OfficeSpaceCongress

北京楼市最严峻之时——2012亚洲办公空间会议专家言道

mns@rfpmagazine.com (Administrator) — Tue, 08 May 2012 02:51:30 GMT

「处境不好，也没有变得更好」，是上周商业地产专家在北京举行的亚洲办公室空间会议上讨论时传达出信息。本次会议开展的时间恰到好处，从而获得了巨大的成功，会议主办方如是说。主办方 Facility Media作为北京第一家此类型的公司，将超过110个行业专家聚集在一起参与了本次讨论。

在名为“专家讨论”的小组讨论中，来自仲量联行, 世邦魏理仕, 高纬环球以及本地公司易城中国的成员指出现在北京的租金已经上涨了77%，一些楼房的房价已经超过了纽约曼哈顿的A级楼房租金。

这个问题原因在于A等级空间的供应。缺少库存意味着能使用的楼盘将变得异常昂贵。针对一些楼房已经变得比其他昂贵的现状，小组成员将其究因于物业管理，这也是本次会议的另一个热点话题。

好的物业管理能给楼房带来有实质的东西。如果这个楼房并不只是外表出众，而且拥有良好的服务，那租户肯定能体验到。最重要的是，在一个拥有优秀管理的楼房中，公司职工更容易感到安全和健康，比如说，更好的空调维修并减少使用有害化学清洁剂能产生更清新的空气。

Beijing Office Market Tightest in Years

mns@rfpmagazine.com (Administrator) — Tue, 08 May 2012 02:24:54 GMT

Beijing Office Market Tightest in Years, say experts at Asia Office Space Congress 2012

Its bad and its not getting better was the message received at the Asia Office Space Congress held in Beijing last week as commercial real estate experts discussed the office space market in Beijing. Coming at just the right time the Congress was a huge success, says organizers, Facility Media, as the first of its kind in Beijing it brought together over 110 key players to discuss the burning issues. (Photo courtesy of CBRE)

At the panel discussion entitled ‘Experts on the Spot’, panelists from Jones Lang LaSalle, CB Richard Ellis, Cushman & Wakefield and local firm e-Commercial described of rental increases in Beijing of up to 77 percent, with some buildings now more expensive than in class A buildings in New York’s Manhattan area.

The problem is supply of grade A space. Lack of stock means what is available becomes very expensive. However some buildings have become more expensive than others – panelists attribute this to property management, which was another key topic for discussion at the one day Congress.

Hong Kong Squeeze

mns@rfpmagazine.com (Administrator) — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:35:00 GMT

In 2011 Hong Kong was tight on space. Experts had predicted it at the 2010 Office Space Congress with the brave wildly saying the prime office buildings’ rent would go up to an unprecedented HK$200 a square foot. Lack of supply and a relatively buoyant economy pushed it above that. Combined with low vacancy, Hong Kong was starting to look like a less attractive place to do business. The question organisers of the congress then posed to speakers was “What are we going to do about it?” The solution could come in a number of formats.

THE GOVERNMENT APPROACH
The first group of people that should be concerned about Hong Kong not stacking up next to regional rivals in the supply of reasonably priced and available office space is the government. So the first speaker of the day was Jimmy C.F. Leung, Director of Planning, Government of the HKSAR. His solutions in the short term were a scramble but in the longer term his revelations that preceded the Secretary for Development’s announcement later in the afternoon were exciting.

India Rising

mns@rfpmagazine.com (Administrator) — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:13:05 GMT

The Asia Office Space Congress Mumbai was the first event Facility Media had held in the subcontinent and the experience brought a whole different angle to corporate real estate and work place strategy.

The Asia Office Space Congress Mumbai was the first event Facility Media had held in the subcontinent and the experience brought a whole different angle to corporate real estate and work place strategy. Though most multinational companies are still leasing in India the scope and shape of their facilities differs from that in the highly dense urban centres of Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai. While there are many other generic property related events in India, delegates were particularly keen to learn and to get the most value that they could from the tailored Office Space Congress.

