Singapore Grade A vacancy hit 3.3%. Brokers closing before prime floors disappear are running test fits inside the meeting.
- Core CBD Grade A office vacancy in Singapore fell to a record 3.3% in Q1 2026, with Premium and Grade A tighter still at 2.4%.
- Shaw Towers is the only major 2026 completion, and pre-commitment activity for 2029 buildings is already on the books.
- laiout produces a compliant, tenant-specific layout against any Singapore floor plate in minutes, collapsing the test-fit step that stalls most broker deals.
Q1 2026 has changed broker tempo across Marina Bay, Raffles Place and Shenton Way. With contiguous prime floors disappearing inside a week, the question has shifted from which building to how fast can this tenant commit.
- Vacancy is the tightest in 17 years: CBRE's Q1 2026 Singapore Figures recorded Core CBD Grade A vacancy at 3.3%, with net absorption concentrated in IOI Central Boulevard Towers, Marina One and Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1.
- Premium Grade A is under 2.5%: Colliers' Q1 2026 Office Insights placed Premium and Grade A vacancy at 2.4%, with rents up 1.5% quarter-on-quarter, the strongest quarterly gain since Q2 2022.
- Pre-commitment has moved out three years: A 30 March 2026 CBRE market release reported pre-commitment activity for buildings completing in 2029, with Shaw Towers the only major 2026 completion.
Most Singapore broker deals stall in the same place. A tenant likes a floor, asks how their team fits, waits a week for an architect's test fit. By then, the floor is gone.
- Produce the test fit in the meeting: Input the tenant's headcount, desk ratio and meeting-room brief, and laiout returns a compliant layout against the specific floor plate in minutes.
- Iterate live as objections land: When the occupier pushes back on collaboration ratios, private offices or circulation, adjust the brief and regenerate on screen.
- Commit on a costed scheme, not an estimate: Every layout carries a fit-out cost and carbon benchmark tied to the configuration, so heads of terms reflect the actual build.
- Hand over a pitch-ready deliverable: Export the scheme as a branded PDF presentation with AI-rendered interiors and an interactive 3D model. The tenant leaves the meeting with a deck to circulate internally and a walkthrough that sells the space for you.
Q: What is the Singapore Core CBD Grade A office vacancy rate in Q1 2026?
Core CBD Grade A vacancy fell to 3.3% in Q1 2026 per CBRE, a record low. Colliers placed the Premium and Grade A subset at 2.4%, with rents up 1.5% quarter-on-quarter to around S$12.00 psf/month.
Q: My tenant is weighing two Core CBD floors and one Fringe CBD option. How does laiout help us compare?
Test the same programme against all three floor plates in parallel. The tenant sees circulation efficiency, desk capacity and fit-out cost per seat compared side by side, for their actual team.
Q: Does laiout replace the appointed architect or fit-out contractor on a Singapore deal?
No. laiout delivers the validated spatial foundation at brief stage. The architect and contractor take it forward, working from fewer assumptions and a sharper starting scheme.
In a 2.4% vacancy market, the broker who answers the layout question in the first meeting finishes with a decision. The one who schedules a follow-up finishes with a floor that has gone. Book a demo with laiout today and move your next Singapore tenant from interested to committed inside one meeting.
- Singapore Core CBD Grade A office vacancy fell to a record 3.3% in Q1 2026; Premium and Grade A tighter at 2.4%.
- Core CBD rents rose 1.5% quarter-on-quarter to around S$12.00 psf/month, the strongest gain since Q2 2022.
- Shaw Towers is the only major 2026 office completion; pre-commitment activity has reached 2029.
- laiout produces compliant, tenant-specific layouts with PDF presentations, AI renders and 3D models in minutes, compressing the test-fit step that usually stalls deals.
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