金鐘力宝中心及海富中心单位放租，意向呎租约38至40元。
代理表示，力宝中心2座低层03室，面积约4541方呎，意向呎租约40元，涉及月租约18万餘元。单位现已交吉，备有豪华装修及来去水茶水间，为租户节省一笔可观的装修支出。
另一宗放租个案位于海富中心2座低层01室，面积约2611方呎，以呎租约38元招租，总月租近10万元。单位即将交吉，同样备有写字楼装修，面积适合中小企承租，可打开品牌的知名度。
(信报)
更多金鐘区甲级写字楼出租楼盘资讯请参阅：金鐘区甲级写字楼出租
核心地区甲厦租金向来高企，但随着过去一年工商铺市场租、售价向下调整，反而吸引个别企业重投区内物色写字楼单位，以提升品牌的形象。
而新近放租的力宝中心及海富中心两个写字楼单位，均为金鐘区内指标商厦，两者均附设豪华装修之餘，租金叫价较市价有一定程度折让空间，料短时间内可获承租。
力宝中心低层户 意向呎租40元
代理指，金鐘道89号力宝中心2座低层03室，面积约4,541平方呎，现以意向呎租约40元放售，涉及月租约18餘万元，单位现已交吉，内有豪华装修、来去水茶水间，可为新租户省却一笔可观的装修开支，而据资料显示，截至今年8月止，力宝中心2座共录得逾22宗租务成交，平均呎租约52元，而对上一宗低层户成交，为4楼02室，面积约598平方呎，7月底以呎租约46元成交，月租约2.75万元，相比现有放租单位，其叫价甚为吸引。
海富中心逾2千呎 月租约10万
代理续指，同区亦有另一个商厦单位出租，位处金鐘夏愨道18号海富中心2座低层01室，面积约2,611平方呎，以每平方呎38元招租，月租叫价约10万元，该单位亦已交吉，同样备有写字楼装修，面积适合中、小企承租，以打开品牌的知名度。至于，海富中心2座今年暂仅得3宗租赁成交，平均呎租约50元，而新近租出为6楼09室，面积约1,155平方呎，于8月底以每平方呎约43元租出，月租约5万元。
事实上，力宝中心及海富中心均为港铁上盖优质商厦，质素及配套均有保证，而且一直深受企业欢迎，而随着核心区甲厦空置率续升，整体呎租亦按市场所需向下调整以提升吸引力，成为租客进驻良机，而上述两个放租的商厦，叫价上已极具竞争力，再者单位附有装修，租客可即租即用，属市场上矜罕盘源。
(经济日报)
更多金鐘区甲级写字楼出租楼盘资讯请参阅：金鐘区甲级写字楼出租
皇都戏院大厦今拍卖 底价48亿
新世界 (00017) 已併购约98%业权的北角皇都戏院大厦，将于今天早上10时进行拍卖，拍卖底价为47.776亿元，物业地盘面积约3.62万平方呎，物业坐落于北角英皇道、渣华道的南面及与电照道交界，物业现状为一幢于1959年落成的商住楼宇，其中包括商场、桌球室及两幢住宅楼宇，部分获古諮会评为一级历史建筑物。
罗便臣道全幢物业 月底拍卖
有测量师表示，今次推出拍卖的物业位于北角核心区，三面临街，加上地盘面积大，属近期市场罕有，因此古諮会的评级应不会影响发展商的竞投意慾。
另一测量师亦指，将于本月29日 (周四) 下午5时拍卖罗便臣道27E及27F号全幢物业，底价为2.34亿元，物业现址为一幢1960年落成的6层高大厦，地下单位为商铺，现划为住宅 (乙类) 用途，地盘面积3,822平方呎。
(经济日报)
荃湾UML TOWER两全层户 月租叫价5.5万
转型中的荃湾工业区，由于区内交通极为便利，而且不乏逾千平方呎的单位供应，加上门槛吸引，吸引用家及投资者进驻，而新近放租的UML TOWER，两个全层单位月租均为55,000元，并配备装修，可望短时间内获承租。
代理指，荃湾灰窰角街42至44号UML TOWER 2楼及6楼全层放租，其中，2楼全层面积约4,350平方呎，意向月租约55,000元，平均呎租约13元，而6楼全层面积约4,155平方呎，月租叫价同样约为55,000元，平均呎租约13元。
附装修 邻近港铁交通便
