Office space absorption dropped in Bengaluru in the second quarter ended June, mostly due to lack of ready-to-move-in quality office space in some important micro-markets. However, the overall quarter stood out, helped by the entrance of Apple and Diageo. Gross absorption dipped to 2.3 million sft, from 2.75 mn sft in the corresponding quarter last… Read More »
The chief executive of WeWork said on Monday that the co-working office space provider would hit a revenue run-rate of $1 billion next year. WeWork, one of the biggest ‘unicorns’ – startups worth more than $1 billion – recently raised more than $400 million at a valuation that sources pegged at more than $15 billion.… Read More »
Some commercial property buyers are invoking “Brexit clauses” written into contracts agreed before Britain voted to leave the European Union, allowing them to walk away from the deals. In other cases buyers have yet to exercise such get-out clauses but are keeping the option open to try to renegotiate the price down, according to property lawyers… Read More »
China Vanke Co Ltd said it and partners are in talks to acquire some commercial property firms from Blackstone Group LP and other third parties for 12.9 billion yuan ($1.9 billion). The disclosure is a more detailed response by Vanke, currently mired in a high-profile corporate power struggle, to enquiries from the Shenzhen bourse after criticism… Read More »
Mumbai office property market witnessed a 21% on-quarter rise in leasing activity at 1.4 million sq ft in the quarter ended June, said a property consultancy in a report. Demand for office space was largely concentrated across peripheral micro-markets. Majority of office space demand in the city was led by corporate occupiers from the BFSI… Read More »
Brookfield Asset Management Inc. raised $14 billion for its latest infrastructure fund, topping its target, as Canada’s largest alternative asset manager goes on the prowl for larger acquisitions. The pool, known as Brookfield Infrastructure Fund III, will be the largest private infrastructure fund ever raised in the industry, according to a statement from Brookfield, and data… Read More »
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 »
Indian Commercial Real Estate has not been ailing in recent times, but it’s been no party either over the past seven to eight years. It’s been through a recovery cycle since the dramatic global collapse of 2008, but fortunately it has gone nowhere close to the dizzying statistics of the pre Lehman era. It’s been… 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 »
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 »