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Shanghai Logistics Warehouse Market Report - STRONG LEASING DEMAND DRIVES UP RENTAL GROWTH
STRONG LEASING DEMAND DRIVES UP RENTAL GROWTH

Shanghai Logistics

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Warehouse Market Report
Q1 2021
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OVERVIEW AND OUTLO OK
According to the Shanghai Municipal                         industrial output value in Shanghai                               an increase in the vacancy rate in the
Statistics Bureau, GDP in Shanghai                          increased by 34.3% YoY to RMB337.083                              short term. As the largest stock plot
reached RMB945.886 billion in Q1                            billion.                                                          of transformation and upgrading in
2021, with a YoY increase of 17.6%. In                                                                                        Jinshan, Plot D of Phase I in Smart
Q1, the gross industrial output value                       In Q1, the realised foreign direct                                Industrial Park co-developed by NE
of large-scale industrial enterprises                       investment (‘the realised FDI’)                                   China and Geely will be completed in
in Shanghai increased by 35.6% YoY                          achieved US$5.627 billion, an increase                            Jinshan Fengjing Industrial Park in
to RMB877.079 billion. Amongst, the                         of 20.5% YoY, with the two-year                                   June, bringing approximately 65,000
gross industrial output value increased                     average growth of 12.2%. Amongst,                                 sqm of logistics warehouse space to
by 27.8% YoY to RMB320.326 billion in                       the realised FDI of tertiary industry                             the market. Due to the limited leasable
March.                                                      increased by 21% and its value                                    logistics warehouse space in Shanghai,
                                                            accounted for 95.3% of the total in                               the demand of storage space from the
In Q1, Shanghai's manufacturing                             Shanghai.                                                         third-party logistics and fresh food
investment increased by 26.1% YoY,                                                                                            e-commerce platforms will remain
with the two-year average growth of                         In Q2, a total of nearly 300,000                                  buoyant, while the logistics warehouse
18.9%. With the rapid development in                        sqm of logistics warehouse space is                               rent will continue to increase steadily.
strategic emerging industries, its gross                    expected to be completed, leading to

  Figure 1: Shanghai logistics warehouse market indicators[1]

                 2021 q1                                                         2021 Q1                                                   2021 q1
                New supply                                                        Rent                                                   Vacancy rate

                                                                               1.59                                                     10.0%
                      sqm                                                       RMB/sqm/day

     QoQ change:                                                        QoQ change:               0.6%                                QoQ change:           1.0pps
     Outlook (Q2 2021) :                                                Outlook (Q2 2021) :                                           Outlook (Q2 2021) :

  Source: Knight Frank Research

  [1] Rent refers to tax-included contract rent, including bonded and non-bonded warehouses

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   Figure 2: Future supply of logistics warehouse in Shanghai

          sqm
                                                                                                                                               Baoshan
     2,500,000
                                                                                                                                               Pudong

     2,000,000                                                                                                                                 Qingpu

                                                                                                                                               Songjiang

     1,500,000                                                                                                                                 Fengxian

                                                                                                                                               Jinshan
     1,000,000

      500,000

             0
                                    2021                                                       2022

   Source: Knight Frank Research

LOGISTICS PROPERTIES
In March 2021, the China’s Logistics
Industry Sentiment Index, released                      Figure 3: Average rent and QoQ growth rate of logistics
by the China Logistics and Purchasing                   warehouse properties in Shanghai
Federation, reached 54.9%, up 5.1
percentage points from the previous                    RMB/sqm/day                  Logistics rent (left)            QoQ growth rate (right)             Growth rate (%)
month, while China’s Warehouse                          1.8                                                                                                     5%
Storage Index recorded 52.7%, up 3.8                    1.6
                                                                                                                                                                4%
percentage points MoM. Besides, the
                                                        1.4
China Manufacturing Purchasing                                                                                                                                  3%
                                                        1.2
Managers Index (PMI) bounced back
                                                        1.0                                                                                                     2%
by 1.3 percentage points to 52%. The
overall manufacturing sector has                        0.8                                                                                                     1%
grown steadily while the logistics                      0.6
                                                                                                                                                                0%
sector has still performed well with a                  0.4
good prospect.                                          0.2
                                                                                                                                                                -1%

                                                        0.0                                                                                                     -2%
In Q1, boosted by the strong demand,                          Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1
the average rent in Shanghai’s logistics                        2013        2014        2015          2016      2017         2018     2019     2020      2021
warehouse market has rebounded
significantly at RMB1.59 per sqm                       Source: Knight Frank Research
per day, with a QoQ increase of
0.6%. Amongst, the rent in bonded
warehouses remained at RMB1.4 per
sqm per day while the one in non-                  QoQ to 10%. The limited supply of                                 continuously active, of which the
bonded warehouses increased by 1.8%                warehouses in Shanghai led to the                                 leasing demand from the third-
QoQ to RMB1.67 per sqm per day.                    overflow of logistics and warehousing                             party logistics companies remained
                                                   demand, promoting the development                                 strong. In Q1, tenants from third
On the supply side, owing to the                   of logistics properties in satellite cities                       party logistics sector leased 8,000
delays in project completions, there               surrounding Shanghai.                                             sqm and 12,000 sqm of warehouse
was no new project completed in Q1,                                                                                  space respectively in ESR Shanghai
leading to the decrease in the overall             Despite this, the Shanghai logistics                              PVG Logistics Park and ESR Shanghai
vacancy rate, down 1 percentage point              warehouse leasing market has been                                 Qingpu Baihe Logistics Park.

