Rental growth for hi-tech industrial space in Singapore, which includes business parks, rose at a faster pace in the second quarter than in the first quarter of this year, according to DTZ Research. The real estate services firm said the average monthly gross rent for private high-tech space increased 4.5 per cent quarter-on-quarter to S$3.45 per square foot (psf) per month in the April-June quarter,...
Industrial Space
Industrial property - a less glamorous and often neglected asset class that includes business parks, high-tech industrial space, factories and warehouses - has been thrust into the limelight in Singapore following its stellar performance in the first quarter of the year. According to the Urban Redevelopment Authority, the sector clocked rental and capital value gains of 6.3 and 8.3 per cent, respectively,...
Industrial property markets worldwide showed signs of recovery in the second half of 2010, led by the Asia Pacific region. This is according to a report by international property consultant, Colliers International, which tracked the performance of industrial property rents across 150 cities. Singapore retained its position as the seventh most expensive location for prime warehouse space at US$15.71 per...
Rents for high-tech industrial properties in Singapore grew at a faster rate in the first quarter, DTZ Research said yesterday. The average rent for high-tech properties, which include business parks, rose 3.1 per cent quarter-on-quarter to S$3.30 per sq ft per month in the first three months of the year, following a 1.6-per-cent increase in the previous quarter. Rents for conventional industrial space...
Rents for hi-tech industrial properties in Singapore grew at a faster rate in the first quarter. According to DTZ Research, the average rent for hi-tech properties, which include business parks, rose 3.1 per cent quarter-on-quarter to S$3.30 per square foot per month in the first quarter. It had increased 1.6 per cent in the previous quarter. Rents for conventional industrial space also continued on its...
This year has been a rewarding year for the industrial property market. The overall momentum of the industrial property sector has been strong and more sustainable than that of the private residential sector. Besides continued rental recovery, factory units and multiple-user warehouses have received strong buying interest. In the first 10 months of this year alone, a total of 1,491 factory units were...
Prime warehouse rents in Singapore are the seventh-most expensive in the world, according to a study by property consultants Colliers International. It said Singapore rents were US$13.38 per square foot per year in the first half of 2010. Singapore's current rank is a jump from the 9th spot it took in the second half of last year. In the first half of 2009, Singapore's prime warehouse rents were low enough...
The average rents and capital values for factories and warehouses in Singapore continued to increase in the third quarter, but the average rent for hi-tech buildings stayed unchanged, according to property consultancy CB Richard Ellis (CBRE). It also noted a healthy level of activity in the investment market for industrial properties with major investment transactions totalling S$835.7 million in the...
Rents for industrial space rose for the first time after falling from its peak in the third quarter of 2008. According to DTZ Research, average monthly rents of first-storey private industrial space rose 2.6 per cent quarter-on-quarter to S$2 per square foot, while upper-storey space rose 3.2 per cent quarter-on-quarter to S$1.60 per square foot per month. Rents for hi-tech industrial properties,...
Singapore's industrial and office property markets are showing signs of improvement. Property consultancy DTZ Research on Wednesday said that islandwide office occupancy improved in the first quarter of this year. The average islandwide office occupancy rate rose 0.7 percentage-point on-quarter to 92.4 per cent. DTZ said the improvement in occupancy rate was due to an increase in demand. There was also...