投資市場面對挑戰，高昂的融資成本，逼使貴重物業組合持有人以折扣價出售非核心資產，有外資代理行預計今年下半年甲廈價格跌5至10%。

該行代理表示，持續高昂資金成本推動投資者以折扣價賣資產，銀行不願向商業物業提供貸款，限制投資需求，現金充裕的買家成為贏家。

投資者吼回報5至6厘物業

該行另一代理指， 香港房產市場面臨重大挑戰，港元升值和高息影響本地經濟，導致遊客消費下降。深圳新購物商場吸引港人到內地消費，導致核心街舖租自2019年起跌50%。

現金充裕的私人投資者和機構瞄準回報達5至6厘物業，惟高回報通常為新界區物業，2024年下半年可能有更多高回報放盤出現。

大手買賣金額按年跌47%

就非住宅大手買賣，2024年上半年僅錄99億，較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，香港都會大學斥資10億購入紅磡成木酒店。商廈則以折扣價出售，由高盛及凱龍瑞以16億收購和發展的全新寫字樓88WL，僅以7億售予本地投資者，賣方遭受重大虧損。美國銀行中心兩個樓層造價較高峰時跌近60% ，皇后大道中9號29樓單位成交價亦較高位下挫60%。

(星島日報)

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觀塘偉業街全幢商廈延遲拍賣

由私募基金持有的觀塘偉業街全幢商廈東九匯，原訂於本周三拍賣，現時決定延遲，尚未落實時間。

暫未定日期及開價

私募基金基滙資本及數位共同投資者就觀塘偉業街133號全幢商廈東九匯，原本委託一間外資代理行於9月4日 (星期三) 公開拍賣，該行發言人昨日表示，拍賣將延遲舉行，日期稍後公布，項目暫未定拍賣開價。

該全幢總建築面積約192857方呎，每層面積14710方呎，提供區內同類型商廈少有大樓面設計，目前出租率約76%，平均呎租約30元。該廈於1969年落成，樓高13層連天台。

東九匯前身為長輝工業大廈，基滙資本2013年以9.3億向「舖王」鄧成波購入，斥2.7億作翻新及作活化商業用途，2015年入伙，並於2017年7月將項目50%業權，售予SILKROAD基金及其他投資者，作價約10億。

(星島日報)

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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)

過去多年市況大上大落，有用家完美示範「高沽低吸」，四洲集團2017年沽售西貢自用廠房後，剛自置物業，斥資2.05億購入觀塘敬業街甲廈部分樓面及廣告位，兼連大廈命名權。

四洲集團以2.05億購入觀塘敬業街41號甲廈雲訊廣場，包括31樓建築面積約16969方呎，21樓2號單位，建築面積約8000方呎，地下5個車位，地下2層2個車位，廣告位及大廈命名權，物業將作為自用，平均呎價約8226元。

連7個車位及大廈命名權

該集團指，自2017年出售自用物業以來，集團一直租用辦公空間，購入物業後能使集團長期穩定發展。由於新增需求有限，市場氛圍疲弱，本港部分商廈價格大幅跌至較低水平，考慮到鄰近類似物業市價；以及集團之業務發展，認為購入物業為投資良機，長遠而言可節省辦公室租金。

原業主蝕讓逾40%沽貨

四洲集團2017年沽西貢康定路1號四洲集團大廈及康定路1號四洲食品網匯中心，作價分別3.68億及2.5億，涉資共6.18億，呎價逾4000元。

偉華集團創辦人蔡經陽、「小巴大王」馬亞木於2018年4月以15.83億購入項目前身僑新工廠大廈，補地價轉商用涉10.13億，樓面呎價7888元，加上建築費及利息各約5000元及1500元，成本呎價14388元，蝕讓逾40%沽貨。該宗為大廈首錄成交。

西貢5幢廠房放售市值9.5億

由鄧成波家族持有的西貢康定路 1、2、6、7及9號五座全幢廠房放售，物業可轉作長者宿舍，市場估值達9.5億。有外資代理行代理表示，該五座物業坐落西貢對面海，佔地計約129526方呎，總建築面積達約383579方呎，每座面積介乎53158至100583方呎，可改裝現代化倉儲或物流中心，亦可補地價重建住宅。該項目亦已獲批重建5幢安老院舍及相關設施。

(星島日報)

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旺角花園街地舖1.25億易手 連部分外牆廣告位回報高達6厘

淡市下，核心區舖位低價沽售，買家得以收取高回報，旺角花園街旺段巨舖，建築面積近3000方呎，連部分外牆廣告位，投資者以1.25億承接，回報高達6厘。

旺角花園街18至24號華園閣地舖，由一間老牌建築商持有，建築面積約2996方呎，外牆1、2及5號廣告位，以1.25億成交，平均呎價4.17萬。

目前，該舖租客包括4間食肆及外牆廣告，唐記包點月租11.5萬、三不賣 (涼茶店) 10.5萬、日船章魚小丸子8.8萬，4、5及6號舖深鴻燻鵝冰室31.3萬，外牆廣告位月租3630元，合共62.463萬，新買家料回報約6厘。

投資者每呎4.17萬購入

原業主於1999年2月以5400萬買入該巨舖，儘管低價沽貨，持貨25年帳面獲利7100萬，物業升值1.22倍。

盛滙商舖基金創辦人李根興表示，現在難於向銀行借錢，市場資金緊張，預期「all cash 」購買，才有此回報水平！該排舖位於煙廠街及登打士街之間，位處馬會旁邊，人流極旺，4名租客租用6間舖，回報高達6厘，十分抵買。

該舖位由老牌家族持有，多年來一直未見放售，淡市下才有此價格，有待美國減息、市況回復較正常時，該位置每間舖平均賣2500萬至4000萬，套現2億絕對不難。

持貨25年升值1.22倍

他補充說，該地舖門闊約80呎，非常闊，實用面積約2200呎，深約30至45呎。

灣仔謝斐道415至421號積福大廈地下B及C號舖，建築面積約1938方呎，以3000萬成交，租客Tapas餐廳。

原業主於1972年4月分別以18.3萬買入B及C號舖，合共36.6萬，持貨52年，帳面獲利2963.4萬，物業升值81倍。

(星島日報)

大道中巨舖月租80萬 名牌時裝零售商進駐

國際拍賣行蘇富比年前承租中環遮打大廈商舖部分，一個面積約2.4萬方呎巨舖作為藝廊，該處前身意大利時裝零售商Giorgio Armani搬遷新址，承租皇后大道中9號嘉軒廣場，面積逾6000方呎，月租逾80萬。

租期長達5年

知情人士透露，中環皇后大道中9號嘉軒廣場地下7至9號舖，由Giorgio Armani承租，租期由2024年9月至2029年8月，長達5年，租約已於土地註冊處登記，惟未見登記租金。

市場人士表示，該巨舖面積逾6000方呎，月租約80萬，平均呎租約133元，惟另一說法月租逾100萬，平均呎租167元。該巨舖前身租客WOAW GALLERY，為一間提倡與推動當代藝術的國際畫廊。

舖位前身為畫廊

Giorgio Armani舊址為遮打大廈地下及1樓，面積2.4萬方呎，屬複式旗艦店，由2002年進駐，年前國際級拍賣行蘇富比首度進駐街舖，承租該巨舖開設旗艦藝廊，並於今年7月27日開幕。

Armani早於1982年在港開設首間專門店，並拓展本地和中國市場，該集團設計、製造、分銷及零售旗下一系列品牌時裝產品，包括衣服、飾物、眼鏡、手錶、家居用品、香水和化妝品。

(星島日報)

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價格回調 資金重投核心區

近期核心區甲廈及舖位均錄大手買賣，反映當價格大幅回調後，資金重投核心區物業。

近期核心區連錄大手物業成交，甲廈方面，焦點落在中環中心，錄得2層大手買賣，分別66樓及75樓，由同一買家承接。現時66樓面積約26,967平方呎，由商務中心租用，而75樓面積約23,901平方呎，現由內地電訊企業租用，兩層樓面合共50,868平方呎，以約14.2億元沽出，呎價約2.8萬元。

中環中心極高層 呎價較高峰跌半

是次涉及大廈極高層單位，可享極開揚維港景觀，屬區內最優質的甲廈單位，故造價明顯較高。翻查資料，對上一宗相近樓層買賣，為內企於2017年以約7.38億元向太和控股 (00718) 購入中環中心79樓全層，以總面積約13,213平方呎計，呎價約55,854元，一度創下全港寫字樓呎價最高紀錄。以最新成交計算，呎價已跌約一半。

市場人士指，是次買家以星展銀行呼聲最高，該集團一直持有中環中心多層自用，並租用部分單位。

兩層單位原業主為投資者陳秉志，早年夥拍多名投資者合組財團，以約402億元向長實購入75%業權，平均呎價約3.3萬元，其後多名投資者分樓，惟每層購入價未有公布，但相信仍要蝕讓。

彌敦道地舖 呎價約5萬

舖位方面，核心區尖沙咀連錄成交，消息指，彌敦道86號地下舖位易手，面積約4,000平方呎，以約2億元成交，呎價約5萬元。該舖位於尖沙咀彌敦道最核心位置，正對清真寺，人流極為暢旺。舖位現由化粧品以約58萬元租用，回報率約3.5厘。原業主於1970年以約488萬元購入舖位，持貨54年轉手，獲利約1.95億元，升值約40倍。

另同區加拿芬道37及39號，上月亦以約4.2億元沽出，物業2幢相連5層高之商住物業，總地盤面積約2,875平方呎，物業總面積約1萬多平方呎，現時地下租客包括有藥房、飲品店、手機配件等，整項物業每月租金收入約78.3萬元，項目可重建為1座約3.45萬平方呎銀座式商廈。

翻查資料，物業由鄧成波家族持有，波叔早年分階段進行收購，包括2016年以約3.2億元購入加拿芬道37號，據悉兩物業合共涉及約9億元收購。去年該家族曾把物業放售，叫價約5億元，惟未獲承接，近期更遭接管。若按最新市值計，已較當年收購成本價大幅貶值。

分析指，核心區物業在過往數年價格大幅調整，而市場憧憬減息在即，經濟可望轉好，核心區物業反彈力料較高，故現率先入市。

(經濟日報)

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鰂魚涌泓富產業千禧廣場 合中小企

位於鰂魚涌的泓富產業千禧廣場，最大優點是地點方便，而物業提供中細單位，非常靈活。

泓富產業千禧廣場位處鰂魚涌英皇道663號，地點屬核心商業地段英皇道。交通方面，由鰂魚涌港鐵站出口步行至該廈僅兩分鐘，而大廈門口為巴士、電車站，交通非常方便。而大廈鄰近東隧入口，來往九龍相當便利。另外，大廈地庫為停車場，方便駕車人士。

其他配套上，附近設有少量餐廳及酒樓，若前往太古坊一帶，餐廳選擇更多。

近年英皇道亦有不少新甲廈出現，泓富產業千禧廣場於1999年落成，而物業樓齡約25年，設備上即使或不及同地段部分新甲廈，業主亦有為物業進行翻新，包括地下大堂非常光猛，而個別分層大堂亦換上時尚設計，質素上得以保持。

每層8千呎 可間多個單位

物業樓高32層，總樓面約217,955平方呎，共設多部升降機通往各層。大廈入口連接英皇道及渣華道，比鄰北角海逸酒店及北角政府合署，四通八達。

大廈每層面積8,000平方呎，可分間成數10單位，面積由566平方呎起，由於單位間隔選擇多，適合不同類型，特別合中小型公司使用。

景觀上，中高層1至8號單位可擁攬維港全景，相當舒適，另一面望向山景，同樣開揚。

據了解，目前大廈出租率逾88%，租戶類型多，包括有資訊科技、廣告公司等。

物業由泓富產業信託 (00808) 持有，現旗下擁數項寫字樓物業，出租率頗為理想。

數單位招租 每呎叫租22元起

泓富產業千禧廣場地點佳，現物業數單位進行招租，意向呎租約22元起。

面積1363呎 備寫字樓裝修

業主現推出數單位放租，包括906至7室，面積約1,363平方呎，提供寫字樓裝修及傢俬，意向呎租約22元，另1011室，面積約961平方呎，亦連同傢俬，同樣呎租約22元。

至於較高層放租單位為2901至3室，面積約2,163平方呎，每呎叫租約22元。

同區租務上，同地段的英皇道1063號錄全層租務，涉及物業中高層，面積約10,238平方呎，上月以每呎約35元租出。另英皇道商廈Foyer中層05室，面積約2,471平方呎，成交呎租約30餘元。

(經濟日報)

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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.

由興盛創建持有的西營盤干諾道西138號THE CONNAUGHT減價放售，由10億減至6億，呎價約1.44萬。

有代理表示，THE CONNAUGHT酒店位處西營盤干諾道西138號，樓高29層，總建築面積約41705方呎，於2019年完成翻新工程，現共提供52個房間，每個房間均可飽覽180度維港景。截標日期為2024年10月23日中午12時正。

2018年購入價7.3億

另一代理表示，儘管環球經濟仍不穩定，酒店投資市場表現不俗。今年2月初，本地共居品牌Dash Living夥拍外資基金保德信PGIM，以3.2億承接上環皇后大道286號奧華酒店，呎價1.23萬。

據了解，業主最初叫價10億放售全幢，現下調目標價至6億，累減4億或40%，呎價約1.44萬，按最新叫價計算，每個房間價值約1154萬。

平均每個房間值1154萬

酒店前身為服務式住宅太極軒138，興勝創建於2018年以7.3億收購並將之翻新為酒店，當時，發展商曾表示，預料每呎翻新費用約1000至2000元，料日後月租收益約290萬。若以酒店總樓面計算，翻新費亦至少逾4170萬。

(星島日報)

航天城11 SKIES 明年第二季起開放

機場及東涌一帶發展加快，其中總樓面達到380萬平方呎的航天城11 SKIES項目陸續落成，零售及娛樂體驗設施部分，將在明年第二季陸續開放。

根據資料顯示，連同赤鱲角機場在內，東涌及周邊未來有4個大型商業項目，合共為區內增逾660萬平方呎商業樓面，其實中規模最大屬於航天城11 SKIES，而港鐵 (00066) 則分別在東涌東站、小蠔灣兩個項目上，合共擁有逾220萬平方呎商業樓面。

投資逾200億 備娛樂餐飲零售

航天城11 SKIES位於機場二號客運大樓，跟亞洲博覽館之間，由新世界 (00017) 所發展，屬於大型綜合項目，總樓面達到380萬平方呎，將會提供大型零售、娛樂設施，及3幢合共約57萬平方呎的甲級寫字樓K11 ATELIER 11 SKIES，總投資額高達約200億元。

11 SKIES在零售部分提供約266萬平方呎，包括逾800間商舖，另外設有57萬平方呎的沉浸式體驗娛樂設施。首階段娛樂設施將於明年第二季陸續開放，零售、餐飲等服務則會配合機場與航天城整體項目的發展時間，擬於2025年第4季起逐步投入服務。

至於寫字樓方面，K11 ATELIER 11 SKIES總樓面約57萬平方呎，由3幢甲級商廈組成，早在2022年7月已經陸續入伙，辦公室的單位面積介乎約1,696至33,868平方呎，吸引不少金融機構、健康醫養及初創企業進駐。

另一方面，隨着港鐵東涌東站及小蠔灣站的發展，港鐵在區內兩個大型商住項目亦將陸續推出，住宅外，亦擁有約220萬平方呎的商業樓面，其中183萬平方呎來自東涌東站項目。

港鐵2項目 料年內重新招標

該項目位於東涌第113區，佔地約82萬平方呎，總樓面約678萬平方呎，當中7成屬於住宅樓面，亦設有商業零售及辦公室樓面，分別涉約64.6萬及118.4萬平方呎。

港鐵曾經在去年11月推出東涌東站1期招標，其中包括8.8萬平方呎的商場樓面，惟最終流標收場，港鐵計劃最快今年內重新招標。

至於小蠔灣項目佔地約323萬平方呎，總樓面達到926萬平方呎，其中大部分作住宅發展，涉及約2萬伙，並設有逾32萬平方呎的商場。

大中華首間KidZania 57萬呎娛樂設施

新世界 (00017) 旗下機場航天城11 SKIES設有57萬平方呎的娛樂設施，包括當中大中華區首間KidZania趣志家兒童職業體驗樂園於今年7月底至9月初試營運，樓高3層與近30個國際及本地品牌合作。

11 SKIES設有多項大型娛樂設施，包括香港首間動感飛行影院「飛越天際」、韓國最大沉浸式多媒體藝術博物館ARTE MUSEUM、以柏靈頓熊為主題的室內親子娛樂體驗，以及KidZania趣志家兒童職業體驗樂園。

其中KidZania Hong Kong香港趣志家早前試運，提供近70個逼真職業角色體驗，包括七大「香港獨家」創意體驗如財富管理中心、智慧城市科技工作坊、兒童運動健康的綜合體育館、中式糕點烘焙坊等。

3層高 集職業角色體驗動感影院

至於，動感飛行影院方面，以香港風貌為主題，透過數碼技術、無邊界熒幕等先進科技，將香港日與夜的美景展現於13米球形熒幕上。

(經濟日報)

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，整體工商舖買賣持續下跌，惟望美國9月落實減息後會扭轉劣勢。今年8月全港共錄271宗工商舖買賣，較7月份284宗再跌4.6%，連跌3個月，創近5個月最少，反映7月下旬至8月初期間，股市下跌及高息環境持續影響。

該代理續指，月內各類物業中，以店舖跌幅最急，按月挫22.1%至60宗；商廈表現疲弱，跌13.2%，工廈逆市回升7.1%。

工廈錄165宗登記升7%

該行另一代理指，8月份工廈買賣登記止跌回升，反映部分資金趁低吸納，宗數佔比達60.9%，按月增約6.7個百分點。初步數字顯示，8月全月工廈共錄165宗買賣，按月漲7.1%，終止兩連跌，為近3個月最旺，總值為19.95億，按月顯著升27.3%，創自2023年11月以來的10個月新高。

