〈The Standard, Oct 31,2026〉Swire Properties (1972) has officially rebranded its INDIGO mixed-use development in Beijing’s Chaoyang District as Taikoo Place Beijing, combining the existing site and an upcoming Phase Two expansion under its flagship commercial brand. We
The move marks the debut of the Taikoo Place brand—established in Hong Kong more than four decades ago—in the mainland, where the Beijing project represents Swire Properties’ largest single investment. Four newly built Grade-A office towers and adjacent retail space at the site received occupation permits in late September, the company said, with phased handovers currently underway.
〈Hong Kong Business Oct 30,2026〉The government has set a target of 420,000 new housing units for the 10-year period to 2037, according to its Long Term Housing Strategy Annual Progress Report.
The target comprises 294,000 public housing units and 126,000 private housing units, maintaining a 70:30 public-to-private housing ratio.
The government said it plans to provide 176,000 public rental housing and green form subsidised home ownership scheme units, alongside 118,000 other subsidised sale flats.
〈The Standard, Oct 29, 2026〉One Marina in To Kwa Wan, developed by Sino Land (0083), China Merchants Land (0978), and the Urban Renewal Authority, began receiving checks on Thursday and is considering launching additional units shortly.
The project plans to upload its first sales arrangement as early as early next week, including both price list and tender.
〈Asian Post Oct 28, 2026〉Land prices in government land sales in the second half of 2025 (H2) moved toward the upper end of market expectations,KLL said.
“This reflects that developers have regained their appetite for land acquisition and confidence in the residential market, particularly for urban land with suitable size and consideration,” the firm’s report said. It noted the last time land prices exceeded market expectations by over 30% was in 2021.
〈RTHK News,Oct 27,2026〉A Housing Bureau unit found to have been primarily responsible for failed supervision of major renovations at Wang Fuk Court in the runup to the fire will be replaced within about a month by a new body, Deputy Financial Secretary Michael Wong said on Friday.
About 300 staff at the bureau's Independent Checking Unit will move over to the new Public Housing Building Control Unit, which will have a project-based workflow.
Making the announcement, Wong, the acting secretary for housing, said under the new workflow system, each major maintenance job would get a dedicated team and a project liaison officer as a one-stop contact for owners’ corporations, instead of splitting inspection, structural checks, minor works and site monitoring across different desks.
