灣站，步行前往約5至6分鐘；地盤面積約3.1萬方呎，可建總樓面約27.86萬方呎，發展規模是目前已推出項目中最細，估計可以提供約560伙住宅。

招標條款顯示，成功取得該項目的發展商及財團，須按發展協議中列明有關土瓜灣小區發展的「總體設計要求」作為興建新發展項目的藍本，與毗鄰重建項目產生協同效應，以達致整個小區的重整及規劃更完整及一體化，促進該小區的連接性與步行環境，並以更具特色的「地方營造」及智慧元素，提升該區的宜居性。

標價備受市場關注

有測量師指出，上述項目屬市區罕有新供應，料財團入標時會參考毗鄰已批出的項目價格，認為在加息環境下，是次批出價格參考指標，將備受市場關注。

另一測量師表示，近期政府批出地價有回調迹象，惟未來供應重鎮仍集中於土瓜灣、深水埗等一帶，而且近年市建局以小區發展的大型重建項目罕有，估計屆時收約10份標書。綜合市場消息指，參考去年同區批出項目每呎樓面地價，預計該項目估值30.6億至36.2億，每方呎估值約1.1萬至1.3萬。

(星島日報)

恒基嘉里長實瓜分3項目

市建局昨日正式邀請發展商及財團入標競投的土瓜灣榮光街 / 崇安街項目，為該局於過去約一年多，推出招標的第4個同區發展項目，而之前招標的3個項目，中標發展商分別為恒基、嘉里及長實，涉及金額合共逾197.7億。

三項目涉逾197.7億

市建局於去年6月，就土瓜灣庇利街/榮光街項目邀請發展商遞交意向書，最終接獲36份意向書，同年7月正式招標，8月截標時合共接獲6份標書，最後恒基於9月以81.89億投得，直至今年2月恒基引入帝國集團及希慎興業合作發展。該項目地盤面積約7.97萬方呎，預計可建總樓面逾71.7萬方呎，料可提供1150伙住宅及11.9萬方呎商業樓面。

至於鴻福街 / 銀漢街項目，市建局於去年9月邀請發展商提交發展意向書，合共接獲36份意向書，同年10月招標，11月截標時合共接獲8份標書，結果嘉里於12月以超過55.87億投得。該項目地盤面積約4.93萬方呎，可建總樓面最多約44.38萬方呎，預期可提供665伙住宅及7.4萬方呎商業樓面。

去年11月，市建局就鴻福街、啟明街及榮光街的四合一項目招收意向，合共接獲31份意向書。項目隨後於今年1月招標，2月截標時合共接獲7份標書，最終由長實以59.96億投得。該項目地盤總面積約5.85萬方呎，可建總樓面上限約52.68萬方呎，預期可提供約890伙住宅。

(星島日報)

會德豐跑馬地舊樓申請強拍

傳統豪宅區住宅地供應短缺，不少財團密密透過舊樓併購，以申請強拍增土儲；跑馬地黃泥涌道一系列相連地段的舊樓、包括翠景樓、愉華大廈及安美大廈，短短兩周內先後向土地審裁處申請強拍，均由會德豐地產提出申請，以擴大其跑馬地重建版圖，最新一宗為安美大廈目前持有逾85%業權，市場估值5.2億；發展商指，未來將整合發展，以重建為豪宅項目，涉及可建總樓面逾15萬方呎。

梁志堅：將重建為豪宅

會德豐地產主席梁志堅回覆查詢時指，未來上述項將整合發展，屆時將會重建為豪宅項目。

近年會德豐地產積極擴大跑馬地併購版圖，近日連環申請強拍黃泥涌道一系列相連地段的舊樓以統一業權發展，最新一宗為安美大廈，目前持有約85.6%業權，現餘下8個單位並未成功收購，包括7個住宅單位及1個商鋪，其中住宅單位市場估值約597萬至1448萬，而商鋪估值約560萬，市場對整個項目估值5.2252億。

據土地審裁處文件顯示，安美大廈位於黃泥涌道63及65號，位於跑馬地黃泥涌道及雲地利道的豪宅地段，毗鄰馬場，落成後料不少單位可享馬場景色；同時鄰近銅鑼灣核心商業地段，極具重建價值。

現址為一幢樓高13層的商住舊樓，地下為商鋪，樓上為住宅樓層，該舊樓早於1971落成入伙，至今樓齡約51年。文件顯示，項目地盤面積5172方呎，目前坐落於「住宅 (甲類)」地帶，若以地積比率9倍發展，涉及可建總樓面約46548方呎。

3地盤合併可建15.4萬呎

事實上，該公司積極擴展跑馬地版圖，上述舊樓毗鄰的愉華大廈、翠景樓日前已向土地審裁處申請強拍，前者申請強拍時持有約80.59%業權，市場對整個項目估值6.1124億；後者翠景樓申請強拍時持有約83.33%業權，而市場對整個項目估值7.0681億。上述3個地盤合併發展，地盤面積擴展至17191方呎，若以地積比率9倍重建發展，涉及可建總樓面約154719方呎。

除上述項目外，會德豐地產夥拍培新集團、於今年3月透過強拍途徑，以底價17.32億，成功統一雲地利大廈舊樓業權。上述地盤面積約17595方呎，現時規劃為「住宅 (乙類) 6」用途，若以地積比率約5倍重建發展計，預計可建總樓面約87975方呎，以上述強拍價計算，每呎樓面地價約19687元。當時發展商指將盡快開展相關程序如申請拆卸物業等，預計項目最快於3年或以後推出市場。項目位於跑馬地黃泥涌道及雲地利道的豪宅地段，落成後料不少單位可享馬場景色。

深水埗海壇街舊樓獲批強拍

另外，由財團持有的深水埗海壇街227B至227C號舊樓，最新獲土地審裁處批出強拍令，底價為1.2億，對比去年4月申請強拍時市場估值約1.0013億高出1987萬或19.8%。上述舊樓現址為一幢樓高6層的商住物業，地下為商鋪，樓上為住宅，並於1960年落成，至今樓齡約62年。上述地盤面積約2322方呎，若以9倍地積比率作商住發展，涉及可建總樓面約20898方呎。

(星島日報)

旺角安康寧商廈2.8億放售

旺角老字號藥房「安康寧藥房」江氏家族，放售近半世紀的安康寧商業大廈，市值約2.8億，平均呎價約1.58萬。

旺角太子彌敦道792號安康寧商業大廈，佔地約1612方呎，1982年落成，樓高14層，包括3120方呎地庫及地下商鋪，1至14樓為寫字樓，涉及約1.5萬方呎樓面，總樓面即約1.8萬方呎，物業將以現狀及交吉出售。

老牌家族自用40年

有代理表示，該全幢業主為安康寧藥業家族，自用物業40年，首次在市場上放售，由於大廈交吉出售，投資者或基金可迅速打造「主題」商廈。

(星島日報)

啟德跑道區2用地 保留作商業用

近年商業氣氛受創，啟德一帶陸續有商業地流標收場，政府遂於去年表示有意將區內5幅商業地改劃成住宅，以提供約6,000伙住宅，但城規會最終於上周決定，保留當中位於跑道區的2幅商業用地，即約138萬平方呎商業樓面獲保留。

改劃啟德5幅商業地的計劃早前受阻，城規會隨後於6月否決其中2幅位於跑道區商業地的改劃建議。上周會方再審議有關保留該2幅用地作商業用途的申述及意見，並表示拒絕接納相關反對申述，意味2幅用地將獲保留作商業之用，住宅供應最終會減少約1,720伙。是次2幅獲保留的用地分別為4C區4號及5號用地，比鄰啟德郵輪碼頭，其總樓面分別涉約79.4萬平方呎及58.2萬平方呎。

2商業地 料供應138萬呎樓面

事實上，啟德一帶的商業地發展可謂一波三折，上述2幅用地均曾於2019年連環流標，當中4C區4號用地原於2019年5月由高銀投得，其後遭集團在同年6月撻訂，而第2度招標後，最終亦於同年9月流標。至於4C區5號用地則早於2019年1月，因為發展商出價未達政府底價而同樣流標收場。

但是，觀乎整個啟德區發展，區內的商業配套日漸成熟，預計今年至2024年，將有4個大型商業及體育項目落成，為該區新增約400萬平方呎商業樓面。前述的4個項目較近港鐵啟德站，當中規模較大的南豐旗下商業地標項目 AIRSIDE，預料於今年第4季正式開幕，總樓面逾191萬平方呎，總投資額達320億元。

AIRSIDE 預計第4季開幕

同樣屬大型商業項目、早於2016年由利福國際  (01212) 以約73.88億元投得的啟德第1E區2號商業地，亦擬發展2幢樓高18至19層高的雙子塔式商廈，並設4層地庫，其中1幢則發展為大型百貨公司崇光 (SOGO) 分店，總樓面逾109萬平方呎，其中9成樓面作零售用途，而項目將會在明年緊接推出。

此外，遠東發展 (00035( 於2019年以約24.46億元奪得的承啟道商業地，將發展為酒店及寫字樓，供約400個酒店房間，及12層高 (計入地庫) 的寫字樓及零售商廈，涉及總樓面約34.4萬平方呎，料於2024年落成。項目的辦公室部分早前以約33.8億元出售予中電 (00002) ，將成集團的新總部。而啟德體育園亦將提供約64.6萬平方呎的零售及餐飲設施，早前日式百貨公司AEON已宣布承租啟德體育園舖位9年，涉及金額約3,730萬元。

(經濟日報)

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PARK PENINSULA 綜合多元化地段

經過多年規劃，前身是啟德機場的啟德發展區其發展日漸成熟，近年陸續有多個私人住宅項目入伙。今年7月，在跑道區上持有土地的9間發展商更合組公司，將跑道區建構為一個全新綜合多元化地段—PARK PENINSULA。

9間發展商共同打造

上述9間發展商包括華懋集團、帝國集團、中國海外 (00688)、遠東發展 (00035)、恒地 (00012)、嘉華國際 (00173)、新世界發展 (00017)、新地 (00016)及會德豐地產。他們均在跑道區分別以獨資或合資形式持有9幅用地，涉逾萬伙住宅，總樓面達636萬平方呎，佔整個跑道區單位總數逾8成。

跑道區屬前啟德國際機場的跑道部分，三面環海，翻查資料，政府近年在跑道區合共批出11幅用地，涉及逾700萬平方呎樓面。早前有份參與的發展商亦透露，將藉此與政府相關部門、區內持份者及NGO溝通，合作舉辦休閒及慈善活動。至於交通方面，目前正爭取在PARK PENINSULA每一個項目設有穿梭巴士往返港鐵站，方案日後或有機會落實。

(經濟日報)

CIFI changes course for a $1.3b sale

CIFI (0884) switched its plan to sell its property at No 101 and 111 King's Road to Wang On Properties (1243) and APG Strategic Real Estate Pool for HK$1.34 billion instead of three of its major shareholders.

The deal could bring a gain of HK$21.8 million to CIFI. The net proceeds from the disposal amounted to HK$681 million after estimated expenses, and will be used as general working capital.

The Chinese developer bought the previous Sing Pao Building and its parking lot for HK$1.88 billion in 2018. The building is under demolition and will be redeveloped into a residential project with commercial space, which is expected to be completed in 2026.

It planned to sell 60 percent equity of the property to its major shareholders but later sold all the interests to Wang On Properties and APG Strategic Real Estate Pool.

Meanwhile, CIFI's contracted sales dropped 6.46 percent monthly to 15.06 billion yuan (HK$16.99 billion) in August, while the sold gross floor area slid 11 percent to 1.01 million square meters from a month ago.

In other news, a state-owned company in the northeast city of Shenyang is reportedly set to take over the remaining 7.56 billion yuan worth of shares of Shengjing Bank (2066) held by China Evergrande (3333).

And another developer, China Overseas (0688), has obtained a 100 million pound (HK$903.49 million) sustainable loan for five years, arranged by BOC Hong Kong (2388).

(The Standard)

3,341 flats await presale consent

Thousands of new homes are expected to enter the Hong Kong market shortly, with six projects 3,341 flats applying for presale consent in August, and the number of private flat completions rising by a quarter month-on-month in July.

Among the new applicants, Henderson Land Development's (0012) phase 2 and 3 of One Innovale in Fan Ling will offer 408 and 565 flats respectively, data from the Lands Department showed.

The department also approved three projects involving 2,305 flats in August, up by 42.3 percent from the previous month.

Newly approved projects include phase 2 of a residential project at 15 Shing Fung Road in Kai Tak, co-developed by K Wah International (0173), Wheelock Properties and China Overseas Land & Investment (0688) and providing 1,221 flats.

Meanwhile, 1,131 private homes were completed in July in the city, up by 25.4 percent from the previous month, the Rating and Valuation Department said.

The total number of private homes completed in the first seven months was 13,195, accounting for 57.7 percent of the government's estimate of 22,851 homes.

In urban renewal projects, the Urban Renewal Authority has invited developers to submit bids for Wing Kwong Street and Sung On Street Development project in To Kwa Wan, which had attracted 31 expressions of interest.

In the commercial market, New World Development (0017) has applied to rebuild the former industrial building now known as Koho in Kwun Tong into a 288,000-square-foot commercial building, increasing the plot ratio by 20 percent

And Sino Land (0083) has put up for sale three commercial floors in Kowloon Bay for HK$1.5 billion.

In the primary market, Miami Quay I in Kai Tak has received 1,000 checks for 195 flats on the first two price lists as of Monday, making them more than four times oversubscribed.

Wetland Seasons Bay in Tin Shui Wai , meanwhile, is expected to upload the sales brochure and unveil the first price list within this week, the developer Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016) said.

In other news, an application has been submitted for a compulsory sale of Bonny View House, an old residential building in Happy Valley with an estimated value of HK$522 million.

(The Standard)

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Li-Ning, Dior among luxury brands flocking to Canton Road in ‘iconic’ Tsim Sha Tsui with eye on Hong Kong’s borders reopening

Tsim Sha Tsui is an iconic business district, says Li-Ning, which is paying HK$2 million a month for a new 7,000 sq ft flagship store on Canton Road

Tsim Sha Tsui ‘a great location for brands to make a statement to the market’: property consultant

Tsim Sha Tsui’s Canton Road – once buzzing with tourists – has over the past two years become largely deserted, as the border between Hong Kong and mainland China remained closed to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

In recent months, however, this retail haven has been showing signs of recovery, with Chinese and western brands choosing the district for flagship stores or the expansion of their current foot print despite the continued absence of tourists.

There are several likely reasons for this: landlords have become more flexible with lease terms; retailers are anticipating the reopening of Hong Kong’s border; and brands are tapping the local population, which is willing to spend more on luxury items given that the city’s current quarantine requirements discourage them from travel.

Li-Ning, China’s biggest sportswear maker, for instance, is leasing a 7,000 sq ft shop on Canton Road for HK$2 million (US$254,827) a month, 70 per cent lower than the previous tenant’s lease, according to local media. The store in Silvercord, 30 Canton Road, will be Li-Ning’s first flagship store in Hong Kong and is expected to open this year.

“Tsim Sha Tsui is an iconic business district in Hong Kong,” a Li-Ning spokesman said on Tuesday. The Li-Ning Hong Kong Canton Road flagship will allow local consumers to “fully experience Li-Ning’s professionalism in sports products and services, and better understand our brand philosophy of ‘anything is possible’,” he added.

In 2018, before anti-government protests engulfed the city and triggered a decline in the number of tourists visiting Hong Kong, and before the coronavirus pandemic upended tourism, mainland Chinese visitors spent HK$7,029 each per trip. They made up more than three quarters of Hong Kong’s visitors that year and were considered the lifeblood of the retail industry. Tourism has contributed an estimated 32 per cent of the city’s services output in recent years, up from 21 per cent in 2003.

“Brands choose Tsim Sha Tsui for expansion mainly because the market is anticipating the reopening of borders in the near future,” a property agent said. “This is also a great location for brands to make a statement to the market.”

When the border with China reopens, Tsim Sha Tsui – only about a seven-minute taxi ride away from West Kowloon station, the sole station in Hong Kong for the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link – might be a likely first stop for mainland Chinese tourists.

While all of Hong Kong’s popular retail districts have seen a decline in rents, the Tsim Sha Tsui area is arguably the worst affected by the absence of tourists.

Since 2019, when the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, rents in the district have declined by 40 per cent, according to the property consultancy. According to another property consultancy, prime street shop rents in Tsim Sha Tsui fell 32 per cent in 2019, 25 per cent in 2020 and 6.1 per cent last year. As of the second quarter of this year, shop rents were flat.

But things might be looking up for Tsim Sha Tsui.

Harbour City, which is Hong Kong’s largest shopping centre and is located on Canton Road, is set to open about 100 new stores, including those of European luxury brands, by the end of the year. So far, it has opened more than 70 stores including Hong Kong’s largest Dior shop with nearly 10,000 sq ft across two floors of the mall. A Miu Miu speciality store also launched on Canton Road this year.

Another newcomer is Casa Loewe’s only store in Hong Kong, which spans 5,000 sq ft across two floors. Other brands such as Patek Philippe, Breitling, A. Lange & Sohne, Lanvin, Parisine and Malin+Goetz have also opened stores in the shopping centre this year.

“Harbour City has consistently strengthened its tenancy mix with world-famous brands, which have brought growth in footfall and car park utilisation,” said a spokesman for the mall. “As a result, in January to August, Harbour City’s footfall and car park utilisation on weekends and holidays increased by over 10 per cent compared to last year.”

Swiss and French luxury jewellers Piaget and Van Cleef & Arpels will also open stores at Harbour City later this year and the next, respectively.

Meanwhile, Hong Kong retail sales rose 4.1 per cent in July to HK$28.3 billion, provisional figures from the government show. In June, the sales of jewellery, watches, clocks and valuable gifts – considered the luxury category – rose 2.3 per cent from a year ago, according to the Census and Statistics Department.

(South China Morning Post)

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市建局歷來規模最大的單一重建項目，觀塘市中心第4和第5發展區「巨無霸」商業項目，昨日截收意向，合共接獲24份意向書，除大型發展商之外，亦吸引多家中型財團。

市建局表示，該局董事會設立遴選小組，將會按照訂定的入圍準則，就發展商項目發展經驗及財政能力，從收到意向書中，挑選符合資格發展商，並將根據董事會已批准主要招標條款，邀請入圍發展商，提交合作發展標書。

該項目將興建一個地標式、綜合政府設施及商業發展的建築群，不但增加觀塘核心地段的民生和經濟活力，亦為市中心營造社區節點和連接周邊的門戶，作為九龍東新地標。項目亦將提供政府、機構或社區設施樓面，以及大型休憩空間供市民享用，改善地區整體環境。

據現場所見及綜合市場消息，多家本地大型和中型發展商都有遞交意向書，包括長實、新地、恒基、信和、會德豐地產、鷹君、華懋、遠東發展、中國海外，另有多家不知名財團。

有測量師表示，由於項發展規模大，涉及投資額十分大，地價連同建築費及其他支出，估計投資額高達逾300億，相信大型發展商及財團才會積極入標。綜合市場估值介乎約184.1億至259.9億，每呎樓面地價由8500至12000元。

估值約184.1億至259.9億

另一測量師指出，項目規模及投資額大，估計最終只有3至4個財團入標；參考東九龍寫字樓呎租約25元至28元，個別優質物業能逾30元，項目估計數年後落成，屆時合理呎租約40元水平。

觀塘市中心項目是市建局歷來規模最大的單一重建項目，以五個區域分階段發展，該項目為最後一個發展區域，地盤27.56萬方呎，可建總樓面約216.59萬方呎。

可建總樓面216.59萬呎

為應對持續疫情及市況，市建局在該項目標書將試行「浮動規劃參數安排」，容許成功取得本項目的發展商及財團，在總樓面保持不變前提下，調撥指定範圍內商業樓面面積作辦公、酒店和其他商業用途；當中，商業樓面不可少於69.966萬方呎，需設於低層樓層，以保持項目位處觀塘區策略性位置的「市中心」特色。

該項目早前向城規會提交修訂申請，調整酒店、寫字樓及商業零售組合比例，增加項目彈性，當中酒店部分不設樓面下限至最多34.44萬方呎，意味中標財團可選擇不興建酒店或最多提供400間酒店客房。寫字樓部分則修訂為70.89萬至137.37萬方呎，最後商業用途樓面 (商店及服務行業、食肆、娛樂場所及教育機構)，則修訂為69.97萬方呎至102萬方呎。

(星島日報)

「環保」甲廈受捧空置率處偏低水平

當今社會較過往更講環保，尤其疫市下，健康生活成為大眾追求目標， 有代理指出，近年不論發展商起樓，大機構承租物業，焦點都放在「環保」商廈，期待物業在省電，排廢等環保方面達到水平，令用家擁有健康的工作環境。

有代理表示，近年來，「環保」甲廈盛行，截至今年7月，通過環評認證的甲廈總實用面積達2830萬方呎，佔甲廈總供應量38%，該類型商廈更受捧，空置率因而較普通甲廈低4.3個百分點。受發展商及用家追捧，在新供應方面，70%原定於2022年竣工的甲廈，已獲臨時認證，料明年更飆升至81%。

空置率低4.3個百分點

「環保」商廈建築成本並非特別高，另有代理解釋，環保在於投入心思及策劃，令物業更節能 (節省水電)，空氣流通，管理妥善，只要好好加以策劃，建築成本並不因而提高；近年，亦有業主重新打造現有已落成的商廈，加入環保元素，那麼，視乎不同的個案，費用大約為建築費的5%至20%。

「環保」商廈受客戶追捧，有大型保險公司由核心區遷觀塘，為響應環保，並訂下在2024年前達致炭中和的目標。

另一代理指出，未來商廈供應龐大，租戶選擇多，業主尋求不同途徑挽留及吸引租戶，環保成為吸客元素，尤其疫市下大家更注重健康。

根據代理行資料，截至今年7月，整體甲廈空置率攀升至11.3%，自2008金融海嘯以來最高，2022至2026年將有約1500萬方呎全新供應，業主可透過環保，提高其物業的競爭力。

(星島日報)

財團申強拍旺角兩舊樓

由財團併購的旺角聯業樓、東安樓最新向土地審裁處申請強拍，以統一業權發展，目前平均持有逾93%業權，市場估值逾1.76億。

據土地審裁處文件顯示，聯業樓位於利業街11及13號，而東安樓則位於利業街15號，由一家名為恒亞投資公司向該處申請強拍，前者聯業樓持有約92.86%業權，後者東安樓則持有約95%業權，兩幢舊樓計平均持有約93.93%業權，整個項目市場估值約1.7619億。

市場估值逾1.7億

聯業樓現址為一幢6層物業，地下為商鋪，樓上為住宅樓層，樓齡約50年。東安樓則為一幢9層高物業，地下為商鋪，樓上為住宅樓層，樓齡約51年。

項目位處油麻地、旺角商業地段，具重建價值，步行前往港鐵油麻地站約6分鐘步程，上址地盤面積5033方呎，坐落於「住宅 ( 甲類)」地帶，若以地積比率8.5倍發展，涉及可建總樓面約42781方呎。連同上述項目，土地審裁處今年迄今共錄20宗強拍申請個案，已超過去年全年16宗，並多出4宗。

另外，由The Development Studio創辦人兼主席簡基富 (Keith Kerr) 旗下灣仔堅尼地道33至35號項目，早年申建75伙住宅方案今年初遭城規會拒絕後；該公司今年中「捲土重來」、並維持原有其發展參數再向城規會申請放寬8.3%高限，以建一幢樓高28層的住宅，以提供75個住宅單位，可建總樓面約61624方呎不變；最新獲規劃署不反對，城規會將於周五 (9日) 舉行會議審議時，料會「開綠燈」通過。

(星島日報)

跑馬地舊樓掀財團併購熱 群雄「爭土儲」 至少7項目將重建豪宅

市區豪宅地皮新供應罕有，近年跑馬地舊樓頓成財團收購對象，目前已知至少有5個財團在區內「插旗」發展，涉及7個併購中或已完成併購的項目，另有2個現樓新盤仍在銷售當中，令區內形成群雄割據新局面；會德豐地產最矚目涉4個項目。

近年市區優質地皮供應，不少財團透過併購舊樓增土儲，據本報統計，區內有不少財團進行併購，已知至少有5個財團「插旗」，當中最矚目為會德豐地產密密擴展其區內版圖發展，日前接連向土地審裁處申請強拍翠景樓、愉華大廈及安美大廈三幢舊樓，總市場估值逾18.4億，若上述3個地盤合併發展，地盤面積擴展至17191方呎，以地積比率9倍重建發展計，涉及可建總樓面約154719方呎。

會德豐持4項目最矚目

除上述項目外，會德豐地產夥拍培新集團於今年3月以底價17.32億，成功統一雲地利道15號雲地利大廈業權；該項目地盤面積約17595方呎，可建總樓面約87975方呎。

另外，亦有財團於區內「插旗」密密併購項目，如同區禮頓道2及2A號及黃泥涌道161至173號一系列舊樓，早於2019年起獲財團併購，當中黃泥涌道167號馨閣7個單位，總作價超過2億。據指，總地盤面積約1萬方呎，可建總樓面約9萬方呎。

恒隆藍塘道洋房套現逾25億

除併購的項目外，亦不乏已完成併購的項目，其中，培新集團去年曾斥資約12.399億購入大坑道341至343號住宅項目雅居，以上述物業總樓面面積約1.8萬方呎計算，平均呎價收購高達6.9萬；當時該公司曾指，計畫將上述項目重建發展為低密度住宅。 另外，同區亦有不少豪宅新盤仍積極銷售當中，恒隆持有的藍塘道23至39號現樓洋房項目，共提供18座洋房，迄今已售出8座洋房，合共套現逾25億。

遠中集團旗下Eight Kwai Fong Happy Valley，迄今共售出32伙，套現逾4.1億。

(星島日報)

觀塘中海日升中心低層 每呎叫價2萬

觀塘區成功打造成九龍新商貿區，續有新興寫字樓陸續進駐區內，而不足10年樓齡的中海日升中心，罕有交吉放售。

有代理表示，觀塘中海日升中心近日有低層單位罕有交吉放售，單位面積約1,426平方呎，業主現意向價約2,852萬元，平均呎價約20,000元。

內部間隔四正 鄰近港鐵站

中海日升中心於2015年落成，樓高35層，設有豪華冷氣大堂，地下至2樓設有10多間食肆，3樓至9樓則為停車場，商廈單位內部間隔四正，用途多元化，由於大廈配套完善，食肆商舖為大廈帶來人流及消費力，故一直深受用家歡迎，低層商舖空置率長期維持低水平。

另外其位置亦見優越，坐落於駿業街核心工商業地段，比鄰城東誌二座-友邦九龍大廈及城東誌一座-安盛金融大樓等東九龍地標商廈，屬區內甲級商廈之一，位置優越，距離港鐵觀塘站僅5分鐘步程，附近備有多條巴士綫往返港九、新界各區，交通極為便利。加上物業鄰近區內大型商場apm及觀塘廣場等，配套一應俱全。

至於參考市場最新成交，其中極高層B室，面積約1,590平方呎，以約2,385萬元沽出，平均呎價約15,000元，另高層單位，面積約2,964平方呎，以每平方呎約38元租出，月租約11.3萬元。

該代理續指，近年觀塘區發展迅速，在鐵路效應帶動下，增加區內物業的升值潛力，商業氣氛更加濃厚，加上周邊大型商業項目相繼落成，觀塘區內的工商物業受注目程度大增，不少舊樓成為發展商及財團積極收購的對象，區內發展前景絕對不容忽視。

(經濟日報)

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Landmark South 勢打造成文藝地標

信和集團及帝國集團旗下首個位於港島南區的甲級商業合作項目Landmark South，有關建築工程現已進入最後階段。項目將打造成區內嶄新的文創及藝術孕育地標。

信和集團執行董事李正強表示，Landmark South 採用頂尖的建築規格及已獲多項綠色認證。配合近年黃竹坑的蛻變發展，結合甲級辦公室、零售、餐飲、藝術與創意社區於一身。是次項目與藝發局成為夥伴，由項目設計階段開始，已經與藝發局展開協商，一直保持緊密溝通，確保物業建築工程能夠配合藝發局在 Landmark South 內各項藝術設施的規劃、設計、功能和需要。

信和集團資產管理董事蔡碧林表示，Landmark South 自今年初開始招租， 接獲不少來自創意行業如室內設計、畫廊及建築師樓的租務查詢。

香港藝術發展局藝術空間、研究及發展總監陳安玲表示，Landmark South 大廈設備完善，藝發局位於此新落成大廈的新址作永久辦事處外，同時會開設及營運一個約5000方呎的展覽及多用途藝術空間、一個藝術資訊中心及27間以優惠租金租予藝術家的工作室。藝發局新辦公室及設施預計將於明年初啟用，而藝術工作室的招租工作將於本月中開始。

Landmark South 目前的招租進度理想，首批租戶已如期開始進駐。項目位於21樓的示範單位，以及位於8樓，佔地9200方呎的空中花園現已開放予有興趣的租戶參觀。

(信報)

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Kwun Tong job gets 24 expressions of interest

The Urban Renewal Authority's Kwun Tong town center redevelopment project's areas four and five, which have introduced flexibility in plot ratios in shaping a building complex with government facilities and commercial operations, has received 24 expressions of interest.

