Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Connaught Place 8th costliest office location in world: Report

CONNAUGHT PLACE
     C&W noted that rentals in Connaught Place remained stable because of limited activities in the location.
  • As per the global property consultant Cushman & Wakefield report, Connaught Place in Delhi is the world’s eighth costliest office location in 2013.  
  • It fell to the eighth position (from 4th position) due to an appreciation in both the US dollar and euro against the Indian rupee in 2013.
  • Mumbai Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) emerged as the second most expensive office location in India and 8th most expensive across Asia Pacific and Africa Collections (APAC). Kolkata CBD recorded the highest rental growth in India.
  • The focus of the report is prime office rental performances and occupancy costs across the globe, including a ranking of the most expensive locations across the world in which to occupy office space.

RankLocation/CityOccupancy Cost ($/sq ft/yr)
1West End, London (UK)271.61
2Central, Hong Kong183.32
3CBD, Moscow (Russia)139.8
4CBD, Beijing (China)131.48
5CBD, Tokyo (Japan)128.34
8Connaught Place, New Delhi
122.73
Highlights of the Report 2014
• London has been ranked as the world’s most expensive office market for the second consecutive year. 
• Hong Kong was ranked second for the second consecutive year. Other top ranked cities are Moscow in Russia (3rd ), Beijing in China (4th ), Tokyo in Japan (5th), New York in USA (6th), Rio de Janeiro in Brazil (7th), Paris in France (9th ) and Sydney in Australia (10th ).
• Global office rents increased by 3 percent overall. The USA and Mexico saw the prime rents rise compared to other top ranked cities that saw the fall in prime rents. Moscow and New Delhi recorded no change in rental values.  
• In Asia Pacific rental growth was largely flat on the back of a slowing economy however, the economic climate improved as the year progressed.

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