Ready For Business

mns@rfpmagazine.com (Administrator) — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 07:54:23 GMT

2011 was a year of the RFP crew travelled around Asia learning not just to what extent Asia is adopting and refining global office trends. Attendees also learnt some surprising facts about local business practices impacting the office space market.

Shanghai was in 201l officially crowned as China’s commercial centre. With local and international banks crowding into the city’s high-rises, foreign direct invest has continued largely unchecked even as the government has been actively instating measures to cool the local residential property markets.

The first speaker in Shanghai was Wendy Yao head of investment at China Treasury Trust, a Singapore listed trust that invests in Chinese commercial properties that it then puts through a programme of redevelopment and aggressive asset management to increase these properties yield. They hold a combination of income producing and development assets. While office space makes up a fair proportion of the company’s portfolio, like many in the Chinese commercial properties Yao is currently very strong on retail developments stating that they would become an increasingly significant asset class in the coming year.

Platinum Rated

cs@rfpmagazine.com (Claire Saeki) — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 07:15:37 GMT

If Hong Kong’s general environmental record was to be encapsulated in a phrase ‘too little, too late’ would sum up most efforts. However sitting as an example to the naysayers is the highest ever LEED platinum rated project.

Few people would have put money on Hong Kong producing any form of green building achievement. However in one rather stunning exception to that rule the Jones Lang LaSalle’s 5/F and 6/F, Three Pacific Place office in the heart of Hong Kong has set the record for the highest scores ever achieved by a LEED® project. Leveraging internal expertise in design, construction, operations, and management, the JLL project team ensured an integrated design approach – proven the best method for achieving cost effective, environmentally uplifting design - was adopted from the outset.

Online Office

mns@rfpmagazine.com (Administrator) — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 07:01:42 GMT

In 2010, Tencent, provider of China’s largest internet service portal, sought to occupy a new office space in Shenzhen that would serve as inspiration for its largely Gen-Y staff. Its goal was to reflect the company’s creative culture and display its unique position between physical and virtual reality. To address this challenge, designers EDG Creatives developed the design concept “Between 2 Worlds”, transforming the company’s traditional gridded workspace into a highly adaptive environment using different visual themes for each of its eleven floors.

Lifestyle Choices

mns@rfpmagazine.com (Administrator) — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 03:34:23 GMT

Oakhill is just another in a string of high end apartment buildings that offer luxurious appointments along side being green.

The “Oakhill” project in Wanchai, Hong Kong with a HK BEAM “Gold” rating, was developed by the Project Team of Brilliant Pearl Limited - the joint venture company between Lai Sun Group and Invesco Real Estate.

A high-rise residential tower with a height of 180 meters, Oakhill dominates the surrounding area. The building consists of 130 generous units with sizes from 906 sqf to 3,023 sqf, with two duplex penthouse units at the top floor. The podium block comprises a Sky Garden, Club House, Carpark and retail shops.

Asian Aesthetics

mns@rfpmagazine.com (Christina Ip) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:16:35 GMT

HBO+EMTB was commissioned to provide interior design and build services for Asian Century Quest Capital, LLC, an Asian equity firm’s new tenancy in the new-built 50 Connaught Road Central.
The design draws on elegant and contemporary Asian flavours. The subtle interplay of luxury furniture and art pieces, rich red colour palette of walls, translucent partitioning and timber flooring, providing a modern aesthetic and Asian cultural accent throughout the front of house. The workspace is also designed to be an open as possible and maximising natural light.

Roche Hong Kong

mns@rfpmagazine.com (Christina Ip) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:59:14 GMT

Roche Hong Kong Limited appointed HBO+EMTB to provide interior design and build services for their new office at Caroline Centre. As Roche known for innovative health care, the design of the office reflects strong emphasised on its corporate image.

The design also converted an office into flexible and high quality training that support Roche’s mission of promoting teamwork, open communication and effective knowledge sharing.