Hong Kong

Rents in Kowloon are expected to remain flat in the next few months.

Sale-and-leaseback is amongst the fastest entry routes to invest in cold storage, says Colliers.

Hang Seng Bank recently took over a space previously occupied by Adidas.

Discount retailers are now bumping luxury shops from Central Hong Kong.

Only 38% of investors said COVID-19 made them more interested in ESG-focused property investments.

Government land auctions now serve as the primary source of land supply for data centres.

Demand for this space is expected to hit 3.1m sqm by 2025, and Hong Kong only has 2.3m sqm currently.

Chinese firms are expected to continue to take up Central office space post-COVID.

According to Kwok Kay, what the real estate industry should learn from the COVID-19 crisis is to practice resilience and exercise good financial discipline

Rates of rental and price declines have started to slow in Q1.

The decline in rents across the region is expected to decelerate this year.

As new operating models emerge, property valuers may need to be mindful of the way real estate is run when making valuations.

There were seven major transactions worth over HK$100 million each. 

The transaction volume increased 28.8% MoM in March to 5,891.

Rents only fell by 2% in Q1 2021.

More than half of the US$1.3b transactions in Q1 were for industrial assets.