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Office leasing across top six cities stands at six-year low: Savills


India’s office market space leasing moved at a measured pace as most occupiers halted their expansion plans in the wake of the unanticipated second wave of the pandemic that hit the country earlier this year. Consequently, leasing activity across six major cities in India during the first half of 2021 dragged to a six-year low, according to the latest half-yearly report ‘India Market Watch Office’ by international real estate advisory firm Savills India.
- In the January-June 2021 period, office absorption in six major cities stood at approximately 10.9 mn sq. ft, down by 38% from the corresponding months a year ago.
- The new supply rose by 4% at 18.0 mn sq. ft. in H1 2021 from the year-ago period.
Despite the ongoing pandemic, the technology (IT) occupiers continue to lead the demand followed by BFSI segment. While the IT sector has increased absorption and holds a 51% of the share, their combined share of approximately 63% is same as in H1 2020.
Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR and Mumbai constituted around 69% of the total leasing activity in H1 2021 across top cities of the country. Bengaluru continued to lead with 4.1 mn sq.ft of leasing activity representing 37% share in H1 2021 followed by Delhi NCR which witnessed leasing activity of 2.0 mn sq.ft. recording a 37% YOY decline. While Mumbai and Hyderabad shared third place with approximately 1.4 mn sq.ft absorption, the annual decline in leasing was sharper for Hyderabad at 46% compared to 39% for Mumbai. Pune recorded approximately 0.9 mn sq.ft. leasing while, Chennai saw leasing activity of 1.1 mn sq.ft.
As per the report, in H1 2021 sizeable expansions and consolidations contributed to large deals accounting to about 43.2% of the overall pie, while mid-sized occupiers leasing stood at 27.7%. Bengaluru witnessed the highest share of large deals at 51%, followed by Delhi NCR and Hyderabad.
The report further highlights that Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, and Pune have witnessed an increase in new completions compared to the same period last year on account of deferred supply getting completed. Bengaluru has recorded the highest infusion of new supply constituting a 36% share, followed by Hyderabad and Delhi NCR at 28% and 22% shares, respectively.
In H1 2021, the overall vacancy levels increased to 16.2% at the end of June, as supply addition exceeded the pace of leasing activity. Prime locations with limited availabilities saw stable rents while a few micro-markets have seen a sharper decline as landlords exhibited flexibility to attract new clients.
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