CBRE: Retail rents in Beijing up 1% in 2016

In its Asia Pacific Market Outlook 2016, CBRE highlighted how trends for retail property rents vary quite markedly across the region. CBRE grouped markets in four categories: Growth Slowing; Steady Growth; Peaking and; Continued Decline. Beijing is included in the first of these. CBRE is looking for retail rents in Beijing to rise by 1% in 2016, having risen by 2% in 2016. CBRE estimates that the retail development pipeline for Beijing over 2016, 2017 and 2018 includes about 12mn square feet of space.
Source : CBRE/ February 2016/Beijing/RET