NEW DELHI: India’s real estate is back on the radar of global investors and institutions with the country emerging as the other significant investment option in the wake of China slowing down, said Henry Chin, head of research for Asia Pacific at property advisory firm CBRE.
“The Modi government has played the role of a very good catalyst and in the last 18 months, interest in India has been growing among occupiers and investors alike,” said Chin.
He cited the example of large institutional investors such as Blackstone, Brookfield and JP Morgan who have a presence in India now and are investing large sums of money in the Indian real estate. Recently, Chinese developer Wanda group also evinced interest in developing large projects in the country, Chin said. While the residential real estate market in India has seen slow growth over the last many quarters, the last one year was particularly good for the office leasing segment in the country ..
