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Ageing CBD offices emerge as developers' next growth play

Ageing CBD offices emerge as developers' next growth play

Rediff.com13 Jan 2026

Office redevelopment is emerging as a key growth frontier for developers as India's commercial real estate market shifts towards quality, sustainability, and capital efficiency. With land parcels scarce in central business districts (CBDs) and demand for Grade A offices remaining strong, developers and investors are increasingly turning to ageing office stock in prime locations to unlock value.

Pawan Kalyan's son injured in fire at Singapore school

Pawan Kalyan's son injured in fire at Singapore school

Rediff.com8 Apr 2025

The incident caused burns to Mark Shankar's hands and legs, while smoke inhalation also affected his lungs and he is currently receiving treatment in a hospital there, Janasena Party said in a press release.

3 killed in Navi Mumbai building collapse; 2 rescued

3 killed in Navi Mumbai building collapse; 2 rescued

Rediff.com27 Jul 2024

Two persons were rescued after the incident that occurred at 4.50 am in Shahbaz village, they said, adding that before the building collapsed, the authorities managed to evacuate 52 residents.

4-storey building collapses in Navi Mumbai, 3 feared trapped

4-storey building collapses in Navi Mumbai, 3 feared trapped

Rediff.com27 Jul 2024

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and personnel of the civic body's fire brigade rescued the two persons and carrying out the extricate the others.

Oil from cannabis seed is the new elixir

Oil from cannabis seed is the new elixir

Rediff.com25 Jan 2020

CBD oil, found in marijuana, is gaining popularity for its pain-relieving properties. It's now legally available in India

16 killed in Maharashtra landslide, bad weather hits rescue ops

16 killed in Maharashtra landslide, bad weather hits rescue ops

Rediff.com20 Jul 2023

Four National Disaster Response Force teams are engaged in rescue work, he added. The village has around 50 houses, of which 17 were buried under the landslide, the official said.

Adelaide dismisses Perth Ashes Test swap proposal

Adelaide dismisses Perth Ashes Test swap proposal

Rediff.com6 Dec 2021

Cricket Australia are expected to announce over the next few days that the fifth Test, scheduled for Jan. 14-18 at Perth Stadium, will be switched to another city because of Western Australia's hard line on quarantine.

Delhi's Connaught Place is world's 5th most costliest office market

Delhi's Connaught Place is world's 5th most costliest office market

Rediff.com19 Jun 2015

Nariman Point was ranked 30th on the top 50 rankings for global prime office properties.

Sushant case: ED summons Goa businessman; NCB gathers details

Sushant case: ED summons Goa businessman; NCB gathers details

Rediff.com28 Aug 2020

Officials said Gaurav Arya, who runs a hotel in the coastal state, has been asked to depose before the central probe agency at its office in the Ballard Estate area of Mumbai on August 31.

India to host 11th COP on biodiversity in 2012

India to host 11th COP on biodiversity in 2012

Rediff.com5 Jan 2010

As a mark of its commitment to biodiversity conservation, India will host the eleventh Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in October 2012.

Mumbai, Delhi among world's costliest cities

Mumbai, Delhi among world's costliest cities

Rediff.com16 Jan 2007

According to a survey, CBD occupancy costs in Mumbai and Delhi are $11,400 (approx Rs 5,13,000) and $8,150 (Rs 3,66,750) per annum per workstation.

Office space rentals skyrocket in Bangalore

Office space rentals skyrocket in Bangalore

Rediff.com14 Sep 2007

Owing to a mismatch between demand and supply of office space, rentals in the Bangalore's central business district (CBD) have peaked to Rs 90 per sq ft a month.

For India's cannabis industry the grass could be greener

For India's cannabis industry the grass could be greener

Rediff.com9 Mar 2021

'The government wants farmers to diversify from rice and wheat, and create another green revolution. Cannabis can play a big part in that'

Delhi rentals rising: Blame it on the Metro

Delhi rentals rising: Blame it on the Metro

Rediff.com23 Aug 2004

The rentals in central business districts (CBD) of New Delhi are likely to witness a 10-15 per cent rise by 2005 with the starting of the metro rail service, according to a real estate consulting firm.

