Contents 蜸蜸 01Overview 蜸蜸 01Leasing 蜸蜸 03Sales and investment 蜸蜸 ! 04Supply 蜸蜸 05Outlook 蜸蜸 01 Languishing demand in China’s export markets, an indirect result of current instability in the American and Euro Zone financial markets, could lead to weaker GDP growth for 2008. However, a slow in growth appears to be a minor concern for the central government, as a surge in the prices of non-durable and durable goods has steered policy precedence toward countering structural inflation. In response to the current economic environment, the Chinese Central Bank in cooperation with China’s major commercial lenders have attempted to combat inflation under the aegis of increased monetary tightening and regulatory constraints on pricing. Such economic control measures have included the raising of commercial bank’s deposit reserve ratios to 15%, upward adjustments on long term interest rates to lenders, price controls on commodities, and quotas on commercial bank’s loanable funds. 蜸蜸 !#$%&'()*+,-蜸蜸 !#$%&'() 蜸蜸 !蜸蜸 !#$%&'()GDP蜸蜸 !蜸蜸 蜸 蜸蜸 !#$%蜸蜸 !#$%&'()*+,-./01 蜸蜸蜸蜸 !#$%&'()*+蜸蜸 !#$%&'() 蜸蜸 !#$%&蜸蜸 !#$%&'()*+,蜸蜸 ! 蜸蜸 !#$%&'()*+,-./0蜸蜸 !#$% 蜸蜸 !蜸蜸 !1蜸蜸 !#$%&'()*+15% 蜸蜸 蜸蜸 !#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789 蜸蜸 !#$%&'($%)*+ Overview蜸蜸 Table 1:Take-up distribution by district 蜸蜸: 蜸蜸 !# District 蜸蜸 Q1 2008 (蜸蜸 sq m) Q4 2007 蜸蜸 !sq m) CBD99,81238,683 East 2nd Ring Road 蜸蜸 3,7941,210 East Chang'an Avenue / Jianguomen 蜸蜸 !/蜸蜸 7,5585,576 Financial Street 蜸蜸 81,69534,654 Lufthansa 蜸蜸 10,75317,546 Zhongguancun 蜸蜸 2,3298,090 Chart 1: DTZ office index 蜸蜸: DTZ 蜸蜸 ! 蜸蜸Leasing 02 A recovery from the previous quarters lull in activity, along with the closing of a number of large area contracts in the beginning months of 2008, resulted in a buoyant first quarter market. User demand remains robust from both tenants wishing to complete interior design fit-outs before the Olympic Games and those who plan to begin their fit outs after the Olympics and subsequently occupy. In quarter one, the robust pre-launch leasing performance of several projects launched this quarter lifted take-up volume noticeably above last quarter’s figures, as these new projects, at the time of market entrance, had already achieved relatively high occupancy rates. Total take-up for quarter one amounted to 210,000 sq m; in response to high demand vacancy rates continued to drop, with average vacancy settling at 9.3%. The CBD and Financial Street districts experienced increased levels of transaction activity, with a majority of transactions occurring in these two districts. High transaction volume in these two districts has been underpinned by foreign corporation’s increasingly strong demand for grade A office. Cumulative take-up volume for the office submarkets of East 2nd Ring Road, East Chang’an Avenue/Jianguomen, Lufthansa, and Zhongguancun was slightly lower compared to last quarter. The break-out performer, in terms of rental increase, was the sub-market of East 2nd Ring Road, posting a heady 19% increase from the past quarter. This increase can be ascribed to the launch of New Poly Plaza, whose rent was significantly higher than the district average. The CBD and Financial Street districts also experienced notable increases in rents as user demand for properties in these districts remains strong. No significant change in market average rentals was seen from the past quarter as rents remained stable at RMB223 /month /sq m net. 20081 !#$$%&'() ! !# !#$%&''()*+, !#$%&'() !#$%& ! !#$%&'()* !#$%&'()*+,-./0 12345 !#$%&'()*+(,- !#$%&'( !#$%&'()* ! !#$%&'( !#$%&' !#$%&'()*+,-./0 !#$%& !#21.9 ! !#$%&'()* 9.3% !#$CBD !#$%&'()*+, ! !#$%&'()*+,-./01234 !#$%&''()*+ !#$%&'()* !#$%&'()*+,CBD !#$%&' !#$%&'( ! !/ ! ! 4 !#$%&'()*+,-./0123 !#$%&'(( )#* !223 / / CBD !#$%&'()*+,-./ !#$ !#$%&'()*+,-$./01 !19% 03 Table 2:Major leasing transactions in Q1 2008 髸髸 髸 2008髸髸1髸髸 !#$% Company name 髸髸 ! The Export- Import Bank of China 髸髸 ! 髸髸 Societe Generale 髸髸 ! 髸髸 Chemsunny World Trade Center 髸髸 !# Taikang International Tower 髸髸 !# Project name 髸髸 ! IATA 髸髸 ! 髸髸 ! Boeing 髸髸 ! WFC 髸髸 !# Pacific Century Place 髸髸 ! Chart 2:Beijing grade A office rental trend by district as of Q1 2008 髸髸: 2008髸髸1髸髸 !#$%& 髸髸 !#$% District 髸髸 Transacted area (sq m gross) 髸髸 ! !#$ 47,000Financial Street 髸髸 Financial Street 髸髸 6,900 5,900Others 髸髸 4,400CBD Sales and investment The sales market for grade A office space has become increasingly stagnant as owners of the majority newly launched projects have opted away from strata-title sales, and begun sole leasing strategies. Consequently, no major sales transactions occurred during the first quarter. Several existing sales projects in the market have suspended their sales operations during Q1; as a result, the overall market’s average sales price posted a slight increase, amounting to a market average price of RMB 24,111/ sq m. Following the en-bloc transactions of Fifth Square by a domestic fund Harvest, and Xihuan Plaza Tower 3 acquired by American based Kai Long REI Investment Consulting, the investment market over the past quarter has begun to heat up. The current market’s strong investment activity and diverse base investor composition reflects the strong investor confidence which exists in the market. 髸髸 ! 髸髸 !#$%&'()*+,-./01髸髸 !#$ 髸髸 !髸髸 !#$%&'髸髸 !#$%&'%( 髸髸 !#$%&'(髸髸 !#$%&'()*1.9% 髸 24,111 髸 /髸髸 !# 髸髸 !#$%&'髸髸 !#$%&'()*+,- 髸 髸髸 !#$%&'($)*+,-./012髸髸 ! 髸髸 !#$%&'()*+,-./0。