A rewind of the key milestones in India's corporates and startups, through the lens of 13 years of Forbes India
Your need for and use of the physical spaces you had grown accustomed to have either changed or been eliminated, at least for now, amid the pandemic. This in turn has billion-dollar implications for the industry that builds and leases out such spaces: real estate
Co-working spaces, with flexible rentals and policies adapting to the new realities of work, are finding favour with large corporations and their employees
Canada-based investment management firm set up shop in India in 2009, in post 26/11 Mumbai, and spent five years building up and understanding the market. Since then, it has deployed over $20 billion in the country, with over half of it pledged to the pandemic ravaged economy in the last one year
Real estate was expected to lose favour in the Covid-19 world, instead established brands and large players with better recall, online presence, and often those that are listed on the bourses are finding more takers than smaller players
Despite a dip in leasing activity for commercial and office spaces, developers remain optimistic, as corporates explore hybrid models of reoccupying offices
India's massive data consumption, the coming of 5G technology and the move towards data localisation make data centre development the go-to business
From a bitter spat between a cofounder and investor to a risky deal to find new owners, Housing.com has seen a turnaround in the last four years under the wings of Elara Technologies' Dhruv Agarwala