Mindspace Business Parks REIT

Mindspace Business Parks REIT

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Q3 FY2026 · Earnings Call TranscriptJanuary 28, 2026

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, good day and welcome to Mindspace Business Parks REIT earnings call for Q3 FY '26 financial results. Please note all participant lines will be in the listen-only mode and there will be an opportunity for you to ask questions after the presentation concludes.

Please note that this conference is being recorded. With that, I hand over the call to Miss Shweta Shah from Mindspace Business Parks REIT.

Thank you and over to you.

Shweta Shah

Good evening everyone and thank you for joining the earnings call for Q3 financial year 2026 of Mindspace Business Parks REIT. At this point, we would like to highlight that the management may make certain statements that may be forward-looking in nature.

Please be advised that our actual results may differ materially from these statements. We do not guarantee these statements or results and are not obliged to update them at any point of time.

I would now like to welcome our CEO and MD Mr. Ramesh Nair, CFO Miss Preeti Chheda, and Mr.

Govardhan Gedela, Head Corporate Finance, who will take you through the business update and the financial performance during the quarter. I will now hand over the call to Ramesh.

Ramesh Nair

Thank you Shweta. Good evening everyone and thanks for joining us on this call today.

This quarter was another strong quarter for Mindspace REIT. The quarter was driven by strong demand for Grade A office assets and disciplined execution by us.

We recorded gross leasing of 1.1 million square feet. This momentum translated into good financial performance.

NOI grew by 28.7% year-on-year to 671 crores. Distribution for the quarter increased by 19.8% year-on-year delivering a DPU of ₹5.83 per unit.

Similar strong show for the 9-months period of FY '26. NOI grew by 26% year-on-year to 1,922 crores and distributions increased by 18.1% year-on-year resulting in 12.5% DPU growth.

Rental traction remains healthy across the portfolio. We achieved a re-leasing spread of 27.4% on 1 million square feet re-let during the quarter.

Rentals continue to trend upward particularly in Madhapur. In Madhapur, we signed a transaction at ₹105 per square foot highlighting significant mark-to-market potential.

During the quarter we further strengthened and scaled our portfolio through announced acquisitions. Prime CBD assets in Mumbai like Ascent Worli, which is Goldman Sachs' HQ in India, The Square in BKC Annex, which is JPMorgan's HQ in India, and a small office asset in Pune.

These three acquisitions added 800,000 square feet of leasable area to our portfolio. Happy to share that we have concluded the acquisition earlier this month.

These assets are irreplaceable, increasing our CBD portfolio and benefit from strong scarcity premiums. Looking ahead, there's two clear drivers for our growth: well-chosen acquisitions and a development pipeline we can execute with discipline and focus.

A strong balance sheet keeps us agile. This gives us the ability to pursue when the right opportunity presents itself.

Our approach is straightforward: consistent execution and delivery, reinforcing our performance and trust. I would now like to share highlights from various IPC reports.

Let's look at the JLL insights first. In 2025, 83 million square feet of gross leasing in 2025, up 8% from 77 million square feet in 2024.

GCCs led demand by 31.4 million square feet, up 13% year-on-year accounting for 38% of total leasing. Q4 2025 leasing hit a record 27 million square feet driven by global firms and expanding GCCs.

Net absorption again crossed 57 million square feet, up 14% year-on-year. Vacancy is the lowest in the last 5 years with many micro-markets witnessing single-digit availability.

Now let's look at the CBRE insights. GCCs are set to drive 35 to 40% total absorption in 2026.

Demand driven by steady investment, portfolio expansion, and ongoing digitization by global and domestic firms. While US firms remain the main GCC drivers, EMEA and APAC occupiers are increasingly setting up shop in India.

New supply rose 10% year-on-year to 59 million square feet in 2025. Q4 completions increased 10% year-on-year to 16.6 million square feet.

The Cushman & Wakefield report states that 2026 completions projected at 60 million square feet to meet rising demand. Growth driven mainly by fresh leasing alongside a steady rise in pre-commitment.

Despite higher 2026 supply, vacancy expected to remain stable at 14%. REITs and listed developers likely to expand further in 2026 which is expected to increase the share of premium green-certified Grade A assets.

The Colliers report stated that with demand exceeding supply in 2025, vacancy declined year-on-year while average rentals rose up to 15% in many micro-markets in many cities. Hyderabad was driven by BFSI, consulting and healthcare together accounting for more than half of the conventional leasing in Hyderabad.

Hyderabad market again saw rental increase of more than 15%. In Mumbai with limited new supply in 2025, vacancy fell to 8% and rentals strengthened sharply year-on-year.

