Members of the consortium that paid nearly $5.2 billion to purchase the Center on Hong Kong’s Queen’s Road in 2017 have been struggling in the city’s current market slowdown, but an announcement this week indicates that one of the wealthy… Read More>>
Home Prices Rose in China’s Biggest Cities in December and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Despite six months of policies restricting sales, 59 of 70 cities surveyed by the Chinese government still reported rising home prices last month as homebuyers do not yet seem deterred over reports of rising risk in the market. Also in… Read More>>
KR Space Balks at Lease in the Center and More Hong Kong Real Estate Headlines
Leading today’s Hong Kong real estate news, shared workspace provider KR Space has balked at paying HK$4.3 million monthly for office space it had planned to rent at The Center on Queen’s Road, with a report in the Apple Daily… Read More>>
Mainland Developer Hopson Buys a Floor in The Center for HK$1.1B
Hong Kong-listed builder Hopson Development announced last week that it has become the latest mainland buyer of a floor in the Center, a premium office property located in Hong Kong’s Central business district.
The Guangdong-based builder is paying approximately HK$1.1 billion… Read More>>
Investor in Hong Kong’s The Center Announces Plan to Sell Single Floor in 12 Pieces
Another member of the consortium behind last year’s landmark HK$40.2 billion ($5.15 billion) acquisition of the Center on Hong Kong’s Queen’s Road is getting ready to flip his floor of the iconic office tower — but not before slicing it… Read More>>
Strata Owners of the Center Hope for Instant Returns and More Hong Kong Real Estate Headlines
The new owners of the Center on Hong Kong’s Queen’s Road are wasting no time in looking for a return on the investment, and their hopes for instant profits of up to 66 percent lead today’s real estate news in… Read More>>
CERCG Defaults on $350M Bond 7 Months After Leading Buyout of the Center
Just seven months after leading the $5.2 billion acquisition of the world’s most expensive building, a little-known Beijing energy firm has defaulted on a $350 million international bond, according to a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange by the… Read More>>
Buyers of The Center Funding $5.2B Deal Via Bonds and More Hong Kong Real Estate Headlines
Leading today’s Hong Kong real estate news, buyers of the world’s most expensive building are confirmed to be selling bonds to institutional investors to fund the HK$40 billion purchase. The innovative bit of financial engineering reduces the number of lenders in the deal,… Read More>>
DBS Moves to Kwun Tong as SG Bank Cashes in on Hong Kong’s Red Hot Office Market
Singapore’s biggest bank is following the lead of US competitors Citibank and Goldman Sachs in moving its team out of Hong Kong’s Central district as office rents continue to rise in the core business area. For the Singaporean bank, the… Read More>>
World’s Most Expensive Office Tower Ready to Be Sold Off Floor By Floor
Nearly six months after Li Ka-shing’s CK Asset Holdings sold Hong Kong’s The Center skyscraper to a consortium of investors for HK$40.2 billion ($5.15 billion), the world’s most expensive office building is poised to be divvied up among its new owners… Read More>>
