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2 Delhi Gurugram and NOIDA The three aces: key opportunities in the NCR Office market | Colliers
International | June 2018
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3 Delhi Gurugram and NOIDA The three aces: key opportunities in the NCR Office market | Colliers
International | June 2018
demand in the region, with about 58%, while NOIDA and
NCR: Market Delhi have 29% and 13% of office demand respectively.
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Key trends that are likely to shape
the NCR office market in the future
#1 Robust metro network; unparalleled to any By 2020 most of the business
city in India districts in the NCR should be
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is undertaking the connected by the metro rail. On
biggest metro rail project in the country. W ith a network
of around 252 km (156.5 miles) sprawling across the
completion of Phase 4, Delhi metro
NCR region, it is currently the twelfth largest intercity rail should become the seventh
metro rail project in the world with about 202 stations
across nine metro rail lines spread over the city.
largest metro line network in the
world covering a distance of 310
While most of the southern and western cities are still km (192.6 miles).
struggling with haphazard urbanisation and connectivity
problems, the infrastructure in the NCR region is With the walk to work concept becoming increasingly
relatively well developed. The metro connectivity is not preferred in the Corporate Real Estate (CRE) world,
only intra-city but also inter-city which extends to the accessibility has become one of the significant decision-
neighbouring satellite cities such as NOIDA, Gurugram, making factors for occupiers. In our opinion, the robust
Faridabad and Ghaziabad. metro network should be one of the major driving factors
of office demand in the NCR. In most of the other major
We mapped all the three-primary commercial
cities, occupiers are required to provide the end-to-end
micromarkets of NCR on the Delhi metro rail network and
(home to office) transport facilities to the employees.
concluded that most of the commercial hubs in Delhi
However, in the NCR, the provision of shuttle cab
already have metro access (See: Figure 3). With the
service to the nearest metro rail station is not only cost-
completion of Phase 4 of the Delhi metro rail network, all
effective but much easier to implement. The far-reaching
the office locations of Gurugram and NOIDA should have
metro rail network in the emerging corridors should
metro access within a 3.0 km (1.8 miles) radius over the
facilitate the expansion of CRE in this region.
next three years.
Figure 3: Robust metro rail system and the placement of key micromarkets
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ft/month, while GCER is quoting rents in the range of
#2 Demand to follow the Grade A supply in INR45 to 75 (USD0.70 to 1.20)/sq ft/month, a
coming years substantial rent difference. Although the social
amenities and infrastructure are still nascent, we
Over the last couple of years, we have witnessed a clear
believe it is the right time for occupiers with leases
preference for premium Grade A buildings in the NCR.
expiring in the next one to two years to start
Despite the high vacancy rate of about 28%, select
exploring this micromarket. This should allow an
premium buildings have achieved higher occupancy and
opportunity to hedge against future rent increases.
rental premiums of 30% to 40% over the market rent.
Figure 4: Upcoming supply in Gurugram and NOIDA
Some good examples of premium Grade A buildings
setting a higher benchmark are Bharti Realty Worldmark
in Aerocity (Delhi), Red Fort Capital Parsvnath Towers
on Connaught Place (Delhi), DLF Cybercity, Hines One
Horizon Centre in Golf Course Road (GCR, Gurugram),
Max tower and the World Trade Tower in Sector 16
(NOIDA). Given the higher demand for premium
buildings, developers are building several Grade A
developments in emerging submarkets which are likely
to be completed over the next three years.
In our opinion, the GCER, with 30% of the total In our opinion, the new commercial buildings should
upcoming new supply, is a natural extension of the help NOIDA to shed its image as a pure IT/ITeS
GCR micromarket. The Grade A buildings in GCR destination. The upcoming international airport at
quote about INR100 to 200 (USD1.70 to 3.0)/sq Jewar and the new metro connectivity should further
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enhance the viability of this area for corporate the needs of these tenants.
occupiers. Further, manufacturing companies with
operations in the Greater NOIDA area may like to We recommend that landlords recognise the benefits of
open their corporate offices in this area due to the flexible workspace and redesign their office spaces
convenience of location. across their portfolios. We advise landlords and
developers to maximise opportunities by putting
underused spaces to work to offer quality and more
#3 Flexible workspaces to remain in vogue; efficient office spaces.
