{"id":170690,"date":"2026-03-04T15:30:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/singapore-offices-cost-the-most-to-outfit-asia-pacific-survey-says\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T15:44:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:44:37","slug":"singapore-offices-cost-the-most-to-outfit-asia-pacific-survey-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/singapore-offices-cost-the-most-to-outfit-asia-pacific-survey-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore offices cost the most to outfit, Asia-Pacific survey says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nSingapore is the most expensive city in the Asia-Pacific region to outfit an office, driven by increased labour costs, a shortage of contractors and strict building standards, according to real estate consultancy Knight Frank.<br \/>\nThe city had the highest average fit-out cost at US$2,029 per square metre \u2013 ahead of Tokyo (US$1,994) and Taipei (US$1,593) \u2013 in the firm\u2019s survey of 23 cities across Australasia, East Asia, Southeast Asia and India. It was also the most expensive place to set up an&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/article\/3345398\/singapore-offices-cost-most-outfit-asia-pacific-survey-says?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Singapore offices cost the most to outfit, Asia-Pacific survey says<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Singapore is the most expensive city in the Asia-Pacific region to outfit an office, driven&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-Ip4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":91282,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/spore-returns-to-top-20-list-of-most-expensive-cities-for-expats\/","url_meta":{"origin":170690,"position":0},"title":"S\u2019pore returns to top 20 list of most expensive cities for expats","date":"June 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Singapore has been ranked as the 20th most expensive city globally in the latest survey by ECA International. 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