The project is called "The Penn Platform" and was previously reserved for a 56-floor office tower.
Liquidators will take control of the company's assets and prepare to sell them in order to repay the company's debts — which total $300 billion.
Evergrande, China's second-largest property developer, had $300 billion in debt. That's equivalent to 1.5% of China's GDP.
Falling mortgage rates will fuel more demand and light inventory will keep prices elevated, one expert predicts.
"History shows that credit-fuelled real-estate booms do not end in a whimper," wrote Andrew Lawrence, the head of Asia property at GlobalData.TS Lombard.
An ongoing property-sector crisis, weakening domestic demand, and an eroding labor market all pose headwinds to the world's second-largest economy.
The two luxury mansions in Hong Kong's prestigious The Peak neighborhood were pledged for an HK$821 million loan in late 2021.