Prices of office space up, retail space down in Q2: URA

Prices of office space rose 0.3 per cent in the second quarter compared to the previous quarter, while prices of retail space fell 0.5 per cent, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said on Friday (Jul 24).

Rentals of office space fell 2.6 per cent in the second quarter, compared with the 0.6 per cent increase in the first quarter. Rentals of retail space decreased by 0.5 per cent, compared with the 0.3 per cent decline in the January to March period.

As of end-June, there was a total supply of about 962,000 sqm gross floor area of office space from projects in the pipeline, and a supply of 774,000 sqm of retail space, URA said.

The amount of occupied office space increased by 38,000 sqm, compared to the 19,000 sqm increase in the previous quarter, while occupied retail space remained unchanged. The stock of office space increased by 8,000 sqm, while retail space increased by 25,000 sqm.

The islandwide vacancy rate of office space at the end of second quarter fell to 9.8 per cent, from 10.2 per cent at the end of the first quarter. Vacancy rate of retail space rose to 7.2 per cent, up from 6.8 per cent in the previous quarter, URA said.

Source : Channel NewsAsia – 24 Jul 2015

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