Biyani says mall construction costs up 40 pc in last 2 yrs: FT
Future Group Chief Executive Officer Kishore Biyani, believes rising input prices have driven up construction costs of shopping malls by as much as 40 pc in last two years, a media report says.
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LONDON: Future Group Chief Executive Officer Kishore Biyani, the pioneer of organised retail in India, believes rising input prices have driven up construction costs of shopping malls by as much as 40 pc in last two years, a media report says.
"Rising steel and cement prices have boosted construction costs of shopping malls in India by as much as 40 pc over the past two years," Biyani said in an interview with UK daily Financial Times.
The report said that the head of leading retailer Pantaloon has warned that high property prices in big Indian cities are threatening the country's burgeoning retail industry and adding to the pressures brought on by soaring construction and labour costs.
"At current property prices, you cannot exist in the modern retail business. Either productivity has to increase significantly or rent has to come down, " Biyani was quoted as saying in the Financial Times report.
Rents in Main Indian cities such as Delhi and Mumbai are among the highest in Asia, in spite of the poor infrastructure and uneven quality of properties.
Rents for prime retail space in Delhi is 1,146 dollar per square meter a year, as per real estate adviser Jones Lang LaSalle.
Further in the FT report Biyani said that volumes become very important. For anyone who starts at a smaller scale, the pressures become much higher.
"Rising steel and cement prices have boosted construction costs of shopping malls in India by as much as 40 pc over the past two years," Biyani said in an interview with UK daily Financial Times.
The report said that the head of leading retailer Pantaloon has warned that high property prices in big Indian cities are threatening the country's burgeoning retail industry and adding to the pressures brought on by soaring construction and labour costs.
"At current property prices, you cannot exist in the modern retail business. Either productivity has to increase significantly or rent has to come down, " Biyani was quoted as saying in the Financial Times report.
Rents in Main Indian cities such as Delhi and Mumbai are among the highest in Asia, in spite of the poor infrastructure and uneven quality of properties.
Rents for prime retail space in Delhi is 1,146 dollar per square meter a year, as per real estate adviser Jones Lang LaSalle.
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Further in the FT report Biyani said that volumes become very important. For anyone who starts at a smaller scale, the pressures become much higher.
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