Singapore office market recovery well underway: Colliers


The healthy leasing need for the CBD premium as well as Grade-An office section is backed by corporates’ choice for newer office complex with high-quality specs, to prepare for staff members returning to the workplace and also the anticipated pick-up in business activity.

Colliers recommends occupiers take early action on future office decisions, as the marketplace shifts in favour of landlords. Landlords of workplace possessions with obsolete specs need to take into consideration repurposing or redeveloping their properties, to future-proof them.

Leasing purchases throughout 1Q2022 included fashion store Shein taking up 21,000 sq ft at Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 3. German chemical firm BASF will certainly be relocating from its existing properties at Suntec Tower 1 to the upcoming Guoco Midtown.

Premium as well as Grade-An office complex in the CBD additionally continued to see solid renting demand, with positive net absorption of around 134,000 sq ft in 1Q2022. Meanwhile, the job rate tightened up to 3.3%.

In regards to the CBD micro-markets tracked by Colliers, office complex in the Raffles Place/New Downtown location, along with the Shenton Way/Tanjong Pagar location, saw the highest possible growth in rents, enhancing 2.3% q-o-q to reach $11.96 psf.

A workplace statement by Colliers for 1Q2022 indicates that the recovery momentum in the Singapore workplace market is well underway. Premium as well as Grade-A workplace rents in the CBD increased for a 3rd consecutive quarter in 1Q2022, increasing 1.5% q-o-q to reach $10.26 psf, supported by healthy renting need. This marks the fastest pace of growth because rentals rebounded in 3Q2021.

The sector is anticipated to continue expanding in the coming months, sustained by a broad-based financial recovery and return-to-office momentum. Colliers prepares for rentals for CBD premium as well as Grade-A workplaces to expand by 4% to 5% in 2022.

Moving on, Colliers anticipates workplace possessions in prime areas to proceed drawing in a wide range of capital, underpinned by a healthy leasing market overview, minimal brand-new supply, as well as the resuming of Singapore’s borders.

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On the other hand, on the financial investment front, typical funding worths in the segment boosted 5.6% q-o-q in 1Q2022, striking $2,850 psf. Similarly, net yields pressed by 0.1% q-o-q to 3.4%, with cap prices coming in between 3% as well as 3.6% in the last quarter.

On the back of limited yields and rate of interest uncertainties, investors are encouraged to concentrate on energetic possession monitoring or enhancement to attain return targets.


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