In an engaging roundtable discussion, industry stalwarts talk about exciting opportunities of the real estate sector in the post-pandemic world
Over the last many decades, the real estate sector has remained resilient in the face of countless challenges and pressures. The pandemic, an unprecedented once-in-a-century event, slammed the brakes on many industries.
The real estate sector, however, has figured out ways to survive through innovative use of technology and change in business models. To understand this renewed sense of optimism and discuss how medium to long term projections will translate into action, Forbes India and Barclays collaborated on “Space to Grow”, the Real Estate Roundtable.
What followed was a riveting panel discussion among Mr. Narayan Shroff, Head of investments, Barclays Private Client; Mr. Kaushik Desai, Managing Partner WSB Real Estate Partners (formerly “Walton Street India”); Mr. Murali Krishna V, Head of Investments and Strategy, Kolte-Patil Group; Shridhar Narayan, Group Director and CEO Infrastructure, Hiranandani Group and Mr. Krishnan Iyer, Executive Director, NDR warehousing.
The pandemic forced everyone indoors and “we discovered our housing market from a different parlance”, said Mr. Shroff. The typical theme was “work from home”. Today, there is a lot of demand for more space in residential real estate.
The definition of “office” has changed