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Prime Retail Space for Rent in Central.

tl;dr

Space
A 74 sqm (800 sq ft) basement retail unit for rent inside a Central mall in Hong Kong, with a 5 metre ceiling height that carries full height fixtures and hanging installations most Central units cannot. The finish is clean box retail, fitted and vetted by Fashion Week Venues for brand activation use.
Best For
Strongest fit for a multi week pop-up store or temporary retail run, followed by a fashion showroom with wholesale appointments and buyer previews, then sample sale space, press day and collection preview events, and content studio or brand shoot bookings using the ceiling height. Available to hire from 28 days upward.
Standout Features
Approximately 5 metre clear ceiling height for double height merchandising rigs and suspended lighting, plus fitting rooms, cash counters, garment rails and a separate stock room already installed so the unit is move-in ready. Also included are a complete kitchen suitable for catering setup, installed sound and video equipment, air conditioning and heating, a monitored security system, lift access for crate deliveries and on site parking.
Location
Central MTR is roughly a 6 minute walk, the Central to Mid-Levels Escalator around 3 minutes, and Hong Kong Station about 10 minutes, in the Lan Kwai Fong and Wyndham Street district of Central, Hong Kong Island. The immediate streets carry dense evening restaurant and bar traffic with Gucci, Comme des Garçons, Rimowa and the Landmark Mandarin Oriental within 300 metres, so guest arrival is straightforward and crew access is available through the mall service lift.
Availability
Day rate is HK$4,500 (approximately EUR 500) with a 28 day minimum rental and terms up to 360 days, so brands book by the week or month rather than by the day. Allow 6 to 8 weeks lead time in Hong Kong, and longer around CENTRESTAGE in September, Art Basel in March and the Lunar New Year retail peak, when spaces at this address typically book first.
How to Book
Enquire with your dates, activation format and fit-out requirements and our team replies within 24h with confirmed availability and a full cost breakdown, with no charge until confirmed. Fashion Week Venues handles permit paperwork, on site staffing and fit-out coordination on the brand's behalf, so request availability now to hold your Central window.
74 m²
800 sq ft
hong kong
HK
HK$4,500 / day
per day
pop-up store
1 use case
in short
A 74 sqm (800 sq ft) basement retail unit for rent inside a Central mall in Hong Kong, with a 5 metre ceiling height that carries full height fixtures and hanging installations most Central units cannot. The finish is clean box retail, fitted and vetted by Fashion Week Venues for brand activation use. Best For Stronge…
city
Hong Kong
area
74 sqm
day rate
HK$4,500 / day
postcode
use cases
pop up store · retail activation
included
Internet · Air Conditioning · Security System

about this space

This retail space has a total area of 750 square feet and is located in the core of Central. With a high ceiling height of approximately 5 meters, it is an ideal location for high-profile fashion brands. The property is equipped with various amenities, including internet access, air conditioning, a security system, a stock room, counters, fitting rooms, garment racks, lighting, furniture, sound and video equipment, electricity, heating, parking, an elevator, and a kitchen.

what's included

  • Internet
  • Air Conditioning
  • Security System
  • Stock Room
  • Counters
  • Fitting Rooms
  • Garment Rack
  • Lighting
  • Furniture
  • Sound & Video Equipment
  • Electricity
  • Heating
  • Parking
  • Elevator
  • Kitchen

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how to book this space

  1. 01

    Check the shell and the dates

    Review the gallery, 74 sqm floor plan and amenities for Prime Retail Space for Rent in Central, then note the window you want in Hong Kong. Fashion week dates book 6–10 weeks out.

  2. 02

    Send the brief

    Use the request panel on this page to send your dates, expected footfall and budget. The listed rate is a starting point at €501 per day.

  3. 03

    Get availability and a quote

    We confirm availability with the operator and come back within 24 hours with the all-in cost: rent, staffing, permits and fit-out for Hong Kong.

  4. 04

    Lock the contract

    Sign the short-term licence, pay the deposit and we register any permit or signage paperwork the address needs.

  5. 05

    Build and open

    Fit-out, install and staff the pop-up. Our production team handles delivery, install and the strike at the end of the run in Hong Kong.

activation ideas

Multi-Week Pop-Up Store

This is the strongest use of the space, because the fitting rooms, cash counters, garment rails and separate stock room are already installed, so a brand walks into a trading-ready unit rather than a shell. At 74 sqm you can merchandise roughly 200 to 300 SKUs comfortably with room for a till zone and a small styling area. The 28 day minimum suits a four to six week run, and we usually layer in point of sale and payments plus daily sell-through reporting from day one.

