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Economic Overview Global growth remained modest during 2Q 2015 due to major markets’ divergent performances. Squarely focused on domestic developments, the US economy looks to be on firmer ground while the Eurozone seems to be rallying by leveraging lower energy costs and adhering to quantitative easing measures. That said, a stumble in Germany’s growth and the ongoing Greek Grexit’ crisis highlights the turnaround’s fragility. Here in Asia, China’s central government has cut its key lending rate for the fourth time in seven months in the face of an economic slowdown while the Japanese economy has experienced a modest recovery following a slight rebound in consumption. Leasing Market The business outlook amongst occupiers in Asia’s main markets currently remains very cautious due to the economic outlook and weakening corporate performance. As a result, cost control is continuing to influence corporate decision-making with many global occupiers avoiding ambitious expansion plans and emphasizing cost efficiencies and workplace enhancements. Of the key business sectors, IT and healthcare were the most active in terms of tenant groups seeking space to accommodate increasing headcounts and new service lines. The banking and finance sectors meanwhile are subject to conflicting forces. While large multi-national banks are implementing significant cost reduction strategies, their counterparts in China are actively expanding. Overall, average prime office rents in Asia experienced a 1.2% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) increase in 2Q 2015. With rental growth of 10.2% QoQ, Jakarta had the highest cost increase within the region due in part to the growing IT industry. At the other end of the scale, new supply of office space in Chengdu have resulted in office rents showing a QoQ decline of 3.4%. Sales Market Activity across Asia has started to pick up with most real estate transactions concentrated on key markets such as Shanghai and Sydney due to lower borrowing costs and weakening currencies. Shanghai has attracted a couple of major office deals during 2Q 2015 and saw office real estate investment volume for the quarter more than triple to US$1.1 billion. Increasingly active in China’s first-tier cites such as Shanghai, foreign Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) have added stability to the market by becoming long-term players. A notable transaction was Mapletree’s Greater China Trust’s RMB1.88 billion (US$303 million) acquisition of Sandhill Plaza in Pudong, Shanghai. Elsewhere, Sydney is dominating Australia’s investment volume and accounted for around 50% of all volume sourced largely via groups from the US and Hong Kong. Market Outlook The second half of 2015 is expected to show positive economic growth driven by the US economy’s robust recovery, lower oil prices, sustained quantitative easing across the Eurozone and China’s 6-7% economic growth. Dampening this growth will be the risk of geopolitical turbulence. Hong Kong looks likely to witness modest rental growth due to limited new office space supply while major mainland markets such as Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu may experience downward pressures in rents following the addition of substantial office space throughout the rest of this year. On the sales front, yields are likely to compress further during the remainder of 2015. This is particularly true in key Asia Pacific markets such as Shanghai, Tokyo and Sydney. Asia Pacific Office Market Asia Pacific | Office 2Q 2015

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Economic Overview Global growth remained modest during 2Q 2015 due to

major markets’ divergent performances. Squarely

focused on domestic developments, the US economy

looks to be on firmer ground while the Eurozone seems

to be rallying by leveraging lower energy costs and

adhering to quantitative easing measures. That said, a

stumble in Germany’s growth and the ongoing Greek

‘Grexit’ crisis highlights the turnaround’s fragility.

Here in Asia, China’s central government has cut its

key lending rate for the fourth time in seven months in

the face of an economic slowdown while the Japanese

economy has experienced a modest recovery following

a slight rebound in consumption.

Leasing Market The business outlook amongst occupiers in Asia’s

main markets currently remains very cautious due to

the economic outlook and weakening corporate

performance. As a result, cost control is continuing to

influence corporate decision-making with many global

occupiers avoiding ambitious expansion plans and

emphasizing cost efficiencies and workplace

enhancements. Of the key business sectors, IT and

healthcare were the most active in terms of tenant

groups seeking space to accommodate increasing

headcounts and new service lines. The banking and

finance sectors meanwhile are subject to conflicting

forces. While large multi-national banks are

implementing significant cost reduction strategies, their

counterparts in China are actively expanding.

Overall, average prime office rents in Asia experienced

a 1.2% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) increase in 2Q 2015.

With rental growth of 10.2% QoQ, Jakarta had the

highest cost increase within the region due in part to

the growing IT industry. At the other end of the scale,

new supply of office space in Chengdu have resulted in

office rents showing a QoQ decline of 3.4%.

