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A LACK of new supply and increased demand amid a more upbeat business climate boosted prime office rents in the first quarter, said property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield yesterday.
The average grade A overall rent hit $9.90 per square foot (psf) per month - up 5.5 per cent over the previous quarter and the fourth straight quarter of increases.
It was also up 10.1 per cent on the same period a year ago.
THE office leasing market recorded another quarter of strong take-up during Q1 this year, with average gross rental rates in the central business district (CBD) rising between 3.9 to 4.5 per cent quarter-on-quarter from higher occupancy rates, according to research by DTZ.
Average monthly per square foot rents ranged between $8 in Shenton Way, Robinsons Road and Cecil Street, to around $11.50 in Marina Bay. Occupancy rates at these areas, at 97.9 per cent and 88.1 per cent respectively, were higher than the previous quarter.
[SINGAPORE] A steady stream of office leasing deals has been inked of late in the CBD, showing that demand in the market still has legs.
In what is believed to be the first leasing deal at South Beach Tower, Rabobank is said to have signed a lease for about 26,000 square feet. It will be moving out of 77 Robinson Road. DTZ is said to have advised Rabobank.
REFLECTING resilient demand for secondary office space vacated in older but choice office buildings, all of the 143,000 square feet under Citi's lease at Millenia Tower expiring next month has found new takers.
Citi began to vacate the space earlier this year, completing its exit from the building in July. This marked the final leg of the group's four-phase departure from Millenia Tower and the next-door Centennial Tower that began in 2011.
OFFICE rents in the Central Business District (CBD) look to be bottoming out after a period of decline, while those in the CBD fringe are rising, according to a DTZ report yesterday.
Occupancy rates have also climbed islandwide, largely due to a decrease in supply, the property consultancy added.
SINGAPORE'S office landlords, long dependent on banks, are broadening their tenant base to soak up empty space as the commercial property market inches towards recovery after a three-year slump in rents.
Rents in the best buildings may start to rise this year, according to brokers CBRE Group and Cushman & Wakefield.
[SINGAPORE] Led by Marina Bay, the office market is starting to see rents and vacancy rates improve, supported by more broad-based leasing demand.
According to Cushman & Wakefield (C&W), Marina Bay saw Grade A vacancies decline 2.0 percentage points to 3.6 per cent from the first quarter, even as rents rose 10.9 per cent on a quarterly basis.
This led to an increase in average Grade A rents by 4.2 per cent to $9.03 per square foot (psf) per month quarter-on-quarter.
Rents at the top-performing sub-market, Marina Bay, were $11.80 per square foot (psf) per month, after inching up 0.85 per cent from Q3's $11.70 psf per month. Elsewhere in the CBD, Raffles Place saw rents increase 0.67 per cent quarter on quarter to $9 psf per month, while Shenton Way's rents increased 0.99 per cent to $8.20 psf per month.