{"id":52794,"date":"2017-04-25T08:30:13","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T01:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mtr-to-enlarge-its-retail-portfolio-by-40-pc-over-the-next-five-years-to-bolster-rental-income\/"},"modified":"2017-04-25T08:33:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T01:33:21","slug":"mtr-to-enlarge-its-retail-portfolio-by-40-pc-over-the-next-five-years-to-bolster-rental-income","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mtr-to-enlarge-its-retail-portfolio-by-40-pc-over-the-next-five-years-to-bolster-rental-income\/","title":{"rendered":"MTR to enlarge its retail portfolio by 40 pc over the next five years to bolster rental income"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nMTR Corp plans to enlarge its retail portfolio by 40 per cent over the next five years to help broaden its earnings base and soften the shock from a potential slowdown in the real estate sector, according to a company official.<br \/>\nThe railway operator, which also has a successful property business, plans to increase its retail leasing portfolio to 3.6 million square feet by 2020.<br \/>\nThis includes increased floor space that will come online following the completion of shopping malls in Tai Wai Station&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/property\/hong-kong-china\/article\/2090053\/mtr-enlarge-its-retail-portfolio-40-pc-over-next-five-years\" target=\"_blank\">MTR to enlarge its retail portfolio by 40 pc over the next five years to bolster rental income<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; MTR Corp plans to enlarge its retail portfolio by 40 per cent over the next&#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-52794","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-dJw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":114553,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/new-world-development-sells-hk3-billion-stakes-in-two-shopping-malls-to-mtr-as-hong-kongs-retail-sector-reels-from-protests-coronavirus\/","url_meta":{"origin":52794,"position":0},"title":"New World Development sells HK$3 billion stakes in two shopping malls to MTR as Hong Kong\u2019s retail sector reels from protests, coronavirus","date":"February 26, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\r New World Development has sold its interest in two Hong Kong shopping malls to MTR Corporation, the city\u2019s sole rail operator, for HK$3 billion (US$385 million) as the local retail sector slips into a deep slump.The developer said the sale of the \u201cnon-core\u201d assets, a 50 per cent stake\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":52796,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mtr-corp-will-study-residential-development-in-other-railway-stations-to-increase-flat-supply-says-property-director\/","url_meta":{"origin":52794,"position":1},"title":"MTR Corp will study residential development in other railway stations to increase flat supply, says property director","date":"April 25, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r As property director of Hong Kong\u2019s subway operator MTR Corp since 2011, David Tang Chi-fai leads a team looking after 13 shopping malls, managing 96,000 retail units and the building of 28,000 flats \u2013 18,000 for MTR and 10,000 for West Rail \u2013 through partnerships with private developers. 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