店舖買賣挫逾20%僅60宗

該代理表示，商廈買賣未見好轉跡象，8月只錄46宗按月挫13.2%，為工商舖中最少類別，總值相應跌5.6%金額只錄10億，同為最少類別，且為5個月最低。

該行另一代理指，店舖買賣跌勢加劇，除連跌3個月外，更創自4月份以來5個月低位。8月份只錄60宗，按月跌幅擴大至22.1%，總值也跌14.2%，僅10.81億，為近6個月以來最少。

(星島日報)

上環帝權商廈5750萬易手 涉大廈35%業權「台灣張」張彥緒沽貨

由資深投資者「台灣張」張彥緒持有的上環帝權商業大樓基座及一籃子物業，佔全幢大廈35%業權，以5750萬易手，平均呎價5807元，持貨20年升值1.4倍，買家為一間基金，作為投資用途。

上環德輔道西32至36號帝權商業大樓地庫、地舖、閣樓、1樓及2樓全層連部分天台，總建築面積約9901方呎，同時連大廈命名權及大廈外牆使用權，地舖及閣樓外牆設矚目戶外廣告，上述出售部分佔全幢業權35%。

平均呎價5807元

該一籃子物業，早前意向價約9800萬放售，最終以5750萬易手，減價4050萬或幅度41%，平均呎價5807元。

張彥緒於2004年6月以2388萬購入上述商廈，並於於2017年12月物業作內部轉讓，作價達1.4億，若撇除內部轉讓不計，持貨20年帳面獲利3362萬，物業升值約1.4倍。

市場消息指，上述物業由多名租客承租，包括地舖海味店屬於長情租客，新買家為一間基金公司，料回報逾5厘。

該廈位處地段屬著名「海味街」，聚集海味及南北行等商店，帝權商業大樓1968年落成，位於德輔道西、高陞街及皇后街交界，樓高17層高，大廈擁有999年地契期限。該廈距離港鐵上環站步程約10分鐘，西營盤站約5分鐘步程。

持貨20年升值1.4倍

張彥緒活躍於市場，去年4月，沽售灣仔會展廣場辦公大樓中層02、08至12室，作價2.55億，建築面積約8206方呎，呎價約3.1萬，張彥緒於2009年以8041萬購入，帳面獲利約1.75億，升幅約2.1倍。

(星島日報)

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深水埗舊樓批強拍令 底價1.83億

由財團早年併購及申請強拍的舊樓項目，近期陸續獲土地審裁處批出強拍令，最新深水埗福華街舊樓昨批出強拍令，底價為1.83億，對比2022年申請強拍時市場對整個項目連同僭建物市場估值1.9223億，低出約923萬或約4.8%。

上述舊樓由一家名為Dream Big Development Limited公司於2022年申請強拍，當時福華街54及56號持有91.67%業權，而福華街58及60號則持有92.5%業權，直至審訊時前者增至95.83%業權，後者增至100%業權。

持有逾九成業權

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，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。

項目地盤面積約4620方呎，若以地積比率9倍發展，涉及可建總樓面約41580方呎。現址現為2幢6層物業，地下為商舖，樓上為住宅樓層，舊樓分別於1972年及1977年落成入伙。

(星島日報)

投資者陳洪楷連購舊樓 「淡市是撈底好時機」

投資者陳洪楷早前購尖沙咀全幢商住樓，市場矚目，最新涉足舊樓市場，連購香港仔田灣登豐街2個舊樓。

他購入登豐街2號5樓及4號5樓，面積各564方呎，合共1128方呎，作價309萬，平均呎價2739元，他接受本報查詢回應，該地段舊樓規模龐大，近年恒基已強拍部分舊樓，他預期單位月租各1萬，回報高逾7厘，造價重返2005年水平，長線博收購！他更強調：「淡市是撈底好時機，繼續在舊樓市場尋寶。」

田灣兩舊樓作價309萬

登豐街2至12號、田灣街2至10號及石排灣道83至103號，佔地31647方呎，可建總樓面逾28.4萬方呎。

回報逾7厘 長線博收購

他今年5月向「木器大王」傅世彪家族購入尖沙咀柯士甸道108號耀基大廈全幢商住樓，總面積約20689方呎，呎價約7250元，打造服務式住宅，力吸上班人士及內地生租客。

(星島日報)

商廈租賃氣氛略有改善，市場錄1宗升級搬遷個案，一間大型律師樓由金鐘力寶中心遷往中環，向中環大業主置地承租區內歷山大廈接近2.3萬方呎樓面，平均呎租約100元。

市場消息透露，曾由佳士得藝廊承租的中環歷山大廈其中2層樓面已告租出，該2層為22及23樓全層，面積各約11400方呎，合共約22800方呎，業內人士料月租約228萬，平均呎租約100元。租客來自金鐘力寶中心，為一間國際級大型律師樓。

租客來自金鐘力寶中心

該間律師樓原本承租力寶中心一座8樓及15樓全層，建築面積分別14890方呎及13344方呎，合共約28234方呎，估計呎租約50元，月租約141萬。知情人士續說，由於力寶中心實用率介乎75%至78%，力寶中心該2層樓面實用面積共約2.2萬方呎，該宗租賃屬升級搬遷，租客遷至更高級數甲廈，承租樓面面積與舊址相若。力寶中心該2層分別由2名業主持有，在獲悉租客通知搬遷後，業主各以意向每呎43及45元放租單位。

上述歷山大廈22及23樓面，前身租客為佳士得亞太總部，承租該廈合共3層半樓面，總面積約4萬方呎。佳士得早於2021年預租The Henderson 4全層，新總部面積增加至5萬方呎，亦是升級搬遷個案。該拍賣行將於本月26及27日舉行拍賣，亦是全新亞太區總部落成後的首屆拍賣。

曾由拍賣行佳士得承租

早前，置地旗下的同區遮打大廈，早前亦錄一宗租客擴充規模個案，一名長情客本身已承租該廈13樓及15樓2全層樓面，涉約3.6萬方呎，早前一口氣新租該廈16個散單位及17樓全層，面積分別為7000方呎及1.8萬方呎，面積多達2.5萬方呎。

(星島日報)

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8月份工商舖 按月量跌價升

減息前工商舖交投仍較為淡靜，有代理行統計，8月份工商舖錄218宗成交，按月微跌。

該行統計，8月份工商舖買賣量跌價升，共錄得約218宗工商舖買賣成交，較上月微跌約8.4%，對比2023年同期則跌約31.66%。至於成交金額方面，月內錄得多宗大手成交，帶動全月共錄得約60.79億元，較上月增約1.2倍，按年對比亦增加約35.45%。

商廈買賣金額 按月增3.4倍

8月份工商舖物業買賣以商廈最為矚目，數據顯示，8月份商廈錄得約26宗買賣成交，成交金額錄得約35.02億元，當中成交金額按月及按年分別飆升約3.4倍及6.3倍，月內錄得至少3宗逾億元成交。

當中金額最大為中環皇后大道中99號中環中心，66樓及75樓兩個全層樓面易手，涉及總樓面面積共約51,088平方呎 (未核實)，成交價約13.5億元，平均呎價約2.9萬元，新買家為星展銀行，而原業主則為資深投資者陳秉志。

工廈成交金額錄得約17.08億元，按月大增約64.7%，月內亦錄得大手成交，其中職業安全健康局以約1.48億元購入香港工業大廈地下A及B號舖連7個車位，業主為英皇集團主席楊受成，持貨18年帳面獲利約1.2億元，物業升值約4.3倍。

(經濟日報)

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廣東道海星大廈全幢170萬獲續租 鐘錶品牌進駐十多年 新約較高峰低六成

核心零售區舖位租金大幅回落，由意大利鐘錶品牌PANERAI (沛納海) 承租十多年的尖沙咀廣東道及北京道交界單邊全幢舖位旗艦店，最新以每月約170萬元續租，較高峰期調整六成，屬該品牌租用全幢舖位以來的租金新低。

據悉，PANERAI剛續租廣東道2號海星大廈全幢，物業坐落於廣東道及北京道交界，對面為法國奢侈品牌Louis Vuitton (LV) 的海港城旗艦店，全幢共12層高，總建築面積合共9182方呎，最新以月租約170萬元續租，呎租約185元，租期為3年至2027年。

曾經是全球最大專門店

PANERAI可說是物業的「長情租客」，早於2010年已租用海星大廈地下C、D及E舖連1樓，合共建築面積約1268方呎，整個舖位面向北京道，當年月租高達68萬元，呎租達536元。

由於隨後有大量內地豪客來港購買奢侈品，迎來零售業高峰，PANERAI於2012年向業主洽租海星大廈全幢，包括地舖及樓上原用作寫字樓的單位，務求把物業打造成旗艦店。PANERAI成功租用海星大廈全幢，月租為380萬元，呎租約414元，一度是PANERAI全球最大專門店。

直到2015年，雖然當時奢侈品銷售額已較高位回落，但為力保旗艦店巨舖，PANERAI仍願意加租近12%，至425萬元續租，呎租升至約463元，亦成為海星大廈歷來月租金額新高。

在2018年，PANERAI租約再度到期，由於本港零售業已不如前，故首度獲業主減租，以每月300萬元續約，每月少付125萬元租金，跌幅為29.4%，呎租約327元，但這次租約長達6年。

少付130萬 歷來最平租約

在經歷疫情及重新通關後，本港零售業恢復速度緩慢，而且昔日租金高昂的廣東道名店街已累積多間吉舖待租，租金水平亦大不如前。由於PANERAI租約臨近到期，業主為了挽留優質租客，故大手減租130萬元或43.3%，至最新月租170萬元，成為PANERAI進駐海星大廈全幢以來，月租最低的一份租約。而與2015年租金巔峰水平比較，月租更大挫255萬元或60%。

雖然PANERAI是次只屬續租個案，但已是今年廣東道名店街內較矚目的舖位租務成交。今年7月，廣東道116至120號海威商業中心地下B及C舖連1樓，建築面積合共約4980方呎，由本地護膚品牌JaneClare以每月80萬元租用5年，呎租約161元，則是年內廣東道名店街涉及月租最大的新租賃個案。

(信報)

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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.

製衣廠商呎價1.3萬購中環中心

早前市場盛傳中環皇后大道中99號中環中心一個低層單位，以呎價僅約1.3萬元低價易手，有關買賣終於曝光，由一名製衣廠商斥資4150萬元購入，呎價13034元。

資料顯示，中環中心22樓11室，建築面積約3184方呎，上月以4150萬元成交，呎價13034元，創該廈逾20年呎價新低。單位現時由基金管理公司以每月逾11.6萬元承租，呎租約36.5元，租金回報近3.4厘。據悉，買家為振利製衣相關人士，該公司於西營盤干諾道西188號香港商業中心擁有多個自置寫字樓單位。

中環中心22樓全層原由資深投資者蔡志忠持有，於2018年8月把全層分拆成12個細單位出售。是次易手的11室屬於該層拆細後面積最大的單位，由一名投資者於2019年4月斥資1.14億元購入，當時呎價高達35804元，如今以低價沽出，持貨近5年半，賬面大蝕讓7250萬元，損手幅度達63.6%。

企業廣場2期每呎5000元 13年低

此外，九龍灣常悅道3號商廈企業廣場2期7樓5至6室，建築面積共約3315方呎，以1657.5萬元易手，呎價5000元，創該廈近13年的呎價新低。

(信報)

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共享辦公空間 租中環中心全層

中環中心全層寫字樓約2.6萬平方呎樓面，獲共享辦公空間租用。本地共享辦公空間bela Offices，租用中環中心48樓全層，作為全新的旗艦共享辦公空間。該集團指，新辦公室擁360度維港海景和山景，將提供250個工作站，預計將於2024年10月開業。

據悉，是次為今年第3度擴充，之前分別於華懋中心I期 (One Chinachem Central) 和Two Harbour Square開新據點，集團合共在港擁7分店。

較早前，觀塘Two Harbour Square 25樓全層，面積約2.6萬平方呎，以每呎約20元租出，新租客為本地共享辦公室品牌BELA OFFICES。該層樓面原由共享空間wework租用，2018年租用Two Harbour Square共2層，其後放棄，其中一層現由BELA OFFICES租用。

(經濟日報)

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中國太平大廈單位叫租6.5萬

有代理行表示，銅鑼灣中國太平大廈一期中層01室，建築面積約1980方呎，意向呎租約33元，月租約6.5萬元。

該行指出，物業間隔方正實用，外望市景，並配備現代化寫字樓裝修，適合各類型行業使用。此外，物業還提供特長免租期。物業位於銅鑼灣的心臟地帶，附近的購物商場包括利園及時代廣場。

(信報)

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恒基旗下中環The Henderson 一個約1600方呎單位租出，市場消息指，料呎租達150元。

料平均呎租150元

知情人士指，根據土地註冊處資料，The Henderson 33樓3301A室租出，租期由2025年2月至2027年9月。他續表示，該單位面積約1600方呎，租客為日本一家著名律師樓，由於屬於細單位，呎租較高，料高達150元，月租約24萬。

The Henderson大手租客包括加拿大退休金計劃投資局 (CPPIB)，由同區約克大廈搬至該廈。拍賣行佳士得租用4層涉約5萬方呎，作為集團在港首個常設拍賣中心和藝廊。國際投資公司凱雷集團（Carlyle）租用約2萬方呎樓面。

(星島日報)

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德祥灣仔全幢商廈 6億洽購至尾聲

近期商廈交投明顯增加，德祥旗下灣仔軒尼詩道全幢商廈，獲內地客以6億洽購至尾聲快易手，呎價約1萬餘元，8年蝕約1.9億元。

內地投資者出價 呎價約1萬

市場人士指，灣仔軒尼詩道230號全幢，獲財團積極洽購。涉及物業為於灣仔傳統核心地段，物業樓高32層，地盤面積約3,746平方呎，總樓面約55,622平方呎，1至5樓為停車場，7至35樓為寫字樓，每層面積逾2,000平方呎，現時樓面主要由業主自用。消息稱，近日該廈獲一內地投資者，出價約6億元洽購，已貼近業主意向價，料快將易手，呎價約1萬餘元。

翻查資料，該廈前身為卓能廣場，由本地老牌家族卓能集團持有，曾作總部之用。2014年，卓能集團放售該廈，叫價約8.8億元，期間獲財團洽購。直至2016年尾，德祥地產以7.85億元購入，期後更斥資為物業進行翻新，包括地下大堂等。如今持貨8年，帳面蝕約1.95億元。

德祥地祥近期亦有沽貨動作，包括5月份以2.6億元，沽出中環美國銀行中心高層全層總部單位，連4個車位，成交呎價約1.87萬元，德祥地產將售後租回一年，月租65萬元，並有一年續租權，而單位由信和集團或相關人士承接。

(經濟日報)

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觀塘甲廈低水 租售成交增

觀塘近期連錄買賣及租務成交，由於售價及租金低水，吸引企業買入樓面及搬遷，令成交明顯上升。

觀塘全新甲廈錄得用家入市個案，經營食品生意的四洲集團公布，斥逾2.05億元購入觀塘敬業街41號雲訊廣場兩層樓面，分別為31樓，面積約16,969平方呎，另連7個車位、若干廣告位及大廈的冠名權，同時亦購入廈21樓2號辦公室，面積約為8,000平方呎，平均呎價約8,226元。

集團指，自2017年出售自有物業以來，集團一直租用辦公空間，購入物業後能使該集團長期穩定發展。由於新增需求有限，市場氛圍疲弱，本港部分商業樓宇價格已大幅下跌至較低水平，考慮到鄰近類似物業之市價；以及集團之業務發展，認為購入物業為投資良機，長遠而言可節省辦公室租金。

敬業街雲訊廣場 每層1.6萬呎

雲訊廣場坐落於觀塘敬業街，去年底落成，物業3至32樓為辦公室樓層，每層面積約1.5萬至1.6萬平方呎，而高層單位可享全海景，成物業賣點。是次售出一層半樓面，屬項目首宗買賣。現時大廈多層樓面仍在放售，包括頂層特色單位，而個別樓層正獲洽購。

該廈由資深投資者林子峰、偉華集團及「小巴大王」馬亞木家族合組財團持有。資料顯示，上址原為僑新工廠大廈，財團於2018年斥約15.8億元購入地盤作發展。業主去年尾曾推出市場放售，低層單位呎價由8,000餘元起，每層料涉資約1.2億元，當時未獲承接。

Two Harbour Square 連錄全層租務

租務方面，同區Two Harbour Square連環錄全層租務，其中25樓全層，面積約2.6萬平方呎，以每呎約20元租出，新租客為本地共享辦公室品牌BELA OFFICES，於2021年8月在上環開設第一個據點，其後於中環、上環和尖沙咀區擴充，近日更於中環中心新增據點。

翻查資料，該層樓面原由共享空間wework租用，2018年租用Two Harbour Square共2層，提供超過900張辦公桌，惟近年大幅收縮，放棄該廈兩層，其中一層現由BELA OFFICES租用。據消息指，另一層樓面近日亦獲承租，涉及2.6萬平方呎，由建築公司寶嘉租用，呎租料約20元。

分析指，近年觀塘商業配套已成熟，並有新甲廈落成，同時因供應較多，租金及售價仍處低水。對用家來說，屬好時機購入該區樓面自用。租客方面，因東九龍每呎租金仍處約20餘元水平，可作搬遷節省成本，故觀塘甲廈租售成交上升。

(經濟日報)