Once a bustling hub, Kolkata's central business district has few takers today

Once a bustling hub, Kolkata's central business district has few takers today

Rediff.com4 Oct 2015

Dalhousie square has close to 55 historic landmarks.

Spotted: Hrithik Roshan in Singapore

Spotted: Hrithik Roshan in Singapore

Rediff.com25 Jun 2009

Reader Swati Sriram has sent us a photograph.

Does an airport's name mean a lot?

Does an airport's name mean a lot?

Rediff.com25 Jun 2021

'The urge to name the upcoming Navi Mumbai airport after well-known personalities and the equally strong urge to rally in large numbers supporting this name and that; all of this amidst COVID-19, felt deplorable,' asserts Shyam G Menon.

Connaught Place is world's 9th most expensive office location

Connaught Place is world's 9th most expensive office location

Rediff.com12 Jul 2018

Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), which houses the offices of some of the biggest banks in the country, however, slipped to 26th position from the 16th position.

Indo-Pak foreign secys to meet, discuss NIA visit

Indo-Pak foreign secys to meet, discuss NIA visit

Rediff.com25 Apr 2016

Chaudhry will hold bilateral talks with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar to review the status of bilateral ties and Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue, which is stagnant.

Rich-poor divide comes to fore at biodiversity meet

Rich-poor divide comes to fore at biodiversity meet

Rediff.com20 Oct 2012

As a compromise formula, India proposed targets could be revised at the subsequent CBD summits, scheduled to be held every 2 years till 2020.

CAT 2011: Day 1 students face system errors, login issues

CAT 2011: Day 1 students face system errors, login issues

Rediff.com22 Oct 2011

Crashing computers, log-in problems upset students on the first day of Common Admission Test, 2011 at the IBSAR centre at Belapur CBD, Navi Mumbai. As many as 3,000 students appeared for the first day of the CAT exam. Divya Nair reports.

Readers' PHOTOS of their beloved Ganpati

Readers' PHOTOS of their beloved Ganpati

Rediff.com5 Sep 2014

We had asked our readers to mail us photos of their Ganesha. We received many entries, some of which are being showcased here.

Mumbai among top 10 costliest office markets

Mumbai among top 10 costliest office markets

Rediff.com7 May 2010

London's West End remains the world's most expensive office market.

Mumbai's Nariman Point bounces back!

Mumbai's Nariman Point bounces back!

Rediff.com9 Mar 2010

After years of playing second fiddle to newer areas such as Bandra Kurla Complex and Andheri in Mumbai, Nariman Point, once the most coveted address in Mumbai and the country's first central business district (CBD), is bouncing back with a vengeance.

High rentals push offices away from prime sites

High rentals push offices away from prime sites

Rediff.com7 May 2008

According to real estate consulting firm CB Richard Ellis Research, Continuous increase in office rentals in Asian financial hubs like Mumbai, Hong Kong and Singapore has driven some companies to shift out of prime locations. Corporate expansion continued in many parts of Asia despite increasing uncertainty in the global economic outlook and business sentiment remained largely positive due to expectations that leading Asian economies would outperform the US and Europe.

Sydney biz district parking among most costly

Sydney biz district parking among most costly

Rediff.com7 Jul 2009

According to Colliers International's annual parking rate survey, average cost of parking a car in Sydney's CBD is Australian $733 a month, making it the fifth most expensive city in the world, AAP reported on Tuesday. The only more expensive city in the Asia Pacific for parking is Hong Kong, where the average price is $748 (Australian $939).

Revised text needed for Doha Round success: India

Revised text needed for Doha Round success: India

Rediff.com8 May 2008

India's chief trade negotiator Rahul Khullar yesterday warned that the much-planned ministerial meeting, which the World Trade Organisation Director General Pascal Lamy wants to convene soon, can succeed only if there was a revised Doha Rules text reflecting the concerns of all the members and an immediate resolution of TRIPS-CBD issue.

