What's hidden at the top of central Hongkong?

This year, Hong Kong stocks well, attracting thousands of executives of listed companies rich in Hongkong to buy a house, such as the father of the 98 million pesticides in Tsim Sha Tsui house, Mito CFO mid 150 million house, let two dogs from the side to know where home is good, which has high price mortgage pressure.

But in Hongkong to buy houses, as long as the money, have water house, buy it is a matter of minutes. The difficult thing is to find the top office in central, especially the top floor of those top office buildings. This is something that money can't solve.

Today we have a top central office eight hundred and eighteen, who are in use. Of course, first of all, simply understand the background of the central office building.

Central: Battle brick in bricks

Hongkong know more, house rent out. Nitrogen, in the past thirteen years, only office rents are bricks in the battle brick.

According to the rates of property valuation agency, its performance index is far higher than residential, retail shops and Arts crafts emporium.

As for rental performance, as of February 2017, rents in all central China rose by 7.6% year on year, more than Hongkong's 4.3% increase in the first quarter of GDP.

According to the difference of sound Valuation Department, the central office (or ABC), divided into three levels:

Office decoration is a new and high flexibility; interval; whole floor area is broad; and exquisite decoration and spacious lobby channel; central air conditioning system; a good passenger and cargo elevator equipment; professional management; general parking facilities.

B office decoration design in general but of good quality; flexible interval; whole floor area medium; lobby area is moderate; with central or independent air conditioning system; lift equipment enough; good management; do not have parking facilities.

C office design simple and basic decoration; interval less elastic; the entire floor area is small; the only basic facilities; there is no general central air conditioning system; to use the elevator or inadequate; management service is the lowest to the general level; there is no parking facilities.

Although many enterprises can not afford to rent, fled from central, but less tenants, which is an indisputable fact, the vacancy rate in central office is only 1.8%, far below the 4.3% level in Hong kong.

Elongated look, since 2000, the first class (a) office rent is not only a bull market to win all the central, bear market is properly secured.

Well, here we have a number of open, these rent expensive, the death of the top floor of the central office is who is renting?!

State gold two: Hongkong central mother

Not only is the first high-rise in central, but also in the central office environment of the most, most, the most, the best buildings

When 1996 began bidding, by Sun Hung Kai, Henderson, China gas, BOC Hongkong, new real estate and MTR cooperation development, the right to development 30 billion bid to win; and the project also staging a premium, two to four during the last patch 5 billion 500 million. Just look at Henderson, 23 billion 200 million this year, the price of the central - Admiralty site, you will know how much IFC (International Financial Center) is so expensive.

Now IFC is famous in period of two to 415.8 meters, and is the name of the people in the Four Seasons Hotels (three seasons hotel), underground shopping malls, because the traffic is very convenient, and the scenery is very beautiful, has become the enterprise to house office, is also the central commercial rental index, the peak of HK $200 to rent. "Batman: The Dark Knight" has also made the scene here.

Foreign investment, such as UBS (UBS) in the state gold two just when the occupation, is the first generation of large tenants, rented 40 to 52 floors, 45 floors and most of the floor. In 2003 when the foot rent 32 yuan, in 2012 rose to 106 yuan (already more than 120 yuan at that time, the market price 11%) to pay the rent for a month in 2014 21 million 758 thousand and 100; and increased rent in high-rise half floor, feet at a price of 125 yuan, the monthly expenditure of about 23 million 460 thousand yuan, to further lay large tenants. I wonder if the landlord will raise the rent when the lease is full in 2019 June

In addition to UBS, in the IFC two foreign and 9 floor of the 30 floor of the Blackstone, Nomura, 35 floor of the Soros Foundation (not sure now is still in the 63 floor of the bus and so on). Chinese words, yifangda Hongkong is on the 35 floor, the livelihood of the people of Hongkong on the 40 floor, the recent trouble in the 58 floor of Hainan Airlines co..

