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Real estate sector has received an equity capital of USD 32 billion during the last five years and is expected to attract USD 12-13 billion during 2023-24 with office assets likely to garner maximum fund, according to CBRE. Real estate consultant CBRE has estimated that equity flows in real estate sector will remain steady with expected investment at around USD 12-13 billion over the next two years with an average USD 6-7 billion flow per year. Equity investments include those by private equity funds, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, institutional investors, real estate developers, investment banks, corporate groups, and REITs, etc. CBRE expects that office assets would continue to garner a majority share of total institutional inflows, followed by Industrial & Logistics (I&L) and sites/land parcels. In addition, alternative investments, particularly in data centres, may take off. Anshuman Magazine, Chairman & CEO - India, South-East Asia, Middle East & Africa, ..

Mumbai is at seventh position in Asia Pacific as a preferred destination for cross-border investments in real estate sector, according to property consultant CBRE India. The consultant on Friday released its '2023 Asia Pacific Investor Intentions Survey'. "Mumbai is ranked 7th among the 10 APAC cities and emerged as a preferred destination for cross-border investment in the region," it said. Mumbai ranks ahead of Shanghai (ranked 8), Hanoi (ranked 9) and Seoul (ranked 10) on the list. No other Indian city had featured in the list in the last two years. Tokyo topped the chart for the fourth consecutive year as the target market for cross-border investment, followed by Singapore. Vietnam continues to benefit from its status as a 'China-plus One' destination. The survey, polled more than 530 Asia Pacific-based investors across a range of investor types from developers, private investors, and REITs to institutions such as insurance companies, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds,

Leasing of industrial and warehousing space was highest in Delhi-NCR and adjoining areas during 2022 at 7.3 million square feet driven mainly by demand from third party logistics and e-commerce firms, according to CBRE. The leasing grew by 6 per cent in Delhi-NCR to 7.3 million square feet in 2022 from 6.9 million square feet in the previous year. In its latest report, CBRE said that the leasing of industrial and logistics space across eight major cities rose 8 per cent to 31.6 million square feet in 2022 from 29.4 million square feet in the previous year. Commenting on the report, Anshuman Magazine, Chairman & CEO - India, South-East Asia, Middle East & Africa, CBRE, said, "The intent to strengthen supply chain among global and domestic companies drove the leasing activity in 2022." The leasing activity in 2023 is expected to remain range-bound, driven by sustained demand from 3PL (third party logistics), engineering & manufacturing and retail firms, he added. "On the ...

Indian companies have overtaken American firms in gross leasing of office space for the first time, with almost a 50 per cent share in the total demand, according to CBRE India. In its report released on Thursday, CBRE said that the gross leasing of office space rose 40 per cent in 2022 to 56.6 million square feet across nine major cities from 40.5 million square feet in the previous year. Out of the total absorption of office space in 2022, 27.73 million square feet area was leased by domestic firms while 20.37 million square feet by American companies, according to CBRE. The total gross leasing of office space in 2022 was the second-highest leasing activity ever after it touched the peak in 2019 with a 65 million square feet area. "In a first, domestic firms overtook American firms in annual leasing, accounting for nearly half of the leasing share in 2022, mainly led by flexible space operators, technology corporates and BFSI firms," CBRE said. Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR and Mumbai ..

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Hyderabad, Delhi- NCR, Mumbai, and Bangalore account for 79% of overall retail space absorption

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Benguluru, Delhi-NCR and Chennai led the space absorption, together accounting for 62% of total transaction activity in the first nine months of the Calendat year

Investments in data centres expected to surpass $20 billion by 2025, with smaller cities gaining too

About 700 acres of land have been acquired for over USD 1.1 billion during January-June across eight cities to develop housing, office, retail, logistics and data centre projects, according to a CII-CBRE report. Industry body CII and property consultant CBRE India on Wednesday released the report Indian Realty Outlook - Demystifying Future growth opportunities at a real estate conference here. "We are quite optimistic about the real estate sector. But we need to be cautious considering global factors," said Anshuman Magazine, Chairman & CEO, India, South-East Asia, Middle East & Africa, CBRE. He said all segments of real estate in the 2022 calendar year will perform better than last year, because of higher demand for apartments as well as commercial, data centre and warehousing spaces. However, Magazine said there is a need for caution in view of rising interest rates, higher commodity prices and possible recession in US and European economies. He also pointed out that land ...

