commercial property

Buildings Department approves 6 building plans

Buildings Department approves 6 building plans

There will be two new building plans in Kowloon and four in New Territories. 

Viva Place by Viva Properties opens for lease

The property has a total gross floor area of about 300,000 sq ft.

Commercial property investment volume rises 44% YoY to US$1b in 3Q23

Year-to-date, however, volume fell by 7% YoY to US$5b.

Investors abandon HK's office sector in Q122: report

Office has been overtaken by other core sectors in terms of investment volume.

Fifth wave delays recovery of HK’s commercial property market

Amongst the hardest hit was retail, recording a 6.8% QoQ drop in high street shop rents.   It may take a longer time before things get better for the commercial property market, as the fifth wave slowed down its path to recovery.

Fifth Covid wave to lower residential sales volumes and retail sales: Moody's

Companies are expected to weather out disruptions for up to 6 months.

Office real estate falls to all-time low in 2021: RCA

Office property investment in Hong Kong only brought in $2.3b in 2021.

Commercial property deal volume falls by 38% YoY in Q3

This marks HK’s first contraction after four consecutive quarters of expansion

High-street shops in HK see 'strongest' rental growth since 2013

Rents rose 1.2% quarter-on-quarter in the second quarter of the year.

Which real estate sectors will benefit most from HK’s recovery?

CBRE reported office and retail sectors are likely to be the biggest gainers.

Aoyuan’s contracted sales up 33% to US$10.4b in H1

The gross floor area sold is approximately 5.96 million square metres.

Far East Consortium closes largest hotel deal in London

The Group is estimated to gain £50m in profit.

Why R&D labs in Hong Kong are scarce

The demand for medical office buildings in Hong Kong is high, but hard to get.