aggressive growth to follow
In 2017, we observed that a few developers such as
The flexible workspace segment in the NCR has been DLF, Vatika, Supertech and Ascendas alike are also
proliferating since 2015. Currently, flexible operators exploring options to offer flexible workspace facilities.
manage about 1.0 million sq ft (0.09 million sq m) of
office space in the NCR. In our opinion, flexible
workspaces are no longer considered as disruptors but
Considering the traction towards
rather as an integral part of modern-day CRE. these flexible workspaces for both
Flexible workspaces started to appear first in the Delhi
employees and employers, having
CBD around 2015-16 due to the lack of Grade A office an office space in one of these
spaces for smaller occupiers. Since 2017, the focus of facilities should play a major role in
operators has changed towards the larger markets of
Gurugram and NOIDA. Players such as Wework, employee retention.
Cowrks and Goworks have recently leased large floor
plates at strategic locations. We advise new entrants to manage their operations out
of a fully managed flexible workspace in established
micromarkets such as Connaught Place in Delhi and
In our opinion, given the high Cybercity and GCR in Gurugram. Large corporates can
vacancy in the NCR, developers adopt a flex and core strategy. As detailed in our
recent Asia Pacific report The Flexible Workspace
should remain aware of the Outlook Report 2018 the concept of the flex and core
competition from these flexible leasing model is that an occupier takes space on a long-
term deal for its core operations together with an
office spaces. agreement with a flexible workspace operator to
accommodate volatility in headcount.
We are currently seeing strong demand from smaller
tenants for collaborative workspaces, and landlords can
redesign their existing space to create options meeting
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There are several ways in which the flex and core the market while the timing is right (See: Figure 6).
concept can be adopted, and variations typically revolve The NCR has approximately 9.0 million sq ft (0.9 million
around where the core space is accommodated, that is, sq m) of new supply planned to be developed over the
either with an operator or directly with a landlord on a next five years. More than 70% of the upcoming supply
traditional lease. In either case, cost savings can be is concentrated in Gurugram in micromarkets such as
achieved by leveraging a discounted rent through the Golf Course Extension Road and Sohna Road. NOIDA
operator taking space, in addition to the occupiers’ core accounts for only 30% of the upcoming supply, which is
space, and economies of scale on the fit-out. primarily concentrated at NOIDA Expressway. According
to our estimates, only 6.0 million sq ft (0.6 million sq m)
is likely to be completed by 2020.
#4 Special Economic Zones (SEZs) to be a
magnet for technology occupiers To hedge against rent increases in
The insecurity regarding the continuity of the income tax their existing facilities, IT/ITeS
benefits has been an area of growing concern for various
stakeholders of this asset class. As detailed in our April
occupiers looking to relocate,
2018 report, Special Economic Zones - Decoding the consolidate and expand in
prophecy of the upcoming sunset clause, around 40 Gurugram should consider getting
million sq ft (3.8 million sq m) of new supply is scheduled
across India before the mandatory deadline of 31 March a good deal in office space
2020 to qualify for income tax benefits in SEZs. strategically located in the state-of-
the-art SEZ campuses on GCER.
Notably, many top-notch SEZ
developers have their eyes set on Currently, rents in the upcoming SEZs on Golf Course
Extension Road are in the range of INR55-70 (USD1.00-
the NCR market. Ascendas, Tata 1.10) per sq ft per month, while the locations such as
Realty and Ireo are coming up with Cyber City and Sohna Road quote INR80-100
(USD1.25-1.50) per sq ft per month. We expect rents to
new developments in Gurugram remain stable given the robust supply pipeline. However,
while developers such as Cybercity may see upward pressure on rent due to its
premium location and limited supply.