Now we come to the operating and growth highlights. We recorded gross leasing of 1.1 million square feet in Q3 FY '26.

The committed occupancy for the quarter stood at 95.3% excluding Pocharam and the acquisition we made in the second quarter FY '26. The acquired asset, The Square Financial District, is undergoing a planned stabilization phase as we evaluate and implement value enhancement ideas.

Including the Financial District asset, The Square, the portfolio committed occupancy for the quarter stood at 94.5%. We achieved a re-leasing spread of 27.4% for Q3 FY '26 on 1 million square feet of area re-let.

We saw robust growth in rentals across our micro-markets especially Madhapur and Hyderabad. We signed a deal in Madhapur like I mentioned at ₹105 per square foot offering huge mark-to-market potential.

This follows last quarter deal signed at a rent of ₹100 per square foot reinforcing sustained rental momentum. A global fintech giant renewed their office space for 10 years giving us a mark-to-market of 50% in Hyderabad.

Similarly, a global engineering GCC renewed their space for 10 years giving a mark-to-market of 33%. In-place rent for portfolio today stands at ₹75 per square foot indicating clear headroom for mark-to-market opportunities.

Happy to share that we have received occupancy certificate for The Pearl Club in Mindspace Madhapur. We also received full occupancy certificates for Mindspace Fusion and Mindspace Airoli East.

Growth pipeline is well on track. We're actively working on under-construction pipeline of 3.6 million square feet and approval for the balance 3.5 million square feet development pipeline are at advanced stages.

We're very pleased to share that we've been ranked in top five REITs globally out of 377 REITs in 2025 in the S&P Corporate Sustainability Assessment, the DJSI. As you are aware, portfolio expansion remains a strategic priority with a continued focus on value-accretive acquisitions.

Over the past year we have grown our completed portfolio size by over 4 million square feet. This is through a mix of organic and inorganic growth strategies.

Organically, we successfully constructed and leased 1.3 million square feet. This is R2 building in Pune and one data center.

Our inorganic growth included acquisition of sponsor assets of nearly 2.6 million square feet: the Horizon Commerzone asset in Hyderabad, the asset in Worli, The Square asset in BKC, and Raheja Woods in Pune. A large external third-party acquisition asset of 0.8 million square feet which is the QCity acquisition, and a consolidation within our parks of 300,000 square feet.

Moving forward we intend to focus more on acquisitions to strengthen our portfolio. With a scalable platform in place, we'll continue to pursue high-quality assets in our core markets.

A broad update on the development side: at Mindspace Airoli East, Fusion, our F&B hub, added many new outlets last quarter. Upon completion we'll have 22 F&B and retail outlets which will be lined up.

As a public-facing destination, Fusion will bring more footfall and buzz to the park. Also upgrade work is underway across Buildings 1, 9, 10, 11 and 12 in Airoli East.

We are creating premium hospitality arrival experiences with a sense of calm luxury. The lobbies would be both sophisticated and functional.

Clubhouse upgrades have commenced and progressing well. We are also building a new food court and sports arena.

Regular upgrades and redevelopments keep our parks future-ready. At Mindspace Airoli West, committed occupancy has climbed from 72% nearly 2 years back to 96% since the de-notification announcement in December 2023.

Across our 5.4 million square feet business park in Airoli West, vacancy today stands at a low of close to 200,000 square feet. This progress strengthens our confidence in Navi Mumbai's growth and our long-term plan for the micro-market.

Rentals have moved up as well with recent deals in Airoli being signed at ₹71 per square foot. We currently have two data centers up and running in Airoli West, three more are in different stages of development.

Mindspace is the only Indian REIT with a data center portfolio today. Once completed, our portfolio will include about 1.7 million square feet of data center space.

Starting early in data centers has been advantageous as demand for digital infrastructure continues to rise. At Mindspace Madhapur 10 million square feet business park, vacancy is as low as 180,000 square feet.

The Pearl Club, which is the experience center, remains on track for opening. We are also extending our skywalk from 1 kilometer to 2 kilometer to improve tenant experience.

The skywalk is further expected to ease commute for nearly 100,000 people who use our Madhapur park. This will also provide direct link from the Raidurg metro station to key points within our campus.

It also helps reduce road crossings and traffic congestion. In Commerzone Yerwada, our upgrades are aimed at making the campus more vibrant and engaging for everyday users.

Refurbishment of the entrances have begun improving the welcome experience. Building 1's food court is also progressing well.

We're also undertaking lobby and facade upgrades. Plans are underway to add terrace amenities and a revitalized central recreational garden.

