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Developers find relief in commercial properties as residential realty lags

Exposure to commercial development has increased to over 40 per cent and in some cases close to 50 per cent, say experts

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According to industry experts, in the case of outright sale of commercial properties, the top line of the developer immediately goes up

Karan Choudhury Bengaluru
Browbeaten by various factors, including demonetisation, consumer-centric initiatives like Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, goods and services tax, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, and Benami property law over the past four years, the battle-fatigued real estate sector is finding relief in the high-stakes commercial real estate game.

Commercial space absorption has been high at close to 40 million square feet (sq ft), as more developers scamper to build office spaces, new-age co-working joints, specialised e-commerce-specific buildings. According to experts, exposure to commercial development has increased to over 40 per cent and in some cases close to 50 per cent.

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