In H1, only 6 office buildings, with a total of 400,000 square meters of new supply came onto the market in Shenzhen.
Data from Savills shows that in Q2, the city’s net absorption increased by 6.2 percent month-on-month to 80,000 square meters, however, net absorption decreased by 51 percent year-on-year.
Demand in the technology industry decreased by 15.1 percentage points, accounting for 31.6 percent of the demand. The financial sector contributed a similar amount.
In the past six months, the vacancy rate has risen to 17.2 percent. The average rent in Shenzhen’s office market fell by 0.6 percent to 186.5 yuan per square meter per month.
