SADC, Singapore wishes China’s savings into Indian realty sector
A prominent group in Singapore plans to act as a facilitator to bring in China’s savings into the Indian economy and other South Asian countries.
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China apprehensive of realty influence in system
China’s central government wants to weaken the industry’s vice-like grip on the political system as a means to avoid a Jasmine-type revolt.
China deflating realty bubble
Chinese officials are blaming the speculators for soaring property prices and have announced to build 36 million affordable homes over the next five years.
Realtor Shahid Balwa has Pak-China links
2G scam accused Shahid Balwa of DB Realty, whose dubious Pakistani and underworld connections are being probed, also allegedly had some Chinese links that raised security concerns within Indian agencies.
Asia Pacific office demand surges 10.7% as occupiers chase ’flight to quality’
India, New Zealand, and Singapore saw annual leasing growth of over 30% in Q3 2024. Demand across the top 11 countries in the APAC region rose by 10.7% YoY, reaching 2.2 million sqm (23.7 million sq ft) in Q3 2024. India continued to lead APAC office market activity, driving over 70% of the total demand during Q3 2024. The Asia Pacific office market is predicted to grow in 2025, with new Colliers’ data showing demand across top markets surging 10.7% year-on-year (y-o-y) in the third quarter of 2024.
India emerging as a global manufacturing hotspot
In a report titled, ‘Fortifying India’s I&L landscape with a new manufacturing growth formula’, property consultant CBRE claims that the manufacturing sector’s growth has significantly contributed to warehousing demand. The share of sectors catering to the manufacturing space, including engineering & manufacturing, electronics & electricals and auto & ancillary sectors, within the total warehousing demand across major cities, has increased substantially, growing from 15% in 2019 to 24% in 2023 and 25% in H1 2024. The total leasing for warehousing from these manufacturing-related sectors stood at 4.1 mn. sq. ft. in H1 2024.
India Ranks 3rd in Global cross-border capital destinations for land/ development sites
The office sector was the most sought after in terms of investment activity in APAC in the first half of 2024, followed by industrial sector. In India too, investments in industrial & warehousing and office assets remained strong in the first half of the year. Investments in Industrial assets especially, were 5X times, compared to same period last year. Amidst rising demand for superior quality Grade A assets and evolving supply-chain models, global investor confidence in the sector is improving significantly.
Why is there so much confusion around PMAY?
PMAY (Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana) is once again in the news after the Union Budget 2023-24. But a project that should have been seen as a mission is in the news for some wrong reasons. It’s not just the fact that the Government of India has not clarified its achievements with Housing for All by 2022, but Track2Realty finds there are data discrepancies with the project as well.
India’s Data Centre potential for 5X capacity expansion: Cushman & Wakefield
In a bid to assess whether India’s data centre capacity will meet the nation’s growing digital needs, Cushman & Wakefield has come out with a report, “Is India Building Enough to Power its Digital Transformation?”. The report conservatively estimates the potential data centre capacity India will require to align with other major economies. The findings reveal a potential for an additional 1.7-3.6 GW data centre capacity, over and above the planned development of 2.32 GW Colo capacity, taking the potential of possible data centre capacity to over 5 GW.
India’s Grade A warehousing sector to cross 300 million square feet by 2025: CREDAI-CRE Matrix Report
Owing to rapid industrial growth and the emergence of one of the fastest growing real estate segments in the country, India’s warehousing sector is set to cross the 300 million square feet (MSF) mark by 2025, according to a report jointly launched by CREDAI and CRE Matrix. Currently, the overall Grade A warehousing stock stands at 216.2 MSF. In Q1 CY ’24, India witnessed a 5% increase in rentals – reflecting how India’s warehousing demand continues to surpass supply – with the absorption to supply ratio standing at 1.4 in the quarter.