Brookfield and DLF are adding new
towers in their existing projects. SEZ rents in NOIDA are about 35% cheaper than rents
in Gurugram but the average vacancy rate in NOIDA is
Ahead of the sunset clause on income tax rebates, we around 5% and the supply pipeline is also limited. We
saw increased interest among occupiers for SEZ spaces. expect this situation to make it difficult for occupiers to
Prominent developers also see a great value in obtain large contiguous space in the future.
introducing and expanding their SEZ assets to capture
Figure 6: Demand Analysis of SEZs from 2016-2018F
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large corporate office requirements and backend
#5 Gurugram to remain the dominating office operations.
market in NCR
Figure 7: Factors that we expect to help Gurugram
Gurugram, popularly known as Millennium City, has keep its dominance
been capturing about 60% of the total regional office
demand over the past five years. The demand for office
space primarily comes from the technology, financial
and manufacturing sectors which have shifted their
corporate offices from Connaught Place and other parts
of south Delhi area in pursuit of Grade A office space at
affordable rents with good connectivity to the
International Airport and other business districts of Delhi
after the global financial crisis in 2008. Since then the
city has become the favourite corporate office
destination and has been experiencing demand from
companies expanding.
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behind from NOIDA in terms of infrastructure in the to reach the Jewar Airport. This should further provide
coming years. improved accessibility to office occupiers in this region.
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invest in NOIDA, with a cumulative investment
estimated by domestic and MNCs to be about INR130
NBCC's first project in Nauroji
to INR150 billion (USD1.6 to 1.7 billion). In our opinion, Nagar, supplying about 3.3 million
the growth in industrial activities shall also sq ft (0.3 million sq m) of Grade A
simultaneously drive the office market in NOIDA.
space is already at an advanced
stage of construction. NBCC has
#7 Redevelopment – a facelift for Delhi's real obtained the accreditation of “World
estate market
Trade Centre2” for this project.
The Delhi commercial market is one of the top three
expensive rental markets in the country. Historically, the Due to its prime south location in the city, the first e-
CBD has been the epicenter of occupiers' interest in the auction witnessed considerable success with bids from
city, but in recent years the Aerocity micromarket has public-sector units such as Power Finance Corporation,
emerged as the potential corporate hub of the city. The Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. and Energy
rise of Aerocity can be traced to its state-of-the-art Efficiency Services. The cumulative area sold was about
buildings, single-entity ownership, proximity to the IGI 0.28 million sq ft (26,000 sq m) of office space. The
Airport and good connectivity with the both South, average sales price was about INR38,000 (USD587) per
Central Delhi and Gurugram. Owing to these attributes sq ft, which is 8 to10% higher than in Delhi’s CBD. The
many MNCs were compelled to re-locate to this second tranche of the e-auction is planned to be
micromarket from the CBD and SBD areas of Delhi. The conducted by the end of 2018.
phase I of the Aerocity hospitality district includes about
2 million sq ft (0.18 million sq m) of operational office
stock which currently has low-vacancy rate, another 0.5 We expect the redevelopment of
million sq ft (0.04 million sq m) of supply pipeline under these projects to act as a facelift to
the phase II of Aerocity Gateway District is to be
expected over the next five years.
the overall Delhi commercial
market, despite the initial buildings
We do not foresee any significant supply in other
established micromarkets in Delhi. However, in 2016 the
being primarily occupied by single-
Government approved the redevelopment of seven tenant state-owned companies,
General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA)
Colonies. National Buildings Construction Corporation
banks and public-sector units.
(NBCC) is the implementing agency for the In our opinion, the scarce supply situation and trend of
redevelopment of Sarojini Nagar, Nauroji Nagar and occupiers clearly favouring Grade A buildings gives
Netaji Nagar, while Central Public Works Department developers an enticing opportunity to rebuild their
(CPWD) will be the implementing agency for the portfolios by redeveloping and redesigning their old yet
redevelopment of Kasturba Nagar, Thyagraj Nagar, well-located buildings.
Sriniwaspuri and Mohammadpur. Moreover, the Indian
railways are also looking to monetise the prime land in
the city via a Public Private Participation (PPP)
model.
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Primary Author:
413 offices in Surabhi Arora
Senior Associate Director | Research | India
2 Vineet Anand
billion square feet Director | Office Services | NCR
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