{
  "source": "Fashion Week Venues",
  "title": "Alfresco Restaurant Space for Lease in Causeway Bay",
  "description": "This commercial unit, previously occupied by a well-known restaurant chain, offers an exceptional opportunity for food and beverage ventures in Causeway Bay. The space features an approximate lettable floor area of 2,083 square feet and includes an outdoor seating area for al fresco dining at street level. Essential amenities provided within the unit comprise air conditioning, a security system, internet access, a stock room, counters, fitting rooms, garment racks, lighting, furniture, sound and video equipment, electricity, heating, and access to parking and an elevator. Prospective tenants are responsible for the provisional government rates. The lease term is set for three years, and the monthly management fee, including air-conditioning charges, is HK$32,840. In addition, a monthly promotional levy of HK$4,170 applies. The unit will be available in the fourth quarter of 2023, making it a timely opportunity for businesses looking to establish a presence in a vibrant area.",
  "tldr": "A 194 sqm (2,083 sq ft) former restaurant unit for rent in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, combining a basement level main floor with a street level al fresco terrace. The fit-out is move-in ready with existing counters, fitting rooms and garment racks already installed. Best For Strongest fit for food and beverage brand activations using the street level outdoor seating, followed by temporary retail and pop-up store launches, cocktail receptions for up to 200 guests, and private press day or collection preview events. Also workable as a fashion showroom space for wholesale appointments given the existing fitting rooms and garment racks. Standout Features Street level al fresco seating area attached to a basement trading floor, which is rare at this size in Causeway Bay and gives brands a visible frontage without paying full ground floor rates. Also included: an installed kitchen suitable for catering and F and B service, built-in sound and video equipment, fitting rooms and garment racks retained from previous retail use, a dedicated stock room for inventory and packaging, plus lift access and parking for load-in. Location Causeway Bay MTR is roughly 6 minutes on foot, with tram stops on Yee Wo Street around 4 minutes away and the Park Lane Hotel 2 minutes from the door. The immediate street sits beside Fashion Walk and Laforet in a dense restaurant and retail block, so guests arrive on foot in constant crowds and setup crews should plan load-in outside peak evening trading hours. Availability Minimum term is a three year lease, with shorter activation windows negotiable on request and pricing brief-based rather than published as a fixed day rate. Monthly management fee including air-conditioning is HK$32,840 with a HK$4,170 promotional levy; allow 8 to 12 weeks lead time in Hong Kong and longer around Centrestage and the March and September buying seasons, when spaces at this address typically book first. How to Book Submit a brief with your dates and activation format and we reply within 24h with confirmed availability and a costed proposal, with no charge until confirmed. Fashion Week Venues handles Hong Kong permit paperwork, on-site staffing and fit-out coordination on the brand's behalf. Request availability to hold your dates.",
  "neighbourhoodMood": "Japanese and Korean fashion labels, beauty houses launching into Greater China, sneaker and streetwear operators, and F and B groups testing concepts are the working tenants of this pocket of Causeway Bay. The Fashion Walk block that surrounds this address, spanning Kingston Street, Cleveland Street, Paterson Street and Great George Street, functions as the closest thing Hong Kong Island has to a fashion district with an outdoor dining spine attached: independent boutiques and multi-brand buyers sit on the same pavement as restaurant terraces, with Laforet and Island Beverley a few minutes south holding dozens of micro-tenant designers and resellers who set the pace on local trend adoption. Franc Franc and the design retailers on Paterson Street pull in interiors and lifestyle press, while distribution and showroom agencies operate out of the office towers behind Yee Wo Street and Hennessy Road. Content teams and stylists we work with regularly base themselves up the hill in Tai Hang and walk down for shoots. If you are weighing this against other markets, it helps to browse all spaces before committing to a city. Brands choose Causeway Bay over Central and Tsim Sha Tsui because it buys local consumer density rather than tourist or banking footfall, and because square foot value here is materially better than the Landmark and Queen's Road Central corridor for the same audience quality. Central works for luxury credibility and press proximity but delivers a weekday office crowd that thins out badly after 7pm and on Sundays. Tsim Sha Tsui around Canton Road and K11 Musea delivers volume, though a large share of it is transient and mainland visitor led, which distorts sell-through data if you are testing a product line. Sheung Wan and PoHo suit quieter invite-only formats and gallery-adjacent brand storytelling but lack the retail energy for a commercial pop-up shop. Causeway Bay sits in the middle: strong evening and weekend trading, MTR and tram access that international buyers can navigate without a car, and the Park Lane Hotel on the doorstep for visiting press. What it does not offer is calm. Our venue sourcing team consistently flags this as the trade brands must accept here. Arriving at this block feels different depending on the hour, and brand teams should plan around that rather than fight it. Mornings on Kingston Street are quiet and functional: deliveries to the restaurants, cleaning crews, shutters still down until around 11am, which makes it a comfortable window for buyer appointments, press previews and load-in through the lift and parking access. From late afternoon the street shifts into a dining and shopping current that runs through to late evening, with a mixed crowd of local twenties and thirties, families heading to the cinemas, and hotel guests cutting through toward Yee Wo Street. The street level al fresco terrace gives you a visible anchor point on that flow, and in our experience placing brands in this neighbourhood, a well staffed terrace does more work than any window graphic. Be clear on the limitation: the main floor is basement level, so this is not a space for brands needing maximum shopfront visibility or high volume spontaneous walk-in retail. It rewards a hosted format, which is where retail staffing becomes non-negotiable.",
  "faq": [
    {
      "question": "Is Alfresco Restaurant Space for Lease in Causeway Bay available for pop-up shops?",
      "answer": "Yes — Alfresco Restaurant Space for Lease in Causeway Bay is a vetted pop-up ready space in Hong Kong, 194 sqm. Request availability and dates through the inquiry card on the listing."
    },
    {
      "question": "What is the day rate?",
      "answer": "Rates are quoted on request — send your dates and use case through the inquiry card."
    },
    {
      "question": "Is staging, branding and fit-out permitted?",
      "answer": "Yes. Fashion Week Venues runs the full production build — signage, fixtures, lighting, sound, catering and staffing — subject to venue rules. Include your fit-out brief in the inquiry."
    },
    {
      "question": "What is included?",
      "answer": "Included on-site: Internet, Air Conditioning, Security System, Stock Room, Counters, Fitting Rooms, Garment Rack, Lighting."
    },
    {
      "question": "How far in advance should we book?",
      "answer": "Fashion week windows book 6–10 weeks out. Off-season activations can be secured in 2–3 weeks."
    }
  ],
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    "Lighting",
    "Furniture",
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    "Heating",
    "Parking",
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