Let's look at customer centricity. We put customers first, their feedback shapes our priorities, and sustainability is built into everything we do.

We've fast-tracked our H23 program which is 23 focused actions to bring a more premium hospitality-led feel across our parks. We've added more spaces to relax and connect, more breakout zones, indoor games, music corners, and cafe-style seating.

We're strengthening amenities across parks with better food options, activated terraces, improved clubhouses, and covered walkways. Elevator upgrades are also in progress guided by life-cycle assessments.

We organized 16 tenant employee events last quarter from festive celebrations and sports tournaments to stand-up comedy and curated third-party formats. We are directing capex into modernizing assets to drive stronger renewals and long-term stickiness based on the surveys, audits, and regular tenant inputs.

The aim is simple: improve everyday experience for our valued occupier clients. These upgrades help us win and retain tenants.

We understand that value comes from the park experience, not just the address. Our approach is consistent: build, lease, upgrade, and repeat.

In terms of ESG, Mindspace REIT earned strong global recognition for our sustainability work. We are ranked among the top five REITs worldwide out of 377 REITs in the 2025 DJSI Corporate Sustainability Assessment with an overall score of 73 out of 100.

Green building milestones included Building B4 in Kharadi achieving IGBC Platinum and LEED v4 Gold, and Madhapur Buildings 1 and 8 which received EDGE re-certification. These achievements reflect our focus on building in ways that use energy, water, and materials more efficiently.

In conclusion, over the next 1 to 2 years, Grade A supply constraints in many markets will support near-term pricing power for Mindspace REIT. On the demand side, AI-related job replacement is not yet a material risk for Indian office markets.

Lower interest rates should benefit us at Mindspace given stable, long-duration cash flows. Mindspace has delivered excellent returns of 37% in calendar year 2025 significantly outperforming Nifty and Sensex.

Indian REITs have now seen a full market cycle and we've proven resilience across COVID, rate hikes, and SEZ disruption. With relatively lower interest rates compared to a year ago, cost of debt is now below cap rates supporting accretive acquisitions.

Mindspace has low leverage giving us headroom along with balance sheet strength. We have also demonstrated our ability to close accretive acquisitions.

We also have a strong sponsor-led acquisition engine and the proven capability to execute large accretive acquisitions efficiently. We are also benefiting from rental buoyancy in many of our micro-markets offering embedded mark-to-market.

Our exposure to Hyderabad is helping us significantly today given that Hyderabad has become India's most sought-after GCC destination. Stepping back, the message is consistent: pricing power, resilience through cycles, multiple levers for growth, and clear drivers for rental re-rating.

We thank each one of you, our analysts and investors, for your continued support and guidance which has been instrumental in our journey. At Mindspace REIT, we continue to build loved workspaces and maximizing value.

Our investor proposition remains unchanged: high-quality occupiers, disciplined growth, sustainability-led action, and stable returns. Thank you all for your time.

I will now hand it over to Preeti for further financial updates of the quarter.

Preeti Chheda

Thank you Ramesh and good evening everyone. I'm pleased to present yet another quarter of strong financial performance.

Revenue from operations for Q3 FY '26 increased 27.2% year-on-year to INR 8.2 billion, while NOI for Q3 FY '26 grew 28.7% year-on-year to INR 6.7 billion. Distributions for the quarter rose 19.8% year-on-year to approximately INR 3.8 billion.

Our DPU grew 9.6% year-on-year to INR 5.83 per unit on our higher unit base following our recent concluded acquisition. I'm pleased to report that we have successfully completed the acquisition of sponsor assets in Mumbai and Pune, which are Ascent Worli, The Square BKC Annex, and an IT building in Pune.

With this, the GAV of the portfolio now stands at INR 441 billion based September '25 valuation. Including these assets, we have now completed inorganic acquisitions of 4 million square feet over the last 2.5 years, taking our total portfolio size to 39 million square feet.

We shall continue to actively explore external acquisition opportunities that align with our investment philosophy and growth strategy. As of December 31st, '25, our LTV remains low at 24.9%.

On a pro forma basis, including the acquisitions we completed post December, the LTV stands at a comfortable 25.4%. This provides us enough balance sheet headroom to pursue inorganic opportunities to scale up.

Our cost of debt declined by 13 bps during the quarter to 7.39% p.a.p.m. This was driven by our active refinancing plan to replace relatively higher-cost facilities.

During the year, we have raised INR 61.5 billion at 6.95% p.a.p.m. through fixed-cost instruments largely to refinance variable-cost loans which carried higher interest rates.

In Q3, we raised INR 19 billion at an effective rate of 6.98% p.a.p.m. through debentures.

