The Cheng family of Hong Kong’s New World Development and Chow Tai Fook jewelry stores has succeeded in ousting the chief executive and chairman of Giordano International, pushing through new leadership for the fashion retailer at a special general meeting… Read More>>
Goldman, KaiLong Selling Hong Kong Commercial Building for $89M
Goldman Sachs and Hong Kong’s Kailong Group have sold a newly developed commercial building near Central for around $33 million less than they paid to acquire the site seven years ago, as property values in the Asian financial hub continue… Read More>>
Central Rents Down 2.4% in February as Hong Kong Office Tenants Give Back More Space
Office rents in Hong Kong’s prime Central district fell 2.4 percent in February from month-earlier levels as tenants citywide gave back more Grade A space than they took up, according to JLL.
The overall market recorded a negative net absorption… Read More>>
Hong Kong Hotels Neared Pre-COVID Levels With 93.4% Holiday Occupancy
Hong Kong hotels achieved an average room occupancy rate of 93.4 percent during February’s eight-day Chinese New Year holiday, just 0.4 points below the rate recorded during the same period in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to CBRE.
The… Read More>>
Mainlanders Buy 70% of Hong Kong Luxury Homes After Cooling Measures End
Mainland Chinese buyers account for 70 percent of primary market sales of Hong Kong luxury homes worth at least HK$30 million ($3.8 million) since the removal of cooling measures last month, up from less than 50 percent before the curbs… Read More>>
Henderson Calls Bottom for Hong Kong Property After Profit Held Steady in 2023
Henderson Land Development booked an attributable net profit of HK$9.3 billion ($1.2 billion) in 2023, a 0.2 percent increase from the prior year, as growth in property development sales and leasing income helped offset a HK$1.7 billion ($217 million) markdown… Read More>>
Link REIT, Warburg Pincus, Ben Cha to Headline Mingtiandi Hong Kong Forum in May
Having welcomed nearly 200 industry professionals at our inaugural Hong Kong Forum in 2023, Mingtiandi returns in 2024 to once again bring together top experts for a full day exploration of the opportunities and challenges in Asia’s biggest financial hub.
Hong Kong’s MTR Sees Profit Drop 21% to $1B on Development Income Collapse
Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation reported a 20.8 percent drop in attributable profit to HK$7.8 billion ($1 billion) for 2023 as the listed operator of mass transit systems recognised less income from property development projects.
Profit from property development plunged 80… Read More>>
Hongkong Land Swings to $582M Loss as Markdowns Bruise Central Portfolio
Regional developer Hongkong Land reported an attributable loss of $582 million for 2023, reversing a year-earlier profit of $203 million, as valuations continued to decline in the group’s hometown office portfolio.
Underlying profit, which ignores the fair-value change of investment… Read More>>
Mandarin Oriental Launching Causeway Bay Project into Hong Kong Office Headwinds
More than five years after announcing a $650 million plan to redevelop the former Excelsior Hotel into a commercial project set to ride a boom in demand, Hong Kong’s Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group recently announced preparations to begin leasing the… Read More>>