Developers hope to leverage Shenzhen’s model city status, price residential project as most expensive in its area
- China Jinmao Holdings Group, Power Construction Corporation of China forked out 8.3 billion yuan for the site in 2016
- Only nine projects have been priced at more than 100,000 yuan per square metre in Shenzhen
A 665-unit project in Shenzhen could be home to flats worth 20 million yuan (US$2.8 million), if its developers win approval for an average price of 100,000 yuan per square metre, industry insiders said.
Longhua Jinmao Palace, which was completed eight months ago and has been left unsold since then, could – at a 50 per cent premium over its neighbourhood – become the Shenzhen Longhua district’s most expensive residential development.
Last week, China Jinmao Holdings Group and state-owned Power Construction Corporation of China organised a curtain-raiser for the project, Longhua Jinmao Palace, with the hope of leveraging an announcement by Beijing 10 days earlier that it would reform Shenzhen as a model city for the country and the world.
“No doubt that the recent policy favouring Shenzhen has stimulated the housing market, as we have seen demand increase sharply. Developers now would like to derive the benefits of this exciting news and get a better deal,” said Yan Yuejin, research director at Shanghai-based property services company E-House China Research and Development Institution.
“In theory, home prices have to increase when we see talent flocking to a city. However, how fast they go up still depends largely on government controls over the sector,” he added.
A joint venture between China Jinmao Holdings and Power Construction Corporation of China forked out 8.3 billion yuan, or 56,800 yuan per square metre, for the site in Longhua in 2016, beating 17 rivals.
