The average rent for space in a downtown tower is $47.43 per square foot, putting Houston in the top 10 of the nation’s most expensive office markets, according to a commercial realty firm. The national average is $43.79 per square foot. Despite downtown’s strong rents, the report notes how Houston’s sublease glut and “economic freeze”… Read More »
According to the IT industry watchdog Nasscom, India ranks third “among global startup ecosystems with more than 4,200 new-age companies” and the startup revolution is only becoming bigger and better over the years. Where a startup sets up shop is very important and the most important factor to consider here is “location, location and location”.… Read More »
Office rentals are rising in India’s top three cities as premium buildings run out of space due to rising demand and the lack of fresh supply of quality spaces. Most premium office buildings in Mumbai, Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), and Bengaluru are fully leased out, while a few of them have vacancies of… Read More »
Shortage in supply of office space has resulted in reduced absorption and higher real estate rentals in Chennai. For the period from January to September this year, deals for nearly 3.3 million square feet have been signed, down from 3.7 million a year ago. Rentals have, however, shot up by nearly 10% year-on-year. Chennai’s real estate… Read More »
British landlords were bracing for a drop in commercial property values due to an exodus of tenants after Britain voted to exit the European Union. While property prices fell in sympathy with the glum market sentiment, most occupants stayed put. This translated into bargains for savvy real estate companies looking to buy properties on the cheap… Read More »
Office rentals have been on an upswing with the average rents going up by 8 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in first half of 2016. NCR, Pune and Bengaluru are cities that led the rally with rents moving up in the range of 10-14 per cent year-on-year during the same period, according to a property consultancy.… Read More »
Startup firms are giving a boost to the commercial real estate business, which is saddled with huge inventories in major cities. India is the third largest startup destination in the world. Though their demand for space is much less than that of large companies and their ability to pay much less, “these emerging startup business enterprises… Read More »
Space rented by e-commerce players in Bengaluru fell a steep 95% to 1,40,000 sq ft in the first half of 2016 over the same period last year. Just four transactions were reported with online travel portal MakeMyTrip and online bus tickets platform redBus being the two companies that leased out office space, according to a… Read More »
Real estate in many parts of the country is in bad shape. But there’s one big exception – commercial space in Bengaluru. A surge in demand, including from MNCs looking to establish or expand R&D and engineering centres, has left developers scrambling to supply quality office space in time. Some say rental costs in certain areas… Read More »
New Delhi’s Central Business District Connaught Place is seventh among the most expensive prime office markets in the world with an annual occupancy cost of $149.71 per sft, according to the latest edition of property consultancy CBRE Research’s Global Prime Office Occupancy Costs survey. Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), Mumbai’s Alternative Business District, stood at 19th… Read More »
