投资市场面对挑战，高昂的融资成本，逼使贵重物业组合持有人以折扣价出售非核心资产，有外资代理行预计今年下半年甲厦价格跌5至10%。

该行代理表示，持续高昂资金成本推动投资者以折扣价卖资产，银行不愿向商业物业提供贷款，限制投资需求，现金充裕的买家成为赢家。

投资者吼回报5至6厘物业

该行另一代理指， 香港房产市场面临重大挑战，港元升值和高息影响本地经济，导致游客消费下降。深圳新购物商场吸引港人到内地消费，导致核心街铺租自2019年起跌50%。

现金充裕的私人投资者和机构瞄準回报达5至6厘物业，惟高回报通常为新界区物业，2024年下半年可能有更多高回报放盘出现。

大手买卖金额按年跌47%

就非住宅大手买卖，2024年上半年仅录99亿，较2023年上半年下降47%，惟今年第二季度仍有一宗全幢出售交易，香港都会大学斥资10亿购入红磡成木酒店。商厦则以折扣价出售，由高盛及凯龙瑞以16亿收购和发展的全新写字楼88WL，仅以7亿售予本地投资者，卖方遭受重大亏损。美国银行中心两个楼层造价较高峰时跌近60% ，皇后大道中9号29楼单位成交价亦较高位下挫60%。

(星岛日报)

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观塘伟业街全幢商厦延迟拍卖

由私募基金持有的观塘伟业街全幢商厦东九汇，原订于本周三拍卖，现时决定延迟，尚未落实时间。

暂未定日期及开价

私募基金基滙资本及数位共同投资者就观塘伟业街133号全幢商厦东九汇，原本委託一间外资代理行于9月4日 (星期三) 公开拍卖，该行发言人昨日表示，拍卖将延迟举行，日期稍后公布，项目暂未定拍卖开价。

该全幢总建筑面积约192857方呎，每层面积14710方呎，提供区内同类型商厦少有大楼面设计，目前出租率约76%，平均呎租约30元。该厦于1969年落成，楼高13层连天台。

东九汇前身为长辉工业大厦，基滙资本2013年以9.3亿向「铺王」邓成波购入，斥2.7亿作翻新及作活化商业用途，2015年入伙，并于2017年7月将项目50%业权，售予SILKROAD基金及其他投资者，作价约10亿。

(星岛日报)

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Hong Kong property: cash-rich buyers make most of Peak distress amid 50% price slump

Distressed sales in Hong Kong’s luxury property market have driven prices down by as much as 50 per cent, with opportunistic buyers snapping up bargains, a property consultancy said

Transactions in Hong Kong’s super luxury property sector have been supported by opportunistic, cash-rich buyers pouncing on distressed sales amid a downtrend in sentiment, according to an property consultancy’s report on Friday.

Most of these distressed sales have been witnessed in the prestigious area of The Peak at prices averaging 50 per cent below their Covid-era valuations, the property consultancy said

“This sharp decline in prices has been largely attributed to several instances of distressed sales, where property owners were compelled to sell to settle outstanding debts,” the report said.

In July, the consultancy brokered the sale of four mansions at 46 Plantation Road, which were sold for HK$1.1 billion (US$141 million). The houses were among several assets the family of Ho Shung-pun, a low-key clan of real estate developers in Hong Kong, had pledged as collateral for HK$1.6 billion of private credit loans.

The consultancy also brokered the sale of a house that once belonged to China Evergrande Group chairman Hui Ka-yan. The ultra-luxury property on The Peak sold for HK$838 million.

“As veteran investors and property owners began to face financial difficulties, these resulted in sharp price cuts for the emergency sale of such properties,” an agent said.

The agent said overall property prices in Hong Kong have adjusted since last year, and continue to trend downwards this year, despite the government’s withdrawal of all property cooling measures in late February. The downturn has affected commercial properties as well, which have experienced a huge drop in rents and selling prices.

Hong Kong’s lived-in home prices fell 1.9 per cent in July from the previous month, dragging the official benchmark to its lowest level in nearly eight years, according to data from the Rating and Valuation Department.

The agent said that about 10 years ago, banks readily approved loans for investors to buy properties during the low-interest rate environment.

The agent said investors had not faced serious difficulties from the rising interest rates until the end of last year, which pushed Hibor, or Hong Kong interbank offered rate, above 5 per cent, pressuring mortgage repayments. At the same time, rents of commercial buildings and retail shops also fell, the agent added.

“As a result of these two factors, [property owners’] cash flow has been hit, affecting valuations,” the agent said. “Banks started to call loans from individual investors, which forced property owners to sell their assets at significantly reduced prices.”

The agent has been involved in many of Hong Kong’s significant transactions this year.

“We’ve been targeting some of the distressed companies and individuals as early as 2022,” another agent said. “The Peak currently has over 100 houses, which have been put up on the market for sale, both primary and secondary, and the number of sellers with financial urgency has risen to double digits.”

Some cash-rich buyers are eagerly monitoring the prices, which have come down at least 30 per cent from their highs, the agent added.

Looking ahead, the agent said the property market may stabilise towards the end of following the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cuts. Fed chair Jerome Powell gave the clearest indication of a rate cut as soon as this month in a recent speech at the bank’s Jackson Hole meeting.

The market may steady only a bit as the impact of the rate cuts may not materialise immediately, the agent said.

The agent added that the downturn in the property market this time has been no worse than the Asian financial crisis 27 years ago.

“Even the rich owners may have faced difficulties this time, but the depth and breadth of the property market adjustment is comparable to that in 1997,” the agent said.

The agent predicted that as there are still many owners selling their properties at significantly reduced levels, the prices of the properties will continue to trend down.

“The adjustment in the property prices has not yet ended.”

(South China Morning Post)

过去多年市况大上大落，有用家完美示范「高沽低吸」，四洲集团2017年沽售西贡自用厂房后，刚自置物业，斥资2.05亿购入观塘敬业街甲厦部分楼面及广告位，兼连大厦命名权。

四洲集团以2.05亿购入观塘敬业街41号甲厦云讯广场，包括31楼建筑面积约16969方呎，21楼2号单位，建筑面积约8000方呎，地下5个车位，地下2层2个车位，广告位及大厦命名权，物业将作为自用，平均呎价约8226元。

连7个车位及大厦命名权

该集团指，自2017年出售自用物业以来，集团一直租用办公空间，购入物业后能使集团长期稳定发展。由于新增需求有限，市场氛围疲弱，本港部分商厦价格大幅跌至较低水平，考虑到邻近类似物业市价；以及集团之业务发展，认为购入物业为投资良机，长远而言可节省办公室租金。

原业主蚀让逾40%沽货

四洲集团2017年沽西贡康定路1号四洲集团大厦及康定路1号四洲食品网汇中心，作价分别3.68亿及2.5亿，涉资共6.18亿，呎价逾4000元。

伟华集团创办人蔡经阳、「小巴大王」马亚木于2018年4月以15.83亿购入项目前身侨新工厂大厦，补地价转商用涉10.13亿，楼面呎价7888元，加上建筑费及利息各约5000元及1500元，成本呎价14388元，蚀让逾40%沽货。该宗为大厦首录成交。

西贡5幢厂房放售市值9.5亿

由邓成波家族持有的西贡康定路 1、2、6、7及9号五座全幢厂房放售，物业可转作长者宿舍，市场估值达9.5亿。有外资代理行代理表示，该五座物业坐落西贡对面海，佔地计约129526方呎，总建筑面积达约383579方呎，每座面积介乎53158至100583方呎，可改装现代化仓储或物流中心，亦可补地价重建住宅。该项目亦已获批重建5幢安老院舍及相关设施。

(星岛日报)

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旺角花园街地铺1.25亿易手 连部分外墙广告位回报高达6厘

淡市下，核心区铺位低价沽售，买家得以收取高回报，旺角花园街旺段巨铺，建筑面积近3000方呎，连部分外墙广告位，投资者以1.25亿承接，回报高达6厘。

旺角花园街18至24号华园阁地铺，由一间老牌建筑商持有，建筑面积约2996方呎，外墙1、2及5号广告位，以1.25亿成交，平均呎价4.17万。

目前，该铺租客包括4间食肆及外墙广告，唐记包点月租11.5万、三不卖 (凉茶店) 10.5万、日船章鱼小丸子8.8万，4、5及6号铺深鸿燻鹅冰室31.3万，外墙广告位月租3630元，合共62.463万，新买家料回报约6厘。

投资者每呎4.17万购入

原业主于1999年2月以5400万买入该巨铺，儘管低价沽货，持货25年帐面获利7100万，物业升值1.22倍。

盛滙商铺基金创办人李根兴表示，现在难于向银行借钱，市场资金紧张，预期「all cash 」购买，才有此回报水平！该排铺位于烟厂街及登打士街之间，位处马会旁边，人流极旺，4名租客租用6间铺，回报高达6厘，十分抵买。

该铺位由老牌家族持有，多年来一直未见放售，淡市下才有此价格，有待美国减息、市况回復较正常时，该位置每间铺平均卖2500万至4000万，套现2亿绝对不难。

持货25年升值1.22倍

他补充说，该地铺门阔约80呎，非常阔，实用面积约2200呎，深约30至45呎。

湾仔谢斐道415至421号积福大厦地下B及C号铺，建筑面积约1938方呎，以3000万成交，租客Tapas餐厅。

原业主于1972年4月分别以18.3万买入B及C号铺，合共36.6万，持货52年，帐面获利2963.4万，物业升值81倍。

(星岛日报)

大道中巨铺月租80万 名牌时装零售商进驻

国际拍卖行苏富比年前承租中环遮打大厦商铺部分，一个面积约2.4万方呎巨铺作为艺廊，该处前身意大利时装零售商Giorgio Armani搬迁新址，承租皇后大道中9号嘉轩广场，面积逾6000方呎，月租逾80万。

租期长达5年

知情人士透露，中环皇后大道中9号嘉轩广场地下7至9号铺，由Giorgio Armani承租，租期由2024年9月至2029年8月，长达5年，租约已于土地註册处登记，惟未见登记租金。

市场人士表示，该巨铺面积逾6000方呎，月租约80万，平均呎租约133元，惟另一说法月租逾100万，平均呎租167元。该巨铺前身租客WOAW GALLERY，为一间提倡与推动当代艺术的国际画廊。

铺位前身为画廊

Giorgio Armani旧址为遮打大厦地下及1楼，面积2.4万方呎，属复式旗舰店，由2002年进驻，年前国际级拍卖行苏富比首度进驻街铺，承租该巨铺开设旗舰艺廊，并于今年7月27日开幕。

Armani早于1982年在港开设首间专门店，并拓展本地和中国市场，该集团设计、制造、分销及零售旗下一系列品牌时装产品，包括衣服、饰物、眼镜、手錶、家居用品、香水和化妆品。

(星岛日报)

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价格回调 资金重投核心区

近期核心区甲厦及铺位均录大手买卖，反映当价格大幅回调后，资金重投核心区物业。

近期核心区连录大手物业成交，甲厦方面，焦点落在中环中心，录得2层大手买卖，分别66楼及75楼，由同一买家承接。现时66楼面积约26,967平方呎，由商务中心租用，而75楼面积约23,901平方呎，现由内地电讯企业租用，两层楼面合共50,868平方呎，以约14.2亿元沽出，呎价约2.8万元。

中环中心极高层 呎价较高峰跌半

是次涉及大厦极高层单位，可享极开扬维港景观，属区内最优质的甲厦单位，故造价明显较高。翻查资料，对上一宗相近楼层买卖，为内企于2017年以约7.38亿元向太和控股 (00718) 购入中环中心79楼全层，以总面积约13,213平方呎计，呎价约55,854元，一度创下全港写字楼呎价最高纪录。以最新成交计算，呎价已跌约一半。

市场人士指，是次买家以星展银行呼声最高，该集团一直持有中环中心多层自用，并租用部分单位。

两层单位原业主为投资者陈秉志，早年伙拍多名投资者合组财团，以约402亿元向长实购入75%业权，平均呎价约3.3万元，其后多名投资者分楼，惟每层购入价未有公布，但相信仍要蚀让。

弥敦道地铺 呎价约5万

铺位方面，核心区尖沙咀连录成交，消息指，弥敦道86号地下铺位易手，面积约4,000平方呎，以约2亿元成交，呎价约5万元。该铺位于尖沙咀弥敦道最核心位置，正对清真寺，人流极为畅旺。铺位现由化粧品以约58万元租用，回报率约3.5厘。原业主于1970年以约488万元购入铺位，持货54年转手，获利约1.95亿元，升值约40倍。

另同区加拿芬道37及39号，上月亦以约4.2亿元沽出，物业2幢相连5层高之商住物业，总地盘面积约2,875平方呎，物业总面积约1万多平方呎，现时地下租客包括有药房、饮品店、手机配件等，整项物业每月租金收入约78.3万元，项目可重建为1座约3.45万平方呎银座式商厦。

翻查资料，物业由邓成波家族持有，波叔早年分阶段进行收购，包括2016年以约3.2亿元购入加拿芬道37号，据悉两物业合共涉及约9亿元收购。去年该家族曾把物业放售，叫价约5亿元，惟未获承接，近期更遭接管。若按最新市值计，已较当年收购成本价大幅贬值。

分析指，核心区物业在过往数年价格大幅调整，而市场憧憬减息在即，经济可望转好，核心区物业反弹力料较高，故现率先入市。

(经济日报)

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鰂鱼涌泓富产业千禧广场 合中小企

位于鰂鱼涌的泓富产业千禧广场，最大优点是地点方便，而物业提供中细单位，非常灵活。

泓富产业千禧广场位处鰂鱼涌英皇道663号，地点属核心商业地段英皇道。交通方面，由鰂鱼涌港铁站出口步行至该厦仅两分鐘，而大厦门口为巴士、电车站，交通非常方便。而大厦邻近东隧入口，来往九龙相当便利。另外，大厦地库为停车场，方便驾车人士。

其他配套上，附近设有少量餐厅及酒楼，若前往太古坊一带，餐厅选择更多。

近年英皇道亦有不少新甲厦出现，泓富产业千禧广场于1999年落成，而物业楼龄约25年，设备上即使或不及同地段部分新甲厦，业主亦有为物业进行翻新，包括地下大堂非常光猛，而个别分层大堂亦换上时尚设计，质素上得以保持。

每层8千呎 可间多个单位

物业楼高32层，总楼面约217,955平方呎，共设多部升降机通往各层。大厦入口连接英皇道及渣华道，比邻北角海逸酒店及北角政府合署，四通八达。

大厦每层面积8,000平方呎，可分间成数10单位，面积由566平方呎起，由于单位间隔选择多，适合不同类型，特别合中小型公司使用。

景观上，中高层1至8号单位可拥揽维港全景，相当舒适，另一面望向山景，同样开扬。

据了解，目前大厦出租率逾88%，租户类型多，包括有资讯科技、广告公司等。

物业由泓富产业信託 (00808) 持有，现旗下拥数项写字楼物业，出租率颇为理想。

数单位招租 每呎叫租22元起

泓富产业千禧广场地点佳，现物业数单位进行招租，意向呎租约22元起。

面积1363呎 备写字楼装修

业主现推出数单位放租，包括906至7室，面积约1,363平方呎，提供写字楼装修及傢俬，意向呎租约22元，另1011室，面积约961平方呎，亦连同傢俬，同样呎租约22元。

至于较高层放租单位为2901至3室，面积约2,163平方呎，每呎叫租约22元。

同区租务上，同地段的英皇道1063号录全层租务，涉及物业中高层，面积约10,238平方呎，上月以每呎约35元租出。另英皇道商厦Foyer中层05室，面积约2,471平方呎，成交呎租约30餘元。

(经济日报)

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Snack food producer Four Seas snaps up Hong Kong office space as bargains lure buyers

Grade A office buildings in Kowloon have lost about half of their value since the market peaked in end-2018

The slump in Hong Kong’s commercial property market may be ending, as opportunistic buyers like Four Seas Mercantile Holdings snapped up office space in Kowloon at a discount, after prices fell to the lowest level in almost six years.

The snack food manufacturer agreed to buy 25,000 sq ft of office units in Kwun Tong for HK$205.4 million (US$26.3 million), it said in a Hong Kong stock exchange filing on Monday. That works out to HK$8,226 per square foot, or 12.5 per cent below the asking price in the same building.

“With limited new demand and weak market sentiment, the prices of certain commercial buildings in Hong Kong have decreased significantly to a relatively low level,” chairman Stephen Tai Tak-fung said in the filing. “The acquisition represents a good investment opportunity.”

The group agreed to buy the entire 31st floor of a grade A office building on 41 King Yip Street with naming rights, and another office unit on the 21st floor of a building known as The Vision in the same area. They also include seven car parking spaces and certain signage space.

The seller is a unit of Max Paramount Business, an offshore company ultimately owned by a certain Choi Kin-yeung.

The acquisition underscores the depressed state of Hong Kong’s property market. Grade A offices in Kwun Tong and Kowloon Bay have lost about half of their value since the market peaked at 22,298 per square foot in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to government data. Distressed assets made up three-quarters of citywide sales in the first six months this year, according to a property agency.

“Grade A office capital values have already dropped by 43 per cent from the peak in late 2018, and there are expectations of interest-rate cuts” in the coming months, an agent said. “Some investors may consider entering the market early.”

Four Seas did not immediately reply to an email seeking further comment.

The new office units will provide rent savings in the long run, as well as improve the working environment for its employees, Tai said.

The group operates a retail chain selling snack foods and confectioneries in Hong Kong, mainland China and Japan. The group markets snacks such as Calbee, Haribo and Pocky and sells the Maid Brand of sausage and ham products. It also operates restaurants in Hong Kong and mainland China.

Four Seas had been renting office space at the Manhattan Place in Kowloon Bay since 2018. The group sold its office and warehouse in Sai Kung in 2017 for HK$368 million, making a HK$320 million profit on the deal, according to its previous stock exchange filing.

(South China Morning Post)

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Six boutique hotels valued at $10b put up for sale

Regal Real Estate Investment Trust (1881) and Regal Hotels International (0078) plan to sell six hotels in the urban area, whose market valuations amount to HK$10 billion, local newspaper Mingpao reported.

Regal REIT and its hotel arm both saw widened deficits in the first half, as the losses expanded with increased finance costs and higher fair value losses on financial assets.

The hotels on sale are all boutique properties, including iclub To Kwa Wan Hotel, iclub Fortress Hill Hotel, iclub Sheung Wan Hotel, iclub Wan Chai Hotel, iclub Mong Kok Hotel and iclub AMTD Sheung Wan Hotel, with a total of 1,411 rooms, equivalent to one room averagely worth about HK$7.09 million.

The sizes of the rooms in the hotels range from 151 to 700 square feet.

Most of the rooms are studios, but there are also several family suites and two-bedroom units.

The news of the sale comes on the heels of a report that New World Development (0017) is putting up its K11 Art Mall in Tsim Sha Tsui for sale to ease a cash crunch.

The company predicted its core operating profits in the fiscal year 2024 may decrease by 18 to 23 percent compared to a year earlier, in a range of HK$6.5 billion to HK$6.9 billion.

JP Morgan said that if NWD wants to sell K11 Art Mall, it means that its liquidity is tight because the mall is a core asset and has symbolic significance for the group.

Morgan Stanley said that if the firm completes the sale of the mall, the expected net debt ratio would fall to 63 percent.

Hong Kong interbank offered rates, on which the borrowing costs of most developers' bank loans are based, continued to remain at relatively high levels during the first half of the year, weighing on the liquidity of these companies and pushing them to implement more active capital recovery strategies.

由兴盛创建持有的西营盘干诺道西138号THE CONNAUGHT减价放售，由10亿减至6亿，呎价约1.44万。

有代理表示，THE CONNAUGHT酒店位处西营盘干诺道西138号，楼高29层，总建筑面积约41705方呎，于2019年完成翻新工程，现共提供52个房间，每个房间均可饱览180度维港景。截标日期为2024年10月23日中午12时正。

2018年购入价7.3亿

另一代理表示，儘管环球经济仍不稳定，酒店投资市场表现不俗。今年2月初，本地共居品牌Dash Living伙拍外资基金保德信PGIM，以3.2亿承接上环皇后大道286号奥华酒店，呎价1.23万。

据了解，业主最初叫价10亿放售全幢，现下调目标价至6亿，累减4亿或40%，呎价约1.44万，按最新叫价计算，每个房间价值约1154万。

平均每个房间值1154万

酒店前身为服务式住宅太极轩138，兴胜创建于2018年以7.3亿收购并将之翻新为酒店，当时，发展商曾表示，预料每呎翻新费用约1000至2000元，料日后月租收益约290万。若以酒店总楼面计算，翻新费亦至少逾4170万。

(星岛日报)

航天城11 SKIES 明年第二季起开放

机场及东涌一带发展加快，其中总楼面达到380万平方呎的航天城11 SKIES项目陆续落成，零售及娱乐体验设施部分，将在明年第二季陆续开放。

根据资料显示，连同赤鱲角机场在内，东涌及周边未来有4个大型商业项目，合共为区内增逾660万平方呎商业楼面，其实中规模最大属于航天城11 SKIES，而港铁 (00066) 则分别在东涌东站、小蠔湾两个项目上，合共拥有逾220万平方呎商业楼面。

投资逾200亿 备娱乐餐饮零售

航天城11 SKIES位于机场二号客运大楼，跟亚洲博览馆之间，由新世界 (00017) 所发展，属于大型综合项目，总楼面达到380万平方呎，将会提供大型零售、娱乐设施，及3幢合共约57万平方呎的甲级写字楼K11 ATELIER 11 SKIES，总投资额高达约200亿元。

11 SKIES在零售部分提供约266万平方呎，包括逾800间商铺，另外设有57万平方呎的沉浸式体验娱乐设施。首阶段娱乐设施将于明年第二季陆续开放，零售、餐饮等服务则会配合机场与航天城整体项目的发展时间，拟于2025年第4季起逐步投入服务。

至于写字楼方面，K11 ATELIER 11 SKIES总楼面约57万平方呎，由3幢甲级商厦组成，早在2022年7月已经陆续入伙，办公室的单位面积介乎约1,696至33,868平方呎，吸引不少金融机构、健康医养及初创企业进驻。

另一方面，随着港铁东涌东站及小蠔湾站的发展，港铁在区内两个大型商住项目亦将陆续推出，住宅外，亦拥有约220万平方呎的商业楼面，其中183万平方呎来自东涌东站项目。

港铁2项目 料年内重新招标

该项目位于东涌第113区，佔地约82万平方呎，总楼面约678万平方呎，当中7成属于住宅楼面，亦设有商业零售及办公室楼面，分别涉约64.6万及118.4万平方呎。

港铁曾经在去年11月推出东涌东站1期招标，其中包括8.8万平方呎的商场楼面，惟最终流标收场，港铁计划最快今年内重新招标。

至于小蠔湾项目佔地约323万平方呎，总楼面达到926万平方呎，其中大部分作住宅发展，涉及约2万伙，并设有逾32万平方呎的商场。

大中华首间KidZania 57万呎娱乐设施

新世界 (00017) 旗下机场航天城11 SKIES设有57万平方呎的娱乐设施，包括当中大中华区首间KidZania趣志家儿童职业体验乐园于今年7月底至9月初试营运，楼高3层与近30个国际及本地品牌合作。

11 SKIES设有多项大型娱乐设施，包括香港首间动感飞行影院「飞越天际」、韩国最大沉浸式多媒体艺术博物馆ARTE MUSEUM、以柏灵顿熊为主题的室内亲子娱乐体验，以及KidZania趣志家儿童职业体验乐园。

其中KidZania Hong Kong香港趣志家早前试运，提供近70个逼真职业角色体验，包括七大「香港独家」创意体验如财富管理中心、智慧城市科技工作坊、儿童运动健康的综合体育馆、中式糕点烘焙坊等。

3层高 集职业角色体验动感影院

至于，动感飞行影院方面，以香港风貌为主题，透过数码技术、无边界荧幕等先进科技，将香港日与夜的美景展现于13米球形荧幕上。

(经济日报)

Owners of Hong Kong’s Connaught hotel slash sale price by 40% amid property downturn

The owners of the 52-room, four-star hotel in Sai Ying Pun have lowered the asking price to HK$600 million from HK$1 billion previously

The worsening slump in Hong Kong’s property market is pushing owners to deepen the discounts of assets already on the market.

The Connaught, a 29-storey hotel in Sai Ying Pun, adjoining the core business zone of Central, is being offered at a 40 per cent discount to its initial asking price.

The owners of the 52-room, four-star hotel with a gross floor area of 41,705 sq ft have dropped the price to HK$600 million (US$77 million) from HK$1 billion previously, according to a statement from two agencies who’s the joint agents for the sale.

The asset is just one of many that have been put for auction by landlords and investors in recent months. It is owned by a joint venture of Hong Kong-based Hanison Construction and New York-based private equity real estate specialist Angelo Gordon, sources said.

On Monday, another agency said that it has been appointed as the sole agent for the sale of five en-bloc industrial buildings in Sai Kung with a gross floor area of 383,579 sq ft. The buildings are valued at HK$950 million. The property “holds significant potential for conversion into a high-end senior living community”, according to the agency.

In the first half of the year, sales of distressed property in Hong Kong surged to about three quarters from the typical 10 per cent of such levels in previous years, according to an estimate by another property agency. With interest rates at a 23-year high, asset owners have found it increasingly difficult to service debt, the property agency said.

“Despite the unstable global economy, the hotel investment market has demonstrated outstanding performance in the past two quarters,” an agent said.

“The revival of the inbound tourism industry, coupled with the Hong Kong government’s effort to promote the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme, will propel the growth of the entire hotel investment market,” the agent added.

In February, co-living brand Dash living and fund manager Prudential Investment Management acquired the Ovolo hotel in Sheung Wan for HK$320 million, or an average price of about HK$12,300 per square foot.

