Commercial Retail

Hong Kong prime street shop rents drop 5% in Q1

Rents in major shopping malls also declined 5.1%.

Melbourne retail completions to drop by 7% this year

Completion levels are bound to remain considerably low until 2025.

Bangkok to see 68,000sqm of new prime grade retail stock by 1H22

This will be from four projects that are due to come online. 

Hanoi retail rents to increase by 2-3% by end-2022

A total of 40,800 sqm of new prime retail space is also expected to be completed.

Jakarta prime retail rents up 0.7% in 2021

Rents are likely to continue their recovery momentum this year.

New Delhi retail net absorption slumps 72% in 4Q21

Blame it on lack of new supply and low vacancy in quality malls. 

Manila retail net absorption hits 285,400sqm in 4Q21

This is the highest figure in the last six quarters.

How Hong Kong’s latest law on rental enforcement moratorium affects the retail property sector

Landlords are likely to bear the brunt of having more vacant spaces yet again.

Seoul retail vacancy rates decline except in Gangnam and Myeongdong

The vacancy rate in Gangnam was at 36.1% in Q4 2021.

Hong Kong retail recovery dampened yet again by recent COVID outbreak 

Restaurants with over 20,000 sq ft of space could be at risk 

Here’s what you should expect from the APAC retail property market in 2022

Deep-pocketed retail operators are likely to launch new expansion plans. 

APAC to sustain growth in commercial real estate investment in 2022: CBRE 

CBRE sees a 5% to 10% growth in total transaction volumes this year.  

Capital raised by REITs could top $20b in the Asia Pacific in 2022: APREA

This as investors become more comfortable with REITs and more industrial portfolios gets listed.