{
  "id": 16047142,
  "title": "AI-related demand powers prices, rents of Singapore industrial space in third quarter of 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/ai-related-demand-powers-prices-rents-of-singapore-industrial-space",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-22T13:04:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Straits Times Business",
    "slug": "straits-times-business",
    "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/business/ai-related-demand-powers-prices-rents-of-singapore-industrial-space-in-third-quarter-of-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Growth in artificial intelligence-related industries led to increased demand for Singapore's industrial space during the third quarter of 2026, despite a slight dip in occupancy rates. Industrial rents and prices continued to rise, with Q3 rents being 2.1% higher than the previous year and prices climbing 4.2% year on year. Occupancy rates, however, eased by 0.2 percentage points to 88.9%. JTC's industrial landlord report attributed the steady rental growth since the third quarter of 2020 to continued strength in AI-related industries, with occupancy being influenced by tenants vacating older factories earmarked for redevelopment and geopolitical tensions weighing on occupier sentiment. Business park rents increased by 0.1% quarter-on-quarter, while warehouse space rental grew by 1%, and industrial space occupancy remained strong at 89.7%. With an estimated 300,000 sq m of new industrial space expected to be completed by the end of September, the market is anticipated to see modest rental growth of 2 to 3% for the year and price increases of 3 to 4%.",
  "summary": "Around 300,000 sq m of new industrial space can be completed in Q4, says JTC.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/copper-prices-slide-to-five-week-lows-as-ai-related-stock-selloff",
        "published": "2026-10-22T12:43:21.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}