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Student Housing – The Next Big Real Estate Asset Class? Subhankar Mitra, Local Director – Strategic Consulting, JLL India

Globally, student housing is acknowledged as an important and lucrative real estate segment, generally included under ‘alternative’ real estate asset classes. In its current form in India, student housing essentially comprises of buildings that primarily offer residential accommodation for large numbers of students in boarding schools, colleges or universities. However, the residential facilities in …

Navi Mumbai – A Success Story Of Sustainable Urbanization

Subhankar Mitra, Local Director – Strategic Consulting, JLL India The idea of creating a new city as a counter magnet to Mumbai was originally envisaged in the Regional Plan of Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) in 1965. The actual planning process of this new city began in 1971 after the formation of CIDCO, a Government-owned …

JLL: The Detriments of High-Rise Buildings – Subhankar Mitra, Head – Strategic Consulting (West) JLL India

Internationally, a building that reaches or exceeds the height of 150 metres is considered a skyscraper. Until recently, Mumbai was the only Indian city with high-rise buildings. The financial capital continues to see the highest demand for skyscrapers, as the only option to grow there is vertically. It now seems that in the coming decade, …