Demand for office spaces to continue rising in country: Senior JLL exec

India's skilled workforce and rise of global capability centres helping demand for commercial real estate, says Karan Singh Sodi

Indian real estate reported capital inflows of $4.8 billion in the first half of 2024. More than half of the investments were in office space, increasing almost 62 per cent compared to inflows of around $3 billion in the first half of 2023. Alongside, the availability of affordable houses is declining in the country. KARAN SINGH SODI, senior managing director of the Mumbai metropolitan region and Gujarat and head of alternatives, India, at global real estate investment manager JLL, spoke to Prachi Pisal about the sector in an interview in Mumbai. Edited excerpts:

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