{"id":172318,"date":"2026-08-05T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T23:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/innovation-platform-buys-hong-kong-office-tower-as-state-linked-buyers-seek-bargains\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T06:03:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T23:03:50","slug":"innovation-platform-buys-hong-kong-office-tower-as-state-linked-buyers-seek-bargains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/innovation-platform-buys-hong-kong-office-tower-as-state-linked-buyers-seek-bargains\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation platform buys Hong Kong office tower as state-linked buyers seek bargains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nThe acquisition of a Hong Kong office tower by an innovation platform backed by Ningbo\u2019s city government has reinforced analysts\u2019 expectations that mainland government-linked institutions could play a bigger role in the city\u2019s commercial property market, where prices remain depressed.<br \/>\nLand Registry records show Yonggang Science and Technology Innovation Centre reached an agreement with receivers on June 25 to buy the Konnect office building in Wan Chai for HK$800 million (US$102 million) \u2013 about&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/article\/3362930\/innovation-platform-buys-hong-kong-office-tower-state-linked-buyers-seek-bargains?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Innovation platform buys Hong Kong office tower as state-linked buyers seek bargains<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; The acquisition of a Hong Kong office tower by an innovation platform backed by Ningbo\u2019s&#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-172318","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-IPk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":158337,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/law-society-buys-26th-floor-of-the-center-at-half-price-amid-bargains\/","url_meta":{"origin":172318,"position":0},"title":"Law Society buys 26th floor of The Center at half price amid bargains","date":"July 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The Law Society of Hong Kong has bought an entire floor of offices in what was formerly the world\u2019s most expensive tower at a 50 per cent discount, the latest among astute investors who are picking up property in the city at bargain prices. 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