The Connaught enjoys a “strategic location advantage”, as it is a few minutes’ walking distance from the Sai Ying Pun MTR station and the Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal, another agent said.

The hotel can benefit from Hong Kong’s talent scheme aimed at attracting high-quality professionals globally for career development, the agent said.

“The property is well-served as a suitable accommodation for company management,” the agent added. “With only an MTR station away from the University of Hong Kong, it is perfectly positioned to function as a dormitory for senior teaching staff.”

The closing date for the hotel tender is October 23.

(South China Morning Post)

Hong Kong property deals slump to 6-month low as market-boosting measures wear off

Overall real estate transactions in August fell 10 per cent month on month to 4,729 units, while value declined 20 per cent to US$4.4 billion

Hong Kong’s property market lost some of its zip in August, with overall property transactions slumping to the lowest since February when cooling measures were still in place.

Real estate deals, comprising new and lived-in homes, office units, car parking slots, shops and industrial spaces, fell 10 per cent month on month to 4,729 units, and declined by 33 per cent from six months ago, according to the Land Registry data released on Tuesday.

Overall deal value fell about 20 per cent month on month to HK$34.3 billion (US$4.4 billion), but was up by more than 50 per cent compared with February, the data showed.

On an year-on-year basis, the volume in August was 1.5 per cent higher, while the value was 1.6 per cent lower.

Home sales slipped for the fourth consecutive month to 3,654 units, a 1.9 per cent decrease from July and a six-month low since 2,375 were sold in February. The value amounted to HK$28.47 billion, a 20 per cent slump from HK$35.7 billion in July.

“Home sales transactions fluctuate with the market sentiment regarding interest rates, resulting in periods of both activity and inactivity,” an agent said.

Property registrations will continue to remain at low levels until the interest rate cuts are implemented, the agent added.

Starting in March, the Hong Kong government scrapped all property cooling measures such as the Special Stamp Duty, which was levied on homebuyers who flipped their property within two years of purchasing it. This led to a surge in transactions, with sales in April rising to their highest since July 2021.

The exuberance was short-lived, with deals falling back to the 5,000 level since June.

The market is widely anticipating that the US Federal Reserve will start easing rates later this month, a development that could quadruple home sales this month compared with August, according to a local property agency.

With the local currency pegged to the US dollar, Hong Kong’s monetary authorities are expected to follow any easing by the Fed. Hong Kong’s interest rates currently stand at a 23-year high.

A cut in interest rates could see developers launching at least six new projects with a total of 2,800 flats, according to another local property agency.

The high borrowing costs have weighed on home prices, with developers extending discounts to levels seen several years ago. Wang On Properties launched 60 units at Finnie in Quarry Bay in the last week of August at prices ranging from HK$17,502 to HK$23,470 per square foot, about 30 per cent lower than the initial launch of Henderson Land’s The Holborn, in the same area, in 2021.

Secondary home prices, meanwhile, fell to a near eight-year low in July, according to the latest reading of the Rating and Valuation Department.

“It is anticipated that the overall property transactions in September may see a slight increase with a month-on-month rise of nearly 4 per cent, testing the 4,930 mark,” the agent said.

(South China Morning Post)

Mega projects gear up for launch

Twin Victoria and Cullinan Sky in Kai Tak are among at least four new mega projects planning to put homes up for sale this month, hoping to ride the wave of an expected boost in sales from the imminent US Federal Reserve's interest rate cut.

Twin Victoria, developed by China Overseas Land & Development (0688), is expected to be launched this week with at least 141 flats in the first batch.

The project opened three show flats yesterday, of which one is being decorated and redesigned from a two-bedroom to a one-bedroom unit.

It will offer a total of 702 flats measuring between 244 and 1,770 square feet, spanning studio to three-bedroom homes as well as some special units.

Sun Hung Kai Properties's (0016) Cullinan Sky will release its sales brochure as early as next week and put flats on the market this month.

The project is divided into four areas. The first batch will be mainly from its Elite Zone, with the smallest unit measuring around 250 sq ft.

Elsewhere in the primary market, Great Eagle (0041) will have 133 units at Onmantin Phase IIA in Ho Man Tin up for sale on Friday.

The project sold some of its three- and four-bedroom units in tender earlier, then released its first price list last week, offering 84 flats at an average HK$20,772 per sq ft after discounts. Buyers can purchase up to four units.

The Parkland in Yuen Long, developed by Lai Sun Development Company (0488), uploaded its prospectus yesterday, set to be launched in the short term.

The finished project offers 112 units, comprising one- and two-bedroom flats ranging from 265 to 494 sq ft.

CK Asset's (1113) The Coast Line in Yau Tong launched Mid-Autumn Festival offers amid keen competition.

Homebuyers who buy a studio or two-bedroom unit in The Coast Line II can get a gold gift coupon worth around HK$39,800, and the buyer of the last three-bedroom home in The Coast Line I could gain a gold dragon with the value around HK$99,800.

The rental market shares the upbeat momentum. Henderson Land Development (0012) put 23 of the remaining units at One Innovale in Fanling up for rent, with the monthly rent for a studio starting at HK$9,500.

It also offers eight one-bedroom flats leasing between HK$11,100 and HK$12,600, 10 two-bedroom units ranging from HK$15,800 to HK$16,600, and four three-bedroom flats with monthly rent up to HK$24,800.

Rentals for four-bedroom flats remain up for discussion with tenants.

有代理表示，整体工商铺买卖持续下跌，惟望美国9月落实减息后会扭转劣势。今年8月全港共录271宗工商铺买卖，较7月份284宗再跌4.6%，连跌3个月，创近5个月最少，反映7月下旬至8月初期间，股市下跌及高息环境持续影响。

该代理续指，月内各类物业中，以店铺跌幅最急，按月挫22.1%至60宗；商厦表现疲弱，跌13.2%，工厦逆市回升7.1%。

工厦录165宗登记升7%

该行另一代理指，8月份工厦买卖登记止跌回升，反映部分资金趁低吸纳，宗数佔比达60.9%，按月增约6.7个百分点。初步数字显示，8月全月工厦共录165宗买卖，按月涨7.1%，终止两连跌，为近3个月最旺，总值为19.95亿，按月显著升27.3%，创自2023年11月以来的10个月新高。

店铺买卖挫逾20%仅60宗

该代理表示，商厦买卖未见好转跡象，8月只录46宗按月挫13.2%，为工商铺中最少类别，总值相应跌5.6%金额只录10亿，同为最少类别，且为5个月最低。

该行另一代理指，店铺买卖跌势加剧，除连跌3个月外，更创自4月份以来5个月低位。8月份只录60宗，按月跌幅扩大至22.1%，总值也跌14.2%，仅10.81亿，为近6个月以来最少。

(星岛日报)

上环帝权商厦5750万易手 涉大厦35%业权「台湾张」张彦绪沽货

由资深投资者「台湾张」张彦绪持有的上环帝权商业大楼基座及一篮子物业，佔全幢大厦35%业权，以5750万易手，平均呎价5807元，持货20年升值1.4倍，买家为一间基金，作为投资用途。

上环德辅道西32至36号帝权商业大楼地库、地铺、阁楼、1楼及2楼全层连部分天台，总建筑面积约9901方呎，同时连大厦命名权及大厦外墙使用权，地铺及阁楼外墙设瞩目户外广告，上述出售部分佔全幢业权35%。

平均呎价5807元

该一篮子物业，早前意向价约9800万放售，最终以5750万易手，减价4050万或幅度41%，平均呎价5807元。

张彦绪于2004年6月以2388万购入上述商厦，并于于2017年12月物业作内部转让，作价达1.4亿，若撇除内部转让不计，持货20年帐面获利3362万，物业升值约1.4倍。

市场消息指，上述物业由多名租客承租，包括地铺海味店属于长情租客，新买家为一间基金公司，料回报逾5厘。

该厦位处地段属著名「海味街」，聚集海味及南北行等商店，帝权商业大楼1968年落成，位于德辅道西、高陞街及皇后街交界，楼高17层高，大厦拥有999年地契期限。该厦距离港铁上环站步程约10分鐘，西营盘站约5分鐘步程。

持货20年升值1.4倍

张彦绪活跃于市场，去年4月，沽售湾仔会展广场办公大楼中层02、08至12室，作价2.55亿，建筑面积约8206方呎，呎价约3.1万，张彦绪于2009年以8041万购入，帐面获利约1.75亿，升幅约2.1倍。

(星岛日报)

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深水埗旧楼批强拍令 底价1.83亿

由财团早年併购及申请强拍的旧楼项目，近期陆续获土地审裁处批出强拍令，最新深水埗福华街旧楼昨批出强拍令，底价为1.83亿，对比2022年申请强拍时市场对整个项目连同僭建物市场估值1.9223亿，低出约923万或约4.8%。

上述旧楼由一家名为Dream Big Development Limited公司于2022年申请强拍，当时福华街54及56号持有91.67%业权，而福华街58及60号则持有92.5%业权，直至审讯时前者增至95.83%业权，后者增至100%业权。

持有逾九成业权

据判词指出，申请人曾委託结构工程师对该旧楼进行结构评估，由于大楼现时维修状况不佳，在许多方面已过时，无论物理上或功能上都未能符合现代建筑标準和法定要求。而且维修成本与重建成本不成比例，故重建发展是合适做法。再者申请人已採取一切合理步骤取得全部业权，故批出强拍令。

项目地盘面积约4620方呎，若以地积比率9倍发展，涉及可建总楼面约41580方呎。现址现为2幢6层物业，地下为商铺，楼上为住宅楼层，旧楼分别于1972年及1977年落成入伙。

(星岛日报)

投资者陈洪楷连购旧楼 「淡市是捞底好时机」

投资者陈洪楷早前购尖沙咀全幢商住楼，市场瞩目，最新涉足旧楼市场，连购香港仔田湾登丰街2个旧楼。

他购入登丰街2号5楼及4号5楼，面积各564方呎，合共1128方呎，作价309万，平均呎价2739元，他接受本报查询回应，该地段旧楼规模庞大，近年恒基已强拍部分旧楼，他预期单位月租各1万，回报高逾7厘，造价重返2005年水平，长线博收购！他更强调：「淡市是捞底好时机，继续在旧楼市场寻宝。」

田湾两旧楼作价309万

登丰街2至12号、田湾街2至10号及石排湾道83至103号，佔地31647方呎，可建总楼面逾28.4万方呎。

回报逾7厘 长线博收购

他今年5月向「木器大王」傅世彪家族购入尖沙咀柯士甸道108号耀基大厦全幢商住楼，总面积约20689方呎，呎价约7250元，打造服务式住宅，力吸上班人士及内地生租客。

(星岛日报)

商厦租赁气氛略有改善，市场录1宗升级搬迁个案，一间大型律师楼由金鐘力宝中心迁往中环，向中环大业主置地承租区内历山大厦接近2.3万方呎楼面，平均呎租约100元。

市场消息透露，曾由佳士得艺廊承租的中环历山大厦其中2层楼面已告租出，该2层为22及23楼全层，面积各约11400方呎，合共约22800方呎，业内人士料月租约228万，平均呎租约100元。租客来自金鐘力宝中心，为一间国际级大型律师楼。

租客来自金鐘力宝中心

该间律师楼原本承租力宝中心一座8楼及15楼全层，建筑面积分别14890方呎及13344方呎，合共约28234方呎，估计呎租约50元，月租约141万。知情人士续说，由于力宝中心实用率介乎75%至78%，力宝中心该2层楼面实用面积共约2.2万方呎，该宗租赁属升级搬迁，租客迁至更高级数甲厦，承租楼面面积与旧址相若。力宝中心该2层分别由2名业主持有，在获悉租客通知搬迁后，业主各以意向每呎43及45元放租单位。

上述历山大厦22及23楼面，前身租客为佳士得亚太总部，承租该厦合共3层半楼面，总面积约4万方呎。佳士得早于2021年预租The Henderson 4全层，新总部面积增加至5万方呎，亦是升级搬迁个案。该拍卖行将于本月26及27日举行拍卖，亦是全新亚太区总部落成后的首届拍卖。

曾由拍卖行佳士得承租

早前，置地旗下的同区遮打大厦，早前亦录一宗租客扩充规模个案，一名长情客本身已承租该厦13楼及15楼2全层楼面，涉约3.6万方呎，早前一口气新租该厦16个散单位及17楼全层，面积分别为7000方呎及1.8万方呎，面积多达2.5万方呎。

(星岛日报)

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8月份工商铺 按月量跌价升

减息前工商铺交投仍较为淡静，有代理行统计，8月份工商铺录218宗成交，按月微跌。

该行统计，8月份工商铺买卖量跌价升，共录得约218宗工商铺买卖成交，较上月微跌约8.4%，对比2023年同期则跌约31.66%。至于成交金额方面，月内录得多宗大手成交，带动全月共录得约60.79亿元，较上月增约1.2倍，按年对比亦增加约35.45%。

商厦买卖金额 按月增3.4倍

8月份工商铺物业买卖以商厦最为瞩目，数据显示，8月份商厦录得约26宗买卖成交，成交金额录得约35.02亿元，当中成交金额按月及按年分别飆升约3.4倍及6.3倍，月内录得至少3宗逾亿元成交。

当中金额最大为中环皇后大道中99号中环中心，66楼及75楼两个全层楼面易手，涉及总楼面面积共约51,088平方呎 (未核实)，成交价约13.5亿元，平均呎价约2.9万元，新买家为星展银行，而原业主则为资深投资者陈秉志。

工厦成交金额录得约17.08亿元，按月大增约64.7%，月内亦录得大手成交，其中职业安全健康局以约1.48亿元购入香港工业大厦地下A及B号铺连7个车位，业主为英皇集团主席杨受成，持货18年帐面获利约1.2亿元，物业升值约4.3倍。

(经济日报)

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广东道海星大厦全幢170万获续租 鐘錶品牌进驻十多年 新约较高峰低六成

核心零售区铺位租金大幅回落，由意大利鐘錶品牌PANERAI (沛纳海) 承租十多年的尖沙咀广东道及北京道交界单边全幢铺位旗舰店，最新以每月约170万元续租，较高峰期调整六成，属该品牌租用全幢铺位以来的租金新低。

据悉，PANERAI刚续租广东道2号海星大厦全幢，物业坐落于广东道及北京道交界，对面为法国奢侈品牌Louis Vuitton (LV) 的海港城旗舰店，全幢共12层高，总建筑面积合共9182方呎，最新以月租约170万元续租，呎租约185元，租期为3年至2027年。

曾经是全球最大专门店

PANERAI可说是物业的「长情租客」，早于2010年已租用海星大厦地下C、D及E铺连1楼，合共建筑面积约1268方呎，整个铺位面向北京道，当年月租高达68万元，呎租达536元。

由于随后有大量内地豪客来港购买奢侈品，迎来零售业高峰，PANERAI于2012年向业主洽租海星大厦全幢，包括地铺及楼上原用作写字楼的单位，务求把物业打造成旗舰店。PANERAI成功租用海星大厦全幢，月租为380万元，呎租约414元，一度是PANERAI全球最大专门店。

直到2015年，虽然当时奢侈品销售额已较高位回落，但为力保旗舰店巨铺，PANERAI仍愿意加租近12%，至425万元续租，呎租升至约463元，亦成为海星大厦历来月租金额新高。

在2018年，PANERAI租约再度到期，由于本港零售业已不如前，故首度获业主减租，以每月300万元续约，每月少付125万元租金，跌幅为29.4%，呎租约327元，但这次租约长达6年。

少付130万 历来最平租约

在经历疫情及重新通关后，本港零售业恢復速度缓慢，而且昔日租金高昂的广东道名店街已累积多间吉铺待租，租金水平亦大不如前。由于PANERAI租约临近到期，业主为了挽留优质租客，故大手减租130万元或43.3%，至最新月租170万元，成为PANERAI进驻海星大厦全幢以来，月租最低的一份租约。而与2015年租金巔峰水平比较，月租更大挫255万元或60%。

虽然PANERAI是次只属续租个案，但已是今年广东道名店街内较瞩目的铺位租务成交。今年7月，广东道116至120号海威商业中心地下B及C铺连1楼，建筑面积合共约4980方呎，由本地护肤品牌JaneClare以每月80万元租用5年，呎租约161元，则是年内广东道名店街涉及月租最大的新租赁个案。

(信报)

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Quiet market awaits rate cuts

Sales of old homes fell over the weekend as buyers waited for a possible US Federal Reserve interest rate cut and more new project launches.

The market is also waiting to see what measures Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu might unveil to stimulate the economy in his third policy address next month.

The city's 10 major housing estates saw eight deals over the weekend amid poor weather compared to 10 to a week earlier, the lowest in six weeks, according to a property agency

An agent said impending rate cuts will ease lending costs, encouraging the homebuyers to purchase affordable new flats.

Homeowners, too, are waiting for rate cuts to raise selling prices.

Attractively priced projects in Kai Tak launched in the past week also drew buyers away from the secondary market.

KT Marina 1 in Kai Tak recorded five deals over the weekend worth a total of HK$32.4 million. The project, co-developed by K Wah International (0173), Wheelock Properties and China Overseas Land and Investment (0688) has sold 24 flats in three days.

In the commercial market, "Minibus King" Ma Ah-muk's family has put the second floor of the Peninsula Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui on the market for HK$420 million, after selling another commercial property, Eco Tree Hotel on Des Voeux Road West by public tender several weeks ago, according to another property agency.

(The Standard)

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Hong Kong rents set to hit record high as talent influx fuels demand

The rental index is about 3 per cent away from the peak seen in August 2019, a jump that is not entirely implausible, a property agency said

Rents in Hong Kong are set to climb to a record high this year, surpassing the previous peak in August 2019, because of robust demand from newly arrived residents and prospective homebuyers currently sidelined by high mortgage rates, according to analysts.

With the rental home index in July rising by 1.1 per cent month on month to 194.1, the gauge is 6 points shy of the peak of 200.1 recorded in August 2019, according to official data.

More rent increases are in the offing, which could spur developers to shift their unsold flats to the leasing market instead of selling them, analysts said. In such an event, rents could go past the HK$21.30 (US$2.73) to HK$41.48 per square foot per month range reached five years ago.

“The current market conditions are clearly characterised by limited supply and robust leasing activity,” an agent said.

The rental index will continue its upward trajectory throughout September and likely reach an all-time high this year, although the margin of increase may be modest, the agent added

The agent said that for the rental index to hit a record, it has to register a year-on-year jump of 8.2 per cent in August, an “optimistic” scenario but “not entirely implausible”. In July, rents surged 6.6 per cent year on year.

“With more international students renting units and a continuous influx of skilled professionals, rents are expected to further increase by 1.5 per cent in August and September, respectively,” another agent said. “This could drive rents up by nearly 4.2 per cent in the third quarter.”

The agent said in the last three months of the year, rent increases were likely to moderate to 2 per cent, which would still be enough to push the annual gain to 9.5 per cent, taking the rental index past the previous high of 200.1. In 2023 the gauge rose to 186.0, following a 6 per cent increase in leasing costs.

As of July, the Hong Kong government’s scheme to attract talent to the city had drawn 93,000 applications, of which more than 73,000 were approved, according to official data. Of those, 60,300 had already arrived in the city.

A potential interest-rate cut in Hong Kong later this month is unlikely to dampen demand in the leasing market, analysts said. With the US Federal Reserve widely anticipated to start easing its policy stance, Hong Kong monetary authorities are expected to follow suit.

“The impact of a rate cut on the leasing market is likely to be positive in the short term, primarily due to the potential influx of talent attracted by a more accommodative business and economic environment,” the first agent said.

With the interest-rate cut expected to be gradual, leasing demand is not likely to significantly shift to the sales market, the agent added.

The second agent differed slightly with the industry insider’s views. A rate cut is likely to boost the number of buyers entering the market, with more likely to transition from renting to buying, which could slightly dampen rental demand.

“However, with skilled professionals continuing to arrive in Hong Kong and renting apartments, rents will still have a certain level of support,” the agent added.

Meanwhile, with developers still holding a large inventory of unsold flats, the leasing market is becoming an increasingly viable option, according to the agent.

“Rental demand is currently very strong and rental income remains stable, while property prices have yet to stabilise,” the agent said, adding that developers could consider shifting their properties from sale to rentals.

For example, Henderson Land has put 34 units for lease at The Henley III in Kai Tak from HK$16,000 to HK$17,000 a month, while in Fanling, the developer has 23 units at the One Innovale for lease at a starting price of HK$9,500 a month.

As of July, Hong Kong developers had 22,300 unsold residential units, about 1.7 per cent higher than the 21,900 they had at the end of 2023, according to another property agency.

In the next three to four years, as many as 109,000 new flats are expected to flood the market, according to the housing bureau.

“Developers are exploring other options amid the market downturn,” another agent said.

制衣厂商呎价1.3万购中环中心

早前市场盛传中环皇后大道中99号中环中心一个低层单位，以呎价仅约1.3万元低价易手，有关买卖终于曝光，由一名制衣厂商斥资4150万元购入，呎价13034元。

资料显示，中环中心22楼11室，建筑面积约3184方呎，上月以4150万元成交，呎价13034元，创该厦逾20年呎价新低。单位现时由基金管理公司以每月逾11.6万元承租，呎租约36.5元，租金回报近3.4厘。据悉，买家为振利制衣相关人士，该公司于西营盘干诺道西188号香港商业中心拥有多个自置写字楼单位。

中环中心22楼全层原由资深投资者蔡志忠持有，于2018年8月把全层分拆成12个细单位出售。是次易手的11室属于该层拆细后面积最大的单位，由一名投资者于2019年4月斥资1.14亿元购入，当时呎价高达35804元，如今以低价沽出，持货近5年半，账面大蚀让7250万元，损手幅度达63.6%。

企业广场2期每呎5000元 13年低

此外，九龙湾常悦道3号商厦企业广场2期7楼5至6室，建筑面积共约3315方呎，以1657.5万元易手，呎价5000元，创该厦近13年的呎价新低。

(信报)

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共享办公空间 租中环中心全层

中环中心全层写字楼约2.6万平方呎楼面，获共享办公空间租用。本地共享办公空间bela Offices，租用中环中心48楼全层，作为全新的旗舰共享办公空间。该集团指，新办公室拥360度维港海景和山景，将提供250个工作站，预计将于2024年10月开业。

据悉，是次为今年第3度扩充，之前分别于华懋中心I期 (One Chinachem Central) 和Two Harbour Square开新据点，集团合共在港拥7分店。

较早前，观塘Two Harbour Square 25楼全层，面积约2.6万平方呎，以每呎约20元租出，新租客为本地共享办公室品牌BELA OFFICES。该层楼面原由共享空间wework租用，2018年租用Two Harbour Square共2层，其后放弃，其中一层现由BELA OFFICES租用。

(经济日报)

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中国太平大厦单位叫租6.5万

有代理行表示，铜锣湾中国太平大厦一期中层01室，建筑面积约1980方呎，意向呎租约33元，月租约6.5万元。

该行指出，物业间隔方正实用，外望市景，并配备现代化写字楼装修，适合各类型行业使用。此外，物业还提供特长免租期。物业位于铜锣湾的心臟地带，附近的购物商场包括利园及时代广场。

(信报)

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恒基旗下中环The Henderson 一个约1600方呎单位租出，市场消息指，料呎租达150元。

料平均呎租150元

知情人士指，根据土地註册处资料，The Henderson 33楼3301A室租出，租期由2025年2月至2027年9月。他续表示，该单位面积约1600方呎，租客为日本一家著名律师楼，由于属于细单位，呎租较高，料高达150元，月租约24万。

The Henderson大手租客包括加拿大退休金计划投资局 (CPPIB)，由同区约克大厦搬至该厦。拍卖行佳士得租用4层涉约5万方呎，作为集团在港首个常设拍卖中心和艺廊。国际投资公司凯雷集团（Carlyle）租用约2万方呎楼面。

(星岛日报)

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德祥湾仔全幢商厦 6亿洽购至尾声

近期商厦交投明显增加，德祥旗下湾仔轩尼诗道全幢商厦，获内地客以6亿洽购至尾声快易手，呎价约1万餘元，8年蚀约1.9亿元。

内地投资者出价 呎价约1万

市场人士指，湾仔轩尼诗道230号全幢，获财团积极洽购。涉及物业为于湾仔传统核心地段，物业楼高32层，地盘面积约3,746平方呎，总楼面约55,622平方呎，1至5楼为停车场，7至35楼为写字楼，每层面积逾2,000平方呎，现时楼面主要由业主自用。消息称，近日该厦获一内地投资者，出价约6亿元洽购，已贴近业主意向价，料快将易手，呎价约1万餘元。

翻查资料，该厦前身为卓能广场，由本地老牌家族卓能集团持有，曾作总部之用。2014年，卓能集团放售该厦，叫价约8.8亿元，期间获财团洽购。直至2016年尾，德祥地产以7.85亿元购入，期后更斥资为物业进行翻新，包括地下大堂等。如今持货8年，帐面蚀约1.95亿元。

德祥地祥近期亦有沽货动作，包括5月份以2.6亿元，沽出中环美国银行中心高层全层总部单位，连4个车位，成交呎价约1.87万元，德祥地产将售后租回一年，月租65万元，并有一年续租权，而单位由信和集团或相关人士承接。

(经济日报)

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观塘甲厦低水 租售成交增

观塘近期连录买卖及租务成交，由于售价及租金低水，吸引企业买入楼面及搬迁，令成交明显上升。

观塘全新甲厦录得用家入市个案，经营食品生意的四洲集团公布，斥逾2.05亿元购入观塘敬业街41号云讯广场两层楼面，分别为31楼，面积约16,969平方呎，另连7个车位、若干广告位及大厦的冠名权，同时亦购入厦21楼2号办公室，面积约为8,000平方呎，平均呎价约8,226元。

集团指，自2017年出售自有物业以来，集团一直租用办公空间，购入物业后能使该集团长期稳定发展。由于新增需求有限，市场氛围疲弱，本港部分商业楼宇价格已大幅下跌至较低水平，考虑到邻近类似物业之市价；以及集团之业务发展，认为购入物业为投资良机，长远而言可节省办公室租金。

敬业街云讯广场 每层1.6万呎

云讯广场坐落于观塘敬业街，去年底落成，物业3至32楼为办公室楼层，每层面积约1.5万至1.6万平方呎，而高层单位可享全海景，成物业卖点。是次售出一层半楼面，属项目首宗买卖。现时大厦多层楼面仍在放售，包括顶层特色单位，而个别楼层正获洽购。

该厦由资深投资者林子峰、伟华集团及「小巴大王」马亚木家族合组财团持有。资料显示，上址原为侨新工厂大厦，财团于2018年斥约15.8亿元购入地盘作发展。业主去年尾曾推出市场放售，低层单位呎价由8,000餘元起，每层料涉资约1.2亿元，当时未获承接。

Two Harbour Square 连录全层租务

租务方面，同区Two Harbour Square连环录全层租务，其中25楼全层，面积约2.6万平方呎，以每呎约20元租出，新租客为本地共享办公室品牌BELA OFFICES，于2021年8月在上环开设第一个据点，其后于中环、上环和尖沙咀区扩充，近日更于中环中心新增据点。

翻查资料，该层楼面原由共享空间wework租用，2018年租用Two Harbour Square共2层，提供超过900张办公桌，惟近年大幅收缩，放弃该厦两层，其中一层现由BELA OFFICES租用。据消息指，另一层楼面近日亦获承租，涉及2.6万平方呎，由建筑公司宝嘉租用，呎租料约20元。

分析指，近年观塘商业配套已成熟，并有新甲厦落成，同时因供应较多，租金及售价仍处低水。对用家来说，属好时机购入该区楼面自用。租客方面，因东九龙每呎租金仍处约20餘元水平，可作搬迁节省成本，故观塘甲厦租售成交上升。

(经济日报)

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中环皇后大道中全幢 14亿标售

核心区方面，中环老牌业主标售皇后大道中全幢商厦皇后大道中心，意向价约14亿元。

有外资代理行表示，有业主标售中环皇后大道中152号全幢商厦皇后大道中心，截标日期为2024年10月8日 (星期二) 正午12时。

总楼面约8万呎

物业为1幢28层高之甲级商业大厦，地下至15楼用途灵活，可作银行、商铺、餐饮或零售用途，17楼至30楼则为写字楼用途。

物业地盘面积约4,030平方呎，总商业面积约80,876平方呎，每层平均面积由2,531至3,733平方呎，为一梯一伙设计。

据悉业主意向价约14亿元，呎价约1.7万元，预计回报率逾3厘。翻查资料，项目由钟氏家族收购近10多年，整合业权后进行重建，并于2020年落成。

(经济日报)

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Home prices to rebound 5pc, says Morgan Stanley

A Morgan Stanley analyst has predicted interest rate cuts to lead to a 5 percent rebound in local property prices and help lift stocks of the real estate sector next year.

