Asia real estate and outbound investment news
Hong Kong-listed developer Vantage International has agreed to acquire an apartment building in Mong Kok for HK$330 million ($42.6 million), according to a local news report yesterday.
The company, which is part of the Vantage Group alongside its Able Engineering… Read More>>
Hong Kong’s “Shop King”, Tang Shing-bor, has put a portfolio of commercial and residential properties on the market for a combined HK$1.5 billion ($190 million), according to a local news report.
Property consultancy Savills, which is marketing the Kowloon and… Read More>>
Leading today’s Hong Kong real estate news, properties in the Asian financial hub continue to be sold at knockdown prices, with the chief strategy officer of tech giant Tencent buying a Repulse Bay luxury home at an 18 percent discount,… Read More>>
Leading today’s Hong Kong real estate news, a mixed-use plot in protest-hit Mong Kok has sold at a 16-year low price as real estate values continue to feel the weight of the city’s sliding economy. Also, in the headlines, an… Read More>>
Stan Group has applied for the compulsory sale of a 50-year-old industrial building in Hong Kong’s Mongkok district, according to an account in the Hong Kong Economic Times.
The Hong Kong investment group, which manages a HK$60 billion ($7.7 billion)… Read More>>
Leading today’s Hong Kong real estate news, mid-size developer Chevalier International has bought up 20 village houses in Shatin for HK$403 million. Meanwhile in Mong Kok, Hang Lung is upgrading its pair of shopping centres in the Kowloon district in… Read More>>
Leading today’s Hong Kong real estate news, a floor leased to a restaurant in Tsim Sha Tsui’s Kowloon Centre was sold for HK$220 million ($28 million). Also in the headlines, a shop in Mong Kok saw a 64-fold price increase… Read More>>
Hong Kong’s Sunlight REIT, which is managed by a unit of Henderson Land Development, has announced that it is buying a commercial building on Nathan Road in Mong Kok for HK$658 million ($84.3 million). Through the sale-and-leaseback deal, the REIT… Read More>>
Champion REIT, a listed trust sponsored by Hong Kong developer Great Eagle, is testing buyer interest in the HK$8.5 billion ($1.1 billion) Langham Place office tower in Mong Kok, as a flurry of major deals drives record-high property values in… Read More>>
Hong Kong’s retailing landscape is changing. With the competition for space in the city’s traditional retail districts–Central, Causeway Bay, Tsimshatsui and Mongkok–driving rents to eye-watering levels, foreign retailers are increasingly shifting their focus to shopping centres in the New Territories. Fast fashion brands such as Uniqlo, Gap, H&M and Zara have been leading the trend but others are following.
In addition to capturing a share of the growing Mainland-shopper market, retailer interest is also being attracted by growing local populations resulting from the completion of new residential developments.