The Kwun Tong spread is the URA's largest-ever single redevelopment project spread across five areas.

The last phases of the redevelopment cover 25,595 square meters. Upon completion there can be a maximum total gross floor area of 201,220 square meters.

The authority initiated what it calls "floating planning parameters" in the tender of the project.

Under this arrangement, the total gross floor area is unchanged but flexibility will be given to the successful developer or consortium to determine the actual areas within specified ranges for office, hotel and other commercial uses.

It has also been noted when it comes to flexibility the Planning Department did not object to a plan for building 75 flats on Kennedy Road.

That project at 33-35 Kennedy Road, which is owned by Keith Kerr, a former chairman of Swire Properties (1972), had applied for the redevelopment to a 28-story residential building.

In the primary market, Miami Quay I at Kai Tak will launch its first round sale with 138 units next Monday. There will be 137 flats on the price list, and one will be sold via tender.

Dah Sing Bank (2356) has meanwhile raised the mortgage rate cap by 0.2 percentage points to 2.85 percent, which takes the number of banks in Hong Kong that have raised the mortgage rate cap to 10.

But Bank of China Hong Kong (2388) and Hang Seng Bank (0011) have not raised the cap.

A property agency said that Hong Kong home prices fell 2.4 percent in the second quarter, making it 145th in the world in the property price trend ranking.

Yet despite the weak performance of residential property prices in Hong Kong there has not been a significant fall in prices due to headwinds such as interest rate hikes and a rebound from the pandemic, agent said.

On the commercial property front, another agent said that the vacancy rate of Grade A offices reached 11 percent as of July - the highest since 2008 - because social unrest and the pandemic had affected Hong Kong's economy during the past three years.

And in the overseas property market, Chinachem Group bought the London headquarters of social media company TikTok for 158.5 million pounds (HK$1.41 billion) yesterday.

疫市下大手買賣暢旺，九龍灣高銀金融國際中心於上月底截標後，多名準買家積極競投，該全幢即將「名花有主」，本報獲悉，發展商南豐出價最積極，高達65億，奪標呼聲最高，預期兩個星期內落實交易，將成為今年最大宗買賣，平均呎價7629元。

九龍灣高銀金融國際中心放售多時，去年曾經「成功」出售，卻未如期成交，令市場嘩然，該幢傳奇商廈，今年5月再度推出招標，上月底截標後，近日進入終極角逐，多家財團決心在疫市下執平貨，紛向代理出價，更有的直接與項目接管人德意志銀行接洽。市場消息透露，該項目接獲出價最低近61億至65億，當中發展商南豐極具誠意，出價高達65億，拋離其他對手，現階段正就交易細節與德意志銀行洽商，並計畫兩個星期內簽署合約。

洽商細節 預期兩周內簽約

據知情人士續指，由於該項目涉資龐大，釐印費不是小數目，買方率先研究能否買公司，若然不可行，最後會買賣物業，該項目將成為今年以來最大宗買賣，以總樓面82.5萬方呎，平均呎價7629元。有代理形容，屬於吸引價，亦見證了財團趁疫市吸納優質盤源。

南豐鍾情東九龍，亦是區內大地主之一，矚目一役為2017年5月，奪取啟德1F區2號商業地王，作價246億，當時是賣地史上最高的造價，項目亦即將落成集商廈與商場的地標項目 AIRSIDE，提供逾191萬呎樓面。

呎價7629元 料回報4.7厘

有代理指出，高銀金融國際中心寫字樓平均呎租約30元，回報甚高 (4.7厘)，該廈位處單邊，建築具特色，里外都特別闊落，況且，九龍灣商廈租戶都是大公司，在此設立後勤部門，區內規劃佳，街道不塞車，未來發展潛力看高一綫。

高銀金融國際中心原由潘蘇通旗下高銀金融持有作總部，近兩年潘蘇通陷入財困，該全幢於2020年9月，被接管人委託標售，估值高逾120億，同年10月，高銀金融高調公布以143億向商人FONG Tim出售物業，兩個月後更傳出物業以逾140億易手。

不過，物業最終未如期成交，而且再次被接管，今年5月，由外資代理行招標，當時全幢物業市值逾100億。該廈位於啟祥道17號，高銀金融合組財團於2011年以約34.32億投得，2016年落成。

(星島日報)

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新文華中心相連鋪叫價5300萬

作為商業區及旅遊區的尖東，疫市下人流大減，市況低迷之際，鋪市亦靜寂，有業主於此時放售區內當眼的巨鋪，新文華中心一個地鋪，意向價5300萬，料新買家回報2.3厘。

有代理表示，尖沙嘴科學館道14號新文華中心1樓141至143及145至146號鋪，面積約2258方呎，門闊約42呎，意向價5300萬，平均呎價2.34萬。現租客為大眾銀行，月租10萬，連租約放售，預料2.3厘回報。

該代理表示，該物業位處通往港鐵紅磡站及紅磡體育館必經之路，人流聚集，適合飲食及零售行業，政府落實推出「3+4」檢疫方案，為市場釋出正面訊息。

開源工業中心意向價1062萬

另一代理表示，觀塘開源道55號開源工業中心A座10樓22室，面積約1800方呎，以交吉形式出售，意向價約1062萬，平均呎價約5900元，業主自用單位，設基本裝修，另有獨立洗手間及茶水間，適合中小型企業。按市值呎租約18元計算，料回報達3.6厘。該代理補充，業主於2010年以約420萬購入上址，若成功沽出，預計帳面獲利約642萬，物業約12年間升值約1.52倍。

(星島日報)

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老牌家族7.1億放售一籃子貨 上海街商住樓具重建潛力

老牌家族放售位處灣仔、油麻地等的一籃子物業，包括有全幢及半幢商住樓，以及多個鋪位，總面積逾5.28萬方呎，意向價共約7.1億。據悉，項目由老牌黃氏家族持有，早年從事紡織及製衣行業。

該批物業包括油麻地上海街286至288號全幢，位於永星里交界，距離油麻地港鐵站僅3分鐘步程，地盤面積約1430方呎，地下及地庫為商鋪及儲物用途，1樓至9樓為住宅，總樓面約11500方呎，意向價約1.7億。有代理表示，上海街項目佔處單邊地，鄰近均為單一業權，具重建價值，亦適合改裝共居空間。

分布灣仔油麻地等區

另一全幢為油麻地新填地街293至295號，地盤面積約1750方呎，地下為商鋪，1樓至8樓為住宅，總樓面約10630方呎，意向價約1.6億，項目經旺角行人天橋連接西九龍、奧海城及旺角商業區。以上兩項物業皆為單一業權，可整合作重建。

總面積逾5.28萬方呎

灣仔軒尼詩道363號為半幢物業，與361相連，意向價約1.7億，項目地下及閣樓為商鋪及儲物用途，1樓至14樓為住宅，總樓面約10305方呎，鄰近灣仔堅拿道天橋 (俗稱鵝頸橋)。

其餘包括大角嘴橡樹街76號一個地鋪及11個寫字樓、油麻地上海街635號一個地鋪及3個寫字樓、尖沙嘴山林道44號一個地鋪、深水埗大埔道77號6個住宅，及油麻地登打士街20至22號3個寫字樓及2個住宅。

(星島日報)

銀行接管灣仔中國恆大中心 再安排出售

市值80億至90億 較2015年購入價跌逾3成

內房危機持續，近月出現財困問題的內房恒大 (03333)，早前標售灣仔中國恆大中心全幢商廈，惟消息指，銀行已經接管該商廈，預計日後將會再安排出售，項目市值約80億至90億元。

據外電報道，中國恒大債務爆煲後，繼集團位於元朗和生圍的「皇宮屋」地皮發展項目遭債權人接管後，據公司註冊處資料顯示，在9月6日，持有灣仔中國恆大中心的項目公司 Pioneer Time Investment Limited 最新一份遞交存檔文件為「委任接管人或經理人通知書」。

換言之，該項目或亦遭債權人申請接管。市場人士預計，不排除項目短期內再由銀主安排出售，估計項目市值約80至90億元，預計較2015年購入價，跌逾3成。

總樓面34.5萬呎 出租率逾8成

早於今年中，恒大委託測量師行，標售其總部大廈中國恆大中心，並於7月初截標。當時長實 (01113) 確認入標，最終項目未有售出。物業坐落於灣仔告士打道，恒大於2015年以125億元購入自用，近一年多集團遇上財困，有需要出售資產以套現。現時大廈出租率逾8成，除了恒大自用樓面外，亦有保險等租戶。

去年8月，當時傳出中國恒大積極套現，擬出售灣仔總部中國恆大中心，市值料逾百億元，更傳出獲國企越秀地產以約100億元洽購，並洽談至最後階段。

惟去年10月，消息指越秀董事會最終否決有關建議，因憂慮恒大尚未解決的債務問題，最終退出收購。

事實上，近兩年疫情衝擊商業氣氛，再加上息口預計向上，商廈價格近一年明顯有所回調，相信現時物業市值已回落，涉約80億至90億元，按總樓面34.5萬平方呎計，呎價約2.3萬至2.6萬元。

近兩年因商業市道受衝擊，大型全幢商廈淪為銀主盤，個別於市場進行放售。九龍灣高銀金融國際中心早前被接管人委託推出招標，並在8月底完成次輪招標。市場消息指，項目獲數個財團競投，個別出價貼近意向價，有望短期內售出。

高銀金融國際中心銀主盤 料短期售出

該項目總樓面達85.2萬平方呎，消息指，有財團出價逾60億元，呎價約7,000餘元，若最終落實，呎價遠低於同區甲廈約3至4成。翻查資料，該廈由潘蘇通旗下高銀金融 (00530) 持有，早年購入地皮並發展成集團總部，惟近年潘蘇通陷入財困，高銀金融國際中心2020年9月曾被接管人委託標售，其後更公布售出，惟最終未有完成交易。

(經濟日報)

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西營盤紹德樓拍賣 底價2.1億

西營盤高街124及126號紹德樓，於今日 (9月9日) 進行公開拍賣，拍賣底價為2.1億元。該物業比鄰英皇書院，地盤面積約2,798.84平方呎，坐落於劃為「住宅 (甲類) 8」用途的用地，現為1幢於1966年落成的8層高商住樓宇，地下為商舖，設有兩條公共樓梯。

據了解，就上述項目申請強拍的申請人過往曾多次為新世界 (00017) 收購舊樓，故不排除背後財團為新世界或相關人士。

(經濟日報)

Evergrande's HQ seized

China Evergrande's (3333) Hong Kong headquarters has been seized by a lender after failing to sell the building twice due to its default on loans, the Financial Times reported yesterday.

The report came as the winding-up petition hearing of the debt-burdened developer was adjourned again to November 28, Hong Kong's High Court said yesterday.

Meanwhile, in China's embattled property sector, the city of Zhengzhou vowed to start building all stalled housing projects within 30 days, by making good use of special loans, asking developers to return misappropriated funds and encouraging some real-estate firms to file for bankruptcy. The local government required about 60 real estate companies to continue the construction of 72 suspended projects no later than early October, and to hire third-party auditors to account for the balance of funds.

有代理行指出，上月錄約1564宗工商鋪租務，宗數與7月份月相若，按年跌17%，市場觀望氣氛濃厚。

根據該行統計，8月份工商鋪總金額約1.11億，按月則增加約14%，不過，對比去年8月遞減約9%。金額升，受惠工廈及商鋪帶動，尤其工廈價量齊升，反映企業看好工廈前景。

宗數按年跌17%

該代理行認為，近日疫情反覆，確診人數增加，加上環球經濟未見明朗，租賃趨淡靜，隨着今年10月將公布《施政報告》及舉行中共全國代表大會，市場期待有重大政策出台，對租務有起動作用。

寫字樓表現最差，8月共錄約421宗租賃成交，按年急減約三成；金額約3394萬，較上月微跌外，按年遞減約15%。工廈租務價量齊升，8月錄約751宗成交，金額約2746萬，宗數及金額分別較7月份升約6%及約40%。

「兩大重點」決定後市

鋪市量跌價升，8月約392宗，按月跌約8%，按年跌約21%；金額約5045萬，按月升約15%，與比去年相比下跌約8%。最影響工商鋪為通關，「3+4」隔離措施是通關第一步，相信進一步安排將於10月19日實施。

該行又指出，兩大重點決定後市，相信《施政報告》提出政治、民生及經濟政策，以刺激經濟及消費，解決民生問題為大前提。10月16日舉行的中共全國代表大會，料談及香港管治政策，與政治及經濟前景息息相關，屆時前景將更清晰，加上零售及餐飲業需為聖誕新年檔期部署，料帶動租務交投。

(星島日報)

代理行：上月甲廈空置率錄9.9%

甲廈空置率未有改善，8月份整體甲廈空置率錄9.9%，較7月份的9.8%微升0.1個百分點，當中尖沙嘴空置率最新升至8.7%，繼7月份後，再次創2020年6月有紀錄以來新高。相比起7月份，灣仔/銅鑼灣是唯一空置率有改善地區，甲廈空置率由8%下跌至7.3%。

甲廈租金按月升0.8%

本港疫情持續反覆，市場觀望氣氛濃厚，甲乙廈售價均窄幅上落，整體甲廈售價上月按月跌0.8%，整體乙廈售價則按月升1.7%。

有代理表示，雖然疫情陰霾未過，但商廈價格早已大幅回調，帶動大手買賣，相信最壞時刻已過。加上近日多名社會上具地位的政商界人士，均發聲促請通關，港府正與內地商討「逆隔離」安排，令市場憧憬進一步放寬入境檢疫隔離要求，甚至全面恢復通關帶來曙光，相信若有關措施落實，跨國企業對寫字樓租賃需求更加明確，有利商廈市場。

代理又指出，寫字樓租金輕微向上，甲廈租金8月份按月升0.8%，但今年以來仍累積挫4.1%。整體乙廈租金則輕微向下，按月跌0.8%。

疫市下，核心商業區仍錄大手買賣，較矚目的為湯臣集團以約1.93億購入金鐘海富中心二座 13樓全層，呎價約1.8萬，創該廈近八年來呎價新低。另外，上海商業總會以1.2億購入中環南華大廈7樓全層，成交價約1.1億，呎價約2.9萬元，創該廈歷來呎價新高。

(星島日報)

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中環雲咸街鋪呎租84元跌33% 重返13年前水平 特色餐廳進駐

疫市下核心區租金大跌，食肆趁勢插旗建據點，中環雲咸街一個巨鋪，由特色餐廳進駐，月租30萬，並鎖定五年梗約，平均呎租84元，該鋪位舊租客亦是食肆，新租金較舊租跌逾37%。

上址為雲咸街54至60號中央廣場地下3號鋪，建築面積3546方呎，由食肆承租，起初兩年入場月租28萬，第三年之後加租，計及加租幅度，五年平均月租大約30萬，新租客為特色食肆，市場人士指為韓式餐廳，舊租客為美式扒房El gaucho，月租逾45萬，新租金較舊租下跌逾33%。上述巨鋪業主為發展商信和，多年來一直持有收租。

業內人士指，中環以皇后大道中為「主要幹道」，雲咸街最接近皇后大道中，聚集高級食肆，擋次較威靈頓街更高，雲咸街鋪位面積亦相對較大，雖然在疫市下，受衝擊理應亦大，只是鋪位多數由大業主持有，由於極具實力，租金減幅未如其他核心區，以上述鋪位最新租金，大約重返2009年前水平。

平均月租30萬

有代理表示，由該宗租賃可見食肆對後市有信心，趁現時租金下跌時租鋪，事實上，現時，市面上各食肆，在經歷兩年多疫市後，紛紛在開源節流及運作流程，下功夫作出調整，找到生存空間。

在疫市下，食肆成為鋪市的主要租客，中環核心區商廈林立，消費力強，吸納高擋食府在此設據點，部分食肆更闖出名堂。

鎖定五年長約

該代理又說，食肆趁租金下跌，在核心區鋪位插旗，博市況反彈復甦，零售商鋪位裝修相對地簡單，食肆則需要投入更多成本，除了更複雜的裝修外，還需要添置生財工具，回本期較長，因此，他們傾向簽署3年以上租約，部分租約更長至7年不等。

代理續表示，過往，食肆鍾情大樓面鋪位，近年則趨向追求細鋪，近年，大型酒店難做，不少老闆放棄固有的傳統經營模式，將業務重新包裝，走多元化路綫，傾向承租細鋪位經營，目前，市場上最普遍的食肆鋪位為約1000方呎至5000方呎，1000呎或以下主攻外賣，1000至3000呎做堂食較為普遍，部分連鎖食肆講求規模，鍾情面積至4000至5000方呎的鋪位。

(星島日報)

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憧憬通關 Weave Living斥32億購2酒店

位於觀塘旺角 鄧成波家族持貨逾4年蝕2億

市場憧憬通關，酒店再成熱捧對象。鄧成波家族以約32億元，沽出觀塘及旺角兩幢酒店，由近期積極入市的Weave Living承接。鄧成波早年合共斥34億元購入兩項目，持貨4至5年轉手，家族蝕約2億元離場。

市場消息指，近期積極沽貨的鄧成波家族，再售出兩項酒店。分別為觀塘悅品海景酒店，以及旺角旭逸酒店。

觀塘悅品酒店 約24.7億易手

其中觀塘悅品海景酒店位於偉業街，前身為麗東酒店，樓高31層，提供598間房，類型包括豪宅客房、家庭客房等，面積由200至400平方呎，屬觀塘區內罕有大型酒店，目前暫作檢疫酒店之用。據了解，酒店以約24.7億元易手，平均每房價值約413萬元。舖王鄧成波於2017年，斥23億元向恒地 (00012) 購入酒店，持貨5年轉手，帳面獲利約1.7億元。

旺角旭逸酒店 每房價值367萬

另一項酒店為旺角旭逸酒店，位於砵蘭街，提供199間房，包括標準及豪華客房，面積由100餘平方呎起，高層客房更享維港海景。物業位於油尖旺核心地段，故適合自由行旅客入住，目前亦作檢疫酒店用途。

消息稱，旺角旭逸酒店以7.3億元成交，平均每房價值366.8萬元。舖王鄧成波於2018年，以11億元向英皇購入酒店，持貨4年轉手，家族蝕約3.7億元。

現鄧成波家族沽出兩項酒店物業，套現約32億元，錄得約2億元虧蝕離場。

該家族今年相繼出售大型酒店，包括年初以14.2億元沽出荃灣汀蘭居酒店，蝕約2.6億元離場。消息稱，新買家同為Weave Living。

事實上，Weave Living今年積極入市，包括月初以2.75億元，夥拍基金購入半山羅便臣道68號全幢住宅。翻查資料，未計是次收購，Weave Living今年已於香港和新加坡收購合共4個物業，現時在兩地持有共10個物業，提供約1,500個住宿單位，包括年初斥13.75億元購入大角咀九龍珀麗酒店。

相信是次購入兩項酒店，將一如以往夥拍外資基金作投資。據估計，由於市場憧憬年尾通關，相信集團把握機會購入酒店，日後既可迎接旅客重返，或可作全幢服務式住宅作收租。

(經濟日報)

新港中心租戶重組 冀帶動人流

憧憬通關，核心區商場亦進行新部署。尖沙咀新港中心正進行租戶重組及提升，希望引入新租戶，以帶動人流。

新港中心位於尖沙咀廣東道，屬傳統零售核心地段，以往商舖甚為搶手。惟疫情持續兩年多，旅客跌至極少，令不少零售商撤出核心區。以新港中心為例，今年先後有品牌棄租複式舖位，令目前該商場空置率上升。據悉，商場現時總樓面約25萬平方呎，而個別樓層空置樓面偏多，此外，地下面向廣東道的複式旗艦店，目前仍待租。

李寧200萬租複式舖 租跌7成

隨着近期本港放寬檢疫措施，「3+4」新方案下，預計通關有望在年內發生，而零售商亦憧憬生意有轉機，加上租金回調，近期重回核心區。尖沙咀新港中心錄得一宗大手舖位租務成交，涉及地下及1樓複式舖位，約200萬元租出，成為今年核心區最大額租務成交。新租客為內地運動服裝李寧，近日舖外已貼上品牌標誌，預計第四季開設本港首間旗艦店。該舖地下面積5,243平方呎，1樓建築面積2,443平方呎，原由連鎖金行周生生 (00116) 自2005年開始承租，月租高達700萬元。如今李寧以約200萬元承租，租金下跌約逾7成。

整體零售氣氛有望向好，業主亦作出部署，為商場注入新元素。華創建投資產管理高級經理謝子欣指出，現時集團旗下新港中心多層樓面舖位，正進行租戶重組及提升。她指，留意到近年很多大型時裝品牌亦進行收縮，品牌大手租數萬平方呎巨舖情況較少，有見及此，商場內個別大型時裝品牌撤出後，將把舖位重新分間，如一個3萬多平方呎舖位，原由時裝店租用，遷出後現意向招攬其他新商戶進駐，包括特色餐飲、人氣商戶等，並以增強人流為標。她提到，如近期商場引入李寧運動服裝，將會售賣籃球鞋、羽毛球、瑜伽產品等，料可吸引一定人流。

新概念商戶 成招攬對象

她亦提到，近年興起一些結合娛樂、零售及餐飲的商戶，讓顧客可進行體驗及消費，這些新概念的商戶，亦正是招攬對象。租金方面，目前最細商舖由1,000至2,000平方呎起，意向呎租約80至100餘元起。

(經濟日報)

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尖沙咀商舖空置率 相對平穩

核心零售區空置率暫平穩，資料顯示，目前尖沙咀商舖空置率10.69%，按月不變。

港島表現較九龍理想

據一間代理行統計資料，8月各核心區商舖空置情況相對平穩，變幅輕微。整體港島區表現較九龍區理想，中環、灣仔及銅鑼灣空置情況均錄得改善，當中以中環區表現較突出，8月該區舖位空置率為13.32%，比上月減少0.02個百分點，與去年同期亦銳減約7.15個百分點。灣仔及銅鑼灣區舖位空置率同錄減幅，灣仔區8月份商舖空置率錄得約13.2%，按月減少0.29個百分點；銅鑼灣最新空置率則為5.5%，對比7月回落約0.16個百分點。

九龍區方面，尖沙咀相對旺角表現好。8月份尖沙咀區舖位空置率錄得約10.69%，按月維持不變；旺角區最新空置率錄得約8.88%，按月上升0.15個百分點。

(經濟日報)

尖沙咀新聲大廈 半零售行業合適

尖沙咀新聲大廈位於區內核心位置，非常方便，作半零售用途甚適合。

新聲大廈位於尖沙咀漢口道及北京道交界，處於大單邊，外形上非常搶眼。由於大廈定位為半零售用途，故交通方便非常重要。由尖沙咀港鐵站北京道出口，步行至該廈僅5分鐘步程，而附近彌敦道及北京道亦有巴士站，相當便利。

大廈所在地點，為彌敦道通往廣東道海港城必經之路，故物業可算是位處尖沙咀人流暢旺購物地段，有利營商。

其他配套方面，大廈基座為連鎖體育服裝旗艦店，同地段餐廳林立，附近為大型購物商場iSquare國際廣場，故整體配套甚佳。

每層4808呎 可分間8單位

大廈於1982年落成，樓齡達40年，即使樓齡較高，整體保養理想。物業正門入口位於漢口道，大堂算光猛闊落，提供3部升降機通往各樓層。

新聲大廈樓高15層，總樓面約6.25萬平方呎，每層面積約4,808平方呎，而大致上可分間為8個單位，面積由950平方呎起，適合中小型公司及零售商。該廈單位一大優點，是間隔非常四正實用。

景觀方面，1號單位可望向北京道一號及海港城，景觀非常開揚，而2至7號單位望向漢口道樓景。

用戶方面，據了解，該廈於本港零售暢旺時，主打名牌水貨及代購店集中地，吸納內地客及本地客生意，現時大廈不少樓面均由相關行業租用。另外，大廈頂層全層，由本港老牌發展商寶聲集團自用，該集團在港持有不少商用物業，作長綫收租。

租金上，大廈屬半零售用途，平均呎租約35元。

(經濟日報)

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多層樓面招租 呎租逾34元

寶聲集團旗下尖沙咀新聲大廈多層樓面，現進行招租，意向呎租約34元起。

最高層單位 呎租35元

有代理表示，新聲大廈多個單位現進行招租，如物業501至7室，面積約3,858平方呎，意向呎租約34元，另908室，面積約950平方呎，意向呎租約35元。至於最高層招租單位為1401室，單位享開揚景觀，面積約950平方呎，意向呎租約35元，單位適合作半零售用途。

同區商廈租金上，尖沙咀廣東道新港中心二座中層10至11室，面積約3,995平方呎，成交呎租約35元。另同地段力寶太陽廣場低層8A室，面積約1,700平方呎，以每呎約29元租出。至於位處金馬倫道金馬倫廣場中層C室，面積約499平方呎，以每呎約33.5元租出。

於乙廈買賣上，尖沙咀萬事昌廣場中層06室，面積約512平方呎，上月以約559萬元易手，呎價約1.09萬元。

(經濟日報)

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Kai Tak project kicks off sales

Miami Quay I, a new project in Kai Tak jointly developed by Wheelock Properties, Henderson Land (0012), New World Development (0017) and Empire Group Holdings, sold 42 flats yesterday.

The project launched the first round of sales yesterday, with 137 units on the price list and one unit to be sold by tender.

Ahead of the sales, the project had received 2,048 checks by Sunday, making the batch 14 times oversubscribed.

One customer spent HK$25.86 million to buy two flats - a three-bedroom unit with an area of 716 square feet and a one-bedroom unit with 315 sq ft - through an agency. The prices were HK$18.56 million for the three-bedroom unit and HK$7.3 million for the one-bedroom unit.

Another buyer purchased a three-bedroom flat for her family for more than HK$10 million.

Ricky Wong Kwong-yiu, an executive director of Wheelock Properties, said more flats may be put up for sale in the near future, depending on the sales progress of the first batch.

In the secondary market, transactions in 10 major housing estates rose over the long weekend with more sellers willing to cut their asking prices.

Over the weekend, another property agency saw the number of deals double week-on-week to a three-week high of 16, in addition to 19 deals over the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday.

The first agency, meanwhile, recorded 17 transactions, up by about 70 percent week-on-week, rising for two consecutive weeks and hitting a three-week high, in addition to 20 deals over the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday.

Agents said the secondary market performed better amid the gradual decline in property prices, improved sentiment and a dearth of new launches in the primary market.

On the other hand, rents for grade A offices dropped 4.1 percent for the first eight months this year during the persistent outbreaks of the pandemic in Hong Kong, the agency said.

August rents inched up 0.8 percent monthly and the vacancy rate of grade A offices reached 9.9 percent, up by 0.1 percent from 9.8 percent in July.

(The Standard)

Dismal sales by Miami Quay shows Hong Kong’s home market is in a ‘depression’, expert says

Only about 30 per cent, or 41 of the 137 flats on sale at Miami Quay in Kai Tak have been sold

Besides a resurgence in Covid-19 infections, Hong Kong’s homeowners and potential buyers are also bracing for higher mortgage rates

Hong Kong’s housing market is in a “depression” according to one leading property expert, who pointed to poor sales at a prime new development in the city centre amid a backdrop of falling home prices, an interest rate upcycle and a new wave of Covid-19 infections.

