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Singapore Office Rents Set to Surpass Pre-Pandemic Peak: Is It Time to Buy Commercial REITs?

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REIT(SGX: K71U), more than three-quarters of its S$8.9 billion Grade A commercial portfolio was in Singapore properties.Mapletree Commercial Trust(SGX: N2IU), or MCT, has a portfolio comprising retail and commercial properties in Singapore.For its fiscal 2022 (FY2022), around 63% and 65% of the REIT’s gross revenue and net property income (NPI) came from commercial properties, respectively.Suntec REIT(SGX: T82U) has around one-third of revenue and 35% of NPI attributable to Singapore commercial properties for 1Q2022.The fifth REIT to have exposure to Singapore office property is OUE Commercial REIT(SGX: TS0U), which owns prominent buildings such as OUE Bayfront and One Raffles Place.Slightly more than half of the REIT’s assets are in Singapore office properties while 55.8% of total revenue comes from this segment.A majority of these REITs will benefitDrilling a little deeper, we delve into the average rents and rent reversion for the above REITs.CICT’s Singapore office assets reported rent of S$10.49 psfpm with an upward rent reversion of 9.3% for 1Q2022.The latest rent of S$10.74 psfpm is 2.4% higher than CICT’s reported passing rent, implying there is further room for rental rates to move higher.Average expiring rents for Keppel REIT’s Singapore office leases are S$10.10 psfpm for 2022, S$10.84 psfpm for 2023, and S$10.72 psfpm for 2024.As rents are on an upward trend and Keppel REIT has the bulk of its portfolio in Singapore, the office REIT looks set to receive revenue and NPI boost.MCT also saw positive rental reversion for its office and business park segment of 1.7% for FY2022, and the retention rate stood at close to 88% by net lettable area (NLA).Committed occupancy for Suntec REIT’s office portfolio remained high at 97.8% as of 31 March 2022 with a positive rent reversion of 5.1%.The average expired rents for OUE Commercial REIT’s Singapore commercial assets were more varied, ranging from a low of S$8.68 psfpm for OUE Downtown Office to S$12.93 psfpm for OUE Bayfront.Stick with strong sponsors and a track recordThe good news is that REITs are reporting healthy numbers and robust operating statistics for their Singapore office portfolios, and this trend looks set to continue after JLL’s findings.As a rule, you should stick with REITs that have strong sponsors with a proven track record of delivering healthy distribution per unit (DPU) increases.Keppel REIT’s DPU has risen year on year since FY2019, demonstrating its resilience in the face of the pandemic.It also has Keppel Corporation Limited(SGX: BN4), a blue-chip conglomerate, as its sponsor.CICT saw its DPU get hit in 2020 due to its retail component, but it has managed a tentative recovery in FY2021 with DPU rising by 19.7% year on year to S$0.104.MCT saw its DPU for FY2022 inch up 0.4% year on year to S$0.0953 despite its retail property, VivoCity, getting hit by movement restrictions.With a strong sponsor in Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd and the impending merger with Mapletree 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