甲厦新盘不乏捧场客，长沙湾南商金融创新中心连录大手成交，该厦两批单位各由两组财团承接，涉及11860方呎，作价共约1.6135亿，平均呎价分别为13597元及13611元，买家看好甲厦新盘未来升值潜力。
有代理表示，南商金融创新中心录2宗大手成交，其中，该厦16楼A3、A5、A6、A11、B8及B9室，合共6个单位，建筑面积共5571方呎，由财团以7575万承接，平均呎价13597元。
另一组财团购入16楼A1、A2、A7、A8、A9合共5个单位，建筑面积共约6289方呎，涉资为8560万，平均呎价13611元，该批细单位望开扬景，大单位望维港景。
分别由两组财团承接
该代理又说，投资者预计进入减息周期后，资产价值反弹，该厦成为目标，故迅速拍板大手购入单位。
今年9月，该厦53个单位亦由投资者7.6亿承接，分布于23、25、26及27楼，建筑面积约共57623方呎，呎价逾1.3万；今年7月，该厦17楼全层连同地库45个车位，各以3.29481亿及8100万易手，作价共约4.1亿，买家亦是投资者，商厦平均呎价1.34万，车位每个180万。
平均呎价约1.36万
该代理又说，该厦总建筑面积近190万方呎，大厦2020年开售，现时货尾售罄，长沙湾近年来彻底转型，新落成甲厦及重建项目形成九龙西甲厦商业圈，除南商金融创新中心，同由新世界发展商的83永康街及83琼林街「PORTAS」相继入伙，使区内商业圈更趋成熟。
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西环颐庭酒店获洽购 投资者出价逾4.5亿
「小巴大王」马亚木家族早前放售西环德辅道西160号颐庭酒店，市场消息指，该全幢获投资者出价逾4.5亿洽购。
颐庭酒店全幢楼高24层，总建筑面积约66144方呎，提供93间客房，消息指该物业获投资者出价逾4.5亿洽购，昨日更盛传该酒店已由一间投资公司购入。
投资公司否认购入
不过，该公司接受本报查询时表示，否认购入该物业。此外，亦有消息指，项目获多间财团出价，惟暂未达业主意向价。
该全幢于2015年改建酒店，中高层可望维港景，除了酒店部分，物业地下至6楼为商业部分，地下至4楼现时由餐饮及水疗中心承租，5至6楼可用作办公室，酒店大堂设于7楼。
未到达业主意向价
该酒店距离中环国际金融中心需时5分鐘车程，距离香港大学正门需时7分鐘车程。物业位于港铁西营盘站A2出口上盖。
今年2月，上环皇后大道中奥华酒店由外资基金保德信伙拍本地共居品牌Dash Living承接，作价约3.2亿，平均呎价1.23万，相关财团于2022年以约8.5亿收购上环彩鸿酒店全幢，呎价约1.66万。
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中环些利街LL Tower商厦基座放售，市值1.5至1.6亿，物业连约推出。
有外资代理行表示，些利街2及4号LL Tower商厦基座，包括地下及2至3楼，总建筑面积约7082方呎，物业以现状连租约出售，现时估值约1.5至1.6亿，预期回报约4厘。LL Tower于2019年落成，基座主要由餐饮商户承租，每层建筑面积约2256至2551方呎，特点为高楼底和5千帕承重能力，并配备67至101A三相电供应。
连约料回报4厘
物业位于中环金地段，连接中环半山自动电梯系统，离港铁中环及香港站仅5至10分鐘步程。附近有苏豪区、PMQ、壁画街等热门聚脚及打卡点，吸引年轻人及旅客，适合各类型商户进驻。
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Emperor boss buys last flat as wife's gift
Emperor Group founder and chairman Albert Yeung Sau-shing bought the last flat in the group's One Jardine's Lookout for HK$32.9 million by tender, setting a new high for both average price and transaction price of standard flats at the project.
All 123 units of the Happy Valley project, developed by Emperor International Holdings (0163), have been sold, cashing in more than HK$1.03 billion.
The last flat was sold for over HK$28,000 per square foot, 41 percent higher than the average price of HK$19,847 per sq ft.
Yeung said he bought the flat as a gift for his wife for long-term investment.
The flats in the first two rounds of sales all sold out in a single day, according to Yeung's son and Emperor vice-chairman Alex Yeung Ching-loong.
One Jardine's Lookout offers flats ranging from one to four-bedrooms as well as open-plan and featured units, with home sizes between 231 and 1,211 sq ft.
The project, located in the upper-income residential area Mid Levels East, recorded the lowest home price in 13 years in the district in its first batch, according to a property agent.
The first batch was rolled out with prices between HK$4.15 million and HK$10.72 million after discounts.
The project was transformed from the Emperor Hotel, which was completed in 1996 and became an iconic landmark in the district, popular with tourists and celebrities in the city.
The hotel was relocated to Wan Chai in 2017.
In other news, Bloomberg Intelligence forecast Hong Kong's home vacancy rate will fall to 4 percent, with both rent and property prices rising by 5 percent next year.
It is the result of more high-income talent immigrating to Hong Kong, boosting the overall rental market as well as favourable measures in the policy address amid rate cuts.