Only about 30 per cent, or 41 of the 137 flats on sale at Miami Quay in Kai Tak have been sold, according to agents. Wheelock Properties, Henderson Land Development, New World Development and Empire Group priced the first 137 units of their Miami Quay flats at HK$23,250 per square foot on average after discounts earlier this month. The entry price was HK$5.24 million for a flat that measured 250 sq ft.

“The market is panicking amid rising interest rates and the pandemic. So it’s been much quieter,” agent said. “It is Hong Kong’s problem. The entire Hong Kong property market is in a depression.”

The agent cited a poor economic environment for his bleak outlook, which has pressured both the primary and secondary markets. The agent added that upcoming new launches would have to wait until the economy improves. “Whichever project launches [now] will fail,” the agent said.

Miami Quay caters mainly to middle-class buyers, who have been hit by the current economic downturn, the agent said. Currently, only projects with a lower price range of HK$3 million (US$382,220) to HK$5 million, similar to that of Home Ownership Scheme flats, will sell now, the agent added.

There is prevailing wait-and-see sentiment in the market, with heavy discounts required to facilitate transactions in the secondary market, another agent said.

“With the recent volatile stock market, sentiment is sour and [property] sales have been relatively low,” the agent said, who also cited the interest rate upcycle and higher Covid-19 infection numbers in the city.

The first phase of Miami Quay, comprising 648 flats in three tower blocks, is scheduled for completion next August. Together, its two phases will comprise 1,219 flats. As the second housing project to go on sale at the site of Hong Kong’s former runway, Miami Quay initially fetched 2,048 registrations of intent, which means 15 buyers competed for each flat.

The poor sales at Miami Quay come around 10 days after Wang On Properties launched its Larchwood micro-flats in western Mong Kok, with some as small as 181 sq ft and priced as low as HK$3.83 million. The developer sold 33 of the 83 homes on offer that day.

Aa lived-in home prices market index fell 0.8 per cent to 171.83 for the week ended September 4 – the lowest level since February 2019. The index has fallen 5.1 per cent over eight weeks and this fall may steepen, according to an agency.

Aside a resurgence in Covid-19 infections, Hong Kong’s homeowners and potential buyers are also bracing for higher mortgage rates after the US Federal Reserve’s rapid interest rate hikes this year to tame the fastest inflation in America in four decades.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the de facto central bank, has increased its base rate in lockstep due to the Hong Kong dollar’s linked exchange rate system with the US dollar.

(South China Morning Post)

宏安北角項目總投資逾29億

宏安地產夥拍管理荷蘭最大退休金的資產管理公司匯集基金 (APG)，早前透過收購股權形式，斥資13.38億購入港島英皇道101號及111號地塊，宏安透露擬發展為以兩房及三房單位為主的住宅項目，預期項目的總投資額將超過29億。

該項目位於英皇道101號及111號，佔地面積約12695方呎，賣方為旭輝地產202006有限公司，分別由旭輝控股及宏安地產持有60%及40%股權。宏安表示，項目地點鄰近港鐵炮台山站，鄰近北角商業區及銅鑼灣維多利亞公園，周邊交通及配套設施完善，是港島東傳統住宅區的罕有大型地盤，地理位置優越，是次購入該地塊，土地成本不高於每方呎15000元。

宏安將運用其於舊區重建項目及開發特色時尚住宅的經驗，打造該樓盤項目，並計畫以兩房及三房住宅單位為主，預期將於2026年落成，總投資額將超過29億。

財團底價2.1億購高街舊樓

此外，由財團併購的西營盤高街124及126號紹德樓，昨日進行強拍，最終以底價2.1億拍出。該物業位處西營盤高街南面，毗鄰英皇書院，現為一幢8層高商住樓宇，地盤面積約2799方呎。

有代理表示，由於投得上述項目的財團於鄰近另有一個項目等待批准強拍，現時不能透露項目的發展計畫，但不排除會合併發展。

(星島日報)

Commercial site in Hong Kong’s arts hub West Kowloon tipped to fetch as much as US$1.3 billion in tender

The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority has put up for tender a 700,000 sq ft property to be developed into three commercial buildings

Sun Hung Kai Properties and Sino Land are likely bidders for the Artist Square Towers project, according to consultants

Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District Authority has put up for tender a 65,000 square metre (699,654 square foot) property to be developed into three commercial buildings with office, retail, dining and entertainment components.

The property could fetch a bid as high as HK$10.5 billion (US$1.3 billion), according to one valuation, given that Hong Kong’s tourism is likely to have recovered from its pandemic malaise by the time construction is complete in four to five years. Estimates put construction costs at HK$8 billion.

The project is a “landmark commercial development” to be dubbed the Artist Square Towers (AST) Project, according to the authority.

The plot is located at Artist Square in the West Kowloon Cultural District, a 40-hectare development touted as Hong Kong’s arts and cultural hub. The property lies close to facilities including the M+ contemporary art museum, the recently opened Hong Kong Palace Museum, the Lyric Theatre Complex currently under construction and an 11-hectare Art Park fronting Victoria Harbour.

The deadline for tender submissions is November 14 at 5pm.

“The AST Project is one of the flagship commercial projects of the [area], dedicated to creating a new cultural central business district in Hong Kong,” a statement from the authority said. “It will provide the private sector with a precious opportunity to take part in such an ambitious arts- and culture-led development.”

The winning bidder will have the development and operational rights of the AST Project for 47 years under a build-operate-transfer (BOT) model, unlike the usual 50-year grant given to the winning bidders of other land tenders in Hong Kong.

The site is adjacent to the commercial and residential area above Kowloon Station, which is a stop for the Tung Chung and Airport Express lines, and close to Hong Kong West Kowloon Station, which is the terminus and only station on the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link.

“The project will have good prospects in the long term, as after the opening of the Palace Museum, M+ and other facilities, the district will become a true cultural hub with a strong market position,” a property agent said. “Once the office and retail development is completed, the West Kowloon area will be another business hub [that is] even larger than the Quarry Bay island east hub.”

The foundation and basement car parking facilities in the district have already been built, the agent said, meaning lower costs and faster construction for developers.

“The project will be suitable for end users like large corporates looking for exclusive use of the building with a good naming-rights signage facing Victoria Harbour,” the agent said.

Sun Hung Kai Properties, which won the commercial parcel above the West Kowloon terminus, is likely to be interested in the project, as is Sino Land, which is part of a consortium that built the Grand Victoria residential project in southwest Kowloon. Sino Land also owns the China Hong Kong City commercial complex in neighbouring Tsim Sha Tsui district, which includes five office towers, a shopping centre, a hotel and a ferry terminal, a surveyor said.

“Developers will have a concern about the uncertainty with the 47-year model, as ordinary land grants in Hong Kong give the winning bidder a 50-year lease term and upon expiry, they only need to pay 3 per cent of the weighable value of the land,” the surveyor said.

Another concern is that since the authority managing the district is a statutory body, the winning bidder will have to deal with the Hong Kong government plus the authority, the surveyor said.

The surveyor estimates that the land and construction costs for the property at about HK$11 billion.

“This project is slightly different from a regular government tender site, as it is tendered under the BOT procurement model,” another surveyor said. “The total land value could reach HK$10.5 billion.”

“Taking into account the prominent future of the West Kowloon district, by the time the development is completed, it is likely to be after four to five years,” the surveyor said. “The pandemic should have hopefully vanished and the tourism industry should have recovered.”

(South China Morning Post)

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Hong Kong confronted by bleak outlook, with banks’ record high borrowing costs set to hit property market, economy

The one-month Hibor hit a 29-month high on Friday, while three-month Hibor was close to a 14-year high

An increase in the Hibor is set to force banks to increase prime rates this month, Everbright Securities analyst says

The interest rates Hong Kong’s banks charge each other for borrowing money have hit new highs and are expected to drive up their funding costs.

The one-month Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate (Hibor) – the benchmark for mortgage loans – rose to 2.01 per cent on Friday, a 29-month high, according to a mortgage broker. The three-month Hibor, the benchmark for corporate loans, climbed to 2.79 per cent, nearing a 14-year high.

The one-month Hibor stood at only 0.15 per cent at the beginning of this year, while the three-month rate was at 0.25 per cent. The mortgage broker said that it expected both to rise further this year.

A widening interest-rate gap between Hong Kong and the US has contributed to a flight of capital out of the Hong Kong dollar market and has increased funding costs at banks in the city.

The US Federal Reserve has increased interest rates four times since march to control inflation. Last month, it increased interest rates by 75 basis points for a second straight month after US inflation topped 9.1 per cent in June and was well above its 2 per cent target. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the city’s de facto central bank, has moved in lockstep with the Fed to help maintain the peg between the US dollar and the local currency.

The banks will, as a result, be pressured into raising their prime rates, the interest rates charged on loans made to private individuals and companies, this month after the Fed raises its rates for a fifth time this year on September 22, analysts said.

“Banks have, so far, not followed the US rate rises but an increase in the Hibor, which adds to banks’ cost of funding from the interbank market, is set to force them to increase their prime rates in September,” analysts said.

The aggregate balance – the sum of balances in clearing accounts maintained by banks with the HKMA – has fallen to HK$124.92 billion as of Friday, 63 per cent lower than the HK$337.53 billion in May, before the HKMA first intervened this year. The authority has intervened 31 times this year to support the currency peg, buying a total of HK$213.096 billion and selling US$27.15 billion US dollars.

The HKMA increased its base rate by 75 basis points to 2.75 per cent in July, in lockstep with the US Fed. The interbank interest rates followed suit – 12 banks have already raised the cap for Hibor-linked home loans, according to a mortgage broker.

However, HSBC and Bank of China (Hong Kong), two of Hong Kong’s three currency-issuing lenders, have kept their prime rate unchanged at 5 per cent. Standard Chartered, the third currency issuer, has kept its rate steady at 5.25 per cent.

But Banks will raise their prime rates by 25 basis points this month, followed by another 25 basis points by the end of 2022, said Kenny Wen, head of investment strategy at Hong Kong-based broker KGI Asia.

“The rise in the prime rate will increase borrowing costs including mortgage lending. That will bring a negative impact on home buying desire and hold back the economy as we have already recorded two quarters of negative GDP growth,” he said.

A customer with a 30-year HK$5 million loan will have to pay HK$656 more each month following a 25 basis points increase and HK$1,324 more following a 75 basis points increase, according to the mortgage broker. Should the prime rate rise a full-percentage point, this homeowner will see monthly repayments increase by HK$2,004.

The city has fixed-rate mortgages too, but most mortgages are linked to either the one-month Hibor or banks’ prime rates. Because of low interest rates since 2008, most homebuyers have opted for either Hibor or prime rate mortgages as it has been cheap. Fix rated mortgages become popular when interest rates are high or on a rising trend.

The ratio of new mortgage loans priced with reference to Hibor stood at 96.8 per cent in July 2022, according to HKMA data. New loans priced according to prime rates stood at 1 per cent, while fixed-rate mortgages stood at 0.1 per cent. The other 2.1 per cent were linked to other benchmarks that the authority did not elaborate upon.

“Hong Kong has entered an interest rate hike cycle. Homebuyers should evaluate their ability to afford a home before they make a purchasing decision,” a property agent said.

“But there is real demand and they are looking for bargain deals,” the agent said, adding that property market activity in Hong Kong will continue to slow down.

Home prices in the city fell by 1.6 per cent in July, sinking to nearly a two-and-a-half-year low amid rising interest rates and Covid-19 rules that continue to weigh on the city’s economy and the property market.

The closely watched weekly market index shows that on Friday secondary home prices at 130 housing estates fell to 171.83, their lowest level since the week of February 17, 2019.

An increase in prime rates would hurt the macro economy, an independent currency analyst said. Banks last raised their prime rates in September 2018, by 12.5 basis points.

疫市持續下，旅遊區鋪市寂靜多時，近期卻一枝獨秀獲中資巨企追捧，繼體育用品店李寧率先於尖沙嘴設旗艦店、免稅店DUTY ZERO一連承租中環及銅鑼灣黃金地段，手機生產商小米，將首度在港島區開設門市，看中銅鑼灣鬧市一個複式巨鋪，料短期內進駐。地產界人士形容，中資巨企平租遊客區靚鋪，儘管租金跌幅高達五成至七成，仍即時撐起鋪市，為鋪位市場注入強心針。

儘管小米早年進軍香港，在港島區卻一直沒有地鋪門市，多年來，只有設置於恒隆中心寫字樓內的樓上服務中心，面積約二千餘呎，該公司將首度在港島開設旗艦店，消息人士透露，小米看中銅鑼灣恒隆中心一個複式巨鋪，接近二千五百方呎，小米與業主恒隆幾乎一拍即合，業主樂於在租賃條件上提供優惠，料短期落實租賃，月租約三十萬，平均呎租約一百二十元。

小米洽租Fashion Walk複式鋪

本報就上述消息，分別向恒隆及小米查詢，恒隆發言人回應，他們不會對個別租戶作評論；小米則透過公關表示：「公司不予置評，如有進一步消息，會適時公布。」

知情人士則說，該巨鋪位處銅鑼灣記利佐治街十一至十九號Fashion Walk商場，為二號地鋪及一樓全層，面積各為六百多及逾一千八百多呎，鋪位「牛高馬大」，非常寬敞，Fashion Walk毗鄰為港鐵站，儘管在疫市下，街道仍然人流聚集。巨鋪前身為長情租客時裝店MAX MARA，進駐逾十年，早前遷走後，騰出連同地下一號鋪在內的近5000呎巨鋪，業主恒隆將之一拆二，其中一個地下鋪位旋即獲鞋店承租，餘下二號鋪及一樓全層，亦即將迎來小米。雖然鋪位成功覓得租客，不過在經歷近年的動亂及在疫情持續的洗禮，比較起舊租金，最新租金較高峰期跌約五成。

業主恒隆：不作個別評論

事實上，近期，中資巨企成為核心區鋪市「亮點」，闊別香港十三年的內地體育用品店李寧，繼二零零九年撤出尖沙嘴金馬倫道據點，闊別十三年，近期「大升呢」，進駐「名店街」廣東道，承租新港中心一個複式鋪，面積約七千八百方呎，月租更高達二百萬，租金較高峰期跌逾70%。

中國唯一由國務院授權，於全國各地開展免稅業務的中免集團，旗下與外資合營的DUTY ZERO，向來只有赤鱲角機場及東涌東薈城據點，近期衝出東涌，連環承租中環德輔道中及銅鑼灣羅素街鋪位，其中，中環鋪位更一簽三年梗約，足見其對後市的信心。

業界：為鋪市打下強心針

有代理表示，中資品牌連環租鋪，為香港鋪市打下強心針，中資公司對國內政策，有較深研究，他們行動積極，背後正因國家支持香港，事實上，在香港及澳門兩個特區當中，香港最新的「3+4」隔離，遠較澳門隔離時間為短，可見中央對香港的重視。該代理續說，第五波疫情後，核心區鋪市持續淡靜，現時與鋪市走勢最連繫為通關，「3+4」隔離措施成為通關第一步，相信進一步安排將會於十月十九日《施政報告》中發表，而另一重要事項為十月十六日舉行的中共全國代表大會，市場預期將對香港管治政策，與本港政治及經濟前景息息相關。

代理續說，過往核心區鋪租昂貴，只有奢侈品可以負擔，品牌即使願意支付巨大代價，亦難於與之爭一日長短，現在鋪租大跌，讓他們能夠進軍旅遊消費街道。

(星島日報)

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財團西營盤舊樓申強拍

港島區住宅用地供應有限，發展商積極透過收購舊樓強拍增加土儲，當中由財團併購的西營盤高街120至122號翠樺樓，最新獲土地審裁處頒下強制售賣令，底價為5.25億。

翠樺樓早於1968年落成，現為1幢12層高商住物業，地下為商鋪，樓上為住宅，物業佔地面積約4967方呎，若按擬議地積比約8.3135倍發展，可重建樓面約4.13萬方呎。

已統一毗鄰紹德樓業權

是次提出強拍的為寶盛國際興業、能成發展及禧兆出，於2020年申請強拍時，已持有約89.58%業權，最新則持有約93.75%業權，餘下3伙未成功收購。

事實上，上述舊樓毗鄰的高街124及126號紹德樓，上周五由同一財團以底價2.1億投得，成功統一業權，相信會合併發展。資料顯示，紹德樓坐落高街南面，位於薄扶林道與西邊街之間，毗鄰英皇書院，現為1幢於1966年落成的8層高商住樓宇，地盤面積約2798.84方呎，現劃為「住宅 (甲類) 8」用途。

(星島日報)

WEAVELIVING斥34億購觀塘旺角兩幢酒店

今年以來，基金積極入市，其中，WEAVE LIVING連環購入酒店及服務式住宅，最近斥資34億，向鄧成波家族購入兩幢酒店，觀塘悅品酒店作價約24.7億，旺角旭逸酒店以7.3億成交。

觀塘偉業街163號悅品海景酒店，樓高31層，房間數目598，面積由200至400方呎，目前作為檢疫酒店用途，該酒店以約24.7億成交，每房涉資約413萬，鄧成波於2017年斥23億向恒基購入酒店，持貨5年，帳面獲利約1.7億。

悅品海景每個房間413萬

另一幢為旺角砵蘭街旭逸酒店，以7.3億易手，項目提供199間房，每個房間366.8萬，面積100餘方呎起，目前亦作檢疫用途。業內人士指，由於該兩幢酒店位處市區，一旦疫情過去，前景看高一綫。鄧成波於2018年向英皇購入酒店，作價11億，持貨4年帳面蝕讓約3.7億。

WEAVE LIVING積極入市，上月亦夥拍環球房地產投資管理公司領盛投資管理 (領盛)，以2.75億收購位於西半山羅便臣道68號全幢住宅物業，以作服務式住宅項目發展，主攻年輕家庭客，以該項目總樓面約17163方呎計，呎價約16022元。

今年暫錄59.5億購物業

WEAVE LIVING年初亦以合營企業形式，向德祥地產購入大角嘴九龍珀麗酒店，作價13.75億，今年5月夥拍美資基金安祖高頓，以9億購入西環皇后大道西338號至346號華麗都會酒店全幢，故該主攻共居及服務式住宅品牌於今年以來連購5項目，合共斥資約59.5億。

(星島日報)

柴灣全幢工廈放售市值10.8億

柴灣工業區不乏單一業權工廈，現時，區內豐業街宏亞大廈全幢放售，市值10.8億。

平均呎價6767元

宏亞大廈位於豐業街8號，地盤面積約15392.52方呎，樓高13層另加頂層天台，現址建築面積共約159593方呎，以市值10.8億計算，平均呎價6767元，地下設停車場及上落貨位，樓上為貨倉或工業用途，若以目前建築發展規劃，地積比為12倍，若申請增加20%建築面積，最多可建面積約221652方呎，樓面呎價約4873元。該廈目前由業主自用數層樓面，部分則租出，平均呎租12至13元，大廈於1982年落成。

有代理表示，該物業坐落柴灣工業區，約20分鐘車程即達葵涌貨櫃碼頭，連接機場及各內陸運輸口岸僅需約40分鐘，物業亦鄰近前中巴車廠重建項目，區內加速轉型，發展潛力龐大。

代理續說，該全幢有機會併購相鄰兩幢工廈，發展大型物流中心或數據中心，還有，當前中巴車廠大型重建項目一旦落成後，區內商業及交通配套將會更趨完善，相信物業將吸引物色優質投資或重建機會的發展商和投資者注意。

(星島日報)

渣甸山白建時道83號 10億標售

市場再有屋地放售，渣甸山白建時道83號獨立屋地，最新委託測量師行進行招標出售，意向價10億元，每呎樓面地價約12.78萬元，截標期為下月20日 (周四)。據悉，業主為從事建築工程的南美堅記有限公司陳氏家族。

重建樓面7824呎 呎價12.78萬

渣甸山白建時道83號獨立屋地比鄰大潭郊野公園、渣甸園，地盤面積約13,040平方呎，現為兩層高的低密度洋房，連佔地近1萬平方呎的特大庭園、私家泳池及停車場，目前坐落於劃為「住宅 (丙類) 1」用途的用地之上。以地積比率為0.6倍重建，可重建樓面面積約7,824平方呎，而業主意向價為10億元，即每呎樓面地價約12.78萬元。

據了解，持有上述屋地的陳氏家族近年亦曾沽貨套現，包括於2020年以1,415萬元沽出西半山柏道蔚庭軒2伙。

翻查資料，白建時道81號由合生創展創辦人朱孟依或相關人士，於數年前以約8億元購入，並在2020年獲批重建為樓高3層、總樓面面積約5,508平方呎的洋房。另外，有指佔地逾1萬平方呎的白建時道6號，數月前亦由美心集園主席伍偉國或有關人士以7.5億元買入，反映該區低密度洋房吸引有實力的買家追捧。

有測量師指，該地段位處白建時道、畢拉山道及軒德蓀道交界，形成罕有的三邊島形屋地，屬於區內罕有屋地供應。

(經濟日報)

油塘工業區 搖身變臨海住宅

油塘工業區近年轉型加快，發展商積極推動區內工廈重建，目前仍有5個重建項目正在進行，預計將提供近3,500伙，將逐漸變成一個臨海住宅區。

油塘區內有2個工業區，當中位於油塘東南部、鄰近三家村、鯉魚門的東源街、高輝道交界一帶的工業區，以分層工廈為主，過去10年陸續有工廈重建成住宅項目，例如包括嘉賢居、鯉灣天下、OCEAN ONE、海傲灣、曦臺、PENINSULA EAST，大部分前身均屬於工廈重建而成。

5項目重建 料增3500伙

當中臨海部分規劃為「綜合發展區」，業權相對集中，在近年政府先後批出多幅住宅用地，包括蔚藍東岸、海傲灣為近年批出的住宅官地，前者由五礦地產 (00230) 於2016年以約40億元投得，興建4幢住宅大廈，提供約688伙，區內住宅發展開始成形。

至於目前正在進行規劃及重建中的項目，則仍有5個，合共將提供近3,500伙，當中規模最大為越秀地產 (00123) 就持有的油塘東源街冷藏貨倉及比鄰政府土地，將建4座23至27層高的商住物業，涉及約65.8萬平方呎住宅樓面及約1,016平方呎非住宅樓面，總樓面約65.9萬平方呎，提供約1,393伙。

而臨海的綜合發展區部分，則有長實 (01113) 東源街5及8號項目，發展商已經在2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903伙，當中405伙為面積少於431平方呎的小型單位。

宏安購油塘工廈8成業權

另外曾經在區內收購工廈重建成曦臺的宏安 (01222) ，於今年初再出手，以約5.8億元購入四山街18至20號油塘工業大廈第4座超過8成業權，每平方呎收購價高達約4,100元，發展商將申請透過強拍以統一大廈業權並作重建。該工廈於1979年落成，現為樓高4層的工業大廈，地盤面積約41,800平方呎，規劃為「住宅 (戊類)」，預計重建作商住用途，最高地積比率6倍，可建樓面約25.08萬平方呎，估計可以提供約400至500個中小型住宅單位。

鄰近同為四山街的世運貨倉，則在早前由已故「船王」包玉剛家族旗下的康世集團，申請重建成住宅，提供約445伙。除了在油塘工業區重建加快外，位於港鐵 (00066) 油塘站南面的油塘灣近年亦有進展。項目由恒地 (00012) 等發展商牽頭展開全面重建，目前跟政府商討補地價中，將會興建逾6,000伙。

(經濟日報)

油塘工廈均價4000 略低於觀塘

油塘工業區內工廈呎價平均約4,000元水平，略低於鄰近的觀塘區工廈，當中較近港鐵油塘站的油塘工業城，近期平均呎價約4,500元。

油塘工業區內工廈樓齡普遍較舊，亦有不少業權分散，而位於高輝道17號的油塘工業城，樓齡約33年，分為A及B座，位置相對較近港鐵油塘站，前方更可眺望油塘灣海景。

油塘工業城 17年升價8倍

據EPRC經濟地產庫資料顯示，油塘工業城近期平均成交呎價約4,489元，成交單位面積介乎約1,564至2,908平方呎，大部分單位面積大約千餘平方呎，成交價約為600萬至1,000萬元。例如，B座低層B6室，面積約1,572平方呎，在今年中以約650萬元易手，平均呎價約4,135元。原業主於2005年以約70.4萬元購入該單位，持貨17年，升值逾8倍，帳面獲利達近580萬元。

至於位於茶果嶺道610號生利工業中心，位置在油塘大本型商場對面，樓齡約42年，早前高層7室以約680萬元易手，單位面積約1,716平方呎，呎價約3,963元。原業主2007年以約80萬元購入，持貨15年至今轉手升值7.5倍。油塘工業區工廈亦有不少單位面積較細，適合資金相對有限的投資者。

(經濟日報)

Jardine's Lookout house in $1b offer

A house on Perkins Road at Jardine's Lookout has been put up for sale with an indicative price of HK$1 billion.

The detached house at No 83 Perkins Road, with a site area of 13,040 square feet, is available for tender until October 20, a surveyor said.

With a plot ratio of 0.6 times, it has 7,824 square feet of floor area which can be redeveloped, leading to a price of HK$12,781 per square foot.

The two-floor luxury house has a garden of nearly 10,000 square feet, a private pool and a parking lot and is also close to business districts such as Central and Causeway Bay.

The house is now held by a construction service provider, Nam Mui (Kin Kee) Company, which was established in 1970 and is controlled by a Chan family.

Owning some properties in Hong Kong, the landlord also cashed in HK$14.15 million by selling two units of Wilton Place in Mid-Levels two years ago.

On Perkins Road, a house of 9,185 square feet site area at No 81 was bought by a founder of Hopson Development (0754) Chu Mang-yee for HK$800 million in 2019, while a luxury property of 10,716 square feet site area at No 6 was purchased by Maxim's Caterers' chairman Lawrence Ng Wai-kwok for HK$700 million this June.

In other news, the mortgage-linked one-month Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate rose by 5.7 basis points to 2.06484 percent yesterday, nearing the high of 2.15661 percent in February 2020.

(The Standard)

Recent Hong Kong home buyers stand to lose millions as prices decline – some already have

Many people who bought homes over the past five years are now facing a loss – at least on paper – as prices continue to slide

Some owners who had to sell have taken significant losses – in one case to the tune of HK$5.85 million (US$745,334)

Many homeowners who bought flats in Hong Kong over the past five years are looking at a loss if they decide to sell now, as the housing market enters a downward cycle amid rising interest rates, a recession and a wave of emigration.

In fact, some owners who bought high have been forced to sell low recently, turning paper losses into real losses – in one case to the tune of HK$5.85 million (US$745,334).

Many homeowners who bought homes after mid-2017, when prices were higher than the current level, may find themselves in the same position if they choose to sell, property agent said. A total of 327,419 private homes fall into that category, according to Land Registry data.

“Negative factors such as the US-China trade war, social unrest, Covid-19, and rising interest rates have caused property prices to soften,” the agent said. “Therefore, those who entered the market at a high price in the past few years have a high chance of experiencing paper losses.”

For most of 2018 and 2019 the government’s index of lived-in home prices ran higher than the latest reading of 376.1 in July this year, according to official data released by the Rating and Valuation Department. For example, the index is now 5.2 per cent below the 396.9 it registered in May 2019, before the outbreak of social unrest and the coronavirus pandemic.

The HK$5.85 million loss came on a four-bedroom, 1,318 sq ft flat with a sea view at Harbour Glory in North Point, which changed hands for HK$42 million in early September, 12 per cent below what the owner paid the developer, CK Asset Holdings, in 2017, according to another property agency.

The person decided to “sell as soon as possible and leave the market, as Hong Kong is about to enter the interest rate upcycle,” another agent said.

In Sai Kung, a seller lost HK$3.85 million on a three-bedroom, 1,108 sq ft flat with a garden at Mount Pavilia, which changed hands for HK$17.8 million, 18 per cent below the original price in 2018, according to property agency.

The district in August saw at least four recent loss-making deals at developments completed in the past few years, agent said.

A market index, fell 0.8 per cent to 171.83 for the week ended September 4 – the lowest level since February 2019. The index has fallen 5.1 per cent over eight weeks and may fall further and more sharply.

Among 144 new projects that launched since 2018, 42 of them, or about 30 per cent, have seen flats sell recently for less than the average price per square foot for all sales, according to data from Dataelements, a data provider that tracks new residential properties in Hong Kong.

Part of the reason may be the different sizes of the units sold, according to Dataelements.

Phase one of Emerald Bay, developed by debt-laden developer China Evergrande Group, recorded the biggest drop at 16.7 per cent.

