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Watson Pharma has leased 1,05,397 sqft built-up area in L & T Seawoods Grand Central, Tower 2, Navi Mumbai in first week of September 2017. Watson Pharma will be paying Rs 95 per sqft per month at an annual pay-out of Rs 12 crore to the landlord, L & T Seawoods for 10-year lease term. The tenant has negotiated 6-month rent free period for fit-outs. The lock-in period for tenant is 5 years while the landlord is locked in for the entire lease term. Additionally, tenant has to pay 6 months security deposit with additional tranches of security deposits at time of rental escalations to match the prevailing rental. Tenant will be facing escalation of 18.7% after 36 months. Further, Watson Pharma’s parent Teva is expected to rent an additional space of around 28,000 sqft built-up area in the same tower.

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As per the Maternity Benefits (Amendment) Act, 2017, every commercial office establishment having fifty or more employees shall be mandated to have a crèche facility / Day-care centre within such distance as may be prescribed, either separately or along with common facilities. Further notifications on distance, location etc. of such day care centres are expected soon.

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After Wework, Quest Office, Awfis leases 24k sqft in BKC at MG or 42% revenue share.

Awfis, a co-working office space provider leased 23,648 sqft in Crescenzo, a commercial office building in Bandra Kurla Complex in 1 st week of August 2017. Awfis will be paying higher of minimum guaranteed initial rent of Rs 125 per sqft per month or 42% revenue share to the landlord DKJ Shelters. IDFC was the previous occupant at the said premises. Awfis negotiated 3 months’ rent-free period in the 60 months lease term to complete fit-outs in the leased premises at its own expense. The lease rent will increase by 9.6% to Rs 137 per sqft per month after 1 year. Additionally, the tenant has to pay common area maintenance charges which are currently estimated at Rs 10 per sqft.

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Deutsche Bank’s CRE team has renegotiated its lease rental for its corporate front office of 90,000 sqft at a premium grade A commercial building in Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) by 15% from INR 306 per sqft per month to INR 265 per sqft per month. Deutsche Bank executed an addendum agreement on March 31, 2017. Deutsche Bank’s previous agreement commenced in year 2012 at initial rent of INR 278 per sqft per month with lock-in period until March 2018. The current rental was INR 306 per sqft (post its first escalation of 10%). Although the contracted rental has been reduced by 15%, the lock-in period has been extended until March 2022 from the existing lock-in period until March 2018 benefiting for the Landlord in terms of assured tenancy by Grade A occupier.

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Zydus Healthcare bought the Walia Business Park at Goregaon East, Mumbai in fourth week of March 2017 for total pay-out of INR172 crores. The said property was lying vacant since last two and half years despite receipt of occupation certificate in Oct 2014 and was mortgaged to SBI in June 2015. The 2 basements + 2 podiums + ground + 10 floors building, admeasuring 79,832 sqft in carpet area is right on the Western Express Highway, Goregaon. The purchase price on carpet area is INR 21,545 per sqft and presuming building efficiency of 63%, the purchase price on chargeable area would be INR 13,570 per sqft.

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Netmagic has entered into an agreement in March 2017 with Hiranandani Group and Balaji Tele-Developers with total pay-out of INR 321 crores to develop a 2,86,691 sqft IT/ITeS building in Lighthall, Hiranandani Business Park, Chandivali, Mumbai. This transaction is a perpetuity lease at a one-time price of INR 11,198 per sqft with annual lease rent of INR 1.00 per sqft. Presuming 14% discount rate, the deals NPV would be at one-time price of INR 10,850 sqft as the total consideration of Rs 321 crores shall be made to the developers in a staggered manner over the next 13 months. We opine that Netmagic has negotiated a sweet deal primarily for two reasons: 1) they are investing in a building of their choice and specifications and 2) at a lower price as compared to the prevailing market capital values of INR 13,500 – 16,000 per sqft in and around Powai. The prevailing market capital values are derived using prevailing cap rates for fully leased commercial office assets of ~8.5 – 9.0% and current average rental values of INR 100-120 per sqft per month in and around Powai.

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ICICI Prudential has recently bought an entire floor of 60,000 sqft (chargeable area), a pre-leased commercial unit at Crescenzo building, BKC for INR 147 crore in February 2017. The leased property is currently occupied by Tata Communications at rent of INR 177 per sqft per month (on chargeable area). The buyer, ICICI Prudential, also receives proportionate undivided interest of 5.19% in the land.

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WeWork, the global co-working unicorn, that provides shared working spaces for freelancers, entrepreneurs, startups and small businesses, has just leased its first office space in Mumbai in the first week of January 2017. According to CB Insights, in the latest round of funding by Jinjiang International Group during October 2016, WeWork was valued at US$16.9 bn. Among its investors include global institutional investors such as JP Morgan Chase, Harvard Management Company, Goldman Sachs, Fidelity Investments, Wellington Management, Hartford Funds Management, Legend Holdings and Hony Capital.

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Garnering unprecedented success, Zara – the global apparel retailer, continues to expand its presence in India. In November 2016, it leased nearly 30k sq ft of carpet area on ground floor in the Oberoi Mall in Goregaon. The lease is structured in a way that Zara pays the higher of a minimum guaranteed rent of INR 100 psf per month on a carpet area basis or 9.5% of net sales (revenue share). In addition to the rent/revenue share, it is also bearing an additional INR 26 psf per month towards heating, ventilation and air-conditioning charges (or CAM charges) in Oberoi Mall.

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J Kumar Infraprojects Ltd, the listed contracting firm with several urban infrastructure development projects in Mumbai, has leased 81,588 sq ft on the second, eleventh and twelfth floors in Crescenzo, a prominent commercial office building in Bandra Kurla Complex. J Kumar shall pay around INR 37 crore annually to Parinee Developers Private Limited, the owners of the premises for a period of 3 years, including a six month rent free period. This translates to gross rents of INR 375 psf pm, inclusive of property tax and common area maintenance charges.

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