两个单位间隔均四正宽敞，实用率高，用途灵活，其中，2楼单位附设私人会所装修，6楼属写字楼装修，外望楼景，并配备独立冷气。至于物业设有一部客梯，楼底高逾11呎，每平方呎可负重约150磅，以应不同行业所需，而位置上，亦佔尽地利，比邻为多个大型屋苑及商场，另商店、银行、食肆林立，邻近的交通配套、社区设施完善，同时坐享港铁荃湾站及西铁荃湾西站之便，而前临的杨屋道更备有多綫巴士、小巴綫，贯通港九新界各地。
而同地段上面积逾4,000平方呎的工厦，呎租介乎7元至13元不等。
代理指，UML TOWER邻近青山公路葵涌段，前往葵涌货柜码头及机场均甚为方便，而往返港珠澳大桥香港口岸，亦只需约20分鐘车程，同时亦靠近罗湖及深圳湾口岸，尽享大湾区发展机遇；至于荃湾区工商物业投资价值持续上升，加上物业自身及外在条件优越，料可享可观的回报保证，能获投资者及用家垂青。
(经济日报)
甲厦780万呎楼面空置 21年最多
代理：中区租金全年料跌逾20%
疫情下商业市道受冲击，代理指，目前全港共有780万平方呎甲厦楼面空置，为1999年后21年最多，而甲厦空置率今年料突破10%，中区租金全年跌逾20%。
该代理数据显示，疫情下第三季甲厦录67.5万平方呎负吸纳，整体空置率升至9.6%，而目前全港共有780万平方呎甲厦楼面空置，为1999年后最多。中区方面，空置率单季升2.1个百分点至7.3%。
铺租已调整 可望回稳
代理指，疫情下商厦租务仍疲弱，相信第四季租务淡静，甲厦整体空置率料突破10%。租金方面，代理料整体甲厦租金跌约15至20%，而中区租务最受影响，全年跌幅约20至25%。另一代理指，由于不少业主以优惠条件挽留租客，个别更为租客提供装修津贴，令不少原租客倾向续租，搬迁活动较少。
商铺市场上，由于疫情持续，首三季商铺租金已跌2成。该行预计，第三波疫情缓和下，而租金已大幅调整，商铺租务料较之前活跃，租金料渐回稳。
至于投资市场方面，今年第三季大手买卖 (1,000万美元以上) 仅涉44亿元，为09年后单季最低。代理认为，环球疫情影响基金、内地资金来港投资，故令成交金额偏低。对于金管局放宽工商铺按揭，代理认为由于放宽幅度不算高，加上银行取态仍保守，对大额买卖市场即时推动不高，惟仍属正面消息。多项物业中，代理较看好工厦市场，包括数据中心等，投资回报率较稳定，料可吸引财团承接。
(经济日报)
甲厦空置率高达9.6% 代理：创11年来新高
受疫情打击，商厦市场疲惫不堪。外资测量师行世邦魏理仕指出，今年第3季整体甲厦空置率高达9.6%，创过去11年以来新高。
代理表示，甲厦市场租赁于今年第3季略有改善，按季增加25%，然而仅佔过去5年季度平均水平的一半，惟整体甲厦于今年第3季录负吸纳量67.35万方呎，整体空置率新报9.6%，属自2009年以来新高水平，若以空置楼面计，涉及面积约780万方呎，更是过去21年以来新高，反映甲厦市场疲惫不堪。
空置楼面多达780万方呎
若以各区划分，以中环区空置率升幅最急，该区空置率新报7.3%，为2004年以来新高，同时，该区负吸纳量新报45.27万方呎，为历来新高水平，反映核心区甲厦需求疲弱。
代理指，第3季整体甲厦租金跌幅约3.9%，以中环区「最伤」，按季跌幅达4.8%，今年该区累跌达14.8%。受疫情等不明朗因素困扰，甲厦空置率有机会突破10%水平，预测今年整体甲厦租金介乎15%至20%，惟中环区跌幅较大市高，高见25%。
代理称，受疫情打击，零售商保持审慎态度，随铺位租金显著回落，吸引部分商户疫市扩充；据该行统计资料显示，核心区铺位整体租金按季下跌约5.7%，较上季的5.5%稍为加速。
代理：商厦租金按季跌3.4%
另一代理指出，商厦租金按季跌3.4%，跌幅较上季的3.8%放缓，港岛租金在第3季度跌5.8%，中环、湾仔 (铜锣湾) 及港岛东租金分别跌5%、6.6%及4.2%。该代理行预期整体甲厦租金全年将跌15%至20%。中环则将下跌20%至25%。