Nonetheless, prior to the rebound, home prices would continue to extend the fall from 4.66 percent for the first seven months to 8 percent for the whole year.

Morgan Stanley analyst Nick Lord believes banks in Hong Kong would lower their prime rates by 0.125 percentage point every time the US Federal Reserve cuts the interest rate by 0.25 percentage point.

It is predicted that the actual mortgage interest rates would drop to 3.25 percent by the end of next year.

Interest rate hikes were responsible for the 30 percent fall in home prices since 2021, according to the analyst.

The investment banker believes the correction in local home prices is cyclical and the sector will recover next year amid rate cuts.

Local real estate stocks rose yesterday. Link Real Estate Investment Trust (0823) climbed 3.6 percent to be the best-performing blue-chip stock.

Meanwhile, Hang Seng Bank (0011) and Standard Chartered Hong Kong are understood to have resumed cash rebates for home mortgages, following BoC Hong Kong (2388). The rates for cash incentives vary from 0.1 to 0.2 percent of the loans.

In the primary market, sale of 50 units at Phase 1 of KT Marina in Kai Tak starts today despite typhoon Yagi. The developers including K Wah International (0173), Wheelock Properties and China Overseas Land & Investment (0688) hiked the maximum discounts to 38.5 percent for the selected 50 units.

Also in Kai Tak, Phase 1 of the project on 19 Shing Fung Road was named Double Coast I. The project, jointly developed by Wheelock Properties, Henderson Land Development (0012), China Overseas and New World Development (0017), offers 361 units and sale is planned for this month.

On the other hand, only one new project was approved for presale by the Lands Department last month. It involves a site owned by Chinachem in Sai Kung, on which 40 units are being built.

Developers have also applied for presale consent for a project in Sha Tin. Developed by Wing Tai Properties (0369) and Vanke Overseas Investment (1036), the project provides 240 units.

In other news, the number of completed private homes increased by 13 percent month-on-month to 1,608 units in July, a six-month high.

(The Standard)

中原投资落实在港首个学生公寓项目，斥资1.8亿购入尖沙咀珀薈酒店，并计划投资2000万进行翻新，将之改装成提供约150个牀位的学生公寓，预期平均每个宿位月租约8000元，净租金回报率料约4厘。

中原投资总裁叶明慧接受查询时表示，公司过去一直在美国及英国等地投资学生公寓，并且获得理想成绩。由于现时本港学生公寓市场规模只有数十亿，预期五年后将增加至逾400亿，因此看準时机回港投资。

她又透露，预期项目平均每个宿位月租约8000元，计划每季或每半年收取一次租金，料净租金回报率达4厘。

斥资2000万翻新

叶明慧又表示，长远看好学生公寓市场，相信能为投资者带来稳定回报，是次投资为公司拓展本港学生公寓市场第一步，未来还将继续增加相关投资和发展。

她指出，公司目标在未来2至3年间，投资2000至3000个牀位，希望将本港打造成亚洲区最有规模的学生公寓投资市场之一，吸引更多环球基金及资本来港投资，又透露现时仍有相关项目在洽商中。

中原投资董事总经理江若雯表示，学生公寓市场一直是环球投资者投资热点，随着来港升学非本地学生数量增加，学生住宿需求跟随飆升。她又说，公司乐于通过其在学生公寓行业的经验，以及集团的研究部和代理网络支持下，与本地及海外投资者踏足本港学生公寓投资市场。

每个宿位月租8000元

资料显示，珀薈酒店位于尖沙咀漆咸道南117号，佔地面积2000方呎，酒店楼高20层，曾于去年9月以3.8亿放售，早前减价至2.4亿再度推出，最终以1.8亿易手。该酒店拥有63个房间，每个房间作价约286万，若以总楼面计算，平均呎价约7332元。

3至4分鐘步行至理大

中原投资表示，计划斥资约2000万替酒店进行翻新及改装，将之打造成学生公寓，并配备现代化设施，包括24小时保安、高速网络、休憩区、学习区等等，以满足学生对居住环境的需求。项目步行至理工大学仅需3至4分鐘，公司相信是学生公寓投资最佳的地理位置。  

(星岛日报)

尖东半岛中心全层4.2亿放售

核心区优质铺位供应罕有，有代理表示，尖东麼地道67号半岛中心二楼全层，建筑面积约57240方呎，意向价约4.2亿，平均呎价约7338元。

平均呎价7338元

该代理表示，物业为市场罕见单一全层大面积商铺，设多个出入口，可透过商场扶手电梯及升降机前往，亦设有独立扶手电梯，可由地面直接前往物业，应付大量人流，电力及洗手间设施充裕。物业亦设有宽阔落地玻璃窗，可望喷水池景。

该代理续指，物业邻近港铁尖东站，多间五星级酒店及多座高级写字楼包围，商业活动频繁，附近安达中心提供大量车位，方便驾车前往。物业适合大型教育机构作市区校舍，免税品店，医疗集团及百货公司。

(星岛日报)

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荃湾两幢工厦标售 市场估值9亿

华润资本持有的荃湾横窝仔街36至50号两幢工厦，现址卓悦集团中心标售，市值9亿，地盘面积约20223方呎，建筑面积约223804方呎，物业已获规划许可发展1幢29层高住宅连社褔设施。

有代理表示，该物业位于横窝仔街大单边，两幢14层高工厦，地下为车场、上落货区及货仓用途，其他楼层则为货仓或厂房用途。

获批住宅连社褔设施

上述物业原由卓悦持有，2022年3月，卓悦全资附属公司卓悦投资，与华润资本旗下CR Capital Investment (Cayman) Limited (「CRCI」)，订立有限合伙协议成立基金及作认购协议，涉资5.5亿，各佔75%及25%。该基金同日斥资9亿向卓悦收购卓悦集团中心。上述物业目前由傲林有限公司持有，董事为华润资本相关人士。

该代理表示，物业正对未来新鸿基集团横窝仔街商住项目 (前安泰工业中心)，项目拟兴建一幢34层高住宅大厦，并包括幼儿中心，料将来可提供465个中小型住宅单位。而去年底同区内之合福工业大厦由美国黑石集团伙拍迷你仓连锁集团「储存易」以港币5.6亿购入，平均呎价为4009元，反映出全幢工业物业在整体投资市场上仍具一定吸引力。

儘管现时环球经济压力大，但减息预期不断增强，投资者不妨藉此机会趁低购入物业作自用或重建。

(星岛日报)

房协罕见放售旗下铺位商厦 涉及11项物业 「指导价」370万至1.36亿

房协罕有放售旗下铺位与商厦，合共涉及11项，并为物业标示「指导价」，由370万的写字楼，至涉资1.36亿的巨铺，金额选择多。

市场消息透露，房协旗下一批物业早前委托代理行估价，昨日该行召集20多间代理行开会，公布出售详情，该批包括10项铺位及1项商厦单位，分布港九新界，以中细价铺为主导，截标日期10月10日。本报昨日向房协查询，惟直至截稿时未获回覆。

预期回报约5厘

市场人士透露，该批物业逐件订有「指导价」，由370万至1.36亿不等，预期拥5厘回报，「指导价」是卖方愿意出售的最低价，惟最后价高者得。以指导价计算，11项物业涉资约4.08亿。

最贵重为荔枝角道168号万盛阁平台地下1、2、3、4、5及6号铺，租客惠康超市及麦当劳月租共66.6万，指导价1.36亿，计算回报5.9厘。元朗大棠道41至59号金朗大厦地铺，由争鲜以28万承租，指导价8500万。

共涉资4.08亿

共有2项「指导价」只有370万，其中，北角七姊妹道2、4、6、8及8A 号及书局街6及8号昌苑地下1A铺，面积648方呎，由长者服务中心以每月1.85万承租。

有代理分析，招标价高者得，相信指导价买不到，西环羲皇台1号写字楼，面积1868方呎，指导价370万，平均每呎仅1980元。

上环文咸东街125及129号及永乐街147号万和阁地下1号铺，面积712方呎，便利店月租5.3万，以指导价1650万计算，每呎2.3万。

(星岛日报)

息口料回落 财团物色全幢物业

近期市场录得多宗全幢物业获洽购，相信因息口预计回落，全幢物业投资价值开始出现，故财团现进行洽购。

全幢物业近期获财团垂青，消息指，湾仔轩尼诗道250号全幢商厦，获财团积极洽购。涉及物业为于湾仔传统核心地段，物业楼高32层，地盘面积约3,746平方呎，总楼面约55,622平方呎，1至5楼为停车场，7至35楼为写字楼，每层面积逾2,000平方呎，现时楼面主要由业主自用。

消息称，近日该厦获一内地投资者出价约6亿元洽购，已贴近业主意向价，料快将易手，呎价约1万餘元。

前卓能广场 现6亿获洽

翻查资料，该厦前身为卓能广场，由本地老牌家族卓能集团持有，曾作总部之用。2014年，卓能集团放售该厦，叫价约8.8亿元，期间获财团洽购。直至2016年尾，德祥地产以约7.85亿元购入，期后更斥资为物业进行翻新，包括地下大堂等。如今持货8年，帐面料蚀约1.85亿元。

另外，住宅全幢租赁项目获财团留意。消息指，太极轩集团旗下湾仔及佐敦两服务式住宅，获外资基金约7.5亿元洽购，有望短期内易手。

湾仔太极轩 涉107伙

两项太极轩服务式住宅项目于市场放售，近日有获外资基金洽购，包括为湾仔庄士敦道138号太极轩138 (CHI138)，提供107个住宅单位，面积介乎于290至2,400平方呎，包括开放式、1房及2房单位、3房复式单位以及顶层全层特色单位。按资料显示，开放式单位月租约2.3万元起，而1房月租约3.7万元。

另佐敦弥敦道314至316号太极轩314 (CHI314)，提供59个住宅单位，面积介乎于410至1,400平方呎，单位类型包括开放式、1房及2房单位，单位目前月租约2.4万元起。

该集团早于两年前已放售上述两项目，连同西环太极轩120号，惟过往两年未有售出。直至7月份，集团以约1.88亿元，沽出西环太极轩120号，涉及约2.3万平方呎及19伙单位。消息称，集团近期加快降价推售另外两项目，并获财团以约7.5亿元洽购，有望短期内成交。

消息透露，洽购财团包括外资基金，包括近两年积极参与本港物业市场的黑石基金。该基金自2021年起，积极投资本港工厦迷你仓市场。分析指，近一年因息口高企，投资成本高，特别全幢物业涉及较大金额，令投资气氛转弱。随着业主近期大幅降低叫价，加上预计息口即将回落，令财团重新对全幢物业感兴趣，预计交投将增加。

(经济日报)

西环颐庭酒店 5.88亿标售

酒店可灵活作改装，「小巴大王」马亚木家族标售的西环颐庭酒店，市值约5.88亿元。

项目位于德辅道西160号，楼高24层，总批则建筑面积约66,144平方呎，于2015年改建为酒店，提供93间客房，中高层房间均可享维港海景。而物业地下至6楼为商业部分，地下至4楼现时由餐饮及水疗中心承租，5至6楼可用作办公室，而酒店大堂则设于7楼。

可改装学生宿舍

有代理表示，项目最大亮点是非常适合改装为学生宿舍。酒店位于港铁西营盘站出口上盖，与香港大学站只有一站之隔，可满足附近学生宿舍的强劲需求。

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伟华蔡敬业：商厦渐便宜吸用家

最近观塘录企业入市买商厦个案，伟华置业执行董事蔡敬业指，当价格开始便宜，即吸引用家买楼面，相信随着减息市况会转好。

上星期市场录得一宗本地企业买楼面个案，涉及四洲集团斥逾2亿元，购观塘云讯广场近两层楼面作新总部，呎价约8,000餘元。物业发展商伟华置业蔡敬业指，近期不少用家睇楼，「不论私人企业甚至公营机构，亦加快睇楼，相信因价格回调至较便宜水平，长远买楼面自用化算，亦因减息在即，近来商厦气氛定比年初好。」至于租务市场上，集团旗下黄竹坑伟华汇租务未算快，他坦言企业在租楼面上，考虑更加多，「始终搬迁涉及成本，现阶段扩充的客人不算多，故选择原址续租。反而个别企业会趁价低，考虑买楼面。」

包装生意升幅理想

本业为美容产品包装生产商，蔡敬业表示生意稳定，今年更有理想升幅，「若与去年比较，升幅高逾5成，因为我们的包装产品吸引一些品牌注视，与我们合作，而他们採用新包装后生意又有增长。」

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Centaline buys hotel for student housing

Centaline Group, which operates the largest real estate agency network in Hong Kong, has splurged HK$180 million on its first student apartment project in Tsim Sha Tsui.

The group plans to transform the 63-room Popway Hotel it acquired, near the Polytechnic University, into a student housing project offering about 150 beds. The acquisition price came in at HK$7,300 per square foot, and an additional HK$20 million is earmarked for renovations.

The investment marks the first step of the group's goal to invest in 2,000 to 3,000 beds over the next two to threes years, aiming to make Hong Kong one of the largest student housing investment markets in Asia, said Kavis Ip, president of Centaline Investment.

Centaline is optimistic about the strong demand in the local student apartment market and expects a stable investment return amid the city's pledge to expand quotas for nonlocal students at public universities.

Home to five of the world's top 100 universities, Hong Kong is stepping up to become a global education hub by attracting talent, with the government proposing to double the quota for nonlocal students at eight public universities to 40 percent last year.

Ip added that Centaline has a solid track record in student housing investments in the United States and the United Kingdom. Centaline earlier said it spent US$16 million (HK$124.8 million) in April to acquire a student apartment project in Georgia in the United States, which saw all 148 beds leased out.

Student apartment businesses have been a hot sector in the city recently.

In June, the Hong Kong Metropolitan University said it acquired a hotel in Hung Hom for student accommodation and renamed it MU88. The purchase price was said to be nearly HK$1 billion, or at a record high of HK$15,000 per sq ft, according to a property consultancy.

Earlier in 2021, AEW Capital Management acquired Hotel Sav in Hung Hom for HK$1.65 billion and then turned it into a student hostel called Y83. The project achieved an occupancy rate of over 90 percent in the past two years, the property consultancy said.

共承租4.5万呎 较原有楼面增1.5倍

甲厦录扩充个案，内地金融机构租用九龙站环球贸易广场 (ICC) 全层3.5万呎楼面，呎租约70元，属同厦扩充。家族办公室租中环中心低层全层，呎租约40元。

市场消息指，九龙站环球贸易广场录得全层租务，涉及物业69楼全层，面积约3.5万平方呎，以每呎约70元租出。由于属物业高层，故享有优质景观。消息称，新租客内地金融机构远东宏信，业务涉及金融、贸易、諮询、投资等，总部设于上海。

远东宏信香港总部 去年啟用

据了解，该集团早前租用环球贸易广场极高层2个单位，分别为66楼8000平方呎，以及67楼约1万平方呎单位，合共约1.8万平方呎，当中67楼单位属集团总部，于去年初啟用。由于集团业务扩张，现决定放弃66楼单位，而转租69楼全层3.5万平方呎单位，换言之合共使用4.5万平方呎，比原有楼面增加1.5倍，可见集团长看好綫在港发展。

环球贸易广场为九龙区指标甲厦，物业今年录得最大租务，涉及物业中低层3层楼面，总楼面达10万平方呎，呎租约60元，新租客金管局，属整合业务兼搬迁节省成本。

家办租中环中心全层 呎租40

另一方面，中环甲厦市场同样录得企业扩充个案，市场消息称，中环中心近日录全层租务，涉及低层全层，面积约2.6万平方呎，以每呎约40元租出。据悉，新租客为家族办公室，该集团网页指，业务为超高净值人士和家族提供全方位服务，总部位于香港，业务遍及亚洲，包括内地及新加坡等。据了解，该家族办公室原租用同厦细单位，现扩充业务至全层。

其次，中环中心日前亦有出现全层扩充业务，涉及中环中心48楼全层，面积约2.6万平方呎楼面，获本地共享办公空间Bela Offices租用。该集团指，新办公室拥360度维港海景和山景，将提供250个工作站，预计将于2024年10月开业。

九龙区新甲厦方面，消息指，长沙湾南商金融创新中心中层B09室，面积约577平方呎，以每呎约24元租出。

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尖沙咀逾百万呎楼面 发展商厦

尖沙咀的商业用地供应罕有，发展商普遍需要透过收购旧楼以在区内插旗。据本报粗略统计，目前区内至少有8个重建项目正在进行，总楼面面积涉约102万平方呎，大部分拟作商厦发展。

香檳大厦B座业权统一 恒地版图增

据本报统计，区内现时至少有8个重建项目正在进行，总楼面涉约102万平方呎，普遍拟发展为商厦，而其中规模最大的属于由海员俱乐部与帝国集团合作的前海员之家，将会重建为1座40层高酒店，总楼面约34.7万平方呎，当中由发展商营运的酒店楼面涉约30万平方呎，另约5万平方呎楼面需预留给海员俱乐部作教堂及会所。

至于在区内亦持有美丽华商场及酒店等的恒地 (00012)，于今年初亦为收购多年的香檳大厦B座完成强拍程序。发展商于今年1月以底价约17.3亿元，成功统一项目业权。据发展商指，项目重建后的总楼面涉约14.7万平方呎。事实上，同系的美丽华商场及酒店正位于香檳大厦旁边，料若香檳大厦B座成功重建后，将会产生协同效应，并将有望扩展其原有逾200万平方呎楼面的商业王国。

邓成波家族持有大部分业权的尖沙咀加连威老道61至73号旧楼项目，于2017年亦曾申请强拍，惟项目最终在2021年流拍。若重建为商业项目，以最高地积比率约12倍计，可建总楼面约13万平方呎。

同时，乐风集团等持有的尖沙咀汉口道35至37号恕园大楼，去年亦已获屋宇署批出建筑图则，并获准重建1幢21层高商厦，涉及总楼面约11.5万平方呎。发展商原于2022年就项目申请强拍，当时项目的现况市值逾6.3亿元，惟最后因成功收购项目全数业权，故不需循强拍途径统一其业权。

汉口大厦批商住用 分层户达110伙

另外，有发展商拟在其商业项目加入住宅元素，新世界 (00017) 旗下的汉口大厦，于今年6月亦已获屋宇署批准建1幢24层高的商住项目，总楼面涉约13.9万平方呎，当中非住宅楼面佔比较多，佔约9.9万平方呎。发展商于去年3月循强拍途径以约21.3亿元投得项目。如按今年初获城规会批准的方案，除了办公室及商店外，项目亦将提供110伙分层住宅。

而以往曾属于区内购物热点的栢丽购物大道，在约2年前向城规会申请改划为食肆及商店等用途，发展自助餐厅、咖啡室及茶室等，方案亦于2022年底获城规会批准，但现并未见任何实际重建的部署。

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New Uppland flats come with incentives

Gold Coast Bay's The Uppland announced several incentives yesterday including help pay up to 2.25 percent of ad valorem stamp duty or AVD for homebuyers who purchase specific units in the project.

As the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day are upcoming, the developer released the 3A and 4A price lists with limited time offers yesterday to cater to the hot market demand.

Buyers can enjoy up to 1.5 percent AVD offers on the purchase of designated studios or one-bedroom units, and up to 2.25 percent AVD offers if they buy designated two-bedroom units.

Besides, the project has cooperated with furniture producer Design Concept to issue furniture coupons. Homebuyers who purchase star-class studios including Rooms H, J, M and N in Tower three and Rooms F and G of Tower 5B on or before October 6 can receive a "Star Furniture" coupon worth about HK$100,000.

In addition, homebuyers who purchase a 767-square-foot three-bedroom with storage room unit in the price list 4A will enjoy a priority to subscribe or rent a parking place.

The project, developed by Early Light International, has sold nearly 50 percent of the units or 342 flats since it went on sale in July.

The Uppland, the first phase of The Gold Coast Bay, offers 692 flats and 90 percent of them are standard units with sizes from 204 to 767 sq ft. The project has nine home types spanning from studios to three-bedroom with storage room homes, as well as several special units.

Meanwhile, The Yoho Hub II in Yuen Long, developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016), will launch show flats and release a new price list as early as next week.

Novo Land 3B Phase in Tuen Mun, also developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties, released the fifth price list to offer 78 flats with average price per sq ft after discount at HK$12,354 and the cheapest unit at HK$3.09 million.

The homes measure between 252 and 675 sq ft, with price ranging from HK$3.09 million to HK$8.11 million after discounts. There are 37 units with prices below HK$4 million.

Upper Central in Mid-levels West, developed by Yuzhou (1628), released a sales brochure yesterday. This residential building with 85 units has been leased as serviced apartments since it was reconstructed in 2020.

