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Hysan Development
Hysan Development
Hysan Development is a property investment, management and development company with extensive properties in Causeway Bay, where the company is the largest commercial landlord. It listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1981.
Skyscrapers in Hong Kong’s Central district. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s largest flex-office provider seeks deals with landlords

Partnering with International Workplace Group ‘makes a lot of sense to tap into growing demand for hybrid working’, CEO says.

Hysan celebrates a centenary

Hong Kong’s Hysan celebrates more than a century of shaping the city’s growth

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Hong Kong property

Hong Kong developers to feel earnings pain amid high vacancy rates: Moody’s

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New World Development

Prada to open huge outlet in Hong Kong’s K11 Musea after years of downsizing

The two-storey outlet in New World’s harbourfront luxury mall will be the Italian brand’s first in Hong Kong since it closed its flagship store in Causeway Bay in 2020.

Prada operated its Hong Kong flagship store in Causeway Bay until 2020. Photo: Martin Chan
Hong Kong property

Sino Land, Hysan expect last year’s ‘uncertainties’ to loom over sector in 2024

Sino Land and Hysan Development, two major Hong Kong property developers, expect ‘uncertainties’ to continue to affect the city’s real estate market, they said in their latest financial reports on Thursday.

Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s retail sector revives: top landlords report growth among tenants

Swire Properties says retail sales at some shopping centres are back at pre-pandemic levels, while Hysan Development reports rising tenant revenue. However, the office market lags as high vacancy rates persist.

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Hong Kong property

Hysan cautious on Hong Kong’s retail, office markets after posting profit drop

Hong Kong’s retail sector is yet to see full impact of the border reopening, while a supply glut will weigh on the office market, Hysan Development’s executives say.

Hysan Development said the company has yet to see the impact of the border reopening with mainland China on retail sales. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong property

Hysan earmarks US$256 million to upgrade Lee Gardens into ‘home of luxury’

Hysan Development will spend HK$2 billion (US$256.2 million) to upgrade its Lee Gardens commercial portfolio in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay and turn it into a one-stop luxury shopping destination.

Hong Kong property

Analysis | Hong Kong developers face HK$109 billion debt mountain as interest rates soar

As in the years from 1997 to 2003, a struggling housing market, slowing economy and surging interest rates are making the debt levels of the city’s home builders a cause for concern.

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Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s tough Covid restrictions hit Hysan’s first-half profit

The outlook remains uncertain due to global economic woes, says Hysan’s Irene Lee, adding that Hong Kong needs to ease travel rules to maintain hub status.

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The Hysan Place shopping mall operated by Hysan Development in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong. Photo: Bloomberg
Hong Kong property

Hong Kong builders sweeten financing terms for luxury homes as deals drop

Hong Kong’s property developers are extending favourable finance terms to luxury home deals, after big-ticket sales declined by almost half in July.

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HKR International and Hysan Development’s Villa Lucca luxury residential project in Tai Po. Photo: Handout
Alibaba

Alibaba appoints two new directors as it seeks Hong Kong primary listing

Alibaba has appointed Irene Lee Yun-lien, chairwoman of Hysan Development, and Albert Ng Kong-ping, former chairman of Ernst & Young China, to its board as it seeks to elevate its status on the Hong Kong bourse.

Hong Kong property

Urbanites get a taste of farm life atop Hong Kong skyscraper

A high-rise office tower in Hong Kong’s bustling shopping district of Causeway Bay lets people grow their own aubergines and taros on a rooftop farm.

Hong Kong property

CK Asset unit wins To Kwa Wan residential site for US$767 million

Centenary Investments Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CK Asset Holdings, won two adjoining sites about eight minutes walk to the To Kwa Wan MTR Station for HK$5.99 billion (US$767.3 million), the Urban Renewal Authority said. The price was lower than the market expectation of HK$6 billion to HK$6.8 billion.