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SALES AND INVESTMENT
During the COVID-19 pandemic, with                      On 26 February, Metcold, a leading                                of US$50 million. Metcold Shanghai
the domestic economy experiencing a                     food cold chain infrastructure service                            Qingpu Project, located in Qingpu
continuous growth, investors are now                    provider, announced its cooperation                               Liantang Industrial Park, is scheduled
focusing on China’s logistics property                  with Metropolitan Real Estate, a                                  for completion at the end of 2022. It has
market. As the cold chain logistics                     global real estate indirect investment                            a land area of 56 Mu and a total GFA of
has become a new source of demand,                      management company. Metropolitan                                  approximately 40,000 sqm. The volume
investors grow to pay more attention                    Real Estate will invest on Metcold                                of cold storage space has reached more
on high-standard cold chain logistics                   opportunity fund phase I and II, and                              than 400,000 cum, approximately
warehouses, thus it is now a new                        jointly develop Metcold Shanghai Qingpu                           128,000 cum of which are for automated
investment hotspot.                                     Project, involving a total investment                             three-dimensional cold storage space.

LAND MARKET
In Q1, the primary industrial land market
in Shanghai remained active and the                         Figure 4: Transacted area of primary industrial land
total transaction volume has gradually                      by district, Q1 2021
picked up. A total of 28 industrial
sites were transacted, doubling the
                                                                   Minhang
volume compared with the previous                                                                                                 1%
                                                                                                                                        8%
quarter. It involved a total land area                                                                                                             3%
                                                                                                                                                        2%
                                                                   Jinshan
of approximately 1.41 million sqm, up
78% QoQ. The districts with the highest                                                                                                                  6%
                                                                   Pudong
transaction volume were Minhang and
Pudong, with an area of 0.49 million                                                                     35%

sqm and 0.4 million sqm respectively,                              Songjiang

accounting for 35% and 28% of the total
transaction areas in Shanghai.                                     Putuo

Besides, a total of ten warehousing                                Fengxian                                                                              28%
land plots have been sold in Shanghai,
involving a total land area of                                     Jiading

approximately 660,000 sqm. Five of the                                                                                  17%
total are located in Lingang New Area of                           Qingpu

Pudong with a total land area of 450,000
sqm, mostly acquired by cold chain
logistics companies.                                         Source: Shanghai Planning and Land Resource Bureau, Knight Frank Research

In terms of the number of transactions,
Pudong District, mainly concentrated                        Figure 5: Primary industrial land price by district, Q1 2021
in Lingang, ranked first. In Q1, Lingang
New Area sold 13 plots, accounting for                      million RMB/Mu
34% of the total in Shanghai. Shanghai
                                                            10.0
Lingang New Area Aviation Industrial
Development Company Limited,
a subsidiary of Shanghai Lingang,                            8.0
acquired an industrial land plot for
RMB170 million. Covering a land area                         6.0
of 116,000 sqm, the plot is mainly used
for the construction of Lingang Aviation
                                                             4.0
Industrial Park, in line with the industrial
planning for large aircraft in the southern
area of Pudong Airport.                                      2.0

In terms of sales price, Putuo District
                                                             0.0
recorded the highest average industrial
                                                                      Putuo       Qingpu       Minhang      Pudong       Jinshan       Songjiang    Jiading    Fengxian
land price in Q1, reaching RMB8.88
million per mu. Acquired by Shanghai
Push Medical Device Technology                              Source: Shanghai Planning and Land Resource Bureau, Knight Frank Research
Company Limited, the plot is located
in Futurity Hi-Tech Logistics Park with
a plot ratio of 2.62 and the land tenure                second place with a unit price of RMB1.27                         relatively low, recording RMB580,000
of 50 years. Qingpu District secured the                million per mu. Fengxian’s land price was                         per mu.

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SHANGHAI’S LOGISTICS WAREHOUSE
RENTS BY DISTRICT

                                                                                                                                                            High
                                                 1.7 - 1.9                 1.7 - 1.8
                                                 1.3 - 1.4
                                                                                                                                          RENT
                                                                          Baoshan
                                              Jiading
                                                                                                                                                            Low
                                                                    1.8 - 2.0
                                                                                                             1.7 - 1.9
                                   1.7- 1.8                                                                  1.4 - 1.6
                                                                    Putuo

                                Qingpu                                            1.8 - 2.0                Pudong

                                                                               Minhang
                                                1.7 - 1.8

                                           Songjiang                                                            1.4 - 1.6
                                                                              1.4- 1.5                          1.2 - 1.4

                                                                                                       Pudong Lingang
                                                                             Fengxian
                                                                                                                                     Total Inventory:
                                                             1.4 - 1.6

                                                                                                                                       8.05
                                                          Jinshan                                                                       million sqm

 Source: Knight Frank Research
 Note: rents using tax-included contract rent at RMB/sqm/day; red refers to rents of bonded warehouses while black refers to rents of non-bonded warehouses; the arrow
 refers to the QoQ growth rate of logistics warehouse rents by district

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