Luxury residential properties in Hong Kong is seeing robust demand, as reflected in the surging revenue of real estate agencies such as Habitat Property, which is forecasting a 25% growth for 2021. Founder and Managing Director Victoria Allan outlines the drivers fuelling the market, and why she expects these to continue. More
His relocation experiences as an expatriate led Indian-born Sachin Doshi to make a career leap from investment banking to entrepreneurship. He established Hong Kong rental accommodation firm Weave Living in 2017 and, in a space of just four years, the brand has grown from one property to a diversified portfolio of 579 units across five locations. Mr Doshi now actively seeks opportunities to meet diverse housing needs in other leading global cities. More
Anticipating that “proptech” — the application of technology in the property sector — and smart-city initiatives will bring massive changes to the real estate industry, Hong Kong developer Sino Group has set up a corporate innovation programme, PropXTech. More
Providing creatives with a support platform, Hong Kong co-working space V-Co aims to offer something different from the usual co-working environment. More
Zhong Lun Law Firm has established a presence in the region long before the Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) was revealed. The firm provides services to the GBA through its offices in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Louis Pe, Partner in Zhong Lun’s Hong Kong office says that playing to one’s strengths is the key to developing legal services in the GBA. More
Under a plan jointly issued by the Department of Natural Resources of Guangdong Province, the Guangzhou Branch of the People’s Bank of China and the Guangdong Bureau of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (Yue Zi Ran Zi Han No. 432 [2020]), all banking and financial institutions in the province must have online mortgage registration systems for immovable assets in place by the end of 2020, allowing customers to apply for corresponding mortgage loans conveniently. More
Hong Kong’s unique MICE (Meetings, incentives, conferencing, exhibitions) platform and start-up incubation environment highly conducive in supporting his expansion plans, according to Pham Phong, CEO of Cyfeer. More
Hong Kong-based flexible working space provider Compass Offices, established in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, found its first decade of operation challenging, but the company remains bullish on its prospects. More
Hong Kong’s newest business district, the gentrified area popularly known as “Island East” on the east of the city’s main island, is shaping up to offer far more than just the lower office rents that have drawn companies from Central over the past few years. More
Residential developments often proscribe to the same neutral colour schemes and inoffensive design but K11 Artus offers something different by putting artisanship at the forefront, with rare Chinese arts and crafts on display throughout the development, including a vase and a jade panel dating back to the mid-Qing Dynasty. More