Project WYS tower rendering

Star Group Asia presents

The next generation
of student living.

107 to 109 Wai Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong.
988 rooms. 1,339 beds. One landmark address in Kowloon East.

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The opportunity

Hong Kong is short of beds.
Massively.

Five Hong Kong universities rank in the global top 70. The non local student quota has doubled from 20 percent to 40 percent, and enrolments keep climbing. Housing has not kept up.

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bed shortage projected by 2028, the highest on record, according to CBRE

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non local students projected by 2027/28, growing at a 12 percent CAGR

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student beds in the entire Hong Kong private market today

2040%

non local undergraduate quota, doubled by the Government

Aerial view of Kowloon East with the WYS site marked

The location

In the heart of Kwun Tong,
Hong Kong's next campus district.

The Urban Renewal Authority is transforming Kwun Tong into a university hub with HKUST, CityU and Baptist University. Project WYS sits right inside it, 500 metres from Ngau Tau Kok Station and 20 minutes' drive from Central.

10minPolyU
15minCityU
15minHKBU
15minHKMU
20minHKUST
25minHKU
30minCUHK

Driving times to main campuses. The new Central Kowloon Bypass and Trunk Road T2 put most of Kowloon within minutes.

View from 3rd floor View from 6th floor View from 7th floor View from 18th floor View from 22nd floor View from 37th floor

The view

Now take the lift.

These are real photographs, taken by drone at the exact floor heights of the tower. Keep scrolling to rise from the reception to the 37th floor.

3/FReception
+18.2m

Every floor, both aspects

Harbour ahead.
Kowloon behind.

Pick a floor and see exactly what residents will see, in both directions. Sea view rooms face the harbourfront park and Victoria Harbour; city view rooms look across Kowloon towards Lion Rock. Tap any photo to enlarge.

Harbour side view
Harbour side · facing Victoria Harbour
City side view
City side · facing Kowloon and Lion Rock

Real drone photographs taken at the exact floor heights of the tower, August 2026. The higher you rise, the further both views open up.

The building

Designed as a hotel.
Purpose built for students.

A 38 storey tower on a 12,600 square foot Class A site, zoned for hotel use with Education Bureau approval under the Hostel in the City Scheme. Sea view rooms on 14 floors, city view rooms across the rest, and two full floors of shared amenities.

Site area12,600 sqf
Gross floor area188,231 sqf
Height38 storeys
Rooms988
Beds1,339 to 1,632
Delivery targetBefore AY2029/30

The rooms

Small footprint.
Full sized living.

Every room has its own bathroom, workspace and wardrobe. 64 percent are singles, the rest are twins, with accessible and family rooms completing the mix.

Single room with harbour view

Single rooms

637 rooms · 64.5%

About 100 to 133 square feet of private space with a full bed, study desk and en suite bathroom. Sea view singles run across 14 floors.

Twin room with bunk and desk

Twin rooms

325 rooms · 32.9%

Clever loft bed layouts give each of the two residents a private sleeping nook, shared study table and en suite bathroom in about 133 square feet.

En suite bathroom

En suite, everywhere

988 private bathrooms

Hotel grade en suite bathrooms in every single room. Plus 22 accessible rooms and 4 family rooms for visiting parents.

Four layouts, engineered to the inch.

Two single room layouts and two twin room layouts by DNA Architects. Tap any drawing to enlarge.

One bedroom type 1 layout, isometric and floor plan
Single · Layout 1 · Sea viewAbout 133 sq ft · single bed by the window · study desk · en suite
One bedroom type 2 layout, isometric and floor plan
Single · Layout 2 · City viewAbout 104 sq ft · corner desk by the window · en suite
Two bedroom option 1 layout, isometric and floor plan
Twin · Layout 1 · BunkAbout 133 sq ft · bunk beds · two study tables · en suite
Two bedroom option 2 layout, isometric and floor plan
Twin · Layout 2 · LoftAbout 133 sq ft · high sleeper over a single · shared long desk · en suite

The community

Two whole floors
to live large.

Co working lounges, a co kitchen and dining hall, gym, multi function sports court, library and study rooms, games lounge, outdoor BBQ terrace and laundry. Everything a campus hall offers, done to hotel standard.

Lobby lounge and co work area
Lobby lounge and co work space
Co kitchen and dining hall
Co kitchen and dining
Booth seating
Study booths
Study lounge with view
Library and study rooms
Guest room corridor
Hotel grade corridors
Reception with tree
The Silver Steps reception

The numbers

Built at a cost
others cannot match.

Ground up development means every floor is designed for student living, and every dollar works harder than a hotel conversion. Project WYS delivers the lowest cost per bed of any comparable asset in the market.

Gross yield on cost per bed

Project WYS
9.13%
Hotel near Kai Tak
9.0%
Student residence A
8.8%
Hotel conversion A
8.4%
Student residence B
7.5%
Boutique hotel conversion
6.8%
Student residence C
5.4%
Hostel conversion
4.1%

Comparison of student housing assets and hotel conversions in Kowloon, assuming HK$10,000 average rental per bed across all assets. Source: Star Group Asia analysis, August 2026.

Cost per bedHK$1.31Mlowest among all comparables
NOI margin80%lean, digital first operations
Stabilised occupancy95%from year three onward

Investor data room

The full numbers.
For partners only.

Development budget, funding structure and operating assumptions, straight from the August 2026 deck. Enter the access code shared by our team to view.

The execution

Approvals in hand.
Team in place.

Every major regulatory milestone has already been cleared. Construction runs from mid 2026 to early 2029, opening in time for the 2029/30 academic year.

Nov 2025Town Planning Section 16 approved
Dec 2025Foundation permit approved
Jan 2026Education Bureau approval, Hostel in the City Scheme
Jan 2026MOU signed with Global Student Living Group
Apr 2026ELS approved by Buildings Department
2026 to 2029Construction period
AY2029/30Doors open to students
Metro Dorms room photo

Operated by Metro Dorms

Star Group's own student co living brand already runs hostels across Kowloon with a fully digital leasing experience. In its management model, operations run at a 22.5 percent cost ratio, well below the 30 percent typical of serviced apartments.

The sponsor

27 years of building
in three markets.

Star Group Asia was founded in Hong Kong in 1998 and listed on the HKEX Main Board in 2016. The group has completed and ongoing development projects of over US$1 billion across Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan, from The Galaxy to After The Rain.

Founded1998by Mr. Joe Chan, Hong Kong
ListedHKEX 2016Main Board
ProjectsUS$1B+across HK, Korea and Japan
View from the 37th floor

1,339 students are coming.
Let's build their home.

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