15 residential sites to go on market
The government will offer
15 residential sites for sale in the next fiscal year, potentially
amounting to approximately 6,000 units, with one site located in Kowloon
Tong.
Among the 15, seven will be rolled over from the current fiscal year.
Among the remaining new
eight plots, three are on Hong Kong Island, two are on Lantau Island,
two are in the New Territories, and one is in Kowloon.
The only plot in Kowloon
is at 79 Broadcast Drive in Kowloon Tong, which has an area of 23,680 sq
ft. It is expected to be offered for sale in the second quarter of the
fiscal year April 2021 to March 2022 and is estimated to be able to
accommodate around 80 units, said Secretary for Development Michael Wong
Wai-lun.
With the residential
sites under the Land Sale Programme, together with railway property
development projects, private development and redevelopment projects and
the Urban Renewal Authority's projects, the potential land supply for
the whole year is expected to be able to provide about 16,500 units.
The government will also
offer three commercial sites for sale, including Kai Tak Area 4D Site 2,
Kai Tak Area 2A Site 1 and one site in Tung Chung.
Separately, the SAR
government is considering rezoning five commercial sites in Kowloon East
for residential use, which could accommodate about 5,800 private
housing units.
Sources said the five plots sit in the Kai Tak development area and three of them were previously tendered unsuccessfully.
The three sites - area 4C
site 4, area 4C site 5 and New Kowloon inland lot 6615 - were withdrawn
from sale over the past two years, as the government and developers
failed to agree on valuations.
Last May, the Lands
Department canceled the tender for lot 6615 at Kai Tak area 2A site 4,
site 5(B) and site 10, as the tendered premiums did not meet the
government's reserve price for the site.
Goldin Financial (0530)
had originally won the tender for 4C site 4 for HK$11.12 billion, or
more than HK$12,800 per sq ft, in May 2019 but forfeited a HK$25 million
deposit by walking away from the deal a month later as the Sino-US
trade war rattled the property market.
In September that year, all five bids made for the site were rejected, as they did not meet the reserve price.
Earlier, in January 2019,
the government scrapped the sale of Kai Tak area 4C site 5 after the
bids failed to meet the reserve price.
(The Standard)
Wheelock Properties received about 750 checks for 88 units at its Grande Monaco project in Kai Tak, with the batch on offer almost 7.5 times oversubscribed.
The 88 units, measuring
between 345 sq ft and 961 sq ft, are offered at between HK$7.66 million
and HK$25.01 million after discounts, or HK$21,829 to HK$27,063 per sq
ft after discounts.
Meanwhile, CK Asset (1113) released 103 units in the seventh price list of Sea To Sky in Lohas Park at an average price of HK$18,225 per sq ft after discounts.
In other news, Hang Lung
Properties (0101) said it has completed the acquisition of the American
government's six-block residential property at Shouson Hill.
The Land Registry has
been advised that the United States has complied with the diplomatic
obligations by obtaining the written consent of the Chinese government
in relation to the sale of the property, Hang Lung said in a filing to
the stock exchange.
Hang Lung's HK$2.56
billion acquisition of the luxury villas - occupying a 94,796-sq-ft
spread at 37 Shouson Hill Road in the Southern district - had been
caught in the crossfire of the Sino-US rift, with the Land Registry
failing to recognize the deal late last year after Beijing unexpectedly
stepped in and said its approval was needed.
The Land Registry told
Hang Lung Properties - which agreed to buy the luxury villas for HK$2.56
billion in September - that if the US consulate general intends to
rent, purchase or sell any real-estate property in Hong Kong, the US
government must make a written application to China at least 60 days
before the transaction. The Land Registry also stated that the US
consulate is not a commercial entity and the property not ordinary real
estate. Washington had held the property since 1948.
Beijing has rarely interfered in other transactions of consulate properties in Hong Kong in the past.
