Led by Bengaluru, office space lease activity rose last year to breach the 40 million-sq ft mark in the country. Much of the demand came from the IT and ITeS sectors and financial services companies in leading cities in India, an independent property consultancy said. Gross space absorption rose 9 per cent to about 43 million… Read More »
The price of Brazilian commercial real estate has continued to contract, signaling the sector remains vulnerable to the effects of the country’s recession, according to market data released Tuesday. The monthly FipeZap indicator showed commercial property prices dropped 0.45% in November from the prior month, extending year-to-date losses to 3.18%, the research group said. In October, commercial… Read More »
Abbott, one of the largest healthcare product companies in India, has picked up an entire under-construction building with over 1.60 lakh sq ft built-up area in the Andheri suburb of Mumbai to set up an innovation & development centre, said two persons familiar with the development. The deal assumes significance as the lease will run… Read More »
Barclays said on Tuesday it has agreed to lease office space in London’s Canary Wharf district to the British government in an effort to save about 35 million pounds ($45 million) annually. The Cabinet Office will lease about 540,000 square feet of space in 10 South Colonnade, according to a statement. The handover is expected to… Read More »
IKEA Group, the leading Swedish home furnishings company, is scouting for land in Greater Noida to set up its first showroom in north India. Representatives of the company met Deepak Agarwal, CEO, Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA), on Friday and expressed interest in setting up the facility on nearly 25 acres of land in… Read More »
Registry and financial services provider Link Intime India has picked up nearly 60,000 sq ft office space in commercial complex 247 Park — now owned by Blackstone Group — in the Vikhroli suburb of Mumbai on lease, said two persons familiar with the development. The total lease tenure is nine years with a clause of rental… Read More »
Swiss bank UBS has entered into an agreement to pick up 4 lakh sq ft of office space on lease at realty developer K Raheja Corp’s IT Special Economic Zone Gigaplex at Airoli in Navi Mumbai in one of the largest occupier lease transactions, three persons familiar with the development said. The Zurich-headquartered, NYSE-listed multinational… Read More »
Infosys Technologies is locking up huge office spaces across the country, and has leased over 9 lakh sq ft office space across major cities to expand its business. In a recent transaction, Infosys Technologies has picked up over 2,10,000 sq ft office space on lease in Bhartiya City at Thanisandra Road in Bengaluru, said two persons… Read More »
At just over 0.09 million sq ft, overall transaction volume in office space was unable to pick up in Kolkata this quarter as well said a recent report. Lease activity was driven by assortment of industries including Technology firms which shared about 33% of the absorption pie while, Engineering firms came in next at 25%… Read More »
Cerestra Advisors Ltd, a real estate-focused private equity firm, has bought Alexandria Knowledge Park at Genome Valley in Hyderabad for Rs 400 crore as it plans to build an office portfolio focused on R&D clients. Alexandria Knowledge Park, which counts tenants such as Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis, was previously owned by New York-based Alexandria Real… Read More »
