{"id":165723,"date":"2025-11-25T05:30:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T22:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-central-prime-office-rents-are-up-for-the-first-time-in-over-3-years\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T07:19:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T00:19:40","slug":"hong-kongs-central-prime-office-rents-are-up-for-the-first-time-in-over-3-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-central-prime-office-rents-are-up-for-the-first-time-in-over-3-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong\u2019s Central prime office rents are up for the first time in over 3 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nPrime office rents in Hong Kong\u2019s Central business district rose modestly in November \u2013 the first time in three and a half years \u2013 on the back of an overall improvement in vacancy rates, which helped buttress the negotiating stance of landlords, according to property consultancy JLL.<br \/>\nRents in Central inched up 0.1 per cent to HK$72.90 (US$9.36) per square foot from October, as the number of empty offices decreased slightly to 13.1 per cent from 13.4 per cent, JLL said. The last time that rents&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/companies\/article\/3333986\/hong-kongs-central-prime-office-rents-rise-first-time-more-3-years?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hong Kong\u2019s Central prime office rents are up for the first time in over 3 years<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Prime office rents in Hong Kong\u2019s Central business district rose modestly in November \u2013 the&#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-165723","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-H6X","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":76970,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-shopping-mall-rents-rise-for-the-first-time-in-a-year-as-foot-traffic-improves\/","url_meta":{"origin":165723,"position":0},"title":"Hong Kong\u2019s shopping mall rents rise for the first time in a year as foot traffic improves","date":"January 17, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong\u2019s prime shopping centres recorded growth in rental rates for the first time in three quarters, lifted by improving retail sales as local consumers enjoyed the wealth effects brought by rising property and stock prices. 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