铺王「一拆四」 租金较高峰跌8成

核心区铺位录租务，尖沙咀栢丽购物大道「铺王」获本地时装品牌堡狮龙(bossini，00592) 租用，料月租约20万元。该铺高峰期曾由珠宝行周生生以300万元租用，迁出后业主决定「一拆四」，如今租出其中3铺，月租跌幅8成。

尖沙咀弥敦道111至181号栢丽购物大道地下2号铺及1楼，面积分别为790及786平方呎，总面积约1,576平方呎，现由bossini租用，近日已围上广告板，将开设「bossini.X」店，短期内开业。

2020年内企非凡领越收购bossini，而集团今年曾表示，考虑到主流运动服装竞争激烈，故发展单车服装，目标今年下半年在中港推出全新的bossini.X概念店，计划年内在内地开设约100间店、在港开5至10间店，相信栢丽大道铺作首间单车概念店的bossini.X。集团同系鞋店Clarks，亦租用是次成交的比邻地下及1楼铺位，月初已开业。

2012年零售高峰 周生生300万租

是次bossini租用铺位，月租料约20万元内，呎租约127元。翻查资料，栢丽购物大道地下G1至G4号铺连1楼1至2号铺的复式铺位，由本地老牌家族持有，地下面积约2,866平方呎，1楼面积约2,894平方呎，合共约5,760平方呎。

该铺属栢丽购物大道第一批铺位，楼底特高门面阔，加上邻近清真寺及港铁站出口，称得上栢丽大道「铺王」。资料显示，周生生在2008年起租用上述铺位，2012年零售高峰期月租加至300万元，呎租逾500元，直至2021年决定弃租。当时正值疫情，业主仅把铺位作短租。

去年中港通关，业主再推出招租，惟反应仍属一般，决定把铺位「一拆四」，分成4个地下及1楼复式铺，每个千餘平方呎，月租约12万元起招租，如今3铺位获承租，现剩餘最后一组铺位待租，意向月租约20万。预计所有铺位租出，合共涉约60万元，已较高峰期租金跌约8成。

据一间代理行统计，7月份4大核心消费区商铺空置率统计上，尖沙咀区最新空置率录得7.9%，较2021年2月的高点 (17.26%) 下跌9.36个百分点，创下自2015年9月 (8.54%) 至今近9年的新低。

代理行︰租金降至5万 始吸引商户

不过，栢丽大道目前吉铺颇多，例如头段地下24号铺及1楼，面积合共约1,322平方呎，曾由时装店以9.5万元租用，早前已迁出，业主以每月10万元放租。另外头段两组复式铺，均由谢瑞麟 (00417) 租用，近期已暂停营业，其中地下G5至G6铺及1楼3A至3B铺位，面积逾5,000平方呎，近期更被业主追讨租金。

整条栢丽购物大道仍较冷清，该行代理分析，大道位处弥敦道，对面为多个大型商场，并可连接至加连威老道、金马伦道等，故人流集中于该地段而非栢丽大道。该代理认为，栢丽大道铺位租金跌至最低5万元起，开始吸引商户承接。整体核心区铺市上，该代理认为核心区租务持续改善，惟市场上仍有吉铺之待消化，料租金趋向平稳。

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业主变阵吸商户 旗舰店大铺拆租

本港整体零售数字一般，商户对后市较为审慎，大手租铺的个案减少，业主亦变阵出击，把原本旗舰店分拆招租，以免长期交吉。

访港旅客数字仍平稳，核心区铺位租务近月加快，而成交月租多属20万至约50万元，以往市场逾百万元大手租务实在不算多，商户租用的楼面普遍亦降低，大楼面旗舰店需求较疫情前少。

分拆细铺租金吸引 免长期交吉

据政府统计处数字，7月零售业总销货总额291亿元，较去年同期下跌11.8%，差过预期，亦属连续数月下跌。事实上，因本地经济一般、内地客消费放缓，餐饮、零售亦面对经营上挑战，整体而言商户扩充上非常审慎，以高租金租大楼面铺个案减少。

有见及此，业主亦变阵出击，把原本品牌租用的复式铺，以分拆形式招租。除了上述提及的栢丽大道「铺王」外，同区加连威老道20至22A号瑞生尖沙咀酒店基座，早年曾由体育服装以逾200万元，租用地库至2楼4层，品牌去年迁出，业主一直放租，未获承接下决定分拆楼面出租，近日物业地库获本地茶餐厅以约10万元租用。

由于商户对后市仍较审慎，负担月租亦有所降低，复式铺分拆后月租由百万元，降至每个10万至20万元起，吸引较多类型商户进驻；同时在高息环境下，业主亦可有租收，提供防守能力。

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国际时装品牌 趁租平重啟扩充

多个时装品牌于疫情期间大举收缩，如今通关加上核心区铺位租金回调，近期渐见国际及本地时装品牌重新扩充。

西班牙MANGO 租中环泛海大厦铺

时装品牌以往曾是核心区铺位租务主力，佔用较大楼面铺位，特别是核心区多层复式铺，高峰期时装品牌Forever 21、Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) 及GAP等，先后大举租核心区复式铺作旗舰店，月租涉数百万至千万元。疫情时生意大跌，加上租金高企，故不少品牌收缩，大幅减铺。

随着核心区铺位租金近年录得逾半以上跌幅，租金渐达可负担水平，吸引国际时装品牌重啟扩充，包括西班牙时装品牌MANGO承租中环泛海大厦地下及1楼铺位，物业面积合共约1.9万平方呎。租约由今年9月至明年8月，月租约125万元，明年9月至2026年8月，月租约130万元，最后1年月租135万元，按年加幅约4%，租金较高峰期跌6成。该品牌在港设有面积较细分店，如今趁租金平扩充。

另一连锁时装店、美式服装品牌A&F近期重新在港扩充，连同旗下另一品牌HOLLISTER Co.于今年第四季进驻新城市广场，该店涉及面积逾1万平方呎，将成为A&F新界区首间全新摩登假日概念店。据悉，该品牌同时租用铜锣湾希慎广场1楼约6,000平方呎铺位，月租料约60万元。该铺曾由GU时装租用，早前已预告迁出。

(经济日报)

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One Wood Road unveils first price list

One Wood Road in Wan Chai, developed by Vantage International, launched its first price list yesterday after not achieving any transactions in tender since it was put on sale in June.

The 10 flats are priced at an average of HK$23,003 per square foot, with the cheapest being a two-bedroom flat at HK$9.85 million.

The average price per sq ft is 13 percent lower than other projects in the same district launched seven years ago. The flats, which all 460 sq ft in size, are priced between HK$9.85 million and HK$11.67 million after discounts.

A property agency said the project is located in a core area of Hong Kong Island. When finished, the agency predicts it will lure homebuyers who are after practicality.

In other news, a 532-sq-ft one-bedroom flat with a storage room at The Avenue in Wan Chai sold for HK$10.01 million, with a price lower than HK$20,000 per sq ft. The flat was bought in 2013 for HK$9.55 million, and the seller booked a profit of HK$460,000.

In other news, Emperor Hotels Group's rental project in Central, was named The Unit Soho yesterday. The occupancy rate of the first batch of 20 pre-rental units reached 90 percent, with the price for furnished units as high as HK$120 per sq ft, the company said.

中环乙级商厦录一宗成交，位处德辅道中133号的厂商会大厦全层单位，建筑面积3200方呎，以每呎12188元易手，原业主持货接近14年，帐面仅升值1.6%。

中环德辅道中133号 (干诺道中64号) 厂商会大厦14楼全层，建筑面积3200方呎，以3900万易手，平均呎价12188元。

3200呎作价3900万

原业主于2010年11月以3838万购入，帐面获利62万，持货接近14年物业升值不足2%，接近平手离场。据了解，原业主一直自用单位，是次交吉交易。

买家为一名从事玩具、礼品及体育用品贸易的陈姓商人，大本营设于区内永安集团大厦高层单位全层。

据了解，买家是次购入商厦作为投资用途，以该厦呎租约45元计算，回报逾4厘。

该名新买家亦于3年前购入中环中心投资，于2021年7月，斥资8628.4809万向「磁带大王」购入中环中心3911室，建筑面积2769方呎，平均呎价高达31161元，单位望开扬楼景及山景。

投资者料回报逾4厘

上述厂商会大厦，向来极少买卖，该宗为今年首宗买卖，2023年及2022年「零」成交，2021年则录2宗成交，该厦19楼全层，建筑面积3200方呎，于2021年7月以7750万易手，平均呎价24219元，该厦10楼全层，建筑面积一样，于2021年9月以6300万易手，平均呎价19688元。最新买卖造价较2021年高位下跌接近50%。最新造价重返2010年水平。

于2010年，该厦录4宗成交，除了上述原业主购入单位外，同年12月，该厦17楼全层，建筑面积3200方呎，以3980万易手，平均呎价12438元，原业主则于同年1月以3288.8万购入该单位。

有代理表示，粉岭安乐门街28号福成商业大厦一单位，建筑面积约2098方呎，意向价980万，平均呎价约4671元。 该厦坐落粉岭安乐村工业区，大部分为物业单一业权。

(星岛日报)

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荃湾TML广场1060万售 持货7年蚀让7%

荃湾新式工厦TML广场录一宗蚀让成交，其中一个单位以1060万易手，原业主持货7年帐面蚀让约7%。

荃湾海盛路3号TML广场17楼A2室，建筑面积约1747方呎，以1060万易手，平均每呎6068元。

原业主于2017年1月以1142.1万购入，持货7年帐面蚀让82.1万，物业贬值约7%。于2019年6月之前，该厦成交呎价逾1万，现时较高位回落30%至40%。

较高位回落逾30%

有代理表示，长沙湾青山道660号百生利中心低层B室放租售，建筑总面积约3303方呎，意向价约1050万，平均每方呎约3179元，意向租金约4.8万，平均每方呎约14.5元。

该代理表示，该单位外望街景，楼底高度约10呎2吋，楼面负重约250磅，现连写字楼装修，大厦採用一梯两伙设计，另有2部载货升降机，大厦位处核心工商地段，临近长沙湾广场第1期及罗氏商业广场，步行至港铁荔枝角地约3分鐘。

百生利意向价1050万

该代理补充，上址坐落于青山道，坐拥多个住宅群，临近长沙湾广场及潮人和文青集中心地D2 PLACE ONE及D2 PLACE TWO，食肆及商户林立，大厦对上一宗成交在2022年3月以1090万录得，单位为高层4室，建筑总面积约2373方呎，呎价约4593元。

(星岛日报)

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甲厦价低位有承接 料交投回稳

近期甲厦业主出现大幅降价放盘，渐见有用家承接，相信随着减息在即，甲厦交投回稳，租售价可稍为喘定。

据一间代理行的10大指标甲厦统计，8月仅录1宗买卖，涉及美国银行中心中高层04至07及13室，面积约6,632平方呎，由一间金融财务公司租用，月租约22万元，租约期至2025年11月。单位上月初以1.21亿元沽出，呎价约18,245元，属于市价水平，以成交价计算租金回报率约2.2厘。

美国银行中心 4年蚀17%

翻查资料，单位曾由美国商会于2020年以约1.45亿元沽出，由活星地产集团创办人兼主席李耀湘或相关人士承接。相隔4年沽出，业主蚀约2,400万元离场，单位贬值约17%。

今年美国银行中心先后录2宗全层买卖，包括德祥地产 (00199) 以约2.6亿元沽出30楼总部全层连4个车位，不计车位价值，呎价约18,700元，创逾10年新低。

至于中环中心，本月录得一宗大额买卖，涉及物业66楼及75楼，由同一买家承接。现时66楼面积约26,967平方呎，由商务中心租用，而75楼面积约23,901平方呎，现由内地电讯企业租用，两层楼面合共50,868平方呎，以约14.2亿沽出，呎价约2.8万元。市场人士指，是次买家以星展银行呼声最高，该集团一直持有中环中心多层自用，并租用部分单位。此外，同厦22楼11室，面积约3,184平方呎，新近以约4,200万元沽出，成交呎价约13,191元，属多年来新低。

信德中心海景户 呎租48元

该行代理表示，近期甲厦录低价成交，相信因个别业主面对现实，大幅降价，而有企业见价格回调，决定买楼面自用，故甲厦价低位渐见承接。

后市上，该代理认为近期甲厦租金表现并不差，如上环信德中心招商局大厦中层单位，面积逾4,000平方呎，成交呎租约40元，另信德中心西座中层海景单位，面积约1,100平方呎，成交呎租约48元。他分析，甲厦租金在大幅回调后，近期已稍为喘定，可支持买卖价企稳，并预计减息在即，準买家会转为积极洽购甲厦单位，故预计今年交投可望回稳。

(经济日报)

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94 Yuen Long flats to go on sale

The Yoho Hub II in Yuen Long, developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016) will launch at least 94 flats in its new price list as early as next week.

The news comes after a 927-square-foot flat in The Yoho Hub II rented for HK$40,000 a month recently, a new high for rents in Yuen Long, according to a local property agency.

The Yoho Hub II consists of Tower 6 and Tower 8. The first two rounds of sales for the project were launched in May and the flats were all from Tower 8. In the second round of sales, the average price after discounts was HK$15,639 per sq ft.

The 94 flats will be from Tower 6.

With the Mid-Autumn Festival fast approaching, many new projects are rolling out sales promotions.

The Square Mile series from Henderson Land Development (0012), in a tie-up with five property agents, will offer the first three buyers of new homes in each of the five projects catering coupons worth HK$10,000, with a total of 15 coupons on offer. The series has so far sold 2,068 flats and raked in HK$12.7 billion.

Another property agency said that as rents continue to rise in the city some tenants will shift from renting to buying a flat.

According to another property agency, the rental yield of The Quinn Square Mile in Mong Kok, one project in the series, is 3.5 percent per annum.

Meanwhile, El Futuro in Sha Tin, developed by CK Asset (1113), will launch festival incentives with another property agency, giving the first five new homebuyers a free-spending credit offer worth HK$56,000. The promotion runs until October 15.

Koko Rosso and Koko Mare in Lam Tin, developed by Wheelock Properties, announced with another property agency that the first 10 homebuyers of two-bedroom flats with an open kitchen can each get a furniture coupon worth about HK$8,888.

在经济疲弱的背景下，金融和专业行业对传统写字楼需求大减，然而，健身、医疗美容等行业需求仍然持续增长，核心甲厦由「办公楼」走向「半零售化」。中环新世界大厦全层面积逾万方呎，由健身美容中心进驻，平均呎租75元。

中环新世界大厦27楼全层原本由新创建使用多年，早前新创建迁至长沙湾地标甲厦南商金融创新中心，该27楼全层亦成功租出，市场消息透露，该全层面积约10270方呎，新租户健身美容中心承租，平均呎租约75元，月租约77万。

业内人士指出，随着新世界自用旗下长沙湾新落成地标甲厦「83琼林街」多层楼面及区内同系甲厦，中环新世界大厦腾出部分楼面出租，此策略性安排，既带旺旗下重锤打造的九龙西商业圈，亦可透过出租核心区甲厦增加收入。

面积约10270呎月租77万

事实上，近期甲厦租客结构出现变化，金融及专业行业在经历贸易战、疫情、经济不景面对压力，对传统甲厦需求减少。

随着人们注重健康，对自我提升的重视，健身、医美行业及教育等半零售行业需求持续上升，陆续进驻甲厦以填补空档，甲厦大业主亦升级设施以开拓新客源。

元朗溱柏地铺近亿元沽

新世界就旗下中环新世界大厦作锐意转型，去年引入健康、专业医美及医疗行业，由疫情前占大厦的10%增加至当时35%，提高整体出租率，该类型行业普遍签下较长租约。

新世界近年沽售旗下非核心物业。元朗溱柏6间地铺，今年年初以意向价1.1亿放售，新近以近1亿沽售。代理指，买家为区内资深投资者，看好「北部都会区」发展，购入作为收租用途，计划租予零售餐饮，估计投资回报近5厘，上述6间地铺面积介乎650至5200方呎。

今年3月，新世界以40亿沽出愉景新城商场，随后以1.15亿售出西贡傲泷商场，旗下长沙湾甲厦83永康街卖现楼，首批入场费约721万，呎价介乎约1.2万至1.4万。

该27楼原本由新创建使用，早前新创建迁至长沙湾甲厦，该全层由健身美容中心承租。

(星岛日报)

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代理：指标甲厦售价连跌11个月

商厦租售价持续下跌。地产代理报告指出，8月指标甲厦售价按月跌约0.3%，连跌11个月，而乙厦售价则按月跌约2.4%。租金方面，甲乙厦租金按月分别跌约1.5%及1.9%。上月亦录7宗指标甲厦成交，按月持平。

售价按月跌约0.3%

8月最瞩目的是星展银行以约13.43亿购入中环中心66楼及75楼全层，平均呎价约26,402元，与中环区内市价相若。租务方面，瞩目的为工银亚洲以月租约500万租用红磡海滨广场1座多层楼面。

料「以价换量」蔓延至乙厦

代理表示，最新的整体指标乙厦售价已回落至2015年水平，相信「以价换量」情况将蔓延至乙厦市场，目前中环区商厦平均呎价约2.5万，是8年以来新低。金钟区平均呎价更低见1.8万左右，重回2012年水平。

(星岛日报)

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Big housing rebound predicted, deals jump

Fifteen transactions were recorded in Hong Kong's 10 major housing estates over the weekend ahead of an anticipated US interest rate cut.

This came as an eminent Hong Kong economist said he expects a significant rebound for the local property market as interest rates are lowered.

Transactions at the 10 blue-chip estates nearly doubled during the weekend, compared to eight deals a week ago, according to a local property agency. The 15 deals represented a half-year high, the agency said, adding that the number of estates that recorded no deals also narrowed to two during the period.

Many buyers rushed to snap up high-quality second-hand flats ahead of the expected rate cut, driving a strong rebound of transactions, an agent said .

Another local property agency also reported 15 deals at the 10 major estates over the weekend amid a lack of large-scale new project launches, alongside rate-cut expectations.

If Hong Kong's mortgage rates could come down, overall residential transactions see a boost by the end of the year, and the primary market in particular will perform better, another agent said.

This came as Lam Pun-lee, former associate professor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, said the current downturn in Hong Kong's property market is the smallest among the four adjustment cycles the city has experienced, and he expects the upcoming US interest rate cut will help the market bottom out .

Historical data shows that the property market often continues to fall for three to six years, with a drop of about 30 percent to 60 percent, Lam said.

However, property prices can often recover for more than 10 years after hitting a bottom, which would be "quite a substantial rebound," he added.

In other news, a new report from the first agency showed that starter homes have been the hardest hit among property foreclosure deals. Flats priced under HK$7 million accounted for 90 percent of those flats whose owners were unable to pay the mortgages.

As of August, the number of home foreclosures has reached over 340, marking a fresh high in 17 years and surpassing the levels seen during the 2008 financial tsunami.

(The Standard)

跨企钟情新甲厦 美资租啟德AIRSIDE万呎

新甲厦吸引商户搬迁成交，消息指，观塘The Millennity 1.5万平方呎单位，获玩具公司租用，呎租约30元，集团早前沽出同区俊汇中心甲厦自用单位。另啟德AIRSIDE 1万平方呎楼面，获美资药业公司租用。

市场消息称，观塘全新甲厦The Millennity录得租务成交，涉及中层单位，面积约1.5万平方呎，呎租料约30元。

早前1.33亿 沽俊汇中心总部

据悉，新租客为一家玩具公司，该集团本身总部在东九龙俊汇中心，早前他们沽出俊汇中心28及29楼连天台，物业面积合共约21,154平方呎，并连同一个约1,608平方呎平台，以及5个车位，以1.33亿元易手，平均呎价6,287元。沽出楼面后，现转租同区全新甲厦，而使用楼面有所收缩。

The Millennity去年入伙，今年亦获不少新租客承租，包括科技大学租用30及31楼两层，面积合共约3.8万平方呎，呎租料约30元。

新甲厦受跨国企业欢迎，消息称，啟德AIRSIDE中低层单位，面积约1万平方呎，以每呎约30元租出。据悉，新租客为一家美国药业公司，该集团原租用鰂鱼涌太古坊柏克大厦，现搬至AIRSIDE，作提升物业级数。

九龙区商厦租务较活跃，消息指，九龙湾恒生中心录全层租务，涉及物业低层全层，面积约2.6万平方呎，呎租约25元。据悉，该层楼面由港铁承租，公司总部一直设于该厦，去年集团扩充，租用物业中层2层，每层面积2.6万平方呎，合共约5.2万平方呎，若连同是次成交，集团于该厦已佔用至少4层。

另港岛区租务上，资料显示，湾仔大新金融中心12全层，以及13楼单位，获香港个人资料私隐专员公署续租，涉及约61.5万元。至于中环美国银行中心低层12室，面积约732平方呎，成交呎租约47元。

(经济日报)

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博士伦提价7%续租沙田物流中心

逆市下，工厦物业租金及售价跌幅相对少，部分工厦还录提价承租，沙田火炭嘉民沙田物流中心 (第2期) 17及18楼，面积约26428方呎，由眼科护理产品博士伦续租，月租396420元，较三年前提价7%。

月租39.6万续约3年

博士伦承租上述物业，由2019年开始每次续租均提价，由2019年10月至2021年10月租期两年，月租343564元，平均呎租13元，直至2021年10月续租三年，直至2024年10月，月租369992元，平均呎租14元，提价7.6%，最新由2024年10月至2027年10月，租期三年，月租396420元，提价7%，平均呎租15元。

业内人士指，儘管新式物流仓供应增加，惟租金相对高，一些传统物流仓本身租金平，需求稳定，录提价承租，虽然整体来说，仓库租赁录得下跌，惟跌幅较商厦细。根据一间外资代理行数据，2024年第二季仓库租金按季跌0.4%，租赁活动以续租为主。

平均每呎15元

该行又指，工业物业市场正在应对错综复杂环境，劳动力短缺促使租户升级至效率更高、位置更方便的专用仓库。另一方面，北部都会区棕地发展项目收地工作展开，将衍生搬迁需求，带动租赁活动。

(星岛日报)

尖沙咀药妆店罕签6年长租约 20万进驻美丽都大厦铺 平高峰近半

核心旅游区铺位空置率高，不少铺位已丢空多时，铺位一旦有租户承租，业主纷希望签署长租约锁定租客。尖沙咀美丽都大厦一个邻近区内大型商场K11 Art Mall的地铺，丢空接近3年，近期终以每月20万元由药妆店租用，虽然铺位租金较高位折让近一半，但仍获业主签署6年的长租约。

邻近K11 Art Mall 已丢空3年

刚租出的铺位为尖沙咀弥敦道54号美丽都大厦地下35号铺，建筑面积约900方呎，位于麼地道及碧仙桃路交界单边，邻近K11 Art Mall，今年4月以每月15万元放租，但据悉最终以20万元租出，呎租约222元，较4个多月前的叫租，不减反增5万元或33.3%。

租客为一家药妆店，铺位租约长达6年，至2030年8月才届满，属市场罕有铺位租予非国际零售品牌，却可获超过3年特长租约的个案。

上述物业原由资深投资者黎永滔持有，今年4月以「蚀让价」3050万元售出，呎价约3.39万元。黎永滔于2007年7月以6280万元买入此铺，持货逾17年，账面亏蚀3230万元，物业贬值51.4%。以最新租金计算，业主可收取的租金回报高达7.9厘。

该铺在今次租出之前，已丢空接近3年。据资料显示，铺位曾由一家行李箱品牌自2013年起租用长达8年，最初月租高见37.5万元，呎租约417元；及后在2018年获减租41.3%至22万元，呎租降至约244元续约，直至2021年10月租约期满结业。如今铺位再度租出，较2013年高位每月租金大跌17.5万元或46.7%。

参考同区邻近租赁个案，尖沙咀加拿分道15至19号立诚大厦地下A铺，与美丽都大厦地铺相距不足2分鐘步程，建筑面积约900方呎，新近获一家药妆店以每月9.5万元租用，呎租约106元，租期只有2年。该铺原租户为珠宝店，旧租金为13.8万元，租金下滑31.2%。

淡市下业主愿锁定租金收入

另外，尖沙咀汉口道53号地下及阁楼，地下建筑面积约1000方呎，阁楼建筑面积约800方呎，合共建筑面积约1800方呎，今年6月起由一家海味成药店以每月22万元租用，呎租约122元，据悉租期为3年。此铺位于2013至2016年期间曾由连锁珠宝店周大福 (01929) 以月租80万元租用，呎租高达444元，目前租金较高峰期低58万元或72.5%。

业内人士分析，在铺市好景时，一般位于核心旅游区的铺位租约只有2至3年，业主期望租约届满后，原租户可以较高价钱续约或转换新租客。但近年不少铺位已丢空多时，空置率高，当个别铺位获新客租用，业主亦不介意签订较长年期租约，以锁定租金收入。

(信报)

Speculator makes $261,000 killing in under two months

A property speculator has made a rare killing of a little more than a quarter of a million dollars in the span of under two months, despite Hong Kong's downbeat housing market.

The investor bought five flats at SkyeHi in Tuen Mun for a total of more than HK$15 million when the developer K&K Property launched sales of the last 33 flats in the project in July.

But they have now sold one of them - a 265-square-foot one-bedroom unit bought for HK$2.94 million - for HK$3.2 million, making a profit of 9 percent or HK$261,000 in less than two months, according to local media reports.

The seller had opted for a 120-day payment deadline on the unit but paid the entire amount in advance to be able to resell the flat, according to the reports.

The other four flats are now being offered at prices that are HK$300,000 higher than their original cost, the reports said.

Meanwhile, The Yoho Hub II's Tower Six in Yuen Long has opened show flats after releasing a new price list for 94 flats, with the cheapest priced at HK$6.83 million.

In other news, KT Marina I in Kai Tak saw six deals yesterday worth a total of HK$36 million for developers K Wah International (0173), Wheelock Properties and China Overseas Land and Investment (0688).

The project launched 12 more selected flats with discounts as high 35.75 percent to cater to robust demand after it released Mid-Autumn Festival incentives. The cheapest is a 306-sq-ft one-bedroom unit priced at HK$4.87 million after discounts.

有代理行表示，观塘宏基资本大厦低层全层连4个私家车位，建筑面积约12029方呎，意向售价约9022万元，呎价约7500元，以交吉形式出售。

该行指出，上述全层物业视野开扬，坐拥全邮轮码头海景，配以落地玻璃大窗，附设写字楼装修。

宏基资本大厦徒步前往港铁牛头角站仅需数分鐘。

(信报)

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金朝阳不提上诉 希云大厦取消拍卖

金朝阳 (00878) 最新公告交代铜锣湾希云大厦强拍的最新进展，发展商指，上诉法庭已于9月2日公布驳回其上诉的判决，并裁定出售命令的3个月有效期，只能再延长3个月一次，因此出售命令的有效性于8月29日之后，不再具有任何法律效力。而该集团经过諮询其专业顾问后，将不会提出上诉，即项目不会再举行拍卖。

此后，土地审裁处通知根据出售命令委任的受託人，并就受託人单方面申请进一步延长出售命令的期限，以进行第二次拍卖作出回覆，表示不会批准延期。

受託人其后通知该集团，其会按照强拍条例第7 (3) 条的规定，在土地註册处撤销出售命令的登记，因此将不会进行第二次拍卖。各方将回復至作出强制出售申请前的状态，即如从未作出出售命令。而据该集团董事所深知、尽悉及确信，不收购或出售希云大厦的不分割份数，不会对其产生直接财务影响。

希云大厦位于铜锣湾礼顿道128至138号、希云街2至30号，比邻为同由金朝阳发展的曦峦。金朝阳于2019年申请强拍，至今年2月获土地审裁处以底价24.25亿元批出强拍令，惟在今年4月「流拍」收场。其后发展商曾向土地审裁处申请延长拍卖期限至8月29日，及申请下调拍卖底价至与该地段的市值一样，不过土审最终仅批准延期，却未有调整底价。

(经济日报)

九龙湾第一集团中心 两铺6千万沽

九龙湾新商厦第一集团中心地下两铺位，合共以6,000万元沽出。

观塘世达两银主盘 1490万易手

资料显示，九龙湾全新商厦第一集团中心地下01及2号铺易手，物业1号单位面积约2,760平方呎，以3,500万元沽出，另2号铺面积约2,382平方呎，以2,500万元沽出，合共涉资约6,000万元。据悉，目前1号铺位由电动车AION埃安租用，另2号铺仍交吉。

据了解，两铺位均由发展商第一集团沽出。该集团今年中展开拆售。

另外，观塘工厦世达中心两银主单位以1,490万元易手，物业4年间贬值一半。资料显示，观塘巧明街录得两宗登记，涉及物业低层C及D室，面积分别约2,383及2,858平方呎，合共约5,241平方呎，以1,490万元成交，呎价仅约2,842元。

翻查资料，原业主于2020年以3,100万元购入上述单位，惟其后业主多番加按物业，及后沦为银主盘。如今以1,490万元沽出，单位贬值1,610万元，幅度达52%。

(经济日报)

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旺角MK居停放售 全幢市值2.95亿

旺角长沙街11号MK居停全幢酒店放售，拥有101个房间，全幢市值2.95亿。

有外资代理行代理表示，MK居停全幢楼高19层，建筑面积约26140方呎，提供101个房间，望都市景，项目于疫情前高峰期月租约240万。当下旅游业未完全復甦，若以营业额减半计算，预期月租约120万，预期回报近5厘。截标日期2024年10月9日。

提供101个房间

该代理又说，最近两年间酒店/旅馆成交项目中，新买家多改装学生宿舍或长租公寓，使酒店在短时间内消失逾约1000个单位。

MK居停与弥敦道仅一街之隔，有利游客前往多个地标性旅游景点，如西洋菜街市集、朗豪坊、旧油麻地警署、油麻地戏院及电影中心等网红打卡热点，更邻近多个24小时运作的粤港直通巴士站，为国内旅客提供便利，MK居停距离高铁站仅数分鐘车程。

料回报近5厘

该代理续道，美国议息会议在即，在预期减息前下，市场相信美元汇率将调整，不仅降低港人到外地消费，将提升东南亚及国内人士到港旅游诱因，该行联络数个潜在的营运方，确保新买家购入物业后做到无缝交接，预计MK居停为各投资者及潜在买家所注视。

(星岛日报)

More Southside flats to go on sale

Phase 3C of The Southside, jointly developed by CK Asset (1113) and MTR Corporation (0066) in Wong Chuk Hang, has been named Blue Coast II and sales are expected to launch next month.

