A growing number of financial institutions have fled rising office rents in Hong Kong’s Central district this year, and now one of the government bodies charged with regulating the city’s financial markets appears to be following the migration of its… Read More>>
Gaw Capital Said to Invest in HK$15B Office Deal in Quarry Bay
Four months after buying a pair of Hong Kong office buildings from Swire Properties for HK$15 billion ($2 billion), a privately held affiliate of mainland investor Chen Chang Wei’s Hengli Group has reportedly recruited Gaw Capital Partners to take as… 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.
The Chicago-based… Read More>>
China Orient Predicts Surge in Bad Real Estate Loans and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
China’s turbulent financial markets lead today’s real estate news from around the region as one of the mainland’s four major “bad asset banks” predicts trouble for overstretched developers. Despite the turmoil further north, investors in Singapore are still showing enthusiasm… Read More>>
Swire Properties Sells HK Office Towers to Mainland Tycoon for HK$15B
Swire Properties has agreed to sell a pair of office buildings in Hong Kong’s Quarry Bay area to a little-known mainland investor for HK$15 billion ($1.9 billion), according to an announcement by the company on Friday to the Hong Kong… Read More>>
WeWork Leases Four Floors From Swire in Hong Kong’s Quarry Bay
WeWork has leased four floors in Swire Properties’ Taikoo Shing on Hong Kong island, the company has revealed to Mingtiandi, as the US co-working startup confirms an expansion plan first reported last November.
The 54,000 square foot space in Cityplaza… Read More>>
Facebook, Baker Mac Help Swire Pre-Lease Over Half of One Taikoo Place
Over half the space in Swire Properties’ new office tower in its flagship Taikoo Place development has already been leased out, chief executive Guy Bradley announced at the project’s topping out ceremony in Hong Kong’s Quarry Bay today.
Among the… Read More>>
Agile Group Jumps Over Capital Barriers to Buy $51M Hong Kong Site
Outbound investment in real estate by mainland companies has dropped by more than half this year according to analysts, but having the world’s hottest real estate market just across the border means that some developers from the middle kingdom are… Read More>>
BNP Paribas Takes 8 Floors in Taikoo Place as Multinationals Flee HK’s Central
BNP Paribas, a $2.4 billion financial giant, has decided that it may not have the cash to maintain an address in Hong Kong’s Central district and is picking up stakes for Quarry Bay.
The company, which is the world’s sixth-largest… Read More>>
WeWork, naked Hub Battle for Hong Kong Co-Working Hegemony with New Centres
Global shared office giant WeWork is said to be renting three floors of a grade A office tower in Quarry Bay to launch its latest venue in Hong Kong, as the city’s co-working market continues to heat up.
The $20… Read More>>