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                                                                                                               CBRE RESEARCH | KSA
     KSA
     R E A L E S TAT E M A R K E T O U T LO O K

     RESETTING
     IN THE NEW
     NORMAL

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                                 K S A R E A L E S TAT E I N N E W N O R M A L
                                        A M B I T I O U S P L A N S F O R T H E K I N G D O M D R I V I N G L O N G -T E R M G R O W T H ,
                                                                W I T H V I S I O N 2 0 3 0 AT T H E F O R E F R O N T

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        REcover                       REevaluate                     REassess                              REdefine                     REinvent                        REstructure

    Rebound in GDP                Residential offering        Physical offices to stay;               Retail formats and         Strengthening recovery           Network, diversified and
  anticipated as travel          shifting towards more         portfolio optimization              configurations to realign;   in 2021, with long-term            tech-enhanced supply
  restrictions are lifted         efficient layouts with        and hybrid working                 tech and e-commerce to         potential as KSA puts             chain to reshape the
and business confidence           quality finishing, as           anticipated to be                      drive change.          tourism at the core of its        sector, with e-commerce
    improves. Other               developers adapt to            dominant themes.                                                 strategy leading up to             continuing to drive
 economic indicators to          end-user and investor                                                                                    2030.                    logistics requirements.

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 follow a similar trend.               preferences.

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                                                    KSA ECONOMY
                                                               GAINING MOMENTUM

                                                    Government reforms and initiatives, led by Vision 2030
                                                    are expected to help country’s aim towards economic
                                                    diversification and support future economic growth.
                                                                                                                                                                      KSA
                                                                                                                                                                 ECONOMY
The Saudi government is moving                                                                                                                                     PAGE 2
successfully towards achieving its
vaccination plans, currently over                                                                                      Recent initiatives and incentives
15.6m doses have been administered,                                                                                    announced by Crown Prince HRH
equating to 45.5 doses per 100                                                                                         Mohammad Bin Salman, such as
people.                                                                                                                Shareek, aim to support private sector
                                                                                                                       investment and employment and will
                                                                                                                       play a key role in boosting the overall
                                                                                                                       economy and achieving the ambitions
                                                                                                                       of Vision 2030.

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                                                                    KSA ECONOMY
                                                                              GAINING MOMENTUM

Figure 1: Saudi Arabia GDP Growth (2019 – 2022)                     Figure 2: GDP Forecast for GCC economies

    4.0%                                     3.4%   3.5%
    3.0%
                                                                                                                                                                                     2020       2021
    2.0%
                                                                         4.0%           3.4%
    1.0%                                                                                                 3.2%                 3.1%          2.9%
                 0.3%                                                                                                                                  2.8%                                                              KSA
    0.0%                                                                 2.0%                                                                                     1.1%                                              ECONOMY
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   -1.0%                                                                 0.0%

   -2.0%                                                                 -2.0%
   -3.0%
                                                                         -4.0%                                                                     -3.0%
   -4.0%
                                                                         -6.0%      -4.8%            -5.3%
   -5.0%
                                                                                                                                      -6.4%
                                 -4.8%
   -6.0%
                                                                         -8.0%                                           -7.8%                                -7.7%

                                                                       -10.0%

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                2019             2020       2021    2022
                                                                                 SAUDI ARABIA        OMAN               KUWAIT       BAHRAIN       QATAR      UAE

                                                                                                                                                                        Source: CBRE Research & Analysis, Oxford Economics

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                                                                                                                    GAINING MOMENTUM