SS/AW Seasonal Showroom

Works well as a showroom rental because the existing garment racks and stock room let you hold a full seasonal range on rail and rotate looks without cluttering the sales floor. Brands running a seasonal showroom in spaces like this typically dress two thirds of the 74 sqm as open rail and reserve the rest for a seated appointment table. The 5 metre ceiling carries suspended signage and lighting above the rails, keeping sightlines clean across the whole room.

Buyer Appointments and Wholesale Previews

A credible Hong Kong base for wholesale appointments, mainly because the Central address sits within 300 metres of Gucci, Comme des Garçons and the Landmark Mandarin Oriental, so regional buyers and agents are already in this catchment. The footprint handles two concurrent appointments of three to four people each without them overhearing one another, and the lift plus on site parking means sample trunks arrive without street handling. The kitchen covers coffee and light service in-house.

Sample Sale

Strong sample sale space because the basement position contains queueing inside the mall circulation rather than on Wyndham Street, which is the single biggest operational headache with sample sales in Central. Expect a comfortable working capacity of 25 to 35 shoppers at once with density rails, the stock room used as restock and reserve, and the existing fitting rooms handling try-ons. We normally brief retail staffing at four to five people for peak weekend trading here.

Press Day and Collection Preview

Functions well as a press day venue for appointment-based previews rather than large open-door formats. Plan for 20 to 25 editors and stylists across a staggered morning and afternoon schedule, with the stock room doubling as a call-in and packing area for loans. In practice the kitchen handles catering setup without requiring an external prep truck, and the installed sound and video equipment covers playback of campaign or runway content on loop.

Product Launch

Suits a focused single product or capsule launch where the hero display needs vertical drama, and the approximately 5 metre ceiling is the reason. Full height plinths, fabric drops and suspended rigs that most Central units cannot physically take will fit here. Standing capacity for a launch moment is realistically 45 to 55 guests, so this is a tight curated list rather than a mass invite, with air conditioning and the security system already in place for high value product.

Influencer Event

Works well for creator events because the Lan Kwai Fong and Wyndham Street surroundings give guests somewhere to go before and after, which lifts attendance rates on evening bookings. The 5 metre height allows a proper backdrop or installation wall for content capture, and fitting rooms let creators shoot try-on material on site. Cap the guest list around 40 for comfort, and pair the booking with influencer marketing if the invite list needs building locally.

E-commerce Shoot

Efficient as a content studio for high volume e-commerce shoots because the garment rails, stock room and fitting rooms create a natural sequence of prep, change and shoot in one 74 sqm footprint. Teams running e-commerce shoots in spaces like this typically clear one end for a seamless backdrop and use the rest as styling and steaming. A crew of six to eight works without treading on each other, and the basement level means no daylight variation to fight.

Editorial Shoot and Video Production

What makes this work for video specifically is the 5 metre ceiling, which takes overhead grid lighting, boom and haze without spill into frame. Power, heating, air conditioning and internet are all installed, and the lift handles kit loads directly. Be realistic about the constraint: 74 sqm limits long lens setups, so this favours mid and tight framing, interview and product motion rather than wide walking shots or multi-set builds.

use cases

pop up storeretail activation

location

plotting…
hong kong·22.2798° · 114.1559°

what's around

14 stores within 600 m, incl. Toni & Guy, 7-Eleven, 한국헤어 Hankuk Hair

brands nearby

Toni & Guy7-Eleven한국헤어 Hankuk HairJoel Chan TailorHair Corner譚仔三哥 TamJai SamGor文華東方 Mandarin OrientalGucciCUFFSAbercrombie & FitchRimowaN°21Comme des GarconsSelvedge Hairdressing
fashion stores
9
beauty
5
culture
2
hotels
1
restaurants & bars
31
other retail
12
  • 藝穗會 Fringe Club50 m
  • Hush70 m
  • Toni & Guy80 m
  • Bistecca Italian Steak House80 m
  • Toys Club100 m
  • Felfela II100 m

