Co-working gathers ground as startups look for affordable work spaces

With startups looking at affordable work spaces and central government creating an enabling environment for entrepreneurship, demand for co-working spaces has gone up. For a tech startup, cost of setting up an office in Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru range from $25,359 to $30,081 per annum, while operating out of co-working space would help these startups save… Read More »

Godrej Properties opens 2nd overseas office in Singapore

With a view to spread footprints in global market, realty player Godrej Properties (GPL) has opened an international representative office in Singapore. This is the second overseas office of the city-based developer with the first one set up in Dubai two years ago, the company said in a statement issued on Wednesday. GPL has been working with… Read More »

RMZ Corp plans REIT by April next year

RMZ Corp, the Bengaluru-based property developer backed by Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), is looking to file a prospectus for a real estate investment trust (Reit) by April next year. The company is looking to list its Reit by the third quarter of 2017, RMZ Corp chairman Raj Menda told Business Standard. “Preparation are at a preliminary… Read More »

US data firm Factset to set up its largest 8.6 lakh sq ft global office in Hyderabad

American financial data and analytics firm Factset has sealed a deal to set up an 8.6-lakhsquare-feet office in Hyderabad, its largest in the world, earmarking Rs 800 crore for lease rentals over 15 years. The Nasdaq and NYSE-listed firm, which has 8,000 employees in 40 locations across 21 countries, is gearing up to hire 7,000… Read More »

Real estate sector bucks bank credit slowdown trend

The economic slowdown continued to curtail the growth of bank credit in the second quarter as well. Banks’ credit to the large companies has come down by Rs 76,500 crore during March-July period of this fiscal, with the manufacturing sector bearing the brunt of the slowdown seeing a Rs 11,800 crore deceleration in bank loans, according… Read More »

Propstack appoints Brandon Sedloff as international advisor

Propstack is delighted to announce that Brandon Sedloff has joined the Board of Advisors this week. Brandon is the Managing Director/ Head of Business Development at Juniper Square, a San Francisco-based technology company that provides fundraising, investor reporting, and investment management software to real estate managers. Brandon has over 15 years of experience in the commercial… Read More »

Unattractive office spaces at Manesar, Gr Noida, parts of NH-8 take Delhi-NCR vacancy rate to 32%

Office space inventory at peripheral locations such as Manesar, Greater Noida and the extended parts of NH-8 has lead to nearly one-third, or about 32%, of quality office space in Delhi NCR remaining vacant, according to a property consultancy. However, the picture isn’t that bad if these locations are excluded. Delhi NCR’s office vacancy rate significantly drops… Read More »