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Realtors plan bigger houses to accommodate a 'home office' inside them

Social distancing, work-from-home spur realtors to increase share of 3-BHK apartments so that one room can be used as an office

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Godrej Properties, part of Godrej Group, is “evaluating this opportunity carefully”, said its managing director Mohit Malhotra.

Raghavendra KamathSamreen Ahmad Mumbai/Bengaluru
With social distancing and work from home (WFH) becoming a norm in many cities, property developers plan to launch larger apartments where extra rooms can be used as a home-office.
 
Godrej Properties, Shapoorji Pallonji and others are either planning or evaluating to launch larger apartments.
 
Godrej Properties, part of Godrej Group, is “evaluating this opportunity carefully”, said its managing director Mohit Malhotra. “This could emerge as a interesting opportunity if WFH becomes a new normal. But affordability is also a problem in big cities.”
 
Venkatesh Gopalakrishnan, chief executive at Shapoorji Pallonji Real Estate, said: “We have large

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