So, back to the topic of the topic, who is the top floor of the first office building in Central China?

The first host was Ren Zhigang.

In 2001, the then financial secretary Donald Tsang, according to the Exchange Fund Ordinance to the HKMA (Hongkong central mom) group of 3 billion 700 million Hong Kong dollars budget, so they bought the gold 55 to 56 floor to the 88 floor and 77 (calculated special evaluation is every 285 million Hong Kong dollars). On the top floor of the 88 floor is the office of President Ren Zhigang and two vice presidents of the hkma.

3 billion 700 million Hong Kong dollars, not at that time, is now an astronomical figure, which has caused a great deal of social repercussions. A voice is the most typical area: as the linked exchange rate monetary policy at the helm, Ren Zhigang annual artificial it is three times eight times, chairman of the Federal Reserve in Europe, Britain, Japan's central bank governor, it is not scientific! And 3 billion 700 million to buy office buildings, as well as their own private elevator, will not be too luxurious point, when the Hongkong exchange fund is their own money?

In this regard, Ren Zhigang's explanation is: the purchase of property is more reasonable than long-term lease, is a good investment.

Anyway, anyway, now he's retired, and his master has changed to Chen Delin. And look at the rent increase in UBS. It's not unreasonable to say anything in that year, isn't it?.

No, look at the history of change at the top of the central circle.

Central central: Taihe Holdings (718)

This is Li Jiacheng built the building, completed in 1998, 79 of the top of the building is the first owner day software (8028) in 2000 with Cheung bought, spent HK $178 million. This company has now no visibility, but that year but the first Hongkong GEM companies, by the end of 1999 the successful fund-raising 450 million Hong Kong dollars (and then spent 30% to buy), who thought the dot com boom blasting, the performance of the company and the share price will not then, finally in July 2005 the top 150 million selling price (almost 20 million loss) at present the company, and the market value of 169 million, also lost in the floor.

Disk access man is Yu Taixing (Hongkong real estate) the prince Luo Shouhui ye, holding the goods after three years, with 293 million sold to a Korean investment fund.

Then, three years later, in 2010, the top floor was found by the South Korean fund, another man who took advantage of the situation. This is the Lihison family (one of the four families of Hongkong by the British Hong Kong government) of the diamond bachelor, at the time of the transaction price of 338 million Hong Kong dollars, foot price of more than 25 thousand dollars, broke the Hongkong office foot price record.

Of course, in January 2017, the top center also changed hands, Wo Holdings (718) Tai Infinite Holdings Group Investment Holdings Limited spent $536 million to become the new owner of the property, and the mortgage is still in the market of the two placement to. The company issued 447 million shares at 1.2 yuan per share. The company has a share price of 1.16 yuan, with a market capitalization of 6 billion 90 million.

The company's largest shareholder is Cai Huabo, holding 73.71%. In addition to their own companies and property, the boss in Hongkong some time ago also spent a lot of money in the market to buy two Hongkong Grand Central Hotel Shanghai, The Peninsula Hotel (45) is the parent company directly to buy second big shareholders (it seems really love Hongkong brick).

More background feeling is not convenient, say more, go search for yourself. Let's move on to the next link and look at the other top floor owners!

Yangtze River Center: Li Jiacheng

Now think of it, Jiang or the old hot ah, China or Hongkong worth mentioning, in addition to the Yangtze River Center, other properties are available for sale assets. On the first half of 2017, only a few properties rental Hongkong, Li Jiacheng received 1 billion 590 million Hong Kong dollars.

In 2016, Prince Li Zeju counted two dogs,

The center of the Yangtze River valued at HK $27 billion, 1 billion 500 million a year rent, an average of 6% IRR, is definitely a long face to the group of cash cow ah.

Tenants are also very BBG, almost four (18, 25-27), Barclay in 41-43 and 47, Merrill Lynch on the 52 floor, Goldman Sachs on the 68 floor, overlooking the warlords. Order in 30-33, there are 35 layers, Hongkong Securities Regulatory Commission location slightly embarrassing, top-down regulatory pressure is not small ah.

