Saturday, August 24, 2013

Find your next Office Space in Gurgaon

Author: Sachin Gupta | Find me on Twitter
 
Find your next Office Space in Gurgaon

Over the past one month, we have analyzed the market for Office Space in Gurgaon. And having done that and understanding the intricacies of commercial real estate, we have now launched the new feature “Office Space Search” on www.nirrtigo.com. While we’re not the first to ever show office space listings on the web, we do believe we bring a new obsessive focus to how we present a simple listing. We assure that, whichever office space we list on our portal, we have been there, we collect information at ground zero including the picture, lease term, lease rate, facilities, etc. We care about delighting our users in the same ways a building developer cares about the feel of new lobby, the way an architect cares about the materials of a new project.

Currently, we are sourcing office space listings directly from landlords, however, as we move along we will bring in brokers to list the office space in order to free the unorganized yet useful Office Space in Gurgaon and bring it online on the portal. The objective is to help start-ups, companies find their office space.

Why this now?
We have been there and faced the similar situation as any of the other start-up. Despite being in the real estate domain, we found it difficult to find office space within our budget. With this in mind and keeping the requirements of start-ups, we launched “Office Space Search”. We understand how difficult it is to get authentic information on office spaces for rent or sale. We have an in-house data-collection team which physically goes and verifies every detail of the office space and the locality before uploading it on the Web site. We’re constantly refreshing our data, so you have the most updated information.

How it works?
1. Visit Office Space in Gurgaon. You can also filter the listings based on micro markets such as Cyber city, MG Road, Sohna Road, etc.























2. Click on any of the listings and it takes you to the details of that listing including the real photo, summary, size, and other important details.























3. Get all the details regarding the office space including the lease rate, floor number, facilities, rent, extra charges, brochure, floor plan, map, and even read and write reviews.





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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

How well do you know Indian Real Estate? Crossword - 1

IntriguingRealEstate

IntriguingRealEstate

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Across

  1. The World Bank has debarred CES (India) for five years on charges of
  2. a contractual arrangement calling for the lessee (user) to pay the lessor (owner) for use of an asset
  3. party that promises flat for every slum deweller in delhi(if comes to power)
  4. An occupier of a leasehold estate

Down

  1. RBI policy considers this the main immediate macroeconomic task
  2. the father of modern advertising
  3. Durga Shakti Nagpal was suspended for taking action against
  4. Hon’ble Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Govt of India
  5. The occupants of a residence constitute a
  6. paid classified messages in newspapers, magazines,etc. to sell a product, item or service


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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Basics of office Space leasing and what’s in it for the tenant (companies) and the developer/landlord who is offering the space to lease.

Author: Sachin Gupta | Find me on Twitter
 
Office Spaces are leased to tenants for a specified period of time. The lease document assigns rights, duties, and responsibilities between the lessor (owner) and lessee (tenant) for the duration of the lease. The terms of the lease include legal considerations that are designed to protect the interests of both the lessor and lessee and specify how rents and expenses are to be paid.


General contents of a lease: 

  1. Parties to the lease, namely, lessor and lessee
  2. The date of lease agreement
  3. Occupancy date (move-in date)
  4. Identification of area to be leased
  5. Duration of the lease term
  6. The base or minimum rent
  7. Method to calculate the future rent
  8. Description of any concessions and other inducements to be provided to the tenant by the landlord
  9. Deposits and any indemnities
  10. Guarantees from third parties or co-signers
  11. Condition of the leased premises to be provided to the occupant on the move-in date, including any tenant improvements
  12. Allowable uses of the property, restrictions on occupancy, and prohibitions regarding future changes in the use of the property
  13. Any restrictions on assignment or subletting of any of the leased space by the tenant
  14. Use of common areas and facilities such as lobbies, rest rooms, and parking lots
  15. Responsibility for maintenance and repair of the tenant’s space and of general premises
  16. Any restrictions on alteration or improvements to the property by the tenant
  17. Construction of any expansion in the future by the owner and provisions for affected tenants
  18. The responsibility for payment of specific expenses by the lessee and/or the lessor
  19. The extent to which the lessor and/or the lessee must provide for fire and casualty insurance
  20. Any lease renewal options
  21. Estoppels
For large corporate users who may be leasing large amount of space and who plan to move many employees and equipment to the space being leased, many conditions are negotiated in the lease agreements.



Leases and Responsibility for expenses (recoveries):
Owners of office space property incur many operating expenses. Some expenses such as electricity, water usage, and gas are paid by tenants individually. However, expenses related to the areas of the property (common area) used by all tenants, the normal way is to recover those expenses by prorating them among all tenants.

Typical operating expenses for office space properties:
  1. Cleaning: Housekeeping
  2. Repairs
  3. Maintenance
  4. Landscaping
  5. Electricity
  6. Water/Sewer
  7. Security
  8. Management
  9. Real estate taxes
  10. Insurance


Different combinations of rent and of operating expense recoveries are possible:
  1. Gross (full service leases): tenant pay only rent and owner provides all services and pays for all operating expenses.
  2. Modified (full service leases): tenant pays rent and pays for individual, specified expenses identified in the lease such as electricity, gas, water and the like. Such expenses are usually linked to tenant by sub metering. Tenant also pays pro rata share of certain operating expenses (known as CAM Charges) incurred by the property owner.  This is the most preferred lease mechanism in India.
  3. Leases with expense recoveries in excess of an expense stop: tenant pays rent plus a pro rata share of certain operating expenses incurred by the property owner. Here stop is usually calculated as the total operating expenses per square foot of rent-able area in the building that is incurred by the owner during the specified base year. The tenant agrees to pay only for expenses per square foot in excess of this stop. This way, the owner hedges its risk of increasing operating expenses and passes it on to the tenants.
  4. Pass through leases: these leases are made when a few tenants lease very large amount of space in a property. When fewer tenants lease large amounts of space, operating expenses tend to be identified and linked more directly to those tenants. In this case, base rents tend to be lower than for full service, and modified full services lease.


Some Important terms:

Rent-able area in a building:
Total area on all floors + lobby – thickness of exterior walls – any columns or protrusions through the floors – mechanical equipment closets – basements and any area needed by owner to maintain or operate the building + elevator landings + reception areas + restrooms + any other area that could be used by tenants

Multiple tenants – Rental area per floor:
When there are many tenants in a building, each tenant will occupy its usable area on a floor. However, there would be some common area used by all the tenants. In that case, the common area will be prorated among the multiple tenants in order to determine the actual rent-able area. 

Load factor
Total rent-able area/total usable area. Load factor is seen as “efficiency measures”. High load factors generally mean a large number of common areas and therefore lower building efficiency. For example, load factor for Office Space in Gurgaon varies from 1.25 to 1.67. Generally, tenants occupying larger office space has lower load factor relative to the tenants occupying smaller office space.


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