5 November 2014 - Billion Group outbid 14 developers including Cheung Kong Holdings (0001) and Sino Land (0083) to win the last Pak Shek Kok seaview residential site for HK$2.54 billion. The offer is higher than forecasted market estimates. A tender for the site, which is located in the Tai Po area, failed in March this year despite seven bids hav
16 October 2014 - Li Ka-shing, Asia's richest man and chairman of property developer Cheung Kong (0001) yesterday released a public statement commenting on Occupy Central for the first time. Li called on young people to abandon their Occupy Central campaign and go back to their families. Li expressed that he does not want to see a stand still in H
16 September 2014 - After a failed tender two years ago, MTR Corporation (0066) re-launched its mega project atop Tai Wai station for tender again this month and received 23 bidding documents from developers prior to yesterday's closing. This marks the highest number of bids ever recorded for an MTR Corporation tender project. The 23 developers wh
11 September 2014 - The MTR Corporation (0066) yesterday announced its intention to retender the mega Tai Wai Station Project. Market expectations forecast that the land premium will be slashed by 30% to around HKD8.11 billion (below HKD3,000 /sq.ft (gross floor area)). Many developers including Cheung Kong Holdings (0001) and Sun Hung Kai Propert
14 August 2014 - Billion Development outbid property giants including Cheung Kong Holdings (0001) and Henderson Land (0012) and won the commercial-cum-residential site with a gross floor area of 1.07 million square feet in Yeung Uk Road, Tsuen Wan, for HK$3.94 billion. The price obtained was lower than market estimates. In addition, Wang On Group
13 August 2014 - I was honored to be invited by esteemed Bloomberg journalist Angie Lau to discuss the recent “trend” of micro-apartments in Hong Kong that have received significant press attention. Cheung Kong has recently launched the sales of Mont Vert, a new development of micro-sized apartments, which includes studios ranging from 177-196 sqf
1 August 2014 - Cheung Kong Holdings (0001) announced its interim report this week which saw its net profit soar 59 percent in the first six months of the year to HK$21.35 billion from a year ago, beating market expectations. Cheung Kong Group Chairman Li Ka-shing said in the report that buyer sentiment had recently improved, and construction cost
28 July 2014 - 433 units at Cheung Kong's “Mont Vert (Phase 1)” development in Tai Po were quickly sold during the first two days of its launch, cashing in over HK$2.6 billion. Adding to other developments sold earlier this year, Cheung Kong has already received over HK$17.6 billion in year-to-date residential sales. This compares very favourably
18 July 2014 - Cheung Kong yesterday released the price list of the first batch units of Mont Vert Phase 1 in Tai Po. The Sales of First-hand Residential Properties Authority found that the developer specified in the document of sale arrangements for its 260 first batch units that all of the registrants who will have submitted the Registration of
15 July 2014 - Local newspapers reported that the mega Kwun Tong redevelopment project, Kung Tong Town Centre Project (Development Areas 2 & 3), received a fewer-than-expected four tenders. These included offers from Sun Hung Kai (0016), Wheelock (0020) and Henderson Land Development, and one unknown party. Surveyors are worried that the project c