Industrial rents up 1.5% in 2Q2022, charting seventh consecutive quarter of growth
Warehouses charted the best performance among all the industrial sub-segments, signing up a rental increase of 2.1% q-o-q as well as 5.7% y-o-y respectively in 2Q2022. Throughout the quarter, storage facility occupancies increased to 90.9%, up from 90.3% in 1Q2022.
Looking ahead, Tricia Song, CBRE head of research, Singapore and Southeast Asia, notes that industrial pipe stays “very thin”, with multi-factory pipe expected to taper down from 2023 while the majority of storage facility supply up to 2023 is currently completely pre-committed.
Industrial rents expanded 1.5% q-o-q in 2Q2022, up from the 1% q-o-q development documented the previous quarter, according to information launched by JTC on July 28. This notes the seventh consecutive quarter of growth and also the fastest quarterly development since 3Q2013. On a y-o-y basis, rentals grew 3.4% during the 2nd quarter.
However, He keeps in mind that long-term demand for commercial place will still be driven by tailwinds such as Singapore’s boosting focus on high-value production as well as biomedical markets. Colliers is predicting commercial leas to grow in between 2% to 4% this year, while industrial costs are anticipated to expand in between 5% to 7%.
Industrial rates also climbed, growing 1.5% q-o-q in 2Q2022 however easing from the 3.1% q-o-q surge noted the previous quarter. Meanwhile, industrial tenancy rates inched up from 89.8% in 1Q2022 to 90% in 2Q2022.
He adds that rising concerns associating with food security as well as access to basic materials and also requirements motivated substantial stockpiling task, which contributed to stronger demand for storage facilities. “The reinforcing Singapore bill provided assistance to stockpiling, reducing acceleration in costs as inflation ends up being progressively substantial,” he mentions.
For factories, multiple-user factories saw the highest quarterly as well as yearly growth in 2Q2022 at 2.1% as well as 3.7% respectively. “This could be credited to the expanding need for high-specification multi-user factories, as inhabitants seek workplace grade industrial rooms near the city edge,” marks Catherine He, head of research, Singapore at Colliers.
The growth in industrial cost and also rental indices was supported by producing outcome growths in electronics as well as precision engineering, along with resistant necessity for semiconductors, notes Leonard Tay, head of study at Knight Frank Singapore.
To that end, the commercial realty market is assumed to benefit from the tight supply. “Barring any kind of sharp downturn in the worldwide market, demand for industrialized space in 2022 is expected to be robust and also occupancy ought to be fairly secure,” Song includes.
Colliers’ He, on the other hand, highlights that new supply will come onstream at a regular total of around 1.2 million sqm every year from nowadays until 2025, consisting of 1.6 million sqm to be completed this year. This outmatches the 0.7 million sqm yearly standard over the past three years, suggesting that supply is most likely to reach demand and temper the pace of rental and also rate growth, she suggests.
