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\nHong Kong\u2019s so-called headquarters economy, in which the city serves as a regional and global base for corporate headquarters, is spurring recovery in the commercial real estate sector as analysts forecast an improved investment environment this year.
\nThe city\u2019s battered office market showed signs of stability in 2025, with 2.1 million sq ft (195,000 square metres) of net absorption for the full year, the largest annual total since 2018, according to CBRE.
\nCentral recorded the biggest…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
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Hong Kong\u2019s so-called headquarters economy, in which the city serves as a regional and global...<\/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-170524","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-Imo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":172400,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/prudential-hong-kong-expands-headquarters-across-swire-properties-towers\/","url_meta":{"origin":170524,"position":0},"title":"Prudential Hong Kong expands headquarters across Swire Properties\u2019 towers","date":"August 19, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Prudential Hong Kong has agreed to lease headquarters space at Swire Properties\u2019 One Taikoo Place and One Island East, marking a notable expansion of its office footprint in the city, according to the developer. 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