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Embassy REIT could see downsides as IT sector scales down presence

Partial stake sale by sponsor Blackstone has hit sentiment

Embassy Reit delivers returns of more than 20% since market debut
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Prior to Covid-19, market rents were 20-30% higher than the current rents that its tenants were paying

Ram Prasad Sahu Mumbai
The Embassy Office Parks REIT (Embassy REIT) stock has underperformed its peer index, BSE Realty, over the past three months, with negative returns of 2 per cent, as against 17 per cent gains for the realty index. The underperformance of the only listed real estate investment trust (REIT) is because of a partial stake sale by Embassy REIT’s sponsor Blackstone and worries that its major clients will scale down their office presence in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.

IBM, which accounts for 12 per cent of Embassy REIT’s gross rentals, is looking at reducing its office presence (1 million square