                                                                                                       •    A 0.2% rate of deflation was recorded in 2019. By 2020, inflation
      Key economic indicators, such as FOREX reserves and oil prices, are                                                                                                                  Key government initiatives are likely to have an impact
                                                                                                            surged to 5.4%, driven primarily by the increase in VAT from 5% to
      expected to improve in 2021 and support increased economic output.                                                                                                                   on the KSA’s real estate market in the short to medium
                                                                                                            15% in July 2020.
      Table 1: KSA Key Economic Indicators (2019 - 2021)                                                                                                                                   term:
                                                                                                       •    Moving forward, It is expected that the rate of inflation will fall to
                                                                                                            0.6% in 2021.
                                                                                                                                                                                           •   Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, HRH Mohammed bin
                                                                                                                                                                                               Salman, announced the Saudi Arabia Green Initiative,
                                                                                                                                                                                               which aims to uplift green spaces across the Kingdom
                                                                                                                                                                                               to help reduce carbon emissions, pollution and land
                  Forex             Oil Prices                                                                                                                                                 degradation, while enhancing the quality of life for
                                                              FDI        Manufacturing                                                                                                         residents.
                 Reserves            (USD per                                              Inflation
                (in USD mn)           Barrel)
                                                           (in USD mn)       PMI
                                                                                                                                                                                           •   The introduction of the “Shareek Program,” aims to
                                                                                                                                                                                               strengthen public-private partnerships and collaboration,
  2019           488,245               64.3                 -8,984             56.9         -0.2%                                                                                              facilitating investment of 1.3 trillion USD by 2030 to
                                                                                                                                                                                               support business opportunities, employment and the wider
  2020           479,284               41.9                 -7,152             57.0          5.4%                                                                                              economy.
                                                                                                                                                                                           •   The Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced the expansion

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  2021           517,242               58.5*                -6,747             56.4**        0.6%                                                                                              of the fund to ~1.1 trillion USD by 2025, creating new
                                                                                                                                                                                               investment opportunities and supporting economic growth.
                                                                                                                                                                                           •   The government introduced a 5% real estate transaction
                                                                                                                                                                                               tax replacing the 15% VAT on real estate transactions.
Source : Saudi Central Bank, Oxford Economics, Macrobond
         * Estimated ** May 2021

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                                                                                 RESIDENTIAL
                                                                               ‘ R E ’ - E VA LUAT I N G L I V I N G S PAC E S

                                                                                                                                                      Establishment of the
Ministry of Rural Affairs & Housing leading the
                                                                                                                                                      ROSHN Real Estate
transformation and growth of the residential sector,                                The impact of COVID-19 has shed light on staff
                                                                                                                                                      Company by the PIF aims
by offering financing and housing solutions for                                     and labour accommodation projects, impacting
                                                                                                                                                      to strengthen the quality
both investors and end-users, with the aim of                                       space requirements and increased focus on filling
                                                                                                                                                      of life by developing
supporting the Vision 2030 objective of increasing the                              the market gap for quality product featuring
                                                                                                                                                      quality residential districts
homeownership rate to 70% by 2030.                                                  sufficient facilities and amenities.
                                                                                                                                                      within community living
                                                                                                                                                      environments.

                                                                                                                                                Increased demand witnessed
                                                                                                                                                across major markets for smaller
                                                                                                                                                residential typologies, with
                        Millennials emerging as a key                                                                                           increased focus on community
                        consumer class, with reconfiguration                                                                                    living environment. Developers
                        of residential spaces expected as well                                                                                  are responding by introducing
                        as increased demand for digitally                                                                                       greater proportion of apartments
                        enabled homes and larger unit sizes                                                                                     and townhouses within their
                        to accommodate home offices.                                                                                            mega projects.

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                                                                                                       OFFICE
                                                                                              ‘RE’ASSESSING THE WORKPLACE

                                                       Evolution of a ‘traditional’ to
                                                       ‘hybrid’ workforce via work-from                                                             Workplace strategies would         Environmental,
                                                       anywhere to ensure Business                                                                  involve repositioning spaces,      Social and Corporate
Recent government initiatives for regional             Continuity. Occupiers are still                                                              amenities and services to          Governance (ESG),
HQ’s to be based in the kingdom will force             working on their long term future                       Increased flexibility from local     meet changing employee             health and wellness
regional occupiers to review their office              occupational strategies across their                    landlords to be critical to future   needs; enhanced tech               likely to be at the
footprint across the Middle East and start             regional portfolio.                                     success. Rapid move away             tools to transform the way         forefront of CRE
planning for the long term. The KSA will                                                                       from traditional lease terms         commercial properties              strategies as well as
undoubtedly benefit from increased market                                                                      and structures to improve            are being designed and             future supply in line with
share of office occupiers in the region.                                                                       leasing absorption and remain        marketed.                          recently announced
                                             Key government initiatives being                                  competitive with other dominant                                         government initiatives.
                                             introduced across the kingdom to                                  office markets in the region.
                                             support and encourage innovation                                                                                                          Significant increase
                                             and technology with investors                                                                                                             in new Grade A
                                             aiming to deliver schemes that                                                                                                            supply expected to be
                                             can adapt to the future of the                                                                                                            delivered in the next
                                             workplace.                                                                                                                                12-24 months resulting
                                                                                                                                                                                       in a flight to quality
                                                                                                                                                                                       for occupiers and will
     Physical offices here to stay;                                                                                                                  Development is expected           set new benchmarks
     portfolio optimization via the right                                                                                                            to continue to move away          for developers in the