As a result, the fixed-cost portion of our debt increased from 46% in March 2025 to 76% now. This keeps our interest cost predictable and less volatile to the changes in external macro environment.

On the regulatory front, we welcome the recent reforms including the classification of REIT investments by mutual funds as equity effective Jan 1st, 2026, and REIT eligibility for index inclusion from July 1st, 2026. In addition, relaxation in investment norms for government pension funds are a positive development.

These measures will broaden the investor base and support long-term capital inflows into the REIT ecosystem. As we near the end of this financial year, we are happy to have delivered robust operating and financial performance for the 9 months ended December '25 and we expect to end the year maintaining this momentum.

Similar to this financial year, we expect the next financial year performance to be driven by rising occupancy at our parks, especially Airoli parks, rental uptick, delivery of projects that are currently under construction, and portfolio additions through inorganic acquisitions. I end here and with this I hand over the call to the operator to open the floor for questions.

Thank you.

Operator

Thank you so much. Ladies and gentlemen, we will now begin with the question-and-answer session.

Anyone who wishes to ask a question may click on the raise hand icon from the participants tab on your screen. We will wait for a few minutes until the question queue assembles.

We'll take our first question from Samarth Agrawal of Ambit Capital. Please go ahead with your question.

Samarth Agarwal

Hi, thanks for this. Just a couple of questions from my side.

Firstly, for the expiries coming in in FY '27 and '28, 1.3 and 2 million square feet respectively, what kind of discussions are you having with respect to re-leasing? Firstly, how much of it would be re-leased to the same tenants and secondly, and more importantly, what would be the re-leasing spreads that you expect from the same?

Ramesh Nair

Samarth, 77% of our expiries have been re-leased at a healthy spread of close to 28%. This year our overall expiries is going to be close to 3.6 million square feet.

What we have seen over the last 4 years Samarth is on an average 3 million square feet is what comes up for expiry. When the portfolio is growing like it's growing today, a 10% of the overall portfolio size is definitely something we can expect.

Area coming up for expiry in FY '27 and '28 is only 1.3 million square feet and 2 million square feet respectively. We have seen some of these things, companies don't tell us what their plans are 1, 2, 3 years ahead.

Sometimes these numbers kind of go up. In a rising market like this, in my speech I mentioned about how one client we got a 50% mark-to-market in Hyderabad and another client we got a 33% mark-to-market in Hyderabad.

These kind of opportunities are there. Out of this 3.6 million square feet, we expect to retain 2.3 million square feet and 1.3 will be exits.

Out of this 1.3 million square feet exits, we have already re-leased 300,000 square feet. In this 2.3 million square feet, we have again already retained 1.7 million square feet in the first 9 months and the balance 600,000 we hope to retain in the next 3 months, this quarter.

Samarth Agarwal

Understood. Secondly, in terms of re-leasing to newer clients, just some thought on contrast between your current portfolio breakup, let's say between different sectors, and how the new re-leasing has happened.

Are there any trends that you would like to point out in terms of any segment or any particular category whether new leases are more prominent in versus your current portfolio breakup?

Ramesh Nair

This quarter although GCCs were only 27% of the leasing, Indian domestic and Indian MNCs were 52% and non-GCC foreign MNCs were 21%. Overall portfolio is more or less stable today at 55% for GCCs, domestic Indians at 26%, and foreign MNCs at 18%.

Two, three trends we have seen Samarth is some of these IT services clients who gave up space during COVID time, large Indian and multinational names, they are coming back. The main reason for that is they are insisting on office physical attendance for their employees.

That's helping us. Previously pre-2020-21 pre-COVID era, many large IT services they would build their large campuses in different parts of India outside the big metros, outside the six cities, outside in other cities like Bhubaneswar, Nagpur and these kind of big campuses used to happen.

Now that strategy seems to have kind of gone down and every time they have a new client they're looking at, 'Okay, why don't we go take 100,000 square feet or 200,000 square feet or a 70,000 square feet kind of transaction?' That's a new trend which we're seeing.

IT services coming back selectively into campuses where they're comfortable with. They've been in some of these campuses.

These are some of our large clients who gave up some space when the vacancies went up. We're managing to get them back because they're familiar with our campuses and many of their employees who are work from home stay close to our campuses.

That's an interesting trend we're noticing.

Samarth Agarwal

Got it. Just lastly, given the leasing momentum you've seen for this sector, any thoughts on how NOI growth and distribution would look like for FY '27?

Ramesh Nair

We typically don't give forward-looking comments. Samarth, till now there's not been any signs of any tariff impact on real estate, even today not actually not many signs on AI impact.

