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Real Estate
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Singapore retail rents up as vacancy rate tightens

Singapore retail rents increased in the third quarter of this year, according to Urban Redevelopment Authority. Figures published by The Straits Times show the rental rates increased by 2.3 percent, overturning a fall of 1.5 percent during the previous…

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Real Estate
1 min read

Saigon retail rents rise

Saigon retail rents are rising with space in the CBD hitting an average of US$135.50 per square meter in the third quarter, up by 5.8 percent year-on-year. According to a report by real-estate company CBRE, the average monthly rents outside the CBD were only…

Sasa Hong Kong
General
2 min read

Sa Sa in rent discussions with landlords

Hong Kong beauty retailer Sa Sa is in discussion with landlords over rent reductions and will reduce staff as it tries to address falling sales. In a profit warning, Sa Sa chairman and CEO Simon Kwok said August was its weakest month, with sales down by 32…

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Real Estate
2 min read

Hong Kong’s retail leasing market easing

Hong Kong’s retail leasing market is showing signs of slowing in tandem with easing retail sales. According to real estate advisor Savills says shopping-mall rents changed little in the second quarter, while prime streetfront retail rents fell by 1.9 per…

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Research
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Indian mall space to grow by 65 million sqft by 2022

India will take on more than 65 million sqft of new mall space by the end of 2022, according to a new report from real estate services firm Anarock. The report shows the region’s top seven cities will account for 72 percent of the new mall space, while tier 2…

Luxury restaurant Lawry’s
Food
1 min read

Luxury restaurant Lawry’s wins significant Rent Reduction

High-end US restaurant Lawry’s The Prime Rib, will pay 80 per cent less rent for its new location than the previous tenant who vacated the premises three years ago. The leased 6500sqft venue is located on the third floor of The Galleria in Central on the…

MyRent
Startups
1 min read

Peer-to-peer rental marketplace MyRent launched in Singapore

Singapore’s first peer-to-peer on-demand rental marketplace MyRent has launched. The site allows Singaporeans to rent items including photographic and sporting equipment, seasonal apparel and video games. After a beta trial, it already has more than 2000…

GS25
Living
1 min read

Korean GS25 launches shared-bike charging service

Starting June, customers of South Korean GS25 convenience stores will be able to charge shared electric bicycles or kickboards. GS25 announced on Wednesday that it will set up an electric bicycle and kickboard charging service facility at its stores in…

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Real Estate
2 min read

Rent reductions causes Bonjour Holdings a big loss

Bonjour Holdings sales fell 7.3 per cent last year as the health and beauty products retailer reorganised its store network. The company reported a loss attributable to shareholders of HK$39.6 million (US$5 million), which was a significant improvement on the…

Google Video Rental
Living
1 min read

Google offers Android users one 99-cent movie rental service

Haven’t seen Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper yet in A Star is Born? Google will let you rent it for only 99 cents from the Google Play Store. Android users are receiving a notification today about a special offer allowing them to pick one movie to rent from the…

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Living
3 min read

Canon Australia launches Renting Service for cameras

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but in terms of actual dollars, it could be worth many times that, once you consider the cost of all but the most entry-level DSLR cameras, lenses and other accessories. But now, a hefty price tag need not be an…

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Real Estate
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Hanoi office rental yield highest globally

Hanoi offered the highest grade A office rental yield in the world last year — 8.57 percent, a Savills report said. This was the third straight year the Vietnamese capital ranked top, according to the British property consultancy, which used data from the…

Hong Kong Central Business District
Real Estate
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The most expensive place to rent an office in the world

Central, Hong Kong’s frenetic business and retail heart, crammed with skyscrapers, swanky malls and luxury hotels, is the most expensive district for renting office around the world. Although the office rent in Hong Kong’s Central district is already the…

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General
3 min read

Hong Kong retail rents about to rise again

Hong Kong retail rents will recover more quickly in Kowloon than on Hong Kong Island according to projections by Colliers analyst Melanie Kotschenreuther. Kotschenreuther predicts high-street Kowloon retail rents will rise 5 per cent in Mong Kok this year and…

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Real Estate
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Hooters Hong Kong to face legal action from unpaid rent

Again accused of failing to keep abreast of rent payments, Hooters Hong Kong is facing legal action and eviction from its Wyndham Street premises in Central. A writ filed by landlord Dor Fook last week says the American restaurant chain has failed to pay…