Market insights

Market reports · 1 min read

GCC demand is what is leasing Gurugram's Grade-A floors

Global capability centres take larger floor plates, sign longer terms and specify harder than the occupiers that preceded them — and it is reshaping what landlords build.

Investment · 1 min read

Dwarka Expressway commercial: the corridor that priced in patience

A decade of delay put a discount into the land basis that the delivered stock has not yet given back — and the interchange changed the drive-time argument entirely.

Investment · 1 min read

What a 7% yield actually needs to survive

Contracted income, escalation that beats inflation, a tenant that can pay through a downturn, and an exit that does not depend on the same story you bought on.

Leasing · 1 min read

The bare shell versus fitted floor decision, priced properly

A fitted floor looks expensive until you price four months of parallel rent, project management and the risk of a fit-out overrun.

Market reports · 1 min read

Gurugram warehousing has moved west, and the rent card has not caught up

IMT Manesar and the Pataudi Road stretch are absorbing the Grade-A warehousing requirements that Udyog Vihar can no longer physically hold.

Regulation · 1 min read

How to read a RERA registration before you commit

The registration number is the beginning of the check, not the end of it. Here is what the portal actually tells you.

Leasing · 1 min read

Nine things to check before signing a commercial lease in Gurugram

Lock-in, escalation basis, CAM inclusions and the fit-out clause account for most of the disputes we see two years into a term.

Investment · 1 min read

SCO plots have outperformed strata retail. The reason is control, not luck

Owning the full building envelope changes tenant mix, signage rights and exit optionality — three things a strata retail owner never controls.

Market reports · 1 min read

Gurugram office rents held flat in Q2 — here is what moved underneath

Headline rents were unchanged quarter on quarter, but fitted-floor premiums widened to 22% and Golf Course Extension outperformed the city average by 140 basis points.