Hong Kong’s strategy for HKIC to prop up city’s office market seen as challenging

Hong Kong’s government-backed investment fund is being redeployed to support the city’s sluggish commercial property sector, signaling authorities’ growing willingness to use public funds as a policy tool to steady office valuations and align real estate investment with the city’s industrial ambitions. Attracting foreign institutions, however, might prove challenging. The city’s elevated vacancy rates, looming new completions and uncertain rental recovery have kept global funds on the sidelines,...