近年寫字樓供應量處於高水平，差餉物業估價署數字顯示，2022年寫字樓落成量高達378萬方呎，按年急升4倍，創23年來新高，其中並以甲廈比例最多，佔整體的85%。
差餉物業估價署公布的臨時數字顯示，2022年商廈落成量為378.15萬，比較2021年的74.9萬方呎，多出約303.25萬方呎，幅度為4倍，去年落成量更是過去23年來最高，對上一個高位為1999年約456.63萬方呎。去年寫字樓落成量佔最多類別為甲級商廈，共提供樓面約322.17萬方呎，佔整體比例約85.2%。而截至2023年1月的商廈落成量，暫時只有約1.72萬方呎。
較2021年增4倍
今年1月整體商廈租金指數報226.9點，按月跌約0.7%，按年更下跌約1.8%，甲廈租金指數報229.8點，按月跌約0.48%，按年跌約1.6%。港島區表現不俗，上環及中區租金指數報271.1點，按月升約1.6%，較去年同期升約0.15%。灣仔及銅鑼灣租金指數報223.5點，按月升約2.1%，連升兩個月，不過，按年則回落約1.6%；尖沙嘴表現差，該區指數報190.9點，按月下跌約2.9%，較去年同期急挫約4.9%。
商廈租金按年跌約1.8%
有代理表示，商廈由土地規劃，賣地及落成，歷時長達10年，2012年經濟暢旺，政府規劃更多商廈地皮，新世界於2017年連奪長沙灣3幅商貿地，其中去年落成的長沙灣南商金融創新中心，當時每呎樓面地價7478元；目前市場吹淡風，旺角洗衣街商業地每呎樓面地價僅3103元。
有測量師表示，去年市場有重磅甲廈落成，包括啟德 AIRSIDE，黃竹坑的 Landmark South 等等，對租金亦構成壓力。
今年1月，上環及中區租金指數報271.1點，按月升約1.6%，亦較去年同期升約0.15%。尖沙嘴報190.9點，按月跌約2.9%，較去年同期急挫約4.9%。
(星島日報)
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培新：尖沙咀酒店 料年中開業迎客
核心區商廈仍具吸引力，培新集團旗下中環雲咸街33號商廈進行翻新，現寫字樓出租率約5成，呎租約42元起。另集團旗下尖沙咀酒店翻新近完工，料年中開業迎旅客。
中環雲咸街33號前身為蘭桂坊酒店，培新早年為物業改裝成寫字樓出租，而近期更為物業進一步翻新，主要為寫字樓大堂打造成文化藝術共享空間Wyndham Social，並邀請多位本地藝術家作個人展覽，租戶亦可租用Wyndham Social舉辦講座、分享會及商業活動等。
雲咸街33號兩層招租 呎租42元起
培新集團地產總監吳美綺表示，14層寫字樓現時租出5成，租客包括共享辦公室等，現推出兩層招租，每層面積約5,100平方呎，呎租約42元起。另頂層複式單位，預留作特色餐飲出租。
去年受疫情影響，商廈租務淡靜，吳美綺指去年底開始租務查詢增加，現全面通關後，睇樓活動倍增，料今年租務向好，而全幢物業租出，租金收入料達9,000萬元。
赫德道酒店2億翻新 涉324間房
另集團旗下的上水匯商場方面，她表示受惠於通關，商場生意有所上升，大致上已回復前疫情前水平，而今年舖租有1成升幅。
至於酒店方面，集團旗下尖沙咀赫德道酒店於疫情期間關閉，吳美綺透露，集團斥約2億元為物業進行翻新，並獲國際酒店品牌作營運，料今年中開業，涉及324間房。
(經濟日報)
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Twenty One Whitfield酒店放售 市值6.5億
中港兩地全面通關，帶動本港旅遊業，投資者趁勢頭好放售酒店物業。高力承業主委託獨家代理出售銅鑼灣威非路道21號Twenty One Whitfield酒店，物業的收取意向書截止日期為今年5月10日。該項物業市場估值約6.5億元。
是次放售物業為一幢樓高32層酒店，地盤面積約1984方呎，總建築面積約34803方呎。物業的地下為酒店大堂及蠔吧，5樓為花園平台，6樓至36樓為客房，每層設有2個房間，共提供54間酒店客房。房間擁多面落地玻璃，自然光線充足，部分房間享有維港海景及維多利亞公園景致。
有外資代理行代理表示，物業位於銅鑼灣，屬港島優越地段。區內有多條著名食街，特色食肆林立，迅步即達維多利亞公園。物業的房間偌大、設計時尚舒適，深受商務客戶歡迎。而受惠於全面通關、社會復常，香港將舉辦眾多大型國際盛事，旅客和商務客戶的入境人數與日俱增，勢必帶動對高端酒店房間的市場需求。
資料顯示，Twenty One Whitfield酒店在2011年落成，現業主在2014年斥資約3.95億元購入該項目。
(信報)
Office supply at 23-year-high
Private office completions in Hong Kong surged to a 23-year high last year.
