友邦香港宣布成為南豐旗下啟德AIRSIDE的最大租戶，進駐租用高樓層4層辦公室，涉及近15萬平方呎樓面，屬於今年最大手租賃交易之一。
友邦指，全新辦公室會作為財務策劃顧問團隊的日常營運及訓練用途，將設有多個訓練室及演講廳。友邦香港及澳門首席執行官馮偉昌指，是次進駐啟德，讓營運據點覆蓋更全面，包括鰂魚涌、銅鑼灣、中環、尖沙咀、觀塘等。
據市場估計，友邦租用的AIRSIDE 4層樓面，估計呎租約30元左右，屬於今年暫時最大手甲廈租務個案。
(經濟日報)
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金百利商場地舖 莎莎80萬續租
憧憬政府推出更多措施吸引旅客，據市場消息指，莎莎 (00178) 續租銅鑼灣記利佐治街金百利商場地舖，租金估計約80萬元，跟8年相若，相較高峰期則低約一半。
該舖位為記利佐治街1號金百利商地下2及3號舖，面積約1,688平方呎，由莎莎於2016年開始租用。據市場消息指，該舖曾經以108萬元放租，惟最終成功由現任租客莎莎續租。
較高峰期租金減半
市場估計，最新月租維持70萬至80萬元，呎租大約400至500元左右，即跟莎莎在2016年承租時候的租金相若，反映租金8年來原地踏步。據資料顯示，在莎莎之前，該舖原本由周大福珠寶所租用，月租高達190萬元，換句話，是次續租較高峰期租金低一半。
莎莎日前公布全年業績，按年多賺2.8倍至2.2億元，其中集團主席郭少明在業績發布會上提及，過去店舖租金維持佔營運的成本12%，最近稍為回落至約11%，主要因為部分業主沒有加租，個別更願意減租，令續租租金水平下跌。
事實上，雖然核心區空置率下降，但整體舖租仍然較低迷，早前小米以月租55萬元租用銅鑼灣怡和街42至44號華人銀行東區大廈地下連1樓複式舖，雖然較上手百老滙電器以45萬元租用，加租約22%，不過相較高峰期月租曾經達140萬元，現時租金仍然低7成。
(經濟日報)
會德豐黃竹坑工廈批強拍令底價7.28億
不少財團透過併購舊樓申請強拍增土儲，由會德豐地產併購的黃竹坑合隆工業大廈，最新獲土地審裁處批出強拍令，底價為7.28億，比當時市場估值約6.9055億，高約3745萬。
較估值高3745萬
會德豐地產於2022年申請強拍時持有約85%業權，直至審訊時維持不變，目前餘下約6個物業未成功收購，而發展商曾於2022年4月至2023年10月期間曾2度出價收購仍遭小業主拒絕。
發展商由最初出價介乎374.3萬至7635萬，惟2023年10月出價則跌至277.3513萬至7148.7872萬，前者跌價約35%，後者則跌價約6.8%。
據判詞指出，申請人曾委託結構工程師對該舊樓進行結構評估，由於大樓現時維修狀況不佳，部分更出現牆身裂痕、剝落，需要經常維修，認為建築物已經出現老化，在許多方面已過時，無論物理上或功能上都未能符合現代建築標準和法定要求。而且維修成本與重建成本不成比例，故重建發展是合適做法。再者申請人已採取一切合理步驟取得全部業權，故批出強拍令。
上述項目位於黃竹坑道52號，現址為一幢樓高13層工廈，於1971年落成入伙，樓齡約53年，地盤面積7830方呎，若以地積比率約15倍重建發展，涉及可建總樓面約11.75萬方呎。
在鐵路站點及「躍動港島南」計劃加持下，近年黃竹坑一帶舊樓掀起收購潮，發展商紛於區內「插旗」興建地標；項目鄰近南灣如心酒店、毗鄰港鐵黃竹坑站，步行前往約2分鐘步程，同時鄰近亦有多條巴士線行走，交通便利，極具重建價值。
(星島日報)
灣仔星港大廈物業3.3億放售
有代理指，有業主連約放售灣仔駱克道233至243號星港大廈地下D號舖，以及1至3樓全層連外牆使用權，建築面積合共約20577方呎，意向價約3.3億元，每方呎售價約16037元。上址現租客為護老院，月租約86.25萬元，若買家以意向價購入物業，回報約3.1厘。
(信報)
Discounts drive new home sales at SHKP’s Novo Land in Tuen Mun as buyer sentiment improves
SHKP’s Novo Land phase 3B sold 135 of 160 units on offer on Saturday, but 30 units at Continental’s Amber Place in Cheung Sha Wan went unsold
A new residential project in Tuen Mun has gained traction on the back of generous discounts from Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP), while sales of another project in Cheung Sha Wan disappointed.
At SHKP’s new project Novo Land phase 3B in Tuen Mun, 135 of 160 units on offer sold by 5pm on Saturday.
The new batch of flats were offered at a discounted of up to 17 per cent compared with previous phases, and received a total of 5,332 cheques as of Friday, making them 32.3 times oversubscribed.
The units comprise two studio, 39 one-bedroom, 95 two-bedroom, and 24 three-bedroom flats, with prices ranging from HK$2.99 million (US$380,000) to HK$8.46 million, or HK$11,102 to HK$12,796 per square foot. The average price was HK$11,854 per square foot.
“The previous phases of Novo Land accumulated a large number of disappointed buyers who were unable to make a purchase, and with the current phase being priced lower with discounts, it is expected that the first batch of units would be sold out on Saturday,” an agent said.
Among Saturday’s buyers were two brothers who purchased two two-bedroom flats at the project for personal use, at a price of about HK$11 million each. Another group of buyers bought two one-bedroom flats for around HK$7 million each, with plans to lease the properties, according to a property agency.
Novo Land’s results stood in sharp contrast to those of Continental’s Amber Place in Cheung Sha Wan, where none of the 30 units on offer were sold. Those flats had an average price of HK$18,754 per square foot.
Sentiment in Hong Kong’s property market has seen some improvement since the city lifted all restrictions in late February. New homes are attracting more buyers compared with second-hand homes due to lower prices, according to the agent. The city recorded 8,000 primary-market transactions in the first half of 2024, reaching about 80 per cent of last year’s transaction volume.
Looking ahead to the second half of this year, factors such as potential interest rate cuts and improving rents are expected to sustain the momentum in the primary market, while second-hand homes will need to take bigger cuts on prices to attract buyers, the agent said.
The city’s home price index inched up 0.3 per cent to 308.7, its highest level since last December, when it stood at 311.3, according to the Rating and Valuation Department. However, prices are still down 12.8 per cent year on year, while the gauge has also dropped 0.83 per cent as of the end of May.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority kept its base rate unchanged for the seventh time at 5.75 per cent on June 13, after the US Federal Reserve decided to maintain its target rate in the range of 5.25 per cent to 5.5 per cent – its highest level in 23 years.
(South China Morning Post)
