Among those at the sales office of The Arles yesterday and apparently intending to join the buying crowd was Tse Ying-suet, a badminton star who recently shone for Hong Kong at the Tokyo Olympics.

And seven projects launch sales today and tomorrow, mainly in the form of tenders.

From Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016), Ultima phases 1 and 2 in Ho Man Tin launch eight tenders today, and Central Peak II in Mid-Levels East will open its first tender for a 3,695 square-foot luxury home tomorrow.

A completed flat from the developer in Imperial Cullinan in Kowloon is also ready to accept offers.

Meanwhile, Uptify in Mong Kok from mainland developer Sino-Ocean Group (3377) is going to launch 10 units via tenders.

A completed flat from CK Asset (1113) at 21 Borrett Road in Mid-Levels will also launch a new tender today.

From Kaisa Group (1638), nine units are also being put up for sale at The Concerto in Cheung Sha Wan tomorrow. Also tomorrow, K Wah International (0173) has two units for sale at Solaria in Pak Shek Kok (East).

(The Standard)

Evergrande suffers setback as debt-stricken developer fails to sell its US$1.7 billion Hong Kong office tower to Yuexiu Property

State-backed Yuexiu Property dropped its offer to buy Evergrande’s 26-storey office tower in Wan Chai over concerns about the embattled home builder’s hefty debts, Reuters reported

The decision to pull out came after the central bank criticised Evergrande for ‘poor management’ at a media briefing on Friday in Beijing

China Evergrande has failed to sell its single largest asset to state-backed Yuexiu Property, Reuters reported, a huge blow to the debt-stricken developer’s frantic efforts to raise the funds it needs to survive.

Guangzhou government-backed Yuexiu Property dropped a proposed US$1.7 billion offer to buy Evergrande’s 26-storey office tower in Wan Chai. Reuters cited two sources saying Yuexiu’s board had opposed the move over worries that Evergrande’s unresolved indebtedness would create potential complications in completing the transaction smoothly.

Evergrande and Yuexiu did not respond to inquiries from the Post.

The embattled home builder had been seeking to sell the China Evergrande Centre  in Wan Chai that serves as its headquarters in Hong Kong to mainland peer Yuexiu Property for US$2 billion, Bloomberg and other mainland media reported in August. Evergrande paid US$1.61 billion for the building six years ago.

The deal was expected to be completed by the end of September, sources close to the matter had previously told the Post.

The decision to pull out came after the central bank criticised Evergrande for “poor management” at a media briefing on Friday in Beijing.

“The crisis of Evergrande’s management who misjudged the market conditions, and its blind expansion [in the past] has led to a deterioration of operational and financial conditions,” said Zou Lan, head of the People’s Bank of China’s financial markets department.

“We are urging it to accelerate asset disposals … Financial authorities will cooperate with urban planning agencies to ensure construction restarts.”

Evergrande, founded by Chinese tycoon Hui Ka-yan in 1996 in Guangzhou, is teetering on the brink of collapse with about US$300 billion in liabilities after years of borrowing to create an empire beyond its core property business that spans everything from electric vehicles to wealth management.

It missed interest payments on two dollar-denominated bonds in September, according to Moelis & Company, which is representing the bondholders.

It also missed coupon payments on its US dollar-denominated debt that was due last Monday, people familiar with the matter told the Post.

Evergrande faces a mountain of short-term borrowings, from bank loans to offshore bonds, totalling about 240 billion yuan (US$37.3 billion) due by the end of June next year.

In comparison, the developer’s property portfolio had 144 billion yuan of completed apartments, houses, commercial and retail spaces ready for sale as of June 30.

That means, even without considering any expenses for marketing or human resources, Evergrande would not have enough finished property projects in its entire portfolio to generate the cash to meet its financial obligations.

It has been actively selling assets – from properties to joint venture stakes – since June as it tries to stave off a liquidity crisis.

Between the end of June and August 27, the company sold properties to suppliers and contractors to offset about 25.2 billion yuan in outstanding payments as it tries to convince suppliers who have struggled to get paid for months to continue to work with it.

It also sold stakes in Hengten Networks Group, Shengjing Bank and its bottled water business.

