April 2015 Singapore | Hong Kong The Office A review of the Singapore office market All new developments have been particularly successful Index Page Overall CBD vacancy rate is around 4.25% Supply of new office space over next 18 months will be limited The Gateway Rentals grew by 9.5% in 2014 and are expected to advance further in 2015 02 Rental Table - Asking Rents 03 Top Prime Offices 04 Financial District - Upper Mid-Range/Prime 05 Financial District - Economy/Mid-Range 06 Value for Money / Edge of CBD 07 Orchard Road 08 Decentralised / Business/Commercial Corporate Locations (S) Pte Ltd License No. L3010044A T +65 6320 8355 / contact@corporatelocations.com.sg / www.corporatelocations.com.sg Rental Guide - Summary of Asking Rates Raffles Place / Marina Bay 6 Battery Road $9.50 / $15.00 20 Collyer Quay $12.00 - $14.00 55 Market Street $8.50 Asia Square Tower 1 $18.00 Asia Square Tower 2 $18.00 Bank of China Building Full Bharat Building $8.00 Bank of Singapore Centre $10.50 Chevron House $9.50 Clifford Centre $8.50 Income@RafflesFull Maybank Tower Full MBFC Tower 1, 2 & 3 TBC OCBC Centre $9.50+ OCBC Centre East $9.80 Ocean Financial Centre $15.00 One Finlayson Green Full One George Street $12.00 One Marina Boulevard Full One Raffles Place Tower 1 $11.00 - $13.50 One Raffles Place Tower 2 $10.50 - $13.50 One Raffles Quay North Tower $15.00 OUE Bayfront $16.00 RB Capital Building $8.50 Republic Plaza 1 $11.00 - $13.00 Republic Plaza 2 Full Royal Group Building Full Royal One Phillip $10.00 Singapore Land Tower $11.00 Straits Trading Building $10.50 The Arcade $7.70 UOB Plaza 1 $13.50 UOB Plaza 2 $12.00 Robinson Road / Shenton Way 4 Robinson Road 6 Raffles Quay 60 Robinson Road 71 Robinson Road 80 Robinson Road 120 Robinson Road 135 Cecil Street 137 Telok Ayer Street 146 Robinson Road 150 Cecil Street 158 Cecil Street AIA Tower ASO Building Bangkok Bank Building CapitaGreen Capital Square Capital Tower Cecil Court China Square Central City House CPF Building Far East Finance Building Far Eastern Bank Building $8.00 $8.50 - $9.50 Full $9.00 Full $8.00 $8.00 $8.00 $5.50 $6.50 $8.80 Full Full Full $16.00 - $18.00 $11.00 POA $6.50 $9.50 $7.80 - $8.50 $7.30 Full $6.50 Finexis Building GB Building Grace Global Raffles Great Eastern Centre Hong Leong Building Keck Seng Tower PIL Building PWC Building Prudential Tower Robinson 77 Robinson 112 Robinson Centre Robinson Point Samsung Hub SGX Centre SIF Building Shenton House The Globe The Octagon Tokio Marine Centre Tong Eng Building Full $7.00 Full $10.00 $9.50 $7.00 - $7.50 $8.00 $9.50 $10.50 $8.50 $7.50 $8.50 Full $10.00 $9.00 Full $5.00 - $6.00 Full $6.00 - $6.50 $8.50 Full Orchard Road / Dhoby Ghaut 50 Scotts Road Full 51 Cuppage Road $8.50+ 182 Clemenceau Ave $7.50 Albert ComplexFull Burlington Square Full Faber House$9.50 Fortune Centre&5.80 Forum$8.00 Goldbell Towers$9.50 Haw Par Centre$7.00 Haw Par Glass Tower$4.80 International Building $8.50 Liat Towers $10.00 Manulife Centre $8.80 Ngee Ann City $12.00 Orchard Building Full Palais Renaissance $9.20 Park Mall $7.80 Regency House $8.00 Shaw Centre$8.00 Shaw House $9.00 Singapore Pools Building Full Sunshine Plaza$7.00 Tanglin Shopping Centre$6.50 The Atrium @OrchardFull The Bencoolen$7.00 The Heeren$12.00 The ParagonFull Thong Teck Building Full Tong Building $8.00 TripleOne Somerset $9.50+ VisionCrest Commercial $11.00 Wheelock Place $15.00 Wilkie Edge Full Winsland House 1 & 2 $13.00 Wisma Atria $12.00 Tanjong Pagar Edge of CBD 78 Shenton Way $7.80 79 Anson Road $8.00 ABI Plaza Full Amara Corporate Tower TBC Anson Centre Full Anson House $9.50 AXA Tower $9.50 