Saudi Arabia: Colliers reports that during the second quarter of 2014, Saudi Capital, Riadh’s industry has shown a huge performance during the last year.
It said strong demand combined with increased public and private sector spending increased the sales price of manufacturing land in private industrial cities and rental rates of dry-storage space.
While 10.1 million square metres of manufacturing land is expected to enter the market by 2018, Colliers International’s Riyadh Industry Market Overview said demand will remain strong driven by solid economic fundamentals, a burgeoning population and government plans to increase the economic contribution of the industrial sector.
The report added that, while the influx of supply will have a marginal impact on the market’s take-up level owing to strong fundamentals, it is anticipated that tenants will place more focus on the quality of infrastructure and demand different forms of financing and ownership/leasehold structures.
The forthcoming supply is also expected to decelerate the rate of growth in sales prices of manufacturing lands which last year made a nine percent increase from a range of SR550-700 to a range of SR600-780 per square metre.
Imad Damrah, managing director Saudi Arabia, Colliers International, said: “Despite Riyadh’s industrial master plan’s large forthcoming supply we expect demand for manufacturing space to maintain solid growth momentum.
Riyadh’s warehouse and logistics sub-sector also witnessed a strong performance during the quarter with average rental rates of dry-storage spaces seeing a year-on-year increase of six percent, with occupancy levels reaching 91 percent.
“With a population nearing 6 million and the highest GDP in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh continues to attract and promote investment in industrial and supporting logistics facilities.”
Commenting on the warehouse and logistic market, Damrah added: “We see the sector as poised for a period of growth over the coming years as business conditions and consumer spending improves and government spending on infrastructure projects increase.
“The product offering of Riyadh’s warehouse and logistics sub-sector is limited relative to that of other regional markets. As such, strong demand is anticipated for fully fledged integrated distribution centres that include logistics’ facilities, cold-storage, dry-storage and supporting retail facilities.”
Originally published on www.arabian.com
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