{"id":3556,"date":"2014-01-16T07:23:11","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T07:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"urn:uuid:e25468cf-676e-40a3-9158-685c7af91bc9"},"modified":"2025-02-12T09:51:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T09:51:49","slug":"mapletree-wins-prime-commercial-site-in-kowloon-east","status":"publish","type":"newsroom","link":"https:\/\/www.mapletree.com.sg\/vn\/newsroom\/mapletree-wins-prime-commercial-site-in-kowloon-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapletree Wins Prime Commercial Site in Kowloon East"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd (\u201cMapletree\u201d or \u201cthe Group\u201d) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a prime site in Kwun Tong, Kowloon (Hong Kong SAR) at a price of HK$3.769 billion (approximately S$619 million<sup>[1]<\/sup>). Designated primarily for commercial purposes<sup>[2]<\/sup>, the plot spans a site area of about 5,112 square metres (55,026 square feet).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flanked by Wai Yip Street and Kwun Tong Road, the site is strategically located within Kowloon East, an existing key office cluster of Hong Kong SAR, which has also been earmarked as the new Central Business District (CBD2) to support Hong Kong SAR\u2019s long-term economic development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On securing the site, Mapletree plans to develop a Grade-A office building with a total Gross Floor Area (GFA) of 61,344 square metres (660,301 square feet), at a total development cost of more than HK$6 billion (approximately S$1 billion<sup>[3]<\/sup>). The planned development will be well-positioned to cater to the growing demand for quality, large and column-free office space to serve as the corporate headquarter and\/or for backroom operations. There has been a wave of relocation activities as financial institutions, insurance and logistics companies have started to consolidate their operations in this area. The site enjoys good traffic flow and is within walking distance from Ngau Tau Kok MTR station. The potential underground link to Ngau Tau Kok MTR station and the waterfront promenade would further enhance connectivity and accessibility to the site, and help channel both office and retail needs in the locality to the development which is projected to complete by 2017.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commenting on the award, Mr Hiew Yoon Khong, Group Chief Executive Officer of Mapletree said, \u201cThis is the Group\u2019s second land award in Hong Kong SAR in 12 months, the earlier being the successful bid for a logistics site in Tsing Yi. We are excited at the potential this good-sized site presents and it gives us the opportunity to develop Mapletree\u2019s first greenfield commercial development in Hong Kong SAR. Given the demand for good quality office space in Kowloon, we plan to draw on our experience, particularly in Singapore, in delivering outstanding commercial projects in the region\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mapletree\u2019s planned commercial project bodes well with the positive outlook of Hong Kong SAR\u2019s office sector. Hong Kong SAR has been witnessing low vacancy rates in the various major office clusters \u2013 Central, Wanchai\/Causeway Bay and Kowloon East. There will also be limited Grade-A office supply coming on-stream over the next five years against the increasing expansion demand from businesses particularly in the non-financial sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the Tsing Yi logistics site, Mapletree Group\u2019s portfolio in Hong Kong SAR consists of the landmark Festival Walk retail and office property, held by Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust, and eight logistics properties under Mapletree Logistics Trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>[1], [3]<\/sup>&nbsp;Based on HKD-SGD FX rate of 0.1642 as of 15 January 2014<br><sup>[2]<\/sup>&nbsp;Only for non-industrial (excluding residential, hotel, godown, petrol filling station and residential care home) use<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":189,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_trash_the_other_posts":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"editor_notices":[]},"tags":[629,114],"newsroom-category":[112,1135],"csr-category":[],"class_list":["post-3556","newsroom","type-newsroom","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-629","tag-news"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mapletree Wins Prime Commercial Site in Kowloon East - MIPL Vietnam<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mapletree-stag.altis.cloud\/vn\/newsroom\/mapletree-wins-prime-commercial-site-in-kowloon-east\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mapletree Wins Prime Commercial Site in Kowloon East - MIPL Vietnam\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SINGAPORE \u2013 Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd (\u201cMapletree\u201d or \u201cthe Group\u201d) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a prime site in Kwun Tong, Kowloon (Hong Kong SAR) at a price of HK$3.769 billion (approximately S$619 million[1]). 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