New built offices jumped by more than four times to 351,300 square meters in 2022, of which Grade-A offices accounted for 299,300 sq m, according to the data from the Rating and Valuation Department.
The office rental index slid by 0.7 percent month-on-month in January but rents of Grade-A offices in Sheung Wan and Central rose 1.6 percent.
The data came as Bloomberg said BNP Paribas intends to move the majority of its Hong Kong staff out of the Central business district as the lender looks to cut costs and adjust to the post-Covid era.
The bank's asset management business is already located in Lincoln House at Taikoo Place in Quarry Bay.
It currently occupies four floors in Two International Finance Centre, according to its website.
The move is set to take place as soon as next year and some bankers may remain in the Central office, it added.
(The Standard)
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BNP Paribas to shift most staff from Two International Finance Centre to Taikoo Place in cost-cutting move
BNP Paribas SA plans to move the majority of its Hong Kong staff out of offices in the city’s central business district as the lender looks to cut costs and adjust to the post-Covid era, according to people familiar with the matter.
The French lender is weighing shifting nearly all of its staff in Two International Finance Centre, a prestigious complex in a coveted location, to offices in Taikoo Place on the east side of Hong Kong Island, the people said. The move is set to happen as soon as next year, and some bankers may stay behind in the Central building, the people said.
BNP Paribas’ asset management business is already based in Lincoln House of Taikoo Place, according to its website. It currently has four floors in Two International Finance Centre, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private.
“The Hong Kong financial industry has entered a new phase of workspace transformation, and we have reassessed our operations post pandemic and taken the opportunity to shift to a more dynamic smart workspace which allows greater collaboration and mobility,” a spokesperson for BNP Paribas said in response to a Bloomberg News query.
The move comes as financial institutions are looking to trim costs by cutting staff globally amid persistent inflation and a slowdown in dealmaking. Citigroup Inc. is set to join Wall Street rivals JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in cutting jobs, Bloomberg News has reported.
A rise in Hong Kong’s office vacancy rates and falling rents during the pandemic has weighed on the city’s premier properties. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. moved from billionaire Li Ka-shing’s skyscraper in Hong Kong’s Central district to Two International Finance Centre in December. The building is also home to the regional offices of financial firms including UBS Group AG.
Comprising 4.5 million square feet, International Finance Centre features more than 200 stores and office space as well as a Four Seasons hotel, its website shows. The complex is a collaboration between developers Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. and Henderson Land Development Co. and utility company Hong Kong & China Gas Co., according to the website.
(The Standard)
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$334m luxury deals lift market
Three luxury homes were sold in the primary market yesterday for a total of HK$334 million.
In Tai Tam, Chinachem sold a 2,773-square-foot four-bedroom home at Redhill Peninsula for HK$90 million, the first tender transaction at the luxury low-rise residential development since November 2021.
In Ho Man Tin, Sino Land's and CLP's (0002) St George's Mansions sold a 2,140-sq-ft four-bedroom flat for HK$119 million or HK$55,607 per sq ft, both records for standard units in the project.
And in Kai Tai, Longfor's (0960) Upper River Bank sold a 2,567-sq-ft duplex four-bedroom unit for HK$125 million or HK$48,695 per sq ft, also a record for the project.