Navi Mumbai gets its 1st 5 star hotel

Navi Mumbai gets its 1st 5 star hotel

Rediff.com26 Feb 2007

Park Hotels, promoted by Apeejay Surrendra Hotels, has launched the first boutique hotel 'The Park' in Navi Mumbai's CBD Belapur, a thriving business district and a IT-manufacturing hub.

Connaught Place 6th most expensive office location in the world

Connaught Place 6th most expensive office location in the world

Rediff.com30 Dec 2014

Delhi's Connaught Place is the 6th most expensive location in the world.

Delhi's Connaught Place now world's 6th most expensive office hub

Delhi's Connaught Place now world's 6th most expensive office hub

Rediff.com18 Dec 2015

Mumbai's alternative business district of Bandra-Kurla Complex was at 18th position.

Manohar Joshi courts arrest against Reliance SEZ

Manohar Joshi courts arrest against Reliance SEZ

Rediff.com16 Aug 2007

Senior Shiv Sena leader Manohar Joshi courted arrest at Belapur on Thursday along with party workers as part of the 'jail bharo andolan' to protest the Mahamumbai special economic zone of Reliance group in Raigad.

Gaurav Ghei finishes tied 28th in Volvo China Open

Gaurav Ghei finishes tied 28th in Volvo China Open

Rediff.com20 Apr 2008

Gaurav Ghei finished tied 28th, best by an Indian, as the Volvo China Open went down the history books as one of the few tournaments that did not see a even a single player breaking par in the final day.

Three Indians make the cut

Three Indians make the cut

Rediff.com18 Apr 2008

Gaurav Ghei zoomed up the leader-board to tied 29th after carding a three-under 69 as three Indians made the cut while four others fell by the wayside after the halfway stage of the $ 2.2 million Volvo China Open in Beijing on Saturday.

Three Indians make cut in Volvo China Open

Three Indians make cut in Volvo China Open

Rediff.com18 Apr 2008

Gaurav Ghei zoomed up the leader-board to tied 29th after carding a three-under 69 as three Indians made the cut and four others, including Shiv Kapur, fell by the wayside after the halfway stage of the US $2.2 million Volvo China Open in Beijing on Friday.

Finnish woman raped in Navi Mumbai

Finnish woman raped in Navi Mumbai

Rediff.com20 Dec 2007

A 36-year-old Finnish national was allegedly raped by an unidentified man in the satellite city of Navi Mumbai, police said on Wednesday.

Out of this world! Jaw dropping entries in Astronomy Photographer of the Year

Out of this world! Jaw dropping entries in Astronomy Photographer of the Year

Rediff.com2 Jul 2021

Thank heavens for these images! From a mesmerizing panorama of the aurora borealis in Iceland to a beautiful image of Comet Neowise, the Royal Observatory's annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition has again produced some truly astounding images. Run by the Royal Observatory Greenwich in London in association with BBC Sky at Night Magazine and now in its thirteenth year, the competition this year received over 4,500 entries from around the world. The competition winners will be announced on September 16 at an online award ceremony, and displayed in London's National Maritime Museum that same month. Here's our favourite images from this year's batch.

Reliance forays into Kenya realty market

Reliance forays into Kenya realty market

Rediff.com4 Aug 2013

Out of the ten prime plots purchased by this joint venture, Delta Corp East Africa Limited (in which RIL holds 58.8 per cent stake) has completed construction of at least one low-cost residential complex

Sena on Indo-Pak talks: 'We know the outcome, it's futile'

Sena on Indo-Pak talks: 'We know the outcome, it's futile'

Rediff.com26 Apr 2016

"There is no use of these stop-start talks. We know the outcome, it's futile. The people of this country have been bored with such moves by the government," Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said.

Mumbai realty sees 3 biz districts

Mumbai realty sees 3 biz districts

Rediff.com5 May 2004