The city’s homeowners and potential buyers are braced for higher mortgage rates since the US Federal Reserve embarked on a rapid succession of interest rate hikes in March to tame the fastest inflation in America in four decades.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the de facto central bank, has increased its base rate in lockstep under its linked exchange rate system with the US dollar.

The US central bank raised its benchmark rate for two consecutive months in June and July, and the market widely expects US interest rates to increase for a fifth time this year by another 50 to 75 basis points in September.

“The downward trend of home prices in Hong Kong has not stopped,” agent said. “With the loss of market confidence, the decline tends to widen.”

Buyers in Hong Kong tend to hold onto their properties for at least three years, until they are no longer liable to pay the Special Stamp Duty. Therefore buyers who made their purchases in 2018 account for the majority of buyers facing potential losses right now, agent said. Later, more 2019 buyers will gradually begin facing the predicament.

At The Pacifica in Cheung Sha Wan, a homeowner in a rush to emigrate sold a 441 sq ft flat for HK$7.6 million – the lowest price for a flat of that size there in one-and-a-half-years – losing HK$480,000 compared with the May 2019 buying price of HK$8.08 million, according to another agency.

At The Visionary in Tung Chung, a foreign pilot who left Hong Kong early this year lost HK$1 million selling a three-bedroom, 1,033 sq ft flat for HK$11.5 million in late August, absorbing an 8 per cent loss on his August 2019 purchase.

An agent attributed that the widening decline to the city’s higher Covid-19 infection numbers, deterioration in the overall investment sentiment with the plunging Hang Seng Index and interest rate increases, which may dampen investment sentiment and developers’ recent property launches at low prices.

If there is no good news this month, the decline in property prices will not stop, and home prices will fall by about 8 per cent this year, agent said.

有外資代理行發表最新研究報告指，過去三年 (2019年至2022年) 受到疫情及環球政治緊張局勢影響，甲廈出現歷史上最長、最深下行周期，截至上月，最新空置樓面升至1130萬方呎，創歷來新高，相當於5幢中環國際金融中心二期的規模，最新空置率為13.5%。

歷來最長下行周期

該行指出，過去三年間，各行業租用之樓面均明顯減少，當中以批發與零售、物流與貿易行業租用面積大幅削減10.4%，即約120萬方呎屬於最多。中資企業亦不如疫情前活躍，近三年新租用樓面大減一半。

948家企業縮租用規模

據該行研究報告指，2019年3月至2022年3月期間，各行業減少租用寫字樓，令甲廈租用面積由2019年3月的7530萬方呎，跌至今年的7300萬方呎，減幅約3.1%。

按行業劃分，批發與零售、物流與貿易行業租用的甲廈面積，由1190萬方呎降至1070萬方呎；法律及專業服務由680萬方呎，降至620萬方呎，為兩大跌幅最深類別，分別達10.4%及8%。至於資訊科技、科技及電訊，最新租用甲廈樓面為420萬方呎，亦較三年前減少6.3%。截至2022年3月的三年內，共有948家企業 (或佔甲廈租戶9.5%) 縮減租用空間。

(星島日報)

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中環聯盛大廈全幢2.98億易手 投資者羅守輝沽貨 20年升值近9倍

疫市持續下，有投資老手沽售旗下非核心物業，為未來做好部署，投資者羅守輝旗下TOYOMALL剛沽售中環聯盛大廈全幢商廈，作價2.98億，平均呎價2.78萬，持貨20年升值近8倍。買家為新世界創辦人鄭裕彤外孫杜家駒。

市場消息透露，中環皇后大道中118及120號聯盛大廈全幢商廈，以2.98億易手，該廈佔地1261方呎，樓高11層，總樓面10711方呎，以易手價計算，平均呎價2.78萬，物業屬銀座式商廈，地鋪為北京同仁堂，樓上租客包括西餐、印度菜、財務公司等，月租合共70萬，以易手價計算，新買家料收約2.8厘。原業主TOYOMALL於2002年7月以3038.8萬購入上址，持貨逾20年，帳面勁賺2.676億，物業升值約8.8倍。

投資者杜家駒承接

知情人士形容，上述買賣雙方皆大歡喜，一拍即合，TOYOMALL經過長時間持貨，物業錄可觀升值，認為是適當止賺機會，套現後，更好為將來作部署，尋找更佳的投資項目；買家杜家駒則購得心頭好，認為核心地段全幢物業難得放售，物業屬於優質盤源，不論市好市差，收租回報有保證，更預料疫市後回報有所增長。該宗交易以買賣形式進行，買家亦得以節省可觀的釐印費。

該物業位處中環及上環港鐵站之間，接近中環街市及中環中心，步行至港鐵站約3至5分鐘步程。

料回報2.8厘

杜家駒為新世界創辦人鄭裕彤外孫，現時亦是新創建非執行董事，他對區內迷你商廈情有獨鍾，早於去年中，他與父親杜惠購入區內荷李活道35至37號C Wisdom Centre全幢商廈，作價4.32億，該廈每層寫字樓僅約950方呎，屬於迷你商廈，樓高26層，總樓面23889方呎，平均呎價18084元，現時月租約80.7萬，料回報約2.2４厘，原業主為章鎮泉等人，章家為本地低調老牌家族，上世紀七十、八十年代從事工業行業。

杜氏亦於今年初沽售粉嶺業暢街6號新中國洗衣集團大廈全幢，作價4.5億，於1999年以3868.8萬購入，持貨23年帳面獲利逾4.1億，升值逾10倍。

(星島日報)

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西營盤項目中標價高次標9%

遠東發展上月以12.4億力壓8財團、投得的市建局西營盤崇慶里/桂香街發展項目，該局以不具名方式，公布其餘8份落選標價，出價介乎6.43億至11.38億，呎價約6785至12009元。而中標價較次標高出約9%，可見首兩標出價相當接近。

該項目在7月中旬接獲共9份標書，市建局於8月初批出項目發展權，最終由遠東發展以12.4億力壓8財團奪得，每方呎樓面地價約13085元，屬低市場估值下限價。市建局昨日以不具名方式，公布其餘8份落選標價，只有首兩標出價逾11億，其中次標出價約11.38億，與中標價相差約1.02億，樓面呎價則約12009元，首標較次標僅高約9%。

最低入標價僅6.43億

其餘的投標價均不足10億，緊隨其後為9.88億，與中標價相差約25.5%；另外，亦有2個財團以「執雞」心態低價入標，出價不足7億，當中最低入標價僅6.43億，與中標價相差約5.97億，差幅達約92.8%，樓面呎價僅約6785元。

項目位於崇慶里1至7號、桂香街12至16號及德輔道西216至218號，鄰近私樓薈臻，距離港鐵西營盤站僅2分鐘步程；地盤面積約1.16萬方呎，可建總樓面約9.48萬方呎，當中商業樓面約4306方呎。

近期市建局加快推出項目，城規會早前就《市建局昌華街/長沙灣道發展計畫草圖》提出修訂，將昌華街/長沙灣道發展計畫用內的地劃為「住宅 (甲類) 地帶」、「政府、機構或社區」地帶及「休憩用地」地帶等，以提供約830伙住宅單位，有關修訂於諮詢期收到270份申述，當中268份屬支持，只有2份為反對，最新規劃署並不支持該反對意見，而城規會將於明日舉行會議審理有關申述。

(星島日報)

More homes priced at Wong Chuk Hang

A sixth price list has been released for SouthLand in Wong Chuk Hang, developed by Road King Infrastructure (1098) and MTR Corporation (0066).

The project will also open show flats today.

Of 80 flats on the sixth list, the cheapest is HK$8.87 million and the average price is HK$36,862 per sq ft after discounts.

The 80 homes take in 44 studios, eight one-bedroom flats, 11 with two bedrooms and 17 with four bedrooms ranging from 290 square feet to 1,218 sq ft.

Across at Miami Quay I in Kai Tak, meanwhile, a third price list covering 65 homes with an average price of HK$24,996 after discounts has been released.

Developed by Wheelock Properties, Henderson Land Development (0012), New World Development (0017) and Empire Group, Miami Quay I is also expected to launch a second round of sales of 140 flat this Sunday.

Elsewhere, a house on Clear Water Bay Road in Sai Kung has been put up for tender, with a market valuation of HK$218 million. The house was apparently among locations for shooting a biographical musical drama about late Cantopop star Anita Mui.

In commercial property news, smartphone giant Xiaomi (1810) is set to open a flagship store on Hong Kong Island after leasing a shop with a monthly rent of HK$300,000, or HK$120 per sq ft. The shop is at Fashion Walk in Causeway Bay and the latest rent for the premises is down 50 percent from peak times.

Xiaomi joins other mainland brands in leasing premises in the city's core shopping and business districts.

Earlier this month Li Ning (2331) moved to open a flagship store in Tsim Sha Tsui's Canton Road with a rent that could be as much as HK$2 million per month, although such a rent would be 70 percent lower compared to the peak.

Meanwhile, Duty Zero backed by travel retailer China Tourism Group Duty Free Corp (1880) leased stores in Central and Causeway Bay recently.

And in a broader property picture, the vacancy rate for Grade A office space in Hong Kong reached a record high of 11.3 million square feet in August according to a property consultancy, which expects rents to have dropped by up to 5 percent across all 12 months at the end of this year.

有代理行統計指，本港疫情持續反覆，市場觀望氣氛濃厚，甲乙廈售價均窄幅上落，整體甲廈售價上月按月跌0.8%，整體乙廈售價則按月升1.7%。

該行代理表示，雖然疫情陰霾未過，但商廈價格早已大幅回調，帶動核心區商廈於疫市下仍錄大手買賣，相信現時最壞時刻已過。加上近日多位社會上具地位的政商界人士均發聲促請通關，以及港府亦正與內地商討「逆隔離」安排，無疑令市場憧憬進一步放寬入境檢疫隔離要求，甚至全面恢復通關帶來曙光，相信若有關措施落實，跨國企業對寫字樓的租賃需求會更加明確，有利商廈市場。

空置率仍高企

寫字樓租金輕微向上，甲廈租金8月份按月升0.8%，但今年以來仍累積挫4.1%。而整體乙廈租金則輕微向下，按月跌0.8%。

甲廈空置率仍然未有改善，8月份的整體甲廈空置率錄9.9%，較7月份的9.8%輕微上升0.1個百分點，當中尖沙咀區的空置率最新升至8.7%，是繼7月份後，再次創2020年6月有紀錄以來新高。而相比起7月份，灣仔 / 銅鑼灣區是唯一空置率有改善之地區，甲廈空置率由8%下跌至7.3%。

疫市下，核心商業區仍錄大手買賣，上月市場較為矚目的成交為湯臣集團以約1.93億元購入金鐘海富中心二座13樓全層，呎價約1.8萬元，創該廈近8年來的呎價新低紀錄。另外，上海商業總會以約1.2億元購入中環南華大廈7樓全層，呎價約2.9萬元，創該廈歷來呎價新高。

(經濟日報)

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銅鑼灣積福大廈基座標售 估值2億

銅鑼灣謝斐道415至421號積福大廈1樓至3樓連部分大廈外牆、天台及高層天台，最新委託代理行以公開招標形式出售，包括積福大廈基座1樓至3樓，每層約4,000平方呎，總建築面積約11,924平方呎，市場估值約2億元，截標日期為11月10日。

該行代理指，位於銅鑼灣核心逾萬呎的大樓面基座商業物業供應稀少，而設有獨立地下入口及專用升降機的則更為罕有，相信是次物業推出市場可吸引到不同類型的用家及投資者注目。

(經濟日報)

鷹君中心全層意向租金70萬

有代理行表示，灣仔鷹君中心中層全層放租，面積約13231方呎，業主意向租金約70萬元，呎租約53元。

該行指出，是次放租物業為同區罕有大面積全層單位，坐擁維港海景，配備全新寫字樓裝修，用戶可即租即用。大廈擁有8部載客電梯及1部載貨電梯，方便用戶出入。

(信報)

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簡基富5.75億購九龍城舊樓

市建局於5月宣布啟動九龍城衙前圍道 / 賈炳達道大型重建計畫，有發展商趁勢於區內插旗。太古地產前主席兼行政總裁簡基富旗下The Development Studio (tds)，斥資5.75億購入太子道西452至464號舊樓，將重建精品住宅，項目總投資逾12億，主打一至兩房戶。

重建住宅總投資12億

The Development Studio購入兩項舊樓，太子道西452號、456至464號及打鼓嶺道1號，以3.8億易手，佔地面積約6400方呎，還有，太子道西454號舊樓亦作價1.95億，佔地面積約2000方呎，兩地盤合共佔地逾8000方呎，料地積比9倍，重建後總樓面逾7.2萬方呎，樓面呎價逾7800元。

主打一至兩房戶

該公司投資部主管鄭冠麒回應指，該項目鄰近港鐵站，將投資12億興建精品住宅，大約100伙，主打一房至兩房戶，最快2025年推售，基座設商場，集團看好九龍城及啟德發展區，區內大型重建將帶旺人流。

市場消息指，太子道西452號為一幢樓高6層商廈，於1973年落成，地盤面積約1403方呎，太子道西456至464號則為一幢1965年落成商廈，樓高5層，佔地約5035方呎，其中，太子道西456號至464號業主包括鄧漢秋，料為香港五邑工商總會總監督及前會長，上述項目早前透過大型代理行標售。至於太子道西454號則由另一家族持有。

(星島日報)

MOUNTNICHOLSON首現二手放盤

由九龍倉及南豐合作發展的亞洲樓王MOUNT NICHOLSON，現時仍以呎價15萬高居亞洲榜首位置，市場消息透露，項目首現二手放盤，為一個位於第三期的中層單位。

位於山頂聶歌信山道8號的MOUNT NICHOLSON分三期發展，合共提供67伙，第一期設有17座洋房，第二期提供24伙分層單位及2座洋房，第三期提供24伙分層單位。

4596呎4套房間隔

市場消息表示，項目出現首個放盤，為第三期一個中層單位，面積4596方呎，為4套房間隔，單位背山面海，大廳連睡房總長度達24米，享有超闊維港海景，並設有獨立升降機大堂。

原業主於2018年初以約5.19億向發展商一手購入，期後買家向發展商購入1個車位，總購入價約5.29億，呎價達11.5萬。

屬亞洲樓王的MOUNT NICHOLSON，分層戶及洋房呎價均居亞洲一手樓王榜首位置，現時呎價最高的洋房為2號屋，面積9217方呎，於2018年3月以13.99億售出，呎價高見15萬；分層單位最貴為第三期16D室，面積4544方呎，單位於去年11月售出，連3個車位成交價約6.39億，呎價高見14.08萬。項目自2016年2月錄得成交以來，迄今已累售58伙，套現逾300億。

(星島日報)

HK home prices expected to stabilize soon

A property agency has forecast that home prices will fall by 5 to 8 percent this year.

But they will bottom out this month or October and stabilize in the fourth quarter as mortgage rates in Hong Kong are still at a low level.

By last Saturday, some entry-level home prices had slumped by more than 10 percent this year, the company said. Home prices in mass and middle markets also dropped by 8 and 7.5 percent.

The number of residential transactions in the third quarter is estimated to fall by 22 percent quarter-on-quarter, or 39 percent year-on-year, to 11,608.

A surveyor said that mortgage rates in the city are still at a low level that would not put too much pressure on paying the loans.

Phase three of Wetland Seasons Bay in Tin Shui Wai, developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016), has released the first price list, offering 78 units with an average price of HK$14,187 after discounts. That is a decrease of 3.5 percent compared with the phase two.

The 78 on the price list are one-bedroom to three-bedroom units. Based on the highest discount of 13.5 percent, the prices range from HK$4.97 million to HK$9.81 million, or from HK$13,008 to HK$16,347 per square foot. The cheapest one was priced at HK$4.97 million, with an area of 356 sq ft. It is a one-bedroom unit with a storeroom.

The show flats were opened to the public yesterday and subscriptions will be accepted today. SHKP said the flats will be put on sale next week at the earliest.

Meanwhile, the second phase of One Innovale, One Innovale-Bellevue, in Fan Ling with 408 flats is expected to be launched this month, said developer Henderson Land Development (0012).

The 408 units of One Innovale-Bellevue include studios, one-bedroom units, two-bedroom units and three-bedroom units. The second phase is expected to be completed at the end of June next year.

The developer said the pre-sale consent of the project is waiting to be approved, and it hoped that the sale could be started this month after approval.

(The Standard)

儘管目前整體甲廈空置率高企，惟個別甲廈維持高出租率，中環皇后大道中甲廈皇后大道中100號，近日租出一個單位，面積3300呎，以每呎65元租出，隨着該單位租出，目前該廈出租率為100%。

同區基金公司進駐

上述單位為中層01室，該單位舊租客早前遷出，隨即由新租客基金公司承租，由同區甲廈遷至此，月租逾21萬，平均呎租65元，較舊租金每呎80元，減幅約18%。

該廈將於今年第四季再有單位交吉，涉及為2樓單位，面積約8950方呎，意向呎租為65元，月租逾58萬，業主將因應租客需要，將單位拆細，租客可承租一半或三分之二樓面，當該單位租客遷出後，屆時該廈出租率將為96%。

有代理指，該廈出租率高企，皆因業主TOYOMALL積極配合市況及租客要求，亦勤於為單位翻新，令物業新穎而且保持吸引力。

涉及樓面約3300方呎

皇后大道中100號租客包括股票行，銀行及律師樓等等，該廈出入口設於皇后大道中，另擁有一個出入口與區內天橋相連，貫通半山，亦與國際金融中心及交易廣場等甲廈相連。多年前於市況暢旺時，該廈地鋪由珠寶鐘表店承租，目前租客為日本人氣超市驚安之殿堂。

(星島日報)

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上月工商鋪暫錄約342宗 代理行：料未來交投量穩升

政根據一間本地代理行統計，8月份市場共錄約342宗工商鋪成交，涉金額約58.63億。該行分析，本港疫情持續，但經過中秋長假期後，確診人次未大幅上升跡象，反映疫情漸受控，預料未來數月交投量穩步上揚。

該行代理表示，8月份市場共錄約342宗工商鋪買賣，對比上月約337宗微升，按年減少約37%。金額共錄約58.63億，按月回升約22%，對比去年同期遞減約37%；商鋪最突出，買賣宗數錄約117宗，暫成今年單月新高。有實力投資者拆售美孚新邨一籃子8個鋪，沽出當中3個，共套現約8450萬。

代理行：未來數月交投量穩升

該代理續表示，工廈防守性較強，既可作長線收租用途，更有重建收購價值，8月份錄得約199宗工廈買賣成交，與7月約193宗數字相若；金額因月內錄兩宗大手交易而上升，總成交金額約24.47億，較7月約15.91億元倍增約53%。工廈成交多集中在葵荃區，葵涌健康街15至23號泉基工業大廈逾70%業權，由外資基金以約3.8億承接。區內永基路26至30號永昇工業大廈逾90%業權，以約4.33億獲基金公司承接。

本港11月將舉行國際七人欖球賽、金融投資峰會活動，入境檢疫日數或有機會再縮短，有利本港經濟前景發展。

(星島日報)

雲明行意向呎價1.8萬

中環為本港傳統商業區，區內發展成熟，區內雲明行高層全層放售，建築面積約2000方呎，意向價約3600萬，平均呎價1.8萬。

有代理表示，該單位景觀開揚，外望城市景，大廈設2部客用電梯，全層單位適合追求私隱度高的客戶，加上近年疫情關係，擁有獨立洗手間的單位特別受捧，物業鄰近著名旅遊熱點「蘭桂坊」，靠近半山住宅群，特別受外國公司青睞。雲咸街擁有高級酒吧及食肆，物業對面為知名的「蘭桂坊酒店」，造就獨立生活圈。

隨着會展站開通後，灣仔商廈價值提升，有業主趁勢放售，灣仔駱克道洛洋閣商廈高層，建築面積約1260方呎，意向價約1550萬，平均每方呎約12302元。

灣仔洛洋閣意向價約1550萬

灣仔駱克道212至220號洛洋閣商業大廈高層A室，方正無柱位，高層景觀開揚，屬該區實屬罕有，配備全寫字樓裝修，用家可即買即用，投資者購入後可放租，預計回報近3厘，是次物業位處會展站及灣仔站之間，只需步行約1分鐘，便到達灣仔港鐵站。

(星島日報)

今年酒店買賣暫涉資93億 業界：憧憬未來通關 基金主導市場

今年以來，酒店市場大放異采，至今暫錄8宗全幢酒店買賣，涉資高逾93億，金額比對往年同期大升逾9倍。業界人士表示，買家憧憬未來通關，期望可趁疫市「低撈」，並以基金大戶主導市場。

今年酒店買賣罕見地暢旺，至今暫錄8宗全幢買賣，涉資由2.2億至24.7億，其中，觀塘悅品海景酒店作價為24.7億，為今年以來暫錄最大宗買賣，其次為紅磡「逸．酒店」(Hotel sáv) 涉資16.46億。

今年暫錄8宗全幢買賣

除了宗數之多，金額涉資龐大，更是多年來罕見，多逾93億，比較去年同期只有9.2億，大升9倍。市場由基金買家主導，表現積極，當中有6宗由基金承接，涉資逾77億。亞洲住宅租務品牌Weave living最積極，參與其中的4宗，涉資約54.75億。

盛滙商舖基金創辦人李根興認為，現時酒店易手價格，並非創新高，而是「撈底價」，亦只有在疫市下，才有更多酒店盤源供應，才有平賣的情況。現時，市場期待進一步放寬入境檢疫，憧憬未來通關，有見疫情接近尾聲，買家出手吸納酒店。

盛滙李根興：料屬「撈底價」

他續說，酒店買家以基金主導，近年來，基金積極集資，手持巨額資金，需要尋找出路，酒店成為首選，而且，酒店出路廣，長租可以做住宅，或者作為學生宿舍。

代理：價格高位跌逾10%

有代理表示，疫情持續下，酒店價格較高位下跌至少10%至15%，財團購買酒店，退可守進可攻，可作為檢疫酒店或改作服務式住宅，取得穩定的收入；同時，買家更憧憬即將通關，只要一通關，勢必帶來驚喜，現時，亞洲很多地區酒店租金在通關後，較疫情前錄得可觀升幅。

Ｗeave Living等斥逾54億購酒店

該代理續說，過往市況暢旺，酒店業主惜售，現時有見其他物業價格廉宜，不少業主沽售酒店換貨，加強旗下核心物業組合；亦有個別業主則基於債務重組，從而沽出酒店。

代理強調，酒店與服務式住宅屬於同一範疇的物業，基金成為酒店最大買家，趁疫情下壯大投資者組合，除了酒店外，服務式住宅亦是基金及私人投資者追捧的對象。

(星島日報)

靈活辦公室興起 擴充空間極大

IWG促寬入境措施 刺激商務活動

疫情下封關令商業活動受阻礙，IWG香港及大灣區區域經理Paul MacAndrew認為，香港若進一步放寬檢疫措施，才可刺激商務往來，他又指疫情加速靈活辦公模式，更可達致僱主及員工雙贏局面，未來尚有極大擴充空間。

商務氣氛稍為轉好，Paul指出，集團旗下靈活辦公室，8月份租務查詢非常踴躍，「相信因暑假接近完結，機構要員開始重返工作崗位，令租務查詢增加。」寫字樓租務需求，主要來自跨國企業，而疫情期間商務活動大減，衝擊商廈租務市場。上月政府放寬入境，推出「3+4」措施，他認為要進一步開放，才可令香港國際金融城市地位得以保持，「新措施是有正面進展，所有營商人士包括我們希望通關，疫情持續兩年多，封關下缺乏外來公司擴充，商業租務僅靠在港機構。新措施下現時來看仍沒有太多人來港，而香港是全球3大金融市場，不只是地區性，更是國際都會，要保持地位，相信要進一步開放。」

至於近期有報道指，新加坡吸引在港的跨國機構搬遷，他則認為香港的金融業規模比起新加坡顯著大得多，機構對香港仍非常感興趣。

旗下中心 6月使用率多2月8成

IWG集團主力經營靈活辦公室，包括共享空間、服務式辦公室等。疫情衝擊，令整體甲廈空置率升至20年來最高，不過卻造就靈活辦公室興起，因租約靈活度高，兼提供時尚裝修等，吸引企業轉投。Paul指出，全綫IWG辦公中心今年6月的使用率亦見增長，與同年2月相比大升超過8成。疫情出現辦公室新常態，最明顯是傳統辦公室模式正在下跌，取而代之是靈活辦公室興起，「不需要有固定辦公室，使用混合工作 (Hybrid workplace) 你可以在家、咖啡室，靈活辦公空間工作。很多本港機構因簽長約，現階段未作出變化，但未來會考慮不同模式。」

調查：混合工作 最受求職者歡迎

一項IWG調查發現，76%大灣區求職者傾向應徵提供混合工作的職位，而超過一半 (51%) 更傾向選擇彈性靈活工作多於加薪一成。另一個IWG調查揭示混合工作是最受求職者歡迎的福利，每10名員工就有9名 (88%) 表示混合工作是尋找新工作時重要考量因素，與醫療保險及收入損失保障 (兩者均為88%) 同等重要，「對雙方均是好事，重點是員工非常喜歡，僱主可以吸納及留住人才。畢竟本港商廈租金始終比較高，租用較少樓面，可減少成本，同時令員工快樂，絕對是雙贏局面。」

靈活辦公概念興起數年，漸成趨勢，Paul指出根據報告，目前在全球辦公樓面中，靈活辦公室比例僅佔5%，而2030年預計可達30%，相信疫情正是加速發展，未來尚有極大擴充空間。香港業務方面，他謂會積極與商廈業主合作，尋找機會。

(經濟日報)

灣仔Spaces開幕 供逾900辦公位

IWG集團持續擴充，租用灣仔全幢商廈，涉及18層的新辦公點近日正式啟用。

IWG位於灣仔皇后大道東8號 (8QRE) 全新Spaces辦公大樓於9月正式開幕，是Spaces在香港的第7間中心，令IWG旗下在港品牌包括Spaces、Regus及Signature的據點擴展到共18個。

特設兩層「商務俱樂部」

Spaces 8QRE涉及18層，佔地超過6.7萬平方呎，提供超過900個辦公位置，包括188間私人辦公室、單人固定辦公桌等，更特設有兩層「商務俱樂部」(開放空間)，讓會員與更廣泛的專業社群互動交流，部分樓層設有露台，可眺望金鐘一帶的街景。

對於未來擴充計劃，IWG香港及大灣區區域經理Paul MacAndrew指出，仍積極物色合適地方。在新常態下，他認為尋找新據點的選擇可以更廣泛，「由於工作模式在轉變中，我們開設靈活辦公室，不一定要在傳統商業區，選擇在住宅區，鄰近僱員居住地點也可以。」他亦提到，除了現時旗下3大品牌外，亦希望引入集團其他品牌來港，「例如集團旗下HQ，是價格相對經濟實惠的辦公室。未來將會繼續在港積極擴展，向着IWG年內為其全球網絡新增1,000個據點的目標出發。」

(經濟日報)

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More Fan Ling flats poised to hit market

Henderson Land Development (0012) has released a second price list of 60 flats for the second phase of its One Innovale development in Fan Ling after the first list of 83 flats drew a positive response from the market with around 1,200 checks received as of yesterday.

The 60 flats in the second list include studios, one-bedroom and two-bedroom units, with areas ranging from 221 to 462 square feet and costing between HK$3.21 million to HK$6.76 million or HK$13,283 and HK$16,803 per sq ft after discounts

The average price is HK$14,613 per sq ft after discounts. Most of the flats in the second list are one-bedroom units and the cheapest, with an area of 221 sq ft, costs HK$3.21 million.

The second phase is called One Innovale-Bellevue and offers a total of 408 flats. One Innovale is being developed in three phases and will have 1,600 flats when completed.

Meanwhile, Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016) unveiled the second price list for the third phase of its Wetland Seasons Bay in Tin Shui Wai, offering 64 flats at an average price of HK$14,670 per sq ft after discounts, with the cheapest priced at HK$5.9 million.

The first list of 78 flats and the second have together been oversubscribed about 4.6 times with about 800 checks, and may sell out in a week, according to SHKP. The third phase provides 384 flats and the three-phase development offers a total of 1,996 units.

Also in the primary market, Miami Quay I at Kai Tak launched its second round of sales yesterday with 138 flats on the price list and one via tender.

