{"id":171624,"date":"2026-04-26T10:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T03:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/2-speed-recovery-hits-central-landlords-as-older-towers-cut-rents-to-compete\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T11:48:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T04:48:59","slug":"2-speed-recovery-hits-central-landlords-as-older-towers-cut-rents-to-compete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/2-speed-recovery-hits-central-landlords-as-older-towers-cut-rents-to-compete\/","title":{"rendered":"2-speed recovery hits Central landlords as older towers cut rents to compete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nA two-speed recovery is emerging in Central\u2019s top-tier offices, prompting landlords to adopt a more hands-on leasing approach, including hiring asset managers, as rental performance diverges.<br \/>\nWhile much attention has focused on firms taking advantage of lower rents to move back into Central, widening the gap with other districts, data from CBRE showed another divide was widening within the business district itself.<br \/>\nIn the first quarter, vacancy in Central\u2019s grade A offices eased to about 9.6 per&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/article\/3351364\/2-speed-recovery-hits-central-landlords-older-towers-cut-rents-compete?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2-speed recovery hits Central landlords as older towers cut rents to compete<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; A two-speed recovery is emerging in Central\u2019s top-tier offices, prompting landlords to adopt a more&#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-171624","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-IE8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":172326,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/swire-earnings-show-hong-kongs-prime-commercial-districts-outpacing-others-in-recovery\/","url_meta":{"origin":171624,"position":0},"title":"Swire earnings show Hong Kong\u2019s prime commercial districts outpacing others in recovery","date":"August 6, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong\u2019s commercial property recovery is increasingly becoming a story of location, with the fortunes of the city\u2019s biggest landlords diverging depending on the districts where they own office space. 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