Office Rental

Singapore office rents rise 1.3% q-o-q in Q2; vacancy rates fall to 11.5%: URA

Rents of office space in the central region of Singapore rose 1.3 per cent in the second quarter of this year over the previous three months. This contrasts with the drop of 0.6 per cent in the first quarter, according to figures from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) released on Friday. URA's price index of office space in the central region rose 0.9 per cent in second quarter 2019, a slower pace...

Singapore CBD Grade A office rents hit 10-year high: Colliers

Grade A office rents in Singapore’s central business district (CBD) rose for the eighth straight quarter, hitting a 10-year high at S$9.93 per square foot per month (psf pm). This is up 12.6 per cent from a year ago, according to Colliers Research data. Out of the six office micro-markets tracked, rental growth remained the strong in the Beach Road or Bugis area, rising 18 per cent from a year ago,...

Singapore CBD Grade A office rents to climb 8% in 2019: Colliers

Rentals for Grade A office buildings in Singapore's Central Business District (CBD) are expected to rise by 8 per cent this year, and 5 per cent in 2020, amid tight supply and high pre-commitments, according to a report by Colliers International. The real estate services and investment management firm also expects new supply in 2019-2021 to average 614,000 sq ft (57,000 sq m) per annum, or 2 per cent of...

Prime office rents: No reprieve in sight for 2017

The "flight-to-new projects" - a term used by the office leasing sector to describe the trend of tenants swarming into swanky new office projects - is set to continue next year as companies capitalise on softening rents to upgrade their working spaces. This merry-go-round, however, is causing pain to landlords of older buildings in the Central Business District (CBD). Based on analysts' projections,...

Singapore falls to No 20 in prime office cost list

AMID strong and stable demand for office space in top Asian cities such as Hong Kong, Beijing, Tokyo and New Delhi, Singapore has, comparatively speaking, fallen well behind its peers, according to data from global property consultancy CBRE. In its biannual Global Prime Office Occupancy Costs survey of 126 markets, CBRE reported that the Asia-Pacific region had seven cities in the top 10 list of office...

Singapore CBD office rentals decline for third straight quarter

OFFICE rents in Singapore's central business district (CBD) fell by 3.9 per cent in the first quarter of this year from the previous quarter - their third straight quarterly decline - as concerns over a global economic slowdown dampened demand for office space. Office rents fell to S$9.90 per square foot (psf) per month in Q1 2016, according to DTZ Southeast Asia, which is expecting them to continue...

S’pore office rents seen easing until 2016 at least

A YEAR ago, property consultants were predicting that Singapore office rentals would continue rising in 2015, albeit at a slower clip than last year. However soon after 2015 started, the mood dampened quickly on the back of weak demand - especially from financial institutions, the key constituent of CBD office demand - and ahead of a surge in office completions next year. Savills Singapore now...

Singapore’s office rents soften in Q3 on economic outlook: DTZ

Average monthly gross rents in the CBD (central business district) declined by 4.1 per cent quarter on quarter (q-o-q) to S$10.40 per square foot in Q3, the first decline from an uptrend since 2013, said DTZ Southeast Asia. This comes on the back of headwinds in the external economic environment. Average monthly gross rents in Marina Bay dropped 5.5 per cent q-o-q to S$13 per sq ft, while rents in...

Singapore office space demand could weaken: Analysts

The supply of new office space in the central business district (CBD) is likely to outstrip demand, giving tenants more options and forcing landlords to reduce rents amid global headwinds, according to analysts. Property services firm Century 21 has said that Singapore, being such an open economy, will be hard hit by global economic conditions such as the slowdown in China and the turmoil in stock and...

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...

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