India’s rich investors have switched to buying commercial property in place of housing over the last 15-18 months following a tapering down of property price appreciation in the residential real estate in top Indian cities. Commercial property serves as a lucrative investment option with investors gaining from rental income as well as capital appreciation. Grade… Read More »
DLF Ltd’s much-anticipated stake sale in its rental portfolio could help India’s most valuable property developer reduce the debt on its books although analysts say its turnaround will only be complete when demand returns to the moribund residential real estate market. The stake sale aims to raise about Rs.12,000 crore with the promoters selling 40% in… Read More »
The Gurgaon administration has proposed to slash circle rates of properties by 15% this year to help revive a slumbering real estate market that is in the grip of a prolonged downturn. If the Haryana government approves the proposal, it will be the first time in recent history that Gurgaon, a premium real estate market, will… Read More »
In what is seen as a boost to commercial real estate, which is currently in bad shape, the revised draft of the development plan (DP) has proposed an FSI of 5 for office spaces in Mumbai. According to the revised DP, any plot in commercial, residential or industrial zones, measuring more than 3,000 sqm, can avail… Read More »
The commercial real estate sector is witnessing increased interest from private equity funds, with several large institutions focusing on completed and leased commercial assets for investment. In 2015, private equity real estate firms deployed more than $5 billion in Indian real estate companies and projects -the highest since the financial crisis of 2008 -through 90 deals,… Read More »
A survey by a real estate services firm says the average age of top-end office spaces in Mumbai and Delhi is 11 years — at par with Singapore. According to the survey, Beijing and Shanghai have the newest office stock in the Asia-Pacific region, with an average age of eight years, while Hong Kong has… Read More »
In 2014, Ceejay House, located in Mumbai’s Worli area and having a gorgeous view of the Arabian Sea, had virtually no space to lease out. But in the past one year, a fourth of the building is understood to be vacant, with several tenants having moved out. At the peak of the real estate boom in… Read More »
A rise in demand for office spaces in the last one year coupled with shortage of new supply in key mi cro-markets has pushed up office rentals across top markets. Rentals in Gurgaon’s rose 13% in the last one ye Cyber City area rose 13% in the last one year while those in Bengaluru’s Whitefield and… Read More »
Apple is in talks to lease over 40,000 square feet of office space in Bengaluru where it intends to set up a development centre, three people familiar with the development said. “The company has signed the letter of intent with Galleria, a mixed use project in Yelahanka in Bengaluru,” one of these people said. Galleria is… Read More »
Top Indian cities have seen a significant rise in large office space transactions with companies across sectors expanding and consolidation operations, kindling hopes of a revival in an otherwise lacklustre real estate industry. India’s top six property markets reported 236 transactions for large office spaces — of at least 25,000 square feet and up to… Read More »
