中环优质甲厦续录外资机构扩充，消息指，资产管理公司租用中环置地广场1层，作扩充业务，呎租料约90元。
市场消息称，中环置地广场-告罗士打大厦录得新租务，涉及高层全层，面积约1.2万平方呎，以每呎约90元租出。该厦位处中环大地主置地旗下最核心商厦之一，基座为置地广场商场，楼上写字楼租户多为专业行业包括金融机、律师楼等。
消息指，新租客为Ares SSG，该机构属Ares Management集团旗下，为全球资产管理公司，总部设于美国，业务涵盖私募股、信贷和房地产等，2020年收购专攻亚洲市场的SSG Capital。翻查资料，该基金亦有投资香港物业，2022年新世界出售长沙湾永康街商厦项目51%业权，涉资30.788亿元，买家为Ares SSG。据悉，该基金一直租用置地广场-告罗士打大厦高层全层，如今扩充业务再租一层。
原租客律师行 迁往同系项目
据了解，该层楼面原由律师楼租用，如今迁出后，将租用置地旗下中环商厦作新办公室。
最近市场仍不时录得外资机构在港扩充，如中环全新超甲厦的The Henderson中层1至2室，面积共约9,921平方呎，呎租约120元，租户为外资律师楼，原租用中环置地广场-告罗士打大厦，搬迁作升级。
(经济日报)
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加密货币公司扩张 甲厦商铺连录承租
立法会5月21日通过《稳定币条例草案》，在香港设立法币稳定币发行人的发牌制度，完善对虚拟资产活动在港监管框架，保持金融稳定。2025年第一季度，港共完成15宗IPO，集资额达177亿，高于去年同期近三倍，创下自2021年以来第一季度新高。
根据一间本港代理行的内部数据，4月份甲厦租金按年虽然跌4%，但跌幅已较3月份按年跌6.5%大幅收窄。近期除陆续有企业落户香港，更有不少加密货币平台或从事相关交易的金融机构在港拓展。例如有在港上市的中资加密货币平台公司，租用啟德商业项目AIRSIDE一个极高层全层楼面，面积约3.6万方呎，市场料呎租约40元。
趁低租金锁定成本
在铺市方面，3月份差餉物业估价署零售物业租金指数158.2，按年跌约5.2%，数字2023年1月起计最低水平。不过，亦有部分从事加密货币交易的金融机构开设分行，中资龙头券商年初承租罗素街38号金朝阳中心地铺及沙田安群街3号京瑞广场一期铺位。
该代理行认为，金融机构具备一定财政实力，趁着租金低水时承租，锁定租金成本。该行相信，金融机构对本港的加密货币相关交易抱乐观看法，积极在港拓展业务，承租多个商厦及商铺单位作经营。
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商厦提升质素助吸客 保出租率稳
阳光房地产：电子化管理省成本 非斗租平
商厦市场面对挑战，阳光房地产基金 (00435) 认为，整体市况气氛有改善，包括集资活动，有望带动市场，而基金仍会提升大厦质素，以及与租客保持良好关係，保持出租率稳定。
据一间外资代理行统计，4月份中环和港岛东的空置率分别上升至11.7%和14%，整体市场空置率亦达13%，4月份整体租金继续呈下降趋势，按月轻微下跌0.5%。
近年商厦市场主要面对需求转弱及供应多的冲击，要维持出租率高有一定困难。阳光房地产早前公布，去年12月底整体物业组合的租用率为91.3%。期内，写字楼及零售物业组合录得续租租金负增长4.6%及0.6%，以致整体物业组合之续租租金负增长2.6%。至于截至3月底，写字楼出租率达89.8%，属跑赢大市。
阳光房地产总经理李乔明指出，一直与旗下租客保持良好关係，而集团旗下因商厦种类较为广泛，例如上环Strand 50，设共享空间楼面，可加以善用组合，达协同效应，「例如其中一层半设24小时健身中心便可让租客有折扣优惠，甚至少许会籍送租客，巩固与租客的关係。」至于共享空间及其他较细小单位，正好让商户灵活调动，「例如有些企业，有需要开设短期特别项目，我们便可安排他们使用共享空间，或基金旗下上环有其他商厦，面积较细要短綫加位。」他强调，维持关係有助出租率稳定，「不是单一斗租平，商户首要考虑当然是价钱，但若与其他物业比较，若价钱接近，客户满意我们的便会续约。」
轻型翻新 免赶走租客
阳光房地产首席策略官及资产管理联席主管沉颂华指，基金旗下商厦软件方面亦提升，包括获取多项具影响力的绿色建筑认证，她提到几年前商户未必关心，「现时跨国企业因环球政策，相关认证未必直接可以吸引他们迁入，但若缺少根本不会考虑。」
部署上，她认为现阶段会取态审慎，翻新上属轻型，不会作太大工程，一方面因市况变化，「以前未翻新可能已经有客人预租，今时今日情况已不同。若空置率高商厦才有压力大翻新，现时我们出租率达9成，无必要赶走租客作大型工程。」同时间，她强调目前会从节省成本上入手，例如加入电子化系统作管理，「因为面对本地人工高企，包括保安、清洁等，电子化管理上可节省一定成本。」
在多方面提升下，商户种类上亦有变化，她以湾仔大新金融中心为例，以前由船公司、政府部门佔4成比例，金融客仅两成以下，如今金融业租客比例提高至46%，「客户提升是好事，金融业不会经常搬迁，市况好，租金反弹能力较高。」
对于整体市况，沉颂华称，近年整体经济亦有一定挑战，市况有不明朗因素，可能中小型公司营商有压力，影响扩充意慾。但她同时认为市场不乏利好消息，危中亦有机，「最新新股集资市场向好，有利专业服务业，势头不错。其实中美带来不稳定因素，某程度上对香港亦可能是机遇，带来一些新商机。」
租金上，她提到由于新租金与旧租相比，已是3年前，市况已有重大变化，「暂时很难可以加租，因大环境改变，周边商厦降价吸客，现首要是保持出租率。」
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From riches to rags: Hong Kong’s veteran property investors grapple with market downturn
Falling property values have forced some of Hong Kong’s wealthiest investors to part ways with prized assets
Hong Kong’s commercial market declines have left some of the city’s once-prosperous veteran investors struggling financially, with experts expecting distressed sales to continue amid plunging property valuations.
