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Manufacturing Sector Leads Economic Growth, Expanding by 10.0% Year- On-Year in Q3 2020

Jayna Poh • 15/01/2021

Output growth in the biomedical manufacturing, electronics and precision engineering clusters on the back of a global boom in the semiconductor industry contributed to the expansion

The manufacturing sector expanded by 10.0% year-on-year in Q3 2020 as Singapore’s economic performance improved, with a contraction of only 5.8% year-on-year in Q3 2020 as compared to 13.2% year-on-year in Q2 2020. Economic growth was driven by the phased resumption of activities, following the Circuit Breaker in Q2 2020.

Wong Xian Yang, Associate Director of Research for Singapore and Southeast Asia at Cushman & Wakefield said, “The manufacturing sector was the star outperformer, with the expansion largely attributed to output growth in the biomedical manufacturing, electronics and precision engineering clusters on the back of a global boom in the semiconductor industry. The Singapore’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), a key barometer for manufacturing sentiments, remains in positive territory for six consecutive months since July 2020. This bodes well for the industrial market as the manufacturing economy is showing signs of recovery.”

Demand for Good Quality Business Parks

Decentralised and high-quality business park space will be in demand, as firms explore new ways of working. The adoption of flexible working arrangements is expected to increase, supporting a flight-to-value trend. The rationale for a central office location due talent retention could weaken as the adoption of flexible working arrangement increases. Good quality decentralised business park spaces offer a credible alternative for eligible companies seeking to reduce costs. Given the rising demand for such spaces, investors are on the look out for redevelopment or asset enhancement opportunities. For example, Perennial Real Estate Holdings recently acquired Big Box in Jurong East and obtained permission to rezone the site to business park. The redeveloped development will be renamed as Perennial Business City and will offer around 1.1 million square foot (NLA) of business park space in Jurong.

A Mixed Bag of Performance

The outlook for industrial market is mixed depending on the segment. City Fringe business parks rents have risen by 1.6% for the whole of 2020 and is expected to continue to rise in 2021, on the back of a flight-to-value trend for quality business parks. Outlying business parks rents have fallen by 5.3% in 2020, but this was mainly due to older stock in the submarket. Science park rents registered mild growth in 2020, growing 0.3% year-onyear. Prime logistics rents which have risen by 1.7% year-on-year in 2020, will continue to outperform on the back of an e-commerce boom and preference for ramp-up logistics facilities. Also, conventional warehouses rents have largely remained resilient and grew 0.3% in 2020.
 
Brenda Ong, Executive Director of Logistics & Industrial at Cushman & Wakefield Singapore said, “Overall high-tech and conventional factory rents have declined in tandem with weak economic conditions. For 2021, high-tech factory rents should stabilise, bolstered by bio-medical, electronics demand. On the other hand, conventional factory rents are expected to remain weak amidst an uncertain economic recovery and a continued slowdown in construction activities.”

 

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