Sales Market Activity across Asia has started to pick up with most

real estate transactions concentrated on key markets

such as Shanghai and Sydney due to lower borrowing

costs and weakening currencies. Shanghai has attracted

a couple of major office deals during 2Q 2015 and saw

office real estate investment volume for the quarter

more than triple to US$1.1 billion. Increasingly active

in China’s first-tier cites such as Shanghai, foreign

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) have added

stability to the market by becoming long-term players.

A notable transaction was Mapletree’s Greater China

Trust’s RMB1.88 billion (US$303 million) acquisition

of Sandhill Plaza in Pudong, Shanghai. Elsewhere,

Sydney is dominating Australia’s investment volume

and accounted for around 50% of all volume sourced

largely via groups from the US and Hong Kong.

Market Outlook The second half of 2015 is expected to show positive

economic growth driven by the US economy’s robust

recovery, lower oil prices, sustained quantitative easing

across the Eurozone and China’s 6-7% economic

growth. Dampening this growth will be the risk of

geopolitical turbulence.

Hong Kong looks likely to witness modest rental

growth due to limited new office space supply while

major mainland markets such as Shanghai, Guangzhou

and Chengdu may experience downward pressures in

rents following the addition of substantial office space

throughout the rest of this year. On the sales front,

yields are likely to compress further during the

remainder of 2015. This is particularly true in key Asia

Pacific markets such as Shanghai, Tokyo and Sydney.

Asia Pacific

Office Market

Asia Pacific | Office

2Q 2015

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Our Presence in Asia Pacific

1

Mumbai

Bengaluru

Karachi

Kuala Lumpur

Singapore

Ho Chi Minh City

Yangon

Chennai

Wellington

Auckland Sydney

Brisbane

Canberra Perth Adelaide

Melbourne

Almaty

Jakarta

Delhi NCR

Manila

Taipei

Tokyo

Beijing

Hong Kong

Shanghai Chengdu

Hanoi

Bangkok

Note : Rents, vacancy rate forecasts and new supply forecasts are referring to prime quality office premises in CBD except India.

In India, rents are referring to prime quality office premises in CBD while new supply and vacancy rate forecasts are referring to the

prime quality space in the whole city.

Supply Forecast 2015

(Million sq ft)

Legend :

Supply Forecast 2016

(Million sq ft)

Prime Office Rents in CBD, 2Q 2015 (US$ / sq ft / annum)