The project consists of two towers, offering 558 two-bedroom to four-bedroom flats. The first phase of the Blue Coast or phase 3B of The Southside was launched in April, with 571 flats sold as of yesterday. It minted HK$10.8 billion for its developer, with the average price for a flat in the project standing at HK$19 million or an average of HK$25,000 per square foot.

Justin Chiu Kwok-hung, CK Asset's executive director, predicted home prices to remain close to the present level as the room for prices to drop further is "not large" since the impending US Federal Reserve's rate cuts would bolster the local property market.

In other news, a new compulsory sale for Haven Court in Causeway Bay will not be held.

Haven Court was acquired by Soundwill (0878) more than 10 years ago but the compulsory sale in April was aborted after Soundwill did not attend. As the compulsory sale order became invalid on August 29, Soundwill said a second compulsory sale auction would not be held for the building.

新世界近1亿 沽溱柏6地铺

新世界 (00017) 近期加快沽出非核心物业套现，市传最新以近1亿元沽出元朗溱柏6间地铺，新买家为元朗资深投资者，计划购入作为零售餐饮长綫收租。

据了解，上述6间商铺面积介乎650至5,200平方呎，于今年年初以意向价1.1亿元放售，最近以接近1亿元售出。

区内资深资者 睇好北都发展

代理指，买家为区内资深资者，看好政府近年积极发展「北部都会区」，押注新界西北区，计划长綫持有铺位作零售餐饮之用，估计投资回报近5%。

溱柏位于元朗南公庵路68号，位置跟元朗市中心虽然有些距离，不过政府正在发展元朗南新发展区，预计将带旺周边人流及发展。

至于近期新世界积极沽售非核心物业，包括在今年3月先以40亿元沽出愉景新城商场，及后再以1.15亿元沽出西贡傲瀧商场，及后分拆长沙湾甲厦83永康街以现楼形式开售，首批单位呎价介乎约1.2万至1.4万元，入场费约721万元起。

荃湾区加快转型 工厦拟改商业用

为荃湾东大窝口工业区一带转型加快，除了新地 (00016) 今年初就横窝仔街重建项目进行第二次补地价外，政府近日提出将马头坝道多幢工厦改成商业用地，料可加快区内转型。

荃湾东工业区分别两部分，首先是杨屋道、德士古道及沙咀道交界的大窝口工业区，现时规划为「综合发展区」，以及杨屋道以南由马头坝道及德士古道组成的工业区，佔地约11.9公顷，多达40幢工厦，目前大多数维持作「工业」，亦有小部分属于「综合发展区」。

直接改划用途 减省重建程序

不过，规划署近期提出，将其中马头坝道19至31号的3幢工厦，佔地约8.2万平方呎，由现时「综合发展区」改划成「商业」用途，设有最大楼面限制约56.5万平方呎，虽然改划前用地意向都是作商业发展，当局直接改作「商业」用途，减少业主或发展商重建时的城规程序，可促进重建。

事实上，杨屋道以南的工业区转型近年亦有不少工厦重建计划，其中4个计划重建成新式工厦，预计可带来约87万平方呎楼面。

4新式工厦重建 增87万呎楼面

至于杨屋道、德士古道及沙咀道交界的大窝口工业区，佔地约4.4公顷，早在逾10年前已经获规划署由工业改划成综合发展区，用意是促进转型成住宅区，区内有7成工厦楼面用作货仓用途，另有2成楼面作为非工业用途，包括数据中心等。

除了由房委会旗下大窝口工厂大厦成功重建成居屋尚翠苑，以及由新地 (00016) 牵头提出将沙咀道及联仁街交界的安泰工业中心、王子工业大厦及亚洲脉络中心等4幢工厦展开重建。

当中新地早在2019年已经就着位于横窝仔街的安泰工业中心，补地价约4.7亿元由工业改为住宅发展，及后再获得城规会批准，将地积比率进一步提高2成至6倍，住宅楼面增加至20.1万平方呎，发展商早前再次以约1亿元进行补地价，每呎补地价约2,983元，项目两次补地价合计约5.7亿元，连新地于31年前购入该工厦时候的作价约2.3亿元，总地价成本近8亿元，总地价成本每呎近4,000元。

项目将会兴建1幢31层高分层住宅，提供465伙私楼，平均单位面积432平方呎，另外亦会提供约1.1万平方呎作为幼儿中心的社福设施。

2相连工厦放售 估值9亿

近期荃湾区有不少工厦放售，其中华润资本等持有的荃湾横窝仔街36至50号两幢相连工厦早前放售，市场估值约9亿元。

申建住宅 攻中小户型

涉及物业为卓悦集团中心，即前称海林大厦A座及B座，原由卓悦所持有，不过后来该集团于前年初，由全资附属公司卓悦投资、华润资本旗下公司分别出资75%及25%，供款约5.5亿元合组基金，并与此基金订立买卖协议，斥约9亿元向卓悦收购该工厦，卓悦售后租回作营运场所。

同时，华润方面亦申请将工厦获批准重建1幢33层高住宅大厦，提供约261个中、小型单位及社福设施，总楼面逾12.6万平方呎。

另外，由大鸿辉兴业持有的荃湾工业中心一篮子工厦放售，包括2楼至5楼全层，以及22楼05及07单位，单位面积最细约2,388平方呎，总楼面共约22.3万方呎不等，意向价约8亿元，平均呎价约3,593元，适合自置作厂房或货仓用途。

市场资料显示，该批工厦曾于去年2月推出放售，当时叫价11亿元，时隔一年再度放盘，物业价格调低3亿元，幅度约27%。

(经济日报)

Sun Hung Kai halts price war in Yuen Long project, betting rate cuts will lure homebuyers

Hong Kong’s biggest developer may be signalling to the market that cheaper borrowing costs are good enough to lure homebuyers

Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) is putting some of its new flats in Yuen Long for sale at the same price as in the previous launch last quarter, suggesting the city’s home builders expect cheaper borrowing costs will be a big magnet to lure buyers back into the market.

Hong Kong’s biggest developer will put 94 units in Tower Six of The Yoho Hub II project for sale next week at an average price of HK$14,338 per square foot, according to the price list published on Tuesday. That is unchanged from the level when it sold all 423 units in Tower Eight in May.

The firm may be setting an example for industry peers to preserve their margins, after several rounds of discounting through the Covid-19 pandemic to clear their inventories. The Federal Reserve is odds-on to cut its target rate by 25 basis points this week, according to rate traders. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority follows the Fed in lockstep under its linked exchange rate system.

“[Discounting] will depend on supply in particular districts, and those with excess volume will continue to see cuts,” an agent said. Overall, price cuts would gradually stop as more rate cuts are projected into 2025.”

Sun Hung Kai last slashed its selling price by as much as 28 per cent at the Yuen Long development in May, as developers competed with peers to win customers. A weak economic outlook and borrowing costs at 17-year high have weakened demand as buyers hold out for cheaper prices.

Before this year’s price war, the Yoho Hub project atop the Yuen Long railway station ranked as the most expensive new development in the neighbourhood. The flats were marketed at an average price of HK$19,899 to HK$21,700 per sq ft in different batches.

The housing market has been waiting for the Fed decision and buying sentiment will eventually recover as rents continue to increase, according to another agent. Prices in the primary market have been cut rather deeply, and developers are not very desperate to offload their stock, the agent added.

The Yoho Hub II project comprises Tower 6 and 8, offering a total of 939 units. Next week’s launch will include 34 two-bedroom units and 60 three-bedroom units. After customary discounts, the units sell from HK$6.8 million to HK$12.97 million, or translated to HK$13,008 to HK$15,603 per sq ft.

“As the interest-rate cut is expected to be implemented soon, investors and buyers are likely to seize this golden opportunity to reallocate their assets, which will boost market transactions,” said Victor Lui Ting, deputy managing director at SHKP. A strong rental market has helped shore up confidence among homebuyers, he added.

As expectations for more rate cuts intensify, consumer purchasing power will be released, the agent said.

Transactions in the primary market will reach about 800 deals this month, the agent forecasts, adding that the momentum could grow into October. Investors could make up 30 per cent of the buyers, as higher rents and yields make it plausible to buy and lease, the agent added.

近期甲厦租务成交，主要于九龙区出现，先后录中资及外资金融机构租楼面进行扩充。

据一间外资代理行每月写字楼租金统计，7月写字楼市场的气氛仍然疲弱。港岛甲级写字楼的平均租金下跌至每平方呎62.8元，年初至今已下跌2.6%。由于写字楼租赁需求疲弱，空置率达13.5%的新高。该行指，儘管外资律师行缩减规模及金融业表现不佳，但对新建甲级写字楼的需求有所增加，因租户对高质素写字楼的追求持续和受低租金所吸引。

九龙区方面，该行指7月租务开始回升。虽然九龙区的写字楼平均交易面积仍少于3,000平方呎，但新租赁成交宗数按月增加超过20%。在九龙多个区域中，九龙东仍然是租户的主要焦点，而九龙西的项目亦偶有部分租客表示有兴趣租用。

远东宏信 租环球贸易广场 (ICC) 69楼全层

市场租务成交上，包括九龙站环球贸易广场录得全层租务，涉及物业69楼全层，面积约3.5万平方呎，以每呎约70元租出。由于属物业高层，故享有优质景观。消息称，新租客为内地金融机构远东宏信，业务涉及金融、贸易、諮询、投资等，总部设于上海。该集团早前租用环球贸易广场极高层2个单位，分别为66楼约8,000平方呎，以及67楼约1万平方呎单位，合共约1.8万平方呎，当中67楼单位属集团总部，于去年初啟用。由于集团业务扩张，现决定放弃66楼单位，而转租69楼全层，换言之合共使用约4.5万平方呎，比原有楼面增加1.5倍，可见集团长綫看好在港发展。

另外，尖沙咀北京道一号中高层全层，面积约1.2万平方呎，以每平方呎约70元租出。由于该厦享优质全海景，并有半零售成分，向来租务亦理想，租金水平属同区偏高。据了解，该层楼面原由一家美容集团租用3层，其后续租楼面降至1层，另外两层交由业主重新招租。据悉，新租客为渣打银行，料作财富管理业务之用，属扩充性质。

友邦保险 港威大厦扩充

另同区海港城港威大厦录全层租务，涉及5座38楼全层，面积约2.4万平方呎，以每平方呎约55元租出。据了解，新租客为友邦保险，集团于该厦已租用多层，涉及逾20万平方呎，如今再进行扩充。

该代理行称，一直以来，九龙区租赁需求主要来自政府机构和内地企业，但现在的租赁需求扩展到不同行业，包括保险业。企业业务扩充和追求高质素的写字楼空间，推动九龙区甲级写字楼市场的復甦。整体而言，下半年九龙区写字楼有稳定的跡象。

(经济日报)

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观塘骆驼漆中心全幢4.1亿易手

曾由邓成波家族持有，上月沦为银主盘的观塘骆驼漆中心全幢，刚以约4.1亿易手，平均呎价4816元，较10年前购入价贬值逾60%。

物业属银主盘

观塘兴业街1号骆驼漆中心，为一座楼高7层银座式商厦，建筑面积共约85116方呎，项目由邓成波家族于2014年以10.8亿购入，并于2017年市况炽热时放售，当时意向价高达28.8亿，惟并没有成功沽售。

随后多年来不断推出放售，在2022年3月叫价约13亿至14亿，去年4月叫价调整至11.2亿，于今年初再次下调叫价至11亿，累积减幅可观。

不过，项目于上月被银主接管，当时代理表示市场估值约10亿，现时大幅减价易手，以项目总楼面计算，平均每呎4816元。

曾由邓成波家族持有

市场消息透露，邓氏家族曾打算拆售物业，并没有着意为该全幢招租，目前只有地铺有一名租客，其餘皆交吉，新买家须花一番心思招租，估计写字楼市值呎租20至30元，铺位市值呎租逾50元，以易手价计算，料回报6厘至7厘。他续说，该项目适宜重新定位及包装。

该厦地下及1楼为餐厅，2楼至6楼为写字楼，每层面积约11536至13168方呎，属三面大单边位置，门面阔约217呎，该厦已获地政处批出不反对通知书及屋宇署批准改建为零售用途，部分位置可设户外餐饮区，可改建为苏豪区集中地。

2014年成交价10.8亿

有代理表示，观塘海滨道135号宏基资本大厦低层全层连4个私家车位，建筑面积约12,029方呎，现时意向价约9022万，每呎叫价约7500元，以交吉形式出售，上述全层望邮轮码头景，附设写字楼装修，宏基资本大厦为区内指标甲厦，距离港铁牛头角站仅约5至7分鐘步程。

(星岛日报)

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中环全幢商厦获洽 用家投资垂青

商厦价格高位急跌后，气氛趋活跃，中环皇后大道中152号全幢写字楼皇后大道中心获洽，有望短期内以14亿易手。

皇后大道中152号全幢甲厦皇后大道中心，佔地约4030方呎，总面积约80876方呎，市场消息指，由于项目规模适中，推售以来获用家及投资者问盘，反应不俗，有望短期内以14亿易手，平均呎价17310元，项目接近中环中心，惟较中环中心近期成交呎价2.8万低逾30%。

总楼面80876呎

该厦每层面积2531至3733方呎，一梯一伙，层与层之间高度约3.25至6.6米，地下至15楼为铺契，可作餐饮或零售用途，17楼至30楼为写字楼，大厦拥有双门面设计，分别面向皇后大道中及威灵顿街。

据悉，準买家看中属新式商厦，3楼拥有空中花园及平台，29至30楼特色楼层设有露台，这是旧式商厦欠缺的。项目曾由财团收购近10多年，在整合业权后重建，连同收购及建筑成本，投资额估计近10亿，于2020年落成。

湾仔鸿翔延迟截标

湾仔皇后大道东83号鸿翔中心1至26楼连天台，佔全幢商厦约94％业权，早前推出标售，有代理行昨日表示，因反应热烈，现顺应一眾潜在买家要求，截标日期将由10月9日，顺延至2024年10月18日。而该项目出售部分的批则面积约34585方呎。

(星岛日报)

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New Happy Valley flats priced at 13-year low

One Jardine's Lookout in Happy Valley on Hong Kong Island, developed by Emperor International Holdings (0163) launched its first price list offering 50 units, with the cheapest being a 231-square-foot unit priced at HK$4.15 million after discounts.

The project started taking orders yesterday with an average price per sq ft after discounts of around HK$17,904.

The vice-chairman of Emperor Alex Yeung Ching-loong, said the company wants to offer units that have the potential for value-appreciation, and he believes the US Federal Reserve's interest rate cut will boost the local property market.

Located in the upper-income residential area Mid Level's East, the lowest home price of the first batch of the project marked a new low in 13 years in the district, a property agent said.

The first batch includes 18 one-bedroom units, 11 two-bedroom units and 21 three-bedroom flats, with home sizes ranging from 231 to 559 sq ft and prices after discounts between HK$4.15 million and HK$10.72 million.

Yeung stated if the market's response is positive, the developer will actively consider putting more units for sale but does not exclude rental units.

One Jardine's Lookout has 123 units in total, ranging from studio to four-bedroom flat, as well as some special units.

Riding the wave of the interest rate cuts, many developers plan to launch more units.

Upper Central in Mid-levels West also released its first price list yesterday, offering 30 units with prices after discounts ranging from HK$3.99 million to HK$11.81 million. The cheapest flat in the project developed by Yuzhou Group (1628) is a 167-sq-ft studio.

Cullinan Sky Phase 1 in Kai Tak, developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016) unveiled six show flats and the developer said the first price list will be released next week.

The agent said that the interest rate cut is a more significant milestone for the property market in the city compared to the removal of curbs in February.

The agent anticipates a 3 percent increase in home prices in the SAR by the end of 2024 and he is optimistic the trend will continue next year.

The agent also expects the number of transactions in the primary market in October to hit the 2,000 mark.

(The Standard)

Luxury brands gear for expansion

Seven luxury brands are planning to collectively double their footprint to more than 30,000 square feet at K11 Musea in Tsim Sha Tsui over the next four years, as the high-end real estate arm New World Development (0017) bets on a rebound in the city's premium retail sector to help ease property-market woes.

Audemars Piguet, Balenciaga, Brunello Cucinelli, Loewe, Saint Laurent and Van Cleef & Arpels will be giving their K11 Musea shops facelifts while Prada is set to unveil its inaugural store at Victoria Dockside.

"We are excited that many leading luxury brands are expanding at K11 Musea, especially in the context of the current Hong Kong retail sector," said Richard Cheung, executive vice president of K11 Group. "This is largely the result of the strong performance and very high sales productivity at their current stores at K11 Musea."

The K11 brand malls have been a key growth driver for New World's investment property sector. In the six months that ended in December, Musea recorded a 41 percent increase in sales from the year before, mainly driven by luxury spending, beauty care, and cultural activities, according to New World's financial report.

The K11 mall's luxury pivot offers one of the first clues to New World's turnaround plans after the developer, which has been grappling with higher debt levels than its peers, issued a warning last month of an expected loss of up to HK$20 billion for the financial year that ended in June.

(The Standard)

Hong Kong’s property market set to revive gradually as rate cuts buoy sentiment, demand

The first rate cut should lure more homebuyers back to showrooms, and prices are appealing after a 25 per cent slump from peak, analysts say

Hong Kong’s downtrodden property market is expected to enjoy a revival in sentiment after the first cut in borrowing costs in nearly five years. It may not prompt a big rush to the showrooms just yet, as lower rates are baked into forecasts, according to industry analysts.

The view follows a decision by the biggest commercial banks to lower their prime lending rates at a measured pace or smaller margins. The decision came after the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) cut its base rate to 5.25 per cent from 5.75 per cent, in lockstep with the Federal Reserve’s first policy-easing measure since 2020.

“There is still insufficient purchasing power in the market” given the cumulative increase in mortgage rates over the past few years, a property agent said. “Property prices will remain under pressure in the short term, especially in the second-hand property market. Prime rates will fall more slowly.”

HSBC will lower its prime rate by a quarter-point to 5.625 per cent from Friday while Bank of China (Hong Kong) will reduce its benchmark to the same level from September 23. Standard Chartered and Bank of East Asia will pare their prime rates to 5.875 per cent. The lenders had raised their lending rates by a total of 87.5 basis points in this cycle.

The one-month Hong Kong interbank offered rate or Hibor, a benchmark for mortgage loans, fell to a 16-month low of 3.614 per cent on Thursday after the HKMA policy move. The rate reached as high as 5.659 per cent in November last year from 3.141 per cent in March 2022 when the Fed began its tightening move.

A 466-sq ft, two-bedroom flat in Mei Foo was sold for HK$5.09 million on Thursday, marking the first deal in the market since rate-cut announcements, according to a local property agency. It was transacted at 7.5 per cent below the asking price. The owner paid HK$5.8 million for it in 2021.

Many buyers have already returned to the market, as evidenced by higher transaction volume in recent months as prices began to look appealing. Hong Kong’s home prices have declined by 25 per cent since the market peaked in September 2021, according to government data.

The Fed decision signifies the start of the rate reduction cycle, and “this will support the property market and boost transactions,” said Ricky Wong, managing director of Wheelock Properties. The developer is preparing to sell more flats in Kai Tak, Wan Chai and The Peak next quarter, he added.

Many prospective buyers are taking steps to view properties. A total of 1,050 appointments were booked last weekend involving 50 major housing estates, according to another property agency. The appointments have been increasing for eight consecutive weeks, reaching the highest over 19 weekends.

A total of 61 transactions were recorded last week, or 3 per cent lower than the preceding week as some buyers wanted to grasp the chance before this week’s expected rate cut, the agency said. The lower prime rates will save borrowers HK$795 per month, based on a HK$6 million flat and a 30-year loan at prime minus 1.75 per cent.

“Recently, the number of buyers re-entering the market has started to increase, and developers have also indicated they will speed up the pace of launching new flats for sale in the near future,” a mortgage broker said.

Nonetheless, lived-in home prices in Hong Kong have continued to fall, dragging the official benchmark to its lowest level in nearly eight years in July, according to the Rating and Valuation Department. Prices have weakened by 7.4 per cent this year, and losses may be limited from here, UBS said.

“We forecast prices to decline by around 5 per cent in 2024, implying that the price decline will stabilise by the end of this year,” said Mark Leung, Greater China property analyst at the Swiss investment bank. “Prices are [also] expected to stabilise in 2025. Transactions should increase.”

Hong Kong’s property market in 2025 is likely to be more opportunistic than this year, an agent said. But as the new residential supply is still high, “there are no conditions for a significant recovery in prices” just yet, the agent added.