Fuji Xerox Towers $7.50 - $8.50 Hub Synergy Point Full International Plaza $6.50 - $7.50 Jit Poh Building $6.50 Keppel Towers $7.00 Mapletree Anson $9.00 MAS Building Full St. Andrew’s Centre Full SouthpointFull Springleaf Tower $8.00 - $8.50 Tower Fifteen $7.50 Twenty Anson $9.00 Alfa Centre Boon Siew Building Central Plaza Goldhill Plaza Newton 200 Novena Square A Novena Square B Rex House SLF Building The Metropolis Tower 1 & 2 United Square City Hall / Marina Centre / Beach Road 11 Beach Road 30 Hill Street 67 High Street Bugis Junction Towers Centennial Tower Millenia Tower Odeon Tower One Raffles Link Parkview Square Peninsula Plaza Raffles City Tower Shaw Tower South Beach Tower Stamford Court Suntec Towers 1-3 Suntec Towers 4-5 The Adelphi The Concourse The Gateway East and West $7.00 Full Full Full $15.50 $15.50 $9.50 Full $8.50 $6.50 $12.00 $6.40 - $6.70 $13.00 $8.00 $9.00 - $12.00 $10.00 - $12.00 $7.20 $8.50 $8.50 Chinatown / River Valley Road Central Central Mall Chinatown Point Great World City East Great World City West King’s Centre Royal Merukh S.E.A. Building UE Square Valley Point $9.80 $5.50 - $7.80 $6.00 - $6.50 $7.80 $7.80 $7.00 Full $8.00 $8.00 $7.00 Full $7.50 Full Full $9.50 Full Full $5.00 $8.50 $9.00 West / Others Alexandra Point $7.50 Alexandra Techno Park* $4.50 Harbourfront Centre $7.20 - $7.80 Harbourfront Tower 1 $7.80 Harbourfront Tower 2 $6.20 - $7.50 Harbour Link TBC International Business Park (Jurong)* $4.50 JEM$6.20 Keppel Bay Tower $9.00 Mapletree Business City* Full New Tech Park* Full Pacific Tech Centre* $3.55 PSA Building $7.50 - $8.00 PSA Vista $4.80 Singapore Science Park I, II & III* $4.50 Sime Darby Business Centre* Full Tech Point* $3.20 The Signature* $3.70 - $4.00 UE BizHub East* $4.50 Westgate $6.50 - $6.90 East Abacus Plaza $5.50 AIA Tampines TBC Changi Business Park* $4.50 Cisco Centre II Full CPF Tampines Building $5.40 KA Centre* $3.20 KA Place* Full NTUC Tampines Junction $5.80 NTUC Tampines Point $5.50 Parkway Parade Full Singapore Post Centre $6.50 Tampines Concourse $5.50 Tampines Grande $6.20 Tampines Plaza Full Techlink*$3.20 Technopark @Chai Chee* $3.50 Tech View* $3.20 * Light industrial space All rents quoted are asking rental rates and subject to change without prior notice Contact Our Senior Team Members Douglas Dunkerley Director Edmund Goh Director Darren Ng Senior Manager Ellynn Yap Sr. Marketing Executive John Lee Sr. Marketing Executive CEA Reg No. R030779G CEA Reg No. R030777J CEA Reg No. R022103E CEA Reg No. R050491F CEA Reg No. R016701D T +65 6391 5200 T +65 6391 5201 T +65 6391 5209 T +65 6391 5212 T +65 6391 5211 ddunkerley@corporatelocations.com.sg edmundgoh@corporatelocations.com.sg darrenng@corporatelocations.com.sg ellynnyap@corporatelocations.com.sg johnlee@corporatelocations.com.sg ‘Finding Office Space For You, With You’ 100 Beach Road, #17-07 Shaw Tower, Singapore 189702 T +65 6320 8355 www.corporatelocations.com.sg Disclaimer The information in this publication should be regarded as a general guide only. Whilst every care is taken in it preparation, no representation is made or responsibility accepted for its accuracy or completeness. The rentals mentioned are neither asking rentals nor rentals agreed by property owners, but only represent the writers views on estimated rentals and is intended as reference only. 03 Top Prime Offices *All rents quoted are estimated target effective rates subject to negotiations and are not the landlords quoted figure $14.00 psf* $13.00+ psf* Units from 3,100 – 29,000 sq ft Units from 4,000 – 40,000 sq ft OUE Bayfront Collyer Quay One Raffles Quay