{"id":136068,"date":"2023-04-25T07:30:14","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T00:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-office-market-outlook-improves-after-vacancy-rate-fell-for-the-first-time-in-10-months-in-march\/"},"modified":"2023-04-25T07:39:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T00:39:09","slug":"hong-kongs-office-market-outlook-improves-after-vacancy-rate-fell-for-the-first-time-in-10-months-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-office-market-outlook-improves-after-vacancy-rate-fell-for-the-first-time-in-10-months-in-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong\u2019s office market outlook improves after vacancy rate fell for the first time in 10 months in March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nHong Kong\u2019s grade A office vacancy rate fell 0.2 percentage points month on month in March \u2013 the first decline since May 2022. Rents also slipped slightly to HK$54.7 (US$6.96) per sq ft from HK$54.8.&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/china-business\/article\/3218174\/hong-kongs-office-market-outlook-improves-after-vacancy-rate-fell-first-time-10-months-march?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hong Kong\u2019s office market outlook improves after vacancy rate fell for the first time in 10 months in March<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Hong Kong\u2019s grade A office vacancy rate fell 0.2 percentage points month on month in&#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-136068","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-zoE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":112318,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-hotel-valuations-drop-vacancy-rates-soar-as-business-travellers-and-tourists-avoid-city-amid-street-protests\/","url_meta":{"origin":136068,"position":0},"title":"Hong Kong\u2019s hotel valuations drop, vacancy rates soar, as business travellers and tourists avoid city amid street protests","date":"November 13, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Investments in new hotels grounded to a halt in Hong Kong, as valuations fell 10 per cent amid record vacancy rates caused by business travellers and tourists who are avoiding the city\u2019s anti-government protests.The average room rate at three-star hotels fell 46 per cent to HK$446 (US$57) for the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":171188,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/office-vacancy-rate-in-hong-kongs-central-falls-to-single-digits-after-2-years\/","url_meta":{"origin":136068,"position":1},"title":"Office vacancy rate in Hong Kong\u2019s Central falls to single digits after 2 years","date":"March 20, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Prime office vacancy rates in Hong Kong\u2019s main business district dropped to single digits for the first time in 26 months, lifting overall rents in the city\u2019s struggling office property market, according to JLL. 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