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2020–24 Annual Avg Insights/recommendations Full Year Annual QOQ / YOY / Growth 2019–24 / Q2 2020 2020 Average End Q2 End 2020 End 2024 > In Q2 2020, the overall Shanghai vacancy rate -4.6% -9.4% -1.2% remained stable, but rents fell 4.6% QOQ. Many occupiers 500 255,000 839,000 Demand Rent RMB 7.94 RMB 7.66 RMB 8.20 chose to renew leases and sq m sq m sq m (psm per day) (psm per day) (psm per day) delay expansion due COVID- 19. The online services and pharma sectors continued to 0.0pps 8.4pps 1.1pps be exceptions. > Landlords: we recommend 0 sq m 2.0 million 1.3 million 19.1% 27.5% 23.8% landlords of new projects to Supply sq m sq m Vacancy offer incentives to secure new tenants. Some new projects delayed their completion to Key demand drivers: Shanghai office market trends (2017-2024F) % of take-up 2021. New supply Net absorption Rent (RHS) Vacancy 30.0% > Occupiers we recommend 27.5% 29.3% relocation or expansion this 2,500 25.9% 9.0

TMT 千 23.8% year with long tenancy during 8.8 25% 2,000 19.3% 8.6 occupier-favorable conditions. m) 18.4% 8.4 sq 16.0% Q2 2020 highlights Finance 1,500 8.2 8.0 14% (000’ > In Q2, the New Bund 1,000 7.8 witnessed many major leases. 7.6 Professional Services 500 7.4 We expect this emerging 7.2 submarket in to be 9% 0 7.0 responsible for large net take- 2017 2018 2019 2020F 2021F 2022F 2023F 2024F up in H2 2020. Source: Colliers International Source: Colliers International Note: USD1 to RMB7.09 as of Q2 2020. 1 sq metre = 10.76 sq feet. 1 COLLIERS QUARTERLY OFFICE | SHANGHAI | RESEARCH | Q2 2020 | 10 JULY 2020

Leasing market further favors occupiers Key leasing transactions > In Q2 2020, the vacancy rate in the Shanghai office market remained stable. Area Occupier Building (sq m) Submarket The global pandemic drove occupiers to hold back on further expansion or Siemens (China) New Bund Times 18,800 New Bund relocation. However, new projects generally offered favorable leasing terms Shanghai Branch Square in order to lease up quickly. This generated intense rental competition Embankment Pudong Hua Fu Securities 12,000 Q2 2020 among landlords and a 4.6% drop QOQ in average rents. The TMT and Square N1 others finance sectors still led demand growth. The emerging New Bund cluster in Anjuke Crystal Plaza T7 10,800 New Bund Pudong was a hotspot for major new leases, including Siemens, Anjuke, and New Bund Oriental Cango 8,400 New Bund Cstone Pharmaceuticals. Plaza Ⅱ Pramerica Fosun Pudong LCM Tower A 5,100 Life Insurance others > We expect market demand to gradually recover in H2 but remain relatively Cstone New Bund Time 4,600 New Bund low through year-end. We also expect average rents to keep sliding this year Pharmaceuticals Square considering weaker demand during the pandemic. New supply pressure may Boohee Technology Crystal Plaza T1 4,400 New Bund Outlook also be a factor, although some new buildings may be delayed into 2021. AXA Insurance Ruiming Tower 3,600 Lujiazui CBD submarkets vacancy (left) and rent DBD submarkets vacancy (left) and rent

Zhuyuan, 8.7% Zhuyuan, 8.46 Expo & Yaohua, 27.7% Expo & Yaohua, 6.15 Key en-bloc transactions Volume New Bund, 31.8% New Bund, 5.97 Area (million Lujiazui, 18.9% Lujiazui, 10.31 Building (sq m) Buyer Seller RMB) Xinzhuang, 33.1% Xinzhuang, 4.60 Wujing PowerLong 6,500 Undisclosed PowerLong 138 , 5.1% Xujiahui, 7.65 Plaza G1 Hongqiao CBD, 23.4% Hongqiao CBD, 6.24 Wensheng Jindu Tower InfraRed NF, 18,500 Asset 794 Nanjing West Road, 10.7% Nanjing West Road, 11.88 Huamu, 15.9% Huamu, 7.26 (84% share) Collab Management Changfeng, 10.6% Changfeng, 5.11 Tomson Xintiandi, 9.0% Xintiandi, 8.95 International OCBC Wing 900 Tomson Group 42 Changshou Road, 6.3% Changshou Road, 6.63 Commercial Hang Bank The People's Square, 14.1% The People's Square, 7.98 Building The East Bund, 18.2% The East Bund, 5.70 Metersbonwe Qingshan 16,500 Metersbonwe 1,300 Building Capital The South Bund, 60.0% The South Bund, 7.62 Wujiaochang, 23.4% Wujiaochang, 4.98 Shanghai Tishman Crystal Plaza T2 26,000 1,743 Daerwei Trading Speyers , 8.80 Daning, 19.4% Daning, 4.49 The Bund, 16.1% Great Wall Pullman Shanghai 78,000 HSL Capital Guofu Real 2,765 Tianmu Hengfeng, 31.7% Tianmu Hengfeng, 6.67 Skyway Hongqiao & Gubei, 10.5% Hongqiao & Gubei, 6.42 Estate GreenLand Bund Haitong North Sichuan Road, 15.8% North Sichuan Road, 6.03 67,000 Greenland 6,119 Centre B1 B2 B3 Securities Zhongshan Park, 3.3% Zhongshan Park, 7.62 The North Bund, 37.7% The North Bund, 7.19 Source: Colliers International

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