Hong Kong’s government-backed investment fund is being redeployed to support the city’s sluggish commercial property sector, signaling authorities’ growing willingness to use public funds as a policy tool to steady office valuations and align real estate investment with the city’s industrial ambitions. Attracting foreign institutions, however, might prove challenging. The city’s elevated vacancy rates, looming…
Hong Kong’s bid to be an international education hub is spurring investments in the city’s battered commercial property segment, with hotels being converted to student housing and schools becoming a major driver of leasing in the retail sector, according to analysts. So far this year, investors have spent HK$2.6 billion (US$334 million) in the student…
Three of Hong Kong’s biggest developers – Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP), CK Asset Holdings and Henderson Land – are expected to dominate the housing market, as homebuyers increasingly prefer smaller flats amid economic jitters, according to JLL. The trio were set to deliver 60 per cent of new residential units in 2025 and 2026,…
The number of licensed restaurants in Hong Kong has dropped year on year for the first time in six years, a Post analysis has found, with experts attributing the decline partly to locals travelling to mainland China and tourists preferring lighter food options such as street snacks. According to data from the Food and Environmental…
The number of licensed restaurants in Hong Kong has dropped year on year for the first time in six years, a Post analysis has found, with experts attributing the decline partly to locals travelling to mainland China and tourists preferring lighter food options such as street snacks. According to data from the Food and Environmental…
Mike Cai Wensheng, the co-founder and chairman of Chinese selfie app Meitu, bought a 53,000 square foot commercial building in Hong Kong for HK$650 million (US$84 million), with plans to turn the property into an incubation hub for start-ups. “It is a personal investment and entrepreneurial initiative, and I plan to engage in more collaborations…