Of course, the most no suspense is the top level of the owner, properly must be Li Jiacheng himself!

The richest man's office is not big, 200 feet, three French windows guarantee that every day you can face the sea. The table is very neat, various phone for various instructions, plus a BBG observation of the company's share price, and a lot of Feng Shui, like calligraphy.

Office furnishings for the future of the richest people to study hard!

Bank of China Tower: seven Hall

As a classic of Ieoh Ming Pei, Bank of China Tower is definitely a landmark in central, and even Hongkong.

In 1982, the Hong Kong government sold it to the Bank of China with a huge discount of HK $1 billion 100 million, which was one of the acts of the Chinese government at that time. But the land was a bit small, only 6700 square meters.

The small area of the old Murray house moved to. The old Murray house was built in 1844, did the British garrison barracks, is of historic significance, so that in order to build the BOC Murray house is a brick at a mark, the overall move to stanley.

Another background is being done on the Murray house military headquarters, including many of the prisoners reportedly killed, more than 4000 people, so when the levy, timid Yin will feel a bit heavy.

This is Ieoh Ming Pei play an inspired passage of time, he gave the silver designed bamboo appearance, represents a Potuerchu strength and vitality. For tenants, the other is the Ding cai!

N if pull an Hongkong most people believe that the Bank of Feng Shui, better and better, some edges to other office buildings, it is relatively sharp, feel like flying in the face of a huge xiaolifeidao. So, on the side, Li Jiacheng's center of the Yangtze River is simply one of the four sides, and HSBC has added two cranes to the top of the roof (pretending to be a fort), which have saved Feng Shui and his achievements.

Well, come back to the top floor. Bank of China Tower was opened in 1990, 90 percent of the total, a total of 70 stories. The third floor is the silver business hall, the 17 floor is the restaurant and banquet hall (yes, forget to remind you can watch together and the central office, and despise chain lunch) on top of the 70 floor was not as the president of the office, but vacated the whole layer as places of entertainment.

This is called the seven Hall of the banquet hall, should be the best venue in central Hongkong scenery, the big table can put 24 people sitting on both sides, there are sofa, pantry, toilet what, plus the sun or light, there is a station in central to the top of the feeling.

Unfortunately, this place is not so open, I did not find photos, two have not been, I really admire the imagination of its own, ha ha.

AIA: or that AIA?

In front of BOC, set up the most inconvenient lunch office building AIA. This is the original place in Hongkong once mighty Furama Hotel, by the end of 2001 officially closed down, and then by the American International Group, CapitaLand and Lixin group composed of Haifeng Development Group Co., the construction was eventually completed in 2005.

Compared with the previous building, AIA is a little overweight, but only 35 storey Seaview also attracted many Niubi tenants, such as our true central mother safe on the 16 floor overlooking the Hongkong central mother's IFC, MITSUBISHI UFJ, Tokyo industrial Hongkong, light silver, the main international industry Lixin development are there.

And the top floor is AIA (1299), the top floor is the executive's office, what CEO, CFO, open the board of directors, see investors, banquets, the best sales staff, and so on, are here. Two dogs said to go to IR meeting, watching them without shelter all sea view, trance, really feel that you have the whole world!

And the insurance number will tell you that one of the secrets of their product's steady return is the building. We can make a reference.

Landmark Department

The landmark is in a very unique place, MTR central coordinates, bridge system is developed; the shopping mall area was small, but big aggregates, such as Tiffany, replica Louis Vuitton bags uk, Celine, Gucci, MB, RV and so on; eat both convenient paparazzi atrium Caf e, and Michelin. L'ATELIER DE JOEL ROBUCHON fighter, and the world of coffee a Fuel; not to mention their annual Christmas decoration is the most gorgeous.

