{"id":158337,"date":"2025-07-29T18:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T11:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/law-society-buys-26th-floor-of-the-center-at-half-price-amid-bargains\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T19:01:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T12:01:34","slug":"law-society-buys-26th-floor-of-the-center-at-half-price-amid-bargains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/law-society-buys-26th-floor-of-the-center-at-half-price-amid-bargains\/","title":{"rendered":"Law Society buys 26th floor of The Center at half price amid bargains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nThe Law Society of Hong Kong has bought an entire floor of offices in what was formerly the world\u2019s most expensive tower at a 50 per cent discount, the latest among astute investors who are picking up property in the city at bargain prices.<br \/>\nThe Law Society paid HK$345 million (US$44 million), or HK$14,000 per sq ft, for 24,980 sq ft (2,320 square metres) on the 26th floor of The Center from Gale Well Group. The property in the Central district was handed over to the Law Society on July 25,&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/article\/3320003\/hong-kongs-law-society-swoops-down-entire-floor-offices-center-half-price?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Law Society buys 26th floor of The Center at half price amid bargains<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; The Law Society of Hong Kong has bought an entire floor of offices in what&#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-158337","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-FbP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":157643,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lingnan-university-buys-t-plus-assets-at-40-discount-amid-property-slump\/","url_meta":{"origin":158337,"position":0},"title":"Lingnan University buys T-Plus assets at 40% discount amid property slump","date":"July 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong\u2019s Lingnan University has acquired commercial assets in a residential building in New Territories, joining a number of schools and universities that have snapped up real estate assets amid a slump in values. 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