South Korea
What will fuel growth in Seoul’s data centre market?
What will fuel growth in Seoul’s data centre market?
The development pipeline rose by 12% to a total of 715MW.
Seoul’s 2025 industrial supply to underperform 2024 totals
This year’s supply is expected to be only less than a third of last year’s supply.
Upscale acquisitions to dominate Seoul’s hotel investment transactions
Meanwhile, upscale master-leased hotels led the transaction market in H1.
Seoul office transaction volume hits highest quarterly volume in four years
Office transaction volume hit KRW5.4 trillion in Q2 2025.
Seoul CBD prime office vacancy rate expected to edge up in Q3
There are several lease expirations and downsizing transactions.
Seoul Q2 office transaction volume grows 1.5x higher than 2024 levels
Total investment volume hit KRW5.8 trillion or USD4.2 billion.
Guess which Seoul district recorded the highest office rental growth in Q2
Rents in this district grew by 4.9% during the quarter.
Seoul prime office net absorption down 5,900sqm in Q2
GBD was the only district to record positive net absorption.
Seoul Q1 industrial absorption exceeds new completion volume by 31%
Net absorption was at 154,400 pyeong during the quarter.
Seoul office vacancy rate down to 2.8% in Q1
Yeouido saw the largest improvement in vacancies.
Seoul shopping mall rents down 2.3% in Q1
High street rents still saw a slight growth during the quarter.
Guess which Seoul district had the highest office rental growth in Q1
Rent hikes in remodeled assets drove the hike.
Seoul office investment market slows down in Q1
There were limited transaction closings.
Seoul office investment transactions up 6% in Q1
Learn more about some of the key deals during the quarter.
Seoul prime office net absorption reaches 3,700sqm in Q1
The YBD drove the market’s positive net absorption.
Seoul to see over 2.5m sqm of new prime office supply until 2029
This is 1.4x higher than the 10-year average.
How the rise of single-person households impacts Korea’s residential market
Over 40% of households in Korea are single-person households.