Globally, real estate is recognized as a sector which has the most economic linkages. In India, realty is the second largest employer after agriculture and is slated to grow at 30% over the next decade as the number of Indians living in urban areas is set to increase from 434 million in 2015 to 600… Read More »
Property market, long considered a black money safe haven, seems to have taken a big hit from demonetisation, with developers seeing their sales drop by about 50 per cent in the last three months and now pinning their hopes on buyers coming to market with ‘white money’. The genuine buyers in the residential market, on… Read More »
Realtor Hiranandani Group is looking to ramp up its commercial portfolio by 10-15% annually over the next five years through new projects. The Mumbai-based developer will be adding five million sq ft in the two years ending December 2017 in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and Ahmedabad. The group is also planning to develop a 250-acre… Read More »
The adverse impact of demonetisation on the real estate sector towards the fag end of the year notwithstanding, the year 2016 witnessed a 9 per cent jump in office space leasing. While the information technology-enabled services (ITeS) sector was a big driver for projected growth in the coming months, there could be some challenges ahead,… Read More »
Chinese investment around the world surged over the past decade, expanding from an early focus on natural resource extraction and energy in developing countries to broader industries and advanced products and services in developed markets. In 2014, Chinese outward foreign direct investment (FDI) totaled $116 billion, and approximately $18.1 billion flowed into the United States.… Read More »
Leasing during the 4th quarter was mainly led by Bengaluru and Delhi NCR, accounting for more than 50% of the total traction, followed by Pune and Mumbai. Quarterly leasing almost doubled, with Gurgaon continuing to lead leasing activity in the NCR, constituting a share of 61%. Rents across micro-markets remained stable with the exception of… Read More »
It may still be trying to catch up with the market leader on sales, but Amazon India has surely outperformed Flipkart on one front: occupying office space. The local unit of the American e-commerce giant occupies 3.1 million sq ft of office space in India, more than four times compared with the 7 lakh sq ft… Read More »
At the end of Q3 2016, India’s total Grade A office stock stood at 472 million square feet with an average vacancy rate of 15.3%. The average vacancy rate has been declining since 2013 amid strong demand from domestic as well as international office occupiers, and this trend is forecast to continue in the medium… Read More »
British commercial property capital values fell 2.4 percent in 2016, hurt by changes to stamp duty tax and Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, a real estate firm said on Tuesday. Retail property capital values saw the largest fall, declining 5 percent from a year earlier, while offices dropped 2.5 percent. Industrial property capital values… Read More »
InstaOffice, a start-up that offers managed office space on a sharing basis, said on Monday it raised an undisclosed pre-Series A round led by Globevestor, a California, US-based venture capital firm that has backed car-rental service Zoomcar, education portal OnlineTyari and lending platform Rubique. Angel investors including Toppr co-founder Zishaan Hayath, Karan Chellani, managing partner… Read More »
