{"id":170658,"date":"2026-03-01T06:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T23:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-small-office-landlords-turn-to-co-working-student-hostels-to-survive\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T06:42:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T23:42:17","slug":"hong-kongs-small-office-landlords-turn-to-co-working-student-hostels-to-survive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-small-office-landlords-turn-to-co-working-student-hostels-to-survive\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong\u2019s small office landlords turn to co-working, student hostels to survive"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHong Kong\u2019s struggling office landlords are ramping up efforts to convert their assets into co-working spaces and student accommodation in a bid to adapt to intense competition and the flight to quality, according to analysts.
\nWith some 3.5 million sq ft of new premium office space expected to be completed this year and next, on top of the 4.5 million sq ft added in 2024 and 2025, tenants are increasingly choosing to relocate to new and modern offices, leading to diverging fortunes for big…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…Hong Kong\u2019s small office landlords turn to co-working, student hostels to survive<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hong Kong\u2019s struggling office landlords are ramping up efforts to convert their assets into co-working...<\/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-170658","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-Ioy","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":116295,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/wework-dumps-about-fifth-of-coworking-space-in-breach-of-leases-signed-with-major-hong-kong-landlords\/","url_meta":{"origin":170658,"position":0},"title":"WeWork dumps about fifth of coworking space, in breach of leases signed with major Hong Kong landlords","date":"May 13, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\r WeWork, the US real estate firm, is returning about 20 per cent of its Hong Kong premises to their owners, as start-ups, small enterprises and other short-term tenants failed to take up its offering of shared working space in the city.It has given up 182,000 sq ft in Causeway\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":169395,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/banks-and-brokerages-growing-demand-for-space-buoys-hong-kongs-retail-property-sector\/","url_meta":{"origin":170658,"position":1},"title":"Banks and brokerages\u2019 growing demand for space buoys Hong Kong\u2019s retail property sector","date":"January 16, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong\u2019s banking and finance sector is tipped to lead retail property leasing activity, with massive uptake by firms like Forthright Securities, Futu Holdings and HSBC providing support to landlords struggling through a multi-year real estate slump. 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