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Crowds queue at the Tsim Sha Tsui sales centre to buy units at Park Silicon in Kwu Tung. Photo: Dickson Lee

Business

Northern Metropolis: Hong Kong homebuyers flock to flats launch

More than half of the 82 units available at Park Silicon in Kwu Tung were sold, signalling a positive shift in the city’s property market.

To rent or not to rent? That is the question for Hong Kong homebuyers

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Rebound in China luxury home sales divorced from rest of market: analysts

Business

Reclusive Chinese billionaire strikes US$33m deal to take over Shanghai hotel

Online gaming billionaire Chen Tianqiao acquired the Mia Hotel at a discount, as investors bet on a recovery in China’s prime real estate market.

Tech billionaire Chen Tianqiao. Photo: Handout
Tech billionaire Chen Tianqiao. Photo: Handout

Companies

SF Reit reports 7.3% drop in distributable income for first half of 2026

Company’s logistics assets were 96.8 per cent occupied as of the end of June, with macroeconomic headwinds and lease expirations looming.

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CK Hutchison Holdings reports 31-fold surge in first-half profit

Global environment in the first half of 2026 was ‘exceptionally turbulent and uncertain’, says chairman Victor Li Tzar-kuoi.

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Companies

Hong Kong developer Hysan’s first-half earnings rise 7.4% as project milestones near

Causeway Bay’s top landlord posts HK$1.11 billion in earnings as Lee Garden Eight project remains on schedule for completion this quarter.

Hysan is the largest commercial landlord in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay shopping district. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hysan is the largest commercial landlord in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay shopping district. Photo: Dickson Lee

Business

BTS bump? Hong Kong’s hotels set for bonanza from pop superstars’ world tour

With BTS’ juggernaut world tour set to land in Hong Kong next year, the city’s hotels are tipped to see a Seoul-style surge in bookings.

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Business

Hong Kong property recovery faces new risk as Beijing widens offshore tax net

Potential taxation of offshore property income could curb mainland demand, while weaker insurance activity hits decentralised office markets.

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Companies

Wharf firms up balance sheet as Hong Kong sales cushion profit slump

‘Our first choice is investment in Hong Kong’s property sector’, while mainland China lacks ‘good opportunities’, chairman says.

Revenue from Wharf’s Hong Kong development properties nearly tripled in the first half, with operating profit rising more than fivefold. Photo: Eugene Lee

Business

Hong Kong’s commercial property investment growth beats Asian peers

‘Highly active’ market in city tops Singapore and Australia, although base effect, assets in receivership contribute to increase, JLL says.

One Bedford Place, a distressed office tower in Tai Kok Tsui, was purchased by Singapore-based investor Wee Hur Holdings in June. Photo: Handout
One Bedford Place, a distressed office tower in Tai Kok Tsui, was purchased by Singapore-based investor Wee Hur Holdings in June. Photo: Handout

Business

US$19m home sale in Hong Kong’s Stanley shows resilient demand

Deal for house in One Stanley development adds to string of high-end transactions despite softer overall activity.

Banking & Finance

Why McDonald’s assets stand out amid a weak Hong Kong retail property market

Restaurant chain’s disposal drive shows investors cherry-pick only top-tier assets amid city’s retail property slump, analysts say.

Business

Derelict cinema on scenic Hong Kong island has a US$1 million price tag

Peng Chau Cinema was once a bustling nightspot but has lain virtually empty for almost four decades and is now set to go under the hammer.

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The once popular Peng Chau Cinema closed down almost four decades ago. The site, which currently hosts markets and other community events, is now up for sale. Photo: Peng Chau Cinema

Banking & Finance

Investor linked to Ningbo’s richest man buys Hong Kong luxury home for US$18.5m

Deal adds to signs of mainland Chinese wealth entering the city’s high-end residential market despite a slowdown in overall activity.

A four-bedroom stand-alone garden house in Villa Lucca was purchased last month. Photo: Handout
A four-bedroom stand-alone garden house in Villa Lucca was purchased last month. Photo: Handout

Companies

Hang Lung Properties names former Starbucks China head Leo Tsoi as new CEO

Tsoi’s appointment marks Hang Lung’s first CEO change since Adriel Chan took over from his father Ronnie Chan as chairman in 2024.

Companies

Swire earnings show Hong Kong’s prime business hubs outpacing others in recovery

First-half results highlight a widening gap between Central’s office recovery and weaker commercial districts.

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Spending

Why restaurants are replacing shops, changing Hong Kong’s retail landscape

The mix of tenants in malls and at street level is changing as restaurateurs pounce on slumping rents to expand, often taking the spaces left behind by retailers forced to leave during the pandemic.

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Business

Magnate warns of tough times as Hang Lung kicks off results season

The comments by Chan showed how Hong Kong has been caught since 2019 by a series of turbulent events, including months of anti-government protests, US sanctions and a Covid-19 pandemic in its third year.

Business

Hong Kong, mainland cities worst performers in index tracking home rent growth

Upmarket home rents in Hong Kong and Shenzhen declined in the year’s first half, bucking the global trend of increases among 30 cities tracked by property consultancy Savills.

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Business

Hong Kong’s Peak Lookout restaurant has rent halved as Covid wipes out tourism

The owners of the iconic Hong Kong restaurant, previously a huge draw for tourists with its prime location, are now paying less than half the monthly HK$230,000 (US$29,300) they were forking out on a lease signed pre-pandemic.

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With its red, pitched roof, it has the appearance of an old English country cottage, with stone walls, arched windows and a visible chimney. Photo: Dickson Lee
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OPINION
Nicholas Spiro

The View | Hong Kong hotel sector recovery elusive for unprepared investors

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