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中環皇后大道中全幢 14億標售

核心區方面，中環老牌業主標售皇后大道中全幢商廈皇后大道中心，意向價約14億元。

有外資代理行表示，有業主標售中環皇后大道中152號全幢商廈皇后大道中心，截標日期為2024年10月8日 (星期二) 正午12時。

總樓面約8萬呎

物業為1幢28層高之甲級商業大廈，地下至15樓用途靈活，可作銀行、商舖、餐飲或零售用途，17樓至30樓則為寫字樓用途。

物業地盤面積約4,030平方呎，總商業面積約80,876平方呎，每層平均面積由2,531至3,733平方呎，為一梯一伙設計。

據悉業主意向價約14億元，呎價約1.7萬元，預計回報率逾3厘。翻查資料，項目由鍾氏家族收購近10多年，整合業權後進行重建，並於2020年落成。

(經濟日報)

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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)

中原投資落實在港首個學生公寓項目，斥資1.8億購入尖沙咀珀薈酒店，並計劃投資2000萬進行翻新，將之改裝成提供約150個牀位的學生公寓，預期平均每個宿位月租約8000元，淨租金回報率料約4厘。

中原投資總裁葉明慧接受查詢時表示，公司過去一直在美國及英國等地投資學生公寓，並且獲得理想成績。由於現時本港學生公寓市場規模只有數十億，預期五年後將增加至逾400億，因此看準時機回港投資。

她又透露，預期項目平均每個宿位月租約8000元，計劃每季或每半年收取一次租金，料淨租金回報率達4厘。

斥資2000萬翻新

葉明慧又表示，長遠看好學生公寓市場，相信能為投資者帶來穩定回報，是次投資為公司拓展本港學生公寓市場第一步，未來還將繼續增加相關投資和發展。

她指出，公司目標在未來2至3年間，投資2000至3000個牀位，希望將本港打造成亞洲區最有規模的學生公寓投資市場之一，吸引更多環球基金及資本來港投資，又透露現時仍有相關項目在洽商中。

中原投資董事總經理江若雯表示，學生公寓市場一直是環球投資者投資熱點，隨着來港升學非本地學生數量增加，學生住宿需求跟隨飆升。她又說，公司樂於通過其在學生公寓行業的經驗，以及集團的研究部和代理網絡支持下，與本地及海外投資者踏足本港學生公寓投資市場。

每個宿位月租8000元

資料顯示，珀薈酒店位於尖沙咀漆咸道南117號，佔地面積2000方呎，酒店樓高20層，曾於去年9月以3.8億放售，早前減價至2.4億再度推出，最終以1.8億易手。該酒店擁有63個房間，每個房間作價約286萬，若以總樓面計算，平均呎價約7332元。

3至4分鐘步行至理大

中原投資表示，計劃斥資約2000萬替酒店進行翻新及改裝，將之打造成學生公寓，並配備現代化設施，包括24小時保安、高速網絡、休憩區、學習區等等，以滿足學生對居住環境的需求。項目步行至理工大學僅需3至4分鐘，公司相信是學生公寓投資最佳的地理位置。  

(星島日報)

尖東半島中心全層4.2億放售

核心區優質舖位供應罕有，有代理表示，尖東麼地道67號半島中心二樓全層，建築面積約57240方呎，意向價約4.2億，平均呎價約7338元。

平均呎價7338元

該代理表示，物業為市場罕見單一全層大面積商鋪，設多個出入口，可透過商場扶手電梯及升降機前往，亦設有獨立扶手電梯，可由地面直接前往物業，應付大量人流，電力及洗手間設施充裕。物業亦設有寬闊落地玻璃窗，可望噴水池景。

該代理續指，物業鄰近港鐵尖東站，多間五星級酒店及多座高級寫字樓包圍，商業活動頻繁，附近安達中心提供大量車位，方便駕車前往。物業適合大型教育機構作市區校舍，免稅品店，醫療集團及百貨公司。

(星島日報)

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荃灣兩幢工廈標售 市場估值9億

華潤資本持有的荃灣橫窩仔街36至50號兩幢工廈，現址卓悅集團中心標售，市值9億，地盤面積約20223方呎，建築面積約223804方呎，物業已獲規劃許可發展1幢29層高住宅連社褔設施。

有代理表示，該物業位於橫窩仔街大單邊，兩幢14層高工廈，地下為車場、上落貨區及貨倉用途，其他樓層則為貨倉或廠房用途。

獲批住宅連社褔設施

上述物業原由卓悅持有，2022年3月，卓悅全資附屬公司卓悅投資，與華潤資本旗下CR Capital Investment (Cayman) Limited (「CRCI」)，訂立有限合夥協議成立基金及作認購協議，涉資5.5億，各佔75%及25%。該基金同日斥資9億向卓悅收購卓悅集團中心。上述物業目前由傲林有限公司持有，董事為華潤資本相關人士。

該代理表示，物業正對未來新鴻基集團橫窩仔街商住項目 (前安泰工業中心)，項目擬興建一幢34層高住宅大廈，並包括幼兒中心，料將來可提供465個中小型住宅單位。而去年底同區內之合福工業大廈由美國黑石集團夥拍迷你倉連鎖集團「儲存易」以港幣5.6億購入，平均呎價為4009元，反映出全幢工業物業在整體投資市場上仍具一定吸引力。

儘管現時環球經濟壓力大，但減息預期不斷增強，投資者不妨藉此機會趁低購入物業作自用或重建。

(星島日報)

房協罕見放售旗下舖位商廈 涉及11項物業 「指導價」370萬至1.36億

房協罕有放售旗下舖位與商廈，合共涉及11項，並為物業標示「指導價」，由370萬的寫字樓，至涉資1.36億的巨舖，金額選擇多。

市場消息透露，房協旗下一批物業早前委托代理行估價，昨日該行召集20多間代理行開會，公布出售詳情，該批包括10項舖位及1項商廈單位，分布港九新界，以中細價舖為主導，截標日期10月10日。本報昨日向房協查詢，惟直至截稿時未獲回覆。

預期回報約5厘

市場人士透露，該批物業逐件訂有「指導價」，由370萬至1.36億不等，預期擁5厘回報，「指導價」是賣方願意出售的最低價，惟最後價高者得。以指導價計算，11項物業涉資約4.08億。

最貴重為荔枝角道168號萬盛閣平台地下1、2、3、4、5及6號舖，租客惠康超市及麥當勞月租共66.6萬，指導價1.36億，計算回報5.9厘。元朗大棠道41至59號金朗大厦地舖，由爭鮮以28萬承租，指導價8500萬。

共涉資4.08億

共有2項「指導價」只有370萬，其中，北角七姊妹道2、4、6、8及8A 號及書局街6及8號昌苑地下1A舖，面積648方呎，由長者服務中心以每月1.85萬承租。

有代理分析，招標價高者得，相信指導價買不到，西環羲皇台1號寫字樓，面積1868方呎，指導價370萬，平均每呎僅1980元。

上環文咸東街125及129號及永樂街147號萬和閣地下1號舖，面積712方呎，便利店月租5.3萬，以指導價1650萬計算，每呎2.3萬。

(星島日報)

息口料回落 財團物色全幢物業

近期市場錄得多宗全幢物業獲洽購，相信因息口預計回落，全幢物業投資價值開始出現，故財團現進行洽購。

全幢物業近期獲財團垂青，消息指，灣仔軒尼詩道250號全幢商廈，獲財團積極洽購。涉及物業為於灣仔傳統核心地段，物業樓高32層，地盤面積約3,746平方呎，總樓面約55,622平方呎，1至5樓為停車場，7至35樓為寫字樓，每層面積逾2,000平方呎，現時樓面主要由業主自用。

消息稱，近日該廈獲一內地投資者出價約6億元洽購，已貼近業主意向價，料快將易手，呎價約1萬餘元。

前卓能廣場 現6億獲洽

翻查資料，該廈前身為卓能廣場，由本地老牌家族卓能集團持有，曾作總部之用。2014年，卓能集團放售該廈，叫價約8.8億元，期間獲財團洽購。直至2016年尾，德祥地產以約7.85億元購入，期後更斥資為物業進行翻新，包括地下大堂等。如今持貨8年，帳面料蝕約1.85億元。

另外，住宅全幢租賃項目獲財團留意。消息指，太極軒集團旗下灣仔及佐敦兩服務式住宅，獲外資基金約7.5億元洽購，有望短期內易手。

灣仔太極軒 涉107伙

兩項太極軒服務式住宅項目於市場放售，近日有獲外資基金洽購，包括為灣仔莊士敦道138號太極軒138 (CHI138)，提供107個住宅單位，面積介乎於290至2,400平方呎，包括開放式、1房及2房單位、3房複式單位以及頂層全層特色單位。按資料顯示，開放式單位月租約2.3萬元起，而1房月租約3.7萬元。

另佐敦彌敦道314至316號太極軒314 (CHI314)，提供59個住宅單位，面積介乎於410至1,400平方呎，單位類型包括開放式、1房及2房單位，單位目前月租約2.4萬元起。

該集團早於兩年前已放售上述兩項目，連同西環太極軒120號，惟過往兩年未有售出。直至7月份，集團以約1.88億元，沽出西環太極軒120號，涉及約2.3萬平方呎及19伙單位。消息稱，集團近期加快降價推售另外兩項目，並獲財團以約7.5億元洽購，有望短期內成交。

消息透露，洽購財團包括外資基金，包括近兩年積極參與本港物業市場的黑石基金。該基金自2021年起，積極投資本港工廈迷你倉市場。分析指，近一年因息口高企，投資成本高，特別全幢物業涉及較大金額，令投資氣氛轉弱。隨着業主近期大幅降低叫價，加上預計息口即將回落，令財團重新對全幢物業感興趣，預計交投將增加。

(經濟日報)

西環頤庭酒店 5.88億標售

酒店可靈活作改裝，「小巴大王」馬亞木家族標售的西環頤庭酒店，市值約5.88億元。

項目位於德輔道西160號，樓高24層，總批則建築面積約66,144平方呎，於2015年改建為酒店，提供93間客房，中高層房間均可享維港海景。而物業地下至6樓為商業部分，地下至4樓現時由餐飲及水療中心承租，5至6樓可用作辦公室，而酒店大堂則設於7樓。

可改裝學生宿舍

有代理表示，項目最大亮點是非常適合改裝為學生宿舍。酒店位於港鐵西營盤站出口上蓋，與香港大學站只有一站之隔，可滿足附近學生宿舍的強勁需求。

(經濟日報)

偉華蔡敬業：商廈漸便宜吸用家

最近觀塘錄企業入市買商廈個案，偉華置業執行董事蔡敬業指，當價格開始便宜，即吸引用家買樓面，相信隨着減息市況會轉好。

上星期市場錄得一宗本地企業買樓面個案，涉及四洲集團斥逾2億元，購觀塘雲訊廣場近兩層樓面作新總部，呎價約8,000餘元。物業發展商偉華置業蔡敬業指，近期不少用家睇樓，「不論私人企業甚至公營機構，亦加快睇樓，相信因價格回調至較便宜水平，長遠買樓面自用化算，亦因減息在即，近來商廈氣氛定比年初好。」至於租務市場上，集團旗下黃竹坑偉華匯租務未算快，他坦言企業在租樓面上，考慮更加多，「始終搬遷涉及成本，現階段擴充的客人不算多，故選擇原址續租。反而個別企業會趁價低，考慮買樓面。」

包裝生意升幅理想

本業為美容產品包裝生產商，蔡敬業表示生意穩定，今年更有理想升幅，「若與去年比較，升幅高逾5成，因為我們的包裝產品吸引一些品牌注視，與我們合作，而他們採用新包裝後生意又有增長。」

(經濟日報)

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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4.5萬呎 較原有樓面增1.5倍

甲廈錄擴充個案，內地金融機構租用九龍站環球貿易廣場 (ICC) 全層3.5萬呎樓面，呎租約70元，屬同廈擴充。家族辦公室租中環中心低層全層，呎租約40元。

市場消息指，九龍站環球貿易廣場錄得全層租務，涉及物業69樓全層，面積約3.5萬平方呎，以每呎約70元租出。由於屬物業高層，故享有優質景觀。消息稱，新租客內地金融機構遠東宏信，業務涉及金融、貿易、諮詢、投資等，總部設於上海。

遠東宏信香港總部 去年啟用

據了解，該集團早前租用環球貿易廣場極高層2個單位，分別為66樓8000平方呎，以及67樓約1萬平方呎單位，合共約1.8萬平方呎，當中67樓單位屬集團總部，於去年初啟用。由於集團業務擴張，現決定放棄66樓單位，而轉租69樓全層3.5萬平方呎單位，換言之合共使用4.5萬平方呎，比原有樓面增加1.5倍，可見集團長看好綫在港發展。

環球貿易廣場為九龍區指標甲廈，物業今年錄得最大租務，涉及物業中低層3層樓面，總樓面達10萬平方呎，呎租約60元，新租客金管局，屬整合業務兼搬遷節省成本。

家辦租中環中心全層 呎租40

另一方面，中環甲廈市場同樣錄得企業擴充個案，市場消息稱，中環中心近日錄全層租務，涉及低層全層，面積約2.6萬平方呎，以每呎約40元租出。據悉，新租客為家族辦公室，該集團網頁指，業務為超高淨值人士和家族提供全方位服務，總部位於香港，業務遍及亞洲，包括內地及新加坡等。據了解，該家族辦公室原租用同廈細單位，現擴充業務至全層。

其次，中環中心日前亦有出現全層擴充業務，涉及中環中心48樓全層，面積約2.6萬平方呎樓面，獲本地共享辦公空間Bela Offices租用。該集團指，新辦公室擁360度維港海景和山景，將提供250個工作站，預計將於2024年10月開業。

九龍區新甲廈方面，消息指，長沙灣南商金融創新中心中層B09室，面積約577平方呎，以每呎約24元租出。

(經濟日報)

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尖沙咀逾百萬呎樓面 發展商廈

尖沙咀的商業用地供應罕有，發展商普遍需要透過收購舊樓以在區內插旗。據本報粗略統計，目前區內至少有8個重建項目正在進行，總樓面面積涉約102萬平方呎，大部分擬作商廈發展。

香檳大廈B座業權統一 恒地版圖增

據本報統計，區內現時至少有8個重建項目正在進行，總樓面涉約102萬平方呎，普遍擬發展為商廈，而其中規模最大的屬於由海員俱樂部與帝國集團合作的前海員之家，將會重建為1座40層高酒店，總樓面約34.7萬平方呎，當中由發展商營運的酒店樓面涉約30萬平方呎，另約5萬平方呎樓面需預留給海員俱樂部作教堂及會所。

至於在區內亦持有美麗華商場及酒店等的恒地 (00012)，於今年初亦為收購多年的香檳大廈B座完成強拍程序。發展商於今年1月以底價約17.3億元，成功統一項目業權。據發展商指，項目重建後的總樓面涉約14.7萬平方呎。事實上，同系的美麗華商場及酒店正位於香檳大廈旁邊，料若香檳大廈B座成功重建後，將會產生協同效應，並將有望擴展其原有逾200萬平方呎樓面的商業王國。

鄧成波家族持有大部分業權的尖沙咀加連威老道61至73號舊樓項目，於2017年亦曾申請強拍，惟項目最終在2021年流拍。若重建為商業項目，以最高地積比率約12倍計，可建總樓面約13萬平方呎。

同時，樂風集團等持有的尖沙咀漢口道35至37號恕園大樓，去年亦已獲屋宇署批出建築圖則，並獲准重建1幢21層高商廈，涉及總樓面約11.5萬平方呎。發展商原於2022年就項目申請強拍，當時項目的現況市值逾6.3億元，惟最後因成功收購項目全數業權，故不需循強拍途徑統一其業權。

漢口大廈批商住用 分層戶達110伙

另外，有發展商擬在其商業項目加入住宅元素，新世界 (00017) 旗下的漢口大廈，於今年6月亦已獲屋宇署批准建1幢24層高的商住項目，總樓面涉約13.9萬平方呎，當中非住宅樓面佔比較多，佔約9.9萬平方呎。發展商於去年3月循強拍途徑以約21.3億元投得項目。如按今年初獲城規會批准的方案，除了辦公室及商店外，項目亦將提供110伙分層住宅。

而以往曾屬於區內購物熱點的栢麗購物大道，在約2年前向城規會申請改劃為食肆及商店等用途，發展自助餐廳、咖啡室及茶室等，方案亦於2022年底獲城規會批准，但現並未見任何實際重建的部署。

(經濟日報)

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.

