Real Estate-hyderabadi Style

In the recent times India has observed a stunningprimarily known as the 'city of pearls and minars',
growth in its sector of real estate business. Theis the fifth largest metropolis of india. Today, eyes
growth in the real estate is higher-flying in metrosof potential investors are set on hyderabad which
and in the big cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore,is staying in step with the overall property market
Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Chandigarh etc. Buttrend existing in the country. Despite all odds, the
now this wave is at a snail's pace and regularlycity is improving in good deal of activities.
moving towards small cities. All this growth isHyderabad real estate scenario has changed fast
ignited by the increasing industries andover a period of time. Most of the demand
employment opportunities which lead byespecially for the commercial property comes
information technology and the growth offrom the it companies which prefer hyderabad
it-enabled services. Experts valued the Indian realover any other cities in the country. With the
estate business at around $50 billion which isentry of global players like microsoft, oracle, bann
expected to grow by the rate of 25 percentinfo, satyam computers, and many others,
annually. There has been overall developmenthyderabad property market structure has
including residential, commercial, and industrialcertainly undergone a paradigm shift. Hyderabad
projects. There has also been a rise in businessproperties rates have spiralled and in some of the
for real estate consulting institutions, banks andprime locations they are quoted 30 to 40 per
finance companies in India providing the requiredcent more. The prices which once used to be
housing loan, property valuers, and constructionaround rs. 500 per sq ft during 1991-1992, has
companies. Hyderabad is one of the cities in Indiashot up to rs. 2,000 per sq ft.
which has undergone a major turn around in realThere is a mad rush among real estate
estate sector in last decade.developers and builders. With real estate booming
If we talk about Hyderabad, the city is evenlyin the city, both in residential and commercial
poised for a huge growth. Already there has beenproperty development, the herd is heading
a lot of development in the Hyderabad real estatetowards constructing malls. There are around 15
sector. Hyderabad has the best of infrastructuremalls slated to come up in and around the city in
and congenial demographic conditions to providethe next few months to a year. Some of the big
favorable conditions for the growth of real estate.names include the GVK one mall in the upmarket
The government of Andhra Pradesh has alsobanjara hills and MPM mall in the same area. In
been very progressive and has brought and allfact, contrary to popular perception that there is
round development in the city. The real estatean oversupply of space for malls and retail, there
growth has also been very well supported by theis a growing demand for them. "it is not true that
government. A lot of it parks and Specialthere is an oversupply of space. In fact, many of
Economic Zones have been developed to providethe malls are not planned correctly by developers.
world class infrastructure to the multinationalMoreover, most of them do not have a good
companies. Hyderabad has experienced it boomunderstanding of the economics of the tenants'
with big names in the field setting up therebusiness and pricing them accordingly," observes
business here. All this has resulted in huge demandarvind singhal, chairman, technopak, a consultancy
for commercial as well as residential propertiesspecialising in retailing and consumer goods. That is
and has catapulted Hyderabad in real estate news.the reason why in some areas there is a dearth
The Hyderabad realtors have a key role to playof customers, and some are even offering mall
as they assist the customers in the purchase andspace as as office space.
sale of apartments and other properties. TheyWith such a boom in the real estate sector
provide their professional advice at every stepHyderabad has definitely become a destination of
and make the whole process of property buyingopportunities for the investors and everyone who
or selling quite convenient. Hyderabad, which ishas interest in the realty business.