You heard me talk about JLL's last year data of 14% increase in net absorption from 50 million square feet to 57 million square feet. This year I was checking two, three of the data points when I met up with the IPC heads.

They said whatever RFPs they have in hand, whatever inquiries they have in hand, this 57 million square feet can only go upwards. These are the clients who they're sitting on, showing properties, inspecting properties.

They all feel that they have much larger view of clientele than us because they look at the full 900 million square feet of offices in India. They feel it's going to be a better year than 2025 calendar.

No signs as yet, but there could definitely be an impact of AI later on. Till now we haven't seen.

It's a question we keep getting asked every week. I wish I could give you the right answers for that.

Till now, no impact.

Samarth Agarwal

Understood. Thank you so much.

That's all from my side and good luck for 2026.

Ramesh Nair

Thanks Samarth.

Operator

Thank you so much. We'll take our next question from Jatin Kalra of Bank of America.

Please go ahead with your question. Please unmute your microphone.

Jatin Kalra

Thanks for taking my question. Hi Ramesh.

Ramesh, my question to you is over the last 12 months you've seen a very strong growth in market trends in Hyderabad which has also helped your actuarial NAV. The way you've exited this year, how do you think the outlook for rental growth looks like for next year?

Could it potentially normalize to some extent, but still probably stay ahead of the typical 4-5% rental growth that you expect in this particular asset class? Second, as a follow-up to this one, you did mention that expiries for next year are only at 1.3 million square feet.

Would you think that there is an opportunity to look at some proactive churn as well to just start taking benefit of this healthy MTM that you have gathered over the last few months? Thank you.

Ramesh Nair

Thanks Jatin. Hyderabad, I think I've been going to Hyderabad since 2001 when Naidu used to be the Chief Minister.

What I've been seeing over the last 2 years, I think in one word is crazy. Crazy demand.

I haven't seen this kind of demand coming in. I still remember when I joined the firm 2.5 years back rentals were at ₹70 and we were putting up super Grade A buildings, we're investing very heavily.

I was actually sitting with our engineering team to see how we can value engineer and reduce construction costs. This is 2 years back.

Exactly opposite has happened. That ₹70 rental today has become ₹95.

B8, which is a new building which is coming up 1.7 million square feet, the building is going to get ready only middle of next year. The kind of inquiries, I could say that we already are sitting on around 2 to 3x of inquiries for that 1.7 million square feet.

I won't be surprised if Building 7, by the time we finish the leasing of this Building 7, we had underwritten that building at around ₹85 in our numbers ₹80 to ₹85 when we decided to demolish and you may remember that we had used the implosion technology to bring it down in 9 seconds and we started building. That time we had put it at ₹80 to ₹83 was the underwriting.

I will be surprised if the last few deals in Building 7 by the time we lease the full building doesn't touch ₹120. The market has gone bonkers.

You would have seen how 46% of the new GCCs who entered into India have all gone to Hyderabad. Proactive churn is something behind everything else what works is our tenant relations.

We value tenants over rentals. Unless tenant shows their interest in vacating, obviously we try and retain the tenants.

When it comes up for renewals, we get that extra. Please also remember that many of these tenants were sitting on 10-year leases.

When they vacate, we also get efficiency adjustment related support because 10 years back the market was at 78% efficiency and today we are able to bring that to 70%. All the deals we've signed in Hyderabad, in Airoli East, all that have happened, new deals which is where a client has gone out and a new client has come, all have happened at 70% efficiency.

That which is more area, which is also helping us. Proactive churn we don't do unless a client comes and says he wants to leave.

Jatin Kalra

Perfect. That's very helpful and elaborate.

Thank you so much Ramesh.

Ramesh Nair

Yeah.

Operator

Thank you so much. Our next question is coming in from the line of Pritesh Sheth of Axis Capital.

Please go ahead with your question. Pritesh, please go ahead and ask your question.

It seems there is no response from the connection here. We'll go to our next participant.

We have Puneet Gulati from HSBC. Please go ahead with your question, Puneet.

Puneet Gulati

Thank you so much. Ramesh, on your comment on efficiency improvements coming to 70% from 78%, will we see an increase in leasable area in your presentations?

Ramesh Nair

Yes, that's been something we've been doing over the last 2 years. Many a times, see existing clients there's always a pushback when they are renewing to reduce that 78 to 70%.

Many times we get away with 74, 75. New clients are perfectly okay with 70% given that almost all the Grade A institutional developers in their Grade A parks have started quoting 70% as efficiency.

That's something which we have kind of benefited.

Puneet Gulati

In future also as you conclude such deals, your leasable area will just keep on growing just because of movement to this newer efficiency zone?

