Hong Kong landlords excel in filling up world's tallest office towers
Mainland will account for 71pc of 'supertall' skyscrapers built over the next five years
The number of high-rise office buildings is one criterion for the creation of financial centres as a city needs to provide a first-class environment to house multinational companies.
Hong Kong has 69 tall office buildings with a height of more than 150 metres, ranking it fourth in terms of the number of such skyscrapers, according to CBRE.
New York continues to have the world's largest number of tall office buildings with 152 blocks, followed by 96 in Shanghai and 75 in Tokyo.
As of June this year, Asia was home to 55 per cent of the world's tall office buildings, with the mainland dominating the development pipeline in the "supertall" building category over the next five years.
The mainland will account for 71 per cent of future supply of supertall office buildings - defined as buildings with a height of more than 300 metres - to be completed during the period, with the second-tier cities accounting for 51 per cent.
The development of tall office buildings in Asia began relatively late at the end of the 20th century.
Construction accelerated dramatically in the early 2000s, with completions growing at an average of 40 tall office buildings per year.