Meanwhile, the first price list of Chinachem's In One phase 1B atop Ho Man Tin MTR Station will be revealed next week, offering a minimum of 50 flats.
Show apartments open next week and the first batch of sales will commence within the month.
Phase 1B offers 183 one- to four-bedroom flats with areas ranging from 336 to 1,234 sq ft.
In Lam Tin, Wheelock Properties will launch phase 3B at Koko Hills by the end of this month, featuring 444 flats.
This phase will primarily consist of small flats, with 60 percent offering harbor views.
After two rounds of sales, phase 3A - Koko Rosso - has sold a total of 306 flats, bringing in about HK$2.43 billion in revenue.
In Tuen Mun, Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016) sold 88 out of 171 flats in phase 2B of Novo Land yesterday. One customer purchased two apartments for approximately HK$13 million.
In the same district, phase 2 of Grand Jeté, CK Asset's (1113) project with SHKP, will unveil the first price list of at least 80 flats next week.
Around 60 percent of the apartments on the first price list consist of one-bedroom units. These units will be priced according to market rates and are anticipated to be available for sale within the month.
(The Standard)
Sun Hung Kai Properties poised to sell all 171 flats in latest batch at Tuen Mun project as life returns to Hong Kong housing market
Nearly 10,000 potential buyers have registered an interest in the 171 flats available in the second batch of Phase 2B of the Novo Land project, meaning about 58 people will compete for each unit
Hong Kong’s residential property market appears to be on an upswing, with developers such as SHKP and Wheelock Properties achieving strong sales in their respective projects in recent weeks
Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) looked set for another sell-out at its Novo Land project in Tuen Mun as life returns to Hong Kong’s housing market after almost three years of subdued demand under Covid-19 restrictions.
Nearly 10,000 potential buyers have registered an interest in the 171 flats available in the second batch of Phase 2B of the project in the New Territories, according to SHKP, which means about 58 people are competing for each unit.
As of 9:10pm on Wednesday, some five hours after sales formally opened, 165 units had found buyers, according to agents.
During the weekend, Hong Kong’s most valuable developer sold all 352 units on offer at the development.
Hong Kong’s residential property market appears to be on an upswing, with developers such as SHKP and Wheelock Properties achieving strong sales in their respective projects in recent weeks.
The improvement in the property market comes after Hong Kong fully reopened its border with mainland China. The government has also broadened the set of buyers exempted from paying ad valorem stamp duty as it extends tax concessions to buyers of units worth less than HK$10 million.
“Both have helped the property market, but opening the borders is more important as it has a very positive impact on market sentiment and the business environment,” a property agent said.
With Hong Kong and Beijing abandoning almost all their Covid-19 containment curbs, buyers and investors are motivated to snap up new flats as they anticipate an economic recovery, which in turn is likely to boost demand for homes.
SHKP said its latest batch of one- to three-bedroom flats have sizes ranging from 277 to 678 square feet. They are priced between HK$4.232 million (US$539,000) and HK$9.366 million, or an average of HK$14,098 per square foot.
Cash buyers could be entitled to discounts of as much as 15 per cent as well as a furniture package bonus, according to SHKP.
“As a new home, the prices of the units are relatively cheap. The stamp duty cut is pushing buyers to make decisions fast,” another agent said. “It’s proving to be quite popular among young homebuyers.”
The project’s location – it is part of the Northern Metropolis plan that aims to create new towns close to the border with mainland China – also adds value to the flats, the agent said.
Not all analysts are convinced the property market is on a path to recovery.
Although home prices have risen – a foreign property agency’s mass residential capital value index gained 2.6 per cent in the last two months – the number of transactions has remained low since January, according to the agency.
“The reopening of the economy at the turn of the year was a timely event to help release pent-up demand to the market. However, once the demand is digested, turnover will likely return to a low level,” an agent said.
In January, 3,051 residential transactions were recorded, 18.7 per cent lower than the monthly average of 3,755 in 2022. Demand from non-local buyers was also low, accounting for only 34 transactions, far lower than the monthly average of 53 last year, the agency said.
“The rising home prices since entering 2023 may not last,” the agent said.
(The Standard)