There are three office buildings above the atrium, Gloucester, Tower, Edinburgh, Tower and York House. Tenants are also very demanding, such as Point 72 (formerly known as SAC), DE, Shaw, cheap replica chanel handbags UK, and so on.

K L GATES

Duke Mansion (Edinburgh Tower) the top 43 floor tenants is a US firm K L GATES, the United States ranked eighth, ranking eleventh in the world, customers covering major industries worldwide well-known enterprises, capital market participants, middle market companies, emerging growth companies, as well as public institutions, educational institutions, charitable organizations and individuals.

Highbridge Capital Management

This is the tenant on the 14 floor of the top floor of York Building (York House). This is an American Investment Fund (multi-strategy alternative offbeat investment management firm), founded in 1992, AUM now has 25 billion dollars, bought a 55% stake in 2004 when they JPM.

Banker 's Club

Top layer of Gloucester Tower. The sign on the door says it's only for members. The official website says there are 2000 members now.

The club occupies 43, with 44, two layers, there are The, Dragon, The, Treasury, The, Bar, The, Harmony four dining room, the service is managed by the peninsula club.

Anyway, snail sister followed the boss to Ceng Ceng once lunch, the environment is very good, the restaurant popularity is very strong, the service is very good, things are delicious, thank you boss to pay!

Didn't you think there's a restaurant on the top floor?. Just some sad mulberry discovery, the top floor of the restaurant is forced to uphold the characteristics of the top floor office building, can not afford to buy a series of eating are not necessarily eating.

Trading square two: American Club

It is also a club with a long history and distinguished status. The United States will be established in 1925, 400 members in 1936, and by 1969 the membership had increased to 945. The board of directors think rent has been on the rise, membership has been increasing, must have their own a little spot.

As a result, in 1985 bought the transaction Plaza two top-level, both as club assets, but also for Debenture Holders asset appreciation.

Now a personal membership dues to HK $438 thousand per month, monthly fee of HK $2570, there were two old driver members have the right to vote by the board of directors recommend you, what kinds of interview, through waiting list, to wait until the organization call you oh! This difficulty should be no less than the children go to school oh.

However, their Trading Plaza is also very good, the central office building, HKEx, the Japanese consulate, the Canadian Consulate, Latham, Watkins, Allen, Overy, and so on are here.

If I have to find out the distinction between the words in three buildings, I heard recently because of the large tenant HKEx to his office to allintegrated Exchange Square two, so the owners to lease land, two not to renew, the tenant feel two period to dog my cats. So one thing to see the United States will directly buy the top, or visionary.

Old Bank of China Tower: China Club

As mentioned above, Bank of China Tower is a landmark in central, and a little bit of old Bank of China Tower are still in use, and the top floor is also a club restaurant -- China will.

Founded and operated by Deng Yongqiang, founder of Shanghai in 1991, the membership system was implemented. The main members were bankers, entrepreneurs and professionals in central (not the central migrant worker's level).

You look at the membership fees online, you can feel it. (but it's already a lot cheaper than America.)

(more famous China Club and a Beijing branch in Xidan West knitting wool alley No. 51, peak time attracted many respected figures in the past, only after no corruption.)

Small snail meal for sister to eat, compared with the Banker s Club China Club ", a little more interior art, the structure is more about a point, lunch racket is very lively. The menu is quite Chinese, and even Lanzhou Ramen has it. When you finish eating, you will send a lucky cookie, which will give you a Western and Chinese ending.

As for how to use the membership in the case of no membership: ask the boss if there is no membership, let the boss go to a location, and then call the past said the boss can't come in a few days, it is better to help the boss reservation for my!

Please call me Lei Feng! And thank you for every effort to invite you to dinner!

Prince Building: Sevva

After the three home to membership to children to eat, to the last walk in membership will not, on the 25 floor of Prince Building. The first is the open balcony very praise, while drinking, watching the sunset, watching the still on the edge of the office of the forced migrant workers work overtime.