As the Hong Kong office market continues to struggle through street protests and disappearing mainland corporates, an office has been leased in one of Hong Kong’s prime commercial districts at a 30 percent discount from prevailing current market prices, according… Read More>>
Office Vacancy in Hong Kong’s Central District Rises to 3-Year High
Vacancy in Hong Kong’s normally red-hot Central office market, which boasts the most expensive commercial property in the world, rose to a three-year high in July amid increasing economic uncertainty, according to JLL’s latest Property Market Monitor report.
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CapitaLand Selling German Office to REIT for €133M and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
A German office building leads the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today with the news that a major Singapore developer is selling an asset in a city famous for sausages to its primary commercial REIT for… Read More>>
Fosun Said Making £750M Bid for UK’s Thomas Cook and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Shares in Fosun’s money losing tourism unit have been on the slide since their Hong Kong IPO in December, and now mainland investment guru Guo Guangchang leads Mingtiandi’s roundup of real estate headlines with the news that he is set… Read More>>
Japan’s Takashimaya Pulls Out of China and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Retail leads the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today with the news that a loss-making Japanese retailer is closing its department store in Shanghai and pulling out of China.
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NYC Hedge Fund Takes HK$170 Per Square Foot Lease in Central’s IFC
Hundreds of thousands of people may be marching in Hong Kong’s streets and the famously expensive housing market has started looking shaky, but international financiers are still leasing pricey offices in Central, so at least its business as usual in… Read More>>
Hong Kong Office Rents Grew Just 0.3% in November on Declining Market
The grade A office rental market in Hong Kong showed signs of further softening in November, with several major real estate services firms in agreement that leasing demand would continue to dissipate on the back of a declining economy, rising… Read More>>
HK Office Rents to Rise 5% or Less in 2019 as Tenants Cool Expansion Plans
Hong Kong office rents are expected to increase by no more than five percent in 2019, despite record-low vacancies in prime commercial districts, as occupier demand slows after years of competition for space in the regional finance hub, according to… Read More>>
Hong Kong Office Rents Set to Slide as SG Market Keeps Climbing
Rents in the world’s costliest office market, Hong Kong, may fall for the first time in four years during 2019, as a tanking stock market, rising interest rates and the US-China trade war weigh on sentiment in the financial hub,… Read More>>
JLL Moving Hong Kong Office to Swire’s One Taikoo Place in Quarry Bay
JLL, the world’s second largest property consultancy by revenue, announced on Thursday that it would pack up its office in the city’s traditional business centre of Admiralty and move to One Taikoo Place in Quarry Bay next year.
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