〈The Standard, Mar 14, 2026〉
US investment bank JP Morgan has agreed to lease six floors of Artist Square Towers (AST) at the West Kowloon Cultural District, local developer Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016) said.
The financial services firm will occupy six connected floors of AST’s East and West Towers, totalling approximately 250,000 square feet, under a ten-year lease, it said in a statement on Friday. The commitment stands as a “resounding vote of confidence in Hong Kong’s enduring strength as a premier international financial center,” said SHKP chairman and managing director Raymond Kwok Ping-luen.
〈Hong Kong Business Mar 13, 2026〉
Hong Kong’s construction sector saw private construction decline sharply in the fourth quarter of 2025 (Q4 2025), with private sector sites falling 23.2% nominally to $16.6b, whilst public sector projects rose 2.9% nominally to $34.3b, supporting overall output.
Total gross value of construction works (GVCW) performed by main contractors fell 6.1% nominally to $73.2b, according to provisional results released by the Census and Statistics Department on 12 March.
〈The Standard, Mar 12, 2026〉
Central Residence by The Park, co-developed by Pacific Century Premium Developments (0432) and CSI Properties (0497), will offer five units for sale by tender next Monday.
The five units feature one- and two-bedroom layouts, ranging from 380 to 635 square feet. PCPD sales and marketing director Cello Chan mentioned that after the record-breaking transaction of the two-bedroom unit sold on Wednesday, market enquiries increased significantly, which fully reflected the attractiveness of the project.
〈Asian Post, Mar 11,2026〉
Hong Kong’s Northern Metropolis development faces critical tests on construction methods and land-tender rules, analysts said, as the city seeks to accelerate housing delivery and industrial growth.
Jack Tong, director of research and consultancy at Savills (Hong Kong) Ltd., said modular construction technologies are central to cost control and efficiency. The shift to modular integrated construction reduced building time by 30% on a Tung Chung public housing project, he told Hong Kong Business.
“The shift to a dual-envelope tender system is also critical, as it evaluates bids based on their economic and industrial contribution to the Metropolis to ensure private development aligns with the initiative’s goals,” he added.
〈RTHK News, Mar 10, 2026〉
Mainland and Hong Kong stocks closed down on Thursday as investor risk appetite waned amid few signs that the US-Israel war with Iran would end soon.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index ended down 182 points, or 0.7 percent, at 25,716.
The China enterprises index was almost five points, or 0.06 percent, down at 8,699 while the tech index was down 27 points, or 0.54 percent, at 5,027
Shares of Guotai Junan International and Citic Securities fell 4.2 percent and 1.7 percent, respectively, over media reports that Hong Kong authorities had raided the two brokerages this week.