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     mix of traditional, flexible spaces                                                                                                             standalone office towers          Kingdom.
     and any relevant remote working                                                                                                                 to mixed-use communities,
     strategy.                                                                                                                                       which offer vibrant and
                                                                                                                                                     accessible live-work-play
                                                                                                                                                     settings such as Digital City
                                                                                                                                                     and the upcoming King
                                                                                                                                                     Abdullah Financial District.

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                                                                             ‘ R E ’ D E F I N I N G T H E C U S TO M E R E X P E R I E N C E

An increased focus on reinventing the
                                                                                                                                                                                 New wave of supply is expected
“experience”; realignment of existing
                                                                                                                                                                                 to force retailers to transform their
spaces expected as emphasis on
                                                                                                                             Rapid growth of online                              business led by technologies that
outdoor and open areas to increase.
                                                              Accelerated growth in e-commerce                               shopping is likely to result in                     improve the customer experience,
New stores to adopt more global
                                                              expected; QSRs, grocery, F&B,                                  more omni-channel retail,                           allow cost optimization and enable
guidelines and synergies with store size
                                                              electronics and homeware segments                              however, preserving the                             agility.
optimization expected to allow for faster
                                                              to lead retail recovery while local                            “physical experience” will
recovery and better profitability.
                                                              e-commerce providers continue to                               be a critical component of
                                                              increase market share.                                         these omnichannel strategies,
                                                                                                                             particularly in the KSA.
                         Landlords will be expected to                                                                                                          Signature assets due to be delivered
                         provide increased flexibility to                                                                                                       in the Kingdom over the next 12-24
                         remain successful – flexible                                                                                                           months are expected to elevate the
                         lease terms, schemes with                                                                                                              positioning of the KSA’s retail supply,
                         flexible, convertible and open                                                                                                         driving change throughout the investor
                         spaces to witness greater                                                                                                              portfolio by embracing technology and
                         retailer interest going forward.                                                                                                       innovation to create more attractive
                                                                                                                                                                leasing opportunities for brands.

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                                                                            H O S P I TA L I T Y
                                                                            ‘ R E ’ I N V E N T T H E D E S T I N AT I O N

Slower recovery compared to regional
neighbors due to the prolonged closure                                                                                            Pre-COVID challenges have not dissipated
of borders to international tourists until                                                                                        and issues such as recruitment of adequately
May 17th 2021, this particularly impacted                                                                                         skilled Saudi nationals will continue to provide
religious tourism and to a lesser extent                                                                                          challenges for the sector in the short to
corporate tourism. The closure of borders                                                                                         medium term.
and restrictions on travel for Saudi
nationals has provided significant support                                                                                                                                           Despite the current challenges
for domestic tourism.                                                                                                                                                                of the industry, investors’
                                                                                                                                                                                     confidence in the country’s
                                                                                                                                         Government-led projects are                 potential remains high, bolstered
                                                                                                                                         expected to become the powerhouse           by government-led initiatives
               Hoteliers have made cost reductions,                                                                                      of the tourism sector in KSA once           and projects. Investment
               mainly through salary cuts and efficiency                                                                                 fully completed. The delivery of the        activity is driven mainly by new
               creation. Whilst salaries are reverting                                                                                   first phases of projects such as the        developments and few hotel
               back to normal, reductions and                                                                                            Red Sea or AlUla will participate in        transactions happen.
               rationalizations are here to stay as they                                                                                 the creation of a new perception
               have have little or no impact on a guests’                                                                                of the KSA as a leisure tourism

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               experience, but do contribute to higher                                                                                   destination.
               GOPs.

