丰树粉岭工业地 将建数据中心

由新加坡丰树产业以8.1294亿元夺得的粉岭安乐门街工业地，将会发展为数据中心，涉及最高可建楼面面积约216,787平方呎，预计于2023年竣工，成集团首个设于香港的数据中心。

指企业对云端服务 需求劲

集团表示，考虑到电子商务、云端运算及5G网络日渐盛行，上述业务对数据中心的需求逐步增加，而且香港具备先进的电讯基建设施、稳定且以成本合理的能源供应、本地企业对云端服务的强劲需求，加上本地气候变化不大，故认为香港是一个建设数据中心的优越地方。并计划出租予终端使用者或数据中心营运商等，除了服务本地用家外，亦可提供良好及快速的网络予深圳的云端用家，及其餘内地主要城市的用家。

丰树产业的总部设于新加坡，而集团在香港的资产包括九龙塘又一城的零售及写字楼、及9项物流地产项目。同时，集团在新加坡及美国均设有数据中心。

上述地皮位于粉岭安乐门街、安全街与安居街交界，面积约4.34万平方呎，上月以8.1294亿元批出，每呎楼面地价约3,750元，创新界北区工业地呎价新高。

(经济日报)

Hong Kong’s real estate bull run gets a lethargic start in Year of the Ox as city’s first sales weekend gets a mixed response

Hong Kong Ferry Holdings and Empire Group sold 76 of 128 flats on offer at Skypoint Royale as of 9.30pm, agents said

Chevalier International Holdings and the Urban Renewal Authority sold none of the 42 flats on offer at the Sablier project, comprising mostly unsold flats

Hong Kong’s homebuyers made a tentative return to the market, giving their collective cold shoulder to older projects but picking up flats at a new launch to give a mixed response to the city’s first property sales in the Year of the Ox.

In Tuen Mun in the New Territories, Hong Kong Ferry Holdings and Empire Group sold 76 flas, or nearly 60 per cent of the 128 units on offer, at the second-round sales launch of Skypoint Royale as of 9.30pm, with as many as 32 buyers bidding for every available flat, agents said.

In Tai Kok Tsui, Chevalier International Holdings and the Urban Renewal Authority failed to sell any of the 42 flats on offer at the Sablier project, left unsold from a previous launch.

“The turnout of prospective homebuyers has been pretty good,” agent said, adding that the sales result was within his expectations. “This is not the first round of sales for the projects, and many potential homebuyers have already purchased flats from previous rounds of sales. The price of flats has also risen slightly.”

The tentative return of homebuyers, helped by a booming stock market, is a particularly important indicator of improving sentiments, particularly for a city that is still grappling with an unemployment rate that worsened in January to 7 per cent, close to a 17-year high. A tapering of new confirmed coronavirus infections and the availability of vaccines have bolstered confidence, prompting the local government to relax some of its social-distancing measures, including even exploring so-called travel bubbles to Singapore.

The first 1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines arrived in Hong Kong on Friday. Social distancing restrictions were also relaxed as new infections in the city dipped, after the government had stepped up mandatory testing and implemented lockdown measures to rein in the fourth wave of infections in the city.

Skypoint Royale is the third phase of a six-block project called The Royale in Tuen Mun. A total of 557 units are available in the two Skypoint blocks, with each floor hosting between 18 and 27 units.

The first round of sales at the Skypoint Royale earlier this month found 241 buyers for the 281 flats on offer during the city’s biggest weekend launch of the year.

The homes on offer this weekend comprise studio apartments and one-bedroom units. Skypoint Royale’s flats start from 192 square feet, going up to 357 square feet (33 square metres), with prices from HK$3.3 million to HK$6.6 million after discounts of up to 9 per cent. The average price was HK$15,847 per square foot, about 4 per cent more expensive than the previous batch.

Chevalier’s Sablier project, first launched last September, also comprises studio apartments and one-bedroom units. The 17 new flats offered range from 300 sq ft to 340 sq ft, with prices starting at HK$6.2 million, going up to HK$8.4 million after discounts of up to 8.75 per cent.

“The arrival of vaccines and improving coronavirus situation in Hong Kong has boosted sentiment in the property market. Sales of new and second-hand homes will continue to flourish,” agent said.