舖王「一拆四」 租金較高峰跌8成

核心區舖位錄租務，尖沙咀栢麗購物大道「舖王」獲本地時裝品牌堡獅龍(bossini，00592) 租用，料月租約20萬元。該舖高峰期曾由珠寶行周生生以300萬元租用，遷出後業主決定「一拆四」，如今租出其中3舖，月租跌幅8成。

尖沙咀彌敦道111至181號栢麗購物大道地下2號舖及1樓，面積分別為790及786平方呎，總面積約1,576平方呎，現由bossini租用，近日已圍上廣告板，將開設「bossini.X」店，短期內開業。

2020年內企非凡領越收購bossini，而集團今年曾表示，考慮到主流運動服裝競爭激烈，故發展單車服裝，目標今年下半年在中港推出全新的bossini.X概念店，計劃年內在內地開設約100間店、在港開5至10間店，相信栢麗大道舖作首間單車概念店的bossini.X。集團同系鞋店Clarks，亦租用是次成交的比鄰地下及1樓舖位，月初已開業。

2012年零售高峰 周生生300萬租

是次bossini租用舖位，月租料約20萬元內，呎租約127元。翻查資料，栢麗購物大道地下G1至G4號舖連1樓1至2號舖的複式舖位，由本地老牌家族持有，地下面積約2,866平方呎，1樓面積約2,894平方呎，合共約5,760平方呎。

該舖屬栢麗購物大道第一批舖位，樓底特高門面闊，加上鄰近清真寺及港鐵站出口，稱得上栢麗大道「舖王」。資料顯示，周生生在2008年起租用上述舖位，2012年零售高峰期月租加至300萬元，呎租逾500元，直至2021年決定棄租。當時正值疫情，業主僅把舖位作短租。

去年中港通關，業主再推出招租，惟反應仍屬一般，決定把舖位「一拆四」，分成4個地下及1樓複式舖，每個千餘平方呎，月租約12萬元起招租，如今3舖位獲承租，現剩餘最後一組舖位待租，意向月租約20萬。預計所有舖位租出，合共涉約60萬元，已較高峰期租金跌約8成。

據一間代理行統計，7月份4大核心消費區商舖空置率統計上，尖沙咀區最新空置率錄得7.9%，較2021年2月的高點 (17.26%) 下跌9.36個百分點，創下自2015年9月 (8.54%) 至今近9年的新低。

代理行︰租金降至5萬 始吸引商戶

不過，栢麗大道目前吉舖頗多，例如頭段地下24號舖及1樓，面積合共約1,322平方呎，曾由時裝店以9.5萬元租用，早前已遷出，業主以每月10萬元放租。另外頭段兩組複式舖，均由謝瑞麟 (00417) 租用，近期已暫停營業，其中地下G5至G6舖及1樓3A至3B舖位，面積逾5,000平方呎，近期更被業主追討租金。

整條栢麗購物大道仍較冷清，該行代理分析，大道位處彌敦道，對面為多個大型商場，並可連接至加連威老道、金馬倫道等，故人流集中於該地段而非栢麗大道。該代理認為，栢麗大道舖位租金跌至最低5萬元起，開始吸引商戶承接。整體核心區舖市上，該代理認為核心區租務持續改善，惟市場上仍有吉舖之待消化，料租金趨向平穩。

(經濟日報)

業主變陣吸商戶 旗艦店大舖拆租

本港整體零售數字一般，商戶對後市較為審慎，大手租舖的個案減少，業主亦變陣出擊，把原本旗艦店分拆招租，以免長期交吉。

訪港旅客數字仍平穩，核心區舖位租務近月加快，而成交月租多屬20萬至約50萬元，以往市場逾百萬元大手租務實在不算多，商戶租用的樓面普遍亦降低，大樓面旗艦店需求較疫情前少。

分拆細舖租金吸引 免長期交吉

據政府統計處數字，7月零售業總銷貨總額291億元，較去年同期下跌11.8%，差過預期，亦屬連續數月下跌。事實上，因本地經濟一般、內地客消費放緩，餐飲、零售亦面對經營上挑戰，整體而言商戶擴充上非常審慎，以高租金租大樓面舖個案減少。

有見及此，業主亦變陣出擊，把原本品牌租用的複式舖，以分拆形式招租。除了上述提及的栢麗大道「舖王」外，同區加連威老道20至22A號瑞生尖沙咀酒店基座，早年曾由體育服裝以逾200萬元，租用地庫至2樓4層，品牌去年遷出，業主一直放租，未獲承接下決定分拆樓面出租，近日物業地庫獲本地茶餐廳以約10萬元租用。

由於商戶對後市仍較審慎，負擔月租亦有所降低，複式舖分拆後月租由百萬元，降至每個10萬至20萬元起，吸引較多類型商戶進駐；同時在高息環境下，業主亦可有租收，提供防守能力。

(經濟日報)

國際時裝品牌 趁租平重啟擴充

多個時裝品牌於疫情期間大舉收縮，如今通關加上核心區舖位租金回調，近期漸見國際及本地時裝品牌重新擴充。

西班牙MANGO 租中環泛海大廈舖

時裝品牌以往曾是核心區舖位租務主力，佔用較大樓面舖位，特別是核心區多層複式舖，高峰期時裝品牌Forever 21、Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) 及GAP等，先後大舉租核心區複式舖作旗艦店，月租涉數百萬至千萬元。疫情時生意大跌，加上租金高企，故不少品牌收縮，大幅減舖。

隨着核心區舖位租金近年錄得逾半以上跌幅，租金漸達可負擔水平，吸引國際時裝品牌重啟擴充，包括西班牙時裝品牌MANGO承租中環泛海大廈地下及1樓舖位，物業面積合共約1.9萬平方呎。租約由今年9月至明年8月，月租約125萬元，明年9月至2026年8月，月租約130萬元，最後1年月租135萬元，按年加幅約4%，租金較高峰期跌6成。該品牌在港設有面積較細分店，如今趁租金平擴充。

另一連鎖時裝店、美式服裝品牌A&F近期重新在港擴充，連同旗下另一品牌HOLLISTER Co.於今年第四季進駐新城市廣場，該店涉及面積逾1萬平方呎，將成為A&F新界區首間全新摩登假日概念店。據悉，該品牌同時租用銅鑼灣希慎廣場1樓約6,000平方呎舖位，月租料約60萬元。該舖曾由GU時裝租用，早前已預告遷出。

(經濟日報)

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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.

中環乙級商廈錄一宗成交，位處德輔道中133號的廠商會大廈全層單位，建築面積3200方呎，以每呎12188元易手，原業主持貨接近14年，帳面僅升值1.6%。

中環德輔道中133號 (干諾道中64號) 廠商會大廈14樓全層，建築面積3200方呎，以3900萬易手，平均呎價12188元。

3200呎作價3900萬

原業主於2010年11月以3838萬購入，帳面獲利62萬，持貨接近14年物業升值不足2%，接近平手離場。據了解，原業主一直自用單位，是次交吉交易。

買家為一名從事玩具、禮品及體育用品貿易的陳姓商人，大本營設於區內永安集團大廈高層單位全層。

據了解，買家是次購入商廈作為投資用途，以該廈呎租約45元計算，回報逾4厘。

該名新買家亦於3年前購入中環中心投資，於2021年7月，斥資8628.4809萬向「磁帶大王」購入中環中心3911室，建築面積2769方呎，平均呎價高達31161元，單位望開揚樓景及山景。

投資者料回報逾4厘

上述廠商會大廈，向來極少買賣，該宗為今年首宗買賣，2023年及2022年「零」成交，2021年則錄2宗成交，該廈19樓全層，建築面積3200方呎，於2021年7月以7750萬易手，平均呎價24219元，該廈10樓全層，建築面積一樣，於2021年9月以6300萬易手，平均呎價19688元。最新買賣造價較2021年高位下跌接近50%。最新造價重返2010年水平。

於2010年，該廈錄4宗成交，除了上述原業主購入單位外，同年12月，該廈17樓全層，建築面積3200方呎，以3980萬易手，平均呎價12438元，原業主則於同年1月以3288.8萬購入該單位。

有代理表示，粉嶺安樂門街28號福成商業大廈一單位，建築面積約2098方呎，意向價980萬，平均呎價約4671元。 該廈坐落粉嶺安樂村工業區，大部分為物業單一業權。

(星島日報)

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荃灣TML廣場1060萬售 持貨7年蝕讓7%

荃灣新式工廈TML廣場錄一宗蝕讓成交，其中一個單位以1060萬易手，原業主持貨7年帳面蝕讓約7%。

荃灣海盛路3號TML廣場17樓A2室，建築面積約1747方呎，以1060萬易手，平均每呎6068元。

原業主於2017年1月以1142.1萬購入，持貨7年帳面蝕讓82.1萬，物業貶值約7%。於2019年6月之前，該廈成交呎價逾1萬，現時較高位回落30%至40%。

較高位回落逾30%

有代理表示，長沙灣青山道660號百生利中心低層B室放租售，建築總面積約3303方呎，意向價約1050萬，平均每方呎約3179元，意向租金約4.8萬，平均每方呎約14.5元。

該代理表示，該單位外望街景，樓底高度約10呎2吋，樓面負重約250磅，現連寫字樓裝修，大廈採用一梯兩伙設計，另有2部載貨升降機，大廈位處核心工商地段，臨近長沙灣廣場第1期及羅氏商業廣場，步行至港鐵荔枝角地約3分鐘。

百生利意向價1050萬

該代理補充，上址坐落於青山道，坐擁多個住宅群，臨近長沙灣廣場及潮人和文青集中心地D2 PLACE ONE及D2 PLACE TWO，食肆及商戶林立，大廈對上一宗成交在2022年3月以1090萬錄得，單位為高層4室，建築總面積約2373方呎，呎價約4593元。

(星島日報)

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甲廈價低位有承接 料交投回穩

近期甲廈業主出現大幅降價放盤，漸見有用家承接，相信隨着減息在即，甲廈交投回穩，租售價可稍為喘定。

據一間代理行的10大指標甲廈統計，8月僅錄1宗買賣，涉及美國銀行中心中高層04至07及13室，面積約6,632平方呎，由一間金融財務公司租用，月租約22萬元，租約期至2025年11月。單位上月初以1.21億元沽出，呎價約18,245元，屬於市價水平，以成交價計算租金回報率約2.2厘。

美國銀行中心 4年蝕17%

翻查資料，單位曾由美國商會於2020年以約1.45億元沽出，由活星地產集團創辦人兼主席李耀湘或相關人士承接。相隔4年沽出，業主蝕約2,400萬元離場，單位貶值約17%。

今年美國銀行中心先後錄2宗全層買賣，包括德祥地產 (00199) 以約2.6億元沽出30樓總部全層連4個車位，不計車位價值，呎價約18,700元，創逾10年新低。

至於中環中心，本月錄得一宗大額買賣，涉及物業66樓及75樓，由同一買家承接。現時66樓面積約26,967平方呎，由商務中心租用，而75樓面積約23,901平方呎，現由內地電訊企業租用，兩層樓面合共50,868平方呎，以約14.2億沽出，呎價約2.8萬元。市場人士指，是次買家以星展銀行呼聲最高，該集團一直持有中環中心多層自用，並租用部分單位。此外，同廈22樓11室，面積約3,184平方呎，新近以約4,200萬元沽出，成交呎價約13,191元，屬多年來新低。

信德中心海景戶 呎租48元

該行代理表示，近期甲廈錄低價成交，相信因個別業主面對現實，大幅降價，而有企業見價格回調，決定買樓面自用，故甲廈價低位漸見承接。

後市上，該代理認為近期甲廈租金表現並不差，如上環信德中心招商局大廈中層單位，面積逾4,000平方呎，成交呎租約40元，另信德中心西座中層海景單位，面積約1,100平方呎，成交呎租約48元。他分析，甲廈租金在大幅回調後，近期已稍為喘定，可支持買賣價企穩，並預計減息在即，準買家會轉為積極洽購甲廈單位，故預計今年交投可望回穩。

(經濟日報)

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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.

在經濟疲弱的背景下，金融和專業行業對傳統寫字樓需求大減，然而，健身、醫療美容等行業需求仍然持續增長，核心甲廈由「辦公樓」走向「半零售化」。中環新世界大廈全層面積逾萬方呎，由健身美容中心進駐，平均呎租75元。

中環新世界大廈27樓全層原本由新創建使用多年，早前新創建遷至長沙灣地標甲廈南商金融創新中心，該27樓全層亦成功租出，市場消息透露，該全層面積約10270方呎，新租戶健身美容中心承租，平均呎租約75元，月租約77萬。

業內人士指出，隨着新世界自用旗下長沙灣新落成地標甲廈「83瓊林街」多層樓面及區內同系甲廈，中環新世界大廈騰出部分樓面出租，此策略性安排，既帶旺旗下重鎚打造的九龍西商業圈，亦可透過出租核心區甲廈增加收入。

面積約10270呎 月租77萬

事實上，近期甲廈租客結構出現變化，金融及專業行業在經歷貿易戰、疫情、經濟不景面對壓力，對傳統甲廈需求減少。

隨着人們注重健康，對自我提升的重視，健身、醫美行業及教育等半零售行業需求持續上升，陸續進駐甲廈以填補空檔，甲廈大業主亦升級設施以開拓新客源。

元朗溱栢地舖近億元沽

新世界就旗下中環新世界大廈作銳意轉型，去年引入健康、專業醫美及醫療行業，由疫情前佔大廈的10%增加至當時35%，提高整體出租率，該類型行業普遍簽下較長租約。

新世界近年沽售旗下非核心物業。元朗溱栢6間地舖，今年年初以意向價1.1億放售，新近以近1億沽售。代理指，買家為區內資深投資者，看好「北部都會區」發展，購入作為收租用途，計劃租予零售餐飲，估計投資回報近5厘，上述6間地舖面積介乎650至5200方呎。

今年3月，新世界以40億沽出愉景新城商場，隨後以1.15億售出西貢傲瀧商場，旗下長沙灣甲廈83永康街賣現樓，首批入場費約721萬，呎價介乎約1.2萬至1.4萬。

該27樓原本由新創建使用，早前新創建遷至長沙灣甲廈，該全層由健身美容中心承租。

(星島日報)

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代理：指標甲廈售價連跌11個月

商廈租售價持續下跌。地產代理報告指出，8月指標甲廈售價按月跌約0.3%，連跌11個月，而乙廈售價則按月跌約2.4%。租金方面，甲乙廈租金按月分別跌約1.5%及1.9%。上月亦錄7宗指標甲廈成交，按月持平。

售價按月跌約0.3%

8月最矚目的是星展銀行以約13.43億購入中環中心66樓及75樓全層，平均呎價約26,402元，與中環區內市價相若。租務方面，矚目的為工銀亞洲以月租約500萬租用紅磡海濱廣場1座多層樓面。

料「以價換量」蔓延至乙廈

代理表示，最新的整體指標乙廈售價已回落至2015年水平，相信「以價換量」情況將蔓延至乙廈市場，目前中環區商廈平均呎價約2.5萬，是8年以來新低。金鐘區平均呎價更低見1.8萬左右，重回2012年水平。

(星島日報)

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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)

跨企鍾情新甲廈 美資租啟德AIRSIDE萬呎

新甲廈吸引商戶搬遷成交，消息指，觀塘The Millennity 1.5萬平方呎單位，獲玩具公司租用，呎租約30元，集團早前沽出同區俊匯中心甲廈自用單位。另啟德AIRSIDE 1萬平方呎樓面，獲美資藥業公司租用。

市場消息稱，觀塘全新甲廈The Millennity錄得租務成交，涉及中層單位，面積約1.5萬平方呎，呎租料約30元。

早前1.33億 沽俊匯中心總部

據悉，新租客為一家玩具公司，該集團本身總部在東九龍俊匯中心，早前他們沽出俊匯中心28及29樓連天台，物業面積合共約21,154平方呎，並連同一個約1,608平方呎平台，以及5個車位，以1.33億元易手，平均呎價6,287元。沽出樓面後，現轉租同區全新甲廈，而使用樓面有所收縮。

The Millennity去年入伙，今年亦獲不少新租客承租，包括科技大學租用30及31樓兩層，面積合共約3.8萬平方呎，呎租料約30元。

新甲廈受跨國企業歡迎，消息稱，啟德AIRSIDE中低層單位，面積約1萬平方呎，以每呎約30元租出。據悉，新租客為一家美國藥業公司，該集團原租用鰂魚涌太古坊柏克大廈，現搬至AIRSIDE，作提升物業級數。

九龍區商廈租務較活躍，消息指，九龍灣恒生中心錄全層租務，涉及物業低層全層，面積約2.6萬平方呎，呎租約25元。據悉，該層樓面由港鐵承租，公司總部一直設於該廈，去年集團擴充，租用物業中層2層，每層面積2.6萬平方呎，合共約5.2萬平方呎，若連同是次成交，集團於該廈已佔用至少4層。

另港島區租務上，資料顯示，灣仔大新金融中心12全層，以及13樓單位，獲香港個人資料私隱專員公署續租，涉及約61.5萬元。至於中環美國銀行中心低層12室，面積約732平方呎，成交呎租約47元。

(經濟日報)

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博士倫提價7%續租沙田物流中心

逆市下，工廈物業租金及售價跌幅相對少，部分工廈還錄提價承租，沙田火炭嘉民沙田物流中心 (第2期) 17及18樓，面積約26428方呎，由眼科護理產品博士倫續租，月租396420元，較三年前提價7%。

月租39.6萬續約3年

博士倫承租上述物業，由2019年開始每次續租均提價，由2019年10月至2021年10月租期兩年，月租343564元，平均呎租13元，直至2021年10月續租三年，直至2024年10月，月租369992元，平均呎租14元，提價7.6%，最新由2024年10月至2027年10月，租期三年，月租396420元，提價7%，平均呎租15元。

業內人士指，儘管新式物流倉供應增加，惟租金相對高，一些傳統物流倉本身租金平，需求穩定，錄提價承租，雖然整體來說，倉庫租賃錄得下跌，惟跌幅較商廈細。根據一間外資代理行數據，2024年第二季倉庫租金按季跌0.4%，租賃活動以續租為主。

平均每呎15元

該行又指，工業物業市場正在應對錯綜複雜環境，勞動力短缺促使租戶升級至效率更高、位置更方便的專用倉庫。另一方面，北部都會區棕地發展項目收地工作展開，將衍生搬遷需求，帶動租賃活動。

(星島日報)

尖沙咀藥妝店罕簽6年長租約 20萬進駐美麗都大廈舖 平高峰近半

核心旅遊區舖位空置率高，不少舖位已丟空多時，舖位一旦有租戶承租，業主紛希望簽署長租約鎖定租客。尖沙咀美麗都大廈一個鄰近區內大型商場K11 Art Mall的地舖，丟空接近3年，近期終以每月20萬元由藥妝店租用，雖然舖位租金較高位折讓近一半，但仍獲業主簽署6年的長租約。

