HYDERABAD REAL ESTATE

Hyderabad witnessed new commercial office space supply of approximately 4 million sq ft across all micro-markets, with the preferred peripheral locations of Madhapur, HITEC city and Gachibowli accounting for nearly 3 million sq ft. Peripheral markets, being strategically located, and having good connectivity with residential and retail catchments such as Kukkatpally, Srinagar Colony, Mehdipatnam, Punjagutta and Banjara Hills continued to be the preferred choice for commercial office space. Of the total absorption estimated at 3.34 million sq ft, the peripheral locations accounted for the largest share of 69 per cent primarily driven by IT-ITeS companies. Quarter 2 of 2007 was the most active as 1.98 million sq ft of space was committed then. The city is likely to witness fresh supply quantum of 5 million sq ft in 2008