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Office leasing demand continues to rise
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Shanghai鈥檚 Grade A office market is off to a good start in 2021 amid continuously improving leasing demand, particularly in decentralized locations, major international property consultancies said in their latest research.
Net absorption, a barometer of market demand for office space, reached 288,000 square meters in the first three months of this year, the highest quarterly level since 2019, according to JLL鈥檚 newly released quarterly report.
鈥淲e鈥檝e continued to see office leasing sentiment recover in both the central business district and decentralized markets, with most take-up driven by the latter,鈥 said Joseph Wang, head of tenant representation services for Pudong markets, JLL Shanghai. 鈥淐ost-saving and consolidations accounted for a large share of leasing, with companies seizing the opportunity presented by lower office rents to upgrade or expand to high-quality new locations.鈥
Domestic firms seem more active than their international counterparts, as the negative impact from the coronavirus pandemic continues to wane and business activities steadily recover. Inquiries from domestic financial services firms, in particular mutual fund and securities companies, increased compared with late 2020.
On the rental side, CBD rents fell 0.6 percent quarter on quarter, extending their downward trajectory amid continuing competition from the decentralized market but narrowing from the 1.3 percent decline in the fourth quarter of last year. Decentralized rents edged up 0.6 percent from the previous three-month period, reversing a 0.9 percent dip registered in the last quarter of 2020.
Vacancies, meanwhile, fell in both CBD and decentralized markets, standing at 11.9 percent and 28.8 percent respectively, down 0.1 and 0.7 percent from the previous quarter, JLL research showed.
A separate report released by Colliers International echoed the same trend.
鈥淧erformance of the city鈥檚 Grade A office market in the first quarter exceeded our expectations, and we expect this strong sentiment to extend through 2021,鈥 said Kevin Yuan, research director, Colliers International, East China.
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