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Gross office space leasing by multi national companies to set up R&D centres across major Indian cities stood at 14.13 million sq ft in 2019, a nearly five-fold jump from 2014, as the country remains an attractive destination for global outsourcing, according to Cushman & Wakefield. The property consultant has recently released its report titled 'Global Capability Centers -- Making India the Cradle of Global R&D' that analyses the Indian 'Global Capability Centers (GCC)' industry, its evolution over the years and key growth drivers. During 2014, only 3.15 million sq ft of gross office space was leased by captive or GCCs, contributing 8 per cent of the overall gross leasing. The number, however, jumped to 14.13 million sq ft during 2019. The share of captive centers in the overall office demand has risen to 20.9 per cent during 2019 from a mere 8 per cent in 2014, the consultant said in a statement. "The captives, Global In-house centers (GICs) or Global Capability Centers .