Forecast Direction 2015

Vacancy Rate Forecast 2015

Forecast Direction 2015

Forecast Direction 2016

Forecast Direction 2016

Astana

Guang zhou

Shenzhen

$52.5 ↑ ↑

6.9% ↓ ↓

1.62

1.51

$43.1 ↔ ↓

10.0% ↓ ↑

0.46

2.06

$66.5 ↔ ↔

2.0% ↔ ↑

0.00

0.32

$33.5 ↑ ↑

20.0% ↑ ↔

10.25

5.15

$14.1 ↑ ↑

43.0% ↑ ↓

0.63

0.86 $33.0 ↑ ↑

15.0% ↑ ↑

8.00

5.50

$10.3 ↑ ↑

13.0% ↔ ↓

12.98

7.08

$93.0 ↑ ↑

12.3% ↓ ↑

0.26

0.59

$19.6 ↓ ↑

52.0% ↑ ↓

10.35

4.31

$35.1 ↓ ↓

26.0% ↔ ↓

0.54

0.43

$9.1 ↑ ↑

19.0% ↓ ↓

3.47

2.90

$22.2 ↔ ↔

12.1% ↑ ↓

2.33

0.19

$84.1 ↑ ↓

4.6% ↓ ↑

0.53

3.58

$41.4 ↓ ↓

19.4% ↑ ↓

1.36

0.33

$41.4 ↑ ↑

10.3% ↑ ↑

6.49

6.10

$57.4 ↑ ↑

6.8% ↑ ↑

4.67

3.64

$53.9 ↑ ↑

11.9% ↑ ↔

7.99

6.59

$82.2 ↑ ↔

6.0% ↑ ↔

5.02

6.60

$26.9 ↑ ↑

17.0% ↑ ↓

1.82

0.36 $120.0 ↑ ↑

4.8% ↑ ↑

1.33

1.04

$29.7 ↑ ↑

5.0% ↓ ↓

0.41

0.52 $25.7 ↑ ↑

4.3% ↓ ↓

0.00

0.00 $44.5 ↓ ↓

9.0% ↓ ↑

1.00

1.50

$43.9 ↑ ↑

13.3% ↑ ↑

0.66

1.41

$27.3 ↓ ↑

12.5% ↑ ↓

0.21

0.03

$40.2 ↑ ↑

7.7% ↓ ↑

1.37

1.04

$30.3 ↑ ↑

9.0% ↓ ↓

0.00

0.00

$22.5 ↑ ↑

2.0% ↑ ↓

0.00

0.00

$25.8 ↑ ↑

0.9% ↔ ↑

0.30

0.52

$28.2 ↑ ↑

17.8% ↓ ↓

4.97

7.24

$39.2 ↑ ↓

12.9% ↑ ↑

9.70

26.56

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$2.3 billion in

annual revenue

502 offices in

67 countries on

6 continents

United States:

Canada:

Latin America:

Asia:

ANZ:

EMEA:

Authors:

Simon Lo

Executive Director | Asia

+852 2822 0511

[email protected]

Jessy Chung

Assistant Manager

+852 2822 0643

[email protected]

140

31

24

39

160

108

$1.70 billion square feet

under management

16,300 Professional

and staff

ASIA

Mark Lampard

+65 6531 8601

[email protected]

NORTH ASIA

Mainland China

Beijing

Kelvin Chow

+86 10 8518 1633 ext.113

[email protected]

Shanghai

Michael Wu

+86 21 6141 3638

[email protected]

Guangzhou

Eric Lam

+86 20 3819 3988

[email protected]

Shenzhen

Ken Kan

+86 755 8825 8648

[email protected]

Chengdu

Bonnie Chiu

+86 28 8658 6288 ext.810

[email protected]

Hong Kong, HKSAR

Hong Kong

Wendy Lau

+852 2822 0550

[email protected]

(E-141423)

Kowloon

Fiona Ngan

+852 2117 3301

[email protected]

(E-197789)

Japan

Tokyo

Katsuji Tokita

+81 3 5563 2117

[email protected]

South Korea

Seoul

Jay Yun

+82 2 6740 2001

[email protected]

Taiwan

Taipei

Amanda Yang

+886 2 8101 1120

[email protected]

SOUTH EAST ASIA

Indonesia

Jakarta

Bagus Adikusumo

+62 21 521 1400 ext.506

[email protected]

Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur

Mark Lampard

+65 6223 2323

[email protected]

*Based in Singapore

Kuala Lumpur

Research data provided by

C H Williams Talhar & Wong

Sdn Bhd

URL : http://www.wtw.com.my

Foo Gee Jen

+603 2616 8888

[email protected]

Philippines

Manila

Jie Espinosa

+632 888 9988 ext.4016

[email protected]

Singapore

Singapore

Calvin Yeo

+65 6531 8671

[email protected]

Thailand

Bangkok

Nattawan Radomyos

+66 2 656 7000

[email protected]

Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City

Nhung Quan

+84 8 3827 5665

[email protected]

Hanoi

Huan Le

+84 4 3941 3277

[email protected]

Myanmar

Yangon

Tony Picon

+95 931 491 678

[email protected]

SOUTH ASIA

India

George McKay

+91 22 4050 4553

[email protected]

Vikas Kalia

+91 12 4456 7531

[email protected]

Bengaluru

Goutam Chakraborty

+91 80 4079 5500

[email protected]

Chennai

Shaju Thomas

+91 44 2836 1064

[email protected]

Gurgaon

Vikas Kalia

+91 12 4456 7531

[email protected]

Kolkata

Swapan Dutta

+91 12 4437 5807

[email protected]

Mumbai

Nishith Agarwal

+91 22 4050 4556

[email protected]

New Delhi

Vikas Kalia

+91 12 4456 7531

[email protected]

Pune

Rishav Vij

+91 20 4120 6438

[email protected]

Pakistan

Karachi

S. Fazal Ahmad

+92 21 3561 2550 2

[email protected]

Lahore, Faisalabad

Naveed Khan

+92 42 3662 3312 8 (Lahore)

+92 41 2540 501 4 (Faisalabad)

[email protected]

Kazakhstan

Almaty

Bayan Kuatova

+7 727 311 54 43

[email protected]

AUSTRALIA

Melbourne

Simon Hunt

+61 3 9612 8818

[email protected]

NEW ZEALAND

Auckland

Rob Bird

+64 9 356 8803

[email protected]

Wellington

Jim Pinson

+64 4 470 3917

[email protected]

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