North Tower Top quality office tower on edge of Raffles Place Average floor size 22,000 sq ft New tenants include Cargill Group, Bordie & Cie, SK Energy and Jardine Lloyd Thompson $15.50 - $16.00+ psf* $14.00 - $15.00 psf* Units from 1,824 – 136,000 sq ft Units from 3,000 – 19,666 sq ft CapitaGreen Market Street, Raffles Place MBFC Tower 3 Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 3 Marina Bvld, New Downtown One Raffles Place Tower 2 Asia Square Towers 1 & 2 World Class Office Amentities include 5 star hotel, leisure centre, food court & link to MRT Average floor size 30,000 - 35,000 sq ft $11.50 - $12.00 psf* $12.00+ psf* Units from 3,896 – 11,668 sq ft Units from 4,650 – 21,711 sq ft One Raffles Place Tower 2 Ocean Financial Centre Raffles Place $14.00 - $15.00+ psf* Units from 2,300 – 100,000 sq ft Asia Square Towers 1 & 2 12 Marina View, New Downtown Ocean Financial Centre 04 Financial District - Upper Mid-Range / Prime *All rents quoted are estimated target effective rates subject to negotiations and are not the landlords quoted figure $9.50 - $10.50 psf* $9.50 psf* Units from 1,050 – 12,045 sq ft Units from 3,000 – 27,000 sq ft Suntec City Twrs 1- 4 Temasek Boulevard Bank of Singapore Centre Raffles Place Bank of Singapore Centre $10.80+ psf* Units from 1,200 – 13,000 sq ft Republic Plaza 1 Republic Plaza 1 Raffles Place $10.00+ psf* $11.00+ psf* $10.00+ psf* $10.00 psf* Units from 1,119 – 6,283 sq ft Units from 1,316 – 7,621 sq ft Units from 3,000 – 15,600 sq ft Units from 10,000 – 65,000 sq ft South Beach Tower Beach Road Capital Tower Robinson Road OCBC Centre Chulia Street / Raffles Place UOB Plaza II Raffles Place Demand All new developments have been particularly successful Demand for new office space in Singapore has been robust over the last twelve months, with the new developments both inside and outside the CBD being particularly successful. Outside the CBD, Westgate in Jurong has leased well with engineering and infrastructure firm CPG taking some 83,000 sq ft and other new tenants include Lockheed Martin. Aperia Building in Lavender secured Audi/Volkswagon and Roche Diagnostics as their first major tenants earlier last year and more recent tenants include Experian, Shimizu Corporation and BBC Worldwide. Inside the CBD South Beach Tower, which only secured TOP in February 2015, is now over 80% leased with only a few low-rise floors remain available. New tenants to commit here include Sanofi Aventis (40,000 sq ft), Facebook (80,000 sq ft), Lego (60,000 sq ft), TMF Group (16,000 sq ft), KCS Corporate Services (9,000 sq ft), Bain & Co (18,000 sq ft), Canpotex (from 30 Hill Street) and Astra Oil (from Raffles City Tower). CapitaGreen is also over 70% committed, only a few months after receiving TOP in December 2014. A host of high profile tenants have secured space in this development and the latest MNC’s choosing this project include Twitter (22,000 sq ft), Lloyds of London (74,000 sq ft), SK Energy (20,000 sq ft), ACE Insurance (38,000 sq ft), and Apple taking up an estimated 35,000 sq ft. The dust is now settling from the decanting of Equity Plaza and these tenants chose a wide variety of locations to move to, with many picking Shenton/Tanjong Pagar. Obayashi Corporation moved to 79 Anson Road, Hanwa Singapore moved to AXA Tower, Gateway Law & Blackmagic Design moved to Robinson Point, Prime Partners leased a floor in Income@Raffles and Everest Reinsurance moved to One Raffles Place Tower 1. Other buildings in the financial district have seen healthy activity. Spencer Ogden has leased a whole floor at One Raffles Place Tower 2. Itron