The sites in To Kwa Wan. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong property

Sun Hung Kai Properties, Hysan post declining profits, say more challenges ahead

Two of Hong Kong’s biggest property developers and retail landlords have posted declining results and foresee more challenges ahead, as the city’s social distancing rules keep consumers away from shopping centres.

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Hysan Development’s Hysan Place shopping centre in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay district. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong property

Explainer | After Henderson Land record, 5 other most expensive land sales in Hong Kong

Hong Kong – one of the most-expensive real estate markets in the world – has consistently set record land sale prices in recent years.

Cheung Kong

Hysan says it wants to create another Lee Gardens with Shanghai buy

Hysan is betting on the development potential of the up-and-coming East Siwenli neighbourhood in Shanghai.

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Hong Kong property

Retail rents to rise as Hong Kong’s consumption vouchers boost sales, says Hysan

Sales and footfall in shopping centres have increased with the government’s distribution of HK$5,000 (US$642.56) consumption vouchers to each Hongkonger this month ,and the easing of local Covid-19 cases.

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People dine in a food court at Hysan Place, a shopping mall in Causeway Bay. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong property

Hysan, IWG in flexible office joint venture to tap Greater Bay Area market

The joint venture will acquire and operate shared-office operator IWG’s 32 existing locations and the Regus, Spaces and Signature brands in the Greater Bay Area.

Hang Seng Index

Hong Kong property stocks hitch ride on economic growth, home sales frenzy

With shares of Hong Kong developers clocking their best performance in four years thanks to the economic revival and renewed interest in property sales, analysts see further upside potential for the rest of the year.

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Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s top developers bid for Causeway Bay commercial plot

The 286,140 sq ft site on Caroline Hill Road, the first to be offered in the area for tender since 1997, can yield a gross floor area of around 1.1 million sq ft.

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An aerial view of the commercial site at Caroline Hill Road, Causeway Bay. Photo: Martin Chan
Hong Kong property

Hong Kong offices to lose US$1.3 billion in rental value without upgrades

Some 100 “ageing” office buildings in Hong Kong need to be refurbished to unlock their rental potential, as the Covid-19 pandemic changes market dynamics and tenant expectations, according to JLL.

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Office vacancy rates in Central rose to a 15-year high of 7.6 per cent in the first quarter, according to Savills. Photo: EPA
Sun Hung Kai Properties

Hong Kong developers’ profits plunge as travel curbs hit hotels, malls

Sun Hung Kai Properties, Hysan Development and Sino Land see profits at their hotel and shopping centre businesses tumble as travel restrictions keep visitors away.

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Hang Seng Bank

Hang Seng Bank set to appoint first woman as its chairman

Independent director Irene Lee to replace Raymond Ch’ien as chairman following Hang Seng Bank’s annual meeting in the second quarter.

From our archives

When the final curtain fell at Hong Kong’s Lee Theatre

Located in Causeway Bay, the Lee Theatre was an icon for generations of Hong Kong performers and audiences, until its doors were shut in 1991.

A tram passes in front of the Lee Theatre, in Causeway Bay, in March 1991. Photo: SCMP
Hong Kong property

IWG takes rival WeWork’s abandoned space in Causeway Bay

The world’s largest operator of serviced offices is taking floors 31 and 32 of Hysan Place which were abandoned by WeWork in April amid dwindling demand.

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Exterior view of Hysan Place, Causeway Bay. Photo: Dickson Lee
WeWork

Exclusive | Cash-strapped WeWork dumps about fifth of Hong Kong coworking space

WeWork, the US operator of shared work spaces, has given up 182,000 sq ft in Causeway Bay and Tsim Sha Tsui, two of Hong Kong’s prime office districts, according to agents familiar with the matter.

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Hong Kong protests

Rent cuts least favoured option for Hong Kong’s mall owners

Retailers and market observers say the proposals mall owners have come up with fall far short of what is needed to keep them in business.

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