The company’s stock has been suspended for more than a week in anticipation of a potential sale of a controlling stake in its Evergrande Property Services Group unit. Evergrande said its shares were halted ahead of an announcement about a “major transaction”, but no announcement has materialised yet.

Failing to sell the trophy building in Wan Chai would be a huge setback.

Hui bought the tower, then called the Mass Mutual Tower, on Hong Kong’s Wan Chai harbourfront from Chinese Estates in November 2015, for a record HK$12.5 billion (US$1.61 billion), paying more than the prevailing market price in a deal that JPMorgan’s analyst described as “another example of immature capital management” by Evergrande, in a note to investors.

At the time of the deal, the building had a 100 per cent occupancy rate, but today this has dropped to around three quarters, according to property consultancy.

(South China Morning Post)

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金融機構重新部署 中資租國際金融中心二期

疫情緩和，金融機構重新部署，趁租金回調，升級至中環地標甲廈。消息指，中環國際金融中心二期全層樓面，原由瑞銀 (UBS) 租用，集團早前棄租，現獲一家中資資產管理公司承租，呎租約130元，較高峰期平約3成。

市場消息稱，中環國際金融中心二期錄得全層租務成交，涉及物業46樓全層，面積約2.5萬平方呎，以每平方呎約130元租出。據悉，新租客為中資機構，主力業務為資產管理，另其他業務包括家族信託管理、保險等。

據了解，該集團兩年前租用灣仔 One Hennessy 約萬餘平方呎樓面，如今因應業務擴充，增至中環國際金融中心二期全層約2.5萬平方呎樓面，兼可升級至中環甲廈地標。按最新成交呎租約130元計，已較物業高峰期近200元，平約3成。

46樓2.5萬呎 瑞銀早前棄租

是次成交樓層，原由投資銀行瑞銀租用，該集團為國際金融中心二期大租戶之一，早前決定棄租46樓約2.5萬平方呎，如今獲得承接。事實上，過去一年，因環球疫情爆發，跨國機構為縮減成本，放棄部分寫字樓單位以節省開支。

多間投資銀行年內亦棄租國際金融中心一期及國際金融中心二期全層單位，不過，隨着近期市況好轉，棄租樓面紛獲承接。以國金2期為例，較早前，野村證券、法國巴黎銀行及瑞銀，先後棄租全層樓面，如今悉數獲承接，當中不少涉及中資機構，包括野村證券棄租的25樓，先後獲東莞銀行及方源資本承接。另外，法巴棄租的59樓，則獲美資機構Citadel承租，作為擴充。

中資機構在疫情下仍表現活躍，除了是次租用國際金融中心二期全層外，今年中環最大手租務亦來自中資，國際金融中心一期約5.3萬平方呎，獲中資金融機構中金公司租用。另本年中，中國人壽富蘭克林資產管理租用交易廣場中高層全層。

去年疫情嚴峻，令甲廈租務需求急降，近月本港疫情緩和，令租務氣氛稍好轉、據代理行數據顯示，今年第三季錄得正32.77萬平方呎甲廈淨吸納量，為連續兩年負吸納後首轉轉正數。空置樓面方面，目前全港甲廈待租率為13.9%，較上季14.4%稍下跌，而中環亦由11.6%跌至11%。不過，整體空置樓面仍偏高。

業界：甲廈租金尚有少許跌幅

代理認為，本港疫情緩和，租務活動稍增加，令吸納情況好轉，包括錄得中資機構擴充，不過該代理指因尚未通關，中資或外資決策人士未能來港，因此租務尚未見活躍。後市上，料通關後租務定好轉，相信今明兩年甲廈租金尚有少許跌幅，而未來數年寫字樓供應較多，令租金尚有調整壓力。

另一代理指，近來不少機構因疫情緩和，進行新一輪部署，適逢中環超甲廈租金調整，進行擴充及搬遷，或提升級數，故租務活動明顯較去年活躍。他指，中環甲廈租金已從高位回調約3成，今年跌幅放緩至約5%。

(經濟日報)

