In a rare market move, a long-established local developer sold a Central retail shop that was held for over 50 years to an heir of Swiss underwear maker Triumph, according to data from the Land Registry, a deal analysts have called “highly unusual”.
The use of international capital to acquire local retail assets in Hong Kong is uncommon. Triumph International did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the South China Morning Post.
The transaction involved a ground-floor shop at...