Tag Archives: Office Space

Office space take up witnesses 46% on-quarter rise in April-June

Office space absorption across key cities of India stood at 10.2 million sq ft during April-June quarter, registering around 46% on-quarter growth. The rise in absorption was led by Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) and Bangalore, which accounted for almost 50% of the total space take-up, said a property consultancy in a report. On the… Read More »

Land at Rs 1 per year for offices, govt hospitals in Delhi

Taking away a major complaint of the Kejriwal government on non-availability of land for hospitals, night shelters or government offices, the Centre on Monday announced that DDA will provide plots for such facilities at Re 1 per annum. Announcing the lease rates for land for institutional purposes on Monday, urban development minister M Venkaiah Naidu said… Read More »

Gujarat, 5th in India in number of unoccupied non-residential premises

Gujarat is not only ranked fourth in the country in number of vacant residential premises but is also ranked fifth in number of vacant non-residential units. The union territory of Delhi tops the list of cities with the maximum number of unoccupied commercial units. In Delhi, 16.2% of commercial premises are vacant. The union territory… Read More »

Chennai’s IT & ITeS ecosystem loses the office space race

Chennai’s four-lakh employee-strong IT and ITeS ecosystem is losing the race – albeit momentarily – to manufacturing and consulting firms that are briskly occupying office spaces during the first half of the current calendar year. Companies such as Renault Nissan, Ford, and other auto-component and ancillary firms and consulting firms like EY took lakhs of sq… Read More »

Chennai’s dipping commercial space may edge out IT industries

Chennai is facing a dearth of quality large format office space which could force information technology as well IT-enabled service (ITeS) companies to look to neighbouring States, according to a study by a London-based global property consultancy firm. Kanchana Krishnan, director of the Chennai branch of the firm, said that the shortage of office space is… Read More »

Bengaluru sees office space crisis, rental costs up 50% in 2 years

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 »