As per the latest office report 'CBRE India Office Figures Q1 2022', the total office leasing for the quarter (ending March 31, 2022) was at 2.3 million square feet in Chennai

While several IT firms have shifted to a permanent 'work from anywhere' model for their staff, leasing activity was driven by tech companies, with a 34% share

CBRE's Anshuman Magazine on real estate's future

In an interview with Business Standard's Nivedita Mookerji, Anshuman Magazine of CBRE South Asia shares why he sees robust growth for the sector which was hit hard by the pandemic

31% of total office spaces in six major cities have been certified as green buildings, as real estate developers are focusing more on sustainability aspects in their projects, according to CBRE

Gross office space leasing across nine major cities rose 16 per cent to 41.1 million square feet during the last year, driven mainly by higher demand in Hyderabad, real estate consultant CBRE said on Friday. Office space leasing or absorption stood at 35.4 million square feet during 2020, while the new supply was 42.1 million square feet. Releasing its office report 'CBRE Figures', the consultant said Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Delhi-NCR together account for 70 per cent of the leasing activity. "The physical office would be more effective for occupiers in India in supporting employee engagement, collaboration, team productivity and innovation, relative to remote working," said Anshuman Magazine, Chairman & CEO - India, South-East Asia, Middle East & Africa, CBRE. While office utilisation rates across cities would fluctuate in tandem with infection rates owing to new variants (Omicron), he believed that occupiers would encourage employees to come back to offices, with their ...

Office space leasing dropped four per cent to 25 million square feet during January-September this year across six major cities due to adverse impact of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to CBRE. In its report 'India Market Monitor Market' for the third quarter of the calendar year 2021, CBRE said 13.5 million square feet space was leased during the July-September quarter, up 140 per cent from the previous quarter. "Space take-up of 25 million square feet recorded in 2021 YTD (year-to-date), a marginal drop of 4 per cent year-on-year," the consultant said. Nearly 34.3 million square feet of supply addition witnessed in 2021 YTD, marginally up four per cent year-on-year, it said. Anshuman Magazine, chairman and CEO (India, Southeast Asia, Middle East & Africa) of CBRE, said, "India's real estate market has proven to be resilient over the last year. The overall outlook for the Indian real estate continues to be positive back of an accelerated vaccination drive, ...

Leasing of industrial and logistics spaces recorded about 13 per cent to 14 million square feet during the January-June 2021 period in eight major cities, on better demand, according to property consultant CBRE. In its latest report, India Industrial and Logistics Market Monitor for H1, CBRE South Asia said that new supply increased five per cent to 11 million square feet (sqft) in the January-June 2021 period compared to the second half of the calendar year 2020. "Leasing activity touched 14 million sq ft in H1 2021 (January-June), a half-yearly growth of more than 13 per cent," the report said. Delhi-NCR and Bengaluru dominated leasing activities and accounted for about 50 per cent of the space absorption in H1 2021. Medium- to large-sized deals (more than 50,000 sq ft) dominated leasing with a share of about 62 per cent during H1 2021, it added. Third-party logistics (3PL) and e-commerce & retail players were major demand drivers. On new supply, Chennai accounted for about ...

The rising demand for food and groceries on e-commerce platforms will fuel the growth in the cold storage business, property consultant CBRE has said

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Mumbai, Chennai, and Bengaluru accounted for more than 60% of leasing activity