INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Morgan Stanley (Photo: bloomberg)3 min read Last Updated : Sep 19 2024 | 12:43 PM IST
Morgan Stanley has signed an agreement to rent
office space of 1.1 million square feet in Mumbai's Goregaon suburb, marking one of the largest commercial real estate lease deals in India
the Oberoi Commerz III tower, one of the tallest mixed-use commercial towers in the country, for a term of nine-and-a-half years
in motion in July 2020, during the peak of Covid-19 and when the US-based bank agreed to lease the space in the over 40-storey tower
After completing negotiations, the company has now registered the transaction in the final week of August.
Morgan Stanley has made a
security deposit of Rs 104.9 crore for this deal, the report said citing documents accessed via realty data analytics firm Propstack
This represents the largest office space deal by any company in 2024.
The Oberoi Commerz III tower, part of the 2.9 million square feet
Oberoi Garden City, is situated within an 80-acre premium mixed-use development
Its proximity to an upcoming metro station adds further appeal to the location.
Mid and large office space leasing trends in
2024
According to a Knight Frank India report, about 45 per cent of total office space demand in the first half of 2024 came from large
workspaces of over 100,000 square feet
Transactions in this category reached 15.69 million square feet during January-June
Meanwhile, spaces between 50,000 and 100,000 square feet contributed 21 per cent, or 7.28 million square feet, of total office leasing
during the same period.
The demand for smaller office spaces, those under 50,000 square feet, also remains strong
Knight Frank data showed that leasing for such spaces totaled 11.7 million square feet in the first half of 2024, accounting for 34 per cent
of the total office space demand.
Rise in flexible workspace leasing
Meanwhile, a growing trend among companies, both domestic and
foreign, is the increasing preference for flexible office spaces
Business Standard recently reported that flex office spaces now account for 12.7 per cent of overall leasing, up from 10.2 per cent in 2019
In particular, the absorption of flex spaces has surged since the pandemic, with companies taking up 155,000 seats in 2023, compared to
85,234 seats in 2021.First Published: Sep 19 2024 | 12:43 PMIST