综合市场人士表示，多年来工商铺市场受到重创，现时市底疲弱尤其是商厦及铺位，减息有助市场回復元气，工商铺价格将会逐渐见底回稳。

钟楚义：信心将慢慢恢復

资本策略主席钟楚义指，减息是一个方向性改变，一个转捩点，慢慢令投资者重拾信心，不过，现时市场信心仍然很薄弱、相信仍要视乎香港经济如何发展，香港要找寻一个新方向发展、需要新政策推动香港经济，尤其受美国政府打压之后香港。

蔡志忠：最快年底有转机

亚洲地产创办人蔡志忠表示，近年工商铺投资者所面对挫折，属非战之罪，他们普遍採用H按，近年来美国加息11次之后，H按借贷人供款骤增10倍，若借款额10亿，由以往月供利息100餘万，加至近年逾1000万，艰难情况可想而知。减息后扭转情况，近期H按已由今年高位7厘，减至最新3.7厘，供楼负担大减。

事实上，疫情以来逾4年冲击下，工商铺市场重创，价格普遍跌40%至60%，随着今次减息，势将带动交投，有助工商铺价格较快见底，他预期，见底时间还是需要时间，最快为今年底或明年初，「要待低价银主盘、平价盘陆续被吸纳，当盘源陆续由实力买家持有，持货力强，不再轻易放售，届时就是价格回稳上升之时。」

马侨生：最差时刻成过去

他认为，市况U形发展，现时已接近或已处于底部，惟底部或要再横行一段时间。

资深投资者马侨生表示，大幅减息属意料之外，随着减息周期正式啟动，对整体经济释出正面讯息，相信最差时刻成为过去。事实上，工商铺市场沉寂多年，尤其部分商厦租售价过分下跌，吸引用家吸纳，部分企业趁低成本扩张。他一直对后市保持信心，「若看得太差，就失去机会」！

(星岛日报)

减息除障碍 工商铺大手买卖看升

代理：学生宿舍投资新焦点

香港终落实减息，有外资代理行代理认为，减息后对投资者入市兴趣会提高，相信有助交投量回升，价格上则仍要视乎租金表现。

据该行统计5,000万元以上工商铺成交，今年第三季工商铺暂仅录42亿元成交，较第二季跌25%，持续淡静。不过，市场近日终有利好消息，美国联储局正式宣布减息半厘，为超过4年来首次减息，而本港银行亦随即减息0.25厘。

息口回落 投资者有方向

息口高企持续两年，该代理指，本港大额买卖少源于两大因素，「高息及内地经济放缓，令市场气氛欠佳。内地若非有重要措施推出，短期復甦仍较慢，故此息口回落，至少为市场带来好消息。」该代理分析，是次美国减息0.5厘，心理及气氛上会好，「美国目标2026年至有望回落至2.8厘，就算现阶段不会令交投炽热，利息转向讯号非常重要，投资者开始有方向。」

该代理指，息口回落将令买家心态转正面，因过往两年，高息下投资者追求物业净回报率达6厘，同时租金向下，令业主要大幅降价才能满足，「银行定期存款数字高，反映资金仍充裕，当利息回落便渐有入市动力。」

高息下业主持货压力大，该代理预期若再减息1厘，情况将大不同，「近一年银主盘涌现，正因持有物业收入未能抵销利息开支，若息口再跌1厘，断供情况将明显降低，价格便开始稳定。」现阶段下，该代理预计投资者会开始入市，同时市场仍要消化平价盘，料第四季大手买卖回升，至约70亿水平。

核心区商厦 值得投资

在各范畴上，该代理称若按统计，今年分层商厦成交不算很差，反映了用家入市转积极，并相信价格已跌至极低水平，「怎衡量价钱跌得多与少？如果商厦呎价跌至5,000元，基本上已属建筑价，可说是触底。」对于目前高空置及供应，地区还是关键，「供应量要睇地区，似乎集中于东九龙，核心区中环不算很多供应，故睇好核心区仍是最值得投资。」

商铺及酒店投资上，该代理指通关后内地旅客消费模式改变，「本港5星酒店尚有商务客入住，3至4星酒店却因过夜客减少，甚至因交通方便，选择住深圳酒店，经营酒店渐困难。」正因如此，该代理透露不少业主放售3至4星酒店，造就财团入市改装成学生宿舍，「在眾多投资项目上，只有学生宿舍租金稳步向上。」

学生宿舍成投资新焦点，故该代理指该行亦多加部署，要吸引财团投资同时，亦会安排本地租赁项目营运商合作，令财团安心投放资金。

(经济日报)

证券商每月78万租罗素街铺

铜锣湾罗素街曾以贵租闻名世界，逆市下租金急跌，租客亦趋向大眾化，该街道一个单边「铺王」以每月78万承租，新租客为证券商，租金较高峰期跌65%，平均呎租1114元。该证券商今年初以每月100万进驻旺角单边「铺王」，是次再下一城在「名店街」建据点。

由资深投资者黎永滔持有的罗素街59至61号丽园大厦地下G铺，药房提早一年撤出，铺位早前再度放租，以每月78万成功租出，平均呎租1114元。现场所见，新租客为富途证券，铺位围上木板，装修工程正在展开，新租客对后市具信心，签署5年长约，包括3年梗约及2年生约，是次亦是该公司今年第二度承租黄金地段「铺王」。

今年第二度承租铺王

该铺位旧租客药房去年9月签署2年租约，月租65万，惟生意未如理想，早前决定提早一年离场，黎永滔以每月80万将铺位放租，期间，获3间準租客包括鐘錶店洽商，最终由出价最高的富途证券拍板承租，较一年前旧租金加幅20%。

该铺位动向一直备受注目，2009年由珠宝金行粤港澳湛周生生以每月73万进驻，2012年高峰时期月租加至高达220万，平均呎租约3142元，为当时全港「呎租铺王」，最新租金较高位回落65%。

随着铺市回落，自2021年起两年内，该铺多次短租予口罩店及时装店，料月租约10万至20万。租金较高位回落65%

富途证券于今年5月，亦向黎永滔承租旺角亚皆老街67至69号地铺连阁楼，建筑面积2300方呎，较上一手长租客老凤祥于高峰期月租220万，大跌45%，但较1年前时装店月租38万，则大升逾2倍。现时，该铺日夜在赶工装修，工程接近尾声。

(星岛日报)

TOYOMALL湾仔巨铺1.5亿易手 投资者承接料回报近7厘

减息后大手买卖持续，资深投资者罗守辉旗下TOYOMALL沽售湾仔骆克道巨铺，作价1.5亿，平均呎价6818元，新买家为收租客，料回报近7厘。

继上周五北角一篮子铺位易手，市场再录一宗大手买卖，湾仔骆克道233至243号星港大厦地下D铺、1至3楼全层，建筑面积共22000方呎，以及大厦外墙权益，以1.5亿连约易手，平均呎价6818元。

持货6年贬值11%

据了解，该物业地铺实用面积约350方呎，1至3楼每层建筑面积逾7000方呎，现时由一间护老院承租，月租86.2万至明年11月梗约期满，生约月租可调升至最高99万，以易手价计算，料现时回报6.9厘，生约时回报更高达7.9厘。

TOYOMALL于2018年2月以1.684亿购入，持货6年，帐面亏损1840万，物业贬值约11%。

厂家购北角巨铺收租

上周四落实减息后，市场至少录2宗逾亿元买卖，除了上述巨铺外，资深投资者杨奋斌于沽售北角城中心巨铺，市场消息透露，买家为厂家，购入物业作收租用途，物业现时出租率达100%，月租逾140万，回报约5.5厘。

北角城中心部分地下及部分1楼，地下面积约20722方呎，1楼面积20124方呎，总面积逾40800方呎，作价3.1亿易手。

减息后录2宗大买卖

有代理表示，近年投资物业由高位急跌至少40%，对实力客来说开始有吸引力，近月连录用家购写字楼自用，投资者钟情铺位，始终铺位回报高，预期减息带动大手买卖，令用家及投资者取态积极。

上周四落实减息后，市场至少2宗逾亿元买卖，包括北角城中心巨铺以3.1亿售。

(星岛日报)

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Who’s to blame? Hong Kong office glut to worsen as developers add fresh supply in 2025

Some 3 million square feet of supply will hit the market next year, likely delaying any recovery in office rentals, analysts say

Hong Kong’s office leasing market is in a troubling slump. Nearly a fifth of floor spaces across the city are vacant, unprecedented in the financial hub, and rents have fallen to levels last seen in 2015. Not even lower interest rates can turn this around over the next 12 months, experts say.

While businesses are not recovering fast enough to fill up the floors, the city’s landlords including Sun Hung Kai Properties, Mandarin Oriental Hotel/Hongkong Land, and SEA Holdings are partly to blame for the glut.

The trio and their peers are adding some 3 million square feet (278,709 square metres) of new office space to the market next year, a property consultancy estimated. That is expected to worsen the oversupply situation, currently at an all-time high of 17 per cent across the city.

“In light of the supply overhang, it will remain a tenants’ market in 2025,” an agent said. “The new supply will lead to higher vacancy by end-2025. Rents are expected to come down by roughly another 5 per cent in 2025.”

Sun Hung Kai will put 2.1 million sq ft of space into the market next year, when its International Gateway Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui is completed, according to another property consultancy. One Causeway Bay, a Mandarin Oriental and Hongkong Land project, will add 410,400 sq ft, while SEA Holdings will inject 310,700 sq ft from its Kowloon East development.

The first rate cut by the Federal Reserve and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority could give the market a little spark, according to a local property agency. Leasing and renewal deals have breathed a new lease of life into the downbeat market over the past four months, it noted.

“The interest-rate cut would be a supportive factor to the investing market, economic activities and the demand for offices,” an agent said. “Rental prices of the office segment would turn positive.”

Meanwhile, an index measuring overall office rents in Hong Kong fell last quarter to the lowest since early 2015, according to the Rating and Valuation Department.

In Tsim Sha Tsui, for example, prime office spaces fetched HK$474 (US$61) per square metre, the cheapest since the third quarter of 2012. In Central, average monthly rents fell to HK$946 per square metre, revisiting the levels in the first quarter of last year.

Rents for grade A and grade B offices have declined by 33 per cent and 17 per cent, respectively, from their peaks in 2018-19, according to the agency. The outlook is still mixed, as rents for prime office space have weakened by 7.3 per cent, while those for grade B offices gained 1.3 per cent, the agency said.

Deloitte renewed its 125,200-sq ft lease at One Pacific Place in Admiralty for up to HK$12.52 million a month, according to the agency. Chinese lender ICBC took up 200,000 sq ft at One Harbourfront in Hung Hom for HK$5 million a month.

In other notable movements, insurer AIA Group absorbed 150,000 sq ft at the AIRSIDE in Kai Tak for HK$4.5 million a month. A foreign law firm took up 22,800 sq ft at the Alexandra House in Central for HK$2.3 million, and US brokerage Wells Fargo extended its 24,000 sq ft lease at Three Pacific Place in Wan Chai for HK$2 million.

Do these deals foretell a sustained recovery? Much will depend on how the businesses will respond, and how fast lower financing costs work their way into the system. Hong Kong’s economy has thus far struggled to get out of second gear since the end of Covid-19 pandemic.

The number of regional headquarters and offices in the city has stagnated at 9,040 between 2019 and 2023, according to government data. The city has also lost its crown as the world’s busiest venue for new stock sales, with small offerings peppering the market until Midea Group’s jumbo deal arrived last week.

A moribund IPO market means a reluctance among companies to expand, impacting the demand for office spaces, according to Savills.

“An improved IPO pipeline will generally lead to better business prospects for financial and professional services firms,” the agent said. “Business sentiment would improve but cautious budgeting and innovative workplace strategies will prevent office demand from experiencing a sharp jump.”

Overall office rents in Hong Kong could retreat by 7 per cent to 9 per cent this year, the property consultancy forecasts. A deeper cut in interest rates, and a stronger rebound in mega IPOs, are needed to inject optimism into the office leasing and rental market.

The initial interest-rate reduction last week is still “not significant” to have a meaningful impact on office demand, another agent said. “Over the long run, and after a few more rate cuts, the impact would be more obvious.”

(South China Morning Post)

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Homebuyers out and about after rate cuts

Home hunters are flocking to the primary property market in Hong Kong following interest rate cuts last week.

Emperor International's (0163) One Jardine's Lookout in Happy Valley had attracted 3,000 visitors as of yesterday after it was launched on Thursday with the developer expecting the first batch to be oversubscribed by 15 times over the weekend.

Emperor also said it had signed an agreement with five property agencies that prohibits them from offering rebates in any form for the project.

One Jardine's Lookout has the right to cancel transactions if it finds any agencies violating the agreement on the rebate.

Emperor said the agreement aims to provide transparency and help establish a standardized and healthy real estate market.

Last month, Hong Kong's Estate Agents Authority issued a circular to facilitate good and effective practices related to commissions, including a warning against collectively setting commission rates.

It warned that any incentives, including cash rebates offered by an estate agency company with a substantial degree of market power, must not be abusive.

Meanwhile, The Yoho Hub II in Yuen Long, developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016), launched its fifth price list, offering 94 flats at prices of HK$14,549 per square foot after discounts.

The flats include two-bedroom and three-bedroom units and their prices range from HK$6.86 million to HK$13.12 million.

However, the rate cuts failed to have a positive effect on the secondary market.

Deals at Hong Kong's 10 major housing estates fell to just seven over the weekend from 15 the previous week, to an eight week low. Half of the estates recorded no deals at all.

A property agent said homebuyers from the mainland and investors were still adopting a wait-and-see attitude and that sales were being shored up by local buyers for now.

Last week, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority cut the base rate to 5.25 percent, on the heels of a rate cut of the same magnitude by the US Federal Reserve.

The Hong Kong and Shanghai Baking Corporation said it will cut its best lending by 25 basis points to 5.625 percent from 5.875 percent effective September 20.

Bank of China (Hong Kong) and Standard Chartered have also lowered their lending and Hong Kong dollar deposit rates by a quarter of a percentage point, effective today.

(The Standard)

儘管经济不景，大手买卖未有停下来，「越南朱」相关人士持有的上环The Wellington全幢商厦，获準买家洽购，出价约15亿，平均每呎1.38万，另一幢位处中环摆花街的汇财中心全幢，亦获逾4亿洽购。

富商「越南朱」相关人士继早前成功售出盈置大厦外，旗下位于上环及中环的2幢商厦亦获洽购，市场消息透露，上环威灵顿街198号The Wellington全幢商厦，获準买家洽购，出价约15亿，以此计算，平均呎价1.38万，朱立基于2015年向南丰购入该厦，作价30亿，现时洽购价只有购入价的50%。

每呎洽购价1.38万

该厦2015年落成，楼高30层，总楼面约10.8万方呎，大厦除了写字楼外，有零售或服务行业等租户，出租情况稳定，平均呎租约40至45元。物业由南丰于2011年向万泰以6.4亿购入地盘，之后重建成商厦，再由朱立基相关人士接手。

同由朱立基相关人士持有的中环摆花街2至10号汇财中心全幢，亦获準买家洽购，出价约4.2亿，该厦总楼面约30154方呎，平均呎价约1.39万。

昨日市传上述2全幢已告易手，不过，知情人士透露，物业尚未易手，不过现时转由一间基金持货，代为打理该物业而己，物业仍在放售中。

基金代为打理物业

朱立基相关人士于去年10月，以64亿沽售中环盈置大厦易手，买家为台湾资金，盈置大厦全幢总楼面约264622方呎计，呎价约24185元，相比于2018至2019年间商厦高峰期，区内甲厦呎价动輒逾5万，造价低逾50%，该厦月收1850万，新买家料回报约3.5厘。

(星岛日报)

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纪惠集团罕见放售 上环信德中心全层

由纪惠集团持有的信德中心西座35楼连2个车位，面积约22111方呎，以现状连约放售，物业位处上环港铁站上盖，连接巴士总站及港澳码头，为极罕有高层，坐享维港景。

意向呎价3万

有代理表示，美国联邦储备局刚宣布减息，即将进入减息周期，预计息率再减约一厘，刺激物业成交，该物业意向呎价3万，相比上年邻厦信德中心招商局大厦以每方呎约3.2万售出为低，此物业原装呎数，实用率高，加上该厦高层全层一向惜售，近20年来首次出售。

(星岛日报)

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「磁带大王」10亿放售 北角渣华道全幢物业

「磁带大王」陈秉志放售北角渣华道321号全幢工商物业 (前称柯达大厦1期)，以地积比计算总面积约153985方呎，料市值约10亿，呎价约6500元，截标日期12月5日。

买家可享大厦命名权

有代理表示，渣华道321号位处渣华道及健康东街交界，距离港铁鰂鱼涌站约5分鐘步程，邻近甲厦英皇道633号及英皇道625号等。

物业1985年落成，楼高13层，地库提供27个车位，特定楼层楼底约6.8米高，买家可享大厦命名权及设置广告牌，适合医疗、教育、宗教团体等。

(星岛日报)

招商局广场近半涉10万方呎已获预租

招商蛇口在香港上环发展的首个全新智慧甲级写字楼招商局广场 (China Merchants Plaza) 将于2025年中落成，写字楼目前近50%楼面已获预租。

近期，招商蛇口与招商金控成员企业招商海达保险、招商永隆保险已签订租赁意向书，上述两家公司将分别承租香港上环招商局广场2层、3层楼面。连同其他预租用楼面，上环招商局广场约50%楼面 (约10万方呎) 已获预租。

招商局广场总楼面面积约20万方呎，楼高约120米，标準层面积约9000方呎，为甲级绿色智能写字楼。招商局广场位于上环，北邻干诺道中，可眺望维多利亚港海景，南面连接德辅道中，东西两侧为现有写字楼。

项目地段及原办公大楼于1978年购入，曾作为为招商局总部使用。作为招商局集团旗下城市及园区综合开发运营板块的旗舰企业，招商蛇口立足在港资源，推出「美好香港计划」，开发建设招商局广场，以城市生长的力量助力香港发展。全新的招商局广场由著名设计师严迅奇建筑师事务所主持。建筑外墙的海洋流线波浪形态，代表着集团百年来一直扬帆远航，推动时代新浪潮的目标。

项目重建工程于2020年正式啟动。2024年6月，主体结构顺利封顶。项目预计于2025年中竣工，建成后将成为上环地区新地标，为中上环CBD注入新活力。

(信报)

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新东海商业中心相连单位叫价1700万

有代理表示，尖东新东海商业中心一个低层相连写字楼单位，建筑面积约2375方呎，业主意向售价约1700万元，呎价仅约7158元。

该行指出，单位现时每月租金收入约5.7万元，若按上述意向售价计算，租金回报约4厘。单位景观开扬，邻近康宏广场及红磡海底隧道，且楼底极高，加上毗邻区内多幢商业大厦，商贸气氛浓厚。

大厦採玻璃幕墙及云石大堂设计，一楼设有行人天桥，接驳至红磡港铁站及红磡海底隧道过海巴士站，交通极为便利。由于物业自身条优厚及售价极为吸引，料可获不少用家及投资者垂青。

(信报)

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滙丰港商厦贷款减值 半年飆4倍

英国《金融时报》报道，根据滙控 (00005) 的中期财务报告，滙丰上半年有32亿美元的香港商业房地产贷款被列为「信贷减值」 (credit impaired)，约相等于去年底5.76亿美元的6倍，即较去年底增加近4.56倍，反映本港商业房地产低迷开始对银行带来影响。

报道又称，香港是滙丰最大的商业房地产贷款市场，佔其风险敞口的45%，而英国仅佔18%。截至6月，滙丰在全球商业房地产贷款额为790亿美元，而32亿美元的「信贷减值」佔滙丰在香港整体商业房地产贷款总额的9%。

有关情况突显本港商业房地产市场低迷开始对银行造成打击。有外资代理行的数据显示，2020年以来，香港甲级写字楼租金已下跌逾35%。

滙控德私银业务售予法巴

惠誉北亚银行评级主管黄智仁表示，可以较有把握地说，银行对中国商业房地产的风险已近完结，香港情况却仍未清楚。

报道提到，8月初时任财务总监 (现为集团行政总裁) 的艾桥智曾向分析员称，即使大量贷款被列为「信贷减值」贷款，但这些贷款全部表现良好 (all performing)。

滙丰回覆《金融时报》查询时指出，许多贷款人尚在支付利息，但未有提供相关数据及回应艾桥智的评论。

另外，滙控宣布，把其德国私人银行业务出售予法巴。双方已签署协议，惟交易尚待相关部门批准，并需要与德国劳资委员会完成谈判。交易预计于明年下半年完成，料今次出售将产生收益。届时该业务约有120名员工、资产与客户转移至法巴。法巴表示，今次交易将令法巴财富管理资产规模提升超过400亿欧罗。

(信报)

铜锣湾Health Aura 打造医美商厦

铜锣湾Health Aura以医疗及美容作主题商厦，而业主在楼面及设备上作配合，方便用户。

Health Aura位于铜锣湾敬诚街9至11号，地点上邻近渣甸街，属铜锣湾相对较为二綫地段，但交通亦非常方便，从港铁站出口步行至该厦，仅约5至10分鐘，而渣甸街、轩尼诗道有电车、巴士站等。其他配套上，大厦附近不少为银座式商厦，提供餐厅、零售等，亦邻近铜锣湾利园项目。

大厦为旧楼项目，今年落成，地下设有铺位，现由中医医疗中心租用。由于项目地盘不大，地下大堂亦较为狭窄。

距港铁站仅3分鐘步程

物业提供两部升降机，通往合共21层楼面。单位每层楼面面积介于1,310至1,949平方呎，因楼面细小，适合医疗中心使用，可拥私隐度。景观方面，主要望向加路连山道及大球场一带，甚为开扬。

据了解，业主把项目定位为医疗中心，大厦步行至港铁铜锣湾站仅需3分鐘。区内医疗氛围浓厚，距离圣保禄医院及Apollo MRI中心亦仅需1至5分鐘步程，为租户及客户提供极大的交通便利，并有望形成医疗专业设施的集群效应，打造核心医疗枢纽。

Health Aura项目设计与功能均围绕医疗及美容行业的特定需求，包括设有平地电梯方便轮椅出入、附近有充足停车位及大厦门前设装卸区，为影像中心、诊所、医生办公室等行业租户提供专业环境及完善的配套安排。

Health Aura每层楼高设计合理，地下至4楼楼底高达5米，承重量达5kPa，能承载重型医疗设备的进驻需求，为MRI中心及CT扫描中心等高端医疗设施提供了稳定的基础。5楼以上的楼层承重量则为3kPa，适合诊所、康復中心等日常医疗操作及美容服务。

各层配分体式冷气系统

为了进一步保障衞生与安全，各层配置分体式冷气系统，避免用户间的交叉感染风险，并在公共区域设有非接触式控制系统；此外还装设空气净化机，进一步提升室内空气质素，为医疗行业提供更安全的工作环境。

翻查资料，2017年投资者吴镇科或相关人士，以1.5亿元购入铜锣湾敬诚街11号全幢旧楼，涉及4层楼面共4,180平方呎，呎价近3.6万元，料连同早前购入敬诚街9号，作合併发展，可重建近2.5万平方呎楼面。事实上，相关财团亦多发展渣甸街银座式商厦项目。

全幢项目招租 呎租48元起

铜锣湾Health Aura打造成医疗大楼，现全幢物业楼面招租，意向呎租约48元。

窗户可拆 方便运送医疗器材

大厦落成不久，现已有医疗行业进驻。据了解，业主于个别楼层，提高特高楼底，而窗户可拆除，方便运送医疗器材。

北上消费持续，但个别行业仍不太受影响，香港医疗服务迅速发展，优质医务体检、医美及保健等服务专业性备受肯定，可作一站式优质医疗服务大厦成为租务首选。有代理表示， Health Aura全幢放租，意向呎租由48元起。

该行指，近期铜锣湾区录得的医疗及美容行业的租务成交个案中，恒隆中心一个高层单位，面积约933平方呎，月租约46,650元，呎租约50元；而渣甸街62号亨环 (Aura on Pennington) 的一个中层单位，面积约1,948平方呎，每月租金约10.7万元，呎租约55元。

(经济日报)

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九龙塘根德道22号放售 估值4亿

曾为佛堂 可重建8532呎住宅

九龙塘地皮罕有，消息称，业主委託代理行，放售根德道屋地，项目可重建逾8,000呎住宅，市值约4亿元。

市场消息指，九龙塘根德道22号屋地，位处歌和老街及根德道交界，属九龙塘传统豪宅地段。物业地盘面积约14,265平方呎，现为一幢2层高住宅，连同万呎花园，惟已閒置多时。据悉，物业现址划为「住宅 (丙类) 1」用地，可重建成8,532平方呎住宅。市场人士估计物业市值约4亿元，每平方呎楼面地价约4.7万元。

曾发生梅艷芳 疑被掌摑事件

翻查资料，原业主于1995年以5,680万元购入上址，并将物业让予密宗大师义云高开设「云慈慧海功德会」作会址，佛堂在1999年倒闭，物业又牵涉业权纠纷多年，物业一直空置，直至2010年业主才重新取回物业业权。2013年，业主曾向城规会申请改建为2层高的幼稚园。此外，上址早年曾为卡拉OK，90年代初更发生梅艷芳怀疑被掌摑事件。

今年区内豪宅屋地成交方面，包括中，本地厂家放售根德道19号独立屋，物业地盘面积约10,843平方呎，叫价约3.5亿元，最终物业以约2.2亿元沽出，实用面积5,994平方呎，呎价约3.8万元。另外，早前德云道7号屋地，以3.33亿元易手，实用面积6,532平方呎，呎价约5万元。

(经济日报)

SHKP's new Kai Tak flats priced at 2017 levels

Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016) Cullinan Sky Phase 1 in Kai Tak announced an average discounted price of HK$19,668 per square foot, 2.7 percent lower than nearby project Oasis Kai Tak in 2017.

The project has two phases and detailed prices will be determined by market conditions, with profitability still uncertain, said Victor Lui Ting, SHKP's deputy managing director.

Cullinan Sky Phase 1's first batch includes 7 open-plan units, 74 one-bedroom units, 100 two-bedroom and one four-bedroom units, with home sizes ranging from 240 to 887 sq ft and prices after discounts between HK$4.8 million and HK$17.6 million.

SHKP bought the site for over HK$25 billion in 2018, or an average cost of HK$17,776 per buildable square foot, and the average construction cost in HK is around HK$6,000 per square foot. The project will be open for public viewing tomorrow - and check collection will start this Friday - with sales commencing in October.

Its nearby project Oasis Kai Tak, developed by Wheelock Properties, launched the first batch of 130 flats in September 2017.

In other news, Emperor International's (0163) One Jardine's Lookout put 35 more flats for sale yesterday, with the average discounted price unchanged at HK$18,689 per sq ft.

It comes after the first batch received "satisfactory sales" of over 900 checks, marking an oversubscription of 17 times, and recorded 4,000 visitors as of yesterday, according to the company's vice-chairman Alex Yeung Ching-loong.

Nearly 70 percent of buyers are local home hunters, Yeung added.

35 new flats focus on medium and high-rise units, including 12 units of one-bedroom, 8 units of two-bedroom, and 15 units of three-bedroom, with discounts from HK$4.3 million and the discounted price starting from HK$17,088 per sq ft.

The company also put 25 featured flats including four-bedroom units for tender sale starting from this Friday.

110 units in the price lists have been launched, accounting for about 90 percent of the total 123 flats.

The company is considering reserving the open-plan units for rental, expecting a maximum return of 6 percent.

In addition, Emperor International announced its cooperation with Emperor Entertainment's "0 e:ffect" concept shop to set up an exhibition in its "0 e:ffect Zone" showroom, to promote gifting activities.

(The Standard)

HSBC exposure to bad commercial mortgages skyrockets in city

HSBC's (0005) Hong Kong branch saw its impaired commercial mortgages to local borrowers surge over 4.5 times to US$3.2 billion (HK$24.96 billion) in the first half, the Financial Times reported, highlighting the pressure of the city's sluggish commercial property market on the banking sector.

The bank responded that "a lot" of borrowers are still repaying interests, without offering related data.

According to HSBC's interim financial report, the credit impairment for commercial real estate lending in Hong Kong amounted to US$3.2 billion as of June 30, versus US$576 million six months ago.

Hong Kong is HSBC's largest commercial real estate loan market, taking up 45 percent of its exposure.

Fitch's North Asia bank ratings head David Wong said the focus on banks' exposure to the commercial real estate sector has been shifted to Hong Kong from the mainland. Wong added that they have not seen the bottom yet.

Last Friday, Fitch Ratings downgraded its viability rating for Hang Seng Bank (0011) from A+ to A, partly due to the pressure on the bank's commercial real estate business.

It comes as the city's offices continue to face high vacancy rates and falling rentals. A property agency’s report showed that the Grade A buildings saw a vacancy rate of 16.9 percent, in the first half of the year. As a result, the rentals dropped faster by 2.1 percent in the first half. The agency expects a decrease of up to 5 percent this year.

In other news, BNP Paribas has signed a deal to buy HSBC's private banking unit in Germany as it continues to expand its footprint in wealth management, the French lender said yesterday.

