Bengaluru has become India's largest and most important office market, surpassing all other cities. In June 2024, the city's office space exceeded 223 million sq ft, up from 100 million in 2013. It has the most office space in India. This brief report from Ghar.tv highlights critical points.

Office space leasing in India's top six cities rose 19% to 29.4 million square feet in the first half of 2024. Mumbai and Hyderabad quadrupled office space absorption, with Bengaluru leading at 8.8 million sq ft.

Mindspace Business Parks REIT leased over 2 million square feet in the quarter ended March 2024, a record. This is the greatest lease volume since its August 2020 IPO, totaling 3.6 million square feet for 2023-24.

Ashiana Housing, a New Delhi-based real estate developer, plans to spend Rs 650-700 crore in land and building in 2023-24. The business wants to book Rs 1,500 crore in area in FY24 and add 7-8 million sq ft in three years.

Bank of America (BofA) has acquired 1.1 million square feet of Chennai office space in a major move. This sale is BofA's biggest office space transaction of 2023 and one of its largest captive centres outside the US. The DLF Downtown, Taramani site is for the bank's Indian back office.

Indian storage is experiencing a major shift, vital for global commerce. Knight Frank's 'India Warehousing Market Report – 2023' shows record demand in India's top eight markets, reaching 51.3 million square feet in FY 2022-23.

Despite global economic uncertainty, the Indian office space market is expected to grow significantly between 2023 and 2025. According to CBRE, developers are confident about adding over 165 million sq. ft. of office space by 2025, exceeding the 142 million constructed in the preceding three years.

A CBRE-CII research, ‘Indian Real Estate: Taking Giant Strides – 2023 Mid-Year Outlook,’ was released during the CII Realty 2023 conference. It highlights the sector's tremendous progress.

The Chennai-based real estate developer Casagrand plans to build 20 million square feet (msf) of luxury and affordable homes in Mumbai and Pune for Rs 8,000 crore over three years.

After a cautious first quarter, India's top six cities' office space absorption rose 2 percent to 14.6 million square feet in the second quarter of 2023, up from 14.3 msf in 2022.

The Executive Centre (TEC), a flexible workspace provider based in Hong Kong, has invested 100 crore in the first half of 2023 to lease approximately 200,000 square feet of space in eight centres.

In 2023, Bengaluru-based real estate firm Puravankara Ltd intends to launch new projects comprising over 15 million square feet in Bengaluru, Chennai, Kochi, and Coimbatore, with a three-year revenue goal of Rs 18,000 crore.

Web Werks to Develop Data Centres Worth INR 7500 Cr in India in Joint Venture With Iron Mountain India Data Centre Market is all set to explode crossing 20 million sqft by 2025

Arihant Superstructures is a listed real estate developer with a special focus on affordable housing development and is planning to expand its real estate portfolio 2 times and reach around 20 million sq ft by 2023 end.

ASK Property Investment Advisors (ASK PIA) has invested in an upcoming real estate project in Pune in Baner locality spread on a 16 acre land parcel. This project is being developed by Kalpataru and will comprise of 1,200 residential units with a saleable area of approximately 1.9 million sq ft.