Beijing Office Market Added 250k Sqm of Space in Q4 as Vacancy Edged Up
As China’s economy showed signs of recovery in the final months of 2020, Beijing’s office market saw a wave of fresh supply and an upsurge in absorption as tech firms led a flurry of leasing demand,...
View ArticleTech Firms Set to Lease 20% of APAC Office Space as Mainland Giants Expand
Technology occupiers led by Chinese groups are poised to transform Grade A office markets in Asia Pacific, accounting for at least a fifth of regional leasing demand from 2020 to 2025, according to...
View ArticleHong Kong’s 168% Q4 Surge Paces APAC Commercial Property Investment Rebound
Commercial property investment in key APAC markets staged a comeback in last year’s fourth quarter, led by resurgent Hong Kong, where transaction volume shot up 168 percent compared with year-earlier...
View ArticleSydney and Singapore Join World’s Top 10 Data Centre Markets
Sydney and Singapore rank among the world’s premier data centre markets, claiming the third and fifth spots in a top 10 dominated by US cities, according to research by Cushman & Wakefield. For its...
View ArticleJapan Deals Jumped 37% as North Asia Led Q4 2020 Investment Rebound
North Asia proved to be the most resilient slice of the Asia Pacific region in the fourth quarter of 2020 as Japan, China and South Korea recorded a jump in real estate transactions, according to...
View ArticleHong Kong Office Vacancy Hits 9.3% as Deutsche Bank, AIA Surrender Space
Office vacancy in Hong Kong’s Central commercial district climbed further in January amid a trend of corporate tenants relocating to cheaper office locations in the city, according to JLL. In its...
View Article70% of Investors Eager to Invest in APAC Hotels This Year Says JLL
After a year in which hotel investment came to a virtual standstill as COVID-19 crushed international travel and tourism, 70 percent of investors in a recent survey now say they are keen to deploy...
View ArticleSingapore and Japan Ranked Among Top Three Data Centre Markets Globally
Singapore and Japan took the second and third spots in an annual index of the most attractive places to build data centres, with only the US ranked higher, according to global design and consultancy...
View ArticleCBRE Knocks JLL From APAC Top Investment Broker Spot as Deals Slump in 2020
For just the second time in a decade, CBRE knocked JLL from its perch as the top broker of commercial real estate investment deals in Asia Pacific, according to recently released rankings by data...
View ArticleDyson Helps Fan Singapore Office Market Rebound in First Quarter
Office leasing in Singapore swung into positive territory during the initial quarter of 2021 for the first time since the year-earlier period, nudged by the addition of tech firm Dyson’s lease...
View ArticleCentral Shanghai Office Rents Inch Upward After Two-Year Slide
After the Shanghai office market saw rents slide by an estimated 7 percent last year in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and a glut of new buildings, leasing rates in the city’s core areas began...
View ArticleWanda Topped Mainland Commercial Developers Again in 2020 Despite 13% Income...
With mainland China already recovering from the effects of the pandemic and looking forward to a vaccine-powered rebound, the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the country’s retail sector can be seen...
View ArticleHong Kong Office Market Shrank by 900,000 Square Feet in Q1
Hong Kong’s office leasing market hit some unwelcome milestones in the first quarter of 2021, with net absorption sinking to an all-time low and availability of space reaching its highest level in...
View ArticleAPAC Data Centre Demand to Double Within 5 Years Says Knight Frank
Demand for data centres in Asia Pacific is set to nearly double to 5,880 megawatts in the next three to five years, with a further 2,838MW already under construction or in development, according to...
View ArticleSingapore Property Investment Jumped 48% in Q1 Says Colliers
After a sharp rebound in the first quarter of 2021, Singapore’s property investment volume is set to recapture pre-COVID levels in the coming periods, according to research by Colliers. The global...
View ArticleAPAC Commercial Real Estate Investment Steady with Last Year During Q1
Asia Pacific’s commercial real estate market recorded more than $34 billion in direct investment in the first quarter of 2021, down less than 1 percent year-on-year, according to JLL. But investment...
View ArticleCapital Raising for APAC Private Real Estate Funds Fell Nearly 20% in 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has made life more difficult for everyone — even real estate fund managers — according to a survey released late last week by a group of non-profit organisations serving the...
View ArticleEvergrande Held Spot as China’s Biggest Developer in 2020 as Profit Fell 26%
China Evergrande maintained its position as China’s top developer in 2020 with the real estate giant growing its sales even more quickly during the pandemic, but seeing its profits slide by more than a...
View ArticleShenzhen’s Q1 Volume Surge Helps China Grab Commercial Investment Crown
Shenzhen leapt into the top five APAC metro areas for commercial real estate sales in 2020’s first quarter as China overtook Japan to emerge as the region’s biggest market during the COVID-19 era,...
View ArticleARA Surpasses CapitaLand as Biggest Real Estate Fund Manager in Asia Pacific
As it lays the groundwork for a public listing, Singapore’s ARA Asset Management can chalk up another milestone: overtaking CapitaLand to become the biggest fund manager in Asia Pacific real estate by...
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