空置率由今年6月的6.02%升至9月的6.82%，中环及湾仔 (铜锣湾) 空置率由第2季度末的5.6%及6.3%，分别升至6.8%及7.2%。港岛东空置率虽然由2020年6月的1.9%升至2.4%。除了九龙东外，九龙区空置率同样上升，尖沙嘴及九龙西空置率分别由6月底的4.2%及3.8%上升至6.0%及4.6%。
(星岛日报)
铜锣湾铺租跌得最伤
疫情虽稍为缓和，但日常民生离重回正轨仍遥遥无期，「通关」时间仍属未知之数，零售业隆冬期尚未见尽头，致铺市低处未算低，核心区铺位所受的打击既广且深，租售价未有止跌迹象，其中以整体租售价水平最高的铜锣湾区，在今次的大跌市中表现最伤。有统计就显示，年初至今区内租金累跌逾40%，为各核心区中最高，更甚是区内空置率急升，令租金进一步受压，要租金筑底亦短期内达到。
租金累跌逾四成
自去年中的社会运动开始，本地零售业就进入盛极而衰的周期，今年初疫情爆发，更造成铺市内伤，不但及筋骨，更流血不止，令本地铺市进入一种新常态，就是大型连锁店撤退潮，加上不少大型及连锁品牌不惜拖欠租金以求「生存」，全方位打击心铺市，令铜锣湾、尖沙嘴、旺角等主要依靠游客生意击撑高昂租金地区，承受的打击更加致命。
大型连锁店纷撤退
现时不但解决疫情的时间表仍毫无头绪，就算是通关亦未有任何时间表，令核心区铺位的前景仍在一片迷雾当中，同时亦大大削弱业主议价能力，不借以超低价租出物业，以减少损失，更造成雪球效应。
(星岛日报)
Prime office vacancies soar to 21-year high
Vacant Grade A office space hit a 21-year high of about 7.8 million square feet in September, according to property agency, with a unit at Admiralty Centre available for rent at HK$38 per sq ft - close to the average office rent in Kowloon West.
The unit at Admiralty Centre measures 2,611 sq ft, according to agent. In comparison, average office rent in Kowloon West was HK$37.1 per sq ft in the third quarter, data from property agency.
Another agency expects Grade A office rents in Hong Kong will fall 15 to 20 percent this year, noting that Grade A office rents have fallen 13.8 percent in the first three quarters of this year.
the agency also estimates the vacancy rate of Hong Kong Grade A offices will reach 10 percent at the end of the year from 9.6 percent in the third quarter.
Meanwhile, high-street shop vacancies in four core districts - Central, Causeway Bay, Tsim Sha Tsui, and Mong Kok - rose 4.8 percentage points to 18.3 percent in the third quarter from the second quarter.
High street shop rents fell 5.7 percent quarter-on-quarter in the third quarter, agent said.