(The Standard)
疫市甲廈需求弱 跨國企業收縮減樓面
疫情下整體甲廈需求疲弱，不少機構打算降低成本，減少租用樓面；預計僅個別行業進行擴充，中資機構意慾較高。
據代理每月商廈租金統計顯示，1月份各區甲廈租金整體變化不大，升跌幅在1%以內，中環傳統甲廈呎租按月跌0.8%，每呎約104元，整體按月跌0.5%，跌幅稍為收窄。至於金鐘及上環區暫終止跌勢，按月微升。
騰訊擴充 租尖沙咀港威大廈
整體租務上，以中資機構擴充意慾較高，消息指，尖沙咀港威大廈5座高層，面積約1萬平方呎，呎租約55元。據悉，兩年前商廈租務高峰期，該廈呎租曾逾70元。雖然是次單位並非全海景，但租金亦較兩年前回落2成。新租客為騰訊，該集團一直使用港島區甲廈作總部，而尖沙咀亦有租用單位，如今決定進行擴充。
另外，去年日資金融機構野村證券，棄租中環國金2期1層半商廈樓面，當中的1層樓面，近期分別獲兩間中資機構東莞銀行及方源資本租用。據市場人士估計，目前該廈呎租約140元。
疫市下，個別金融機構減樓面，法國巴黎銀行棄租中環國金2期寫字樓59樓全層，面積約2.3萬平方呎。據悉，法巴租用中環國金2期高層樓面多年，涉及59至63樓，合共5層，逾10萬平方呎。該集團與業主洽商續租時，今年可續用或放棄個別樓層，如今集團決定放棄59樓。
另消息指，渣打銀行有意放棄中環總行8層樓面，涉及中環德輔道中渣打銀行大廈，其中4層樓面租約期至2021至10月，另4層合約將於2022年4月屆滿，銀行將約滿後放棄租用該8層樓面，按每層樓面約7,500平方呎計，合共約6萬平方呎，市值呎租料約100元。
代理料醫療機構趁疫市擴充
疫情影響工作模式，渣打集團 (02888) 亦安排靈活工作地點方案。集團去年11月宣布，今年起引入靈活工作模式安排，容許員工申請在辦公室以外的地點遙距工作。首階段今年初開始，覆蓋香港在內9個市場、共4.6萬名員工，相當於集團員工總數約54%。
代理指，由於部分跨國企業採在家工作政策，加上控制成本，開始縮減租用商廈樓面。該行認為，涉及核心區樓面，可望獲疫情下表現較理想行業承接，例如醫療相關租戶，可望在疫市下於核心區進行擴充。
(經濟日報)
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中環金鐘甲廈減租40%吸客業界料租金未見底重返七年前水平
近期疫情稍放緩，市況略為回暖，惟甲廈市場仍未「破冰」，核心區中環及金鐘甲廈紛減租吸客，幅度高逾40%，其中，金鐘力寶中心更錄1宗每呎36元租賃，屬近年新高。業界人士指出，甲廈租金尚未見底，部分新錄承租，租金重返七年前。
根據代理資料，整體甲廈上月錄約36.6萬方呎負吸納量，較去年12月約17.56萬方呎，急升逾倍，意味甲廈租客撤出，交吉樓面未獲填補。代理指出，甲廈空置率持續惡化，上月中環及金鐘甲廈空置率分別上升至8.3%及8.5%，金鐘個別商廈空置率高見20%。
代理：料上半年再跌5%至10%
近期指標甲廈中環皇后大道中9號、美國銀行中心及力寶中心各錄承租，減租幅度由30%至高逾40%，租金普遍較2018年高位下跌30%至60%，其中，金鐘力寶中心1座低層08B至09室，面積2009方呎，交吉半年後，以每呎約36元租出，低市價約20%，並重返七年前水平。
代理認為，現時甲廈租金尚未見底，料今年上半年再跌5%至10%，惟跌幅較去年收窄
(去年按月跌幅往往高達2%至3%)，相信今年下半年有機會回升；代理預期去核心化仍繼續，中環區大業主旗下頂級甲廈最新平均呎租逾90元，相對鰂魚涌每呎40多元，後者較具吸引力。經歷疫情後，商廈將來需求未受很大影響，公司始終是聚集及談公事的好地方。
代理：料今年三月轉跌為升
另一代理認為，甲廈租金接近見底，惟估計要今年3月才逐漸回升，料每季升幅5%至最多10%；由於核心區租金大跌逾70%%，相信去核心化不會持續，反而更多行業「回歸」核心區。近期金融市場暢旺，行業一定交到租，市場出現兩極化，以貿易等為主要租客的東九龍區，依然難捱。
