Soilbuild Business Space REIT (SGX: SV3U) portfolio of properties include two business parks and nine industrial properties located around Singapore. The REIT has a total net lettable area of approximately 3.53 million square feet and a portfolio valuation of S$1.19 billion as at 31 December 2015.

Singapore’s industrial production fell 0.5% in March from a year ago. While that might seem like a small drop, the figure was boosted by strong monthly figures from the volatile biomedical manufacturing cluster. Exclude that and Singapore’s industrial production actually fell 5.5% year-on-year.

So with the local economy slowing down and demand for industrial spaces falling, I attended Soilbuild Business Space REIT’s AGM to find out how the REIT plans to navigate the tough times ahead.

Here are 10 things I learned from Soilbuild Business Space REIT’s FY2015 AGM:

1. Steady growth in NPI and DPUI since its IPO

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