Asia Pacific real estate investment news and information
Hong Kong-listed fashion brand Esprit Holdings will not renew the lease for its flagship store in Causeway Bay, according to local media reports.
The lease for the 7,000 square foot (650 square metre) store in Leighton Centre at 77 Leighton… Read More>>
Hong Kong’s Central has rents so high that even a $900 billion investment bank has decided to flee the city’s traditional business district. Goldman Sachs is said to be moving its back office staff to a new location three metro… Read More>>
Leading today’s headlines, New World Development has acquired over half of the ownership of a building on Hankow Road in Kowloon’s Tsim Sha Tsui commercial district for HK$700 million ($89 million) as the city’s major developers continue to snatch up… Read More>>
Leading today’s Hong Kong real estate news, the city’s financial chief said the government is mulling tax sweeteners to make housing a bit more affordable for renters. Also in the headlines, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange will be moving its… Read More>>
Leading today’s Hong Kong real estate news, last year’s bumper crop of land sales helped fuel a budget surplus of HK$138 billion ($17.6 billion) — and Hong Kong’s wealthy land owners will be reassured that this too will work in… Read More>>
Another US unicorn appears to be stumbling in the China market, as room-sharing giant Airbnb announces a sudden leadership shift in its mainland unit today. Elsewhere in the headlines, developer Hysan adds yoga spaces to its latest office projects and… Read More>>
The Mandarin Oriental Hotel group has begun to receive offers for the Excelsior Hotel in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay, with at least five bids reportedly valuing the four-star waterfront property at HK$30 billion ($3.8 billion).
If the 848-room Excelsior is… Read More>>
Average grade A office rents in Hong Kong’s Central district climbed to historical highs in the second quarter, driven by escalating demand from mainland Chinese firms.
The average cost for renting a square foot of grade A space… Read More>>
In another sign that Hong Kong’s new stamp duty may not have a large impact on the housing market, Strongbod Limited, a joint venture between HKR International and Hysan Development, submitted a winning bid of HK$3.39 billion ($437 million) to… Read More>>
Among the biggest stories as we kick off August is the strong performance of China’s residential market, where sales rose again in July. That upswing helped some mainland developers to announce better than expected sales, while their Hong Kong counterparts… Read More>>
