H&M转軚 短租尖沙咀铺

H&M时装位于新港中心两层复式巨铺，租约在日内到期，品牌近日进行清货，并在店内张贴即将迁出信息。惟在迁出前刚取得突破性进展，业主及租客决定以短租形式续一年合约，H&M暂维持该店业务。

H&M回应指，原先计划日内正式迁出，而新近与业主达成协议，惟未有透露涉及年期及租金。消息指，是次续约为期仅1年，相信让业主及租客双方观察疫情及市况变化，一年后再作决定。

H&M于2008年以约700万元租用该铺，面积达4.8万平方呎，期间数度续约，据悉高峰期月租曾逾千万元。不过，随着旅客消费减少，铺租已有所回落，而两年前疫情爆发严重冲击零售市道，令品牌一度打算弃租。

(经济日报)

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伯恩光学观塘工厦 申改商厦获批

城规会昨批准部分有关工商项目改划发展的申请，包括由伯恩光学创办人杨建文收购的观塘开源道75至77号业发工业大厦，及巧明街119至121号年运工业大厦，日后将以地积比率约14.4倍，发展1幢39层高的商厦 (另设5层地库)。

另外，英皇国际 (00163) 屯门新安街13号宝泰工业大厦及新安街15号山龄工业大厦，亦获批分拆以作单独重建，以兴建1座23层高新式工厦，合共总楼面面积约22.8万平方呎。

而葵涌蓝田街荣达工业大厦同样获会方批准重建新式工厦。

至于香港大学内的蒲飞路地盘亦获準重建为一个综合教学发展项目。

(经济日报)

吕祺教育中心招标 设面积下限

位于湾仔皇后大道东的住宅地，即曾作小一派位的吕祺教育服务中心，昨日开始招标。据卖地章程显示，地皮加入最低单位面积限制。

上述地盘面积约1.32万平方呎，指定作「非工业 (不包括仓库、酒店及加油站)」用途，最高可建楼面约11.62万平方呎。综合市场资料，地皮估值约13.9亿至22亿元，每呎楼面地价介乎1.2万至1.89万元。

事实上，湾仔住宅地供应罕有，对上一次卖地要数到2014年，当时位于捷船街的「蚊型地」，由合和以2.33亿元夺得，每平方呎楼面地价约1.6万元。

(经济日报)

Most flats sell at Grand Mayfair project near Yuen Long, in sign Hongkongers prefer new homes over secondary market

Out of the 428 flats on offer at Grand Mayfair, 390 had been sold by the evening

Overall market sentiment was positive, says executive at Sino Land, one of the developers behind project

About 91 per cent of flats in a new development were snapped up by Hong Kong homebuyers on Friday, in a sign that the primary market was their preferred choice.

Out of the 428 flats on offer at Grand Mayfair near Yuen Long, which has been developed by Sino Land, K Wah International and China Overseas Land and Investment, 390 had been sold by 5.30pm, according to agents. Sales as of 4pm stood at about HK$3.5 billion (US$445.9 million), the developers’ spokeswoman said.

Buyers were “optimistic about the Northern Metropolis development and its huge opportunities, seeking the concept of having innovation in northern Hong Kong and finance on the southern side”, Victor Tin, group associate director of sales at Sino Land, said in a statement.

“The response was overwhelming,” he said, adding that the project might have extra units to offer later. “The Hong Kong stock market performed well today as well, up nearly 600 points, and the overall market sentiment was positive.”

The response to Grand Mayfair came despite rising interest and unemployment rates, and buyers were tempted by its transport links and growth potential.

Moreover, Friday’s sale was for the first round of the project’s phase two. Overall, the developers have earned more than HK$10.1 billion from close to 1,100 flats in three weeks, which made it the most popular project this year, according to the spokeswoman.

The project’s phase one was the fastest-selling new property development over the past four years, after first phase of Kwun Tong’s Grand Central in December 2018, where 871 units were sold within six days for more than HK$10.6 billion. During two rounds of sales for Grand Mayfair’s phase one in early May, 710 flats – or 99 per cent of the offering – worth HK$6.6 billion were sold in six days.

“The primary market has a wide offering with restrained pricing that considers the impact of the pandemic,” a property agent said. Buyers have benefited the most, “diverting buying power to the primary market”, the agent added.

“This month, sentiment in the second-hand market declined … mainly due to the impact of interest rate hikes in the United States, stock market fluctuations and an increase in owners’ asking prices,” the agent said.

A property agency said that one buyer had bought two flats for HK$14.47 million. The agency expected the overall number of new homes sold in May to climb to a five-month high of about 1,400.

On Friday, prices started at HK$6.25 million for a 352 sq ft flat. The average price worked out at HK$18,326 per square foot, after a discount of 16 per cent. That was about 2.4 per cent lower than the HK$18,777 per square foot seen in the previous round, and 8.7 per cent lower than the prevailing secondary market price of HK$20,062 per square foot at Ocean Pride in Tsuen Wan West, according the agency’s data.

Friday’s sale drew 4,050 registrations of intent, which meant about nine buyers were competing for each unit. A middle-aged investor surnamed Chu, who bought a two-bedroom flat for about HK$10 million for investment, dismissed headwinds such as the US interest rate rises.

Meanwhile, HSBC said it would offer a cash reward of up to HK$6,888 for customers taking out green mortgages for the second phase of Grand Mayfair. Green mortgages involve banks or mortgage lenders offering preferential terms to a homebuyers if they can demonstrate that the property for which they are borrowing meets certain environmental standards.

The bank also offered prizes such as a Tesla Model Y and HSBC-themed Octopus cards to drum up more business as part of the promotion, which runs up to the end of the year.