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                                                                   INDUSTRIAL & LOGISTICS
                                                                                    ‘RE’STRUCTURING                T H E S E C TO R

                                                                              Focus on food security                                                                       Substantial growth in the
                                                                                                                          Given the relatively nascent
                                                                              and cold storage space                                                                       e-commerce sector and an
                                                                                                                          nature of the sector in
                                                                              is expected to form a key                                                                    ever-growing list of regional
                                                                                                                          the Kingdom, particularly
The Kingdom’s National Industrial                                             component of speculative                                                                     and international pure play
                                                                                                                          for occupiers focusing on
Development and Logistics Program                                             development in the                                                                           and multi-channel retailers
                                                                                                                          its domestic market, we
sets out a broad plan to transform                                            industrial and logistics                                                                     entering the Saudi market will
                                                                                                                          are likely to see less of
Saudi Arabia into a global industrial                                         market.                                                                                      drive demand for fulfilment
                                                                                                                          a requirement for lease
and logistics hub. Through a range of                                                                                                                                      and distribution facilities.
                                                                                                                          flexibility as we are seeing on
investment programs and regulatory                                                                                        a global basis.
changes, the program is looking to
develop the country’s Energy, Mining,                                                                                                                                              As the market matures we
Industry and Logistics sectors.                                                                                                                                                    expect market performance
                                                                                                                                                                                   to fragment significantly.
                                                                                                                                                                                   Secondary assets and assets
           Major infrastructure improvement projects                                                                                                                               which are not refurbished or
           targeting air, rail and road infrastructure,                                                                                                                            redeveloped to cater to more
           combined with plans to establish eight special                                                                                                                          sophisticated demand, will
           economic zones by 2030, will underpin demand                                                                                                                            face significant pressures on
           for institutional quality industrial and logistics                                                                                                                      occupancy and rental rates.
           real estate.

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                                                                                       W H AT D O E S T H E F U T U R E H O L D ?
                                                                         The Saudi government has consistently launched new reforms, initiatives and ambitious plans as part of its 2030 Vision with
                                                                         the aim of cementing the Kingdom’s global competitiveness and attracting investors and skilled professionals to the country.
                                                                                 These reforms are expected to support the economy as well as the recovery of the wider real estate market.

Table 2:Impact of Structural Changes across Real Estate Sector in the KSA                                                                                                Figure 3: How are key real estate sectors expected to fare in 2021?
                              Acceleration of existing trends              New structural trends
                                    post COVID-19                            post COVID-19                                                                                         Lower than 2020      Higher than 2020      Similar to 2020

                                         Increased         Heightened
                          Tech-                                               Global            Remote
                                          flexibility      e-commerce
     Stakeholder        enhanced                           penetration     supply chain        working /                                                                          Asset Class           Outlook                               Key Driver
                                         of leasing/                      diversification        WFA
                         spaces
                                          portfolios
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       •   Occupiers to benefit from downward pressure on
         OFFICE                                                                                                                                                                                                            performance, expected to remain in the short-term,
                                                                                                                                                                                       OFFICE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           with landlords expected to increasingly offer incentives
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           to support occupancy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       •   Local and foreign investors to continue expanding
         I&L                                                                                                                                                                           I&L                                 operations within the KSA, increasing demand for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           quality warehousing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       •   Physical retailers expected to increasingly offer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           an integrated experience through merging of
         RETAIL                                                                                                                                                                                                            e-commerce and B&M
                                                                                                                                                                                       RETAIL
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       •   Tourism expected to gradually recover in the long run
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       •   Residents’ F&B & entertainment expenditure continue

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                           to grow
         RESIDENTIAL                                                                                                                                                                                                   •   Residential demand to be driven and supported by
                                                                                                                                                                                       RESIDENTIAL                         government initiatives led by Ministry of Housing &
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Rural Affairs

         HOSPITALITY                                                                                                                                                                                                   •   Rise in domestic tourism and upcoming key events,
                                                                                                                                                                                       HOSPITALITY                         coupled with gradual easing of travel restrictions
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           expected to boost demand for hospitality

                                                                                                                                                                          Source: CBRE Research

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