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Latest figures from Urban Redevelopment Authority confirm the views of some industry players that the office leasing market has emerged out of a downturn.
URA's office rental index in the central region rose 0.8 per cent in the third quarter over the preceding quarter. This marked a bigger increase compared with the 0.2 per cent gain registered in Q2.
However, the islandwide office vacancy rate climbed to 9.6 per cent at end-Q3 from 8.8 per cent three months earlier. For private-sector office space, the vacancy rate rose from 9.5 per cent to 10.4 per cent.
The higher islandwide vacancy was amid a net addition of about 1.3 million sq ft of available office space in the third quarter of this year - from the completion of major projects such as Asia Square Tower 2, The Metropolis Tower 1 and Nexus@ One-North.
On the demand side, the islandwide office market saw net increase in occupied space of about 495,000 sq ft in Q3, higher than 205,000 sq ft in Q2.
URA's All Industrial rental index rebounded 4.4 per cent in Q3 after dipping 0.1 per cent in Q2. Its multiple-user factory rental index increased 4.4 per cent in Q3 after inching up 0.1 per cent in the second quarter. Multiple-user warehouse rents recovered 4.6 per cent in the July-September period from the 2.4 per cent decline in Q2.
At the same time, vacancy rates eased slightly to 7.5 per cent at end-Q3 from 7.6 per cent at end-Q2 for factory space and to 6.7 per cent from 7.2 per cent for warehouse space, according to URA's data.
URA's shop rental index climbed 0.4 per cent in Q3, contrasting with a 0.8 per cent slide in Q2. The shop price index, however, appreciated at a slower clip of 0.4 per cent in the third quarter, compared with the 1.7 per cent increase in Q2. In similar fashion, the price index for office space rose one per cent in Q3, compared with Q2's 1.5 per cent gain.
Prices of multiple-user factory space continued to inch up 0.9 per cent after posting a 0.5 per cent gain in Q2.
Multiple-user warehouse space posted the most dramatic turnaround, rising 10.4 per cent in the third quarter, after slipping 5.9 per cent in the previous quarter.
Source: Business Times –26 October 2013