the neighbourhood

Independent labels, bespoke tailors, gallery operators and the PR and events agencies that service Hong Kong's fashion calendar all work within a few hundred metres of this address. Walk from Wyndham Street down through the Lan Kwai Fong block and you pass Joel Chan Tailor, CUFFS, the Fringe Club with its rotating exhibition and performance programme, Parenthèses and the small design and photography studios that occupy the upper floors of the older commercial towers on Wo On Lane and D'Aguilar Street. Three minutes east sits the Landmark cluster, where Gucci, Comme des Garçons, N°21 and Rimowa anchor the luxury retail spine, and three minutes west the Mid-Levels Escalator lifts you into Soho, Hollywood Road antiques dealers and the PMQ creative complex. In our experience placing brands here through venue sourcing, this pocket is where Hong Kong's showroom, press and buyer functions physically overlap rather than sitting in separate districts, which is why agency teams keep returning to it for pop-up store and retail activation projects.

Brands choose this stretch of Central because it puts them inside the luxury and press catchment without paying Queen's Road Central or Landmark mall rates, and without the transactional tourist churn of Canton Road in Tsim Sha Tsui or Harbour City. Causeway Bay delivers raw volume through Times Square and Hysan Place, but the audience there is mass-market and price-led, and a considered fashion presentation space gets lost in it. K11 Musea across the harbour is excellent for family and lifestyle footfall and weak for wholesale appointments. What this district offers instead is proximity: the Landmark Mandarin Oriental, the Pottinger and the Central serviced apartment stock that visiting buyers and editors actually book, plus Central MTR and the Airport Express at Hong Kong Station within a ten minute walk for international visitors arriving the same morning. The tradeoff is real. You get a stronger invite-only and buyer appointment environment and better value per square metre, but you do not get the passing luxury shopper volume of the Landmark atrium. Run the numbers against a mall alternative in our budget calculator before you commit.

Arriving here for a press day feels calm in the morning and dense after seven. The immediate block is service-led and food-led, with roughly thirty restaurants inside a three hundred metre radius, from Yung Kee and Luk Yu Tea House to the Wyndham Street bar rooms, so daytime foot traffic is office workers moving between meetings and lunch rather than shoppers browsing windows. Buyers and press arrive on appointment by taxi or on foot from Central MTR, and the pace suits scheduled slots, private previews and sample sale windows better than casual discovery. Evening changes the rhythm completely as the Lan Kwai Fong crowd builds, which works well for launch events and influencer nights. Being a basement unit inside a mall, with a five metre ceiling and lift access for crate deliveries, the space rewards a designed interior over street exposure, and our production and build team treats it as a controlled box rather than a shopfront. Honest note: this is not the address for high-volume tourist retail or spontaneous walk-in traffic, and brands whose entire objective is maximum street visibility should be looking at ground floor frontage in Causeway Bay or Tsim Sha Tsui instead.

getting here & street life

nearest transit

  • 畢打街 Pedder Streettram · 70W301 m · 4 min
  • 雪廠街 Ice House Streettram · 29E305 m · 4 min
  • 砵典乍街 Pottinger Streettram · 72W411 m · 5 min
  • 銀行街 Bank Streettram · 68W415 m · 5 min
  • 租庇利街 Jubilee Streettram · 25E544 m · 7 min
  • 美利道 Murray Roadtram · 33E597 m · 7 min

street activity

high footfall.

27 places within 200 m · 26 stores · 31 cafés and restaurants

within 200 m
27
within 400 m
60
within 600 m
60

the neighbourhood

Wyndham Street is a one-way street in Central, Hong Kong. It is one of the earliest colonial streets, once known as Pedder Hill.

  • HKSKH Ming Hua Theological College · 26 m
  • Bishop's House, Hong Kong · 27 m
  • Hong Kong Central Hospital · 39 m
  • Fringe Club · 41 m
  • Lower Albert Road · 41 m
  • Old Dairy Farm Depot · 44 m

frequently asked

Yes, this 74 sqm basement unit in Central, Hong Kong is listed specifically for pop-up store and retail activation use. Because the fitting rooms, cash counters, garment rails and stock room are already installed, you can rent it as a working shop rather than building a shell from scratch. The 28 day minimum term suits a multi week temporary retail run rather than a weekend drop, which is the format we see perform best in Central. Brands using this address for a pop-up shop typically pair the ground level mall traffic with an opening night event, since the surrounding Lan Kwai Fong and Wyndham Street streets carry heavy evening footfall.

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