新世界近年在长沙湾区打造「甲厦商圈」，区内三甲厦项目提供楼面达220万方呎，逾5成楼面将作长綫收租用途。其中，荔枝角道888号率先入伙，累售楼面约75%，餘下楼面倾向出售，但若作出租用途，意向呎租约30元起，同时约241个私人停车位现正放售，定价由200万起。新世界发展资产及房地产组合管理总经理林浩文接受本报访问时指出，长沙湾近年发展迅速「变天」，激活区内商贸需求，因区内优质甲厦供应罕有，料未来五年区内甲厦租售价稳步上扬。
私人停车位200万起
林浩文指，集团旗下长沙湾荔枝角道888号，项目于2019年底开售，市场反应相当不俗，累售约75%楼面，以项目面积约58万方呎计，售出楼面逾43万方呎，近8成买家为用家或长綫投资者，买家包括金融、保险及大专等机构，当中较瞩目买家包括南洋商业银行及香港大学专业进修学院等知名机构，反映项目质素备受市场认同，平均成交呎价介乎1.5万至1.7万，项目待售单位多为优质物业，将採惜售态度，假如用作出租，意向呎租约30元起。
林氏亦指出，该项目约241个私人停车位于过去一个月于市场上放售，定价介乎200万至220万，市场反应相当热烈。资料显示，该项目于今年3月以1.428亿沽出公眾停车场，涉及70个私家车位、15个轻型货车位，每个车位成交价约168万。
琼林永康街项目明年底竣工
值得一提的是，该项目唯一零售铺位，建筑面积约500餘方呎，现正推出市场放租，目标租户为优质食肆品牌，近期已频获多家商户洽租查询，租金处磋商阶段。
林浩文指，早于上世纪六、七十年代，长沙湾区内以纺织及制衣业为主，惟近年区内有多个大型住宅新盘相继落成，推动区内发展迅速「变天」，区内各项配套渐见成熟。
三甲厦项目涉220万呎
至于同区琼林街及永康街项目，最快明年第四季竣工，分别提供楼面约120万及42万方呎，集团于区内三商厦项目，合共提供楼面达220万方呎，并逐步进入收成期，逾5成楼面将作长綫收租用途。
对于甲厦市场前景，林氏认为，儘管疫情持续发酵，惟优质甲厦物业需求殷切，长沙湾区内供应亦属罕有，加上交通等配套因素支持，激活需求持续增长，故市场正处成长期，区内甲厦租售价将稳步上扬，料未来5年间升幅约5%。他续指出，集团早于2017年起购入该商业项目地皮，当时已瞄準未来大湾区发展，因长沙湾位处本港中心地段，有利项目用家及租户往返机场及内地。
(星岛日报)
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外资基金频大手购工厦酒店 今年暂录82亿较去年同期升41%
今年以来，外资基金连番在港大手扫货，根据本报统计，购入酒店及工厦各4宗，合共8宗，涉资共逾82亿，较去年同期升41%，尤其酒店交投远较去年畅旺。业界人士指，疫情下酒店受重击，基金买家趁势吸纳，期待通关后，需求回復正常，租售价势必上升；随着物流及数据中心需求殷切，后市更备受看好。
今年以来市场暂录6宗酒店买卖，基金佔4宗，涉资逾45亿，市佔率73%，WEAVE LIVING伙拍安祖高顿一连购入大角嘴九龙珀丽酒店及西环华丽都会酒店，涉资各14.20亿及9亿；红磡「逸．酒店」作价16.46亿，油麻地CASA酒店5.9亿成交，分别由两家外资基金购入。
盼通关后酒店需求復常
今年最瞩目工厦成交，为葵涌货柜码头路集运中心全幢，以约29亿易手，每呎1.09万，创区内工厦新高，更成为二手工厦高价指标，买家为美资基金Nuveen旗下Asia Pacific Cities Fund (APCF)，该基金首度在港插旗，重手出击令市场侧目。
比较去年，外资基金ESR斥18亿购入葵涌光辉冻仓，作价18亿，呎价5445元；万国数据亦以18亿购入的中央工业大厦，呎价仅5294元，可见今年价格上升。
物流数据中心需求殷切
除了上述美资基金外，今年出手购入工厦，包括加拿大基金公司Brookfield Asset Management Inc，向兴胜创建购入沙田工业中心单位及车位，涉资2.11亿，新加坡基金SilkRoad Property Partners，亦购入荃湾大成大厦3全层，涉资1.8亿。
去年同期，市场并未录基金购酒店记录，不过，基金于去年同期购入6项工厦，涉资逾48亿，较今年逾37亿为多；今年以来，基金购工厦及酒店共涉资82亿，对比去年合共48亿，按年升41%。
有代理表示，自从2019年中动乱以至疫情来袭，外资基金在港投资步伐减慢，不过，2020年中重新部署，至今表现活跃。
(星岛日报)
嘉里连沽2货仓 共46亿今年最大额
买家均为华润物流 近年多番买工厦
工厦成为投资焦点，嘉里 (00683) 表示，以约46.2亿元沽出旗下位于沙田及柴湾货仓物业，买家均为华润物流，成为今年最大额工厦买卖个案。
嘉里表示，与华润物流达成协议，出售旗下嘉里 (沙田) 货仓及嘉里 (柴湾) 货仓两项物业，作价分别23.3亿及22.9亿元，合共涉及约46.2亿元。以成交价计，为今年最大金额买卖。
疫情影响货仓营运 沽货套现
嘉里指，考虑到新冠疫情下的现行市况，集团的财务状况及货仓的营运表现，董事认为出售事项为公司提供了绝佳机会释放货仓价值，并认为出售不会对集团业务及营运产生重大影响。
两项物业均属货仓用途，嘉里 (沙田) 货仓位于火炭山尾街36至42号，对面为近年入伙的骏洋邨。沙田货仓楼高18层，总楼面面积约404,374平方呎。据了解，该物业现时出租率理想，呎租约12至14元，主要为物流行业租用。物业以23.3亿元易手，呎价约5,762元。
柴湾货仓作价22.9亿 呎售4393
另一物业为嘉里 (柴湾) 货仓，物业位于柴湾嘉业街50号，楼高15层，总楼面约521,253平方呎。数年前，嘉里物流 (00636) 曾作出申请，计划改装柴湾货仓为大型骨灰龕场，惟城规会指项目所在为活跃的作业海港，有货仓及工业用途，与申请人提出的土地用途不协调，亦忧减少工业用地供应等，否决有关申请。
今次以物业22.9亿元成交价计，呎价约4,393元。
是次两项物业买家华润物流，近两年活跃于工厦市场，多次大手购入工厦，包括去年向邓成波家族购入屯门及粉岭工厦，涉及屯门东亚纱厂工业大厦第一期全幢，以及粉岭安乐门街35至37号勉励龙中心全幢，分别涉约22.42亿及6.95亿元，合共近30亿元。如今再斥逾46亿元，购入两项物业，合共已斥逾75亿元扫工厦作自用。
(经济日报)
Kerry Properties sells two godowns for $4.6b
Kerry Properties says it has entered into an agreement with China Resources Logistics to sell two warehouses for HK$4.62 billion.
Kerry said in a filing yesterday that one of its wholly owned subsidiaries plans to sell the Chai Wan warehouse for HK$2.29 billion and the Sha Tin warehouse for HK$2.33 billion.
The buyer, CRL, is an indirect wholly owned investment holding subsidiary of the state-owned conglomerate China Resources.
Chai Wan warehouse is at 50 Ka Yip Street, and had a net book value of HK$2.28 billion at the end of last year, it said.
With a total gross floor area of 521,253 square feet, the property brought Kerry HK$45 million in net profit last year.
The Sha Tin warehouse at 36-42 Shan Mei Street New Territories has a total gross floor area of 404,374 sq ft, the filing showed.