In April, receivers took over the luxury detached mansion in Pok Fu Lam where “Cassette King” David Chan Ping-chi and his family had lived since the 1980s, marketing it for HK$430 million (US$54.8 million) last week. Chan, who defaulted on a loan of about HK$350 million from Fubon Bank earlier this year, attempted to sell his house for the same amount last year to repay the debt but failed to find a buyer, property agents said.
The seasoned investor, who made his fortune in the manufacturing industry, had been an active property investor, with a wide portfolio spanning offices, luxury residential units, retail shops and parking spaces.
He was part of a consortium of 10 investors who bought 48 floors in The Center from CK Asset Holdings for HK$40.2 billion in 2018, making the skyscraper on Queen’s Road Central the world’s most expensive.
Chan, who owned seven office floors at The Center, sold the last two to Singapore’s DBS Group in September and November for an average price of HK$26,500 per square foot, an over 20 per cent discount to his acquiring costs, according to agents.
“Investments in retail and industrial properties are experiencing the largest losses, with capital values dropping by about 60 per cent,” Chan said in a phone interview last week. “The bigger the shops, the greater the losses. That makes it very difficult to sell these properties.”
“We’ve been offloading assets for the past four years to cash out HK$10 billion,” Chan said, adding that he planned to continue to sell assets to repay loans.
Chan’s neighbour at The Center, local property investment firm Gale Well Group, has also been divesting multiple assets at fire-sale prices.
Founder and vice-chairman Jacinto Tong Man-leung sold his penthouse in Tai Tam’s Hong Kong Parkview for HK$138 million in early April and parted with his long-time headquarters in The Sun’s Group Centre in Wan Chai for HK$79.79 million in February, according to Land Registry records.
According to calculations by the Post, Gale Well has sold retail, office and residential properties totalling about HK$744 million in recent months. Another HK$2.88 billion worth of assets has been listed for sale by the company, according to agents.
In a March interview with the Post, Tong said the company aimed to offload assets worth nearly HK$3 billion amid fears that banks could call in their loans owing to a downturn in the city’s real estate market. He said the firm planned to sell about 10 per cent of its property portfolio to balance its loan ratio and “put the bank’s mind at ease”.
“It’s just the tip of the iceberg; more overleveraged investors are facing bigger troubles amid a liquidity crunch, as interest rates remain high and property valuations decline faster than expected,” a property agent said. “Rental income is insufficient to cover interest payments.”
The agent added that the number of mortgages in possession was expected to increase this year, and the recent drop in the Hong Kong interbank offered rates (Hibor) was unlikely to alleviate their situations. “Banks will only elevate interest rates when borrowers are unable to service their loans.”
Interest rates in Hong Kong, which follow US policy moves, reached their highest levels since 2007 before the Federal Reserve began cutting rates last September. Rising rates had put many borrowers in distress.
A lower Hibor may boost investment sentiment among new buyers, but borrowers facing valuation dips may continue to sell, according to another property agent. The agent said that while commercial transactions were increasing in the second quarter, properties requiring large lump sums still struggled to find buyers.
Still, lower interest rates might reduce the number of distressed sales in the coming six months, according to another property agency. About 40 per cent of commercial transactions above HK$50 million last quarter were categorised as distressed sales, down from 49 per cent in the last three months of 2024, the real-estate agent said.
Banks have also become less proactive in repossession, as the collateral available for sale often fails to cover the loans because of the property market downturn, the agent added.
As the market continues to struggle, Chinese property investment tycoon Chen Hongtian said he was taking his time to sell his assets. His 9,212 sq ft house on The Peak, bought at a record price of HK$2.1 billion in 2016, has been listed for sale by receivers for HK$750 million since August, after he defaulted on a loan from Bank of East Asia.
“There’s no point in being proactive in selling; that only accelerates the realisation of losses,” he said.
(South China Morning Post)
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