Corporate confidence is boosting activity in top tier office markets around the world, leading to accelerating early cycle rental growth and robust capital value growth in prime assets, especially where new quality supply is limited, according to Jones Lang LaSalle’s inaugural, quarterly Global Office Outlook report.

Mumbai saw a steep rise in property prices during the boom period of 2008. However, the economic slowdown in 2009 led to a property market crash which made itself very tangible in Mumbai in the first quarter of 2009, stabilizing by the middle of year and rising again between the 3rd and 4th quarters.

The concept of international, standardized luxury floor space must evolve further before India can absorb the demand. Developers must come up with more imaginative ideas of differentiating their luxury malls from the run-of-the-mill.

The outlook for Chennai’s residential property market remains positive in 2011. This is a stable market, and the prices have risen rationally in tandem with normal market trends. With the IT sector on the upswing and job security once again strong, Chennai’s residential real estate market will see accelerated demand in 2011.

There will be significant changes in term of the redevelopment of Mumbai seafront with the revamping of the Coastal Regulation Zone norms that direct construction in these areas. Numerous old structures and unregulated residential developments that have been awaiting this signal in the areas in question will now be redeveloped.