鄰近K11 Art Mall 已丟空3年

剛租出的舖位為尖沙咀彌敦道54號美麗都大廈地下35號舖，建築面積約900方呎，位於麼地道及碧仙桃路交界單邊，鄰近K11 Art Mall，今年4月以每月15萬元放租，但據悉最終以20萬元租出，呎租約222元，較4個多月前的叫租，不減反增5萬元或33.3%。

租客為一家藥妝店，舖位租約長達6年，至2030年8月才屆滿，屬市場罕有舖位租予非國際零售品牌，卻可獲超過3年特長租約的個案。

上述物業原由資深投資者黎永滔持有，今年4月以「蝕讓價」3050萬元售出，呎價約3.39萬元。黎永滔於2007年7月以6280萬元買入此舖，持貨逾17年，賬面虧蝕3230萬元，物業貶值51.4%。以最新租金計算，業主可收取的租金回報高達7.9厘。

該舖在今次租出之前，已丟空接近3年。據資料顯示，舖位曾由一家行李箱品牌自2013年起租用長達8年，最初月租高見37.5萬元，呎租約417元；及後在2018年獲減租41.3%至22萬元，呎租降至約244元續約，直至2021年10月租約期滿結業。如今舖位再度租出，較2013年高位每月租金大跌17.5萬元或46.7%。

參考同區鄰近租賃個案，尖沙咀加拿分道15至19號立誠大廈地下A舖，與美麗都大廈地舖相距不足2分鐘步程，建築面積約900方呎，新近獲一家藥妝店以每月9.5萬元租用，呎租約106元，租期只有2年。該舖原租戶為珠寶店，舊租金為13.8萬元，租金下滑31.2%。

淡市下業主願鎖定租金收入

另外，尖沙咀漢口道53號地下及閣樓，地下建築面積約1000方呎，閣樓建築面積約800方呎，合共建築面積約1800方呎，今年6月起由一家海味成藥店以每月22萬元租用，呎租約122元，據悉租期為3年。此舖位於2013至2016年期間曾由連鎖珠寶店周大福 (01929) 以月租80萬元租用，呎租高達444元，目前租金較高峰期低58萬元或72.5%。

業內人士分析，在舖市好景時，一般位於核心旅遊區的舖位租約只有2至3年，業主期望租約屆滿後，原租戶可以較高價錢續約或轉換新租客。但近年不少舖位已丟空多時，空置率高，當個別舖位獲新客租用，業主亦不介意簽訂較長年期租約，以鎖定租金收入。

(信報)

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，觀塘宏基資本大廈低層全層連4個私家車位，建築面積約12029方呎，意向售價約9022萬元，呎價約7500元，以交吉形式出售。

該行指出，上述全層物業視野開揚，坐擁全郵輪碼頭海景，配以落地玻璃大窗，附設寫字樓裝修。

宏基資本大廈徒步前往港鐵牛頭角站僅需數分鐘。

(信報)

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金朝陽不提上訴 希雲大廈取消拍賣

金朝陽 (00878) 最新公告交代銅鑼灣希雲大廈強拍的最新進展，發展商指，上訴法庭已於9月2日公布駁回其上訴的判決，並裁定出售命令的3個月有效期，只能再延長3個月一次，因此出售命令的有效性於8月29日之後，不再具有任何法律效力。而該集團經過諮詢其專業顧問後，將不會提出上訴，即項目不會再舉行拍賣。

此後，土地審裁處通知根據出售命令委任的受託人，並就受託人單方面申請進一步延長出售命令的期限，以進行第二次拍賣作出回覆，表示不會批准延期。

受託人其後通知該集團，其會按照強拍條例第7 (3) 條的規定，在土地註冊處撤銷出售命令的登記，因此將不會進行第二次拍賣。各方將回復至作出強制出售申請前的狀態，即如從未作出出售命令。而據該集團董事所深知、盡悉及確信，不收購或出售希雲大廈的不分割份數，不會對其產生直接財務影響。

希雲大廈位於銅鑼灣禮頓道128至138號、希雲街2至30號，比鄰為同由金朝陽發展的曦巒。金朝陽於2019年申請強拍，至今年2月獲土地審裁處以底價24.25億元批出強拍令，惟在今年4月「流拍」收場。其後發展商曾向土地審裁處申請延長拍賣期限至8月29日，及申請下調拍賣底價至與該地段的市值一樣，不過土審最終僅批准延期，卻未有調整底價。

(經濟日報)

九龍灣第一集團中心 兩舖6千萬沽

九龍灣新商廈第一集團中心地下兩舖位，合共以6,000萬元沽出。

觀塘世達兩銀主盤 1490萬易手

資料顯示，九龍灣全新商廈第一集團中心地下01及2號舖易手，物業1號單位面積約2,760平方呎，以3,500萬元沽出，另2號舖面積約2,382平方呎，以2,500萬元沽出，合共涉資約6,000萬元。據悉，目前1號舖位由電動車AION埃安租用，另2號舖仍交吉。

據了解，兩舖位均由發展商第一集團沽出。該集團今年中展開拆售。

另外，觀塘工廈世達中心兩銀主單位以1,490萬元易手，物業4年間貶值一半。資料顯示，觀塘巧明街錄得兩宗登記，涉及物業低層C及D室，面積分別約2,383及2,858平方呎，合共約5,241平方呎，以1,490萬元成交，呎價僅約2,842元。

翻查資料，原業主於2020年以3,100萬元購入上述單位，惟其後業主多番加按物業，及後淪為銀主盤。如今以1,490萬元沽出，單位貶值1,610萬元，幅度達52%。

(經濟日報)

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旺角MK居停放售 全幢市值2.95億

旺角長沙街11號MK居停全幢酒店放售，擁有101個房間，全幢市值2.95億。

有外資代理行代理表示，MK居停全幢樓高19層，建築面積約26140方呎，提供101個房間，望都市景，項目於疫情前高峰期月租約240萬。當下旅遊業未完全復甦，若以營業額減半計算，預期月租約120萬，預期回報近5厘。截標日期2024年10月9日。

提供101個房間

該代理又說，最近兩年間酒店/旅館成交項目中，新買家多改裝學生宿舍或長租公寓，使酒店在短時間內消失逾約1000個單位。

MK居停與彌敦道僅一街之隔，有利遊客前往多個地標性旅遊景點，如西洋菜街市集、朗豪坊、舊油麻地警署、油麻地戲院及電影中心等網紅打卡熱點，更鄰近多個24小時運作的粵港直通巴士站，為國內旅客提供便利，MK居停距離高鐵站僅數分鐘車程。

料回報近5厘

該代理續道，美國議息會議在即，在預期減息前下，市場相信美元匯率將調整，不僅降低港人到外地消費，將提升東南亞及國內人士到港旅遊誘因，該行聯絡數個潛在的營運方，確保新買家購入物業後做到無縫交接，預計MK居停為各投資者及潛在買家所注視。

(星島日報)

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1億 沽溱柏6地舖

新世界 (00017) 近期加快沽出非核心物業套現，市傳最新以近1億元沽出元朗溱柏6間地舖，新買家為元朗資深投資者，計劃購入作為零售餐飲長綫收租。

據了解，上述6間商舖面積介乎650至5,200平方呎，於今年年初以意向價1.1億元放售，最近以接近1億元售出。

區內資深資者 睇好北都發展

代理指，買家為區內資深資者，看好政府近年積極發展「北部都會區」，押注新界西北區，計劃長綫持有舖位作零售餐飲之用，估計投資回報近5%。

溱柏位於元朗南公庵路68號，位置跟元朗市中心雖然有些距離，不過政府正在發展元朗南新發展區，預計將帶旺周邊人流及發展。

至於近期新世界積極沽售非核心物業，包括在今年3月先以40億元沽出愉景新城商場，及後再以1.15億元沽出西貢傲瀧商場，及後分拆長沙灣甲廈83永康街以現樓形式開售，首批單位呎價介乎約1.2萬至1.4萬元，入場費約721萬元起。

荃灣區加快轉型 工廈擬改商業用

為荃灣東大窩口工業區一帶轉型加快，除了新地 (00016) 今年初就橫窩仔街重建項目進行第二次補地價外，政府近日提出將馬頭壩道多幢工廈改成商業用地，料可加快區內轉型。

荃灣東工業區分別兩部分，首先是楊屋道、德士古道及沙咀道交界的大窩口工業區，現時規劃為「綜合發展區」，以及楊屋道以南由馬頭壩道及德士古道組成的工業區，佔地約11.9公頃，多達40幢工廈，目前大多數維持作「工業」，亦有小部分屬於「綜合發展區」。

直接改劃用途 減省重建程序

不過，規劃署近期提出，將其中馬頭壩道19至31號的3幢工廈，佔地約8.2萬平方呎，由現時「綜合發展區」改劃成「商業」用途，設有最大樓面限制約56.5萬平方呎，雖然改劃前用地意向都是作商業發展，當局直接改作「商業」用途，減少業主或發展商重建時的城規程序，可促進重建。

事實上，楊屋道以南的工業區轉型近年亦有不少工廈重建計劃，其中4個計劃重建成新式工廈，預計可帶來約87萬平方呎樓面。

4新式工廈重建 增87萬呎樓面

至於楊屋道、德士古道及沙咀道交界的大窩口工業區，佔地約4.4公頃，早在逾10年前已經獲規劃署由工業改劃成綜合發展區，用意是促進轉型成住宅區，區內有7成工廈樓面用作貨倉用途，另有2成樓面作為非工業用途，包括數據中心等。

除了由房委會旗下大窩口工廠大廈成功重建成居屋尚翠苑，以及由新地 (00016) 牽頭提出將沙咀道及聯仁街交界的安泰工業中心、王子工業大廈及亞洲脈絡中心等4幢工廈展開重建。

當中新地早在2019年已經就着位於橫窩仔街的安泰工業中心，補地價約4.7億元由工業改為住宅發展，及後再獲得城規會批准，將地積比率進一步提高2成至6倍，住宅樓面增加至20.1萬平方呎，發展商早前再次以約1億元進行補地價，每呎補地價約2,983元，項目兩次補地價合計約5.7億元，連新地於31年前購入該工廈時候的作價約2.3億元，總地價成本近8億元，總地價成本每呎近4,000元。

項目將會興建1幢31層高分層住宅，提供465伙私樓，平均單位面積432平方呎，另外亦會提供約1.1萬平方呎作為幼兒中心的社福設施。

2相連工廈放售 估值9億

近期荃灣區有不少工廈放售，其中華潤資本等持有的荃灣橫窩仔街36至50號兩幢相連工廈早前放售，市場估值約9億元。

申建住宅 攻中小戶型

涉及物業為卓悅集團中心，即前稱海林大廈A座及B座，原由卓悅所持有，不過後來該集團於前年初，由全資附屬公司卓悅投資、華潤資本旗下公司分別出資75%及25%，供款約5.5億元合組基金，並與此基金訂立買賣協議，斥約9億元向卓悅收購該工廈，卓悅售後租回作營運場所。

同時，華潤方面亦申請將工廈獲批准重建1幢33層高住宅大廈，提供約261個中、小型單位及社福設施，總樓面逾12.6萬平方呎。

另外，由大鴻輝興業持有的荃灣工業中心一籃子工廈放售，包括2樓至5樓全層，以及22樓05及07單位，單位面積最細約2,388平方呎，總樓面共約22.3萬方呎不等，意向價約8億元，平均呎價約3,593元，適合自置作廠房或貨倉用途。

市場資料顯示，該批工廈曾於去年2月推出放售，當時叫價11億元，時隔一年再度放盤，物業價格調低3億元，幅度約27%。

(經濟日報)

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.

近期甲廈租務成交，主要於九龍區出現，先後錄中資及外資金融機構租樓面進行擴充。

據一間外資代理行每月寫字樓租金統計，7月寫字樓市場的氣氛仍然疲弱。港島甲級寫字樓的平均租金下跌至每平方呎62.8元，年初至今已下跌2.6%。由於寫字樓租賃需求疲弱，空置率達13.5%的新高。該行指，儘管外資律師行縮減規模及金融業表現不佳，但對新建甲級寫字樓的需求有所增加，因租戶對高質素寫字樓的追求持續和受低租金所吸引。

九龍區方面，該行指7月租務開始回升。雖然九龍區的寫字樓平均交易面積仍少於3,000平方呎，但新租賃成交宗數按月增加超過20%。在九龍多個區域中，九龍東仍然是租戶的主要焦點，而九龍西的項目亦偶有部分租客表示有興趣租用。

遠東宏信 租環球貿易廣場 (ICC) 69樓全層

市場租務成交上，包括九龍站環球貿易廣場錄得全層租務，涉及物業69樓全層，面積約3.5萬平方呎，以每呎約70元租出。由於屬物業高層，故享有優質景觀。消息稱，新租客為內地金融機構遠東宏信，業務涉及金融、貿易、諮詢、投資等，總部設於上海。該集團早前租用環球貿易廣場極高層2個單位，分別為66樓約8,000平方呎，以及67樓約1萬平方呎單位，合共約1.8萬平方呎，當中67樓單位屬集團總部，於去年初啟用。由於集團業務擴張，現決定放棄66樓單位，而轉租69樓全層，換言之合共使用約4.5萬平方呎，比原有樓面增加1.5倍，可見集團長綫看好在港發展。

另外，尖沙咀北京道一號中高層全層，面積約1.2萬平方呎，以每平方呎約70元租出。由於該廈享優質全海景，並有半零售成分，向來租務亦理想，租金水平屬同區偏高。據了解，該層樓面原由一家美容集團租用3層，其後續租樓面降至1層，另外兩層交由業主重新招租。據悉，新租客為渣打銀行，料作財富管理業務之用，屬擴充性質。

友邦保險 港威大廈擴充

另同區海港城港威大廈錄全層租務，涉及5座38樓全層，面積約2.4萬平方呎，以每平方呎約55元租出。據了解，新租客為友邦保險，集團於該廈已租用多層，涉及逾20萬平方呎，如今再進行擴充。

該代理行稱，一直以來，九龍區租賃需求主要來自政府機構和內地企業，但現在的租賃需求擴展到不同行業，包括保險業。企業業務擴充和追求高質素的寫字樓空間，推動九龍區甲級寫字樓市場的復甦。整體而言，下半年九龍區寫字樓有穩定的跡象。

(經濟日報)

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觀塘駱駝漆中心全幢4.1億易手

曾由鄧成波家族持有，上月淪為銀主盤的觀塘駱駝漆中心全幢，剛以約4.1億易手，平均呎價4816元，較10年前購入價貶值逾60%。

物業屬銀主盤

觀塘興業街1號駱駝漆中心，為一座樓高7層銀座式商廈，建築面積共約85116方呎，項目由鄧成波家族於2014年以10.8億購入，並於2017年市況熾熱時放售，當時意向價高達28.8億，惟並沒有成功沽售。

隨後多年來不斷推出放售，在2022年3月叫價約13億至14億，去年4月叫價調整至11.2億，於今年初再次下調叫價至11億，累積減幅可觀。

不過，項目於上月被銀主接管，當時代理表示市場估值約10億，現時大幅減價易手，以項目總樓面計算，平均每呎4816元。

曾由鄧成波家族持有

市場消息透露，鄧氏家族曾打算拆售物業，並沒有着意為該全幢招租，目前只有地舖有一名租客，其餘皆交吉，新買家須花一番心思招租，估計寫字樓市值呎租20至30元，舖位市值呎租逾50元，以易手價計算，料回報6厘至7厘。他續說，該項目適宜重新定位及包裝。

該廈地下及1樓為餐廳，2樓至6樓為寫字樓，每層面積約11536至13168方呎，屬三面大單邊位置，門面闊約217呎，該廈已獲地政處批出不反對通知書及屋宇署批准改建為零售用途，部分位置可設戶外餐飲區，可改建為蘇豪區集中地。

2014年成交價10.8億

有代理表示，觀塘海濱道135號宏基資本大廈低層全層連4個私家車位，建築面積約12,029方呎，現時意向價約9022萬，每呎叫價約7500元，以交吉形式出售，上述全層望郵輪碼頭景，附設寫字樓裝修，宏基資本大廈為區內指標甲廈，距離港鐵牛頭角站僅約5至7分鐘步程。

(星島日報)

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中環全幢商廈獲洽 用家投資垂青

商廈價格高位急跌後，氣氛趨活躍，中環皇后大道中152號全幢寫字樓皇后大道中心獲洽，有望短期內以14億易手。

皇后大道中152號全幢甲廈皇后大道中心，佔地約4030方呎，總面積約80876方呎，市場消息指，由於項目規模適中，推售以來獲用家及投資者問盤，反應不俗，有望短期內以14億易手，平均呎價17310元，項目接近中環中心，惟較中環中心近期成交呎價2.8萬低逾30%。

總樓面80876呎

該廈每層面積2531至3733方呎，一梯一伙，層與層之間高度約3.25至6.6米，地下至15樓為舖契，可作餐飲或零售用途，17樓至30樓為寫字樓，大廈擁有雙門面設計，分別面向皇后大道中及威靈頓街。

據悉，準買家看中屬新式商廈，3樓擁有空中花園及平台，29至30樓特色樓層設有露台，這是舊式商廈欠缺的。項目曾由財團收購近10多年，在整合業權後重建，連同收購及建築成本，投資額估計近10億，於2020年落成。

灣仔鴻翔延遲截標

灣仔皇后大道東83號鴻翔中心1至26樓連天台，佔全幢商廈約94％業權，早前推出標售，有代理行昨日表示，因反應熱烈，現順應一眾潛在買家要求，截標日期將由10月9日，順延至2024年10月18日。而該項目出售部分的批則面積約34585方呎。

(星島日報)

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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.