Ramesh Nair

That's right.

Puneet Gulati

Okay. My second question is actually on Airoli East, right?

You've got still half a million square feet coming up for expiry, 1.2 million square feet to lease. How do you think about this market now?

Ramesh Nair

Let's rewind back a couple of years Puneet. Overall combined Airoli in East and West, the occupancy used to be around the 75% mark.

Today that 75% is become close to a 90% mark. That's significant and my leasing team was telling in the next few months we may not even have any space left in Gigaplex Airoli West.

Airoli East, admit that we have some space. We believe there will be good trickle-down effect of no space being available in Airoli West into Airoli East, and Airoli West is already touched 96% and Airoli East is already touched again 82%.

Given that couple of our competing developers their projects are also more or less leased in that Navi Mumbai market, we see good traction Puneet into our Airoli East asset. Like I mentioned in my speech, five buildings are getting upgraded: Building 1, 9, 10, 11, 12.

We're also upgrading our clubhouse, adding more amenities across the park. All that is happening simultaneously.

Puneet Gulati

Understood. Also next year FY '27, you've got Square Nagar's 0.4 million square feet coming up for renewal.

Is that one large client or is it multiple clients? How should one think about re-leasing that part?

Any color would be useful.

Ramesh Nair

Which Square is this? Pune Square or—

Puneet Gulati

Pune, Square Nagar, yeah, Pune.

Ramesh Nair

Okay. There's couple of clients there and we are in proactive talks with them to renew.

I think the chances of them renewing is more than 90%. In today's market actually I used to feel bad when clients used to say they're going to vacate 2 years back.

These days if a client says they're going to vacate, we are perfectly okay with it because we get a better deal outside. Change my stand 1 year down the line, but today we're okay if clients leave.

Proactive discussions happening there on retaining them.

Puneet Gulati

Okay. In your portfolio—

Ramesh Nair

To answer your question, this is one client. This is one client,

Puneet Gulati

okay. In your portfolio you're already close to 95% leased out.

How should one think about potential for a further increase in occupancy and when do we see the gap between the actual and committed occupancy get bridged?

Ramesh Nair

Actual and committed always it takes some amount of time given that clients take a little bit extra time to close documentation also, given that 55% of the clients are GCCs and another 20% non-GCC multinationals. I think the focus would be now Airoli.

The focus would be Financial District where we have some space left. The recent asset which we picked up in Worli, that still has around 70,000 square feet left.

The focus would be to make sure in parks like Yerwada Commerzone and in Madhapur, whatever you see that little bit of 80,000 square feet vacant in Yerwada or Madhapur 180,000 square feet, these are all scattered around the park. It's not that we're going to get clients tomorrow to fill them up and these are also smaller units, may not be the best type of units for clients, flow plates may not be as efficient as rest of the parks, rest of the buildings.

Some of this will get eventually leased. The focus is on every weekly basis when we review our leasing teams is to see how we can fill all this up.

Airoli West, which is a problem 2 years back, today no longer a challenge. I hope to say something similar for Airoli East in the next few quarters.

Puneet Gulati

Understood. That's very helpful.

Lastly Preeti, if you can talk about the cost of debt already at very fine rates of 7.39% and you've got some maturity due in FY '27, should we expect further compression from here on or you think you've already maxed out given where G-Secs and repo rates are?

Preeti Chheda

Puneet, hi. I don't think you should look for any further reduction in interest rates because as we talk, the last deal which we did from there the yields have almost gone up 25 bps already.

If at all we should be able to maintain these levels or see marginal increase, but I don't see them coming down. You can take at similar levels as we have achieved now.

Puneet Gulati

Understood. That's very helpful.

Thank you so much and all the best.

Preeti Chheda

Thank you.

Operator

Thank you. We have our next question coming in from Yashas Gilganchi of BOB Capital Market.

Please go ahead with your question.

Yashas Gilganchi

Thank you for taking my questions. In-place rents at around ₹74.7 per square foot were 4.6% higher year-on-year versus a 6% increase that Mindspace has achieved since 2021.

What is holding back growth in in-place rents and what can drive this in the future?

Ramesh Nair

Because of very nature of this business Yashas where you sign 9-year and 10-year contract, that's where the mark-to-market, in the last few quarters we've been talking of mark-to-market between 25 to 30% and it also shows what the opportunity we have. Even when these rentals come up for renewal, clients also know that property next door is paying maybe ₹20 more or ₹25 more.

They're willing to kind of go up. That's something which we will take advantage of every time agreement comes up for renewal.

