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Urban Development on the Rise in China

Jones Lang LaSalle China50 report identifies future commercial real estate opportunities in China.

There is a huge gap in the logistics sector with a severe under-provision of international grade warehouse stock, according to Jones Lang LaSalle’s recent report “China50, Fifty Real Estate Markets That Matter.” China’s total modern logistics stock is barely equal to that of Boston in the United States. Long-term growth prospects for developers, manufacturers and third-party logistics providers will be further boosted by improving transport infrastructure, retail growth and a shift inland of China’s manufacturing base.

“China50” examines the country’s emerging business locations to identify the drivers that are shaping its city hierarchy.

The latest report describes and assess how recent and future changes to China’s economic, business and policy landscape are impacting the dynamics of real estate markets across 50 of China’s most important secondary and tertiary cities. A total of 10 new cities have been added since the “China40” report in 2009. And nine cities—defined as Tier 1.5 Transitional Cities—stand out and include: Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Shenyang, Suzhou, Tianjin and Wuhan. They are fast-tracking to maturity and—as large diversified open economies—are creating depth across multiple real estate sectors.

These nine cities are beginning to create some distance from other China50 cities—including Tier 1 Core Cities, Tier 2 Growth Cities and Tier 3 Emerging Cities and Early Adopter Cities—as a result of their registered significant improvements in their economic and property scores during the past three years. All have benefited from massive infrastructure investment and are expected to see substantial increases in their commercial real estate stocks over the next two to three years.

Chengdu emerged as the premier China50 real estate market while Chongqing, Shenyang and Tianjin have built up the strongest momentum.

To keep pace with the phenomenal speed of economic growth, over 80 million square meters of modern retail and nearly 30 million square meters of Grade A offices will be built in China50’s main cities over the remainder of the decade, bringing much needed stock to the market.

Jones Lang LaSalle predicts that retail will provide the greatest real estate opportunity in China50 and that significant opportunities will also exist in the logistics sector.

Engines of growth

“The new China50 are being transformed at an unprecedented rate by the scale of building and by the progress of economic development,” explained KK Fung, Managing Director for Jones Lang LaSalle, Greater China. “They are the cities that we believe will be hitting the headlines over the next decade and that will provide opportunities beyond the familiar Tier I cities.”

But the logistics market remains largely untapped and significantly undersupplied. Across most of the China50, the sector is still at an early stage of evolution with low-quality logistics facilities and a dominance of local developers. And while a massive investment in transport infrastructure is taking place—including road, rail, air and waterway— it will take some time before the new infrastructure fully impacts the China50 logistics sector.

Nonetheless, significant opportunities do exist in the logistics sector where there is a severe under-provision of international grade stock. China’s total modern logistics stock is barely equally to that of Boston in the United States. Prospects for logistics will be further boosted by improving transport infrastructure, retail growth and a shift inland of China’s manufacturing base.

“These 50 cities combined are expected to account for 12 percent of overall global economic growth over the next decade and China50 contains all of the world’s ten fastest growing large cities, led by Chongqing, Tianjin and Chengdu,” said Michael Klibaner, Head of Research for Jones Lang LaSalle, China. “These numbers are a clear signal that China50 is one of the world’s most exciting real estate opportunities.”

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Source: Supply&DemandChain Executive - GAI

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