有外资代理行最新发表的香港地产市场报告指，香港结束连续3个月录负净吸纳量后，2月录1.69万方呎净吸纳量，查询及睇楼活动趋增。
该行指出，在为数不多的新租赁案中，专业服务公司德勤租用观塘 The Millennity 两层楼面，建筑面积共3.88万方呎，以整合金鐘部分办公空间。此外，该公司收购新业务，也将由大角嘴现址迁至 The Millennity。
结束连续3个月负吸纳
该行代理表示，2月底整体市场空置率微升至12.3%，原因之一为帝国集团旗下黄竹坑甲厦 S22 落成，惟商厦仍持续改善，接获更多保险及金融机构租赁查询。2月整体市场租金按月跌0.7%，中环、湾仔 (铜锣湾) 租金分别跌0.8%和1.2%，尖沙嘴保持平稳。
整体租金按月跌0.7%
受惠跨境旅客逐渐恢復，1月零售业总销货额按年回升7%，珠宝首饰、鐘表及名贵礼物类别销货额升幅最大，达到23.1%，网上销货额在1月按年下降4.2%，为3年来首次下跌。
该行另一代理表示，相较于去年12月的约16万人次，入境访客人数得到更明显增长，1月入境人数升至近50万人次。然而，目前旅客人数仅疫情前高峰水平约十分之一。在2月入境人数限制取消后，旅客人数预计将进一步回升。月内较瞩目租赁，一家连锁药妆店以月租50万租用尖沙嘴广东道14号地下商铺，1000方呎，租金较前租客溥仪眼镜折让约55%。
(星岛日报)
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资料显示，长沙湾全新甲厦南商金融创新中心高层连车位，以2.522亿元易手，涉及27楼约半层楼面连5个车位，其中写字楼部分面积约15,263平方呎，涉资约2.41亿元，呎价约1.58万元，另外5个车位每个作价为220万元。
据悉，新买家为「毛纺大王」曹光彪家族成员，该家族去年以8.5亿元，沽出同区持有多年的永新工业大厦全幢，总面积约15万平方呎，呎价约5,600元，由黑石基金承接。相信家族沽出工厦后，现购入同区全新商厦自用。
(经济日报)
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观塘市中心重建项目 研加住宅发展
受惠起动九龙东计划，观塘商厦供应增加，并逐渐发展成新兴商业区。不过，受市况影响，去年底已推出招标的市建局观塘市中心第4、5区重建项目，难逃流标命运，最终局方研究加入住宅等元素重推，增加吸引力。
规划多年的观塘市中心第4、5区重建项目于今年1月截标，当时仅截获1份标书，入标者为区内大地主新地 (00016) ，但市建局最终表示，经详细审议其入标价后，决定收回项目。
结合一地多用 灵活调拨楼面
其后，市建局行政总监韦志成在同月透露，当局研究将用地由「商业用途」改变为「其他指定用途 (混合发展)」的发展模式，并结合「一地多用」概念，在地盘获准发展的地积比率为12倍及「浮动规划参数」机制维持不变的基础上，加入住宅发展元素，让日后的中标发展商可更灵活调拨发展楼面，以作住宅、办公、酒店和零售等不同发展。
试行垂直城市 巩固核心地位
当局亦计划就用地试行「垂直城市」(Vertical City) 发展理念，以高空发展的都市形态进行更新规划，兴建1幢地标式建筑，巩固其在九龙东的核心地位。参考纽约市曼哈顿区最新1个重建项目，在该发展理念下，1座楼高约70层的综合用途的地标建筑物中，40楼以上发展为住宅，40楼以下则重建为酒店、办公室及商场用途。当局会争取在今年内向城规会提交改变规划用途的申请。
事实上，观塘的商业楼面陆续增加，即使撇除上述重建项目，单计去年底落成的 The Millennity、伯恩光学杨建文家族旗下业发工业大厦，以及有待推出的观塘行动区等3幅商业地，区内的5个项目已经提供近430万平方呎楼面。
前身为九巴车厂的 The Millennity，由新地与系内载通国际 (00062) 合作发展。项目由2座物业组成，分别提供20层高甲级写字楼，总楼面约65万平方呎，基座则是10层高的大型商场，佔地约50万平方呎，规模与同区apm相若。
至于业发工业大厦1期去年已经获土地审裁处批出强拍令，底价23.49亿元。值得一提的是，杨氏家族于2017年已以约16.2亿元统一业发工业大厦2期业权，并于2021年已连同比邻的1期地盘，及年运工业大厦向城规会申请一併重建为1幢商厦，亦已获城规会批准。而年运工业大厦已于本月初以底价11.08亿元由相关人士成功统一业权。
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Ho Man Tin flat sales to kick off this weekend
The third price list for flats at phase 1B of In One atop Ho Man Tin MTR station has been released, offering 67 homes at a discounted average price of HK$21,318 per square foot.
Developed by Chinachem and MTR Corporation (0066), the first two price lists for phase 1B of the project have received more than 6,200 checks for a total of 112 apartments, making them more than 54 times oversubscribed.