It had a net book value of HK$1.46 billion last year and created an after-tax net profit of HK$113 million in 2021.
The deal is expected to be completed on or before June 30 and the related transaction costs would be HK$5 million, Kerry Properties said.
The estimated net proceeds from the disposal in the amount of about HK$4.62 billion will be used as general working capital, and an estimated gain of HK$883 million will be recorded upon completion, it said.
On the prevailing market conditions under the Covid-19 situation, the financial position of the group and the performance of the warehouses, the directors consider that the disposal presents an excellent opportunity for the company to unlock the value of the warehouses and enables it to recycle capital to strengthen its balance sheets and operations, the filing stated.
Given that the group has a diverse and robust property portfolio, Kerry Properties felt the disposal would have no material effect on its business and operations, said the filing.
(The Standard)
The Grand Mayfair II in Yuen Long released another two batches with 288 flats together to be put on sale on Wednesday after selling over 90 percent of the homes in the first round of sales last Friday.
The two price lists, which comprise 59 one-bedroom units, 188 two-bedroom units, 34 three-bedroom units, and 7 flats with four bedrooms, are priced from HK$6.52 million to HK$18.47 million after discounts, or from HK$17,132 to HK$20,463 per square foot.
The 805-flat project is phase 1B of a 2,200-flat mega development that is being jointly developed by Sino Land (0083), K Wah International (0173), and China Overseas Land and Investment (0688).
They have earned over HK$3.5 billion following the sales of more than 400 homes last Friday.
In Tseung Kwan O, Kowloon Development (0034) has released the fifth price list for Manor Hill, offering 172 units starting from HK$5.04 million after discounts. The batch provides studio and one-bedroom homes ranging from 208 sq ft to 428 sq ft.
In Kai Tak, Wheelock Properties has sold at least six units at Monaco Marine, raking in HK$81.7 million.
Its Koko Hills in Lam Tin will launch sales of 96 flats today, including 80 on price lists and 16 by tender.
In Cheung Sha Wan, Grand Victoria II co-developed by Sino Land, Wheelock, and three others, will put 130 flats on the market tomorrow, including 76 on price lists and 54 via tender.
The 76 homes ranging from 278 sq ft to 807 sq ft are priced from HK$6.48 million to HK$22.66 million after discounts.
In Kowloon City, Country Garden (2007) has recorded at least 14 transactions for its Allegro, after putting 70 units up for sale.
In Tai Kok Tsui, at least 9 flats - a studio unit and 8 one-bedroom units - were sold over the weekend, which brought the developer Henderson Land Development (0012) over HK$54 million in contracted sales.
New projects across the city drew buyers from the secondary market over the weekend, resulting in a 21.4 percent decline in the top 10 housing estates with half of them recording no transaction, a property agency said.
Only 11 deals were seen over the weekend, but the number has remained in double-digit territory for the 10th week in a row, the real estate agency said.
An agent said that developers are relatively conservative in pricing to attract buyers, which inevitably slows down second-hand transactions.
The agent added that homeowners may need to further cut their asking prices in order to compete.
(The Standard)