Overview
- Net absorption reached about 42 million sq ft in the first nine months of 2025, up 34% year on year and roughly 30% above 2019 levels.
- Bengaluru led with nearly 9.95 million sq ft leased, posted the sharpest rent increase at about 9%, and saw vacancy ease to 12.2%.
- Pune recorded the fastest growth with net absorption of around 6.2 million sq ft, a 97% jump, alongside a 168% surge in new completions.
- Overall vacancy slipped to 16.2% even as new supply rose around 15% to roughly 39.2 million sq ft, with Chennai at 8.9% vacancy and Hyderabad at 26.5%.
- IT/ITeS contributed about 27% of leasing, coworking 23%, and BFSI 18%, while GCCs accounted for just over 40% of gross take-up and Kolkata logged a 19% decline.