近期在扩大自由行及辣招全撤后，市场气氛好转，业界预期随着经济渐入好景，沉寂多时商厦市场料有起色，中环中心一个单位丢空约一年，率先由中资企业进驻，平均呎租63元，较四年前旧租减19%。
上址为中环中心5103至05室，由「小巴大王」马亚木持有，建筑面积约4430方呎，单位丢空约一年，业主以每呎75元放租，由来自北京的中资企业承租，平均呎租约63元，较意向呎租减12元或幅度16%，月租接近28万，该单位旧租客亦是中资客，早于4年前以每月34.5万承租，平均呎租78元。
月租接近28万
业内人士指，年前中环中心租盘眾多，资深投资者蔡志忠及「磁带大王」陈秉志拆售的全层单位，一眾小业主争相以低价放租吸客，加上单位位处低层，望楼景，质素较逊色，部分单位成交呎租低至30餘元，不过，随着这些小业主单位陆续租出，现时放租单位租金亦调升至稳定水平。
中环中心目前放租单位约80个，不乏全盘租盘，最少有3层正在放租，全部位于中至低层，建筑面积由约24858至25412方呎，意向呎租介乎55至58元，意向月租约137万至147万，极高层7至13室，建筑面积14019方呎，望全海景，连装修及傢俬，意向呎租约85元，月租逾119万。
全幢约有80个租盘
中环中心呎租新高为，77楼11至13室，建筑面积约5807方呎，于2019年2月以每呎130元租出，创该厦历来新高，月租约75.5万。
中环美国银行中心全层单位放售
有外资代理行代理表示，中环美国银行中心23楼全层连3个车位，以「现状」交吉形式出售，总面积约13,880方呎，连3个车位，单位望维景，大厦共提供12部升降机，美国银行中心位于金鐘及中环交界，属传统甲厦，毗邻之长江集团中心二期、The Henderson 亦快将完工，相信届时必定能带动周边经济发展。
(星岛日报)
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中国奥园放售葵涌商厦 市值4亿至5亿
近期市场不乏商厦蚀让放售，中国奥园旗下葵涌商厦标售，物业现市值约4亿。世邦魏理仕表示，葵涌国瑞路57至59号 (5楼3号及8号会议室除外) 现推出市场招标，物业市值4亿至5亿，4月30日截标，项目佔地约1.36万方呎，总楼面建筑面积约12万方呎，物业低层 (第1至3层) 设有58个专用泊车位，并设有专属接送区，物业毗邻一个佔地2万方呎花园，景观及视线畅通无阻，用户可欣赏荃湾及葵兴城市景。
4月30日截标
市场资料显示，上述物业为活化写字楼项目AOffice46 (奥创中心)，由中国奥园于2018年6月以约9.5亿向罗氏针织罗氏家族购入，2019年一度拆售，现时放售并非全部业权，2020年传以约12.5亿放售。有外资代理行代理表示，工厦一直受投资者追捧，佔地超过1.3万方呎兼提供多用途项目罕有，料吸引投资者和用家。
总建筑楼面涉12万呎
亚太地区生活领域专家 Weave Living 近日获得私募股权投资机构华平投资及Weave 创办人兼集团行政总裁 Sachin Doshi 注资，品牌将利用该笔新资金推动亚太地区业务发展，预计2025年底，WEAVE 资产管理规模将超过35亿美元。到2025年前，Weave Living 将在亚太区核心城市营运超过5000个单位，包括东京、大阪、首尔、新加坡和香港。
(星岛日报)
整体甲厦1月空置率 升至12.9%
有外资代理行发表的香港地产市场报告中指出，由于新写字楼供应落成，本港1月底整体甲级写字楼空置率上升至12.9%。
整体甲级写字楼市场在2024年1月录得160,800平方呎净吸纳量，主要因为中环The Henderson早前预租的楼面于1月项目竣工后得以落实。
中环空置率升至10.4%
然而，新写字楼供应增加同时影响了整体市场空置率，特别是中环1月底的空置率上升至10.4%，而尖沙咀和九龙东的空置率均下跌0.4个百分点。
该行代理表示，自写字楼租金由高位显著回落后，整体写字楼租赁市场主要由升级需求推动。随着愈来愈多新写字楼陆续落成，吸引了更多租户追求优质写字楼及提升工作环境，令市场上拥有绿色认证的新写字楼比同类物业更具竞争力。该行相信，今年升级需求将继续主导写字楼市场。
月内市场录得的主要成交个案包括富兰克林邓普顿基金将由中环遮打大厦搬迁至同区的国际金融中心二期，承租约23,600平方呎楼面。
该行另一代理表示，1月整体甲级写字楼市场租金按月下跌0.6%。主要分区市场中，中环和港岛东租金分别下跌1.2%和0.9%，而尖沙咀租金则保持平稳。
(经济日报)
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黄竹坑一带近年有不少工厦转型，区内商业气息转趋浓厚，加上全新大型商场THE SOUTHSIDE 啟用，配套更加完善。该区 One Island South 地理位置方便，景观开扬，吸引不少商户进驻。
One Island South 位于黄竹坑香叶道2号，属区内甲级指标大厦之一，于2011年落成，楼龄约13年。楼高约30层，地下为入口大堂、停车场及商业用途，地下至3楼为商铺，物业的租客及用家不乏知名企业，包括会德丰地产、英式百货公司连卡佛、泰昇集团及海通证券 (06837) 等。
每层近3万呎 设8部载客电梯
1M楼及5楼为停车场，6楼起为写字楼，每层面积接近3万平方呎。大厦总楼面面积约84万平方呎，设有8部载客电梯，有助分散人流。物业提供约256个私家车车位，方便驾车人士出入。
大厦为全玻璃幕墙，设计独特新颖，大堂宽阔具有气派，採光度充足。景观方面，大部分单位外望黄竹坑站上盖及海洋公园一带，部分更可眺望深湾游艇会。
随着南港岛綫通车，黄竹坑一带交通更加便利，大厦邻近港铁黄竹坑站，两站直达本港核心商业区金鐘，3站到中环。大厦附近亦设有巴士及小巴站，提供多条路綫，直达港九新界。
比邻 THE SOUTHSIDE 开幕
饮食配套方面，大厦内设有餐厅，附近亦有不少食肆藏身于工厦中。随着地铁上盖大型商场 THE SOUTHSIDE 开幕，区内配套更加完善，佔地达51万平方呎，楼高5层，有大量餐厅可供选择。
物业成交由租务市场主导，今年暂录得两宗租务成交，均为低层单位，实用面积分别为1,254及1,252平方呎，以28,842及33,804元租出，呎租约23元及27元。
(经济日报)
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11楼全层招租 叫租74.6万
南港岛綫通车令黄竹坑成为中环、金鐘核心商业区的延伸，其写字楼租金远较中区核心商业区为低，近年亦获不少企业租户及用家垂青。有见区内商贸气氛及人流即将提升，有业主趁势将区内知名甲厦 One Island South 全层单位推出市场招租，单位意向月租约74.6万元，平均呎租约25元。
罕有全层放租 意向呎租25元
有代理表示，是次招租单位位于物业11楼全层，建筑面积约29,848平方呎，意向月租约74.6万元，平均呎租约25元。该单位为该厦罕有全层招租楼层，北望香港仔郊野公园自然翠绿景观，东南两面分别望向香港仔运动场及海洋公园，景色优美，适合国际品牌、教育机构、科研、医疗机构、上市公司、金融财务公司、展览机构等作集团总部或后勤部门。
该代理指最新落成的 THE SOUTHSIDE 商场将可吸引更多区外客到场，而黄竹坑港铁站上盖住宅项目亦相继落成及入伙，结合周边的商业元素及交通配套，黄竹坑面貌将焕然一新，带动区内商业气氛及人流更旺盛，相信是次招租亦可吸引实力企业积极洽询。
(经济日报)
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M&A drought forces law firms to cut office space
Hong Kong's biggest law firms are rushing to reduce office space in prime locations, as they struggle with a dearth of mergers and acquisitions and initial public offerings amid an economic downturn.