Just two deals were recorded and both were for middle- or high-floor harbor-view units. One was a two-bedroom unit which sold for HK$12.43 million and the other was a one-bedroom bought for HK$8.47 million.

Miami Quay is being jointly developed by Wheelock Properties, Henderson Land Development, New World Development (0017) and Empire Group Holdings in two phases with a total of 1,219 flats.

In other news, Citibank (Hong Kong), China Construction Bank (Asia) and Nanyang Commercial Bank will raise the cap of the mortgage rate linked to the Hong Kong interbank offered rate to 2.75 percent, following most of its peers in the city.

This came as the mortgage-linked one-month Hibor rose to 2.3598 percent on Friday. Currently, at least 16 Hong Kong banks have raised the cap on Hibor-linked loans.

In the secondary market, property agencies recorded that a drop in transactions at 10 major housing estates this weekend.

One of the agency saw the number of deals nearly halve week-on-week to nine, after two consecutive weeks of increases while another one also saw a 50 percent drop in deals with just eight transactions.

The agencies expects that second-hand transactions will increase at the end of this month, as customers who fail to buy new properties go back to the secondary market.

(The Standard)

Hongkongers snub new homes at Miami Quay, Kai Tak, as rising interest rates, slow economy kill demand

As of 7pm only two out of 139 units on offer at the development on the site of Hong Kong’s former airport had been sold, according to property agency

‘Higher interest rates are weighing on sentiment,’ agent said

Hongkongers continued to snub new home sales on Sunday as sentiment in the property market remained weak and potential buyers stuck with a wait-and-see attitude brought on by rising interest rates and a sluggish economy.

As of 7pm, only two out of 139 units on offer at Miami Quay, a new development at the site of Hong Kong’s former airport, had been sold, according to a property agent. Among the 139 units on offer on Sunday, 65 were new, while the rest was left unsold last week.

The project at Kai Tak was jointly developed by Wheelock Properties, Henderson Land Development, New World Development and Empire Group.

Sunday’s sales were even worse than last Monday when less than a third of 137 flats that went on sale in the first batch found buyers.

“Last time they sold about 40 flats. Buyers interested in this project made their purchases then,” agent said. “The developers decided to launch another round of sales with the hope of attracting more buyers, but market sentiment is slow and the wait-and-see attitude prevails. There were not many new buyers for the extra launch so the sales were lacklustre.”

Analysts cited the rising costs of home loans as a major factor for the current slump in appetite for residential property.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority, effectively the city’s central bank, has raised its base rate in lockstep with the Federal Reserve under its linked exchange rate system with the US dollar.

After increasing its benchmark rate for two consecutive months in June and July, another round of increases is likely this month, with analysts estimating as much as a 75-basis points hike.

“Higher interest rates are weighing on sentiment. Rates have already nearly doubled to 3 per cent and will continue to increase,” another agent said. “While this is still very low compared to many other countries, it’s a big increase for the local market and is dampening sentiment.”

With US inflation still likely to surge, rate rises are forecast to continue until next year when consumer prices could be brought under control, the agent said.

Hong Kong’s economic slump is further dampening demand. In August, the government further cut its forecast for the city’s economy to between 0.5 per cent growth and 0.5 per cent contraction. It previously estimated that the economy was likely to see a 1 to 2 per cent growth.

The recent wave of emigration is not helping, as more people leaving the city could only mean less demand for homes.

More than 113,000 residents left the city in the 12 months to June, with the population shrinking by 1.6 per cent, the latest figures from the Census and Statistics Department showed. In the same period of the previous year, the population decline was 1.2 per cent.

The local property market is also influenced by the performance of the Hong Kong stock exchange, and with the bellwether Hang Seng Index losing nearly a fifth of its value so far this year, buyers’ sentiment is downbeat, the agency said.

“The Hong Kong property market is very correlated to the equities market. Its poor performance in the last few months has dampened sentiment,” agent said said.

“This combined with other macro factors such as rampant inflation, the war in Ukraine and Hong Kong not opening up [its borders in the wake of the pandemic] is impacting the market and damaging many businesses. These factors will continue to impact sentiment well into 2023.”

The units on offer on Sunday had sizes between 250 and 716 square feet and were priced between HK$5.24 million (US$668,000) and HK$18.73 million, after discounts of as much as 12 per cent.

英皇3.25億增持壽臣山15號權益 楊政龍：合共持有50%股權 對項目具信心

本港超級豪宅向來有價有市，港島南區超級豪宅壽臣山15號自推出以來備受市場歡迎，最新英皇國際及中渝置地分別與明發集團簽訂買賣協議，各自以3.25億收購明發集團持有該項目的20%股權的一半股權，即明發集團沽出20%股權共涉6.5億，而英皇國際最新增持股權至50%，成大股東。

英皇國際昨日發出公告指，該公司及中渝置地與明發集團簽訂買賣協議，各自以3.25億收購明發集團持有該項目的20%股權的一半股權，預計今年11月15日完成交易，即英皇國際及中渝置地將各自增持10%項目權益，完成交易後，英皇國際股權增至50%、中渝置地持有42%，而資本策略則持有8%。

隔離措施放寬海外客源增

英皇國際副主席楊政龍表示，壽臣山15號位處傳統豪宅地段，交通便捷且擁名校網，全港同級數優質洋房供應罕有，故一直為市場焦點，集團對洋房市場前景和項目的潛力具信心，以及集團有充裕的現金流，待完成交易後，將共計持有該項目50%股權。而是次收購符合集團及股東整體利益，亦是一個絕佳機會透過該物業增值為集團未來創造更多收入。

中渝黃志強：增持10%股權

楊政龍指出，集團近年專注發展洋房項目，隨着海外入境香港隔離措施放寬，項目增加海外客源查詢，待逐步恢復與內地通關，相信會持續吸引更多超級實力買家關注。

中渝置地副主席黃志強說，很高興增持壽臣山15號股權，亦樂見項目銷售情況良好，各發展商配合緊密，項目在市場上別樹一幟，亦受惠於躍動港島南等政策，加上豪宅市場買家實力雄厚穩定，較少受外界環境影響，未來仍會以惜售態度穩步加推洋房。鑑於項目增值潛力及銷售進展令人期待，相信是次收購未來定必會帶來可觀回報。

壽臣山15號自推出以來，備受市場追捧，短期內已售出兩間洋房，共套現逾13億。該項目擁15幢低密度獨立洋房，面積由3727至12073方呎，屬4房4套至6房6套間隔，是全港極少供應面積萬方呎豪宅洋房項目。每幢洋房設私人花園、私人車位及內置升降機，其中13幢獨立洋房更擁有私人游泳池。

(星島日報)

沙田顯和里「蚊型地」收17份標書

沙田顯和里「蚊型」住宅地昨日截標，合共接獲17份標書，入標財團包括新地、信和、嘉華、佳明、鷹君、永泰、遠東發展、漢國置業、英皇、中信泰富、中國海外，而百利保夥拍富豪酒店入標，宏安則夥拍其士以合資方式參與競投。

英皇物業經理蔡宏基表示，由地盤步行到港鐵大圍站僅需10至15分鐘，交通不俗，故是次獨資入標，初步計畫純住宅發展，主要興建中型單位，出價已考慮加息及建築成本上升等因素。

佳明項目經理曾嘉敏指出，地皮鄰近港鐵站，規模適合發展上車盤，周邊有不少資助房屋是優勢而非缺點，因為生活配套齊全，料興建細單位為主，集中提供1至2房戶型。

漢國置業房地產部董事李振彪指出，沙田區鮮有地皮推出，相信前景不俗，如中標將獨資發展，計畫興建2房為主中型單位，亦會有商業部分，提供各類商鋪滿足住戶生活所需，出價已考慮加息因素，中長綫看好樓市前景。

測量師：料興建純住宅

有測量師表示，估計發展商為資金更快回籠，將選擇純住宅發展，興建單幢住宅，提供約170伙，因為近期市況差，而且港島住宅地樓面呎價跌至約1.3萬水平，最新樓面地價估值約7000元，比原本6月預計10500元下調約33%。

另一測量師指，入標數量較預期好，估計發展商與建中小單位為主精品豪宅，參考大圍新盤如栢傲莊，估計落成後單位呎價達1.8萬至1.9萬水平。

沙田顯和里住宅地，毗鄰顯徑鄰里社區中心，東面為田心消防局，北面為居屋雲疊花園，位於港鐵大圍及顯徑站之間。

項目地盤面積約14890方呎，涉及可建樓面約89339方呎，是今季賣地表中最細的住宅地。綜合最新市場估值約6億至8億，每方呎樓面地價約6700至9000元。

市場憧憬放寬入境措施，投資者即留意全幢物業，近日連環錄成交，料入市後部署訪港人士增加會帶來商機。

大額投資市場近日成交稍增，當中不乏核心區一綫地段。消息指，中環皇后大道中118至120號聯盛大廈全幢易手，物業地盤面積約1,127平方呎，樓高11層，總樓面約10,704平方呎，項目以近3億元成交，呎價約2.8萬元。新買家為本地投資耆，料購入後稍作翻新。原業主為資深投資者羅守輝，於2002年以約3,038萬元購入，持貨20年獲利近2.7億元，升值約9倍。

全幢靈活度高 價格回調

另外，市場消息指，近期積極沽貨的鄧成波家族，再售出兩項酒店。分別為觀塘悅品海景酒店，以及旺角旭逸酒店。其中觀塘悅品海景酒店位於偉業街，前身為麗東酒店，樓高31層，提供598間房，面積由200至400平方呎，屬觀塘區內罕有大型酒店，目前暫作檢疫酒店之用。據了解，酒店以約24.7億元易手，平均每房價值約413萬元。舖王鄧成波於2017年，斥23億元向恒地 (00012) 購入酒店，持貨5年轉手獲利約1.7億元。

另一項酒店為旺角旭逸酒店，位於砵蘭街，提供199間房，面積由100餘平方呎起，高層客房更享維港海景。物業位於油尖旺核心地段，適合自由行旅客入住，目前亦作檢疫酒店用途。

據了解，旺角旭逸酒店以7.3億元成交，平均每房價值366.8萬元。舖王鄧成波於2018年，以11億元向英皇購入酒店，持貨4年轉手，家族蝕約3.7億元。

消息稱，新買家同為Weave Living，該集團月初以2.75億元，夥拍基金購入半山羅便臣道68號全幢住宅。翻查資料，未計是次收購，Weave Living今年已於香港和新加坡收購合共4個物業，現時在兩地持有共10個物業，提供約1,500個住宿單位，包括年初斥13.75億元購入大角咀九龍珀麗酒店。

分析指，近期各界均表達全面通關訴求，亦有消息指政府即將再放寬入境措施，以刺激商務活動。疫情持續近3年，在零旅客下，核心區的商舖以及酒店均受衝擊，投資者亦未敢入市。預計進一步放寬措施，訪港旅客可望增加，核心區零售物業、酒店等需求料向上，財團早著先機，現階段趁物業價格未明顯反彈，率先入市，部署日後迎接旅客重臨；而全幢物業因靈活度高，加上價格已有回調，更吸引財團承接，相信短期內市場再錄大額全幢物業成交。

(經濟日報)

柴灣宏亞大廈全幢 10.8億放售

全幢工廈成投資者追捧對於，現柴灣宏亞大廈全幢，以約10.8億元放售。

有代理表示，柴灣豐業街8號宏亞大廈現正放售，物業市值約為10.8億元。

最高可建樓面約22萬呎

宏亞大廈於1982年落成，樓高13層另加頂層天台，已核准建築面積約159,593平方呎，地盤面積約為15,392.52平方呎。物業現址劃為「工業」用途，若以目前建築發展規劃，地積比率達12倍，若申請增加20%建築面積，最高可建樓面面積約221,652平方呎。

該地段為傳統工業區，未來將有新發展，太古旗下柴灣柴灣道391號去年完成補地價，將重建800伙住宅，為區內大型住宅項目。

(經濟日報)

灣仔鷹君中心 盡享會展站優勢

會展站落成，帶動灣仔北商廈需求，而鷹君中心最近港鐵會展站，盡享優勢。

鷹君中心位於灣仔北，過往該地段商廈，距離灣仔港鐵站較遠，而本年中會展站正式啟用，而鷹君中心為灣仔商廈中，最接近會展站，從港鐵站出口便可直達該廈，故屬會展站落成後最受惠的商廈。

交通方面，大廈地下為巴士總站，可前往港九新界，另大廈對出為東區走廊，前往港島東亦方便，加上前方為灣仔碼頭，可坐船前往尖沙咀。此外，地下亦設有的士站，交通配套一流。

飲食配套上，物業基座為商舖，提供酒樓、快餐店及西餐廳等，而附近華潤大廈附近為特色餐廳集中地。此外，大廈有天橋連接多幢5星級酒店，商務午餐選擇甚多。

大廈左右兩旁為中環廣場及新鴻基中心，附近同時是多間國企及大型民企之集中地。附近設有多間五星級酒店如香港瑞吉酒店、香港君悅酒店及香港萬麗海景酒店等，商貿氣氛非常濃厚。

鷹君長綫收租 平均呎租63

物業於1983年落成，樓高33層，電梯大堂設於物業地下非常光猛，而設有8部升降機充足。項目總樓面約33.1萬平方呎，每層面積約1.3萬平方呎。大廈另一大賣點為景觀，由於面前無大型建築物，故可享無遮擋海景，非常舒適。

目前大廈絕大部分樓面由鷹君 (00041) 持有作長綫收租，而集團總部亦設於該廈。據集團年初業績指出，鷹君中心寫字樓出租率由88.4%下滑至69.5%，平均現收呎租63元，跌9.4%。

租務個案上，年初物業高層全層，面積約1.34萬平方呎，獲中資企業以約91.12萬，呎租約68元。對上一宗租務為本年5月，物業中層01A室，實用面積約1,722平方呎，每呎實用面積呎租約55元。

(經濟日報)

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中層全層放租 呎租約53元

隨着會展站開通後，灣仔北之優質商廈比以往更受大機構歡迎。有代理表示， 鷹君中心全層現正放租，呎租約53元。

涉及單位為號鷹君中心中層全層，面積約13,231平方呎，業主意向租金約70萬元，折合每平方呎租約53元。該代理表示，是次放租物業為同區罕有大面積全層單位，坐擁維港海景，加上配備全新之寫字樓裝修，用戶可即租即用，大大節省了裝修時間及費用。

附近商廈租務上，比鄰的海港中心上月錄得一宗租務成交，涉及物業中層04室，面積約1,013平方呎，呎租約58元。

另告士打道商廈方面，灣仔東亞銀行港灣中心本月錄一宗租務，涉及中低層05室，面積約2,835平方呎，成交呎租約35元。

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彌敦道Ladder Dundas全層 2760萬沽

宏安地產 (01243) 旗下彌敦道銀座式商廈Ladder Dundas錄成交，涉及物業15樓全層，面積約1,237平方呎，以約2,760萬元成交，呎價約22,312元。據了解，7月份該層樓面原獲投資者以2,725萬元承接，惟最終取消交易，如今重售，價格輕微調升約1.3%。

本年6月，宏安展開該項目拆售，反應甚佳，大部分樓層已沽出。

(經濟日報)

灣仔勝任商廈兩層 意向呎價1.3萬放售

灣仔乙廈合多個用途，現勝任商業大廈兩層放售，意向呎價約1.3萬元。

連外牆廣告位 叫價5187萬

有代理表示，灣仔莊士敦道163號勝任商業大廈1樓及2樓全層連外牆廣告位，每層面積約1,995平方呎，總面積約3,990平方呎；物業以交吉及按現狀形式出售，意向呎價約13,000元，涉及金額約5,187萬元。

該代理稱，物業面積適中，間隔四正且備有分體式冷氣，加上外牆廣告位面向人來人往的莊士敦道，可盡收廣告效益；該廈出租率理想，現時市值呎租約27元。

該代理表示，因應寫字樓市況而作調整，近期會展站通車加上灣仔區投資氣氛回暖，遂冀以優惠呎價約13,000元吸客，叫價累積減幅近兩成。資料顯示，勝任商業大廈全層樓面盤源矜罕，該廈現僅有3個全層單位放售，當中是次放售物業屬最優惠。

(經濟日報)

恒基土瓜灣舊樓今強拍

近年恒基併購的土瓜灣一帶舊樓群，近期陸續踏入收成期，最新該公司併購的土瓜灣道68A至70C號舊樓將於今日舉行強制拍賣，底價為12.134億。

底價逾12.1億

該項目上月初獲土地審裁處批出強制售賣令，底價為12.134億。上述舊樓現址為一幢樓高9層的商住大廈，地下為商鋪，樓上為住宅樓層，該舊樓早於1960年落成入伙，至今樓齡約62年，該項目鄰近港鐵土瓜灣站，具有一定重建價值。

地盤面積約12290方呎，包括941.31方呎的通行權，坐落於九龍土瓜灣道之西北面，介乎其與浙江街及落山道交界處，以最高9倍地積比率計，涉及可建樓面約10.4萬方呎。

資料顯示，恒基於土瓜灣道、下鄉道，以及落山道一帶有4個收購項目，已完成併購的有3個，為土瓜灣落山道58至70號、美華街1至9號及下鄉道18至20號，若撇除上述已成功併購及是次獲批強拍令的項目，該公司於毗a鄰仍有1個項目待批強拍令，意味整個重建區版圖已近乎完成。

可建樓面約10.4萬呎

據該公司年報顯示，上述4個項目合併後總地盤面積增至4.25萬方呎，料重建後自佔商住總樓面約37.44萬方呎。

該公司近年更積極擴展區內版圖，除收購區內舊樓申請強拍外，去年9月更斥資81.89億奪得市建局土瓜灣庇利街/榮光街重建項目，當時每方呎樓面地價約11414元。

有代理指出，是次拍賣的地盤面積過萬方呎，為市區極罕有的發展機遇，而且土瓜灣區受惠沙中綫通車，近年區內有多項重建項目，發展前景樂觀。

(星島日報)

太古城車位三日即沽約20個

太古地產於2020年10月拆售太古城車位，當時只限屋苑業主購買，最新推售不設限，市場消息指，三天即沽約20車位，逾60%買家為街外客。

代理：逾60%買家街外客

上周推出太古城車位約140個，私家車車位售價155萬至255萬，相連售價約340萬，代理透露，過去3天太古城車位售出約20個，60%至70%為街外客，惟使用權只限於太古城業主或租客，電單車車位使用權不設限，過去周末共售出140個，每個劃一15萬，有投資者大手購入13個，涉資約195萬。

投資者掃13個電單車位

太古地產接受本報查詢回應，由2022年9月19日起，除了太古城住宅業主，太古城第1期至第9期B停車位，同時開放予非太古城住宅業主選購。太古城第1期至第9期B停車位，自2020年10月起，陸續開放予太古城住宅業主，有關計畫已推行逾一年半，公司因此決定採取其他方式，出售餘下車位。

太古：供非太古城業主選購

太古又指出，截至2022年9月19日，共售出太古城私家車停車位合共1418個，作價由155萬起至280萬，電單車位共195個，作價15萬。

代理續說，太古城車位2年前拆售以來，散戶業主不乏投資者，最高月租達6500元，近2個月月租介乎5000至6000元，電單車車位月租約1000元。

蔡伯能拆售碧瑤灣190個車位

投資者蔡伯能拆售碧瑤灣車位共約190個，上碧瑤佔約150個，每個逾110萬，購買指定車位128萬，買2送1；下碧瑤約40個車位，位處泳池旁位置佳，每個逾139萬。

(星島日報)

Price list for 50 flats released

Henderson Land Development (0012) has released the third price list for the second phase of its One Innovale development in Fan Ling, offering 50 homes at an average per square foot price of HK$14,783, roughly the same as the second one.

The batch, which comprises studio units to two-bedroom units, is priced from HK$4.1 million to HK$6.9 million after discounts, or from HK$13,458 to HK$17,996 per sq ft.

These flats are sized from 288 sq ft to 446 sq ft.

The developer said it has received 1,800 checks for the 193 flats on offer at One Innovale-Bellevue, making them more than eight times oversubscribed.

In Tin Shui Wai, phase three of Wetland Seasons Bay is more than 10 times oversubscribed after the home builder Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016) collected more than 900 checks for the 80 units.

The homes will be put up for sale in the first round of sales on Thursday.

These flats include one- to three-bedroom units and are priced from HK$4.97 million to HK$8.85 million after discounts, or from HK$13,008 to HK$17,081 per sq ft.

(The Standard)

Hong Kong property market favours bargain hunters as prices drop, with 1 in 10 home sellers in August incurring a loss

The ratio of second-hand housing deals yielding capital gains has fallen by 6.8 percentage points since last year to below 90 per cent in August

Among 56 developments at railway stations, 30 saw the price per square foot decline in August, according to property agency

Hong Kong homebuyers with tight budgets may be able to take advantage of a downturn to find bargains – even flats being offered at a loss – as a looming prime rate hike and an ongoing wave of emigration continue to depress sales.

Upwards pressure on local interest rates is inevitable after the US Federal Reserve meeting in the United States later this week, agent said.

“Many second-hand property owners are willing to cut prices to sell, which attracts buyers to take the opportunity to pick up bargains,” the agent said.

If US interest rates increase by 1.5 to 1.75 per cent in total in September, November and December, home prices are likely to fall by as much as 8 per cent this year, so buyers can consider listings where the price has been cut by this much or more, a mortgage broker said.

Hong Kong’s homeowners and potential buyers are bracing for higher mortgage rates as the Fed is expected to lift benchmark borrowing costs by at least 75 basis points this week, according to Fed funds futures, with some traders pricing a full percentage point increase. That is in addition to increases of 225 basis points in the past four federal open market committee meetings this year.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the de facto central bank, has increased its base rate in lockstep due to the Hong Kong dollar’s linked exchange rate system. Mortgage brokers anticipate that local banks will raise the prime rate this week following the expected US rate hike.

Many owners are open to taking a loss to sell as soon as possible. At Cetus Square Mile in Tai Kok Tsui, for example, a flat measuring 417 sq ft changed hands at HK$7.91 million (US$1 million) in mid-September, according to a property agency, a loss of about 30 per cent from HK$11.07 million paid for it in 2018.

The ratio of second-hand housing deals that yield capital gains has fallen by 6.8 percentage points from the end of last year to 89.4 per cent in August, the biggest drop since the financial tsunami in 2008, according to another property agency. This means one in 10 sellers incurred a loss. The agency expects that the metric to dip further to 88 per cent this month.

Among 56 developments at railway stations, 30 saw the price per square foot decline in August, according to property agency. The biggest drop was at The Austin at Austin station, where prices fell 17.7 per cent to HK$24,060 in August.

Tsuen Wan, Kowloon Bay and Tuen Mun have the most discounted listings, according to another agency’s online listings. The highest proportion of discounted listings goes to flats measuring between 431 and 752 sq ft, according to the agency’s data.

For instance, at Summit Terrace in Tsuen Wan, a homeowner about to emigrate managed to sell a flat measuring 424 sq ft one day before departing the city in early September at HK$7.18 million, about 10 per cent below bank valuation, according to agency.

At City One Sha Tin, a proxy for smaller lump sum units, prices experienced a notable drop of 13.6 per cent year on year from the peak in September last year to HK$17,100 per square foot this month, according to another agency.

Three two-bedroom flats changed hands for less than HK$5 million in August, including one for HK$4.2 million, the lowest among all developments at railway stations, according to the agency.

In Taikoo Shing, representing the mid-price market, prices are down 17.3 per cent from the peak in June 2019 to HK$18,700 per square foot this month, according to the agency.

Some estates in Yuen Long, Tuen Mun and Tsuen Wan, such as Tsuen Wan Centre, have seen per-square-foot prices fall below HK$10,000, an unusually low benchmark, according to the agency.

An market index has fell 0.3 per cent to 171.27 for the week ended September 11 – the lowest level since February 2019. The index has fallen 5.4 per cent over nine weeks and may fall this month to a low hit in 2019, according to the agency.

Valuations of lived-in homes remain weak, according to the index, a weekly gauge that tracks major banks’ valuations of used properties in 133 housing estates, compiled by the agency.

It fell to 14.1 in the week ended September 11, even lower than the 15.04 reading in March at the height of Hong Kong’s fifth wave of Covid-19 infections. A CVI below 40 indicates a bearish view of the market and a downward trend in home prices, while one above 60 points indicates a bullish trajectory.

