22/08/2026
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐.
Real estate investors often ask:
"๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ?"
I think the better question is:
"๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป?"
India's office market remains resilient.
Around ๐ฎ๐ญ.๐ฐ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐พ. ๐ณ๐. ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ค๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ, with GCCs, IT-BPM, engineering, manufacturing and BFSI supporting demand.
And according to CBRE, 77% of occupiers expect to expand their office footprint over the next two years.
Pune is particularly interesting.
SBI has acquired a commercial property in Kharadi for โน414 crore, involving more than two acres and a 15-storey building.
One transaction doesn't make an entire location a guaranteed investment.
But it reinforces a bigger principle:
๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐.
Companies create jobs.
Jobs attract people.
People need homes.
Homes create demand for retail, restaurants, schools and services.
Infrastructure follows demand.
And the ecosystem becomes stronger.
This is how I look at real estate.
Not simply:
"๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐?"
But:
"๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ผ๐?"
That's the difference between buying a property and understanding an investment.