綜合市場人士表示，多年來工商舖市場受到重創，現時市底疲弱尤其是商廈及舖位，減息有助市場回復元氣，工商舖價格將會逐漸見底回穩。

鍾楚義：信心將慢慢恢復

資本策略主席鍾楚義指，減息是一個方向性改變，一個轉捩點，慢慢令投資者重拾信心，不過，現時市場信心仍然很薄弱、相信仍要視乎香港經濟如何發展，香港要找尋一個新方向發展、需要新政策推動香港經濟，尤其受美國政府打壓之後香港。

蔡志忠：最快年底有轉機

亞洲地產創辦人蔡志忠表示，近年工商舖投資者所面對挫折，屬非戰之罪，他們普遍採用H按，近年來美國加息11次之後，H按借貸人供款驟增10倍，若借款額10億，由以往月供利息100餘萬，加至近年逾1000萬，艱難情況可想而知。減息後扭轉情況，近期H按已由今年高位7厘，減至最新3.7厘，供樓負擔大減。

事實上，疫情以來逾4年衝擊下，工商舖市場重創，價格普遍跌40%至60%，隨着今次減息，勢將帶動交投，有助工商舖價格較快見底，他預期，見底時間還是需要時間，最快為今年底或明年初，「要待低價銀主盤、平價盤陸續被吸納，當盤源陸續由實力買家持有，持貨力強，不再輕易放售，屆時就是價格回穩上升之時。」

馬僑生：最差時刻成過去

他認為，市況U形發展，現時已接近或已處於底部，惟底部或要再橫行一段時間。

資深投資者馬僑生表示，大幅減息屬意料之外，隨着減息周期正式啟動，對整體經濟釋出正面訊息，相信最差時刻成為過去。事實上，工商舖市場沈寂多年，尤其部分商廈租售價過分下跌，吸引用家吸納，部分企業趁低成本擴張。他一直對後市保持信心，「若看得太差，就失去機會」！

(星島日報)

減息除障礙 工商舖大手買賣看升

代理：學生宿舍投資新焦點

香港終落實減息，有外資代理行代理認為，減息後對投資者入市興趣會提高，相信有助交投量回升，價格上則仍要視乎租金表現。

據該行統計5,000萬元以上工商舖成交，今年第三季工商舖暫僅錄42億元成交，較第二季跌25%，持續淡靜。不過，市場近日終有利好消息，美國聯儲局正式宣布減息半厘，為超過4年來首次減息，而本港銀行亦隨即減息0.25厘。

息口回落 投資者有方向

息口高企持續兩年，該代理指，本港大額買賣少源於兩大因素，「高息及內地經濟放緩，令市場氣氛欠佳。內地若非有重要措施推出，短期復甦仍較慢，故此息口回落，至少為市場帶來好消息。」該代理分析，是次美國減息0.5厘，心理及氣氛上會好，「美國目標2026年至有望回落至2.8厘，就算現階段不會令交投熾熱，利息轉向訊號非常重要，投資者開始有方向。」

該代理指，息口回落將令買家心態轉正面，因過往兩年，高息下投資者追求物業淨回報率達6厘，同時租金向下，令業主要大幅降價才能滿足，「銀行定期存款數字高，反映資金仍充裕，當利息回落便漸有入市動力。」

高息下業主持貨壓力大，該代理預期若再減息1厘，情況將大不同，「近一年銀主盤湧現，正因持有物業收入未能抵銷利息開支，若息口再跌1厘，斷供情況將明顯降低，價格便開始穩定。」現階段下，該代理預計投資者會開始入市，同時市場仍要消化平價盤，料第四季大手買賣回升，至約70億水平。

核心區商廈 值得投資

在各範疇上，該代理稱若按統計，今年分層商廈成交不算很差，反映了用家入市轉積極，並相信價格已跌至極低水平，「怎衡量價錢跌得多與少？如果商廈呎價跌至5,000元，基本上已屬建築價，可說是觸底。」對於目前高空置及供應，地區還是關鍵，「供應量要睇地區，似乎集中於東九龍，核心區中環不算很多供應，故睇好核心區仍是最值得投資。」

商舖及酒店投資上，該代理指通關後內地旅客消費模式改變，「本港5星酒店尚有商務客入住，3至4星酒店卻因過夜客減少，甚至因交通方便，選擇住深圳酒店，經營酒店漸困難。」正因如此，該代理透露不少業主放售3至4星酒店，造就財團入市改裝成學生宿舍，「在眾多投資項目上，只有學生宿舍租金穩步向上。」

學生宿舍成投資新焦點，故該代理指該行亦多加部署，要吸引財團投資同時，亦會安排本地租賃項目營運商合作，令財團安心投放資金。

(經濟日報)

證券商每月78萬租羅素街舖

銅鑼灣羅素街曾以貴租聞名世界，逆市下租金急跌，租客亦趨向大眾化，該街道一個單邊「舖王」以每月78萬承租，新租客為證券商，租金較高峰期跌65%，平均呎租1114元。該證券商今年初以每月100萬進駐旺角單邊「舖王」，是次再下一城在「名店街」建據點。

由資深投資者黎永滔持有的羅素街59至61號麗園大廈地下G舖，藥房提早一年撤出，舖位早前再度放租，以每月78萬成功租出，平均呎租1114元。現場所見，新租客為富途證券，舖位圍上木板，裝修工程正在展開，新租客對後市具信心，簽署5年長約，包括3年梗約及2年生約，是次亦是該公司今年第二度承租黃金地段「舖王」。

今年第二度承租舖王

該舖位舊租客藥房去年9月簽署2年租約，月租65萬，惟生意未如理想，早前決定提早一年離場，黎永滔以每月80萬將舖位放租，期間，獲3間準租客包括鐘錶店洽商，最終由出價最高的富途證券拍板承租，較一年前舊租金加幅20%。

該舖位動向一直備受注目，2009年由珠寶金行粵港澳湛周生生以每月73萬進駐，2012年高峰時期月租加至高達220萬，平均呎租約3142元，為當時全港「呎租舖王」，最新租金較高位回落65%。

隨着舖市回落，自2021年起兩年內，該舖多次短租予口罩店及時裝店，料月租約10萬至20萬。租金較高位回落65%

富途證券於今年5月，亦向黎永滔承租旺角亞皆老街67至69號地舖連閣樓，建築面積2300方呎，較上一手長租客老鳳祥於高峰期月租220萬，大跌45%，但較1年前時裝店月租38萬，則大升逾2倍。現時，該舖日夜在趕工裝修，工程接近尾聲。

(星島日報)

TOYOMALL灣仔巨舖1.5億易手 投資者承接料回報近7厘

減息後大手買賣持續，資深投資者羅守輝旗下TOYOMALL沽售灣仔駱克道巨舖，作價1.5億，平均呎價6818元，新買家為收租客，料回報近7厘。

繼上周五北角一籃子舖位易手，市場再錄一宗大手買賣，灣仔駱克道233至243號星港大廈地下D舖、1至3樓全層，建築面積共22000方呎，以及大廈外牆權益，以1.5億連約易手，平均呎價6818元。

持貨6年貶值11%

據了解，該物業地舖實用面積約350方呎，1至3樓每層建築面積逾7000方呎，現時由一間護老院承租，月租86.2萬至明年11月梗約期滿，生約月租可調升至最高99萬，以易手價計算，料現時回報6.9厘，生約時回報更高達7.9厘。

TOYOMALL於2018年2月以1.684億購入，持貨6年，帳面虧損1840萬，物業貶值約11%。

廠家購北角巨舖收租

上周四落實減息後，市場至少錄2宗逾億元買賣，除了上述巨舖外，資深投資者楊奮斌於沽售北角城中心巨舖，市場消息透露，買家為廠家，購入物業作收租用途，物業現時出租率達100%，月租逾140萬，回報約5.5厘。

北角城中心部分地下及部分1樓，地下面積約20722方呎，1樓面積20124方呎，總面積逾40800方呎，作價3.1億易手。

減息後錄2宗大買賣

有代理表示，近年投資物業由高位急跌至少40%，對實力客來說開始有吸引力，近月連錄用家購寫字樓自用，投資者鍾情舖位，始終舖位回報高，預期減息帶動大手買賣，令用家及投資者取態積極。

上周四落實減息後，市場至少2宗逾億元買賣，包括北角城中心巨舖以3.1億售。

(星島日報)

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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)

儘管經濟不景，大手買賣未有停下來，「越南朱」相關人士持有的上環The Wellington全幢商廈，獲準買家洽購，出價約15億，平均每呎1.38萬，另一幢位處中環擺花街的匯財中心全幢，亦獲逾4億洽購。

富商「越南朱」相關人士繼早前成功售出盈置大廈外，旗下位於上環及中環的2幢商廈亦獲洽購，市場消息透露，上環威靈頓街198號The Wellington全幢商廈，獲準買家洽購，出價約15億，以此計算，平均呎價1.38萬，朱立基於2015年向南豐購入該廈，作價30億，現時洽購價只有購入價的50%。

每呎洽購價1.38萬

該廈2015年落成，樓高30層，總樓面約10.8萬方呎，大廈除了寫字樓外，有零售或服務行業等租戶，出租情況穩定，平均呎租約40至45元。物業由南豐於2011年向萬泰以6.4億購入地盤，之後重建成商廈，再由朱立基相關人士接手。

同由朱立基相關人士持有的中環擺花街2至10號匯財中心全幢，亦獲準買家洽購，出價約4.2億，該廈總樓面約30154方呎，平均呎價約1.39萬。

昨日市傳上述2全幢已告易手，不過，知情人士透露，物業尚未易手，不過現時轉由一間基金持貨，代為打理該物業而己，物業仍在放售中。

基金代為打理物業

朱立基相關人士於去年10月，以64億沽售中環盈置大廈易手，買家為台灣資金，盈置大廈全幢總樓面約264622方呎計，呎價約24185元，相比於2018至2019年間商廈高峰期，區內甲廈呎價動輒逾5萬，造價低逾50%，該廈月收1850萬，新買家料回報約3.5厘。

(星島日報)

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紀惠集團罕見放售 上環信德中心全層

由紀惠集團持有的信德中心西座35樓連2個車位，面積約22111方呎，以現狀連約放售，物業位處上環港鐵站上蓋，連接巴士總站及港澳碼頭，為極罕有高層，坐享維港景。

意向呎價3萬

有代理表示，美國聯邦儲備局剛宣布減息，即將進入減息周期，預計息率再減約一厘，刺激物業成交，該物業意向呎價3萬，相比上年鄰廈信德中心招商局大廈以每方呎約3.2萬售出為低，此物業原裝呎數，實用率高，加上該廈高層全層一向惜售，近20年來首次出售。

(星島日報)

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「磁帶大王」10億放售 北角渣華道全幢物業

「磁帶大王」陳秉志放售北角渣華道321號全幢工商物業 (前稱柯達大廈1期)，以地積比計算總面積約153985方呎，料市值約10億，呎價約6500元，截標日期12月5日。

買家可享大廈命名權

有代理表示，渣華道321號位處渣華道及健康東街交界，距離港鐵鰂魚涌站約5分鐘步程，鄰近甲廈英皇道633號及英皇道625號等。

物業1985年落成，樓高13層，地庫提供27個車位，特定樓層樓底約6.8米高，買家可享大廈命名權及設置廣告牌，適合醫療、教育、宗教團體等。

(星島日報)

招商局廣場近半涉10萬方呎已獲預租

招商蛇口在香港上環發展的首個全新智慧甲級寫字樓招商局廣場 (China Merchants Plaza) 將於2025年中落成，寫字樓目前近50%樓面已獲預租。

近期，招商蛇口與招商金控成員企業招商海達保險、招商永隆保險已簽訂租賃意向書，上述兩家公司將分別承租香港上環招商局廣場2層、3層樓面。連同其他預租用樓面，上環招商局廣場約50%樓面 (約10萬方呎) 已獲預租。

招商局廣場總樓面面積約20萬方呎，樓高約120米，標準層面積約9000方呎，為甲級綠色智能寫字樓。招商局廣場位於上環，北鄰干諾道中，可眺望維多利亞港海景，南面連接德輔道中，東西兩側為現有寫字樓。

項目地段及原辦公大樓於1978年購入，曾作為為招商局總部使用。作為招商局集團旗下城市及園區綜合開發運營板塊的旗艦企業，招商蛇口立足在港資源，推出「美好香港計劃」，開發建設招商局廣場，以城市生長的力量助力香港發展。全新的招商局廣場由著名設計師嚴迅奇建築師事務所主持。建築外牆的海洋流線波浪形態，代表着集團百年來一直揚帆遠航，推動時代新浪潮的目標。

項目重建工程於2020年正式啟動。2024年6月，主體結構順利封頂。項目預計於2025年中竣工，建成後將成為上環地區新地標，為中上環CBD注入新活力。

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新東海商業中心相連單位叫價1700萬

有代理表示，尖東新東海商業中心一個低層相連寫字樓單位，建築面積約2375方呎，業主意向售價約1700萬元，呎價僅約7158元。

該行指出，單位現時每月租金收入約5.7萬元，若按上述意向售價計算，租金回報約4厘。單位景觀開揚，鄰近康宏廣場及紅磡海底隧道，且樓底極高，加上毗鄰區內多幢商業大廈，商貿氣氛濃厚。

大廈採玻璃幕牆及雲石大堂設計，一樓設有行人天橋，接駁至紅磡港鐵站及紅磡海底隧道過海巴士站，交通極為便利。由於物業自身條優厚及售價極為吸引，料可獲不少用家及投資者垂青。

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滙豐港商廈貸款減值 半年飆4倍

英國《金融時報》報道，根據滙控 (00005) 的中期財務報告，滙豐上半年有32億美元的香港商業房地產貸款被列為「信貸減值」 (credit impaired)，約相等於去年底5.76億美元的6倍，即較去年底增加近4.56倍，反映本港商業房地產低迷開始對銀行帶來影響。

報道又稱，香港是滙豐最大的商業房地產貸款市場，佔其風險敞口的45%，而英國僅佔18%。截至6月，滙豐在全球商業房地產貸款額為790億美元，而32億美元的「信貸減值」佔滙豐在香港整體商業房地產貸款總額的9%。

有關情況突顯本港商業房地產市場低迷開始對銀行造成打擊。有外資代理行的數據顯示，2020年以來，香港甲級寫字樓租金已下跌逾35%。

滙控德私銀業務售予法巴

惠譽北亞銀行評級主管黃智仁表示，可以較有把握地說，銀行對中國商業房地產的風險已近完結，香港情況卻仍未清楚。

報道提到，8月初時任財務總監 (現為集團行政總裁) 的艾橋智曾向分析員稱，即使大量貸款被列為「信貸減值」貸款，但這些貸款全部表現良好 (all performing)。

滙豐回覆《金融時報》查詢時指出，許多貸款人尚在支付利息，但未有提供相關數據及回應艾橋智的評論。

另外，滙控宣布，把其德國私人銀行業務出售予法巴。雙方已簽署協議，惟交易尚待相關部門批准，並需要與德國勞資委員會完成談判。交易預計於明年下半年完成，料今次出售將產生收益。屆時該業務約有120名員工、資產與客戶轉移至法巴。法巴表示，今次交易將令法巴財富管理資產規模提升超過400億歐羅。

(信報)

銅鑼灣Health Aura 打造醫美商廈

銅鑼灣Health Aura以醫療及美容作主題商廈，而業主在樓面及設備上作配合，方便用戶。

Health Aura位於銅鑼灣敬誠街9至11號，地點上鄰近渣甸街，屬銅鑼灣相對較為二綫地段，但交通亦非常方便，從港鐵站出口步行至該廈，僅約5至10分鐘，而渣甸街、軒尼詩道有電車、巴士站等。其他配套上，大廈附近不少為銀座式商廈，提供餐廳、零售等，亦鄰近銅鑼灣利園項目。

大廈為舊樓項目，今年落成，地下設有舖位，現由中醫醫療中心租用。由於項目地盤不大，地下大堂亦較為狹窄。

距港鐵站僅3分鐘步程

物業提供兩部升降機，通往合共21層樓面。單位每層樓面面積介於1,310至1,949平方呎，因樓面細小，適合醫療中心使用，可擁私隱度。景觀方面，主要望向加路連山道及大球場一帶，甚為開揚。

據了解，業主把項目定位為醫療中心，大廈步行至港鐵銅鑼灣站僅需3分鐘。區內醫療氛圍濃厚，距離聖保祿醫院及Apollo MRI中心亦僅需1至5分鐘步程，為租戶及客戶提供極大的交通便利，並有望形成醫療專業設施的集群效應，打造核心醫療樞紐。

Health Aura項目設計與功能均圍繞醫療及美容行業的特定需求，包括設有平地電梯方便輪椅出入、附近有充足停車位及大廈門前設裝卸區，為影像中心、診所、醫生辦公室等行業租戶提供專業環境及完善的配套安排。

Health Aura每層樓高設計合理，地下至4樓樓底高達5米，承重量達5kPa，能承載重型醫療設備的進駐需求，為MRI中心及CT掃描中心等高端醫療設施提供了穩定的基礎。5樓以上的樓層承重量則為3kPa，適合診所、康復中心等日常醫療操作及美容服務。

各層配分體式冷氣系統

為了進一步保障衞生與安全，各層配置分體式冷氣系統，避免用戶間的交叉感染風險，並在公共區域設有非接觸式控制系統；此外還裝設空氣淨化機，進一步提升室內空氣質素，為醫療行業提供更安全的工作環境。

翻查資料，2017年投資者吳鎮科或相關人士，以1.5億元購入銅鑼灣敬誠街11號全幢舊樓，涉及4層樓面共4,180平方呎，呎價近3.6萬元，料連同早前購入敬誠街9號，作合併發展，可重建近2.5萬平方呎樓面。事實上，相關財團亦多發展渣甸街銀座式商廈項目。

全幢項目招租 呎租48元起

銅鑼灣Health Aura打造成醫療大樓，現全幢物業樓面招租，意向呎租約48元。

窗戶可拆 方便運送醫療器材

大廈落成不久，現已有醫療行業進駐。據了解，業主於個別樓層，提高特高樓底，而窗戶可拆除，方便運送醫療器材。

北上消費持續，但個別行業仍不太受影響，香港醫療服務迅速發展，優質醫務體檢、醫美及保健等服務專業性備受肯定，可作一站式優質醫療服務大廈成為租務首選。有代理表示， Health Aura全幢放租，意向呎租由48元起。

該行指，近期銅鑼灣區錄得的醫療及美容行業的租務成交個案中，恒隆中心一個高層單位，面積約933平方呎，月租約46,650元，呎租約50元；而渣甸街62號亨環 (Aura on Pennington) 的一個中層單位，面積約1,948平方呎，每月租金約10.7萬元，呎租約55元。

(經濟日報)

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九龍塘根德道22號放售 估值4億

曾為佛堂 可重建8532呎住宅

九龍塘地皮罕有，消息稱，業主委託代理行，放售根德道屋地，項目可重建逾8,000呎住宅，市值約4億元。

市場消息指，九龍塘根德道22號屋地，位處歌和老街及根德道交界，屬九龍塘傳統豪宅地段。物業地盤面積約14,265平方呎，現為一幢2層高住宅，連同萬呎花園，惟已閒置多時。據悉，物業現址劃為「住宅 (丙類) 1」用地，可重建成8,532平方呎住宅。市場人士估計物業市值約4億元，每平方呎樓面地價約4.7萬元。

曾發生梅艷芳 疑被掌摑事件

翻查資料，原業主於1995年以5,680萬元購入上址，並將物業讓予密宗大師義雲高開設「雲慈慧海功德會」作會址，佛堂在1999年倒閉，物業又牽涉業權糾紛多年，物業一直空置，直至2010年業主才重新取回物業業權。2013年，業主曾向城規會申請改建為2層高的幼稚園。此外，上址早年曾為卡拉OK，90年代初更發生梅艷芳懷疑被掌摑事件。

今年區內豪宅屋地成交方面，包括中，本地廠家放售根德道19號獨立屋，物業地盤面積約10,843平方呎，叫價約3.5億元，最終物業以約2.2億元沽出，實用面積5,994平方呎，呎價約3.8萬元。另外，早前德雲道7號屋地，以3.33億元易手，實用面積6,532平方呎，呎價約5萬元。

(經濟日報)

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.

