India’s office market hits record high in 2025 as flex spaces drive growth: Gulam Zia, Knight FrankIndia's office real estate market is a global outlier in 2025, with leasing activity set to exceed 80 million square feet. Flexible workspa...
31 Dec, 2025, 04.02 PM IST
Tourism could rise up to threefold during 2030 Commonwealth games: Gulam ZiaAhmedabad gears up for the 2030 Commonwealth Games with a massive infrastructure push. Expect significant upgrades to metro, BRT, and roads...
27 Nov, 2025, 02.37 PM IST
Mumbai’s redevelopment boom: 44,000 new homes worth Rs 1.3 lakh crore in pipelineMumbai’s redevelopment wave promises thousands of new apartments, largely in the premium segment. While boosting revenues and reshaping the...
15 Sep, 2025, 12.28 PM IST
Mumbai has property selling for Rs 2 lakh a sq feet but Bangalore, Delhi NCR slowing down: Gulam ZiaPan-India real estate presents a mixed bag, with Mumbai and Pune outperforming while NCR and Bengaluru show signs of fatigue. High-end proj...
02 May, 2025, 02.43 PM IST
South realtors like Prestige Group, Puravankara and Sobha eyeing Mumbai property market"Buoyed by the realty bull run, enough opportunities have emerged for more players to participate here. During the last downturn many devel...
20 Nov, 2024, 12.45 AM IST
Real estate sector poised for significant growth over next three years: Gulam ZiaWhat used to happen two decades back was the back office, India was supposed to be the back office of the whole world. Today that has chang...
17 Sep, 2024, 01.03 PM IST
Affordable housing suffering; luxury continues to show bumper sales: Gulam ZiaCommercial real estate also is doing phenomenally well. If I have to give a few numbers, the last quarter and we saw almost about 14 to 15 ...
26 Jun, 2024, 12.24 PM IST
Expect 7-8% growth in commercial real estate in 2024, historic best for India: Gulam ZiaGulam Zia, Sr ED of Knight Frank India, discusses the growth of UHNIs in India driven by the unique position of the Indian economy and the ...
29 Feb, 2024, 01.06 PM IST
Office market shall continue to remain stable going forward: Gulam ZiaEven the current calendar year – January, February, March -- numbers are far better and at least in March, we have seen the best March in t...
18 Apr, 2023, 12.03 PM IST
Ground realities are changing, and fast, says Knight Frank's Gulam Zia"See, right now, India is vaccinating and at a rapid pace; the second wave of COVID-19 was one of the worst phases and if there was an upsw...
07 Sep, 2021, 12.16 PM IST
Maharashtra step to help tackle problem of falling real estate inventory50% cut in premium for projects to help real estate developers in Maharashtra, says Gulam Zia.
07 Jan, 2021, 05.40 PM IST
Delhi's IGI Airport ranks highest in duty-free revenue per passengerAccording to a report by Knight Frank India, retailers do two times the business compared to some of the most successful city malls. The sh...
27 Feb, 2020, 10.56 AM IST
Realty price rise same for metros and other cities: Gulam Zia ED, Knight FrankGulam Zia ED, Knight Frank (India) answers queries from our readers on real estate.
20 Oct, 2016, 01.44 PM IST
DMIC project to ensure smaller locations development: ReportThe urban centres which will benefit in DMIC project include Noida, Greater Noida, Gurgaon, Manesar, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Indore and Aurangab...
06 Oct, 2015, 09.57 PM IST
Slowdown in realty sector an opportunity for end-users to grab good bargains: Gulam Zia"With even the top developers delaying their projects, the confidence of investors in developers has been seriously dented."
24 Aug, 2015, 08.56 AM IST
- Query Corner: Real Estate
Our expert (Gulam Zia, National Director, Research & Advisory Services, Knight Frank India) guides you in matters relating to Real estate. ...
21 Jan, 2011, 07.46 AM IST
- Query corner: Real estate
Our expert guides you in matters relating to real estate.
01 Jan, 2011, 05.41 AM IST