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投資者1.5億 購窩打老道一籃子舖

惠康早前推多舖招標 32年賺約1.3億

新冠肺炎疫情衝擊下，商舖租值急跌，但主攻民生消費市場的舖位租金相對硬淨，尤其連超級市場租約的舖位較吸引投資者注目。例如一名活躍九龍站的傳統投資者，剛以約1.5億元購入窩打老道惠康舖。

資料顯示，怡和集團牛奶國際旗下惠康超市早前一口氣推出多個舖位招標，其中最貴重為何文田窩打老道冠華園地下一籃子舖位，面積約11,506平方呎，大業主意向價約1.5億放售。由於物業投資價值較高，據悉，業主接獲數十個要約，最終改以招標形式出售，截標前收到數標出價相當接近，並約談多組買家，最終獲傳統住宅投資者承接，呎價約1.3萬元。以該舖現時月租約34.3萬元計，新買家可享約2.76厘租金回報。

據了解，惠康超市早於1989年以約2,030萬元購入該舖自用，持貨32年是次易手帳獲利約1.3億元，期內升值6.4倍。

惠康7月4550萬 沽葵涌舖

區內代理透露，買家為傳統住宅投資者，於九龍站一帶持有4至5個住宅單位及1個名鑄的複式單位，估計市值逾5億元。近年只買不賣，是次加碼購入優質物作長綫收租。

據了解，惠康推出的5個舖位，7月底以4,550萬元，沽出葵涌和宜合道2至20號保基大樓地下1至7號舖，面積6,370平方呎。該舖由護老院以10.8萬承租，租金回報約2.85厘。

據悉，該公司現時尚有數個舖位放售，包括葵涌青山公路昌華大廈、中半山梅道嘉富麗苑、長沙灣福榮街舖位，意向價6,850萬至1.07億元。

(經濟日報)

珠寶鐘表店平租核心區鋪 趁租金急挫80%率先回歸旺角尖沙嘴

珠寶鐘表店疫市下「回歸」，近期頻平租核心區地鋪，並以尖沙嘴及旺角作為目標；業內人士指出，隨核心區鋪租高位回落約80%，加上憧憬中港兩地短期內通關，預期奢侈品消費力再度浮現，吸引珠寶鐘表店蠢蠢欲動，核心區吉鋪亦有望逐步回落。

代理指，據統計資料顯示，截至今年8月珠寶鐘表銷售金額約25.08億，較去年同期的19億按年上升約32%，反映行內市況回暖，事實上，受疫情等因素打擊，核心區鋪租較高位回落約8成，加上疫情走勢平穩，市場憧憬中港兩地通關在即，吸引珠寶鐘表業趁低租金「回歸」核心區，預料同類個案於第四季陸續有來。

憧憬短期內通關

本報統計資料顯示，近期核心區錄4宗珠寶鐘表店承租個案，尖沙嘴栢麗大道更連錄承租，栢麗大道地下9號及10號鋪及1樓，謝瑞麟珠寶回歸，以每月25萬承租，以面積2768方呎計，呎租約90元。

該鋪位早年由謝瑞麟承租，2012年6月月租134萬，因業主索價180萬遷出，隨後獲恒生銀行進駐，月租155萬，惟經歷2014年佔中，2019年動亂及疫情，最新租金大跌83%，重返2005年水平。

栢麗大道鋪連錄承租

另一宗為栢麗購物大道G23號鋪及1樓12A號鋪，地下面積約651方呎，1樓面積約671方呎，獲潮州佬珠寶以9.5萬承租3年，呎租約71.9元。該鋪高峰時月租33萬，最新跌逾七成。

廣東道54至66號帝國大廈地下A鋪，約1500方呎，月租約70萬，呎租約467元，舊租客溥儀眼鏡旗下Glasstique，月租135萬，新租金跌約48%。

西洋菜南街鋪呎租167元

旺角西洋菜南街67號地鋪，約900方呎，交吉逾1年，月租約15萬，呎租約167元，新租客「鎣時計」，舊租客連鎖時裝店Wanko，2019年續約時月租38萬，租約至今年首季，去年中提早遷出，最新租金急挫約60%，重返16年前水平。

(星島日報)

