{"id":100088,"date":"2018-10-18T08:03:20","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T01:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mainland-chinese-developers-eye-hong-kongs-ageing-residential-blocks-for-redevelopment\/"},"modified":"2018-10-18T09:03:25","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T02:03:25","slug":"mainland-chinese-developers-eye-hong-kongs-ageing-residential-blocks-for-redevelopment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mainland-chinese-developers-eye-hong-kongs-ageing-residential-blocks-for-redevelopment\/","title":{"rendered":"Mainland Chinese developers eye Hong Kong\u2019s ageing residential blocks for redevelopment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nA wave of mainland Chinese firms have started hunting for old buildings in Hong Kong\u2019s urban areas, in a bid to acquire cheap land for redevelopment in the world\u2019s most expensive property market.<br \/>\nAs of October 4, there were 25 applications submitted by developers for compulsory en-bloc sale, according to data from the Lands Tribunal.<br \/>\nThe figure is 60 per cent more than the 11 cases in 2016, and 47 per cent higher than 17 cases filed in 2015.<br \/>\n\u201cThe surge is partly driven by the&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/article\/2168986\/mainland-developers-eye-hong-kongs-ageing-residential-blocs-redevelopment\" target=\"_blank\">Mainland Chinese developers eye Hong Kong\u2019s ageing residential blocks for redevelopment<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; A wave of mainland Chinese firms have started hunting for old buildings in Hong Kong\u2019s&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-q2k","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":104445,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mainland-chinese-developers-take-redevelopment-route-to-shore-up-hong-kong-land-bank-as-they-fail-to-win-government-tenders\/","url_meta":{"origin":100088,"position":0},"title":"Mainland Chinese developers take redevelopment route to shore up Hong Kong land bank as they fail to win government tenders","date":"February 27, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Mainland Chinese builders appear to be shifting their Hong Kong land bank strategy by acquiring old buildings for redevelopment, as fierce competition and Beijing\u2019s capital outflow restrictions make it difficult to secure plots in government tenders.Last year, they submitted 39 compulsory en-bloc sale applications to Hong Kong\u2019s Lands Tribunal,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":45838,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-biggest-landowners-usurped-by-mainland-developers\/","url_meta":{"origin":100088,"position":1},"title":"Hong Kong\u2019s biggest landowners usurped by mainland developers","date":"February 28, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong\u2019s largest private landowners and apartment builders have been usurped by capital from north of the border, as mainland Chinese developers snapped up choice land plots to become the new landlords in the city, according to data by a property consultant. 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