Hong Kong Real Estate Companies

[Nowhereman1280]

Hi all,

I don't post here much, but I follow the site and am a big poster at SSP. This might be the wrong location on the forum to post this so please move it if it is.

Since there isn't a huge foreign presence on SSP, I decided to ask this over here:

My company (real estate consulting) is considering opening an office in either Shanghai or Hong Kong and needs to do a little bit of research on the two cities. I am trying to figure our what real estate firms are active in each city and what the best ones in each segment are.

So who do you all think are the best firms (local or international) active in Hong Kong in the following categories:

- Brokerage
- Architecture (not necessarily highrise, but fit out and small to medium build-to-suit)
- Project Management
- Construction Contractors

Also, if you have any reasons as to why Hong Kong would be better for a medium sized global real estate consultant to operate from than Shanghai, let me know. We are setting a SE Asia headquarters and most of our work right now is in Mainland China, the Philippines, and Vietnam...

Now is your chance to convince us to set up in Hong Kong instead of Shanghai! I know there is a lot of city-pride on this forum, so convince me HK is better!

[hkskyline]

You should contact Invest Hong Kong, who would give you a much more complete picture than us : http://www.investhk.gov.hk

[Nowhereman1280]

Originally Posted by hkskyline

You should contact Invest Hong Kong, who would give you a much more complete picture than us : http://www.investhk.gov.hk

Thanks, those are the kind of information sources that will probably be helpful.

[StanleyJ]

Originally Posted by Nowhereman1280

Also, if you have any reasons as to why Hong Kong would be better for a medium sized global real estate consultant to operate from than Shanghai, let me know. We are setting a SE Asia headquarters and most of our work right now is in Mainland China, the Philippines, and Vietnam...

Rule of law, in a nutshell. Kind of important for things like contracts and stuff. This includes building regulations, run by very obsessive civil servants come civil engineers. To the point it can be safe to say if anywhere in the world skyscrapers are over engineered, it'd be Hong Kong.

[elisonduncan]

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