Metering Systems leased a floor at 55 Market Street (from Goldbell Towers), Qatar Airways leased space in Samsung Hub (from The Paragon), AvePoint Singapore moved into Ocean Financial Centre (from Centennial Tower), and Asia Environment Holdings moved to GB Building (from OCBC Centre). H&CS Holdings has purchased a whole floor in Springleaf Tower (from Winsland House). Equinix Asia Pacific has leased a whole floor in China Square Central. On the edge of the CBD, K Line Logistics has leased a floor at ABI Plaza and Baker Tilly / Teo Fong Loong has leased a whole floor (15,000 sq ft) in Parkview Square. Outside the CBD The Metropolis in Buona Vista has leased further space to American Eagle Tankers (from Keppel Bay Towers) and Beiersdorf (from United Square). Canon Singapore and Electrolux have moved into Galaxis. Summary of Recent Leasing Transactions Moving to > Size sq ft Moving from Lloyds of London CapitaGreen < 74,000 sq ft Asia Square Tower 1 ACE Insurance CapitaGreen < 38,000 sq ft Parkview Square TwitterCapitaGreen < 22,000 sq ft Facebook South Beach < 80,000 sq ft 158 Cecil Street TMF South Beach < 18,000 sq ft 158 Cecil Street Sanofi Aventis South Beach < 40,000 sq ft 6 Raffles Quay KCS Corporate Services South Beach < 9,000 sq ft City House Lego Singapore South Beach < 60,000 sq ft MBFC Tower 3 Bain & Co South Beach < 18,000 sq ft OUE Bayfront ElectroluxGalaxis < 30,000 sq ft Jackson Square Canon Singapore Galaxis < 50,000 sq ft Keppel Bay Towers Obayashi 79 Anson Road < 7,000 sq ft Equity Plaza BBC Worldwide Aperia Building < 6,000 sq ft Shaw Tower Prime Partners Income @ Raffles < 9,000 sq ft Equity Plaza Central Provident Fund Novena Square < 210,000 sq ft CPF Building Equinix Asia Pacific China Square Central < 12,000 sq ft Equity Plaza Tenant 05 Financial District - Economy / Mid-Range *All rents quoted are estimated target effective rates subject to negotiations and are not the landlords quoted figure $7.00+ psf* $7.20 psf* $8.50 psf* Units from 2,271 – 20,000 sq ft Units from 1,130 – 9,989 sq ft Units from 1,750 – 14,766 sq ft 135 Cecil Street 78 Shenton Way Tanjong Pagar AXA Tower Shenton Way AXA Tower 158 Cecil Street $8.30 psf* $7.50 - $9.00 psf* $8.50 psf* Units from 1,765 – 30,000 sq ft Units from 1,593 - 40,000 sq ft Units from 3,000– 20,669 sq ft 158 Cecil Street 6 Raffles Quay Shenton Way Mapletree Anson Anson Road $7.50 psf* Units from 1,496 - 36,630 sq ft Robinson 77 Robinson 77 Robinson Road $8.50 psf* $8.50 psf* Units from 3,300 – 10,215 sq ft Units from 8,000 – 19,666 sq ft SGX Centre 1 Shenton Way 71 Robinson Road 71 Robinson Road 06 Value for Money / Edge of CBD *All rents quoted are estimated target effective rates subject to negotiations and are not the landlords quoted figure $7.00 psf* Units from 1,346 – 19,548 sq ft UE Square UE Square Clemenceau Avenue $8.00 psf* $8.00 psf* Units from 1,119 – 50,000 sq ft Units from 1,900 – 15,600 sq ft Parkview Square Parkview Square North Bridge Rd, Bugis The Concourse Beach Road, Lavender $6.30 psf* $7.50 psf* $6.00 psf* $6.00 psf* Units from 1,568 – 4,833 sq ft Units from 1,000 – 11,880 sq ft Units from 1,000 – 11,840 sq ft Units from 1,000 – 18,000 sq ft Shaw Tower Beach Road The Gateway Beach Road, Bugis Keppel Towers Hoe Chiang Road CES Centre (San Ctre) Chin Swee Road Supply The overall CBD vacancy rate is around 4.25% The vacancy rate for Raffles Place has increased to around 6.3%, but this is mainly due to the completion of CapitaGreen (700,000 sq ft). The vacancy rate for the New Downtown/Marina Bay area has come down to around 4.5% with Asia Square Tower 2 filling up. Vacancy