商廈租賃市場表現正處於低谷。有代理行數據顯示，上月份港島區甲廈空置率錄約10.38%，按月上升0.11個百分點，繼7月份後再推升，該行指出，整體租務市場吹淡風。

該行代理表示，據統計，8月份港島區整體甲廈空置率錄約10.38%，比7月份上升0.11個百分點，按年高出0.59個百分點，突破歷史新高。五大核心區僅中環微跌，空置率約9.09%，按月回落0.21個百分點，但對比2021年同期則仍高出1.80個百分點。整體市場氣氛仍見疲弱，但亦有部分實力企業趁租金有不俗商議空間，趁勢進駐一綫指標商廈。最新錄中環中心低層03室，面積約2083方呎，以呎租約46元租出；資料顯示，該單位於2019年中時呎租達約70元，最新租金跌約34%。

中環微跌0.21個百分點

銅鑼灣區升幅最大，中環甲廈空置率則是港島五大核心商業區中唯一錄跌幅，8月份為9.09%，按月遞減0.21個百分點。該行認為，中外通關是商廈市場走勢關鍵，海外入境者隔離措施雖改為「3+4」，相比其他國家，對商務人士及企業吸引力不足，加上近期疫情再起變化，兩大重要政策公布，《施政報告》及第20次全國代表大會，將於10月中出台，租客抱觀望審慎態度。

代理續稱，一綫商業地帶金鐘8月甲廈空置率為9.23%，對比7月上升0.46個百分點，按年遞增0.44個百分點，反映租賃氣氛仍見疲弱。上環最新空置率錄得約11.01%，按月遞升0.22個百分點，較去年同期升1.60個百分點。

(星島日報)

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帝國黃竹坑甲廈命名S22

帝國集團旗下黃竹坑香葉道22號的甲廈，命名為「S22」，樓高28層，總樓面達16.35萬方呎，樓高約 4.55米，平層面積約7600方呎。

總樓面達16.35萬方呎

帝國集團董事郭基浩表示，自港鐵南港島綫通車，加上去年《施政報告》宣布的「躍動港島南」，帶動香港仔及黃竹坑一帶建設，黃竹坑甲廈命名S22，其中 「S」有三重意義，代表地標項目香葉道22號，其次「S」亦取自父親郭炳湘英文名字Sheung (湘)，最後，包含他們三子弟傳承 (Succeed) 實現父親宏願，有成就未來 (Success) 的意念。至於S22標誌圖案，更以三個字體相互支持，象徵三位兒女將集團發揚光大。

「S」有三重意義

帝國集團董事郭蕙珊表示，從S22步行1分鐘，即到達港鐵黃竹坑站，兩站即到達港鐵金鐘站，通往中環、灣仔、尖沙嘴等核心商業區，相當之方便，因此，項目力吸企業、初創以至餐飲業進駐。

該項目着重環保，內更設綠色公共空間，引入新鮮空氣及自然光，形成一套S22獨有的環境生態系統。

(星島日報)

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永泰夥萬科逾7.8億奪沙田地 首次合作投住宅地 每呎樓面價8802元

沙田顯和里「蚊型」住宅用地上周五截標，招標結果昨日揭盅，永泰地產與萬科海外首度合作，以超過7.86億力壓16組財團投得，每方呎樓面地價約8802元，貼近市場估值上限。發展商表示，該區發展成熟，未來將發展中小型單位為主。

顯和里「蚊型」住宅地競投氣氛不俗，上周截標合共接獲17份標書，地政總署昨日公布招標結果，由永泰地產夥拍萬科海外以7.8638億投得，每方呎樓面地價約8802元，貼近市場估值上限，當時市場估值約6億至8億，每方呎樓面地價約6700至9000元，永泰地產及萬科海外各佔項目50%權益。

力壓16組財團投得

永泰地產投資及發展部董事總經理吳家煒表示，項目位置優越，毗鄰港鐵顯徑及大圍雙鐵路站，兼享屯馬綫及東鐵綫便利，同時設有巴士及小巴連接各區，而且項目鄰近即將開幕的全新大型港鐵商場，區內生活配套完善。此外，由於區內發展成熟，衍生不少分支家庭，對優質住宅有一定需求。他又稱，集團認為本港樓市將繼續平穩發展，因此會持續從不同渠道增加土地儲備作長遠發展。

吳家煒：項目位置優越

萬科香港執行董事兼副總經理周銘禧表示，該區鐵路及巴士交通網絡完善，而且生活配套發展成熟，加上區內近年鮮有地皮推出，已有一段時間沒有新樓供應，相信積存不少置業需求，預計該地皮會用作發展中小型住宅，以滿足市場需求。他又指，集團長遠看好本港樓市發展。

周銘禧：發展中小型住宅

除中標的永泰地產及萬科海外合組財團之外，其餘有份入標財團包括長實、新地、信和、嘉華、佳明、鷹君、香港興業、遠東發展、漢國置業、英皇、中信泰富、中國海外等，而百利保夥拍富豪酒店入標，宏安則夥拍其士以合資方式參與競投。

有測量師表示，上述地皮地價稍低於市區地價每呎約1萬水平，可見發展商熱衷競投新界地皮。由於目前市場瀰漫加息等不利因素，合組財團可以分散投資風險。

另一測量師稱，該地皮規模較細，為新界區較少供應的小型住宅用地，加上項目距離港鐵顯徑站僅約10分鐘步程，交通方便。

由於項目規模及投資額相對較細，故參與入標的發展商數量頗多，反映發展商對優質中小型項目後市具一定信心，故競投相對熱烈。

沙田顯和里地皮，毗鄰顯徑鄰里社區中心，東面為田心消防局，北面為居屋雲疊花園，位於港鐵大圍及顯徑站之間。項目地盤面積約14890方呎，可作純住宅或商住形式發展，以純住宅發展涉及可建樓面約89339方呎計，是今季賣地表中最細的住宅用地，如以商住形式發展，涉及可建總樓面約110186方呎。

(星島日報)

區內地皮短缺掀爭購

近年本港土地供應短缺，不少發展商及財團均面對一地難求的局面，連中小型地皮亦獲搶購，相隔6年後再有新供應的沙田顯和里地皮，備受市場矚目，上周共收17份標書，最終由永泰地產夥拍萬科海外奪地。

其中萬科海外更是首次「插旗」該區發展，而永泰地產更是自2013年1月以逾14.67億投得同區九肚第56A區 (沙田市地段第565號) 豪宅地後 (現時發展為豪宅澐瀚)、當年每方呎樓面地價約10302元，意味，該公司相隔9年再次投得同區地皮。

鄰近雙港鐵站優勢

業內人士指，由於項目入場門檻不大，而且該區發展成熟，配套完善，並鄰近雙港鐵站優勢，是一大優點，而且區內物業一向不乏用家及投資者入市。

加上在北部都會區發展大計下，政府大力發展基建及新興產業，對區內住宅有一定需求。雖然近期樓市充斥不少負面因素，市場預期美國聯儲局本周勢加息，加上本港仍未通關，對樓市仍有影響，而合作發展可以分散投資風險。

有測量師表示，上述地皮在港鐵大圍站和顯徑站之間，兩者均只需步行十多分鐘，可經東鐵沙中綫或屯馬綫前往核心商業區、北上前往國內均方便，再者政府大力發展北部都會區，以加快推動區內土地、房屋和交通基建等，是未來本港的發展重心。

另外，區內私人屋苑均受本地買家及內地學生歡迎，故該區用地備受市場歡迎。

資料顯示，沙田區過往仍有不少用地批出，而鄰近顯和里的對上一次批出同類住宅地、為新地於2016年8月以23.6437億投得的沙田多石街用地 (現已發展為新盤瓏珀山)，當年每方呎樓面地價約5448元；意味是該區相隔約6年再有同類住宅地新供應。

(星島日報)

恒基底價12億取土瓜灣舊樓 黃浩明：主力提供中小型住宅

受惠港鐵屯馬綫通車效應，土瓜灣區內舊樓陸續獲收購重建，其中土瓜灣道68A至70C號舊樓昨日進行強拍，由恒基以底價12.134億統一業權，以可建樓面約10.4萬方呎計算，每呎樓面地價約11667元。恒基執行董事表示，預計日後將主力提供中小型單位。

黃浩明表示，集團在土瓜灣有兩大主要項目，除是次強拍的項目外，還有市建局土瓜灣庇利街/榮光街重建項目。他又說，集團在土瓜灣道、下鄉道及落山道一帶地段，合共有4個發展項目，目前已收購3幅地皮，地盤面積合共約32220方呎，餘下1幅未完成收購地皮，地盤面積約1萬方呎，當4個項目完成收購，將考慮共同重建發展，亦有機會因為發展時間不同，分為兩個項目。

每呎樓面地價11667元

他續指，市面上5至6層高舊樓買少見少，餘下舊樓通常9至10層高，重建後新增樓面不太多，而且加息令發展商成本增加，要小業主滿意收購價的同時，發展商又「計到數」相當不易，重建日益艱難，故希望政府能夠降低強拍門檻，由現時80%降至約70%，作為一般標準，強調不應該「一刀切」，門檻應靈活變動，特定舊樓如附近曾發生火災等，作為所謂「行動區」，區內舊樓強拍門檻可以酌情考慮更低。

倡政府靈活處理強拍門檻

至於息口走勢，黃浩明認為置業人士早於半年前已有充足心理準備面對加息，相信息口短期變化，對買樓長期投資不會造成太大影響，樓價維持平穩。

土瓜灣道68A至70C號現為一幢9層高商住舊樓，地下為商鋪，樓上為住宅樓層，部分交吉，部分連分租約、租約及准用書，設8條公共樓梯。該舊樓早於1960年落成入伙，至今樓齡約62年，地盤面積約12290方呎，包括941.31方呎的通行權，現劃為「住宅 (甲類)」，以最高地積比率9倍計算，涉及可建樓面約10.4萬方呎。

資料顯示，恒基於土瓜灣道、下鄉道，以及落山道一帶有4個收購項目，已完成併購的有3個，分別為土瓜灣落山道58至70號、美華街1至9號及下鄉道18至20號，若撇除上述已成功併購及是次強拍取得的項目，集團於毗鄰仍有1個項目待批強拍令，意味整個重建區版圖已近乎完成。

據恒基年報顯示，上述4個項目合併後總地盤面積增至4.25萬方呎，料重建後自佔商住總樓面約37.44萬方呎。

(星島日報)

玫瑰苑批強拍底價逾20億

本港市區豪宅靚地新供應罕有，不少財團變陣向舊樓埋手密密併購，並透過強拍途徑增土儲，最新由財團申請強拍的九龍塘玫瑰苑獲土地審裁處批出強拍令，底價為20.75億，對比申請強拍時估值約9.954億高出10.796億。

餘下8伙未收購

據土地審裁處文件顯示，是次獲批強拍令的玫瑰苑位於又一村玫瑰街23至34號，毗鄰私樓又一居，具重建價值；該項目早於2020年由BREMONT INVESTMENTS LIMITED申請強拍，事隔近2年終於獲該處批出強制售賣令，底價為20.75億，對比當年強拍時估值約9.954億，高出10.796億，幅度超過1倍。

該財團由2020年申請時持有約80.30%業權，最新持有87.88%業權，目前餘下8個物業並未成功收購，該財團曾於2020年至2022年期間四度向小業主出價收購仍遭拒絕，其中2020年4月曾出價介乎約2508萬至2761萬，其後再於2021年4月及今年2月提高出價，最新今年7月出價增至介乎約3000萬至3300萬，其中1個單位由最初出價2670萬，到今年7月出價增至3330萬，升幅24.7%，仍未成功打動小業主。

料發展低密度豪宅

根據判詞指出，申請人曾委託結構工程師對該舊樓進行結構評估，部分設施未能符合現代安全標準和法定要求，而且維修成本與重建成本不成比例，故重建發展是合適做法。

現址由約22幢樓高3層的住宅組成，早於於1967年落成，樓齡約55年；該項目地盤面積約38960方呎，屬住宅 (丙類) 地帶，最高地積比為3倍，涉及可建總樓面約116880方呎，料可發展成低密度豪宅。

(星島日報)

荃灣工廈地皮放售市值逾4.5億

德萊建業位於荃灣西一塊交吉工廈地皮，連已批圖則放售，市值逾4.5億，該項目位於荃灣白田壩街46至48號，最新以要約形式出售，佔地面積約7767方呎，市值約4.5億至4.6億；項目已獲批興建一幢約24層商業物業及2層停車場，連圖則出售。德萊建業於2020年底向理想集團購入該項目，作價約3.1億。

佔地面積約7767方呎

有代理表示，荃灣西近年迅速發展，由傳統工業區改為工商貿區，新型工商大廈和住宅並存發展，社區配套較其他區域優勝，上述項目步行至港鐵站荃灣站，需時約12分鐘，至荃灣西站需時約15分鐘步程，由區內往返機場需時30分鐘車程。

鍾意恒勝低層意向價4048萬

另一代理表示，葵涌葵豐街2至16號鍾意恒勝中心低層連平台單位，建築面積約10171方呎，連約4855方呎大型平台，意向價約4048萬，平均呎價約3980元，以交吉形式出售。

物業鄰近港鐵葵芳站，大廈設有大型客貨車立，可入40呎櫃，單位闊落且方正實用。

(星島日報)

甘比沽山頂歌賦山里洋房

市場消息透露，山頂歌賦山里GOUGH HILL RESIDENCES一幢洋房，實用面積4,299平方呎，連5,314平方呎花園連泳池，另設約1,717平方呎天台，早前以公司股權轉讓形式易手，市傳作價約5億元，惟成交價有待證實，而新買家為牛仔褲大王劉漢松家族成員，上月中向銀行申請按揭。

上述洋房由海外註冊公司ACTIVE CITY LIMITED持有，區內代理透露，業主為「大劉」劉鑾雄2009年以1.8億元購入，及後贈予甘比。

(經濟日報)

Henderson extends To Kwa Wan reach with $1.2b win

Henderson Land Development (0012) has won the bid for an old building in To Kwa Wan via a compulsory sale with a reserve price of HK$1.21 billion, a move further expanding its development in the area.

Located on To Kwa Wan Road, the building has a rebuildable area of 104,000 square feet, which indicates a gross floor price of HK$11,667 per square foot.

The nine-storey building, completed in 1960, is close to the To Kwa Wan MTR station.

Besides the bid, Henderson has already acquired three projects in To Kwa Wan. With the latest win on To Kwa Wan Road, the total site area of all four projects will be increased to 42,500 sq ft, and it is expected to offer about 374,400 sq ft of gross floor area for commercial and residential use after redevelopment.

In Kowloon Tong, the Lands Tribunal has approved the sale of a site with a reserve price of HK$2.08 billion, compared to the valuation of HK$995 million seen during applications for compulsory sales in 2020.

The project is about 39,000 sq ft and can be redeveloped into a floor area of about 117,000 sq ft with a plot ratio of 3.

Elsewhere, China's Vanke Overseas Investment (1036) and Wing Tai Properties (0369) have won the tender for a residential site at Hin Wo Lane in Sha Tin for HK$786.38 million, according to the Lands Department.

The project has a buildable floor area of over 89,000 square feet, which translates into a land premium of HK$8,802 per sq ft.

Vanke Overseas Investment expects the project to offer small- and medium-sized homes to meet market demand.

In the primary market, the third phase of Wetland Seasons Bay in Tin Shui Wai was about 14 times oversubscribed after the developer Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016) received 1,200 checks for the 80 flats on offer.

(The Standard)

Hongkongers snub second property sale in as many days, as MTR’s SouthLand becomes looming Fed rate hike’s latest victim

SouthLand, a project developed by RK Properties and MTR Corporation in Wong Chuk Hang, fails to sell a single unit two days before expected Fed rate hike

Only two out of 139 units were sold at Miami Quay in Kai Tak on Sunday

Hongkongers appeared to have been spooked by a looming increase in interest rates, as they snubbed another property sale in the space of two days.

As of 8pm on Tuesday, not a single unit had been sold out of the 139 flats on sale at SouthLand, a project developed by RK Properties and MTR Corporation in Wong Chuk Hang in Aberdeen, according to agents.

The sale came two days before a meeting of the US Federal Reserve, which is likely to increase interest rates by a further 75 basis points. With the Hong Kong dollar pegged to the US dollar, the Fed rate increase is expected to push Hong Kong’s commercial banks to increase their prime rates this month for the first time in four years.

“Everyone is waiting to see by how much the Fed is going to increase its interest rates. People are more cautious and are taking a wait-and-see approach,” an agent said. “Many homebuyers are still undecided, which is why transaction volumes are relatively poor.”

This is the second time in two days that Hong Kong developers have seen poor sales amid rising interest rates and an economy hobbled by coronavirus restrictions. On Sunday, only two units had sold out of the 139 on sale at Miami Quay in Kai Tak, the site of Hong Kong’s former airport.

Moreover, an announcement by John Lee Ka-chiu, Hong Kong’s leader, on Tuesday that his administration would create “maximum room” to reconnect the city with the world – which is being viewed as the strongest sign yet that hotel quarantine requirements for international arrivals will be scrapped soon – appeared to have done little to boost optimism among buyers.

The flats on offer at SouthLand have an average price of HK$35,804 (US$4,561) per square foot, with the most expensive unit priced at about HK$62 million and the cheapest at about HK$11 million, according to the property’s price list. The flats range in size from 290 sq ft to 2,083 sq ft and in layouts from studios to four-bedroom units.

SouthLand is the first project to sit atop a major subway station in about three decades. It was first launched in May last year, when its initial three rounds of sales were sold out.

The latest round of sales at the development comes amid a less accommodating economic landscape.

Home prices in Hong Kong have declined by about 5 per cent as of August, according to a property consultancy. The consultancy said that for the entire year, home prices will fall by as much as 8 per cent, while transactions are likely to slump by 35 per cent.

The city’s economy shrank 1.4 per cent in the second quarter of this year, following a 3.9 per cent contraction in the first three months of the year, confirming fears that stringent social distancing curbs had affected economic activity far more adversely than initially estimated. Last month, the government further cut its annual forecast for the city’s economy to between 0.5 per cent growth and 0.5 per cent contraction. It previously estimated that the economy was likely to see a growth of 1 to 2 per cent.

A potential full reopening of Hong Kong’s borders might have drawn a muted response from buyers, but it can only benefit the property industry, as it would expand the pool of tenants and investors in the local market, another agent said.

“This will potentially lead to a rebound in property prices.”

疫市下大手買賣暢旺，九龍灣高銀金融國際中心早前招標，經過第二輪角逐後，終於落實出售，市場消息指作價逾65億，成為今年以來暫錄最大宗買賣，平均呎價7800元，低市價逾25%，可見買家趁疫市「低撈」。

九龍灣高銀金融國際中心放售多時，去年曾經「成功」出售，最後未如期成交，該幢商廈於今年5月再度推出招標，入標除了發展商、還有外資基金及用家，並於上月底第二輪角逐截標後，最終剛落實出售 市場消息指出，該全幢作價逾65億，為今年以來最大宗買賣，該宗交易亦是去年由億京合組財團，以約105億購入九龍灣國際展貿中心後，區內再錄矚目的大買賣。

每呎約7800元低25%

市場人士分析，若以該廈總樓面82.5萬方呎計算，平均呎價逾7800元，九龍灣甲廈成交呎價普遍由約1萬至逾1.2萬，相比之下，高銀金融國際中心較最低呎價低約25%，可見買家趁疫市「低撈」，該廈現時出租率約60%，呎租介乎27至33元，回報逾4厘。

高銀於2011年7月以34億投得該商業地皮，並於2016年入伙，作為集團總部及收租用途，近兩年來，高銀金融陷入財困，曾多次抵押該廈，包括新加坡主權基金GIC、德意志銀行及發展商南豐，都是債權人，於2020年7月遭優先抵押票據持有人 (GIC及德意志銀行) 委任的接管人Borrelli Walsh入稟，要求接管高銀金融國際中心，並於同年9月，物業被接管人委託標售，其後高銀金融公布以143億向商人FONG Tim出售物業，但未有如期成交。

直至本年5月，物業再由接管人委託測量師行標售，當時，負責招標的測量師行曾指，物業相關法律爭議已獲裁決，故成功出售機會甚高。

連約回報逾4厘

有代理形容，買家趁疫市下「買得抵」，高銀金融國際中心寫字樓平均呎租約30元，回報甚高，該廈位處單邊，建築具特色，里外都特別闊落，況且，九龍灣商廈租戶都是大公司，在此設立後勤部門，區內規劃佳，街道不塞車，未來發展潛力看高一綫。

(星島日報)

更多高銀金融國際中心出租樓盤資訊請參閱：高銀金融國際中心出租

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觀塘項目料獲城規「開綠燈」 市建申請放寬商業限制具彈性

市建局觀塘市中心重建計畫第4和第5發展區，本月初共收24份意向書，料快將推出招標；該項目早前向城規會提交修訂申請，調整酒店、寫字樓及商業零售組合比例，增加項目發展彈性，容許中標發展商視乎需要「變陣」，包括可放棄興建酒店等，惟整個項目可建總樓面維持約216.59萬方呎不變，最新獲規劃署不反對，城規會將於周五 (23日) 舉行會議審議，料會「開綠燈」通過。

規劃署指，考慮到相關決策局 / 部門的意見，以及區內現有及規劃中的酒店可滿足需求，而容許靈活提供酒店的建議未必不合理，而且規劃意圖是增強活力和改善重建區環境；另外擬議修訂屬於技術性，並且批准方案下的布局和整體建築體積和建築形式將被保留，認為是次方案不太可能對視覺和空氣通風造成重大不利影響。

昨獲規劃署不反對

上述觀塘市中心主地盤第4及第5發展區項目位於新盤凱滙對出，毗鄰港鐵觀塘站，地盤面積約26.5萬方呎，包括約26.25萬方呎政府土地。以地積比8.17倍發展，興建2幢樓高13至64層、另有5層地庫的綜合商業大樓，可建總樓面約216.59萬方呎；商業用途分布相當有彈性，最大修訂為酒店部分由指定興建約34萬方呎，修訂為不設樓面面積下限至最多34.44萬方呎，意味中標財團可選擇不興建酒店或最多提供400間酒店客房。

月初已收24份意向書

其次，寫字樓部分由列明須興建約70萬方呎樓面，最新修訂為70.89萬方呎至137.37萬方呎。最後商業用途樓面 (商店及服務行業、食肆、娛樂場所及教育機構)，零售部分由原來指定須興建約100萬方呎樓面，最新修訂為69.97萬方呎至102萬方呎。另項目亦設有約7.08萬方呎政府、機構或社區設施樓面，及提供約2.18萬方呎的公共交通交匯處。

資料顯示，該項目已於本月7日截收意向書，當時共收約24份意向書，據了解，已知有遞交意向書的財團包括長實、新地、恒基、信和、會德豐地產、鷹君、華懋、遠東發展及中國海外。

可放棄興建酒店

整個觀塘重建項目早於2005年展開，項目第1期為前觀塘 (月華街) 巴士總站，由信和重建為住宅項目觀月．樺峯，涉299伙；而第2至3期則為信和夥拍華人置業發展的商住項目凱滙，涉及1999伙。

另外，在商業氣氛不景氣下，早前啟德多幅商業地均流標收場，城規會將啟德區5幅商業地改劃發展，有3幅成功改劃作住宅發展，惟跑道區4C區4號及4C區5號兩幅商業地，則未能通過改劃發展，合共可提供147.54萬方呎商業樓面。

(星島日報)

Hong Kong’s Goldin Financial Global Centre Sold After Two Year Battle

Hong Kong’s Goldin Financial Global Centre has sold after a two year struggle over the Kowloon East office tower.

A social media post by a property consultancy, which has been managing a tender of the 28-storey building on behalf of creditors stiffed by defaulting mainland conglomerate Goldin Financial declared the sale on Wednesday evening without providing details on pricing or the identity of the buyer.

Local press reports have cited deal amounts of between HK$6.8 billion ($866 million) to HK$7.0 billion for the 852,501 square foot (79,200 square metre) tower, pricing the deal at HK$7,977 per square foot or more. Mingtiandi was not able to independently verify financial details of the transaction.

At the reported HK$6.8 billion price, which some analysts believe to be optimistic, the 2016-vintage, grade A asset would be selling for around 44 percent below the HK$12 billion minimum set in an initial tender commenced in September 2020 after the property was seized by receivers in July of that year.

In December of 2019 Goldin Financial had valued the Leed Platinum building then used as its headquarters at HK$18.3 billion.

Game Over

At the reported price, the sale should provide relief to holders of HK$6.8 billion in senior notes issued by Goldin in April of 2019 and with Deutsche Bank affiliate DB Trustees (Hong Kong) Ltd acting as trustee.

After a series of record-setting land buys in Hong Kong, Goldin defaulted on the notes, which were backed by a trust deed on the Goldin Financial Global Centre, and receivers were appointed to redeem the asset.

In late 2020, in a move seen by some observers as an attempt to block the receivers’ tender of the building, Goldin announced that a businessman under the name “Fong Tim” had agreed to buy the building at 17 Kai Cheung Road in Kowloon Bay, stalling moves by creditors. When that sale failed to proceed, and after a protracted legal battle was declared void, the purported buyer was forced to forfeit a HK$2.03 billion deposit.

A fresh tender for the building was launched in May, with media reports earlier this month naming local development giant Nan Fung as the buyer. Representatives of the property consultancy earlier denied naming Nan Fung as the buyer and today declined to provide further details on the sale. Inquiries to Nan Fung went unanswered at the time of publication.

Down Market

At the reported price, the sale of the Goldin Financial Global Centre would mark the largest single asset transaction in Hong Kong’s real estate market so far this year, as rising interest rates and an economic slowdown in China have undermined the world’s most expensive commercial real estate market.

Reported to be 30 percent vacant in May of this year, Goldin’s erstwhile trophy has struggled as a high-specification building in a secondary location within the emerging Kowloon East commercial hub at a time when occupiers have been cutting back their footprints and investors have been keeping their checkbooks locked away.

From March 2019 through March 2022 Hong Kong’s grade A office market contracted by 3.1 percent according to a report released this month by another property consultancy, with the total area of desk space occupied in the city shrinking by 2.3 million square feet, or the equivalent of three major office towers.

“Since mid-2019, company downsizing has been a prominent trend and led to substantial contraction in total occupied space and record-high vacancy in Hong Kong’s Grade A office market, triggering the longest and deepest downturn as a result,” the consultancy said in a statement.

(Mingtiandi)

For more information of Office for Lease at Goldin Financial Global Centre please visit: Office for Lease at Goldin Financial Global Centre

For more information of Grade A Office for Lease in Kowloon Bay please visit:  Grade A Office for Lease in Kowloon Bay

Three big deals for handsome homes struck

A member of "King of Jeans" Tony Lau Hon-chung's family appears to be the new owner of a highly desirable house on The Peak.

The property is 3B of Gough Hill Residences with an area of 4,299 square feet, which was put up for sale by Kimbee Lau Chan Hoi-wan, the chief executive of Chinese Estates (0127) and wife of Joseph Lau Luen-hung. Featuring a garden and swimming pool of 5,314 sq ft and a rooftop of 1,717 sq ft, the house was put on sale for HK$600 million, or HK$14,000 per square foot, in October 2021.

It had been bought for HK$180 million in 2009 by an overseas registered company, Active City.

According to the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, a mortgage loan for the house was sought by Anthony Lau Chi-sing.

Anthony Lau is also the sole board director of Active City now that Joseph Lau and Kimbee Lau have quit.

Tony Lau is also the brother of former legislator Sophie Leung Lau Yau-fun, who purchased a house at 16 Repulse Bay Road for HK$160 million in 1999 from Chinese Estates, in which Joseph Lau and his wife have controlling interests.

Meanwhile, Hong Kong celebrity Wong Cho-lam has sold a luxury home in Tai Po for HK$45.8 million, or HK$27,005 per sq ft.

The four-bedroom unit in Mayfair By The Sea has a floor area of 1,696 sq ft and a garden of 928 sq ft.

Wong made 23 percent more from the deal, having bought the property for just over HK$37 million in 2016.

Another big deal involves the family of Yeung Yiu-chung, the late "King of Industrial Buildings," who last month bought a home at Leighton Hill, Happy Valley for HK$102 million, or HK$59,165 per square foot.

The Yeung family paid HK$30.6 million with 30 percent stamp duty for the property that has a floor area of 1,724 sq ft.

Meanwhile, the primary market remains hot with developers attracting buyers to two new projects.

The second phase of One Innovale, built by Henderson Land Development (0012) in Fan Ling, has drawn more than 2,200 checks for 193 units on the first three price lists, making the batch 11.4 times oversubscribed.

And Wetland Seasons Bay in Tin Shui Wai was about 23 times oversubscribed after developer Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016) received 1,870 checks for the 80 flats on offer.

(The Standard)

4,500 flats to go on sale at less than half market value under Hong Kong housing scheme, amid fears nano units will not sell

Chairwoman of authority’s subsidised housing committee remains hopeful shoebox flats will sell, others are less optimistic

Around 10 per cent of units on sale are shoebox flats, smaller than 230 sq ft

More than 4,500 subsidised flats in Hong Kong will be offered to buyers at less than half their market value next week, but a concern group has warned that demand for the smallest homes is expected to be weak.

The Housing Authority on Wednesday said 4,693 flats, ranging in size from 184 sq ft to 489 sq ft would go on sale under the Green Form Subsidised Home Ownership Scheme starting on September 29. About 10 per cent of the flats are smaller than 230 sq ft.

Cleresa Wong Pie-yue, chairwoman of the authority’s subsidised housing committee, said the proportion of small flats in the latest round had been reduced and she remained hopeful buyers would be interested.

“I cannot say there is a zero chance of a sales slump, but these small flats are of better quality, with easy access to railway stations nearby,” she said.

“Despite an increase in interest rates, these flats are cheaper … even though the economy is not booming, some residents will still be interested.”

The flats will be sold at a 59 per cent discount on the market price, and range in price from HK$750,000 (US$95,000) to HK$2.71 million. The application process will run until October 12, with the lottery to be held in the fourth quarter.

Subsidised nano flats sold slowly previously. More than 780 offered by authority previously went unsold for more than a month last year, with over 500 of them left over from 2020.

According to the authority, 160 homes at Kam Pak Court in Ma On Shan measure about 184 sq ft, while 387 at Ko Wang Court in Yau Tong range from 185 sq ft to 223 sq ft. The rest of the 3,370 units at the two estates and the 776 flats at Ching Tao Court in Fanling fall between 277 sq ft and 489 sq ft.

But Thomas Wong Ka-ki, community officer with the Federation of Public Housing Estates, said he was less optimistic that demand for the shoebox flats would be high.

“These two estates have flats under 180 sq ft. I believe that the applicants will find them less attractive. The advantage is that they are located closer to railway stations so single applicants may be willing to purchase them … I think these flats will take time to be sold out,” Wong said.

He added that buyers’ enthusiasm might not be affected by the sluggish property market as they tended to purchase flats for self-use.

But Wong noted that buyers could only resell their flats five years after the purchase, a tightened requirement from the previous two years, saying this could make them more cautious in making decisions.

He urged the government to review the subsidised housing policy by setting a minimum flat size requirement of 280 sq ft, resembling the rule for the private market, while keeping the proportion of small flats to about one-fifth of the total supply in each batch.

“If these subsidised flats are small in size, applicants with three to four members will not be willing to move out of their rental housing and purchase them,” Wong said.

Launched in 2016, the scheme aims to sell subsidised homes to tenants of public rental housing.

