{"id":158957,"date":"2025-08-09T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T02:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-hong-kongs-commercial-property-deep-freeze-is-here-to-stay\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T09:19:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T02:19:23","slug":"why-hong-kongs-commercial-property-deep-freeze-is-here-to-stay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-hong-kongs-commercial-property-deep-freeze-is-here-to-stay\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Hong Kong\u2019s commercial property deep-freeze is here to stay"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIn the second instalment of our two-part series on Hong Kong\u2019s beleaguered property market, analysts explore why this slump is different from past downturns. The first instalment discussed how the resurgence of the city\u2019s stock market as a venue for initial public offerings could boost office uptake and ease developers\u2019 pain.
\nSwiss bank UBS got a steal in 2003 when it leased 146,000 sq ft across six floors in Two International Finance Centre \u2013 then the tallest building in Hong Kong \u2013 for less…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…Why Hong Kong\u2019s commercial property deep-freeze is here to stay<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the second instalment of our two-part series on Hong Kong\u2019s beleaguered property market, analysts...<\/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-158957","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-FlP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":158589,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/can-hong-kongs-financial-sector-revive-the-citys-floundering-office-market\/","url_meta":{"origin":158957,"position":0},"title":"Can Hong Kong\u2019s financial sector revive the city\u2019s floundering office market?","date":"August 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r In the first instalment of our two-part series on Hong Kong\u2019s beleaguered property market, industry players pin their hopes on the resurgent IPO scene to boost office uptake and ease the pain for developers struggling with US$18.8 billion of loans. 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