-Colliers predicts a new revolution in office occupancy, which will see businesses balance collective in person collaboration with focused remote working opportunities –
According to the Prague Research Forum, the office leasing teams (Tenant Representation and Office Agency) of JLL mediated a record breaking 109,059 sqm of office space transactions on the Prague market. This total consists of 61,740 sqm mediated by the Tenant representation team and 47,319 sqm mediated by the Landlord representation team. Both teams transacted the highest volumes and achieved the largest market shares amongst all real estate consultancy companies on the Czech market.
Corporate real estate (CRE) investment within Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) increased in Q3 by 14%, to a record €2.297 billion, with total yearly volume up 6% according to the most recent report on CEE property investment from CBRE.
Europe’s prime office market vacancy rate is expected to fall back to its 2009 level by the end of 2016 and then to continue declining over the rest of the decade, according to global real estate advisor, CBRE. In Europe’s major cities, office development is not keeping pace with growing demand driven by improving employment trends and almost all key office markets are expected to show falling vacancy rates and accelerated rental growth over the next five years.
According to the study of the consultancy firm Cushman & Wakefield London’s West End is the world’s most expensive office market for the third consecutive year. To rent one metre squared of office space here costs over EUR 2,300 annually. Hong Kong came second place (EUR 1,636 sq m/annually) followed by New York third (EUR 1,162 sq m/annually).
The SEE region offers investment possibilities across such countries as Serbia, Croatia and Romania with the office and industrial sectors providing potentially higher returns with increased risk than the more established but increasingly competitive markets in Central and Western Europe. Although one of the major obstacles to investment market development is the limited supply of office and industrial investment grade product despite tenant demand.
With GDP growth of 2.6 percent predicted for 2014 the Czech Republic is successfully recovering from the market downturn of the last two to three years with a substantial pipeline in the Prague office market, although concerns have been expressed with regard to rising vacancy. Take up in the industrial sector is increasing across the country as leading developers are opting for a more cautious built-to-suit development model. A new benchmark in investment volume is predicted as the upward trend is expected to continue with office transactions in Prague and retail and industrial deals across the country anticipated. Concerns have been expressed with regard to the limited supply of investment grade product to meet growing investor demand.
Total modern office stock in Prague decreased by the end of the first quarter of 2014 and stood at 2.9 mln sqm with class ‘A’ properties accounting for app. 72 pct of the stock, according to the Prague Research Forum.
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