金鐘太古廣場六座錄1宗大手租賃，由國際拍賣行Bonhams (Hong Kong) Ltd承租該廈3全層樓面，月租逾142萬，平均呎租63元，屬擴張搬遷個案。

屬擴張搬遷個案

灣仔皇后大道東50號太古廣場六座10至12樓全層，實用面積共22627方呎，以每月142.55萬租出，平均呎租63元。根據Bonhams (邦瀚斯) 網站顯示，新址將於10月14日開放。

市場消息透露，Bonhams現址為太古廣場一座20樓1、7至12室，實用面積約10480方呎，該宗屬升級搬遷，租客承租更大樓面，支付租金總額上升，呎租則較廉宜。目前，太古以每呎110元放租Bonhams現址。

平均呎租63元

Bonhams始創於1793年，是全球著名國際拍賣行之一，業務涵蓋藝術品、古董、汽車及珠寶首飾等多個範疇。

早前，太古廣場六座23樓全層，實用面積7347方呎，以每月51.43萬租出，平均呎租70元，租客美國鄧白氏商業資料 (香港) 有限公司，簽署5年長約，由2024年9月至2029年8月。

該公司現時使用觀塘創紀之城5期東亞銀行中心13樓8至13室，面積12406方呎，呎租約30元，月租37.218萬，鄧白氏早於2009年進駐該單位，是次將結束長達15年的長租，屬升級搬遷個案，由觀塘遷往灣仔，寫字樓面積則減少。

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信德中心「澳門廣場」遭接管

由「磁帶大王」陳秉志、澳門商人「洗米華」周焯華及相關人士，共同持有的上環信德中心商場三樓一籃子商舖「澳門廣場」，獲接管人推出放售。

130個舖位標售

有外資代理行表示，承接管人委託公開標售上環信德中心商場3樓一籃子商舖部分 「澳門廣場」，共130個商舖，總建築面積逾20000方呎，租戶以餐飲、醫療及美容為主。

「磁帶大王」等人持有

該行代理表示，信德中心作為上環甲廈，座落於上環港鐵站上蓋及巴士總站旁，毗鄰西區海底隧道。

翻查資料，在2014年，陳秉志等人於2014年以約6億購入信德中心 3樓商舖，涉約3萬餘方呎，斥資約7000萬翻新後招租。

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英皇鐘錶珠寶租中環巨舖 月租160萬簽5年約開設瑞士鐘錶旗艦店

中環核心商業地段錄大手租務，區內皇后大道中一個巨舖，由英皇鐘錶珠寶承租，月租160萬，為今年以來區內最大宗租賃，將開設全港最大的瑞士頂級鐘錶品牌旗艦店。

中環皇后大道中12號上海商業銀行大廈複式巨舖，涉及地下A號舖，包括地下連1樓，實用面積逾7000方呎，新租客為英皇鐘錶珠寶，月租160萬，平均呎租229元，租約由2025年3月3月至2030年3月2日止，合約年期5年，將在此開設瑞士頂級鐘錶品牌旗艦店，規模屬全港最大。

平均呎租229元

據了解，舖位現由意大利高端服裝品牌Versace由2017年起租用至今，將於約滿遷走，是次巨舖由英皇鐘錶珠寶承租，屬今年以來區內暫錄最大宗租賃，市場矚目。

業內人士指，該巨舖坐落於中環置地廣場正對面，位置非常優越，舖面寬闊，為區內一線靚舖，相信可提升品牌的曝光。

英皇鐘錶珠寶目前於中環皇后大道中已坐擁兩間店舖，分別為位於皇后大道中16至18號新世界大廈地下16號及地庫旗艦店，以及位於20號太平行地庫及地下20B號的品牌專門店。市場人士分析，核心區一線地段屬高端品牌雲集之地，相信英皇鐘錶珠寶除了擴張零售網絡外，亦可發揮協同效應。

同街道已坐擁兩店

中環皇后大道中向來受國際巨企追捧，今年以來連錄多宗租賃，租客包括奢侈品、時裝店、運動用品連鎖店等，月租普遍由40萬至80萬不等，逾100萬的大手租賃則罕有，另一宗月租逾100萬的租賃，為中環皇后大道中59至65號泛海大廈地舖及1樓，建築面積逾1.9萬方呎，由西班牙時尚品牌MANGO承租，簽署3年約，首年月租125萬，隨後按年加幅約4%。

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信德中心全層6.6億放 紀惠：已賺好多

紀惠集團近日罕有放售上環干諾道中168至200號信德中心西座35樓全層寫字樓連兩個車位，意向價約6.6億元，該集團行政總裁湯文亮昨天於社交網站連環發文回應，他早上發文指出，該集團於2004年以1.1億元購入前述物業，若成功以意向價售出，該集團「已經賺好多錢，不能太苛求」。

「有買有賣才是做生意」

紀惠集團放售的物業，建築面積22111方呎，連兩個車位放售，意向呎價約3萬元。湯文亮在文中指出，「做生意，梗係有買有賣，只買不賣或者只賣不買，就唔係做生意」，強調放售的物業雖然位處35樓，但仍是該集團所持有的該廈最低樓層。

湯文亮昨天下午再發文稱：「我賣樓的目的是希望做一個好價，令其他業主不用賤價賣樓」，期望令樓價止跌回升，又指「一買一賣，賺了5億元，收了20年租，我說賺夠了賣樓都可以，老闆都沒有意見，為什麼沒有人恭喜。」

另外，信德中心近日錄得今年首宗買賣，為信德中心招商局大廈9樓2室，建築面積約1158方呎，以1838萬元售出，呎價約15872元，創該廈近8年呎價新低。

原業主2004年9月以590.6萬元購入，賬面獲利1247.4萬元或2.1倍。

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仁孚華廈重建 增78萬呎商業樓面

屬於鰂魚涌大地主的太古地產 (01972)，多年來持續擴大區內的商業勢力，未來再有逾百萬平方呎的樓面落成。

早於逾一個世紀前，太古地產母公司太古集團在鰂魚涌開設太古糖廠、太古船塢，後者其後發展為藍籌屋苑太古城，廠房則重建為現今的太古坊商廈群，為港島東的商廈供應重鎮。

太古3項目 濱海街商住用途

除了在2022年已經落成的太古坊二座重建項目，太古地產未來再會有新項目落成，涉逾百萬平方呎，當中規模最大的是收購多年的仁孚工業大廈及華廈工業大廈，集團於去年完成收購，並計劃將重建辦公樓及其他商業用途，總樓面涉約77.9萬平方呎。

前述兩幢工廈早在逾10年前已經開始收購，其後集團於2018年分別就仁孚工業大廈及華廈工業大廈申請強拍，但最終在強拍舉行前自行成功統一業權，並開始拆卸重建。

同時，太古地產亦持續收購區內的舊樓重建，在區內擴展版圖，集團夥拍恒地(00012) 於去年9月以底價約63.1億元，成功統一鰂魚涌濱海街16至94號連同英皇道983至987A號舊樓的業權，料屬歷來金額最大的強拍個案。

當時恒地透露，集團正與太古地產研究發展細單位或偏大的單位，暫料今年中動工，於6年後落成。

海裕街地有待發展

事實上，項目原計劃發展2幢32層高 (包括7層地庫) 的商廈，但遭城規會拒絕，其後改為發展住宅，亦於2022年3月獲屋宇署批准興建2幢28層高 (另設3層基座及2層地庫) 的商住大廈，涉及的住用總樓面約36.8萬平方呎，非住用樓面則涉約7.2萬平方呎。

另外，位於鰂魚涌臨海亦有大型的空置地皮待發展，用地位於海裕街，原由太平協和所持有，近年已與政府達成原址換地安排，有望發展5幢建築物，以發展酒店及辦公室，並設4.1萬平方呎的觀景平台，總樓面涉約40萬平方呎，但其後地盤遭接管，並曾於2022年中推出招標，當時地皮市值料約40億元。

柏架山道地皮 遭接管後放售

再有內房爆煲，原由雅居樂 (03383) 持有的英皇道992至998號，及柏架山道2至16號多幢公務員合作社，上月遭接管並推出市場放售，意向邀請截止日期為今年10月2日 (星期三)。

前身公務員合作社 可作住宅

地盤前身為公務員合作社，比鄰鰂魚涌市政大廈，面積約5萬平方呎，最高可建樓面面積約448,000平方呎。負責銷售的代理行指，地盤已完成強拍及合併地塊等程序，並已完成一期平整工程。同時，地政總署亦已批出基本條款。

項目位於英皇道部分早於2017年完成收購，而雅居樂於2020年10月成功透過強拍途徑，以約4.52億元統一項目業權。

事實上，項目亦已於2022年獲城規會批准重建2幢住宅，提供約592伙，總樓面約43.58萬平方呎。

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亞洲國際餐飲6300萬買新蒲崗地廠 4年共斥2.4億逆市掃工商物業

零售及餐飲業生意困難，近年有不少店舖捱不住而結業，但經營「百份百餐廳」等多個餐飲品牌的亞洲國際餐飲集團或相關人士，卻愈戰愈勇，更有資金在逆市下大手購入工商物業自用及投資，最新斥資6300萬元購入新蒲崗六合工業大廈地廠，原業主大幅損手5280萬元蝕讓。而亞洲國際餐飲集團自2020年疫情爆發後至今，已最少動用逾2.4億元掃入工商物業。

資料顯示，新蒲崗六合街8號六合工業大廈地下A室，建築面積11788方呎，以6300萬元易手，呎價約5344元。該物業為地廠用途，近年一直由物流公司租用，現時月租為17.7萬元，租金回報約3.4厘。

原業主勁損手半億

上述地廠屬近年區內罕有大蝕讓成交，物業原由資深投資者羅珠雄於2012年7月以7880萬元購入，原擬分拆成11個單位出售，但最終於2013年12月整個物業以1.158億元轉售，約一年半內物業造價急升3700萬元或47%。

不過，接貨的原業主在持貨接近11年之後沽貨，賬面大幅蝕讓達5280萬元，物業在期內貶值45.6%。

據悉，是次買家為亞洲國際餐飲集團或相關人士。亞洲國際餐飲集團由柯鎮平於2007年成立，在將軍澳明德商場開設首間「百份百餐廳」，近年成立多個不同餐飲品牌，包括港式冰室「牛奶冰室」、麵包店「MAMA Bakery」等，集團共設超過269間分店。

以明德商場「百份百餐廳」的招牌咖哩牛坑腩套餐售價69元計算，是次買入六合工業大廈地廠所涉及的資金，須賣出91.3萬份咖哩牛坑腩套餐。

擁牛奶冰室等品牌

自疫後復常，港人北上消費成主流，拖垮本地飲食業，近一年有不少知名本地或外國餐飲品牌面臨大幅收縮甚至結業，如本地餐飲集團金記冰室今年已關閉11間分店，大部分位於新界區；美資連鎖扒房Outback Steakhouse大削9間分店等。不過，亞洲國際餐飲集團在疫情期間及復常後仍不斷擴充，以「百份百餐廳」為例，由原本41間增至目前有45間；「牛奶冰室」在2021年時只有8間分店，最新已達44間分店，3年間急增4.5倍。

而據本報綜合市場消息及資料，亞洲國際餐飲集團或相關人士由2020年初出現疫情後至今，連同最新成交在內，已先後購入最少5項工廈及商舖物業，涉及總成交金額共逾2.4億元。亞洲國際餐飲集團的總辦公室位於六合工業大廈13樓，屬自置物業。而在疫情期間的2020年底，已斥資5200萬元買入該廈1樓A室。

除買入工廈單位外，去年曾分別於2月以4800萬元購入筲箕灣的筲箕灣道388至414號逢源大廈地下K舖，以及在6月斥6380萬元入市跑馬地黃泥涌道1A號怡豐大廈低層地下1至4號舖。該兩項商舖物業，現時俱由餐飲集團旗下品牌自用。

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九建牛池灣盤建摩天商住群 涉5幢54層高大廈總樓面約215萬呎

市區未來再有大型住宅項目供應，屋宇署公布，7月批出6份建築圖則，當中最矚目為九建持有的二級歷史建築、牛池灣前聖若瑟安老院重建計劃，最新獲批修訂圖則，准建5幢樓高54層的摩天商住群，涉及總樓面約215萬方呎。

屋宇署昨日公布，今年7月共批出6份建築圖則，其中九龍2份及新界4份。上述批出圖則包括2項住宅及商住發展、1項商業發展，以及3項社區服務發展。該署同時發出15份入伙紙，包括港島3份、九龍5份及新界7份。

上述獲批圖則當中，最矚目為九建發展持有的二級歷史建築、牛池灣前聖若瑟安老院重建計劃，最新獲批修訂圖則，准建5幢樓高54層的摩天商住群，另有8層平台及4層地庫，住宅部分可建總樓面約147.65萬方呎，另有67.56萬方呎非住宅樓面；換言之，整個項目可建總樓面約215.21萬方呎。

該項目早於2011年獲屋宇署批則，當時准建5幢樓高55至58層商住大廈，另設7層平台及4層地庫，意味層數減少最多3層，連基座作商場、食肆、戲院、安老院及幼稚園等用途等。同時保育門樓、宿舍A及別墅3幢歷史建築並開放予公眾作休憩空間。

牛池灣項目位於牛池灣清水灣道35號，早於2021年以96.58億完成補地價，當時每方呎樓面地價約4465元，當時為市區最貴補地價項目，其後於去年被長沙灣潤發倉庫補地價金額逾137.3億打破。

較舊方案減少最多3層

另外，新地去年元朗錦田下高埔村項目亦獲批修訂圖則，最新准建3幢17層高、另有1層地庫的住宅，可建總樓面約25萬方呎。項目採「 組裝合成」建築法興建。

新方案對比2022年獲批3幢16層高分層住宅，層數增加1層，惟總樓面約25萬方呎維持不變。該項目於去年以逾6.73億完成補地價程序。

另外落成量方面，7月全港共有6個項目落成，合共1608伙，較6月1416伙增加14%，為近半年來單月最多；而總結今年首7個月累積落成量共8705伙，較去年同期7684伙增13%，為近五年同期次低，最新數字佔該署全年目標2.2萬伙的39%。

動工量創十年新低

至於動工量方面，7月有只有2個項目動工，共涉44伙，為近18個月次少月份；總結首7個月累積動工量為4379伙，較去年同期的8386伙減少48%，創十年同期新低。

有分析相信，今年私宅落成量將難以達標，意味着8月至12月需要超過1.38萬個單位落成才能達標。

另有代理表示，預料年內部分大型項目將陸續取得入伙紙，估計今年全年落成量約1.6萬伙水平，要達到差估署全年預測數字有一定難度。

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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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有本港代理行昨日發表香港主要購物區街舖空置及商戶分布調查報告，截至今年第三季為止，銅鑼灣、尖沙咀、旺角、中環四大核心區共錄874間吉舖，較半年前激增154間，空置率11.7％，創三年半以來的新高。元朗及上水街舖空置率持續上升，分別錄10.2％及9.1％。

該行代理指，內地餐飲品牌紛來港插旗，其中不敵競爭而被淘汰，四核心區食肆數目今年第三季錄2001間，較第一季減56間，非中式餐館結業最多，由609間跌至557間，減少52間。

吉舖合共874間

其中，尖沙咀區不少非中式餐廳結業，區內街舖空置率升至15.9%，創三年來新高，較今年第一季增5.8%，區內山林道空置率高達25.4%，較第一季增加10間或15.9百分點。加連威老道吉舖數目及空置率分別32間及32.7%，為2022年第一季新高。