金鐘太古广场六座录1宗大手租赁，由国际拍卖行Bonhams (Hong Kong) Ltd承租该厦3全层楼面，月租逾142万，平均呎租63元，属扩张搬迁个案。

属扩张搬迁个案

湾仔皇后大道东50号太古广场六座10至12楼全层，实用面积共22627方呎，以每月142.55万租出，平均呎租63元。根据Bonhams (邦瀚斯) 网站显示，新址将于10月14日开放。

市场消息透露，Bonhams现址为太古广场一座20楼1、7至12室，实用面积约10480方呎，该宗属升级搬迁，租客承租更大楼面，支付租金总额上升，呎租则较廉宜。目前，太古以每呎110元放租Bonhams现址。

平均呎租63元

Bonhams始创于1793年，是全球著名国际拍卖行之一，业务涵盖艺术品、古董、汽车及珠宝首饰等多个范畴。

早前，太古广场六座23楼全层，实用面积7347方呎，以每月51.43万租出，平均呎租70元，租客美国邓白氏商业资料 (香港) 有限公司，签署5年长约，由2024年9月至2029年8月。

该公司现时使用观塘创纪之城5期东亚银行中心13楼8至13室，面积12406方呎，呎租约30元，月租37.218万，邓白氏早于2009年进驻该单位，是次将结束长达15年的长租，属升级搬迁个案，由观塘迁往湾仔，写字楼面积则减少。

(星岛日报)

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信德中心「澳门广场」遭接管

由「磁带大王」陈秉志、澳门商人「洗米华」周焯华及相关人士，共同持有的上环信德中心商场三楼一篮子商铺「澳门广场」，获接管人推出放售。

130个铺位标售

有外资代理行表示，承接管人委託公开标售上环信德中心商场3楼一篮子商铺部分 「澳门广场」，共130个商铺，总建筑面积逾20000方呎，租户以餐饮、医疗及美容为主。

「磁带大王」等人持有

该行代理表示，信德中心作为上环甲厦，座落于上环港铁站上盖及巴士总站旁，毗邻西区海底隧道。

翻查资料，在2014年，陈秉志等人于2014年以约6亿购入信德中心 3楼商铺，涉约3万餘方呎，斥资约7000万翻新后招租。

(星岛日报)

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英皇鐘錶珠宝租中环巨铺 月租160万签5年约开设瑞士鐘錶旗舰店

中环核心商业地段录大手租务，区内皇后大道中一个巨铺，由英皇鐘錶珠宝承租，月租160万，为今年以来区内最大宗租赁，将开设全港最大的瑞士顶级鐘錶品牌旗舰店。

中环皇后大道中12号上海商业银行大厦复式巨铺，涉及地下A号铺，包括地下连1楼，实用面积逾7000方呎，新租客为英皇鐘錶珠宝，月租160万，平均呎租229元，租约由2025年3月3月至2030年3月2日止，合约年期5年，将在此开设瑞士顶级鐘錶品牌旗舰店，规模属全港最大。

平均呎租229元

据了解，铺位现由意大利高端服装品牌Versace由2017年起租用至今，将于约满迁走，是次巨铺由英皇鐘錶珠宝承租，属今年以来区内暂录最大宗租赁，市场瞩目。

业内人士指，该巨铺坐落于中环置地广场正对面，位置非常优越，铺面宽阔，为区内一线靚铺，相信可提升品牌的曝光。

英皇鐘錶珠宝目前于中环皇后大道中已坐拥两间店铺，分别为位于皇后大道中16至18号新世界大厦地下16号及地库旗舰店，以及位于20号太平行地库及地下20B号的品牌专门店。市场人士分析，核心区一线地段属高端品牌云集之地，相信英皇鐘錶珠宝除了扩张零售网络外，亦可发挥协同效应。

同街道已坐拥两店

中环皇后大道中向来受国际巨企追捧，今年以来连录多宗租赁，租客包括奢侈品、时装店、运动用品连锁店等，月租普遍由40万至80万不等，逾100万的大手租赁则罕有，另一宗月租逾100万的租赁，为中环皇后大道中59至65号泛海大厦地铺及1楼，建筑面积逾1.9万方呎，由西班牙时尚品牌MANGO承租，签署3年约，首年月租125万，随后按年加幅约4%。

(星岛日报)

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信德中心全层6.6亿放 纪惠：已赚好多

纪惠集团近日罕有放售上环干诺道中168至200号信德中心西座35楼全层写字楼连两个车位，意向价约6.6亿元，该集团行政总裁汤文亮昨天于社交网站连环发文回应，他早上发文指出，该集团于2004年以1.1亿元购入前述物业，若成功以意向价售出，该集团「已经赚好多钱，不能太苛求」。

「有买有卖才是做生意」

纪惠集团放售的物业，建筑面积22111方呎，连两个车位放售，意向呎价约3万元。汤文亮在文中指出，「做生意，梗係有买有卖，只买不卖或者只卖不买，就唔係做生意」，强调放售的物业虽然位处35楼，但仍是该集团所持有的该厦最低楼层。

汤文亮昨天下午再发文称：「我卖楼的目的是希望做一个好价，令其他业主不用贱价卖楼」，期望令楼价止跌回升，又指「一买一卖，赚了5亿元，收了20年租，我说赚够了卖楼都可以，老闆都没有意见，为什麼没有人恭喜。」

另外，信德中心近日录得今年首宗买卖，为信德中心招商局大厦9楼2室，建筑面积约1158方呎，以1838万元售出，呎价约15872元，创该厦近8年呎价新低。

原业主2004年9月以590.6万元购入，账面获利1247.4万元或2.1倍。

(信报)

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仁孚华厦重建 增78万呎商业楼面

属于鰂鱼涌大地主的太古地产 (01972)，多年来持续扩大区内的商业势力，未来再有逾百万平方呎的楼面落成。

早于逾一个世纪前，太古地产母公司太古集团在鰂鱼涌开设太古糖厂、太古船坞，后者其后发展为蓝筹屋苑太古城，厂房则重建为现今的太古坊商厦群，为港岛东的商厦供应重镇。

太古3项目 滨海街商住用途

除了在2022年已经落成的太古坊二座重建项目，太古地产未来再会有新项目落成，涉逾百万平方呎，当中规模最大的是收购多年的仁孚工业大厦及华厦工业大厦，集团于去年完成收购，并计划将重建办公楼及其他商业用途，总楼面涉约77.9万平方呎。

前述两幢工厦早在逾10年前已经开始收购，其后集团于2018年分别就仁孚工业大厦及华厦工业大厦申请强拍，但最终在强拍举行前自行成功统一业权，并开始拆卸重建。

同时，太古地产亦持续收购区内的旧楼重建，在区内扩展版图，集团伙拍恒地(00012) 于去年9月以底价约63.1亿元，成功统一鰂鱼涌滨海街16至94号连同英皇道983至987A号旧楼的业权，料属历来金额最大的强拍个案。

当时恒地透露，集团正与太古地产研究发展细单位或偏大的单位，暂料今年中动工，于6年后落成。

海裕街地有待发展

事实上，项目原计划发展2幢32层高 (包括7层地库) 的商厦，但遭城规会拒绝，其后改为发展住宅，亦于2022年3月获屋宇署批准兴建2幢28层高 (另设3层基座及2层地库) 的商住大厦，涉及的住用总楼面约36.8万平方呎，非住用楼面则涉约7.2万平方呎。

另外，位于鰂鱼涌临海亦有大型的空置地皮待发展，用地位于海裕街，原由太平协和所持有，近年已与政府达成原址换地安排，有望发展5幢建筑物，以发展酒店及办公室，并设4.1万平方呎的观景平台，总楼面涉约40万平方呎，但其后地盘遭接管，并曾于2022年中推出招标，当时地皮市值料约40亿元。

柏架山道地皮 遭接管后放售

再有内房爆煲，原由雅居乐 (03383) 持有的英皇道992至998号，及柏架山道2至16号多幢公务员合作社，上月遭接管并推出市场放售，意向邀请截止日期为今年10月2日 (星期三)。

前身公务员合作社 可作住宅

地盘前身为公务员合作社，比邻鰂鱼涌市政大厦，面积约5万平方呎，最高可建楼面面积约448,000平方呎。负责销售的代理行指，地盘已完成强拍及合併地块等程序，并已完成一期平整工程。同时，地政总署亦已批出基本条款。

项目位于英皇道部分早于2017年完成收购，而雅居乐于2020年10月成功透过强拍途径，以约4.52亿元统一项目业权。

事实上，项目亦已于2022年获城规会批准重建2幢住宅，提供约592伙，总楼面约43.58万平方呎。

(经济日报)

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亚洲国际餐饮6300万买新蒲岗地厂 4年共斥2.4亿逆市扫工商物业

零售及餐饮业生意困难，近年有不少店铺捱不住而结业，但经营「百份百餐厅」等多个餐饮品牌的亚洲国际餐饮集团或相关人士，却愈战愈勇，更有资金在逆市下大手购入工商物业自用及投资，最新斥资6300万元购入新蒲岗六合工业大厦地厂，原业主大幅损手5280万元蚀让。而亚洲国际餐饮集团自2020年疫情爆发后至今，已最少动用逾2.4亿元扫入工商物业。

资料显示，新蒲岗六合街8号六合工业大厦地下A室，建筑面积11788方呎，以6300万元易手，呎价约5344元。该物业为地厂用途，近年一直由物流公司租用，现时月租为17.7万元，租金回报约3.4厘。

原业主劲损手半亿

上述地厂属近年区内罕有大蚀让成交，物业原由资深投资者罗珠雄于2012年7月以7880万元购入，原拟分拆成11个单位出售，但最终于2013年12月整个物业以1.158亿元转售，约一年半内物业造价急升3700万元或47%。

不过，接货的原业主在持货接近11年之后沽货，账面大幅蚀让达5280万元，物业在期内贬值45.6%。

据悉，是次买家为亚洲国际餐饮集团或相关人士。亚洲国际餐饮集团由柯镇平于2007年成立，在将军澳明德商场开设首间「百份百餐厅」，近年成立多个不同餐饮品牌，包括港式冰室「牛奶冰室」、面包店「MAMA Bakery」等，集团共设超过269间分店。

以明德商场「百份百餐厅」的招牌咖哩牛坑腩套餐售价69元计算，是次买入六合工业大厦地厂所涉及的资金，须卖出91.3万份咖哩牛坑腩套餐。

拥牛奶冰室等品牌

自疫后復常，港人北上消费成主流，拖垮本地饮食业，近一年有不少知名本地或外国餐饮品牌面临大幅收缩甚至结业，如本地餐饮集团金记冰室今年已关闭11间分店，大部分位于新界区；美资连锁扒房Outback Steakhouse大削9间分店等。不过，亚洲国际餐饮集团在疫情期间及復常后仍不断扩充，以「百份百餐厅」为例，由原本41间增至目前有45间；「牛奶冰室」在2021年时只有8间分店，最新已达44间分店，3年间急增4.5倍。

而据本报综合市场消息及资料，亚洲国际餐饮集团或相关人士由2020年初出现疫情后至今，连同最新成交在内，已先后购入最少5项工厦及商铺物业，涉及总成交金额共逾2.4亿元。亚洲国际餐饮集团的总办公室位于六合工业大厦13楼，属自置物业。而在疫情期间的2020年底，已斥资5200万元买入该厦1楼A室。

除买入工厦单位外，去年曾分别于2月以4800万元购入筲箕湾的筲箕湾道388至414号逢源大厦地下K铺，以及在6月斥6380万元入市跑马地黄泥涌道1A号怡丰大厦低层地下1至4号铺。该两项商铺物业，现时俱由餐饮集团旗下品牌自用。

(信报)

九建牛池湾盘建摩天商住群 涉5幢54层高大厦总楼面约215万呎

市区未来再有大型住宅项目供应，屋宇署公布，7月批出6份建筑图则，当中最瞩目为九建持有的二级历史建筑、牛池湾前圣若瑟安老院重建计划，最新获批修订图则，准建5幢楼高54层的摩天商住群，涉及总楼面约215万方呎。

屋宇署昨日公布，今年7月共批出6份建筑图则，其中九龙2份及新界4份。上述批出图则包括2项住宅及商住发展、1项商业发展，以及3项社区服务发展。该署同时发出15份入伙纸，包括港岛3份、九龙5份及新界7份。

上述获批图则当中，最瞩目为九建发展持有的二级历史建筑、牛池湾前圣若瑟安老院重建计划，最新获批修订图则，准建5幢楼高54层的摩天商住群，另有8层平台及4层地库，住宅部分可建总楼面约147.65万方呎，另有67.56万方呎非住宅楼面；换言之，整个项目可建总楼面约215.21万方呎。

该项目早于2011年获屋宇署批则，当时准建5幢楼高55至58层商住大厦，另设7层平台及4层地库，意味层数减少最多3层，连基座作商场、食肆、戏院、安老院及幼稚园等用途等。同时保育门楼、宿舍A及别墅3幢历史建筑并开放予公眾作休憩空间。

牛池湾项目位于牛池湾清水湾道35号，早于2021年以96.58亿完成补地价，当时每方呎楼面地价约4465元，当时为市区最贵补地价项目，其后于去年被长沙湾润发仓库补地价金额逾137.3亿打破。

较旧方案减少最多3层

另外，新地去年元朗锦田下高埔村项目亦获批修订图则，最新准建3幢17层高、另有1层地库的住宅，可建总楼面约25万方呎。项目採「 组装合成」建筑法兴建。

新方案对比2022年获批3幢16层高分层住宅，层数增加1层，惟总楼面约25万方呎维持不变。该项目于去年以逾6.73亿完成补地价程序。

另外落成量方面，7月全港共有6个项目落成，合共1608伙，较6月1416伙增加14%，为近半年来单月最多；而总结今年首7个月累积落成量共8705伙，较去年同期7684伙增13%，为近五年同期次低，最新数字佔该署全年目标2.2万伙的39%。

动工量创十年新低

至于动工量方面，7月有只有2个项目动工，共涉44伙，为近18个月次少月份；总结首7个月累积动工量为4379伙，较去年同期的8386伙减少48%，创十年同期新低。

有分析相信，今年私宅落成量将难以达标，意味着8月至12月需要超过1.38万个单位落成才能达标。

另有代理表示，预料年内部分大型项目将陆续取得入伙纸，估计今年全年落成量约1.6万伙水平，要达到差估署全年预测数字有一定难度。

(星岛日报)

Five Kowloon Bay towers get green light

The Buildings Department approved six plans in July including five 54-story skyscrapers in Kowloon Bay.

The project at No 35 New Clear Water Bay Road, owned by Kowloon Development Company (0034), has been approved to build five 54-story towers, with a total gross floor area of 2.15 million square feet.

Kowloon Development said the site is expected to be developed into a shopping center and five residential towers.

The developer reached a land premium payment agreement with the government for HK$9.66 billion in 2021, at a cost of about HK$4,464 per sq ft.

Of the six approved plans, two were for apartment and commercial developments, one was for commercial development, and three were for community services developments.

In other news, Maryknoll House, a Grade I historic building located in Stanley applied to the Town Planning Board recently for further release density limits and refurbish existing dormitories and build one additional residential building, planning to offer 23 more residential units.

In primary residential market news, One Jardine's Lookout developed by Emperor International (0163) had received 1,000 checks as of yesterday, based on two price lists.

The units offered have been 11 times oversubscribed.

The project in Happy Valley could be finished and delivered to home buyers this year and has so far put 85 of the total 135 flats on the market, at an average price per sq ft after discounts at HK$18,229.

The developer's sister company, Emperor Watch and Jewellery (0887), will spend HK$91.2 million to rent a store in the Shanghai Commercial Bank Tower located at 12 Queen's Road Central, for its jewelry business.

The shop includes the ground and the first floor, with a total area of more than 7,000 sq ft. The five-year lease has an average monthly rent of about HK1.52 million.

Meanwhile, a local property agency is offering smart home appliance coupons worth a total of HK$128,000 for buyers of flats at The Uppland in Gold Coast Bay as a National Day incentive.

The first five home buyers who purchase flats in the project through the agency can each get a HK$25,600 coupon, and the promotion runs until October 31. The project developed by Early Light International Estates is located in Tuen Mun, and most of the units offer sea views.

Ansaldo in Shouson Hill, developed by Orion Land, plans to sell all three luxury houses in the project at HK$1 billion.

The project opened the second house, The Calliope, for the media's visit yesterday.

(The Standard)

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有本港代理行昨日发表香港主要购物区街铺空置及商户分布调查报告，截至今年第三季为止，铜锣湾、尖沙咀、旺角、中环四大核心区共录874间吉铺，较半年前激增154间，空置率11.7％，创三年半以来的新高。元朗及上水街铺空置率持续上升，分别录10.2％及9.1％。

该行代理指，内地餐饮品牌纷来港插旗，其中不敌竞争而被淘汰，四核心区食肆数目今年第三季录2001间，较第一季减56间，非中式餐馆结业最多，由609间跌至557间，减少52间。

吉铺合共874间

其中，尖沙咀区不少非中式餐厅结业，区内街铺空置率升至15.9%，创三年来新高，较今年第一季增5.8%，区内山林道空置率高达25.4%，较第一季增加10间或15.9百分点。加连威老道吉铺数目及空置率分别32间及32.7%，为2022年第一季新高。

在四大核心区，今年第三季水电 (五金建材) 及食品商户数目，较第一季分别减少20间及12间，跌幅较大，反映地产市道差，加上内地实惠建材吸客，内地超市更提供廉价食材及日用品，吸引港人北上消费。

食肆较第一季减56间

深圳商场提供崭新消费及悠閒体验，令市民减少留港时间，美容及宠物相关租户近半年内亦录减少。

中高档服装重整布局，四核心区服装店半年间减28间，惟化妆品 (个人护理相关) 店铺数目录117间，较2024年首季增4间，皆因化妆品属快速消费品，售价大眾化。

民生区铺主力吸短租客，短租客开业成本低，夹公仔店不用聘请员工，在元朗及上水等地逆市扩充。该行另一代理表示，减息只能减缓铺价跌幅，对售价影响料将在明年反映，预期今年铺价跌约10%。由于饮食业面临激烈竞争，民生行业处于转型期，预料各区空置率维持高企，今年铺租将下跌约5%至10%。

中环在2024年第三季录193间吉铺，空置率13.8%，上升1个百分点，是四大区中升幅最少，过去半年吉铺增加12间，亦是四大核心区最少，反映区内商户具备经营实力。区内美容理髮及相关行业过去半年内明显扩张，两者分别增加5间。过往半年内则增加1间食肆，更是四核心区当中，惟一录饮食业扩张的地区。

旺角区吉铺数量达309间

旺角区吉铺数量达309间，按半年升72间，是四核心区增幅最大，最新空置约8.9%，较今年首季升2.1个百分点，创2016年有纪录以来新高。

区内建材商户亦少了19閬，由于旺角区有超过670间五金及建材等店铺，其餘三个核心地区仅有约7至15间，所以相关店铺于旺角区大幅少时，其餘三个核心区并未出现类似的结业情况。

(星岛日报)

8月甲厦录33.51万呎净吸纳量 创单月新高

布外资代理行最新发表的香港地产市场报告指出，香港整体甲级写字楼市场空置率持续改善，在8月微跌至13.4%；然而，中环空置率升至12.1%，港岛东下跌至12.9%，湾仔/铜锣湾空置率保持稳定。而尖沙咀和九龙东空置率分别下跌至9%和18.4%。整体甲级写字楼市场在8月录得33.51万方呎净吸纳量，创下年初至今的单月新高。

该行代理表示，市场开始见大型租户愿意落实租赁，推动上月的写字楼净吸纳量。写字楼租赁市场仍主要由希望提高工作空间质素及节省成本的需求所带动，因此，港岛东的空置率持续改善。

其中一个受市场注目的成交为中国工商银行 (亚洲) 租用红磡海滨广场一座14.5万方呎楼面 (建筑面积)，计划将业务部门由观塘搬迁至红磡。

该行另一代理表示，8 月整体市场租金按月继续下跌1.3%。主要分区市场中，中环和九龙东租金分别下跌1.5%和1.8%。湾仔/铜锣湾和港岛东租金分别下跌0.6%和2.2%。

(信报)

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企业广场一期2全层 共叫逾1.9亿

东九龙商厦造价持续回落，吸引用家购置物业自用，新近有业主看準市场需求，推售九龙湾企业广场一期一座两个全层特色户，意向价共逾1.9亿元。

顶层特高楼底户 叫逾1.2亿

有代理指，物业位于九龙湾常悦道9号企业广场一期一座两个楼层单位，分别为21楼全层，总楼面面积约19,872平方呎，意向价约1.23亿元，平均呎价约6,190元，以交吉形式交易；单位同时招租，意向月租约43.27万元，平均呎租约22元。

单位属顶层特色户，楼底特高，高达约13.1呎，较其餘标準楼层约11.2呎为高，另单位负重量亦达5 KPA，其餘楼层为约3KPA。

景观方面，单位可望城市景、部分海景，并备有齐全办公室装修，为买家或租客节省大量装修开支。

高层1.2万呎 交吉呎叫5800元

而另一个放售的单位为19楼，面积约12,309平方呎，意向价约7,139万元，呎价仅约5,800元，将以交吉形式出售。该层更设有24小时冷气运作，对有意作数据中心相关行业发展更有利。而上述2个全层单位意向价共约1.945亿元。

该代理续称，企业广场为九龙湾地标甲厦之一，地理优越，不论大厦设施及质素均有保证，加上交通便利，除邻近观塘绕道，亦有穿梭巴士来往港铁九龙湾站。而近期东九龙大手买卖交投更显著增多，当中特色户更备受追捧，今年度先后录得3宗全层特色楼层成交个案，反映东九龙写字楼投资潜力相当乐观。

当中最新录得的买卖成交为九龙湾第一集团中心25楼全层特色户连平台，以约1.1亿元沽出，而同区富临中心早前亦录大手买卖，该厦A座及B座27楼全层连私家空中平台，合共面积约24,088平方呎，以约1.6亿元易手。而是放盘的企业广场一期一座属罕有特色盘源，并拥有特高楼底、负重量高及全层面积等优势，加上已配备齐全装修，吸引力十足，预料查询反应会见热烈。

(经济日报)

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Empty stores in core hubs at 42-month high

Hong Kong's four major districts saw the vacancy rate of street shops rise to 11.7 percent in the third quarter, the highest in 42 months, a local property agency said, while calling for more government support ahead of next month's policy address.

It cited the weak local food and beverage business and intensified competition amid the arrival of mainland brands as the reason for the rise.

The number of dining establishments in the four major core areas was 2,001 in the third quarter of this year, down by 56 from the first quarter.

Non-Chinese restaurants saw the largest decline, dropping from 609 to 557, a decrease of 52. Chinese restaurants and beverage takeaway shops each saw a reduction of nine outlets.

The agency warns the vacancy would still hover between 11.5 percent and 12.5 percent in the first quarter of next year.

The agency urged the government to roll out more support in various aspects, as Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu will announce his new policy address next month.

There were a total of 874 vacant shop spaces across the four major core areas - Causeway Bay, Central, Tsim Sha Tsui, and Mong Kok - as of the third quarter of this year, an increase of 154 compared to six months ago.

Among them, Tsim Sha Tsui's latest vacancy rate reached 15.4 percent, an increase of 3 percentage points compared to six months ago, with 230 vacant shop spaces, while Central and Causeway Bay recorded 13.8 percent and 13.2 percent respectively.

Mong Kok had the lowest vacancy rate among the four areas at 8.9 percent, but the number of vacant shop spaces reached 309, an increase of 72 from the first quarter.

The residential districts, including Yuen Long and Sheung Shui, also saw an increase in the vacancy rates for shops, with the latest figures at 10.2 percent and 9.1 percent, respectively.

Meanwhile, the agency said that retailers are slowing their expansion due to the popularity of online shopping and falling consumption.

The number of shops in the clothing, footwear and leather goods sectors in the four core areas totaled 655, down by 28 from the first quarter of 2024, as of the third quarter.

However, the number of cosmetics and personal care shops in the four major districts grew by four from the first quarter to 117, as the affordable pricing of fast-moving consumer products continued to attract a steady customer base.

(The Standard)

Happy Valley flats go on sale this weekend

Emperor International (0163) will launch the sale of 85 flats at One Jardine's Lookout in Happy Valley this Saturday.

Vice-chairman Alex Yeung Ching-loong said the 85 units had received over 1,200 checks as of September 24, making them 13 times oversubscribed.

Meanwhile, The Knightsbridge in Kai Tak, which is being built by six developers including Henderson Land (0012), China Overseas (0688) and Chinachem, opened its clubhouse to media yesterday.

The project, which is expected to be handed over in October, has sold 61 flats for a total of HK$2.6 billion at an average of HK$36,500 per square foot, with prices for the flats ranging from HK$26 million to HK$110 million.

Mark Hahn Ka-fai, general manager of sales at Henderson Land, said rents will soon become more expensive than mortgages, because of interest rate cuts and fresh stimulus from the mainland.

In Kowloon, The Pavilia Forest Phase 2, jointly developed by New World Development (0017) and Far East Consortium (0035), said it will put 750 flats on the market shortly.

Eighty-six percent of these flats are two-bedroom units.

Elsewhere, CSI Properties' (0497) Topside Residences in Jordan has launched the sixth price list involving 26 flats, at prices ranging from HK$6.1 million to HK$14.7 million after discounts.