Yashas Gilganchi

Right. Despite—

Preeti Chheda

Also just to add to what Ramesh said, of course as Ramesh said, we've generally seen about 3 million square feet of re-letting coming whether it's early exits or scheduled expiries. I think one big contributor to our rent enhancement has also been Hyderabad.

In Hyderabad we don't have too much coming up for re-letting immediately, but I think where we'll really make good will be the new areas which are going to come up, the two redevelopment buildings. One will be delivered in the coming financial year and one next.

Those are the ones which will give you a large upside in terms of your rental. Otherwise it will all depend on the re-leasing which is coming up in the next 2 years.

Ramesh Nair

Yashas, like I had mentioned when we underwrote this to demolish Building 8, it was around the ₹82-₹83 mark and today we're quite confident that even the earlier deals will cross ₹110. It'll touch ₹120 by the time we finish leasing in that park so.

Yashas Gilganchi

Understood. Just trying to understand this a bit deeper.

Despite strong office leasing momentum, re-leasing spreads compressed to around 27.4% versus 28.1% as of 2Q '26, though it's up from around 26.4% as of 3Q '25. Please tell us what is pressurizing spreads.

Ramesh Nair

Yashas, it's one off quarters here and there. The 24, 27, it depends on clients.

We have 178 clients in our portfolio. You shouldn't look at that kind of as long as it's going up, it's fine.

74 24 and 28 is not materially different. Different clients have their own strategy.

Some of them are big, some of them are big names, some of them occupy a lot of, it's not just exact numbers by which—

Preeti Chheda

It also depends on which location is coming up for re-leasing. Locations where the spread is really large, if you have re-leasings coming there, then we tend to benefit more than locations where rentals are not seeing such a big spike.

Yashas Gilganchi

Understood. Thank you very much.

Operator

Thank you so much. Our next question is coming in from the line of Parvez Qazi of Nuvama Group.

Parvez, please unmute your microphone.

Parvez Qazi

Hi, good afternoon. Congratulations for a great set of numbers.

A couple of questions from my side. First, given the strong leasing momentum that you are witnessing, where would you expect your occupancy levels to be let's say 1 year down the line or maybe by FY '27 end?

Ramesh Nair

This year we're hoping it will touch 95% and that upward momentum will continue next year. Quite confident Parvez that this 95 number will go up.

In QCity, we have some innovative repositioning, value addition ideas in mind which we will start executing from this quarter onwards. Like you've heard me say, there's a lot of upgrades happening in Airoli East.

These are the only two places where we have some decent vacancy. When we had bought QCity in Hyderabad Financial District and renamed it The Square Financial District, we had mentioned that at that time that we would look for some innovative value-added strategies there and that's exactly what we are executing starting this quarter.

You'll hear some good news on that soon.

Operator

Parvez, please unmute your microphone if you have any more questions.

Parvez Qazi

Hi. Second question is on the SEZ part.

What would be the vacancy in SEZ versus non-SEZ portion of our portfolio?

Ramesh Nair

SEZ, we've benefited hugely from the demarcation approval rules. We have demarcated 2.8 million square feet of which we have already leased 2.2 million square feet out of the 2.8 million square feet.

Non-SEZ occupancy today stands at 96.6% and SEZ occupancy today stands at 92.7%.

Preeti Chheda

Just to add to what Ramesh said, actually now SEZ and non-SEZ have become infructuous, yeah, because we are able to get demarcation within 45 to 60 days. It really doesn't matter now whether it's an SEZ area or it's a non-SEZ area.

Parvez Qazi

Sure. Thanks and all the best for future.

Ramesh Nair

Thanks Parvez.

Operator

Thank you so much. We have Pritesh Sheth of Axis Capital with his question here.

Pritesh Sheth

Am I audible now?

Operator

Yes, please.

Pritesh Sheth

Perfect. Okay.

Sorry for the tech glitch earlier. Couple of questions.

I think one is where I'm trying to build blocks for growth in FY '27. Just on previous participant's question as well in terms of narrowing the gap between actual and committed, I understand that gap will always some bit of gap will always remain, but right now we are at 89% odd on actual occupancy while our committed is at 92-93.

This 4% gap, will we be able to bridge sometime next year? Because I understand that some of the leases that we had in Airoli West were some kind of deferred leasing which would take some time in terms of occupying.

I'm just trying to understand whether we'll reach actual occupancy of 93% next year sometime.

Ramesh Nair

Earlier than that actually. A lot of these are just getting completed in terms of documentation and it's mainly because of the timing difference between LOI and lease deed.

It's just a matter of time. See, clients obviously take their time to close these kind of large deals and I mentioned earlier that given that there's a lot of GCC demand whether multinational stakeholders outside the country, typically it takes time, but obviously our intent is to bring it down as much as possible because we want the rentals to start at the earliest.

