The relative outperformance of InvIT returns to other comparable instruments such as REITs, debt instruments or corporate bonds, is seeing retail investor appetite grow for these instruments
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India’s REITs have a potential to diversify beyond traditional asset classes like office, retail, and warehousing, to industrial parks, data centres, and hospitality, according to report.
India's Real Estate Investment Trust market is experiencing unprecedented momentum following SEBI's strategic reclassification, positioning the $20 billion sector for substantial growth
As an equity asset class, REITs can fuel capital flows into commercial property, though retail investors must be aware of the cons too
More importantly, pursuant to the re-classification of REITs, investment by mutual funds will be considered within the investment allocation limit for equity instruments and also make them eligible for inclusion in equity indices, thereby enabling enhanced investment by mutual fund schemes in REITs.
Indian REIT market accounts for just 20% of institutional real estate, far below the US (96%) or even Asian peers like Singapore (55%) and Japan (51%), says Indian REITS: A Gateway to Institutional Real Estate report
REITs and InvITs are at a stage similar to where the mutual fund industry was five to seven years ago, said Rajeev Vijay of Knight Frank India, adding that investor education and awareness can be critical for growth.
The case highlights Sebi’s continuing scrutiny of REITs and adherence to rules governing distribution practices
The REIT will have a portfolio of 46 million square feet, including around 9.5 million square feet under construction or in the pipeline. The trust, whose IPO opens on August 5, reported a net operating income of Rs 3,432 crore for FY25, an increase of 19 percent year-on-year.
Real estate without buying property? REITs offer an affordable, SEBI-regulated way of earning rental yield and capital appreciation.
Proceeds from the first 10-year NCD by a listed REIT to refinance debt
This will be the fifth office REIT in the Indian markets after Embassy Office Parks, Mindspace Business Parks, Brookfield India and Blackstone-backed Sattva group’s Knowledge Realty Trust, which filed its documents earlier this year
According to Cushman & Wakefield, during the 12-month period up to June 2025, all three-office REIT stocks delivered more than 15 percent capital appreciation.
The four listed REITs have distributed about 228.18 billion rupees ($2.7 billion) to their investors since listing. More than 262,000 people have invested in REIT as of June 2025 in India, according to the Indian REITs Association website.
In the Madras High Court, the promoter of Strata SM REIT has denied wrongdoing, alleging arm twisting by the builder with whom it had the dispute.
On quarter-on-quarter basis Brookfield India Real Estate Trust registered a 4 percent growth in its net operating income. The trust's operating lease rentals grew by 13% YoY to Rs 442.6 crore in Q3FY25.
With a leasable space of 48 million sq ft, Knowledge Realty Trust will be the biggest in India and the second largest in Asia
Retail investors are yet to warm up to REITs, as returns have been sluggish. The share price of Embassy Office Parks, the first REIT that listed on NSE in April 2019, has risen 18% in these years
This is the second time that Brookfield REIT has taken the QIP route to raise funds since its IPO in February 2021. In August 2023, it Rs 2,305 crore by selling shares to institutional investors
The distribution per unit to the investors rose by 5-7 per cent for all three REIT firms when compared to the year-ago period
Investors' interest is also strong in Yotta, the group's pure-play data centre arm. Revenue from Yotta is slated to equal or exceed that of the group's residential business over the next few years, according to Niranjan Hiranandani.
New norms have made REITs more transparent and a safe platform for investments, real estate experts have said
Work needs to be done to clean up land records, performance indicators and data sources as well as an expansion in the size and scope of listed vehicles, especially REITs, A JLL report has said
After the launch of its first SM REIT, the platform will migrate its existing properties into SM REITs over the next few quarters