Commercial Office

APAC office investment sales down 48% to USD21.6b in H1

But volumes rose 17% QoQ due to a pick-up in Shanghai, Beijing and Singapore. 

APAC office investment sales down 48% to USD21.6b in H1

But volumes rose 17% QoQ due to a pick-up in Shanghai, Beijing and Singapore. 

New Delhi to post the highest office vacancy rate in APAC by end-2020

Delhi, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Chengdu will have vacancy rates in excess of 20%.

New office supply in APAC up 12% YoY in Q2, driven by India and Melbourne CBD

Aggregate new supply in the 19 APAC cities that Colliers tracks closely reached about 1.42 million square metres in Q2 2020.

Office space absorption in APAC to drop 41% over 2020

Absorption fell 56% QoQ to 0.48 million square metres in Q2.

Tokyo's 2020 office supply to reach 17-year high but high occupancy eases glut concerns: Savills

Well over 95% of the supply has already been filled or pre-leased, whilst existing supply has little vacancy.

Rental growth rate in Tokyo's prime office market at its lowest since 2016

Grade A office rents inched up by a mere 0.2% in Q2 2020.

Singapore strata office unit sales drop to a measly 79 in H1 2020

This translates to a total transacted value of S$272.2m, down 42.3% from S$471.4m in H2 2019.

APAC office sector's net absorption hits decade-low in H1

It fell 34% to 16.3 million sq ft, no thanks to tenants cutting costs amidst the pandemic.

Seoul's prime office vacancy rates decline, whilst rents increase in Q2

Vacancy rates stood at 6.9%, and rents inched up 1.6% YoY.

Tokyo rents and vacancies rise

Tokyo office rents rose both YoY and MoM but vacancy increased for the fifth straight month to 2.77%. By area, Minato saw the largest vacancy increase...