The third list comprises 49 two-bedroom units and 18 three-bedroom units, with areas ranging from 422 to 941 square feet.
After the highest discount of 15 percent is applied, the prices range from HK$11.72 million to HK$30.45 million or between HK$25,530 and HK$34,374 per sq ft.
The most affordable option is Unit B on the second floor of Tower 3B, which offers two bedrooms and covers an area of 459 sq ft. This unit is available at a discounted price of HK$11.7 million or HK$25,530 per sq ft.
Chinachem plans to put all 179 flats on the three price lists for sale this Saturday.
In the first round of sales, 179 flats will be offered at discounted prices of HK$7.87 million to HK$30.45 million or HK$21,850 to HK$34,374 per sq ft. The average discounted price per sq ft is HK$27,083, resulting in a total market value of HK$3.43 billion for the flats.
Phase 1B offers a total of 183 flats and the remaining four flats, which are all four-bedroom units will be sold by tender on Sunday.
In Lam Tin, Koko Mare, developed by Wheelock Properties, will release the first price list tomorrow.
The first price list will include over 90 one to two-bedroom flats, with prices ranging from HK$6 million to HK$9 million. Additionally, certain high-floor units with sea views will also be released for sale.
Meanwhile, Fleur Pavilia in North Point, developed by New World Development (0017) has sold a penthouse unit for HK$125 million.
Unit A, a duplex apartment with four bedrooms and sea views, occupies the 33rd to 35th floor of Tower 3 in the development. It spans an area of 2,502 sq ft and was sold for HK$125.1 million or HK$50,000 per sq ft, and includes two parking spaces.
Fleur Pavilia has offered 611 homes for sale since June 2018, out of which 610 have been sold, yielding a total of approximately HK$16 billion.
The last remaining home available for purchase is also a duplex.
(The Standard)
Henderson Land’s profit slumps 29 per cent to US$1.2 billion, aims to launch 7,655 flats in Hong Kong this year
Henderson said it would launch 10 projects comprising 7,655 flats in areas such as Kai Tak, Cheung Sha Wan, Hung Hom and Kowloon City this year
The company said it has commenced foundation works at Site 3 of New Central Harbourfront, which was acquired in 2021
Henderson Land, one of Hong Kong’s largest property developers, posted a 29 per cent decline in profit to HK$9.6 billion (US$1.2 billion) for 2022, as the city’s real estate industry was severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The developer, founded by billionaire and Hong Kong’s second-wealthiest man Lee Shau-kee, said the drop in profit was partly due to the absence of a one-off gain it booked in 2021 in connection with Miramar Hotel and Investment becoming its subsidiary, according to a filing with the Hong Kong stock exchange on Tuesday.
“The decrease in underlying profit was partly due to an attributable gain of HK$1.8 billion, which was recognised in the previous year,” the filing said.
Property sales were impacted by the “uncertain outlook of the global economy” as monetary authorities across the globe, including the US, raised interest rates to curb surging consumer prices last year, the developer added.
“The global economy is fraught with many uncertainties, such as geopolitical tensions and inflation,” Henderson’s co-chairmen Lee Ka-kit and Lee Ka-shing said in a joint statement.
Hong Kong is benefiting from the relaxation of anti-pandemic measures globally and the reopening of the border with the mainland is expediting the recovery, they said.
With the government rolling out various schemes to revitalise the economy, including another round of consumption vouchers worth HK$5,000 for Hong Kong residents as well as a bid to attract more overseas talent, the economy is likely to benefit further, they added.
Henderson said it plans to sell 7,655 new residential units this year at 10 projects in Kai Tak, Cheung Sha Wan, Hung Hom and Kowloon City among others. Its land bank amounts to 25.2 million sq ft, including 15 million sq ft that has yet to be completed, the company added.
“As for Site 3 of New Central Harbourfront, which was acquired by the group in 2021, foundation works have commenced,” the filing said. “The site will be developed in two phases into a 1.6 million sq ft mixed-use development. In addition, over 300,000 sq ft of landscaped open space will be created for public use.”
The project’s first phase is expected to be completed in 2026 and the second phase in 2032.
Henderson Land declared a final dividend of HK$1.30 per share, which will be paid to shareholders on June 23.
Henderson Land’s shares closed 0.37 per cent lower at HK$26.60.
Separately, Henderson Investment, which runs department stores in Hong Kong, said profit attributable to equity shareholders fell 85 per cent to HK$5 million last year.
The company said it was hit hard by Hong Kong’s fifth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
It added that with the improvement in the Covid-19 situation as well as the government’s launch of a new round of the consumption voucher scheme, retail sales improved.
“However, the stalled inbound tourism, uncertain economic outlook and financial market turmoil continued to weigh on the local retail sector,” Henderson Investment said, noting that the value of total retail sales in Hong Kong decreased by 0.9 per cent year on year in 2022.
Henderson Investment declared a dividend of HK$0.10, which will be paid to shareholders on June 19.
The company’s shares rose 1.82 per cent to HK$0.28.
(South China Morning Post)