Nearly 9.6 million sq ft Grade A office space was absorbed during the July-September quarter of this year, a report said. According to a study of nine major metros by property consultant, office absorption witnessed sustained momentum, with Grade A absorption totalling 9.6 million sq ft, making it 28.26 million sq ft so far in 2016. “Although Q3 2016 marked a quarter-on-quarter decrease of 7.6 per cent in gross leasing volume, we expect leasing activity to pick up in the upcoming quarters,” it added.
As per the survey, southern cities dominated the office absorption pie with Bengaluru at the top (25 per cent), Hyderabad (20 per cent) and Chennai (11 per cent), followed by Gurugram (13 per cent), Mumbai and Noida (10 per cent), Pune (8 per cent), Delhi (2 per cent) and Kolkata (1 per cent).
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