rates in Shenton Way/Tanjong Pagar are around 7.0% having been helped by many of the tenants from Equity Plaza relocating into this area, yet there have also been many large relocations from this district. The supply of new office space over the next 18 months will indeed be limited, but then later in 2016 two massive new schemes, namely Marina One (1,880,000 sq ft) and Guoco Tower (850,000 sq ft) will form a large part of the estimated 3 Million sq ft of new space expected to come on line then. In the meantime there will be good quality space available in the secondary market as a result of so many relocations to either South Beach or CapitaGreen. Supply of new office space over the next 18 months will indeed be limited In Raffles Place, CapitaGreen still has a good choice of available space and One Raffles Place Towers 1 & 2 continue to offer a wide selection of sizes in a 100% prime location, at reasonable rates. OCBC Centre has a wide choice of smaller units on offer. In the New Downtown/Marina Bay area, Asia Square Towers 1 & 2 still have a fair choice of space and MBFC Tower III & Raffles Quay North Tower have good opportunities available. In Shenton Way / Tanjong Pagar the buildings The Beach Road area has an approximate vacancy rate of 3.5%. Both City Hall/Marina Centre and Orchard Road districts have very low vacancy rates of between 1.4% and 1.8%, because activity/movement in this area is limited and South Beach has leased out so well. The overall vacancy rate for Grade A offices in the CBD is around 4.25%. with the widest choice include AXA Tower, Mapletree Anson, 6 Raffles Quay, 135 Cecil Street and 158 Cecil Street. In the Orchard Road area 51 Cuppage Road and Triple One Somerset have a large variety of units on offer. On the edge of the CBD some of the best opportunities can be found in Shell House, Parkview Square, The Gateway and The Concourse. Outside the CBD the Harbourfront/Alexandra district has the widest choice in buildings such as Keppel Bay Towers, HarbourFront Centre, Alexandra Point, PSA Building and 456 Alexandra Road. Future Developments Tenant Location Size Guoco Tower Marine One 5 Shenton Way DUO SBF Centre Tanjong Pagar New Downtown Shenton Way Beach Road / Bugis Robinson Road 850,000 sq ft 1,875,000 sq ft 280,000 sq ft 570,000 sq ft 340,000 sq ft Completion Date Jun Sep Sep Dec Jan 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017 07 Orchard Road *All rents quoted are estimated target effective rates subject to negotiations and are not the landlords quoted figure $7.50 psf* $6.80 psf* Units from 1,270 – 21,054 sq ft Units from 10,728 sq ft 51 Cuppage Road Orchard Haw Par Centre Clemenceau Avenue $8.50+ psf* $10.50 psf* $10.50 psf* $8.00+ psf* Units from 1,184 – 25,468 sq ft Units from 1,351 – 22,350 sq ft Units from 1,242 – 8,784 sq ft Units from 1,000 – 14,454 sq ft TripleOne Somerset Somerset Road Winsland House 1 Penang Road Winsland House 2 Penang Road Visioncrest Penang Road $7.50 psf* $8.50 psf* $7.50 psf* $8.70 psf* Units from 1,000 – 3,772 sq ft Units from 1,000 – 3,055 sq ft Units from 1,010 – 3,961 sq ft Units from 1,000 – 4,510 sq ft Shaw Centre Orchard Road Shaw House Scotts Road Park Mall Penang Road Palais Renaissance Orchard Road Rentals grew by 9.5 % in 2014 and we expect rates to advance further in 2015, but at a more modest rate of around 5% - 6%. The net absorption in 2015 is predicted to be around 800,000 sq ft, but this is likely to increase to over 1 Million sq ft in 2016 as a healthy take up of space in the two major new schemes Marina One and Guoco Tower coming on line at this time is expected. Net