商厦市场继续吹淡风，湾仔指标甲厦会展广场办公大楼新录1宗买卖，一个海景单位以近1.3亿易手，平均每呎1.63万，较高位回落逾50%，造价重返2011年水平。

上址为会展广场办公大楼中高层7至9室，建筑面积7952方呎，以1.296亿易手，平均每呎1.63万易手，物业位处中高层，饱览海景，属大厦优质单位，同类型单位2019年高峰期呎价普遍逾3.5万，是次呎价较高位回落逾50%，造价重返2011年水平。

持货17年升值逾26%

原业主于2007年以1.02422亿购入单位，持货17年，帐面获利约2717.8万，物业升值逾26%。

市场人士透露，由于商厦单位向来沿用建筑面积，并没有标準计算方法，该单位再对上一手业主，将建筑面积改为9000方呎，放盘买卖或出租均以「发水」后的面积计算，实用率则由71%跌至62.7%。不过，在早年土地註册文件，仍然沿用原有面积。若果以面积9000方呎计算，今番成交呎价为1.44万。

单位面积「增加」，表面上令单位叫座，不过，此举动影响日后买卖，更令后来业主坐失高位套现的机会，该单位多年前曾以2.94亿易手，平均每呎3.27万 (以面积9000方呎计算)，不过，买家随后发现单位实用率较其他单位低，随即取消交易。

属中高层海景户

该商厦一个低层07室单位，建筑面积约1184方呎，近日以每方呎15794元易手，涉资1891万，物业交吉交易。

该单位由内地机构持有自用多年，由于早前购入价每呎约6400元，涉资757.76万，帐面获利1133万，物业升值约1.5倍。

(星岛日报)

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观塘宏基资本大厦两层意向1.8亿

观塘海滨道135号宏基资本大厦顶楼27及28楼两层，连8个私家车位，由宏基资本持有，每层面积各约12029方呎，总建筑面积约24058方呎，现以部分交吉及连约出售，意向价1.8亿，平均呎价约7480元。

部分连约出售

有代理表示，物业为最顶两层优质户，业主持有10多年首度公开放售，望维港及邮轮码头景，间隔方正实用，该厦大堂独特，电视台经常到此拍摄取景，大厦距牛头角港铁站仅5分鐘步程。

区内近期频录全层成交，今年7月，俊汇中心28及29楼连天台，以1.33亿易手；今年9月，敬业街41号云讯广场两层楼面，以2.05万易手。

(星岛日报)

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写字楼面临挑战 租金未见底

写字楼需求是经济脉搏的直接反映,如今宏观经济形势仍然充满不确定性，近年来不少企业选择缩减办公空间，扩张的公司却寥寥可数，过往香港IPO (首次公开招股) 市场畅旺,尚可带动写字楼需求，然而这一情况已经发生显著变化。

根据CBI发布的《香港IPO新股及上市申请- 2024年上半年洞察及回顾》报告，「2024年上半年，香港IPO市场以中小型新股主导，公司估值较上年同期低27%，只有约131亿港元，期内有114家公司申请上市，按年下跌13%，IPO市场延续疲弱气氛。」

此外，随着内地与香港的经济合作日益增强，两地经济亦相互牵动，由于现时内地经济发展放缓，营商环境不稳，导致来港设办事处的中资企业减少，继而影响香港写字楼需求；而早前美国眾议院通过了至少25项关于限制中国在经济、政治及科技领域的法案，不禁使人担忧中美地缘政治挑战或会对香港作为国际金融中心的地位造成影响。

另一方面，办公模式的转变亦为写字楼市场带来挑战。经历疫情后，不少公司已具备让员工在家办公的经验及技术支援能力，在不影响工作效率的情况下，笔者相信未来会有更多僱主推行居家办公，有关数字将继续增加；同时，自由座位 (Hot Desk) 办公模式也在兴起，即员工可以自由选择座位，轮流共用办公桌，据了解，一些外资地产代理公司已经取消了固定座位，採取混合办公及hot desk模式，这样一来公司毋须配置一对一的办公桌数量，便能满足员工办公需求，从而可租用更小的办公室以降低运营成本。另外，东南亚及内地相对廉价的劳动力也在吸引机构将部分工作外判，进一步导致租用面积的减少。

差餉物业估价署《香港物业报告2024》中指出，截至2023年底，本港私人写字楼空置率升至14.9%，空置量则按年升逾5%至196万平方米。整体私人写字楼空置率维持在双位数同时，近两年还陆续有新的商业楼面供应，报告中预测2024及2025年的私人写字楼落成总量达29.2万平方米，中西区将成为新落成甲级写字楼的主要供应地区，落成量分别佔预计总供应量的43%和40%。

有本港代理行数据资料显示，截至2024年8月29日，港岛十大甲级商厦放租的总楼面面积超过124万平方呎，库存累积加新供应，市场人士认为目前写字楼市场租金仍未见底，租客议价空间将进一步增大，或会吸引部分企业趁低进行升级搬迁及洽谈更长租约期。

减息对楼市影响 有待观察

美国联储局于9月19日宣布降息半厘，是近四年以来首次，随后，金管局将贴现窗基本利率下调50基点，降至5.25厘，本地眾多银行亦跟随减息步伐，将现行最优惠利率 (P) 水平，由年利率5.875厘调低至5.625厘。市场人士认为减息对楼市的正面影响毋庸置疑，但市场需要时间来消化这一变化，其具体影响仍有待观察。

(经济日报)

Home prices languish at eight-year lows

Hong Kong's private home prices fell for a fourth straight month in August to a fresh eight-year low, data from the Rating and Valuation Department showed.

The residential property price index in August dropped by 1.7 percent to 292.1 from a month earlier, the data showed.

By falling 5.65 percent in four months, the decline has offset the gains made following the removal of all housing curbs on the primary market in February, and hit a new low in roughly eight years.

To put the decline in context, the index last month was 26.6 percent below the record high of 398.1 points set in 2021.

Small to medium-sized units less than 100 square meters in size saw their prices decline by 1.7 percent from July and about 13 percent from a year ago. And large flats more 100 square meters recorded a drop of 1.3 percent compared to July and a year-on-year decrease of 8.8 percent.

However, the rental market in the city maintained its bullish momentum.

The rental index rose for a sixth consecutive month to 201.8 points, up 1.2 percent from the previous month and 7 percent form a year ago to a nearly five-year high since September 2019.

The rental index has grown by 6.2 percent in the first eight months of the year.

A real estate consultancy predicts home prices in the city will drop 8 percent this year and slightly recover by 3 percent next year if the US maintains its expected pace of interest rate cuts.

Sixty-six percent or 970 of the 1,465 second-hand residential home transactions in August were profitable.

But the number of profitable deals fell by 0.3 percentage points month-on-month and for a second consecutive month to a nearly three-month low, according to the Land Registry and another real estate agency.

The real estate agency predicts the average profitable deals ratio in the secondary market will further drop in near future as low-price strategies implemented by developers on new projects drag prices lower in the market.

However, it expects the positive impact of interest rate cuts in the city will boost the market as soon next month.

(The Standard)

New Yuen Long flats are the cheapest in 10 years

The Parkland in Yuen Long, developed by Lai Sun Development (0488) launched its first price list yesterday, offering 50 new flats with units starting from as little as HK$2.43 million.

The discounted average price also came down to as low as HK$9,278 per square foot, levels last seen nearly 10 years ago in the area.

In 2015, New World Development (0017) rolled out the first batch of The Parkhill involving 50 flats with a discounted average price of HK$9,807 per sq ft while Domus of Paliburg (0617) set a price of HK$2.39 million for checks.

The two projects are both located in Yuen Long.

Lai Sun's senior vice president Julian Poon Yui-man said the project's price is "highly attractive" and cheaper than any other project in the same area or the entire new homes market.

Poon said Lai Sun has developed multiple projects and will not calculate the profits of a single project.

"It is hard to say whether you will lose money or not in business," he said

The land price of the project is more than HK$4,000 per sq ft while construction costs were over HK$5,000 per sq ft.

The Parkland will open for sale as early as next week.

In other news, Swire Properties (1972) announced a new development named The Headland Residences yesterday.

The Chai Wan project offers a total of 850 flats, with home types spanning one- to four-bedroom units with sizes ranging from 400 to 2900 sq ft, as well as two special units. Director of residential business Adrian To Wai-yip expects to receive the first occupation license in 2025.

(The Standard)

Hong Kong home rents surge to near record highs as flat prices sink further

A seasonal influx of renters and bets on further declines in home prices are driving the trends, analysts say

Residential rents in Hong Kong jumped to the fourth-highest level on record last month while prices for lived-in homes slumped to an eight-year low, due to a seasonal influx of renters and bets that home prices will fall further, according to analysts.

The official index of residential rents in the city rose 1.13 per cent to 197.5 in August from July’s reading of 195.3, according to data released by the Rating and Valuation Department on Thursday. Rents have surged 6.8 per cent from a year earlier.

Meanwhile, secondary home prices in August sank 1.72 per cent month on month to an index reading of 292.1, the fourth straight monthly decline and the lowest reading since the gauge hit 287.6 in August 2016. Lived-in home prices have dropped 13.32 per cent year on year and 6.17 per cent since the end of 2023.

The figures do not reflect the market’s reaction to the half-point reductions in interest rates made last week by the US Federal Reserve and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. Given that more policy easing is in the offing, home prices are likely to stabilise and rents are expected to moderate over the short to medium term, according to a property consultancy.

Still, another property agency estimates rents will increase by 9 per cent this year, propelling the index to a record.

So far this year, rents have risen by 6.18 per cent. The August reading is the fourth-highest on record, just 2.6 points or 1.29 per cent below a historic high of 200.1 in August 2019, and also just shy of July 2019’s 198.3 and October 2018’s 197.6.

Seasonal trends play a role in the rent increases, according to an agent.

“The summer period typically sees a rise in accommodation demand as incoming non-local university students prepare for the new academic year,” the agent said. “Some developers have even adjusted their strategies, shifting from sales to leasing in order to capture strong rental demand.”

For example, Henderson Land put 20 studio and one-bedroom units up for lease at Baker’s Circle in Hung Hom in August for HK$14,000 (US$1,800) and HK$19,000, respectively.

“In the medium term, the surge in residential rents may moderate as end users who are currently renting choose to purchase their own properties and developers convert more units from sale to rent, thereby increasing the supply of rental accommodation,” the agent said.

The surge in rents in August came amid the slowest home sales in Hong Kong since a series of property cooling measures were lifted in February.

Home sales slipped for the fourth consecutive month to 3,654 units in August, a 1.9 per cent decrease from July and a six-month low since 2,375 were sold in February. The value amounted to HK$28.47 billion, a 20 per cent slump from HK$35.7 billion in July.

“With developers offering more incentives and attractive pricing [on new homes], pressure is mounting on the secondary residential market,” another agent said. “With the US Federal Reserve rate cut, major banks in Hong Kong reduced the prime rate, which may provide support for the market.”

On the other hand, with the inventory of new flats still increasing, any upside on home prices is likely to be limited, the agent said.

As of July, Hong Kong developers had 22,300 unsold residential units, about 1.7 per cent more than the 21,900 they had at the end of 2023, according to another property agency.

Home prices are likely to fall by another 1 per cent this month, another agent said.

湾仔会展广场办公大楼一个海景单位，早前沦为银主盘，最新以1.35亿易手，平均每呎1.5万，售价较年前暴跌逾50%，造价重返2011年水平。

会展广场办公大楼33楼07及09单位，建筑面积约9000方呎，属该厦罕有全海景单位，去年6月曾以3.098亿易手，平均呎价34422元，惟后来买家取消交易。

造价重返2011年水平

该单位业主于2007年以1.02422亿购入单位，近年将单位按予财务公司，在单位没有成功出售，本身又无力偿还债务情况下，物业沦为银主盘，近日以1.35亿易手，平均呎价1.5万，由高位大幅回落，新买家为资深投资者，看好香港经济前景，决定趁低吸纳作为长线投资，呎价属该厦近年新低。

投资者1.35亿承接

若以最新成交呎价计算，造价重返2011年水平，较2007年成交价亦仅高出约2717.8万，幅度约26%。

该商厦一个低层07室单位，建筑面积约1184方呎，近日以每方呎15794元易手，涉资1891万，物业交吉交易，单位由内地机构持有自用多年，由于早前购入价每呎约6400元，涉资757.76万，帐面获利1133万，升值约1.5倍。

(星岛日报)

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长沙湾南商金融创新中心7.6亿售 一篮子单位涉5.76万呎投资者承接

甲厦新盘不乏捧场客，长沙湾南商金融创新中心再录大手买卖外，该厦一篮子单位，涉及面积合共57623方呎，以7.6亿易手，新买家为投资者，看好甲厦新盘未来升值潜力。

有代理表示，南商金融创新中心53个单位，由投资者7.6亿承接，该批单位分布于23、25、26及27楼，建筑面积约合共57623方呎，平均呎价逾1.3万，买家看好区内甲厦未来升值潜力，趁淡市大手购入作长线收租。

53个单位交吉易手

该代理续说，该批单位交吉易手，面积介乎424方呎至2561方呎，其中13个相连单位可提供最大楼面为12776方呎，细单位望开扬山景及城市景，大单位望维港景，买家计划于收楼后，以每呎35元招租，目前回报料逾32厘，未来随着市况復甦，预期回报进一步提升。

今年7月，该厦17楼全层连同该厦地库45个车位，各以3.29481亿及8100万易手，合共作价约4.1亿，由另一名投资者承接，商厦平均呎价1.34万，车位每个180万。

该代理又说，投资者预期进入减息周期后，资产价值反弹，加上政府投资移民政策将非住宅物业划入计分之列，估计该厦成为目标，故迅速拍板大手购入单位。

平均呎价逾1.3万

该代理称，长沙湾近年来彻底转型，新落成甲厦及重建项目形成九龙西甲厦商业圈，除南商金融创新中心，同由新世界发展商的83永康街及83琼林街「PORTAS」相继入伙，使区内商业圈更趋成熟。过去十年，长沙湾甲厦是唯一租金增长逾5%的地区，跑赢大市。

南商金融创新中心不乏知名用家，其中，南洋商业银行于2021年9月，斥资12亿购入该厦顶楼3全层连命名权，每层楼面介乎2.08万至2.46万方呎，总楼面近6.8万方呎，平均呎价约1.75万，创项目呎价新高。

(星岛日报)

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Developers roll out more flats amid frenetic sales

Hong Kong's developers rolled out more flats on the market over the weekend as buyers snapped up nearly 200 flats at new projects in Happy Valley and Yuen Long.

Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016) raised the average price of the second batch of 122 flats at Cullinan Sky in Kai Tak by 6.5 percent to HK$20,939 per square foot after discounts.

The developer said the price was increased because most of the units in this batch enjoy views of Kai Tak Plaza.

The batch covers 15 open-plan flats, 44 one-bedroom and 63 two-bedroom units, with sizes of 236 sq ft to 559 sq ft and prices of HK$4.73 million to HK$11.91 million after discounts.

A discount of up to 13.5 percent is offered for cash deals.

In Kai Tak, The Pavilia Forest II unveiled its first price list on Saturday, offering 155 flats at prices starting from HK$4.24 million after discounts.

The project at the old Kai Tak airport runway is being developed by New World Development (0017) and Far East Consortium International (0035).

The 155 flats include 33 one-bedroom and 122 two-bedroom units, and have an average price of HK$19,207 per sq ft after discounts.

Of these flats, 119 are being offered at a 6 percent discount and 36 at an 18 percent discount.

On the same day, Emperor International's (0163) One Jardine's Lookout in Happy Valley sold all 85 flats in its first round of sales within four hours, cashing in over HK$680 million.

The flats on offer ranged from one-bedroom to three-bedroom units and in sizes of 231 sq ft to 559 sq ft.

They were priced between HK$4.16 million and HK$10.73 billion after discounts.

In Yuen Long, SHKP also put another 94 flats at The Yoho Hub II on the market after selling 112 of the 120 flats launched on Saturday.

In other news, Wang On Properties' (1243) Larchwood in Mong Kok recorded four more cancelled deals, bringing the number of cancellations to 24, involving amounts of more than HK$130 million in total.

Nine of the flats have been resold at discounts of 12 to 29 percent on the previous selling prices.

In the secondary market, the city's 10 major housing estates recorded seven deals over the weekend, unchanged from the previous week.

A property agent said new cheap projects rolled out after the interest rate cuts "grabbed a large part of purchasing power."

(The Standard)

Hong Kong buyers snap up 200 flats as market sentiment improves on interest rate cut

Hong Kong saw the most number of new flats sold on a single day since May as market sentiment improved after a rate cut by the HKMA

Hong Kong saw the most number of new flats sold on a single day since May on Saturday, with agents predicting sales of 200 units on improving sentiment following a half-point interest rate cut by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA).

Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) sold 112 units, or 93 per cent, of the 120 units at The Yoho Hub II in Yuen Long as of 8pm, according to agents.

Meanwhile, Emperor International found buyers for all 85 units of One Jardine's Lookout t in Happy Valley in a similar time frame to SHKP.

“It is expected that the first round of units in the new developments of One Jardine's Lookout in Happy Valley and The Yoho Hub II will sell out on the same day, driving Saturday’s primary market transactions to exceed 200,” an agent said.

Last week, the HKMA began a policy easing cycle by following the US Federal Reserve’s half-percentage point cut of its base interest rate, the first reduction in four years. Hong Kong’s de facto central bank adjusts its own policy based on what the Fed does to keep the local currency’s peg to the greenback.

The cut paved the way for Hong Kong’s commercial banks to trim their rates, which in turn would translate into savings for borrowers who tie their loans to prime rates.

For example, on a HK$5 million loan over 30 years priced at prime minus 1.75 per cent, the reduction lowers the mortgage rate to 3.875 per cent, meaning the monthly payment drops by HK$720 to HK$23,512, according to a local mortgage broker.

Besides lower interest rates, an improving stock market is also boosting sentiment as it indicates a more optimistic business environment in the coming months, another agent said.

On Friday, the benchmark Hang Seng Index added 3.6 per cent to 20,632.30, the highest level since April 2023. For the entire week, it gained 13 per cent, restoring more than US$440 billion in value to local stocks and the best rally since a 14.9 per cent jump in October 1998.

“The overall market sentiment is positive,” the agent said. “Developers continued to launch new projects at competitive prices and with the improving market atmosphere, the sales performance is anticipated to be strong.”

SHKP, Hong Kong’s largest developer by market capitalisation, offered 120 units in Tower Six of the Yoho Hub project. The flats, ranging in size from 462 sq ft to 905 sq ft, were priced at an average of HK$14,338 per square foot, unchanged from the level when the developer sold all 423 units in Tower Eight in May. The total price for the cheapest flat was HK$6.83 million.

“The project benefits from its proximity to [Yuen Long MTR station], making transportation convenient,” the first agent said. “About 20 per cent of the units have been reserved by investors. The rental price per square foot is expected to reach HK$50, yielding a rental return of about 4 per cent.”

Meanwhile, units on offer at One Jardine's Lookout, a 27-storey residential tower in Happy Valley, were priced at an average of HK$17,904 per square foot, a 13-year low for a new project in the Mid Levels east district. The cheapest was a 231 sq ft unit priced at HK$4.15 million after discounts.

The launch of the projects drew interest from investors, with some planning to invest around HK$80 million for 10 units at One Jardine's Lookout, in particular, Po added.

“Given the project’s location in a traditional luxury residential area, along with attractive pricing, its has drawn many buyers,” the agent said. “Investors account for about 40 per cent of the interest, while end users make up 60 per cent.”

The project’s rental return is estimated to be about 6 per cent to 7 per cent, the agent said.

One investor bought 12 units in the project, including six three-bedroom flats for a total investment of HK$89 million, another agent said.

“We expect new home sales to reach 600 this month, surpassing the 510 units in August,” the agent said.

Still, a marked improvement in home sales has yet to be seen, another agent said.

中环中心全层作价7亿 星展银行连约承租

「磁带大王」陈秉志早前一口气沽出中环中心2全层，其中66楼全层已于土地註册处登记，新买家为该厦大业主之一星展银行（DBS），作价7亿，平均呎价近2.6万。

平均呎价近2.6万

中环中心66楼全层以7亿易手，卖方THE CENTER (66) LTD，登记买家DBS BANK (HONG KONG) LTD，作价7亿，儘管中环中心早于落成时，每层单位由公司持有，方便日后买卖公司，然而，星展银行并没有选择买入公司，而是直接购入物业。

该全层建筑面积约26967方呎，平均呎价25958元。现时该物业由Regus香港办公室空间租用。

「磁带大王」陈秉志沽货

据了解，陈秉志持有的75楼，早前连同66楼一併沽出，买家亦是星展银行，惟暂时未见登记。星展银行DBS目前持有该厦9层全层楼面，连同新买入的66楼全层，合共持10层楼面。

陈秉志在2017年11月，伙拍多位投资者以402亿购入中环中心75%业权，并获分7层楼面，以当年购入价平均每呎3.3万计算，现时66楼全层以呎价近2.6万沽出，跌幅逾21%。

(星岛日报)

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京东斥15亿购沙田利丰中心全幢

电子商务巨企之一的京东集团，旗下京东智能产发 (JDP) 完成收购沙田利丰中心全幢，京东表示，该项交易能为香港提供可靠有效率的物流服务，在温和利息环境下更令集团长期受益。市场消息指，该全幢作价约15亿，平均呎价约3078元。

本报早于今年6月14日报道，沙田利丰中心全幢将由用家以15亿承接，该买家身份昨日曝光，京东网页指，旗下京东智能产发有限公司 (JINGDONG Property，Inc. 简称JDP)，已完成收购沙田利丰中心全幢。

曹东：有利拓展集团业务

京东首席执行官曹东表示，对收购该项物流基施感到满意，反映团队在整合资源及完成交易方面极具效率，此举将有利拓展集团业务。

京东智能产发亚洲区主管Richard Law更指，该项目得以令京东为香港提供更可靠有效率的物流服务，在利率持续温和的年代，该项投资令集团长期获益不少，集团将继续积极在亚太区寻找机遇。

今年暂最大宗工厦买卖

据了解，早于6月中，买卖双方已握手达成初步协议，物业将以15亿易手，其时并通知大厦租客觅新址搬迁，由于该宗为大买卖，过去三个月，买方忙于尽职审查，双方忙于跟进细节，最终在近期完成交易，亦是今年暂录最大宗的工业物业买卖。

京东未有透露购入价，市场消息指作价15亿，以该全幢面积48.73万方呎计算，平均呎价约3078元，若以全幢物流中心而言，呎价甚为低廉，虽然如此，原业主仍然获利可观，原业主为La Salle Investment Management Inc. 旗下客户筹组的基金，早于2004年4月以约近2.685亿向利丰集团购入该全幢，帐面获利12.315亿，物业升值逾4.5倍。

该全幢由单一租客Maersk承租，是一个总部设于丹麦哥本哈根、世界知名的跨国企业，以运输及能源作为主要的业务核心，也是世界上最大的货柜船运经营者及货柜船供应商，早于2004年当该项目易手时，签下14年长约，租期直至2018年，Maersk早前忙于为搬迁觅新址。

平均呎价3078元

业内人士指，利丰中心属于今年以来最大宗工业物业买卖，而且买家来自内地，显示在逆市下，实力巨企趁势购物业自用，志在服务香港市场，对本地投下了信心一票，别具意义。

在利率持续温和的年代，该项投资令集团长期获益不少。

(星岛日报)

Hong Kong’s ‘Cassette King’ sells The Center offices to DBS at discount amid property woes

Singapore’s largest banking group paid HK$700 million, or about HK$26,000 per square foot, for the 66th floor of The Center building in Sheung Wan.

DBS Bank (Hong Kong) bought an entire floor of offices in what was formerly the world’s most expensive tower, taking advantage of a commercial property slump to expand its footprint in the city.

Singapore’s largest banking group paid HK$700 million, or about HK$26,000 per square foot, for the 66th floor of The Center building in Central from David Chan Ping-chi, a Hong Kong tycoon known as the “Cassettes King”. The property was handed over on Thursday, according to the local land registry.

The purchase price amounted to a discount of about 21 per cent from Chan’s purchase price in 2018, when he was part of the consortium that paid a combined HK$40.2 billion for the entire building from tycoon Li Ka-shing. Chan owned seven floors in the building, including the 66th floor that measures 26,967 sq ft.

DBS will own 10 floors at The Center after its purchase, from the 10th through the 18th floors, excluding 13th and 14th because those numbers are considered unlucky, as well as levels 50, 66 and 73. Regus Centre (HK) has been the current tenant of level 66 since 2020; its lease is expiring in October 2026.

The purchase comes as Hong Kong’s office leasing market is in a troubling slump. Nearly a fifth of the commercial floor space across the city remains unoccupied, an unprecedented level of vacancy that is casting a pall over Hong Kong’s claim to be Asia’s financial hub. Rental levels have fallen to levels last seen in 2015, according to analysts.

An index measuring overall office rents in Hong Kong fell last quarter to the lowest point since early 2015, according to the Rating and Valuation Department. Rents for grade A and grade B offices have declined by 33 per cent and 17 per cent, respectively, from their peaks in 2018-19, according to a local property agency.

Amid the sluggish office market outlook, more supply will be introduced to the market.

The city’s landlords including Sun Hung Kai Properties, Mandarin Oriental Hotel/Hongkong Land, and SEA Holdings are adding some 3 million square feet (278,709 square metres) of new office space to the market next year, another property consultancy estimated. That is expected to exacerbate the oversupply situation, currently at an all-time high of 17 per cent across the city.

Meanwhile, investors like Chan are also ready to offload their assets due to liquidity pressure as borrowing costs remained high and the property market outlook remained uncertain.

Chan, one of the staunch holdouts when his fellow investors began disposing of their holdings in The Center in 2018, may have finally yielded to the pressure of high interest rates. He has also put his 75th floor on the market for sale, according to local media reports, although the Land Registry data has yet to show a transaction.

Still, he has been selling assets elsewhere in Hong Kong. On Monday, he offered to sell his HK$1 billion building at No. 321 Java Road in North Point, formerly known as Kodak House Phase 1, according to the property agent.

On Tuesday, the receivers of 130 shops at “Macau Square” in the Shun Tak Centre put their assets on the market, according to Colliers. The project used to be co-owned by Chan and the former Macau “Junket King” Alvin Chau Cheok-wa.

(South China Morning Post)

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