India’s flex space market is booming, driven by rising demand, office supply shortages, and hybrid work trends. Developers and brokers can leverage pre-leasing to secure prime locations and meet evolving client needs.

India’s flex space market is booming, with pre-leasing surging as office supply falls short in metro cities, driving demand for flexible, ready-to-move solutions.

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.

To expand, flexibility provider Incuspaze leased 325,000 sq ft of office space at QUBE Software Park in Bengaluru. Previously leased 156,000 sq ft in Whitefield, this demonstrates the company's aggressive growth ambition. INCUSpaze is expanding into Bengaluru's IT industry.

Company demand for flexible workspaces will peak in 2024. In the first half of 2023, 106,554 seats have been rented, compared to 155,000 for the year. Leasing is growing rapidly due to economic development, changing work dynamics, and the necessity for cost management.

Amazon, Cognizant, IBM, Accenture, and McKinsey are renewing leases in India's office space market, which is booming. Bangalore led the list of cities where major firms renewed office space, with 1.6 million square feet renewed between January and July 2024.

WeWork India is reportedly in discussions to lease over 400,000 sq ft of office space across three significant properties in Delhi and Gurugram. This move is seen as part of their aggressive expansion strategy in the Delhi-NCR region, according to sources familiar with the situation.

Flexible workspace provider Smartworks has expanded internationally by leasing 35,000 square feet of office space in Singapore. Smartworks is one of the first Indian flexible workspace companies to operate abroad.

Google leased 649,000 sq ft of office space in Alembic City in Whitefield, Bengaluru. Sources report a monthly fee of ₹62 per sq ft with a three-year lock-in term. Google has been proactively purchasing conventional and flexible office premises in key Indian cities to expand its footprint.

Flexible space operators became the second-largest office leasing industry in the January to March quarter of 2024, a major change. To suit worldwide corporate needs, the sector's growth has increased.

Bengaluru office leasing is changing. Multinational firms' tech and shared service divisions, Global Capability Centres (GCCs), are gaining ground in India's commercial real estate market. In 2023, GCCs leased the most space since the start of the decade, according to Colliers.

The premier managed workspace provider Table Space recently completed a major leasing deal with real estate developer Runwal. The agreement leases about 1.31 lakh sq ft of office space in Runwal's commercial skyscraper in crowded Andheri, Mumbai.

Commercial purchases in Bengaluru fell 14.3% to 12.5 million square feet in 2023. Knight Frank India ascribed this decline to US inflation and a slowing technology industry, which drives Bengaluru's office space demand.

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 FY23, the demand for coworking spaces surpassed all previous records, with India's IT hubs leading the pack. Latest real estate data shows that leasing of "flex-seats" has increased by 20%, with the biggest activity occurring in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Pune.