呎價低水 非核心區甲廈新盤受捧

傳統商賣仍淡靜，相比之下，資金轉至非核心區甲廈樓花，因價格相對低水，吸引投資者及用家購入。

據中原統計全港10大甲廈買賣，上月僅錄3宗成交，維持極低數字，而港島區更屬零成交，反映交投極為淡靜。

力寶中心9宗租務 呎租低見36元

租務方面，以力寶中心最為暢旺，錄得9宗租務，包括2座低層08室，面積約1,318平方呎，以每呎約36元租出，屬偏低水平。另外，力寶中心二座中高層06室，面積約1,913平方呎，成交呎租約49元。2座低層08室，面積約897平方呎，以每呎約44元租出。

傳統甲廈買賣淡靜，而非核心區相對暢旺，特別兩大甲廈樓花項目，銷情理想。其中。新世界 (00017) 旗下荔枝角道888號錄大手成交，項目最高3層，每層樓面介乎2.08萬至2.46萬平方呎，總樓面近6.8萬平方呎，以約12億元成交，呎價約1.76萬元，屬呎價新高。消息稱，新買家為一家中資銀行，以南洋商業銀行呼聲最高。

另外，較早前同系新創建 (00659) 以13.67億元，購入18樓至21樓共4層，總樓面96,744平方呎，呎價約14,130元。其中新創建間接全資附屬公司富通保險佔19樓及20樓兩層，涉資6.79億元，總樓面47,712平方呎。據悉，荔枝角道888號於去年尾發售，至今累售近7成樓面，套現逾54億元。

上市公司1.56億 購觀塘道368號

至於億京上月尾推出觀塘道368號項目，當中獲大手承接，如項目極高層33、35及36樓，其中36樓為平台特色單位，3層合共以約4.5億元成交。據了解新買家為有「手套大王」之稱的葉建明。

另中國波頓 (03318) 公布，以1.56億元，購入觀塘觀塘道368號37樓A室，實用面積約6,869平方呎，以及天台約1,025平方呎。該機構指，自2005年上市以來，集團一直於香港租用辦公室，相信透過收購該物業，可為集團節省租金開支。發展商指，項目至今已沽出15間寫字樓及2間商舖，單位面積由654至9,566平方呎，套現逾5億元。

分析指，整體投資氣氛仍不俗，惟核心區商廈空置率較高，租金仍受壓，加上持貨業主未有降價，故成交較少。相比之下，非核心區如長沙灣、觀塘等有新甲廈項目，質素理想之餘，定價亦較低水，吸引用家及投資者入市，預計短期內成交焦點仍在甲廈新盤樓花上。

(經濟日報)

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大手工廈錄17宗成交 代理：按季上升88%

疫市下工廈表現「硬淨」，投資市場價量齊升。代理指出，今年第3季工廈錄17宗逾億元大手成交，涉及金額逾73億，分別按季上升約88%及20%。

代理發表今年第三季香港工業樓宇銷售及租賃報告，該行指工廈投資氣氛於第三季造好，錄17宗逾1億的大額成交，成交金額逾73億，較今年第二季的9宗涉資約60.8億，分別按季上升約88%及20%，市場矚目成交包括外資基金Silkroad以11.6億購入屯門恆威工業中心多個樓層。

恆威工中11.6億囑目

整體倉庫及現代化倉庫租金持續反彈，季內升幅分別為2.1%及2.5%；整體及現代化倉庫空置率上季曾微升，本季分別下跌至3.2%及2.6%。總商品貿易及零售銷貨額在本年首8個月分別按年回升27%及8.1%，帶動本地物流市場表現，尤其航空物流。受惠航空貨運活動迅速回升，本地航空貨運吞吐量在本年1至8月的數據較去年同期顯著反彈12.6%。

然而，合共約700萬方呎的新增倉庫供應於未來2年推出，市場消化能力將備受考驗。

整體倉庫租金升2.1%

代理表示，倉庫租賃表現強勁，吸引投資者持續追捧，導致價格上升及收益率下跌。

代理指，今年倉庫資產的投資氣氛持續活躍，導致本年至今價格已上升6.8%，本季收益率則跌至3.3%的歷史低位，意味投資回報正在減少。

(星島日報)