在四大核心區，今年第三季水電 (五金建材) 及食品商戶數目，較第一季分別減少20間及12間，跌幅較大，反映地產市道差，加上內地實惠建材吸客，內地超市更提供廉價食材及日用品，吸引港人北上消費。

食肆較第一季減56間

深圳商場提供嶄新消費及悠閒體驗，令市民減少留港時間，美容及寵物相關租戶近半年內亦錄減少。

中高檔服裝重整布局，四核心區服裝店半年間減28間，惟化妝品 (個人護理相關) 店舖數目錄117間，較2024年首季增4間，皆因化妝品屬快速消費品，售價大眾化。

民生區舖主力吸短租客，短租客開業成本低，夾公仔店不用聘請員工，在元朗及上水等地逆市擴充。該行另一代理表示，減息只能減緩舖價跌幅，對售價影響料將在明年反映，預期今年舖價跌約10%。由於飲食業面臨激烈競爭，民生行業處於轉型期，預料各區空置率維持高企，今年舖租將下跌約5%至10%。

中環在2024年第三季錄193間吉舖，空置率13.8%，上升1個百分點，是四大區中升幅最少，過去半年吉舖增加12間，亦是四大核心區最少，反映區內商户具備經營實力。區內美容理髮及相關行業過去半年內明顯擴張，兩者分別增加5間。過往半年內則增加1間食肆，更是四核心區當中，惟一錄飲食業擴張的地區。

旺角區吉舖數量達309間

旺角區吉舖數量達309間，按半年升72間，是四核心區增幅最大，最新空置約8.9%，較今年首季升2.1個百分點，創2016年有紀錄以來新高。

區內建材商户亦少了19閬，由於旺角區有超過670間五金及建材等店舖，其餘三個核心地區僅有約7至15間，所以相關店舖於旺角區大幅少時，其餘三個核心區並未出現類似的結業情況。

(星島日報)

8月甲廈錄33.51萬呎淨吸納量 創單月新高

布外資代理行最新發表的香港地產市場報告指出，香港整體甲級寫字樓市場空置率持續改善，在8月微跌至13.4%；然而，中環空置率升至12.1%，港島東下跌至12.9%，灣仔/銅鑼灣空置率保持穩定。而尖沙咀和九龍東空置率分別下跌至9%和18.4%。整體甲級寫字樓市場在8月錄得33.51萬方呎淨吸納量，創下年初至今的單月新高。

該行代理表示，市場開始見大型租戶願意落實租賃，推動上月的寫字樓淨吸納量。寫字樓租賃市場仍主要由希望提高工作空間質素及節省成本的需求所帶動，因此，港島東的空置率持續改善。

其中一個受市場注目的成交為中國工商銀行 (亞洲) 租用紅磡海濱廣場一座14.5萬方呎樓面 (建築面積)，計劃將業務部門由觀塘搬遷至紅磡。

該行另一代理表示，8 月整體市場租金按月繼續下跌1.3%。主要分區市場中，中環和九龍東租金分別下跌1.5%和1.8%。灣仔/銅鑼灣和港島東租金分別下跌0.6%和2.2%。

(信報)

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企業廣場一期2全層 共叫逾1.9億

東九龍商廈造價持續回落，吸引用家購置物業自用，新近有業主看準市場需求，推售九龍灣企業廣場一期一座兩個全層特色戶，意向價共逾1.9億元。

頂層特高樓底戶 叫逾1.2億

有代理指，物業位於九龍灣常悅道9號企業廣場一期一座兩個樓層單位，分別為21樓全層，總樓面面積約19,872平方呎，意向價約1.23億元，平均呎價約6,190元，以交吉形式交易；單位同時招租，意向月租約43.27萬元，平均呎租約22元。

單位屬頂層特色戶，樓底特高，高達約13.1呎，較其餘標準樓層約11.2呎為高，另單位負重量亦達5 KPA，其餘樓層為約3KPA。

景觀方面，單位可望城市景、部分海景，並備有齊全辦公室裝修，為買家或租客節省大量裝修開支。

高層1.2萬呎 交吉呎叫5800元

而另一個放售的單位為19樓，面積約12,309平方呎，意向價約7,139萬元，呎價僅約5,800元，將以交吉形式出售。該層更設有24小時冷氣運作，對有意作數據中心相關行業發展更有利。而上述2個全層單位意向價共約1.945億元。

該代理續稱，企業廣場為九龍灣地標甲廈之一，地理優越，不論大廈設施及質素均有保證，加上交通便利，除鄰近觀塘繞道，亦有穿梭巴士來往港鐵九龍灣站。而近期東九龍大手買賣交投更顯著增多，當中特色戶更備受追捧，今年度先後錄得3宗全層特色樓層成交個案，反映東九龍寫字樓投資潛力相當樂觀。

當中最新錄得的買賣成交為九龍灣第一集團中心25樓全層特色戶連平台，以約1.1億元沽出，而同區富臨中心早前亦錄大手買賣，該廈A座及B座27樓全層連私家空中平台，合共面積約24,088平方呎，以約1.6億元易手。而是放盤的企業廣場一期一座屬罕有特色盤源，並擁有特高樓底、負重量高及全層面積等優勢，加上已配備齊全裝修，吸引力十足，預料查詢反應會見熱烈。

(經濟日報)

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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.

商廈市場繼續吹淡風，灣仔指標甲廈會展廣場辦公大樓新錄1宗買賣，一個海景單位以近1.3億易手，平均每呎1.63萬，較高位回落逾50%，造價重返2011年水平。

上址為會展廣場辦公大樓中高層7至9室，建築面積7952方呎，以1.296億易手，平均每呎1.63萬易手，物業位處中高層，飽覽海景，屬大廈優質單位，同類型單位2019年高峰期呎價普遍逾3.5萬，是次呎價較高位回落逾50%，造價重返2011年水平。

持貨17年升值逾26%

原業主於2007年以1.02422億購入單位，持貨17年，帳面獲利約2717.8萬，物業升值逾26%。

市場人士透露，由於商廈單位向來沿用建築面積，並沒有標準計算方法，該單位再對上一手業主，將建築面積改為9000方呎，放盤買賣或出租均以「發水」後的面積計算，實用率則由71%跌至62.7%。不過，在早年土地註冊文件，仍然沿用原有面積。若果以面積9000方呎計算，今番成交呎價為1.44萬。

單位面積「增加」，表面上令單位叫座，不過，此舉動影響日後買賣，更令後來業主坐失高位套現的機會，該單位多年前曾以2.94億易手，平均每呎3.27萬 (以面積9000方呎計算)，不過，買家隨後發現單位實用率較其他單位低，隨即取消交易。

屬中高層海景戶

該商廈一個低層07室單位，建築面積約1184方呎，近日以每方呎15794元易手，涉資1891萬，物業交吉交易。

該單位由內地機構持有自用多年，由於早前購入價每呎約6400元，涉資757.76萬，帳面獲利1133萬，物業升值約1.5倍。

(星島日報)

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觀塘宏基資本大廈兩層意向1.8億

觀塘海濱道135號宏基資本大廈頂樓27及28樓兩層，連8個私家車位，由宏基資本持有，每層面積各約12029方呎，總建築面積約24058方呎，現以部分交吉及連約出售，意向價1.8億，平均呎價約7480元。

部分連約出售

有代理表示，物業為最頂兩層優質戶，業主持有10多年首度公開放售，望維港及郵輪碼頭景，間隔方正實用，該廈大堂獨特，電視台經常到此拍攝取景，大廈距牛頭角港鐵站僅5分鐘步程。

區內近期頻錄全層成交，今年7月，俊匯中心28及29樓連天台，以1.33億易手；今年9月，敬業街41號雲訊廣場兩層樓面，以2.05萬易手。

(星島日報)

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寫字樓面臨挑戰 租金未見底

寫字樓需求是經濟脈搏的直接反映,如今宏觀經濟形勢仍然充滿不確定性，近年來不少企業選擇縮減辦公空間，擴張的公司卻寥寥可數，過往香港IPO (首次公開招股) 市場暢旺,尚可帶動寫字樓需求，然而這一情況已經發生顯著變化。

根據CBI發布的《香港IPO新股及上市申請- 2024年上半年洞察及回顧》報告，「2024年上半年，香港IPO市場以中小型新股主導，公司估值較上年同期低27%，只有約131億港元，期內有114家公司申請上市，按年下跌13%，IPO市場延續疲弱氣氛。」

此外，隨着內地與香港的經濟合作日益增强，兩地經濟亦相互牽動，由於現時內地經濟發展放緩，營商環境不穩，導致來港設辦事處的中資企業減少，繼而影響香港寫字樓需求；而早前美國眾議院通過了至少25項關於限制中國在經濟、政治及科技領域的法案，不禁使人擔憂中美地緣政治挑戰或會對香港作為國際金融中心的地位造成影響。

另一方面，辦公模式的轉變亦為寫字樓市場帶來挑戰。經歷疫情後，不少公司已具備讓員工在家辦公的經驗及技術支援能力，在不影響工作效率的情況下，筆者相信未來會有更多僱主推行居家辦公，有關數字將繼續增加；同時，自由座位 (Hot Desk) 辦公模式也在興起，即員工可以自由選擇座位，輪流共用辦公桌，據了解，一些外資地產代理公司已經取消了固定座位，採取混合辦公及hot desk模式，這樣一來公司毋須配置一對一的辦公桌數量，便能滿足員工辦公需求，從而可租用更小的辦公室以降低運營成本。另外，東南亞及內地相對廉價的勞動力也在吸引機構將部分工作外判，進一步導致租用面積的減少。

差餉物業估價署《香港物業報告2024》中指出，截至2023年底，本港私人寫字樓空置率升至14.9%，空置量則按年升逾5%至196萬平方米。整體私人寫字樓空置率維持在雙位數同時，近兩年還陸續有新的商業樓面供應，報告中預測2024及2025年的私人寫字樓落成總量達29.2萬平方米，中西區將成為新落成甲級寫字樓的主要供應地區，落成量分別佔預計總供應量的43%和40%。

有本港代理行數據資料顯示，截至2024年8月29日，港島十大甲級商廈放租的總樓面面積超過124萬平方呎，庫存累積加新供應，市場人士認為目前寫字樓市場租金仍未見底，租客議價空間將進一步增大，或會吸引部分企業趁低進行升級搬遷及洽談更長租約期。

減息對樓市影響 有待觀察

美國聯儲局於9月19日宣布降息半厘，是近四年以來首次，隨後，金管局將貼現窗基本利率下調50基點，降至5.25厘，本地眾多銀行亦跟隨減息步伐，將現行最優惠利率 (P) 水平，由年利率5.875厘調低至5.625厘。市場人士認為減息對樓市的正面影響毋庸置疑，但市場需要時間來消化這一變化，其具體影響仍有待觀察。

(經濟日報)

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.

灣仔會展廣場辦公大樓一個海景單位，早前淪為銀主盤，最新以1.35億易手，平均每呎1.5萬，售價較年前暴跌逾50%，造價重返2011年水平。

會展廣場辦公大樓33樓07及09單位，建築面積約9000方呎，屬該廈罕有全海景單位，去年6月曾以3.098億易手，平均呎價34422元，惟後來買家取消交易。

造價重返2011年水平

該單位業主於2007年以1.02422億購入單位，近年將單位按予財務公司，在單位沒有成功出售，本身又無力償還債務情況下，物業淪為銀主盤，近日以1.35億易手，平均呎價1.5萬，由高位大幅回落，新買家為資深投資者，看好香港經濟前景，決定趁低吸納作為長線投資，呎價屬該廈近年新低。

投資者1.35億承接

若以最新成交呎價計算，造價重返2011年水平，較2007年成交價亦僅高出約2717.8萬，幅度約26%。

該商廈一個低層07室單位，建築面積約1184方呎，近日以每方呎15794元易手，涉資1891萬，物業交吉交易，單位由內地機構持有自用多年，由於早前購入價每呎約6400元，涉資757.76萬，帳面獲利1133萬，升值約1.5倍。

(星島日報)

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長沙灣南商金融創新中心7.6億售 一籃子單位涉5.76萬呎投資者承接

甲廈新盤不乏捧場客，長沙灣南商金融創新中心再錄大手買賣外，該廈一籃子單位，涉及面積合共57623方呎，以7.6億易手，新買家為投資者，看好甲廈新盤未來升值潛力。

有代理表示，南商金融創新中心53個單位，由投資者7.6億承接，該批單位分布於23、25、26及27樓，建築面積約合共57623方呎，平均呎價逾1.3萬，買家看好區內甲廈未來升值潛力，趁淡市大手購入作長線收租。

53個單位交吉易手

該代理續說，該批單位交吉易手，面積介乎424方呎至2561方呎，其中13個相連單位可提供最大樓面為12776方呎，細單位望開揚山景及城市景，大單位望維港景，買家計劃於收樓後，以每呎35元招租，目前回報料逾32厘，未來隨着市況復甦，預期回報進一步提升。

今年7月，該廈17樓全層連同該廈地庫45個車位，各以3.29481億及8100萬易手，合共作價約4.1億，由另一名投資者承接，商廈平均呎價1.34萬，車位每個180萬。

該代理又說，投資者預期進入減息周期後，資產價值反彈，加上政府投資移民政策將非住宅物業劃入計分之列，估計該廈成為目標，故迅速拍板大手購入單位。

平均呎價逾1.3萬

該代理稱，長沙灣近年來徹底轉型，新落成甲廈及重建項目形成九龍西甲廈商業圈，除南商金融創新中心，同由新世界發展商的83永康街及83瓊林街「PORTAS」相繼入伙，使區內商業圈更趨成熟。過去十年，長沙灣甲廈是唯一租金增長逾5%的地區，跑贏大市。

南商金融創新中心不乏知名用家，其中，南洋商業銀行於2021年9月，斥資12億購入該廈頂樓3全層連命名權，每層樓面介乎2.08萬至2.46萬方呎，總樓面近6.8萬方呎，平均呎價約1.75萬，創項目呎價新高。

(星島日報)

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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.

中環中心全層作價7億 星展銀行連約承租

「磁帶大王」陳秉志早前一口氣沽出中環中心2全層，其中66樓全層已於土地註冊處登記，新買家為該廈大業主之一星展銀行（DBS），作價7億，平均呎價近2.6萬。

平均呎價近2.6萬

中環中心66樓全層以7億易手，賣方THE CENTER (66) LTD，登記買家DBS BANK (HONG KONG) LTD，作價7億，儘管中環中心早於落成時，每層單位由公司持有，方便日後買賣公司，然而，星展銀行並沒有選擇買入公司，而是直接購入物業。

該全層建築面積約26967方呎，平均呎價25958元。現時該物業由Regus香港辦公室空間租用。

「磁帶大王」陳秉志沽貨

據了解，陳秉志持有的75樓，早前連同66樓一併沽出，買家亦是星展銀行，惟暫時未見登記。星展銀行DBS目前持有該廈9層全層樓面，連同新買入的66樓全層，合共持10層樓面。

陳秉志在2017年11月，夥拍多位投資者以402億購入中環中心75%業權，並獲分7層樓面，以當年購入價平均每呎3.3萬計算，現時66樓全層以呎價近2.6萬沽出，跌幅逾21%。

(星島日報)

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京東斥15億購沙田利豐中心全幢

電子商務巨企之一的京東集團，旗下京東智能產發 (JDP) 完成收購沙田利豐中心全幢，京東表示，該項交易能為香港提供可靠有效率的物流服務，在溫和利息環境下更令集團長期受益。市場消息指，該全幢作價約15億，平均呎價約3078元。

本報早於今年6月14日報道，沙田利豐中心全幢將由用家以15億承接，該買家身份昨日曝光，京東網頁指，旗下京東智能產發有限公司 (JINGDONG Property，Inc. 簡稱JDP)，已完成收購沙田利豐中心全幢。

曹東：有利拓展集團業務

京東首席執行官曹東表示，對收購該項物流基施感到滿意，反映團隊在整合資源及完成交易方面極具效率，此舉將有利拓展集團業務。

京東智能產發亞洲區主管Richard Law更指，該項目得以令京東為香港提供更可靠有效率的物流服務，在利率持續溫和的年代，該項投資令集團長期獲益不少，集團將繼續積極在亞太區尋找機遇。

今年暫最大宗工廈買賣

據了解，早於6月中，買賣雙方已握手達成初步協議，物業將以15億易手，其時並通知大廈租客覓新址搬遷，由於該宗為大買賣，過去三個月，買方忙於盡職審查，雙方忙於跟進細節，最終在近期完成交易，亦是今年暫錄最大宗的工業物業買賣。

京東未有透露購入價，市場消息指作價15億，以該全幢面積48.73萬方呎計算，平均呎價約3078元，若以全幢物流中心而言，呎價甚為低廉，雖然如此，原業主仍然獲利可觀，原業主為La Salle Investment Management Inc. 旗下客戶籌組的基金，早於2004年4月以約近2.685億向利豐集團購入該全幢，帳面獲利12.315億，物業升值逾4.5倍。

該全幢由單一租客Maersk承租，是一個總部設於丹麥哥本哈根、世界知名的跨國企業，以運輸及能源作為主要的業務核心，也是世界上最大的貨櫃船運經營者及貨櫃船供應商，早於2004年當該項目易手時，簽下14年長約，租期直至2018年，Maersk早前忙於為搬遷覓新址。

平均呎價3078元

業內人士指，利豐中心屬於今年以來最大宗工業物業買賣，而且買家來自內地，顯示在逆市下，實力巨企趁勢購物業自用，志在服務香港市場，對本地投下了信心一票，別具意義。

在利率持續溫和的年代，該項投資令集團長期獲益不少。

(星島日報)

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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