Bangkok office vacancy rates at 20-year low
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Office vacancy rates in Bangkok fell below 10 percent last year for the first time in two decades, despite rising rents and political unrest, the international real estate firm CBRE said Tuesday.
"The total office stock in Bangkok was 8.1 million square metres at the end of 2013 and the occupancy rate was 90.4 per cent," said James Pitchon, executive director of CBRE Research and Consulting.
"Rents rose 5-9 per cent year-on-year, depending on quality and location of the building."
The firm forecast office rents to rise further in the near future due to a limited number of new properties coming on the market by 2016.
The international real estate consultant said political unrest over the past four months, including daily anti-government protests in the capital, has had little impact on office occupancy rates.
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