The analyst also expects that the number of first-hand transactions will increase to 16,000 this year and further rise to 18,000 next year, while second-hand transactions will rise to 50,000.
(The Standard)
New North Point flats set to go on sale
101 Kings Road in North Point, developed by Wang On Properties (1243), is poised to launch its first round of sales shortly, including 10 three-room units for tender.
The developer unveiled the first price list involving 51 flats earlier, with an average discounted price of HK$20,800 per square foot.
The project, as the first one up for sale after the new round of interest cuts from the US Federal Reserve, has already received many enquiries, with potential investors accounting for about half of the total, according to the developer.
Wang On Properties' Finnie in Quarry Bay has sold 60 flats worth nearly HK$400 million. It will roll out a new project close to Lei Tung Station next year, offering 93 flats.
In Fo Tan, The Arles, developed by Centralcon Properties, sold two one-bedroom flats for HK$13.93 million.
The project has sold 11 flats in November, cashing in HK$85.23 million. It has sold 1,251 flats -over 93 percent in total - since starting sales.
In Kai Tak, Sun Hung Kai Properties' (0016) Cullinan Harbour sold one 1,089-sq-ft four-bedroom flat for HK$37.19 million by tender.
Also in Kai Tak, Henderson Land's (0012) The Henley II sold two one-bedroom flats for over HK$17.77 million by tender, including one 380-sq-ft flat and one 379-sq-ft flat.
In Sheung Wan, 42 Tung St developed by The Development Studio recently sold two flats for HK$31.72 million.
The luxury property market got a booster shot through measures outlined in the policy address that allow immigrants to purchase flats over HK$50 million as investment, said the developer.
TDS chairman Keith Kerr was formerly chairman of Swire Properties (1972).
In Hung Shui Kiu, Asia Standard International (0129) announced High Park II will roll out 402 flats with sizes ranging from one to three-bedrooms between 297 and 535 sq ft.
Nearly 26 percent of flats are one-bedroom units and 68 percent are two-bedrooms.
The developer said a total of 404 units in High Park I have been sold.
In other news, Early Light International property development managing director Raymond Lee Ping-yu said the interest rate cut cycle will help reduce inventory by incentivizing people to buy instead of rent.
The company, founded by "King of Toys" Francis Choi Chee-ming, saw over 410 flats sold so far for its Gold Coast Bay project in Tuen Mun, boosted by mainland students' rental demand.
(The Standard)
Hong Kong politician Bunny Chan swoops down on Tin Hau’s Whitfield Hotel at 30% discount
Bunny Chan, who is a deputy to the National People’s Congress, and Paggy Chan, are the new owners of Twenty One Whitfield
A Hong Kong businessman and deputy to China’s legislature has acquired a hotel at a third less than the price paid by the previous owner, betting on the long-term resilience of the city’s tourism sector.
Twenty One Whitfield hotel in Tin Hau changed hands for HK$268 million (US$34.7 million) on Monday, Land Registry records showed. Bunny Chan Chung-bun and Paggy Chan Pik-kei are the registered directors of the buyer, Huge Fame Limited, according to the Companies Registry.
Bunny Chan is one of Hong Kong’s representatives to the National People’s Congress and also an independent non-executive director of railway operator MTR Corp.
“With policy support from Beijing, I am very confident in Hong Kong’s economy in the long run,” Chan told the Post in a phone call on Wednesday, adding that the recovery would take some time.
Investors have been snapping up hotels, taking advantage of the huge discounts and converting them into student housing after the government pledged to turn the city into an international hub for education.
Chan said he was open to the idea of converting the hotel into student housing after taking formal ownership.
Chan also said he will consider additional investments in hotels, offices and commercial buildings provided the location and price are to his liking. He said he will continue to monitor the property market, noting that the “interest rate trend had not yet stabilised”.
The 32-storey hotel, with views of Victoria Harbour, has a total of 54 rooms. Based on the transaction price, the cost of each room works out to about HK$5 million.
The hotel was under receivership after the previous owner, a Taiwan-based consortium, failed to settle a loan taken in 2019. The consortium bought the hotel in 2014 for HK$395 million, according to data from the Land Registry. Based on the transaction price, the sellers have incurred a 32 per cent loss.
A property consultancy estimates that by 2028, 175,000 student beds will be needed in Hong Kong versus an estimated supply of 55,000 beds. Currently, there are nine en-bloc private student accommodation projects offering 2,848 beds. Next year, new supply is expected to add some 2,000 beds.
In September, the owner of the 63-room Popway Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui said it would convert the hotel into 150 beds for student rentals. Hong Kong’s biggest property agency paid HK$180 million – 53 per cent less than the asking price – when the asset was put up for sale by auction last year.
Crystal Investment, which owns Y.X, the largest student accommodation provider in Hong Kong, acquired Hotel Ease in Lai Chi Kok from the family of the late “Shop King” Tang Shing-bor for HK$220 million in April.
In January, global investment firm PGIM partnered with Dash Living to buy the 56-room Ovolo Sheung Wan hotel for HK$320 million, with the aim of turning it into co-living accommodation for short and long-term stays.
(South China Morning Post)