Asia Pacific real estate investment news and information
One month after Singapore authorities said they would begin requiring employers to facilitate employee requests for flexible work, global banking giant Citigroup is reported to be considering shrinking its footprint in one of the city-state’s priciest commercial hubs.
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The average office vacancy rate in Tokyo’s central five wards eased to 5.4 percent in March from 6.2 percent six months earlier, dropping below 6 percent for the first time in three years, according to DWS.
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Tokyo’s office market continues to defy the global deskspace doldrums with rents expected to continue rising and vacancy to remain tight for the rest of 2024, signaling further strength for one of Asia’s hottest real estate investment destinations.
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Tenants in Hong Kong’s Grade A office market took up 137,000 square feet (12,728 square metres) more than they gave back in March, with leasing demand driven by occupiers realising pre-commitments at newly completed projects, according to JLL.
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Seoul’s office market continues to defy a global slowdown as rents for workspace in the Korean capital climbed by 2.4 percent quarter-on-quarter in the first three months of the year, according to JLL.
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After a brief slump in the second half of 2023, office rents in downtown Singapore jumped 1.3 percent on a quarterly basis in the first three months of 2024 to hit a 15-year high, according to JLL.
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Office rents in Hong Kong’s prime Central district fell 2.4 percent in February from month-earlier levels as tenants citywide gave back more Grade A space than they took up, according to JLL.
The overall market recorded a negative net absorption… Read More>>
Regional developer Hongkong Land reported an attributable loss of $582 million for 2023, reversing a year-earlier profit of $203 million, as valuations continued to decline in the group’s hometown office portfolio.
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More than five years after announcing a $650 million plan to redevelop the former Excelsior Hotel into a commercial project set to ride a boom in demand, Hong Kong’s Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group recently announced preparations to begin leasing the… Read More>>
Despite a spike in Grade A office supply across central Tokyo, average rents for high-end workspace climbed by 0.5 percent quarter-on-quarter at the end of 2023, according to Savills.
As office tenants paid average monthly rents of JPY 9,872 ($69)… Read More>>