The work is on that direction.

Govardhan Gedela

Pritesh, I think structurally there will be some gap between the two because we also do experience churn. Typically between one client moving out, new client signing up and rents commencing, there will be some structural gap between the two numbers.

Pritesh Sheth

Sure, sure. Got it.

Got it. Apart from the acquisition-led growth, we will have 1.5 million square feet completed in Q1 FY '27, the first redevelopment block in Madhapur.

Since it's fully leased, we will start generating rentals sometime starting second half of next year, right, if that's right?

Ramesh Nair

That's right. That's right.

Building is on track to get completed and our projects team doing a very good job. We'll finish the building by which month are we expecting to finish?

Preeti Chheda

I think by December.

Ramesh Nair

Yeah. We're on track to finish the project.

Pritesh Sheth

Sure, and

Preeti Chheda

Pritesh, it will be in phases, you may not see too much of rent from this building coming in the next financial

Pritesh Sheth

year

Preeti Chheda

because rent will start, yeah, but I would say if you really have to assume any meaningful rental from this building, then you should take it FY '28.

Pritesh Sheth

Got it. Got it.

Ramesh Nair

With these large clients, obviously they take time to do their fit-outs. This is a large global bank's biggest GCC outside of US.

They'll take time. Obviously when they take time to do their fit-outs, they also negotiate longer rent-free periods.

That's part of a deal.

Pritesh Sheth

Sure. Completion you mentioned is December of 2026?

Ramesh Nair

Yes.

Pritesh Sheth

Because in—

Preeti Chheda

The rent, we are talking about the rent, Pritesh, not the completion.

Pritesh Sheth

Okay. Okay.

Fair enough, fair enough. Got it.

Got it. Fair enough.

And—

Preeti Chheda

Our completion estimates will be somewhere around between Q1, Q2. Q1 is what we expect, around June-July.

We expect the rent to start by December because they'll take about a few months to finish the fit-outs. That's why I said you may not realize rent for the full year, you'll realize for part.

Pritesh Sheth

Got it. Fair enough.

Beyond these three developments, there's obviously this 1 million square feet data center assets which are coming up. I also heard you saying that we are progressing with another 5.5 million square feet development in terms of getting approvals.

Can you first elaborate the timelines of data center and then talk about this 5.5 million square feet which you highlighted?

Ramesh Nair

3.5. So 3.5 Pritesh, the challenge was last year when there was no approvals being given and then the Supreme Court order came in September and our files are right on top in terms of getting MOEF approvals.

Many of these projects which is B15 in Airoli, B17 in Airoli, B18 in Madhapur, all these are data centers million square feet. All this are at that final stages of getting approval.

Many of it, the local bodies like in Mumbai, the local body to give approvals is MIDC, already got the MIDC approvals. Only the environmental MOEF approvals are pending and inspections have been happening and we'll be very soon able to.

If I was in September, I would have told you it's still uncertain. Right now Pritesh, it's looking very certain that we'll start construction work at the earliest.

Pritesh Sheth

Sure. Completion timelines for data center would be FY '29 and beyond or earlier than that?

Ramesh Nair

Typical data centers, given that these buildings are just seven levels and given that these buildings don't have basements and where we also create a next-door block to keep your chillers and DGs and all that, typically it should take around 18 to 20 months. Data centers also don't have rent-free periods like large GCC clients.

Rentals also kind of start early. Office building typically today takes around 3 years to build while a data center takes only around 18 to 20 months to complete.

Pritesh Sheth

Got it. Fair enough.

That's helpful. That's it from my side and all the best.

Thank you.

Preeti Chheda

Thank you.

Ramesh Nair

Thank you.

Operator

Thank you so much. Anyone who wishes to ask a question may click on the raise hand icon from the participants tab on your screen.

We have a follow-up question coming in from Parvez Qazi. Parvez, please go ahead.

Parvez Qazi

Hi. Just one follow-up.

If I heard it correctly, you said we are working on getting approvals for another 3.5 million square feet data centers. Is the number correct?

Ramesh Nair

I don't think I mentioned that. Maybe I said 3.5 million square feet of

Parvez Qazi

development.

Ramesh Nair

If you remember we've mentioned we have 7 million square feet of development, 3.5 is under construction and the balance 3.5 is at final stages of getting approvals. That's what I meant.

I didn't mean in that data centers currently.

Parvez Qazi

Sure, yeah. That's what I thought, just wanted to clarify.

Thank you.

Ramesh Nair

Yeah.

Operator

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