Deacons, the city's oldest law firm, is cutting one floor in Alexandra House, a premium office building in Hong Kong's business district of Central, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named because they were not authorized to speak publicly. The floor will be released to the market near the end of the year, one of the people said.
DLA Piper, one of the world's largest legal firms, has reduced its office space in Exchange Square by about 5,000 square feet, one of the people said. Other major legal advisers, including Clyde and Co and MinterEllison are also planning to shrink their rental space, the people added.
Hongkong Land, the real estate arm of conglomerate Jardine Matheson, that operates Alexandra House and Exchange Square, said its buildings in Central are among the most highly occupied properties in Hong Kong, and most of its tenants whose leases expired in 2023 have renewed contracts with the same floor spaces. The company declined to comment on the law firms' plans.
A DLA Piper spokesperson said while financials and market conditions played a part in the firm's decision to reduce its office space, the company also considered other factors, including a global flexible working policy and a plan to bring its Hong Kong staff closer to facilitate collaboration.
The space reductions highlight the malaise of Hong Kong's economic slowdown, which saw its benchmark Hang Seng Index of equities fall 14 percent last year, among the world's biggest decliners. Funds raised by IPOs are the smallest since the dot-com bubble burst.
(The Standard)
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Kowloon Bay's Uptown East moves into sales action
Uptown East, a redevelopment project in Kowloon Bay by Wong Sun Hing, is expected to release the first price list this week.
The project, located at 55 Kwun Tong Road, will offer 807 flats ranging from studios to three-bedroom flats with areas between 235 and 3,415 square feet.
Show flats will be opened today, and the developer expects to launch the sale within two weeks.
Meanwhile, Henderson Land Development (0012) put another batch of 208 flats on the market at Belgravia Place in Cheung Sha Wan, with the cheapest priced at HK$3.23 million.
Henderson will roll out the second round of sales on Thursday.
This came after Henderson's first batch of 138 units at Belgravia Place sold out within four hours of launch on Sunday after long-time curbs on home buying were lifted.
In Hung Hom, Henderson's Baker Circle Greenwich revealed the seventh price list offering 28 flats, with an average price of HK$19,073 per square feet after discounts.
It will start sales on Friday.
And a bank has launched auctions for 20 foreclosed flats, providing more supply in the market amid an uptick in market sentiment.
Among them, a 306-square-foot flat at Golden Lion Garden in Tai Wai saw a price cut of 28.7 percent to HK$2.56 million compared to its earlier valuation.
In other news, the Land Registry received 3,189 sale and purchase agreements for all building units for registration last month amid a quiet market during the Lunar New Year holiday, marking a drop of 27.5 percent from the previous month and 46.7 percent less from a year ago.
The total consideration for these agreements also fell 32.9 percent to HK$22.6 billion from January, with a 48.5 percent year-on-year decline, the registry's latest data showed.
Among the registered contracts in February, 2,375 were for residential units, which slipped by 31.7 percent from a month earlier and 44.5 percent compared to 12 months ago. Their value amounted to HK$19.1 billion, which was down by 31.3 percent month-on-month and 47.9 percent from a year earlier.
(The Standard)