Cloud computing and IoT have increased the amount of data that is being generated and stored, thereby driving growth of the Data Centre construction market. Today, even small and medium-sized businesses are looking to have their own data centres. This rising demand for data centres has led to a scarcity of land available for building […]
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Tenant Improvement
Tenant improvement allowance is an important factor in lease negotiations. It is a type of agreement that states that the landlord will compensate the tenant for all or a portion of funds required to fit-out in the leased commercial space. When entering into a new lease agreement, both tenants and landlords need to be clear […]
Creating a great workplace experience
An extension of one’s home, a second home, a comfortable nook, a hangout…….. With longer hours spent at work, workplaces have become a second home for many employees. If spending so many hours at work, it goes without saying the physical infrastructure impacts the output or productivity of the workforce. Hence, the growing importance of […]
Headquarters as a service
The newest trend in commercial real estate market is that of “headquarters as a service’ (HaS), a third party solution to maintain a growing workspace, without the limitations of a traditional leased out space. Instead of investing in commercial assets that require higher manpower, bigger budgets for maintenance and extensive innovations, businesses are exploring HaS […]
Forward-looking data
Forward-looking data (FLD) is used to forecast future business conditions to better align present business practices for greater success. Financial projections, future goals, schemes for planned operations and estimates of future economic performance, all fall under the course of action that are planned under FLD. Data analysis is made through assumptions about current business practices, […]
Debunking Millennial Myths
A crucial insight that is true for all Millennials, is that they are a highly misunderstood collective of individuals, right from the basic classification itself. The term Millennials in itself is immensely contested- while some sources cap the age group to those born till 1995, others believe it to be until the year 2000. The […]
2018: Expectations for The Road Ahead
Indian real estate went through one of the most challenging phases in 2017. Despite the slowdown in the sector on account of the recent reforms, there have been some positive takeaways for the long-run. Going forward, in 2018, it is expected that the teething problems around RERA and other policy changes such as GST would […]
Zero Net Energy Buildings Explained
In our previous post, we talked about the idea of Zero Net Energy buildings and how it could lead to a carbon free future. In this post, we look at the different types of Zero Net Energy buildings and the latest measure for calculating the energy performance. The market for zero net energy buildings is […]
Retail Rebooted – Evolution of Shopping Mall Technology
Venice is the perfect place for a phase of art to die. No other city on earth embraces entropy quite like this magical floating mall. – Jerry Saltz, Pulitzer prize nominee Quite like what has been said, technology has brought forth a change in culture and blunted the rich traditional aspects of how shopping should […]
Managing Multi-Generational Workforce
According to the World Population Report of 2015 published by the United Nations, the global population of people over the age of 60 years and above is expected to grow by 56% (approximately 901 to 1.4 billion) by the year 2030. Although the impact of the aging population will vary from country to country, leaders […]