Kennedy Town (Site D1)
Area (Plan D1) : “R(E) ” Zone 2014^ (in ha) (about) 0.15 No. of Private Industrial Buildings : 2014^ Occupied 2 Wholly vacant - Under renovation - Tot al 2 ^ Survey undertaken in May 2014.
Details of Private Industrial Buildings
Total No. of Private Industrial Buildings : 2 Total No. of Units Involved : 152 Total GFA* Involved (about) : 20,537m2
No. of Units Successfully Surveyed : 130 (85.5%) Total GFA * Successfully Surveyed (about) : 18,028m2 (87.8%)
No. of Buildings Wholly Under Occupied Tot al vacant renovation No. of Storeys 1 - 7 storeys - - - - 8 - 19 storeys - - - - 20 storeys or above 2 - - 2 Land Ownership (as at end June 2014) Single - - - - Multiple 2 - - 2 Building Age (as at end March 2014) < 15 years - - - - 15 – 29 years 2 - - 2 30 years or above - - - - Building Condition Good - - - - Fair - - - - Poor 2 - - 2
Surrounding Land Uses : Residential developments, industrial buildings in Kennedy Town “I” area and adjoining pier, underground refuse transfer station, government, institution and community uses (including public mortuary and salt water pumping station), open spaces, petrol filling station, bus terminus, temporary uses (including works site for West Island Line) and green belt zone.
* Conversion factor from internal floor area to gross floor area is 1.3333.
Kennedy Town “R(E)” Area 1
Vacancy Rate (based on GFA*)
PlanD’s Area Assessments “R(E)” Zone Survey in 2013-14 Territorial 6.0% Hong Kong Island 4.6% Kennedy Town 2.1%# # Survey undertaken in May 2014.
Derived from R&VD’s Raw Data “R(E)” Zone 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Territorial 4.2% 4.7% 4.3% 4.2% 4.6% 2.9% Hong Kong Island 5.0% 1.0% 4.7% 2.1% 1.0% 1.7% Kennedy Town 2.2% 1.8% - 1.7% 1.8% -
Tak e-up (derived from R&VD’s raw data and based on BD’s Monthly Digests) “R(E)” Zone 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Territorial (m2)* -5,044 -4,826 -11,792 -19,690 25,287 Hong Kong Island (m2)* 7,764 -7,343 5,153 2,190 -1,286 Kennedy Town (m2)* 73 339 -318 -22 339
Subdivision of Units Types of Units Units GFA* No. % m2 % Non-subdivided Units 152 100.0 20,537 100.0 Subdivided Units - - - - Total 152 20,537
Predominant Uses Survey in 2014^ GFA* (m2) % Manufacturing/Workshop 1,913 9.3 Warehouse/Storage 13,064 63.6 Office 2,060 10.0 Others# 569 2.8 Vacant 422 2.1 Under Renovation - - Non-response 2,509 12.2 Total 20,537 ^ Survey undertaken in May 2014. # The other uses identified in the 2014 survey included domestic use and studio, taking up about 1.6% and 1.2% of the GFA respectively.
* Conversion factor from internal floor area to gross floor area is 1.3333.
Kennedy Town “R(E)” Area 2
Comparison of Industrial Buildings in Adjoining “I” Area Subject “R(E)” Adjoining “I” Overall Area Area# GFA* % GFA* % GFA* % (m2) (m2) (m2) Manufacturing/Workshop 1,913 9.3 - - 1,913 2.7 Warehouse/Storage 13,064 63.6 51,141 100.0 64,205 89.6 Office 2,060 10.0 - - 2,060 2.9 Others 569 2.8 - - 569 0.8 Vacant 422 2.1 - - 422 0.6 Under Renovation ------Non-response 2,509 12.2 - - 2,509 3.5 Total 20,537 51,141 71,678 # Involving two private industrial buildings in adjoining Kennedy Town “I” area (Site A1) (Plan D1).
Business Nature and No. of Workers in Occupied Units Business Nature Occupied Units GFA* No. of Workers No. % m2 % No. % Manufacturing# 30 24.4 3,314 19.2 96 34.4 Non-manufacturing^ 93 75.6 13,963 80.8 183 65.6 Total 123 17,277 279 # The largest manufacturing business is manufacturing of food products, beverages and tobacco products (in terms of both number of units and GFA) (based on the Hong Kong Standard Industrial Classification Version 2.0 adopted by the Census and Statistics Department). ^ The largest non-manufacturing business is import/export, wholesale and retail trades (in terms of both number of units and GFA) (based on the Hong Kong Standard Industrial Classification Version 2.0 adopted by the Census and Statistics Department).
Area Assessment
The area (about 0.2 ha) involves two industrial buildings flanked by Victoria Road in the south and Sai Ning Street in the north. The area is to the south of the Kennedy Town “I” area (Site A1) (Plan D1).
Both buildings involved are under multiple ownership and in poor condition. One building is 22 storeys high and 25 years old while another building is 25 storeys high and 26 years old.
The overall vacancy rate of the area is about 2.1%, which is significantly lower than both the territorial figure of 6.0% for all “R(E)” areas and the average of 4.6% for three areas in Hong Kong Island. No subdivided unit was found in both buildings. In terms of usage, Warehouse/Storage is the largest use, occupying about 63.6% of the GFA. The second largest use is Office (about 10.0%) and the third largest use is Manufacturing/Workshop (about 9.3%). “Other Uses” take up about 2.8% of the GFA, including about 1.6% for domestic use and about 1.2% for studio.
If taking into account the two industrial buildings in the subject “R(E)” area and the two industrial buildings in the adjacent Kennedy Town “I” area together, the overall vacancy rate is about 0.6%. Warehouse/Storage is still the largest use, occupying about 89.6% of
* Conversion factor from internal floor area to gross floor area is 1.3333.
Kennedy Town “R(E)” Area 3 the GFA, to be followed by Office (about 2.9%) and Manufacturing/Workshop (about 2.7%). “Other Uses” account for about 0.8% of the GFA.
In terms of employment, about 279 workers are estimated to be engaged in the occupied non-subdivided units of the industrial buildings in the area, including about 96 workers (34.4%) in the manufacturing business and about 183 workers (65.6%) in the non-manufacturing business. The overall figure only accounts for about 0.1% of the total of 360,718 persons engaged (other than those in the civil service) in various business/industries in the Central and Western District identified by C&SD in June 2014.
So far, there is no planning or building plan approval for any redevelopment or wholesale conversion of the two concerned industrial buildings.
Under the Land Use Review on the Western Part of Kennedy Town, the area is proposed to be retained as “R(E)”, which is intended primarily for phasing out of existing industrial uses through redevelopment (or conversion) for residential use on application to the Board. Whilst existing industrial uses will be tolerated, new industrial developments are not permitted in order to avoid perpetuation of I/R interface problem.
Recommendation
To retain the area as “R(E)”.
* Conversion factor from internal floor area to gross floor area is 1.3333.
Kennedy Town “R(E)” Area 4
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Building Age, Number of Storeys and Building Conditions PLANNING DEPARTMENT Source : Survey undertaken by PlanD (as at 5.2014) Kennedy Town and Building age as in 3.2014 Plan No. M/HOLS/15/29 Survey Sheets No. 11-SW-6A, 6B, 6C, 6D, 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D, Plan D1b SCALE 1 : 5 000 11A, 11B, 12A and 12B Date : 21.7.2015