在加息等多項不利因素下，甲廈投資氣氛一片死寂，業界人士預計短期內投資者仍會觀望，交投將持續淡靜一段時間。

據一間本地代理行的10大指標甲廈統計上，8月港九10幢指標物業包括力寶中心、信德中心及新文華中心等，錄得零成交，可見市況甚差。

近日核心區較大手買賣，為中環皇后大道中118至120號聯盛大廈全幢易手，物業地盤面積約1,127平方呎，樓高11層，總樓面約10,704平方呎，項目以近3億元成交，呎價約2.8萬元。新買家為本地投資耆，料購入後稍作翻新。原業主為資深投資者羅守輝，於2002年以約3,038萬元購入，持貨20年獲利近2.7億元，升值約9倍。

8月空置率10.38% 創新高

空置率統計上，據該行統計，8月港島區整體甲廈空置率錄得約10.38%，比7月上升0.11個百分點，按年亦高出0.59個百分點，再次突破歷史新高記錄。5大核心區中僅中環區表現較佳，錄得輕微跌幅，該區8月指標商廈空置率錄得約9.09%，按月回落0.21個百分點，但對比2021年同期則仍高出1.80個百分點。

整體市場氣氛仍見疲弱，租務表現則相對平穩，如中環中心低層03室，面積約2,083平方呎，以呎租約46元租出；資料顯示，該單位於2019年中時呎租達約70元，最新租金下跌約34%。

另其他港島區4大核心區租務活動就較為淡靜，一綫商業地帶金鐘8月甲廈空置率為9.23%，對比7月上升0.46個百分點，按年遞增0.44個百分點，反映租賃氣氛仍見疲弱。上環方面，該區最新指標商廈空置率錄得約11.01%，按月遞升0.22個百分點，較去年同期更明顯上升1.60個百分點。灣仔8月甲級商廈空置率約12.73%，按月上升0.38個百分點，但對比2021年8月則有約0.41個百分點的跌幅。銅鑼灣為5區中按月升幅最高，由7月約8.60%增加至最新約9.32%，不過按年比較則表現最好，回落1.82個百分點。

業界認為有利用家入市

對於交投淡靜，該行代理分析，整體商廈市場受多項不利因素影響，包括美國加息步伐急、環球局勢緊張、香港亦未與外地通關等夾擊，令商業氣氛一般，而投資者普遍希望再加以觀察，故料交投將持續淡靜。該代理認為，由於價格相對已回調，故現時較適合用家入市，相信市場將錄用家入市個案比例增加。

(經濟日報)

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商廈租賃市場疫市而行

政府早前縮短海外抵港人士檢疫期為「3+4」，雖有刺激市場作用，但因尚未完全通關，對外來遊客及投資者吸引力有限，來港意慾未算高漲，因此多間航空公司均表示暫時未計劃恢復疫情前的航班數量。市場人士認為，在此情況下，反而形成了甲級商業大廈承租個案上升的情況。

根據一間本地代理行資料顯示，寫字樓租金輕微向上，甲廈租金8月份按月升0.8%。灣仔及銅鑼灣區的甲廈空置率由7月份的8%下跌至8月份7.3%，可見市場對商廈租賃需求有上升迹象。

中綫投資者手持優質甲廈

通關無期，現時有不少中綫投資者因應市況，把物業由放售改為放租。他們持有的物業質素普遍較佳，通常屬於甲級商廈，單位附設裝修、海景等，可即租即用。由於這批業主想盡快放租，價錢及租期上可商議的空間大，細節條款相對更容易洽詢。至於長綫投資者：他們需顧及大廈整體租金水平，因此不會因個別單位而降低租金，議價空間有限、加上大業主持有的物業通常不設裝修，只有天花裝置提供、他們亦會考慮租客背景、租期等因素……可見長綫投資者選擇租客態度更為謹慎、局限較多。在經濟不明朗的環境下，對於中小企業或初創公司來說，中綫投資者持有的單位限制較少、租金相宜。附設的裝潢又可以節省開支，吸引未有業績背景支持的初創公司承租。綜合以上因素，這批放租物業成為他們不二之選。

另一方面，由於市場資金仍充裕，核心區商廈於疫市下仍錄大手成交：包括上海商業總會以1.2億元購入中環南華大廈7樓全層，呎價約2.9萬元，創該廈歷來呎價新高。市場人士認為，現時正值為寫字樓市場的傳統淡季，市場表現雖較為平淡，但業主及租客在疫市下各自其志，形成新氣象，相信未來若能全面恢復通關，市場對寫字樓的租賃需求上升，交投氣氛將會更熱烈。

(經濟日報)

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九龍灣三湘全層3.88億易手 大鴻輝沽貨 8年升值74%

今年以來工廈受捧，九龍灣三湘九龍灣貨運中心全層，以約3.88億成交，平均呎價約5567元，新買家為澳洲基金嘉民亞洲相關人士，原業主大鴻輝持有，持貨8年升值74%。

九龍灣大業街59號三湘九龍灣貨運中心1樓全層，另連車位，面積約6.97萬方呎，以成交價約3.88億計算，平均呎價約5567元 (未計車位在內)，新買家為澳洲基金嘉民亞洲，物業以賣公司形式易手，新買家得以節省釐印費，該物業目前呎租介20至25元，月收逾156萬，回報逾4.8厘，原業主為大鴻輝於2014年以2.23億購入物業，持貨8年帳面獲利1.65億，物業升值74%。

新買家為澳洲基金嘉民亞洲，對上一次為今年1月，該基金斥資3.68億購入該廈6樓全層連8個車位，面積約6.97萬方呎，過去兩年，該基金多次增持該廈單位，還包括2樓及7樓單位，連同是次入市，合共斥資近13億增持該廈樓面，作為長綫投資。

嘉民亞洲相關人士承接

三湘九龍灣貨運中心於1982年入伙，樓高10層，大廈內部設有旋轉車道，可供大型貨櫃車上落，車路亦可直接通往大業街，物業鄰近德福廣場一帶，距離港鐵九龍灣站約15分鐘步程。

該廈貨倉樓底高約16.5呎，每呎可承重300磅，大廈設有24小時運作專用平台，載貨電梯可直達每層單位，方便租客上落，故大廈多被用作分銷中心或物流貨倉等。

連約回報4.8厘

今年8月，該基金斥資3.8億，向鄧成波家族購入葵涌健康街15至23號泉基工業大廈一籃子物業，包括2樓B室，4至6樓、8至14樓連天台，以及12個車位，總樓面約16.8萬方呎，佔大廈72.53%業權，成交呎價約2262元。

嘉民集團近年表現積極，除了大手增持物流中心及工廈，並熱衷於投放資源於數據中心，早前該集團公布，旗下荃灣中央紗廠舊址重建已落成，作為本港最大型數據中心，由4座大廈組成，總樓面達160萬方呎，預租率約87%，當中兩座大廈已落成，租戶為嘉民集團於全球主要數據中心及科技客戶，餘下兩座仍在發展階段，預計於2024年完工。

(星島日報)

立安工廈逾80%業權意向7.8億

今年以來工廈交投活躍，有小業主聯合放售工廈，新蒲崗立安工業大廈逾80%業權放售，意向價約7.8億。

位處新蒲崗五芳街

有代理表示，立安工業大廈位於新蒲崗五芳街18號，樓高13層，建於1965年，地盤面積約14950方呎，全幢大廈總建築面積約155161方呎，是次出售部分 (包括地下部分) 建築面積約130490方呎，按現狀放售，意向價約7.8億。

該代理表示，物業位於五芳街，緊接新蒲崗主要街道大有街，步行數分鐘即可到達港鐵鑽石山站，該站為觀塘綫及屯馬綫轉車站，屯馬綫開通後，加上區內公屋啟鑽苑年初開始入伙，該區居住人口上升。立安工業大廈佔地萬呎，具發展潛力。

該代理續說，新蒲崗大變天，不斷有重建及活化工廈，六合街3號獲批重建一幢22層高新式工廈，區內尚有新世界活化工廈項目Artisan Hub、新落成工廈Artisan Lab、麒豐資本的東傲，由牛仔褲大王劉漢松所持有的五芳街15至17號興建中酒店等。

該代理續表示，區內彩虹道街市於今年收回重建新體育館，及興建一個公共地下停車場。除了政府之外，9家知名發展商表示合力發展啟德，相信鄰近的新蒲崗將獲益不少。

(星島日報)

Home completions hit 18-year high

More than 13,000 private homes were completed in the first seven months this year, marking an 18-year high.

Buildings Department data showed that a total of 1,131 units from three projects were completely built in July, a 25 percent rise from the 902 homes in June.

For the seven-month period, 13,195 units were completed in 36 projects, 31 percent more than the same period in 2021. The figure was also a high going back to 2005.

Of the three projects completed last month, China Overseas Land and Investment's (0688) One Victoria in Kai Tak will offer 1,059 homes. Madera Garden in Ho Man Tin, developed by Hip Shing Hong, followed with 71 units, while Jardine's Lookout also reported the completion of a house, No 8 Henderson Road.

A property agent expects that more big projects to come, including The Arles in Fo Tan (1,335 units) and The YOHO Hub in Yuen Long (1,030 units).

But the agent is worried that the final completed units might miss the 22,850 forecast for the year, as the fifth Covid wave has caused delays at some projects.

The news comes as the grade A office market saw a negative net rental absorption of 29,200 sq ft last month, according to another property agency.

Though office supply exceeds demand, the overall vacancy rate stayed flat at 9.6 percent by the end of August.

Overall rents dropped further by 0.3 percent monthly, with Central seeing a 0.4 percentdip and Causeway Bay 0.3 percent, while Tsim Sha Tsui saw a slight 0.1 percent rise.

In the primary market, the second phase of One Innovale in Fan Ling has unveiled a fourth price list, offering 50 units at an average HK$14,848 after discounts.

Henderson Land Development (0012) has received over 2,400 checks, about nine times oversubscribed.

(The Standard)

Cash-strapped Hong Kong-listed firm Goldin’s former headquarters sells for between HK$6.5 billion and HK$7 billion, according to media reports

A property consultancy declines to provide details about the buyer or transaction amount

At its highest, the sales price is about 30 per cent lower than estimates of HK$10 billion

Goldin Financial Global Centre, the 28-storey former headquarters of cash-strapped Goldin Financial Holdings, has been sold for between HK$6.5 billion (US$828 million) and HK$7 billion, according to local media.

A property consultancy declined to provide details about the buyer or transaction amount on Thursday.

But local media outlets such as Sing Tao, Hong Kong Economic Times and Ming Pao reported that the grade A office tower in Hong Kong’s Kowloon Bay district sold in this price range, which at its highest is about 30 per cent lower than an estimated sales price of HK$10 billion.

Hong Kong-listed Goldin Financial Holdings holds Chinese tycoon Pan Sutong’s finance and real estate development businesses. The firm and its creditors have been engaged in a tussle since July 2020 over who controlled the building, which the developer has used as collateral for loans. Pan resigned as Goldin’s chairman in June this year.

The building has an area of 920,000 sq ft spread across 28 floors above ground and three basement floors, Savills said earlier. Each floor has a gross floor area of around 35,000 sq ft.

“We will see more of Pan and Goldin’s assets being sold to pay debts, or sold by creditors like this, as he has to find a way to pay his debts,” said Kenny Ng Lai-yin, a strategist at Everbright Securities International.

The sale draws to an end the long-drawn tale of debt-laden Goldin’s flagship property.

On September 28, 2020, the receivers appointed a property consultancy to sell the building after the developer failed to meet its debt obligations. But two days later, Goldin said it had entered into a provisional sale-and-purchase agreement for the building with an independent third party for HK$14.3 billion.

Two months later, however, the receivers said the company had no right to sell it. Then on October 29 the same year, the Hong Kong High Court ruled that Pan, Goldin’s chairman back then, had lost control of its assets to creditors.

The receivers sold the building, located at 17 Kai Cheung Road, for a reported HK$14 billion later that year, but failed to complete the deal.

The sale of Goldin Financial Global Centre will, however, not bring any relief to Goldin, and the firm’s debt woes are far from over.

In October 2020, a unit of Deutsche Bank filed a petition in Bermuda for the liquidation of Goldin Financial Holdings.

In May this year, a division of the Bank of China filed a bankruptcy petition against Pan in Hong Kong for an outstanding debt of 740 million yuan (US$105.4 million). In July, the Hong Kong High Court ordered that the tycoon declare bankruptcy and unwind one of his holding companies over unpaid liabilities of HK$8 billion owed to China Citic Bank. The order is being appealed.

The firm had recorded a loss of around HK$1.4 billion, with its liabilities reaching HK$7.5 billion, as of June 30, 2021. The company postponed its annual results for last year, citing disruptions caused by Covid-19 and related restrictions.

(South China Morning Post)

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First-home buyers swoop in on Sun Hung Kai’s Wetland flats to get ahead of Hong Kong’s first mortgage hikes in four years

All 80 flats on offer at Sun Hung Kai Properties’ Wetland Seasons Bay project were sold on Thursday, agents said

The flats were offered at HK$14,344 per square foot, about 2.5 per cent cheaper than the average price of the previous phase of the project

Hong Kong’s homebuyers swooped in on the weekday sale of a popular property project on Thursday,, as they exploited a slim window before the city’s first increases in mortgage rates take effect.

Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) sold all 80 flats on offer in the third phase of its Wetland Seasons Bay project in Tin Shui Wai, agents said. As many as 23 bidders went after each available unit, with 1,870 registrations of intent received.

The flats were offered at HK$14,344 per square foot, about 2.5 per cent cheaper than the average price of the previous phase of the project, translating to HK$4.97 million (US$633,159) for a unit measuring 356 sq ft (33 square metres) after discount.

The small offering is likely to sell out, considering the 75-basis point increase in the city’s base rate, because “it caters to users’ demand with appropriate pricing and a good location”, a property agent said.

The limited offer came on the day when five of Hong Kong’s largest banks raised their prime rates for the first time in four years, hot on the heels of the 75-basis point increase in the base rate by the local monetary authority. The higher rates kick in a day later at the earliest, with Bank of China (Hong Kong) making its loans more expensive by 12.5 basis points five days later.

Many outstanding home mortgage loans in Hong Kong are based on the prime rate, the rate that banks charge their best customers. The payment of a typical HK$5 million, 28-year mortgage loan with a 2.75-percentage point discount to the prime rate will cost 1.6 per cent more, or by HK$323, to HK$21,029 per month after the latest rate increases, according to a local mortgage broker.

The latest phase of Wetland Seasons Bay received the lowest registrations of interest compared with earlier offerings, when as many as 33 bids were after each unit during a sales launch in August 2021.

It has also fared better than SouthLand, developed by RK Properties and MTR Corporation at Wong Chuk Hang in Aberdeen, which flopped earlier this week during its launch. The project, priced at HK$35,804 per square foot on average, failed to find a single buyer for the 139 units on offer.

“Interest rates are on an upwards trend, but property is a long-term investment, [so] short-term interest rate fluctuations will not hinder the public’s desire to buy a home,” said Sun Hung Kai Real Estate Agency’s general manager Allen Woo before Thursday’s sale. “Buyers who have actual housing needs have already considered the factor of rising interest rates. In addition, the project provides a fixed-rate second mortgage payment plan.”

A decline in home prices is widely anticipated in Hong Kong, as the city’s economy grapples with a technical recession and interest rates at a 14-year high. A property consultancy said that it expected an overall drop of between 10 and 12 per cent in mass housing prices this year.

A market index has fell 0.3 per cent to 171.27 for the week ended September 11, its lowest level since February 2019.

The September index may drop to a level last seen in 2019, after declining by 7.2 per cent over the previous nine months, a property agency said.

“Due to the economic downturn, buyers all hope that prices will be set more cheaply,” agent said. “The positioning and unit size of this project are suitable for young people buying their first homes.

“Many young people in Hong Kong want to buy a house and have their own new world, so this project is very popular.”

(South China Morning Post)

How Hong Kong homebuyers have seen their purchasing power shrink by HK$1 million since January

The erosion in buying power comes after increases in both the Hibor and banks’ prime rates

It is worrying that interest rates are on a rising trend, mortgage holder says

Owning a home in Hong Kong seems to get tougher by the day. While potential homebuyers might have lost HK$1 million (US$127,390) in buying power so far this year, homeowners will see their mortgage payments go up after banks in the city raised their prime rates from today.

Hongkongers with a monthly budget of HK$17,000 for a mortgage could borrow HK$5 million at 1.45 per cent annually from a bank and buy a home priced at HK$5.5 million in January, according to a local mortgage broker. Fast forward to Friday, potential buyers with the same budget can only borrow about HK$4 million and buy a home worth HK$4.4 million.

The erosion in their buying power is because of two key references for the city’s mortgage rates, the Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rates (Hibor) and banks’ prime rates, both of which have surged this year.

“Potential homebuyers with limited budgets for monthly mortgages will have no choice but to shift their focus to cheaper homes,” a property agent said. They should calculate carefully, as mortgages will almost certainly “continue to rise after further US interest rate hikes this year,” the agent added.

The Hibor has continued to climb after the Hong Kong Monetary Authority lifted its base rate to defend the city’s currency peg to the US dollar, following five interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve this year.

As a result, the mortgage rate for September now stands at 2.875 per cent, the mortgage broker said, versus 1.45 per cent in January.

The latest increase has forced the city’s commercial banks to also raise their best lending rates. Five major lenders boosted their prime rates by 12.5 basis points with effect from today. The rate HSBC, Hang Seng Bank and Bank of China (Hong Kong) (BOCHK) will climb to 5.125 per cent, while the cost at Standard Chartered and Bank of East Asia will rise to 5.375 per cent.

The burden for homeowners has also grown, and there is concern that it will only worsen.

“I paid about HK$1,000 more this month compared with July, and I am starting to feel the heavier financial burden,” said Natalie Gao, 35, who works in the financial industry. She bought a one-bedroom, 400 sq ft home in Hong Kong’s Discovery Bay in 2018 for about HK$5 million.

“I have already cut some spending on dining out and cook more at home,” she said. “But that might not be enough. I am thinking of repaying some of the mortgage in advance to ease some future pressure.”

Others too are preparing for rainy days ahead. Katie Chan, a white-collar worker, bought a 700 sq ft flat on one of the city’s outer islands seven years ago with a mortgage loan from BOCHK of HK$1.2 million priced at the prime rate minus 2.75 percentage points.

With the increase in prime rates today, Chan will need to pay about HK$200 more every month.

“It is not too painful at just HK$200 per month. However, what is more worrying is that interest rates are on a rising trend, which means banks may increase their prime rates by two or three more times in the following months,” she said.

“If the prime rate increases by 1 full percentage point, I expect I would need to pay about HK$1,000 more per month for my mortgage. I can afford it, but I will start to feel the pain.”

近月出現財困的內房恒大 (03333)，其位於灣仔的總部中國恆大中心，近期被接管，現接管人推出物業標售，下月底截標，市場估值約80億至90億，較購入價低近4成。

接管人推全幢招標 下月底截標

灣仔全幢商廈罕有出售，有代理行表示，接管人 (安邁企業諮詢) 現正公開招標出售中國恆大中心全幢物業。現以現狀連租約出售，截標日期為2022年10月31日 (星期一) 正午12時。

早於今年中，恒大委託測量師行標售其總部大廈中國恆大中心，並於7月初截標。當時長實 (01113) 確認入標，最終項目未有售出，而本月初，物業遭債權人申請委任接管人接管。據文件顯示，債權人為中信銀行國際，據悉或與恒大此前抵押中國恆大中心，換取76億元貸款融資有關。

該行代理表示，物業為灣仔告士打道之上僅有5幢屬單一業權並具備總部規格的商廈之一，項目佔地約23,021平方呎，享三面單邊樓面。物業樓高27層，政府批則總面積約345,423平方呎，寫字樓層的每層面積介乎1.2萬至1.4萬平方呎，連同55個車位。

據悉，項目現時出租率近8成，包括恒大使用的多層。市值方面，因整體商廈空置率偏高，租售價已明顯回調，估計現時項目值約80億至90億元，較2015年恒大約125億元購入價，最多跌近4成。

去年8月，當時傳出中國恒大積極套現，擬出售灣仔中國恆大中心，市值料逾百億元，更傳出獲國企越秀地產以約100億元洽購，並洽談至最後階段。

惟去年10月，消息指越秀董事會最終否決有關建議，因憂慮恒大尚未解決的債務問題，最終退出收購。

(經濟日報)

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尖東滙豐銀行舖9700萬沽

核心區錄大額舖位成交，消息指，尖東滙豐銀行舖位，以約9,700萬元成交，原業主持貨10年，獲利約4,700萬元。

市場人士指，尖東東海商業中心地下12至14號舖位易手，物業面積約2,951平方呎，以約9,700萬元成交，該舖由滙豐銀行以每月約30萬元租用。

投資者賣4舖 10年賺4700萬

據悉，原業主為舖位投資者，於2013年以9,500萬元購入東海商業中心地下4個舖位，而當時正值舖位投資商峰期，購入不久便以4,500萬元摸出其中一舖位，相隔10年後，現以9,700萬元再沽出餘下3舖位，合共套現約1.42億元。原業主持貨10年，分階段沽貨獲利約4,700萬元。據了解，該名投資者早前以6,300萬元，低價購入同區栢麗購物大道地下至1樓複式舖位。

另有代理行綜合土地註冊處資料顯示，8月份商舖註冊宗數錄89宗 (主要反映7月份市況)，按月下約跌11%；註冊金額約15.94億元，按月下跌約45.1%。

該行預期，政府宣布放寬入境措施可以為來港旅遊、投資和工作的人士提供更多便利。不過，由於放寬防疫措施至疫情前的狀況亦需要一定時間，相信商舖成交量未必會迅速反彈。

(經濟日報)

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Evergrande set for beating in sale of HK flagship tower

China Evergrande's (3333) building in Wan Chai was put for sale by tender until the end of next month and might change hands at a price that is 28 percent lower than the HK$12.5 billion it paid for the property in 2015.

China Evergrande Centre at 38 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, was recently commissioned by the receiver Alvarez & Marsal to a property consultancy to sell in a tender.

The 27-story building has a total area of about 345,423 square feet, with each floor having 12,000 to 14,000 sq ft, and 55 parking spaces.

Documents show the creditor is China CITIC Bank International, a subsidiary of state-owned China CITIC Bank (0998), and the sale may have been occasioned by a HK$7.6 billion mortgage that Evergrande took on its Hong Kong headquarters.

It bought the building from Chinese Estates Holdings (0127) in 2015 for HK$12.5 billion.

In October 2021, Yuexiu Property (0123) reportedly planned to buy it for HK$10.5 billion, but the deal failed to go through over concerns that Evergrande's unpaid liabilities could jeopardize it.

Evergrande, in June, tried to auction it off and got a bid of HK$9 billion from CK Asset Holdings (1113), 28 percent lower than its purchase price.

As of August, the overall vacancy rate of grade-A offices was 9.6 percent, up by 7.9 percentage points compared with September 2015, and that is believed to have caused the valuation of Evergrande's flagship in Hong Kong to plunge.

(The Standard)

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HKMA easing rates bounce in property deals

Transactions at 10 major housing estates rebounded after the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's announcement of relaxed stress test requirements but that came amid more price slashing.

A property agency recorded 10 at 10 major housing estates at the weekend, up 11.1 percent, or one more deal, returning to the double-digit level.

It said the HKMA easing and the quarantine policy relaxation will ease pressure brought on by interest rate hikes on buyers and stimulate property market transactions.

Another agency saw nine deals at the 10 estates, which was also one more than the eight that it saw a week ago.

Prices of some secondary-market flats saw significant drops, with a mid-level unit in Shatin City One selling for HK$3.95 million after a discount of about HK$550,000.

The asking price of a one-bedroom unit in Lohas Park fell from HK$6.68 million to HK$6.4 million recently.

The HKMA lowered its interest rate stress testing requirement for mortgage lending by banks from 300 to 200 basis points on Friday. It said the move was taken in response to changes in their risk management needs, taking into account the interest rate environment and the trend of mortgage rates, as well as past long-term averages, and is not related to countercyclical macroprudential measures.

Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016) yesterday said it is adding 43 units to its third price list for Wetland Seasons Bay's third phase after it sold out all 80 units in the first batch on Thursday. Their average price is HK$14,745 per square foot without any discount.

(The Standard)

Shop deals turnover hit by 45pc plunge

Transactions of commercial properties came in at HK$1.59 billion last month, 45.1 percent less than July, amid no hints of when quarantine-free travel will return and the reopening of the border with the mainland.

The transaction volume also fell 11 percent to 89, according to the data from a property agency and the Land Registry.

Though the figures mainly reflect the market situation in July, the sluggish demand is taking its toll on the commercial property sector.

To remain competitive for global capital and talents, the SAR administration late last week canceled the so-called "three-plus-four" arrangement, made up of three days in a designated quarantine hotel and four days of medical surveillance for new arrivals, to a "zero-plus-three" system.

However, property agent said that the change might have only a limited effect in boosting the property market.

The agent also expects tourism to fail to recover to prepandemic levels despite the relaxed quarantine requirements, which may continue to stunt commercial property transactions.

Hong Kong officials have said it is hard to come up with a roadmap for quarantine-free travel.

