South India’s data centre market is on an impressive growth trajectory, with major cities like Chennai, Bangalore, and Hyderabad at the forefront. This surge is supported by substantial government incentives, strategic infrastructure investments, and a rising demand for digital services. The region is poised to play a crucial role in the global data centre landscape, with capacity projected to grow 65% by 2030.

The market price of property in India is not always in sync with its intrinsic value. The home buying experience of Rajesh Kalra, a professional in Mohali, soured at the time of possession. He had negotiated with the builder and till that point of time believed that with his negotiation skills he made a good bargain for the same. But once in the house he got to know through the neighbour next door that the other person bought at around INR 4 lakh lesser price.

The annual campaign has been supported by over 75 Green Building Councils (GBCs), plus partners, hosting over 100 events around the world to spotlight solutions to industry stakeholders for a resilient and decarbonised built environment. By REDUCE, it aims at improving energy efficiency and minimise energy use; by ELECTRIFY, it aims at shifting to electricity for essential functions and ensuring electricity generation is from low-carbon sources such as renewables; and, by ADAPT, it aims to ensure the built environment is capable of withstanding the impacts of climate change.

In the post-pandemic era, demand recovery in the office market has been swift, following a steep ‘V-shaped’ recovery trajectory. After subdued demand in 2020 & 2021, leasing activity had fully bounced back by 2022. In fact, since 2022, each year has been witnessing new all-time-high Grade A office space uptake at India level. With strong, consistent demand, average rentals have also surpassed the pre-pandemic levels (2019) across all the six major office markets for the first time in 2024. The rental recovery in the Indian office market, albeit relatively slower than the demand recovery trajectory has finally been fully complete, thus forming an elongated ‘U-shaped’ pattern.

A recent report claims current sentiment index score of Indian real estate is 72. I wonder how! Who is going to believe this? Definitely not the home buyers at the receiving end of the builders with delay, default, unmet promises and what not. But this is not an isolated instance of one-odd such report. As a matter of fact, most of the reports by the brokerage firms (in the guise of consulting firms) and other industry stakeholders would like the home buyers to believe that if you don’t buy property now, you would be left behind. This unnecessarily creates a FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) in the minds of the gullible buyers. 

Emaar India the Indian business entity of brand Emaar, famous for developing Burj Khalifa, is now entering the Mumbai market with an offering in Alibag. The company will be introducing a coveted villa – only destination for the who’s who of Mumbai- the financial capital of India.  It will soon be launching its first ultra-luxury villa project, The Casa Venero in Alibag, Maharashtra. The company has set up their sales lounge in the Oberoi.