absorption in 2015 is predicted to be 800,000 sq ft, but this is likely to increase to over 1 Million sq ft in 2016 as a healthy take up of space in the two major new schemes (Marina One and Guoco Tower) is expected. Market Forecast Rental rates predicted to advance at slower rate between 5% - 6% in 2015 Rates for prime Grade A buildings now average around $10.50 per sq ft. In Raffles Place rates range from $9.00 per sq ft to $13.00 per sq ft, with most quality buildings commanding rates around $10.00 to $11.00 per sq ft effective. The average effective rate in the New Downtown / Marina Bay area is now around $13.25 per sq ft. Most buildings in the Shenton Way / Tanjong Pagar area average around $7.50 to $8.50 per sq ft. City Hall / Suntec City area averages around $10.00 per sq ft and Beach Road has an average rate around $7.50 per sq ft. Some larger users are already considering their plans for 2016 with these two schemes in mind, but in the meantime there is still a reasonable choice of space in both the newer schemes as well as secondary space as a result of so many relocations. Rentals grew by 9.5% in 2014 Average Effective Rates by District Raffles Place New Downtown / Marina Bay Shenton Way / Tanjong Pagar City Hall / Marina Centre Beach Road Orchard Road Fringe CBD $10 - $11.00 $13.25 $7.50 - $8.50 $10.00 $7.50 $8.00 - $9.00 $6.00 - $8.50 Those tenants who are more budget conscious will be drawn to some of the excellent opportunities that offer good value for money on the edge of the CBD, and those needing to be in a prime location will be attracted to the high net efficiency rate of the newer developments. Overall the anticipation of the new supply in 2016 will bode well for the future of the office market, as additional supply will increase stability in the market avoiding damaging rental surges. Guoco Tower Tanjong Pagar Marina One Marina View (New Downtown) Size: 850,000 sq ft Height: 64 storeys Office floors up to level 38 (residential above) Average floor plate: 25,000 - 29,000 sq ft Est. completion: Jun 2016 Size: 1,880,000 sq ft Height: 30-storeys (twin towers) Average floor plate: 30,000 sq ft Est. completion: Sep 2016 08 Decentralised Offices *All rents quoted are estimated target effective rates subject to negotiations and are not the landlords quoted figure Harbourfront / Alexandra District $6.70 - $7.50 psf* $6.50 psf* $7.20 psf* $8.50 psf* Units from 1,000 – 11,928 sq ft Units from 1,200 – 12,648 sq ft Units from 1,614 – 16,167 sq ft Units from 2,799 – 37,534 sq ft Harbourfront Centre Maritime Square Alexandra Point Alexandra Road PSA Building Alexandra Road Keppel Bay Towers Harbourfront $4.60 psf* $7.80 psf* $5.80+ psf* $6.00+ psf* Units from 3,451 – 20,000 sq ft Units from 4,273 – 25,000 sq ft Units from 5,000 – 24,327 sq ft Units from 1,570 – 33,000 sq ft Nucleos Buona Vista The Metropolis Tower 2 Buona Vista JEM Jurong Gateway Road Westgate Gateway Drive Buona Vista / Island West Business / Commercial Space Island East $4.20 psf* $3.50 - $4.00 psf* $3.20 psf* $3.00 psf* Units from 15,000 – 28,000 sq ft Units from 1,539 – 27,943 sq ft Units from 5,080 – 52,743 sq ft Units from 4,544 – 12,165 sq ft UE Biz Hub Changi Business Park The Signature Changi Business Park Island Central Technopark@ Chai Chee Techpoint Ang Mo Kio Island West $5.50 psf* $5.00 psf* $4.00 psf* $4.00 psf* Units from 5,000 – 24,108 sq ft Units from 1,161 – 25,000 sq ft Units from 3,509 – 6,566 sq ft Units from 5,274 – 22,238 sq ft Aperia Kallang Avenue 223@Mountbatten Acer Building Creative IBP International Business Park, Jurong International Business Park, Jurong