"With many social distancing measures remaining in place, retailers continued to adopt a cautious approach," agent said. "Significant rental drops since last year, however, encouraged some local brands to explore leasing opportunities at low costs that had not existed for many years. Should the local pandemic remain contained, we expect to see a slight rebound in leasing activity in the fourth quarter."
In the primary market, New World Development (0017) opened three show flats for The Pavilia Farm atop Tai Wai Station.
In the secondary market, a 649-sq-ft flat at Taikoo Shing in Quarry Bay changed hands for HK$13.7 million, or HK$21,109 per sq ft, after HK$1.3 million was cut from the original asking price.
Separately, the one-month Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate, a benchmark for the local mortgage rate, rose to 0.44125 percent.
(The Standard)
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Desperate landlords offer renovation subsidies to lure tenants as Hong Kong’s vacant office space hits 21-year high
Some landlords have begun offering a one-off subsidy to help new tenants fit out their office space, according to property agency
The property services company says 7.8 million sq ft of office space – about the size of four Central Plazas – sat vacant in Hong Kong in September, the highest since 1999
Hong Kong’s commercial landlords are offering incentives such as renovation subsidies to lure tenants, as the amount of office space lying empty reaches the highest level in 21 years, according to a property services company.
Some landlords have begun offering a one-off subsidy to help new tenants fit out their office space, agent said.
“In some cases, the landlord would offer a subsidy of about HK$100 (US$12.9) per square foot,” an agent said on Wednesday.
The subsidy is attractive because relocation costs in Hong Kong are very expensive, agent said. For a prime renovation costing HK$1,000 per sq ft, the relocation cost may add up to HK$1,200 per sq ft after including the price of returning the office to its original state when the lease ends. The cost can be spread out to a monthly HK$30 per sq ft or thereabouts over three years.
“For most relocations with cutting costs as the objective, it takes a place with a rent of HK$30 per square foot less than” the original rent to justify the move, agent said. “Some offices do not have their head offices in Hong Kong. It is not that easy to approve that sum [for renovation].”
According to the property agency, 7.8 million sq ft of office space – greater than the size of four Central Plazas – sat vacant in Hong Kong in September, the highest since 1999. An additional 950,000 sq ft of surrendered space – returned by tenants before the lease expires – is available in the market, just shy of the size of the HSBC building.
Desperate landlords have been offering a broader range of incentives in lieu of rental discounts, to try to fill the space.
The agent said that some of the landlords have increased the commission they give to property agents from the normal one month of rent to 1.5 to 2 months’ equivalent. Some in Kowloon are even offering three months of rent.
“Of the total [amount of surrendered space], 70 per cent was surrendered by multinational corporations. This upward trend is expected to continue for the remainder of 2020,” another agent said.
Office rents in Central are expected to fall by up to 25 per cent this year, though the agent said the drop could actually be greater.
Agent said that landlords’ attitude to lease negotiations has been “quite flexible” for months and some are mulling more innovative solutions, like partnering with co-working operators to reduce vacancy.
Market anticipation of more listings of mainland Chinese companies in Hong Kong has so far not translated to heightened demand for office space with the projected expansion of professional services companies, agent said.
“We do not see a big trend yet. So far companies are tending to wait and see,” agent said, adding that things may pick up after the first quarter of next year if the IPO boom continues.
The vacancy rate in Kowloon East remains the highest among all Hong Kong’s districts, at 15.4 per cent, according to property agency.
Compared to their counterparts on Hong Kong Island, landlords of premium offices in Kowloon are less willing to cut rents because at HK$20 to 30 per sq ft they are already the lowest, according to another property agency.
“Rental markets are being buffeted by corporate uncertainties and a tendency [of companies] to cut costs and downsize where possible,” agent said. “As long as Central maintains its significant premium over other districts, and given the current business environment, corporates will continue to look for cost-saving relocation options elsewhere on the island or in Kowloon.”
(South China Morning Post)