寬檢疫至「0+3」 業界料帶動商廈需求

政府放寬入境檢疫措施至「0+3」，業界人士普遍認為對重啟商務往來有正面作用，料寫字樓需求相對受惠。

首階段料寫字樓較受惠

有代理認為，是次放寬入境檢疫至「0+3」，對商務活動恢復是好開始，海外商務旅客可慢慢重返，故首階段料對寫字樓需求有推動，至少可令部分有意來港擴充的跨國機構可來港洽商。租售價上，該代理指目前商廈空置率高，故新措施下租金料未能反彈，但可紓緩高空置情況。該代理相信，若未來1至2個月再放寬至「0+0」，商務活動則將進一步推動。

至於商舖市場上，該代理指新措施下仍有3天醫學監察，訪港的觀光旅客料不多，飲食及零售商機沒有明顯增加，因此商舖租金及售價料未受新措施帶動而上升。

對於放寬至「0+3」入境措施，有旅行社負責人指出，新措施下尚有3天居家醫學監察，相信來港觀光旅客數字變化不多，主要便利商務旅客，故相信要完全放寬至「0+0」，海外訪港人數才會增加。另外，訪港客中，過往海外遊客佔約四分之一，故在未與內地通關前，旅遊業尚未能完全恢復興旺，但認為現時釋出放寬信息，仍是正面消息，希望下一步放寬至「0+0」。

至於酒店需求上，該旅行社負責人指，由於新措施後已沒有檢疫酒店，故將有2萬多酒店房間騰出，全港合共約8萬酒店房間提供，在短期尚未有大批旅客下，入住率料轉差，酒店房價將回落。

(經濟日報)

財團逾4億 統一嘉林邊道舊樓業權

九龍城嘉林邊道28A及28B號物業，最終由財團在無競爭對手下，以底價逾4.04億元投得，成功統一業權。

該物業現為1幢3層高的住宅 (位於車庫層之上)。根據馬頭角分區計劃大綱核准圖，該地皮現劃為「住宅 (乙類)」用途的用地，佔地約10,070平方呎。若以最高地積比率約5倍發展，總樓面面積約50,350平方呎。據早前的強拍文件顯示，上述強拍申請人為金楓集團有限公司 (GOLD FOCUS HOLDINGS LIMITED)。

大鴻輝就深水埗舊樓 申強拍

另外，深水埗福華街54至60號舊樓最新向土地審裁處申請強拍，計入僭建物後，項目的現況市值約1.92億元，惟撇除僭建物部分，項目的現況市值則約1.83億元。據了解，是次強拍申請人為大鴻輝。

根據文件顯示，該財團現持有福華街54及56號約91.67%業權，並持有福華街58及60號約92.5%業權。而前者於1977年落成，現為1幢6層高的商住物業，後者則於1972年落成，同樣是1幢6層高商住物業，兩者佔地約4,620平方呎。此為土地審裁處今年接獲的第21份強拍申請。有代理估計，今年全年土地審裁處將接獲約27、28宗強拍申請。

市區優質地皮新供應罕有，市建局隨即加快推出重建項目，其中西營盤皇后大道西/賢居里發展項目，將於今日截收意向書，料可吸引各大中小發展商入意向書。綜合市場估值，上述地皮估值介乎約15億至16億，每方呎估值約12300至13200元。

業界人士指，近年市區土地供應短缺，尤其港島地皮更為罕有，該地鄰近商業區，由於地盤面積適中，料日後以發展中小型單位為主。有測量師指，項目地理位置優越，區內發展成熟，可步行至上環商業區，具吸引力。

每呎估值12300至13200元

該項目位於皇后大道西129至151號 (單數)，鄰近港鐵西營盤站，步行前往約其中一個出口約3分鐘步行程。地盤面積約1.68萬方呎，可建總樓面約12.15萬方呎。

項目旨在整理項目範圍內的土地用途和布局，重新規劃公眾休憩用地，以加強地方的連接性和可達性，並改善地區環境。現時的賢居里垃圾收集站、公廁及公眾休憩用地將會作原地重置及融入在未來的發展項目內，其可用性亦會相應地提升。

總樓面約12.15萬呎

而成功取得本項目的發展商，須按發展協議中列明的標準與品質、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。

(星島日報)

油麻地德昌里舊樓1.45億易手 涉約83.96%業權 華廈置業沽貨

老牌地產商華廈置業旗下收購逾10年的油麻地德昌里舊樓，其持有約83.96%業權，剛以約1.45億易手，每呎樓面地價約6200元，舊樓佔地約3688方呎，具重建價值，買家為本地發展商。

市場消息透露，油麻地德昌里16、16A、18、20、22及22A號舊樓，過去10多年來，華廈置業一直以「儲樓」形式收購單位，見平就購入收租，最後一個單位於去年購入，至今持有舊樓約83.96%業權，早於兩個月透過大型代理行標售該批舊樓，意向價1.8億，最新剛以逾1.45億易手。

10多年「儲樓」式收購

據了解，該批物業部分以賣物業形式沽貨，涉及28個住宅單位，涉資8036.7萬，地鋪則以賣公司形式易手，涉資逾6000萬，合共涉資逾1.4億，該舊樓樓高8層，於1965年落成，佔地3688.43方呎，涉及實用面積約18557方呎，若以現樓計算，平均呎價約7813元，若以樓面地價計算，該83.96%業權每呎樓面地價約6243元。

根據油麻地分區計畫大綱圖編號S/K2/23，物業現址劃為「住宅 (甲類)」用地，若發展純住宅，地積比7.5倍，若以商住混合發展規劃，地積比高達9倍。而該物業將按現狀，部分交吉、部分連現約及許可證形式出售。市場消息預期，買家為本地發展商。

住宅涉資8036.7萬

華廈置業早於2011年起收購德昌里16至22A號舊樓，業內人士指，每年皆吸納數個單位，最近一宗要追溯至2021年4月份，該廈3樓1室以450萬易手。

值得留意，華廈置業為本地老牌發展商，由鍾培生祖父、已故「工廈大王」鍾江海於1961年創立，成立逾60年，該集團於今年6月份因業務不足，及過去六年每年維持非常低的業務運作，被上市委員會認為公司未能維持足夠的業務運作，亦未能擁有相當價值的資產以支持其營運，不適合繼續上市，其上市地位被「DQ」。

近年來，鍾家為人熟悉的是鍾培生，2012年美國南加州大學畢業後，先後從事投行及電競行業，2019年7月，於網上經營個人頻道，數年間坐擁逾14萬訂閱者。去年2月開始，他與藝人林作掀罵戰，並於9月18日兩人在九展拳賽。結果，似乎噱頭多於一切，罵戰激烈，拳賽平淡，鍾培生主動進攻，林作閃避其攻擊，鍾在沒有K.O對手情況下勝出。

(星島日報)

兩季賣地僅收95億 來季料推貴重地

赤柱啟德地可推 連港鐵小蠔灣等涉5040伙

本年度上半年賣地收入僅95億元，較去年同期減7成。發展局即將公布下季 (10至12月) 賣地計劃，市場估計有機會推出賣地表上赤柱、啟德等貴重地皮，以增加賣地收益，連同其他地皮及港鐵 (00066) 小蠔灣站1期，預計供應5,040伙。

連同今年度上半年度土地供應約5,350伙，今年首3個季私人住宅土地供應約1萬伙，較全年度目標的1.29萬伙達標逾8成。

上半年度收入 少去年7成

2022/23年度上半年 (4月至9月)，政府賣地推出的住宅地皮均以中小型地皮為主，連同一幅價值52.6億元的葵涌物流地，由賣地帶來的地價收入只有約95億元，較去年同期高達359億元，按年減少7成。

同時，今年至今暫時亦未見有大額補地價個案，導致補地價收入亦大減。按照早前財政司司長陳茂波所透露，今年度首5個月地價收入只得172億元，只及政府全年預算1,200億元的七分之一或14%。雖然短期內仍有重推的屯門限呎地及葵涌住宅地推出，惟兩幅地皮市值合共僅65億至103億元，對於增加地價收入幫助有限。

赤柱環角道地 估值達206億

現時賣地表上有多幅百億地王可供推出，包括估值最高206億元的赤柱環角道豪宅，以及兩幅啟德第2A區住宅地；而商業用地方面，則有旺角洗衣街商業地王估值亦達逾150億元，政府或會在下季推出其中部分地皮，以增加賣地收益。

據市場估計，赤柱、啟德、荃灣油柑頭及大嶼山長沙4幅住宅地，合共能提供3,340伙供應，較今季度的2,600伙，按季增加28%。當中有機會推出的啟德2A區2號及3號地盤，位置在啟德站跟宋皇台站之間，跟九龍城相隔一條太子道東，地皮可建樓面約86.3萬平方呎，預計可提供約1,200伙，值約94.9億至112.2億元，每呎樓面地價約1.1萬至1.3萬元。

而「一鐵一局」方面，除了市建局推出西營盤皇后大道西項目外，港鐵早前剛與政府達成小蠔灣車廠的換地協議，亦有機會在下季推出小蠔灣車廠的第1期項目，涉及約1,500伙。

下季度賣地計劃連同鐵路項目，預計將提供約5,040伙，較今季的3,210伙，增加4成。而2022/23年度首3季 (4月至12月) 則合共有10,390伙推出，相當於全年度供應目標1.29萬伙的80%。

有測量師稱，現時各區地價較去年下跌至少2成，雖然政府需要平衡庫房收入及避免平賣官地，但過往亦有在淡市賣貴重地皮經驗，認為有機會為「追賣地收益」，而在未來兩季出售貴價地皮。不過，該測量師提醒，現時發展商投地相當「揀擇」，除了偏好鐵路沿綫項目外，一些賣地條款較複雜、附政府設施的地皮興趣均不大，將會增加賣地流標風險。

(經濟日報)

樓價跌+商地欠吸引 賣地收入減

近年地價收入佔政府庫房收入比率上升，特別是多幅大型商業地均帶來可見收益，但經濟環境及樓市轉差，發展商投地意慾降低，地價下跌，亦增加政府陷入財赤風險。

根資料顯示，過去5個財政年度 (2017/18年度至2021/22年度) 地價收入介乎887億至1,648億元，平均每年帶來1,300億元的收入，相當於同期政府收入的五分之一，金額甚至高於薪俸稅、印花稅等重要稅項。

早年商地刷賣地紀錄 收益增

近年賣地收入大增，最主要有兩大因素，一是整體地價上升，現時市區地價普遍達萬元，一幅規模去到70萬至100萬平方呎的中大型市區住宅地皮，估值動輒逾百億元。百億地王頻現，政府收入亦相應增加。

其次，近年陸續有大型商業地推出均刷新了賣地紀錄，包括2019年422億元的西九高鐵站商業地王，以及去年508億元的中環新海濱3號商業地王，單是恒地 (00012) 投得中環地王便佔了全年地價收入35%。

不過，上述兩個情況在近一年逐漸扭轉，一方面是私人住宅樓價下跌，由今年初至今已經下跌7%，發展商推盤節奏放慢，對補充新的土地儲備意慾相對降低，再加上美國加息因素，將會增加地產項目的融資成本，發展商投地出價會更為保守。

一般而言，地價跌幅會較樓價大，今年亦有多幅住宅地地價較市場估值預期為低，正反映了地價下跌趨勢。

至於大型商業地方面，商業核心區大型商業地固然買少見少，而疫情下甲級商廈、零售商舖空置率高企，亦影響了發展商投地意慾，增加了大型商業地流標風險。

上述兩個情況均預示了，政府賣地收入有可能大不如前，當局或須多方面開拓財政收入，避免陷入財赤風險。

(經濟日報)

基金積極掃工廈 望抵銷加息影響

香港正式加息，而基金仍積極掃工廈，相信因工廈呎價較便宜，兼回報相對高，可望抵銷加息影響，工廈仍具投資價值。

近日投資市場整體平穩，基金仍積極入市，更主力投資工廈，今年密密吸納分層工廈的嘉民亞洲再入市，買九龍灣大業街59號三湘九龍灣貨運中心1樓全層，面積約6.97萬平方呎，以約3.68億元成交，呎價約5,279元。該層樓面由物流公司以每月112萬元租用，回報率約3.7厘。翻查資料，該層樓面由大鴻輝持有，於2014年2.21億元購入，持貨8年轉手，獲利約1.47億元，升值近7成。

外資基金 屢購分層工廈收租

買家為澳洲基金嘉民亞洲，購入作收租。該基金於過去一年多，數度增持三湘九龍灣貨運中心樓面，先後購入2、6及7樓單位，連同是次入市，一年多已斥近13億元購入該廈作收租。

事實上，以往嘉民亞洲主力投資全幢工廈，而疫情後該基金改變策略，分層工廈亦成收購對象，如早前以3.8億元購入葵涌建康街15至23號泉基工業大廈多層，包括4至6、8至14樓等，作價約3.8億元。據了解，該批樓面佔該廈72.53%業權。物業於1977年落成，樓高15層，佔地約25,000平方呎，而是次7成樓面的總建築面積約16.8萬平方呎，若以約3.8億元成交價計，呎價僅約2,262元。

另外，外資基金亦購工廈進行改裝，柴灣利眾街26號柴灣工業大廈4樓A及B室，以5,500萬元易手。據悉，兩單位面積約1.07萬平方呎，成交呎價約5,140元。據悉，新買家為加拿大基金Brookfield，估計購入單位將改裝成迷你倉，作收租之用。翻查資料，柴灣工業大廈4樓A及B室由興勝創建持有，該集團於2019年斥7.35億元購入柴灣一籃子工廈，現沽出部分樓面套現。

事實上，該基金今年開始殺入本港物業市場，以2.11億元向興勝創建 (00896) 購入沙田工業中心單位，面積約1.26萬平方呎，改裝成迷你倉之用，料是次購柴灣工廈，為旗下迷你倉業務擴充。

工廈價較平 兼有改造空間

分析指，最近本港正式加息，料日後仍有加息空間，工商舖投資市場難免受影響。外資基金過去兩年積極投資本港物業，息口向上後，預計基金揀選項目入市會較為審慎。在工商舖物業中，工廈吸引力在價格較平，兼有改造空間，回報率普遍較高，可望抵銷加息影響。此外，外資購物業，會考慮為物業增值。如近兩年多間基金購工廈，改裝成迷你倉作長綫投資。工廈回報率高兼具改造空間，相信加息後仍是投資市場重點。

(經濟日報)

新蒲崗工廈逾8成業權 7.8億放售

工廈具重建價值，現新蒲崗立安工業大廈逾8成業權，以7.8億元放售。

有代理表示，有多名業主聯合標售新蒲崗立安工業大廈逾8成的物業業權。

出售建築面積約130490呎

立安工業大廈位於新蒲崗五芳街18號，現時為一幢13層高並建於1965年的工業大廈，地盤面積約14,950平方呎，整幢大廈的總建築面積約155,161平方呎，是次出售部分 (包括地下部分) 的建築面積約130,490平方呎，會按現狀放售，意向價約7.8億元。

該代理指，物業物業位於五芳街，緊接新蒲崗的主要街道大有街，步行數分鐘即可到達港鐵鑽石山站，該站作為觀塘綫及屯馬綫的轉綫站，自屯馬綫開通後，新蒲崗的人流大幅增加。

該代理亦指，新蒲崗不斷有重建及活化工廈項目出現，如新世界的活化工廈項目Artisan Hub、新落成工廈Artisan Lab、東傲等。

(經濟日報)

中環雲咸街33號 商業藝術集一身

中環雲咸街33號位處區內飲食娛樂集中地蘭桂坊，而業主亦為物業增添藝術氣息，令大廈甚具特色。

雲咸街33號商廈位於中環蘭桂坊，交通上，若由港鐵中環站步行至該廈，需時10分鐘內，皇后大道中及德輔道中一帶亦有多條巴士綫、電車站等。飲食配套上，大廈本身位處中環最核心飲食地段蘭桂坊，特色餐廳、酒吧多不勝數，物業基座提供餐廳外，附近亦有置地廣場、國際金融中心商場。

雲咸街33號前身為中環隆堡蘭桂坊酒店，經營約11年後，業主培新集團於2017年時表示，因應中環商廈罕有，決定把物業14層樓面，改作為寫字樓用途，於2018年完成工程。

大廈屬蘭桂坊一帶中，較大型商廈之一，而大廈設有德己立街及雲咸街兩入口，故非常方便。德己立街入口設於蘭桂坊酒吧地段，可坐升降機前往雲咸街入口的電梯大堂。

近年本港藝術氣氛提升，業主在大堂加設一個藝術與文化平台Wyndham Social，邀請本地藝術創作人土，展覽其作品，使物業形象更為獨特。租戶亦可租用大堂位置舉辦活動，令租戶可以有更多互動交流空間，產生的不同協同效應。

地下至9樓 屬餐飲樓面

物業低層地下至9樓，屬餐飲樓面，現時由西餐廳、酒吧等租用，配合蘭桂坊一帶特色。至於樓上12至30樓，則為寫字樓用途。

分層樓面每層面積約5,120平方呎，同地段商廈來說樓面不算細。景觀上，單位主要望向中半山樓景，甚為舒適。

租務上，大廈於2018年改裝成寫字樓後，當時正值共享工作空間 (Co-working Space) 興起，物業寫字樓部分，涉及約8.5萬平方呎，獲共享空間WeWork全數承租，呎租料約60元。不過，WeWork近年業務大幅收縮，放棄本港多個據點，包括上述分店。業主收回樓面後，今年重新招租。

據了解，其中5層樓面，早前獲一家共享空間品牌租用，即將開業，而其餘樓面現正招租，意向租予不同行業包括共享空間、藝術行業等。

(經濟日報)

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多層樓面招租 呎租42元起

核心區商廈租務需求高，而中環雲咸街33號多層樓面進行招租，意向呎租由42元起。

有代理表示，中環雲咸街33號業主特別精選2層作重點推介，分別為15及16樓，每層樓面面積約5,120平方呎，意向呎租由42元起，附基本寫字樓裝修，樓底3.5米高，同時，業主亦會彈性提供1至2個月免租期，實質呎租不逾40元。

業主彈性提供免租期

該代理指出，其對面的中央廣場12樓03室的招租單位，面積約2,314平方呎，近期以呎租約47元成交，對比之下，是次招租的雲咸街33號更具吸引力。

同區租務方面，同位於雲咸街的中央廣場，物業高層02A室，面積約1,388平方呎，近日以約6萬元租出，呎租43元。另雲咸街8號高層全層，面積約3,586平方呎，以每呎約60元租出。

至於新銀座式商廈方面，中環FOCO低層全層，面積約2,103平方呎，近日以每平方呎約52元租出。

(經濟日報)

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Chinachem urges stamp duty cuts

Chinachem Group chief executive Donald Choi Wun-hing said he hopes to see some of the stamp duties reduced in next month's policy address to support the property market amid rising interest rates.

The current dull market environment is different from the time when the duties were introduced, and some relaxation on them will be appropriate, Choi said yesterday.

Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said last week that there was no need to adjust control measures such as stamp duties for non-residents and second homebuyers. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu will deliver his first policy address next month.

Home prices have dropped by nearly

5 percent in the first seven months of the year and are projected to decline by about 10 percent this year as rising mortgage costs and a bleak economic outlook have deepened pessimism among homeowners.

However, Choi said he does not expect the number of loss-making home sales to surge as most owners do not have mortgages and there is no urgent need to sell even if interest rates increase.

On the office market, Choi noted that although the vacancy rate is rising as many companies scaled down their business and international firms have left amid the pandemic, demand from mainland firms still exist and many of them may set up shop in Hong Kong once all the travel curbs are removed.

Choi stated that Chinachem's new project named In One in Ho Man Tin is still awaiting presale consent and may not be put on sale until the market sentiment improves.

In other property news, Henderson Land Development (0012) said phase two of One Innovale in Fan Ling received 2,970 checks for the 243 units it put on the market, which means they were 11 times oversubscribed.

Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016) will start to sell 80 units in phase three of Wetland Seasons Bay in Tin Shui Wai this Friday.

Of these, 50 units will be put up for sale via price lists, which include one- to three-bedroom units, ranging from 353 to 667 square feet .

The average price after discounts was HK$14,603, with the cheapest one priced at HK$5.06 million.

The one-month Hong Kong interbank offered rate, to which the mortgage rate is linked, rose for 12 consecutive days to 2.6106 percent yesterday.

疫市下甲廈仍錄承租，中環中心連環租出2個丟空數年的單位，面積分別為1700多呎及2500多呎，平均呎租40元，業主以長免租期吸客。

單位丟空逾4年

市場消息透露，中環中心低層02室，建築面積1735方呎，於近期以每月6.94萬租出，平均呎租40元；由同一名業主持有的同層10室，建築面積2583方呎，亦以每呎40元租出，據悉，該2個單位自從2017年底易手後，一直丟空至今逾4年，今番業主以長免租期吸客，計及免租期，單位平均呎租約36元水平，屬該廈近年新低。

上月初，該廈22樓11室，建築面積約3184方呎，以每呎約37元租出，創該甲廈12年以來新低水平，低市價約10%，月租約117808元。同月，22樓8室，建築面積約2601方呎，以每呎約38元租出，月租約98838元，該8號單位業主，於2019年5月向蔡志忠購入，因當時正值市場高峰期，購入價高達約9967.7萬，每呎造價38322元，若以最新租金計，租金回報僅約1.19厘。

近月連環低價承租

業內人士指，甲廈正處供應高峰期，租金受壓，不過，隨着入境隔離措施寬鬆，帶動經濟氣氛，加上中環中心租金低於同區甲廈，當空置率減少，料租金回升。

(星島日報)

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工商鋪暫錄874宗買賣 代理行：按季跌29%

第三季工商鋪買賣遜預期，一間本地代理行資料顯示，今年第三季截至9月22日，工商鋪買賣暫錄約874宗，按季減29%，為自2020年第二季後新低；金額約215.73億，按季跌約24%。該行料第四季量升價穩。

該行代理表示，截至9月22日，今年第三季暫錄約249宗商鋪買賣，總金額約67.60億，按季減約18%及27%，對比去年同期跌約45%及47%。季內僅8月錄約117宗成交。

料第四季量升價穩

該代理指出，第三季暫錄約1075宗租務，總金額約1.08億，按季數字相若，按年減約20%及26%。7月錄約425宗，為2021年9月份後最高紀錄。如中環區8月商鋪空置率為13.32%，銅鑼灣區最新空置率錄約5.5%。

高銀金融國際中心全幢成交矚目

該行另一代理表示，寫字樓買賣暫錄約110宗，按季減約44%，按年減約60%；金額約88.55億，按季攀升約1.6倍，對比2021年同期微跌約2%，皆因九龍灣高銀金融國際中心全幢約70億成交矚目。

該行另一代理表示，今年第三季暫錄約515宗工廈成交，按季跌約29%，按年急跌約49%，涉金額約59.56億，按季回落約62%。季內僅錄約24宗逾億工商鋪成交，總金額約155.43億，宗數是2020年第三季後的新低，金額按季減逾30%。

(星島日報)

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東角道地鋪呎租311元跌75% 銅鑼灣一綫街租金重返13年前

近期，時裝店活躍於鋪市，連環進駐核心區鋪位，繼銅鑼灣啟超道一個巨鋪租出，區內另一個黃金地段，東角道一個鋪位亦由時裝店承租，平均呎租311元，較舊租金跌75%，重返13年前水平。

上址為記利佐治街1號金百利商場地下G4號地鋪，鋪面向東角道，建築面積約900方呎，以28萬租出，租客時裝店，租金重返13年前，對上長租約為鐘表店，月租112.3萬，於2019年遷出，及後由手機用品及配件店短租，隨後丟空一段時間，直至近期品牌時裝店承租，旋即開業做生意。

面積900方呎 月租28萬

市場消息指，近年時勢欠佳時，該鋪位一直由手機配件店「生作」短租，業主未透露租金，市場消息估計，該店能承受月租介乎15萬至18萬，最新長租錄升幅，不過比較對上長約，天梭表於2016年3月至2019年2月間，月租112.3萬，最新租金跌75%。有代理形容，東角道及記利佐治街，比較駱克道「崇光旺段」更優勝，人流更集中，該段屬傳統旺段。半世紀前是日本百貨公司大丸所在地，儘管及後日式百貨色微，大丸於1998年結業，亦無損該地段優越性，多年來，力吸遊客及本地客在此消費。

代理：旺足半世紀

翻查資料，大丸於1961年11月3日開幕，翌日錄10萬人入店，人山人海，旺場橫跨數十年，不過，昔日大丸現址已變身FALK WALK商場。

區內啟超道一個複式鋪，早前亦由時裝店承租，啟超道10號地下及1樓，建築面積2500方呎，歷年舊租客都是奢侈品，高峰期月租高達210萬，對上舊租客為周大福，月租120萬，自從去年5月遷出後，鋪位交吉逾一年，近期以每月約38萬租出，平均呎租152元，較對上長租戶租金減68%，較高峰期大跌逾81%。

鋪市高峰期，啟超道10號複式鋪由六福鐘錶珠寶以176.8萬租用，直至2014年，再獲手表店Glashutte Watch搶租，月租210萬，租約由2014年12月至2017年11月，即使高峰期已過，仍受周大福垂青，在2017年底以每月120萬租用，直至2020年11月完約後改短租，一年前遷出。

(星島日報)

金鐘2甲廈明年落成 添逾百萬呎樓面

金鐘屬於中環核心商業區的延伸部分，明年將有2大商業項目落成，合共提供逾百萬平方呎樓面供應，分別是恒地 (00012) 的 The Henderson 及長實 (01113) 的長江集團中心二期，均屬於區內罕有甲級商廈供應。

該2個大型甲級商廈均是近年展開重建，當中 The Henderson 前身為美利道停車場，由恒地於2017年以每平方呎樓面地價約5萬元奪得；而長江集團中心二期前身則為和記大廈。當中長江集團中心二期樓高41層，總建築面積達55萬平方呎，可望270度維港海景，屆時所有辦公樓層均可望向維港，將於明年落成。

長江集團中心二期 享270度維港景

至於 The Henderson 位於中環美利道2號，樓高36層，由扎哈‧哈迪德建築事務所 (Zaha Hadid Architects) 設計成地標商廈，每層面積約1.2萬至1.5萬平方呎，包括地面和5層地庫，總樓面面積46.5萬平方呎，已經陸續展開預租，包括佳士得租用4層，涉約5萬平方呎樓面。另外，國際投資公司凱雷集團 (Carlyle) 則租用約2萬平方呎樓面，據市場估計，呎租料約130元，超越目前的甲廈市價水平。

The Henderson 已展開預租

至於中長綫區內仍有2幅大型商業地有望推出，較為矚目為金鐘廊重建發展計劃，近年已經完成規劃，日後將會推出市場招標出售。項目分為2部分發展，其中東面鄰近統一中心的地盤佔地約6.7萬平方呎，計劃重建48層高商廈，當中38層為寫字樓，涉約86.2萬平方呎；至於西面地盤 (即現有金鐘廊行人通道) 則會保留，提供約2.6萬平方呎餐飲及零售樓面，兩者合共提供逾100萬平方呎的商業樓面。

而另一幅潛在的商業地供應，則為金鐘廊對面的高等法院，政府在2017年《施政報告》曾提及，有意將中環新海濱五號用地及五號用地南面用地興建新高等法院大樓重置原有的金鐘高等法院，而高等法院現址屆時則會騰出用作商業發展。據估計，該用地佔地約10萬平方呎，若以地積比率15倍發展，將可提供多達150萬平方呎商業樓面，位置接近港鐵站，交通方便，屬於罕有大型商業用地供應。

(經濟日報)

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灣仔中國恆大中心 下月底截標

灣仔中國恆大中心位置鄰近金鐘核心區，近期被接管，現接管人推出物業標售，下月底截標，市場估值約80億至90億元，較購入價低近4成。

位處灣仔告士打道38號中國恆大中心，原本由華置 (00127) 所持有，於2015年由內房恒大 (03333) 以約125億元購入，作為恒大在香港的總部。但隨着恒大陷入財困，中國恆大中心亦多次推出市場放售，去年8月曾傳出獲越秀地產以約100億元洽購，惟最終未有成事，直至今年年中，恒大委託測量師行標售其總部大廈中國恆大中心，但仍然未能售出。

而至本月初，物業更遭債權人申請委任接管人接管。近日有測量師行再獲接管人委託公開招標出售，截標日期為2022年10月31日 (星期一)。

估價逾80億 低購入價4成

項目佔地約23,021平方呎，享三面單邊樓面，而物業樓高27層，政府批則總面積約345,423平方呎，寫字樓層的每層面積介乎約1.2萬至1.4萬平方呎，連同55個車位。

據悉，項目現時出租率近8成，包括恒大使用的多層。而市值方面，因整體商廈空置率偏高，租售價已明顯回調，估計現時項目值約80億至90億元，較2015年恒大約125億元購入價，最多跌近4成。

(經濟日報)

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太古近11億 沽出青衣全幢工廈

積極沽售非核心物業 外資基金承接

太古集團積極沽售非核心物業，消息指，該集團剛以近11億元，沽出青衣清甜街工廈，料由外資基金承接。

市場人士指，青衣錄得一宗大額工廈成交。涉及物業位於青衣清甜街8至12號，該地段稍偏遠，附近主要為船廠、油庫等。

該物業現為一幢5層高工廈，地盤面積達7.4萬平方呎，總樓面為18.6萬平方呎，連同33個車位。消息稱近日獲外資基金以約10.8億元購入，呎價約5,800元，項目現由物流公司租用。

據悉，項目由太古持有多年，而該集團持有該地段4至12號，涉及3幢工廈，並於早前進行放售，現沽出其中一幢。

消息稱，新買家為外資基金，相信以新加坡基金GLP呼較較高，該機構為一家主力經營物流及投資機構，購入物業料作收租用途。

太古地產 (01972) 最近接受訪問時，曾表示未來10年投資千億元，其中三分一為本港市場，續發展商業項目，亦曾表示因應時機沽非核心物業。該集團於近兩年，不時推售物業，包括2020年以98億元，沽出英皇道1111號 (前稱太古城中心一座) 全幢商廈。

近期放售太古城車位

另外，集團於2020年10月開始，拆售鰂魚涌太古城住宅車位，共有約2,500個車位，早前已沽出逾千個，另7月份曾計劃一籃子放售太古城的車位，涉及逾1,100個車位及160個電單車車位，市值23.6億元，惟未有成事。直至本月再推約140個車位開放予地產代理發售，一星期多沽出約30個。如今再沽出青衣工廈，相信套現把資金投放在未來新商業項目包括太古坊發展等。

整體投資市場上仍以工廈買賣較活躍，當中買家主要為外資基金，如近日嘉民亞洲及加拿大基金Brookfield，分別購入九龍灣及柴灣工廈。

(經濟日報)

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市建局皇后大道西項目 收33意向書

市建局西營盤皇后大道西/賢居里項目，昨日截收33份意向書，以中小型發展商為主，當中蘭桂坊地產集團更首度參與競投市建局項目。

蘭桂坊地產 首度競投市建局盤

項目吸引中小型財團參與，包括：建灝、英皇 (00163) 等；而本地「大孖沙」信置 (00083) 、新地 (00016) 、長實 (01113) 及恒地 (00012) 等亦有參與。中資則有招商局置地 (00978) 及中國海外 (00688) 等，而罕有投地的蘭桂坊地產集團亦有參與。

蘭桂坊地產集團物業發展總監王國基表示，是次集團首次參與競投市建局項目，未來會繼續在港物色住宅項目，不論市建局或政府官地，日後均會考慮競投，但依然會視乎地區及項目能否配合集團策略而選擇性競投，並會投放更多資源在地產投資。他認為，上述地皮位置優越，而且配套不俗，又指港島區的需求相對高，日後必定留意這些有實力的地區。

英皇集團 (國際) 物業經理蔡宏基指，由於港島區地皮供應罕有，且集團在區內擁有數個項目，加上地皮距離港鐵西營盤站約3分鐘步程，所以先就地皮遞交意向書，拿取「入場券」。他又指，是次先研究項目標書，相信日後出價會反映加息等因素。

該項目地盤面積1.69萬平方呎，總樓面面積約12.15萬平方呎，其市場估值介乎約14.6億至17億元，每平方呎樓面地價約1.2萬至1.4萬元。

(經濟日報)