Commercial Property

Real estate investments plunge to lowest in a decade

Investment volumes fell 57% YoY in Q4 2019.

Office rental volumes down in Q4

Vendors were hesitant to accept discounted asking prices.

Sluggish retail rents to spill over to 2020

Visitor arrivals were down by 51.5% in December.

Grade-A office vacancies in CBD hit 3.4% in 2019

Office decentralisation efforts prompted it to hit its highest level in five years.

Industrial property transaction volumes surged 150% in Q4 2019

Rising redevelopment interest has countered the impact of social unrest.

Office rents down 1.5% in Q4 2019

Wanchai/Causeway Bay recorded the largest rental decline.

Commercial property investment volume hits decade-low to $46.93b in 2019

The number of transactions higher than $100m reached only 30% of the five-year average in Q4.

Causeway Bay retail rents slipped 13.9% in 2019

Some international retailers closed their shops amidst unrest.

Office space withdrawal hits 17-year low in Q4

About 378,000 sqft of office space was affected by withdrawals.

Government earmarks $2.4b to revamp four historic buildings

It has opened proposals for revitalisation to organisations.

Premium Central office rents slipped 11% from June to October

Retail firms posted more lease disposition cases as many cut costs.

Office rental growth hits decade-low in October

Rents have dropped 1.6% MoM to $74.3 per sqft.

Property investments down 32% to $3.67b in Q3

This is the fifth-straight quarter of decline.

Portion of Kai Tak runway sold for $15.95b

The amount was slashed by up to 20% from the top price range.