Industrial rents up 1.5% in 2Q2022, charting seventh consecutive quarter of growth


Industrial leas expanded 1.5% q-o-q in 2Q2022, up from the 1% q-o-q growth reported the previous quarter, according to information launched by JTC on July 28. This marks the 7th succeeding quarter of growth as well as the fastest quarterly development since 3Q2013. On a y-o-y basis, leas expanded 3.4% during the 2nd quarter.

Industrial costs likewise rose, expanding 1.5% q-o-q in 2Q2022 however reducing from the 3.1% q-o-q rise noted the previous quarter. At the same time, industrial tenancy prices inched up from 89.8% in 1Q2022 to 90% in 2Q2022.

To that end, the industrial real estate market is anticipated to gain from the tight supply. “Barring any kind of sharp slowdown in the international market, demand for industrialized space in 2022 is expected to be robust and occupancy should be fairly stable,” Song includes.

Warehouses charted the greatest performance amongst all the commercial sub-segments, signing up a rental rise of 2.1% q-o-q and also 5.7% y-o-y respectively in 2Q2022. During the quarter, storage facility occupancies boosted to 90.9%, up from 90.3% in 1Q2022.

However, He keeps in mind that long-lasting need for industrial place will certainly still be driven by tailwinds such as Singapore’s enhancing concentrate on high-value production and biomedical fields. Colliers is forecasting industrial rents to increase in between 2% to 4% this year, while industrial costs are predicted to increase in between 5% to 7%.

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He puts that rising problems connecting to food security as well as access to basic materials and also requirements prompted significant stockpiling activity, which contributed to stronger demand for stockrooms. “The enhancing Singapore money supplied support to stockpiling, mitigating rise in prices as inflation ends up being progressively substantial,” he remarks.

The growth in industrial value and also rental indices was sustained by making output expansions in electronics as well as accuracy engineering, in addition to resilient necessity for semiconductors, mentions Leonard Tay, head of research study at Knight Frank Singapore.

For manufacturing facilities, multiple-user manufacturing facilities saw the highest quarterly as well as yearly development in 2Q2022 at 2.1% and 3.7% respectively. “This could be credited to the thriving demand for high-specification multi-user warehouses, as occupiers look for workplace grade commercial spaces near the city edge,” notes Catherine He, head of study, Singapore at Colliers.

Colliers’ He, on the other hand, highlights that new supply will come onstream at a regular total amount of around 1.2 million sqm yearly from today up until 2025, including 1.6 million sqm to be accomplished this year. This outmatches the 0.7 million sqm yearly standard over the past 3 years, meaning that supply is most likely to catch up to demand and temper the speed of rental and cost growth, she says.

Looking ahead, Tricia Song, CBRE head of research, Singapore as well as Southeast Asia, notices that commercial pipeline stays “exceptionally slim”, with multi-factory pipeline expected to taper down from 2023 while most of stockroom supply up until 2023 is already fully pre-committed.


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