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Higher tenant enquiries and more frequent site inspections translated to stronger office leasing demand in the first quarter 2021, reported CBRE.
Regional class A net absorption rebounded from a low base to hit 9.1 million square feet. The decline in class A rents decelerated from 1.2 percent quarter-over-quarter (q-o-q) in the fourth quarter 2020 to 0.7 percent q-o-q, bringing the year-over-year (y-o-y) fall to 5 percent.
Retailers turned more active in looking for new leasing opportunities. Vacancy was largely unchanged across the region, while rents fell by 0.4 percent y-o-y, a slower rate of decline than the 2.1 percent y-o-y drop recorded in the previous quarter.
Warehousing demand remained upbeat, with Asia net absorption reaching 15.6 million square feet, the highest first-quarter total in recent years. Most major markets in the region continued to report low vacancy. Rents rose by 0.7 percent q-o-q.
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