The realty-focused investment unit of global private equity firm KKR & Co. LP invested about Rs1,000 crore in three real estate projects last month, two people aware of the investment said. KKR India Asset Finance Pvt. Ltd invested about Rs500 crore in a township project of Bhartiya City Developers Pvt. Ltd in Bengaluru, Rs200 crore… Read More »
Indian cities of Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune are likely to outstrip other cities in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC) in investments in office assets, predicts global property consultant Cushman & Wakefield. The agency said, while the real estate investment volumes in Asia Pacific are expected to hit $611 billion in 2017, India is projected to… Read More »
Lets re-look at our past ten infographic highlights for the Indian CRE Market. Bangalore to witness more than 9 msf of lease expiries in 2017 Demonetization impacts Mumbai office sales negatively 10,000+ sf deals dominate Gurgaon absorption in 2016 3,000 Crores (~ $ 0.5 Bn) annual rents expiring across India in 2017 2.6 msf lease… Read More »
When Goldman Sachs opened its wholly owned Bangalore operation in 2004, it was a typical back office. Just under 300 full-time staff supported a front line of revenue-generating bankers worldwide. They worked in limited areas such as information technology, finance and accounting. The group put no cap on Bangalore’s ambitions, says Bunty Bohra, who heads… Read More »
The gross office space take-up in India amounted to 9.3 million sq ft in the first quarter ended in March, up 8% from a year ago. The market also recorded about 2.5 million sq ft of pre-commitments signifying healthy demand, showed a Colliers Research report. Five months on from demonetisation, occupiers’ markets across India’s major… Read More »
10000+sf deals contributed to nearly 90% of the total leasing activity witnessed in Bangalore in 2016. Last quarter of the year contributed maximum volume of area leased- 35% for these large deals. Information Technology (IT) and BFSI sectors contibuted nearly 70% of the total 10,000 + sf deals volume for Bangalore last year. *Grade A data… Read More »
India’s digital payment giant Paytm opened its third office in Bengaluru renting a 150-seat space in a flexible office in Bengaluru as it seeks to expand up presence in the startup capital of India. Paytm is on a head count expansion spree to bring on board 2,000 executives in South India alone to widen its… Read More »
Large companies are seeing sense in employees working out of a co-working space near their homes, as urban commutes are getting longer. Co-working spaces like CoWrks, InstaOffice, 91springboard, Awfis finds that up to 40-50% of their space is now occupied by SMEs and corporates and not just startups. “When you enter a corporate office, you… Read More »
The pan-India office space vacancy in 2016 at 15 per cent was the lowest in eight years. The sharpest decline in pan-India office vacancy was seen between 2013 and 2016 when it went down from 18.5 per cent to 15 per cent. “On the back of positive office space demand from sectors such as manufacturing,… Read More »
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and mall developer The Phoenix Mills have entered into a pact to set up a strategic investment platform for retail real estate properties in India. This is CPPIB’s maiden retail real estate venture in India. CPPIB will initially own 30% of the platform with an equity commitment of around Rs… Read More »
