Indian office property net absorption is rising due to global capability centres (GCCs) and flexible spaces. India's status as a business centre is strengthened by global and local firms' rapid development.

The Indian warehouse leasing market grew 8% in H1 2024. With Mumbai and Pune leading absorption rates, the industry has grown and faced hurdles. Ghar.tv offers 6 tips for understanding 2024 Indian warehouse leasing trends:

In H1 2024, total absorption in India's warehousing and logistics sector rose 8% from 2023. Vestian Research reported 16.6 million square feet of sector absorption in the first half of 2024. Compared to H2 2023, absorption fell 26%, mostly due to a 74% drop in the National Capital Region.

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.

The Blackstone Group is close to buying Adani Realty's Inspire BKC, a high-profile commercial real estate project on Mumbai's Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) fringes. The 800,000-square-foot office skyscraper is expected to cost the US private equity behemoth between Rs 1,800 crore and Rs 2,000 crore.

Bank lending to commercial real estate, including residential projects, rose 23% last fiscal year excluding the HDFC-HDFC Bank merger. Loans totaled Rs 3.97 lakh crore. Including the merger, growth rose to 38.9%, with Rs 4.48 lakh crore in loans as of March 31.

Shriram Properties plans to expand in Pune, the second-largest property market in the country due to its rapid growth. Shriram Properties is expanding into Pune as part of its expansion plan.

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.

According to an Anarock research, premium office space rental prices in seven major cities rose 7% year-over-year to Rs 83 per square foot per month in the first six months of the current fiscal. This is due to growing building prices.

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.

Net absorption of warehouse space is expected to reach 42.5 mn sq ft by the end of 2022, according to a forecast by JLL.The total vacancy rate drops significantly to reach 11.4% in H1 2022 as demand rises.

According to a Jones Lang LaSalle report released in its Office Market Update-Q1, 2022, office net absorption increased by a substantial 113 percent year over year, demonstrating the market's current strength.

This is surely good news for commercial real estate in India. According to prominent real estate companies, office gross absorption in India's top six cities was over 33 million square feet, a 10% increase over 2020.