有代理報告指，1月整體甲廈租金按月跌0.6%，較去年12月跌1.1%，跌幅明顯收窄。中環、尖沙嘴等核心區租金走勢平穩，惟灣仔及銅鑼灣則成「重災區」，租金按月跌1.4%。整體甲廈上月錄約36.6萬方呎負吸納量，較去年12月的約17.56萬方呎急升逾倍；帶動上月整體空置率升至9.3%，按月增0.4個百分點。
另一代理發表的報告指出，甲廈空置率持續惡化，上月中環及金鐘甲廈空置率分別上升至8.3%及8.5%，金鐘個別商廈空置率高見20%。九龍東甲空置率升至15.9%，屬各區之冠，拖累1月整體甲廈空置率高見8.7%。
指標甲廈租金按月跌1.9%
根據代理統計，今年1月港島整體甲廈空置率9.42%，按月上升0.31個百分點，再創有紀錄以來新高。代理發表報告指出，1月指標甲廈租金按月再跌1.9%，較2019年中的歷史高位累積下挫約27%，重返2014年中水平。
代理統計五大核心區中，中環空置率由去年12月的7.38%，減少至今年1月的7.17%，按月回調0.21個百分點，惟仍較去年1月時高出3.34個百分點。金鐘、銅鑼灣、灣仔及上環甲廈空置率跌勢繼續擴大，按月增加約0.03至1.59個百分點。當中以銅鑼灣升幅最大，1月空置率為9.43%。
(星島日報)
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恒隆：美領館壽山村物業完成交易
恒隆去年斥逾25億、向美國駐港總領事館購入南區壽山村道項目，恒隆目前公布，目前已獲中國中央人民政府書面同意，而收購事宜已於昨日完成。
獲中央書面同意
恒隆地產公布，土地註冊處獲告知，美國已遵從外交義務，就壽山村道美國駐港總領事館宿舍地皮的出售，已獲得中國中央人民政府的書面同意，因此已為協議備忘錄進行註冊，收購該物業事項已於今日完成。
代理稱，項目亦已交付予買家，是次交易完成將進一步鞏固投資者對本港房地產市場的信心。
另外，港島區豪宅用地供應有限，而近期一些破紀錄成交，亦再度顯示市場對豪宅需求仍非常穩定。
恒隆去年9月以約25.66億投得上述壽山村道37號地皮，可重建約47397方呎，總投資價約40億，將興建多幢獨立式大宅，預計2024年落成。
該宗交投原定去年12月30日完成交易，但恒隆當時突發通告，指根據土地註冊處函件，該買賣不是一般商業行為，而是牽涉中美兩國的外交事務，不能為該宗買賣協議備忘錄註冊。外交部亦曾指出，根據對等原則，該宗買賣務必得到中方同意才可辦手續。
但隨着完成其外交義務，並獲得中央放行，據土地註冊處資料顯示，恒隆早前已就該宗買賣完成協議備忘註冊，並以DELTA
BRIDGE LTD (堅弘有限公司) 名義購入，而有關的買賣文件，則由美國駐港總領事史墨客 (Hanscom
Smith)，及恒隆地產行政總裁盧韋栢簽名作證，即意味該宗買賣已獲中央放行。
(星島日報)
深水埗舊樓強拍底價2.76億
深水埗醫局街兩幢舊樓項目，目前獲財團併購，現批出強拍令，項目底價為2.76億。
該項目為醫局街227及229號和231及233號，共有兩幢舊樓，申請人為兩家海外公司Lanada (BVI) Company Limited及Amber Shine Limited。
已取得逾八成業權
審裁判詞中指出，申請人於今年5月提出強拍申請時，已取得涉案舊樓逾80%業權，頒下判詞批准有關強拍申請，並將底價定為2.76億。
項目位處醫局街
對於報告就物業現狀估價，將非法僭建面積亦計算在內，審裁處不接納有關做法，指任何謹慎買家均不會購入違法建築，僭建可能隨時面對執法行動，不應計算在內。
維修成本不合比例
不過，審裁處成員同意專家報告指，涉案兩幢大廈早於65年前落成，現時日久失修，維修成本不合比例，重建是合理決定。
(星島日報)
