Mindspace Business Parks REIT (MINDSPACE) Earnings Call Transcript & Summary

October 31, 2023

National Stock Exchange of India IN Real Estate Office REITs earnings 46 min

Earnings Call Speaker Segments

Operator

operator
#1

Ladies and gentlemen, good day, and welcome to the earnings call for Q2 FY 2024 financial results for Mindspace Business Parks REIT conference call. [Operator Instructions] Please note that this conference is being recorded. I now hand the conference over to Mr. Nitin Garewal. Thank you, and over to you, sir.

Nitin Garewal

executive
#2

Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining the Second Quarter Financial Year 2021 Earnings Call 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. Mindspace REIT does not guarantee these statements or results and is not obliged to update them at any point of time. I would now like to welcome our new CEO, Ramesh Nair, who joined us last month; and our CFO, Preeti Chheda. They will first walk you through the business update and the financial performance during the quarter gone by. We will then open the call to Q&A. I now hand over the call to Ramesh. Over to you.

Ramesh Nair

executive
#3

Thanks, Nitin. Hello, everyone. Thanks for joining us for Mindspace REIT's Q2 FY '24 earnings call. I am Ramesh Nair, and this is my first interaction with you as the new CEO. I took over from Vinod 2 months back, and I'm excited to continue the great work Vinod started in this organization. Vinod continues to support me as a mentor, as a senior colleague in the KRC overall group and also as a Board member of the Mindspace REIT. So we're in a very exciting phase of growth, and I look forward to carry on the legacy of this fantastic organization going forward. Now let's have a look at the macro picture. Globally, there are some challenges like high interest rates, inflation, but things are looking definitely better in India. Last IMF prediction on our GDP growth was 6.3% for financial year '24. India has been seeing a strong growth, a lot of business-friendly policies and lots of global companies looking at us and also the benefits which come from the China Plus One strategy. As per comments made by a few IT majors, which was carried in the media in the last 1 month, a lot of companies are asking employees to come back to their offices in India. And this is quite different from what we are seeing in Western economies. This is definitely creating a demand for good office spaces, especially Grade A1s, the types which we develop. We're also seeing demand from GCCs has increased. And domestic organizations, a lot of Indian organizations, especially BFSI, are preferring to move towards Grade A assets, which is again helping us. Reports suggest that the amount of office space being rented this year will be similar to last year. That could be somewhere in the 37 million to 40 million square feet. And everyone wants to be in a better office building. Despite some of the short-term challenges, we remain positive over the future and we are focusing on adding top-notch assets to our portfolio. Now let's dive into our recent performance. We leased about 0.8 million square feet during the quarter, 0.6 million square feet of releasing and 0.2 million square feet of new and vacant area leasing. We also achieved a releasing spread of around 9.7%. Our committed occupancy is around 86.5%. This is lower sequentially due to we acquired a property in Chennai of 0.24 million square feet, which is not fully leased; and some tenant exits, which we are working on to re-lease the same. We received an average rent of INR 75 per square feet per month for the leases during the quarter. which increased our in-place rent to INR 67 per square feet per month as of 30th September, recording a growth of 6.4% year-on-year. PDG, data center operator, which currently has their facility in Airoli West, have given us a go ahead for commencement of construction of the second data center block of 0.3 million square feet. We're working towards an early delivery of this asset. We have received -- we have also received Board approval for entering a revised MoU with Chalet Hotels. We'll be developing a mixed-use asset in Airoli East combining offices of 530,000 square feet and a total of 280,000 square feet, creating a nice mixed-use ecosystem, and we will then lease the hotel to Chalet. This helps us develop 500,000 square feet of non-SEZ IT offering at a park, which is currently entirely SEZ. We will continue to have a -- this also gives us the ability to continue our leasehold ownership of the land. And along with the upcoming High Street, this is expected to create a halo effect for the business park. Our operating performance has led to good financial growth. Our revenue from operations in Q2 FY '24 grew by 20.6% year-on-year to INR 5,997 million. NOI grew by about 70.7% year-on-year to INR 4,912 million. Our distributions for the quarter stood at INR 2,841 million or INR 4.79 per unit. Regarding acquisitions, we acquired a 0.24 million square feet project park in Commerzone Porur, Chennai for INR 1,816 million. Now we own 100% of the asset and have full control of the entire park. On the development side, we are constructing 2.9 million square feet of new buildings. We are getting Buildings 7 and 8 in Madhapur who ready for development -- for redevelopment. Some of you would have recently heard about how we used the implosion technology to knock down these buildings quickly and efficiently. It took only 8 seconds. Typically, this takes around 3 to 4 months for a regular demolition. We're going to build a best-in-class building covering close to 1.6 million square feet at this site. It will be of the high quality -- highest quality and will be a great place for business. We're going in for LEED platinum and also WELL certification standards for this project. We'll be finishing this building by the fourth quarter of financial year '27, and it will probably going to be the best building in our portfolio when it's done. These developments are, again, as per our plan to make our business park better. we want to be modern. We want to have -- leave a big impact, and we want to be good for the environment. These, we believe, are key for our organic growth over the next few years. We will continue to look for growth opportunities within and outside our portfolio. On the sponsor side, new developments are happening in key micro markets of the cities we are present in. These can potentially add to the regrowth pipeline in the future. We conducted multiple entertainment and recreational activities across the park. These events attracted massive participation from employees across the parks. Events like these help us develop healthy long-term business relationships with our tenants and employees of our tenants. On the ESG front, in 2023, GRESB rating, Mindspace REIT became the first Indian commercial real estate entity to receive 100 out of 100 in office development benchmark with coveted title of Global Listed Sector Leader. We were ranked 1st in Asia in the listed companies category for commercial business development. We received 5-star GRESB rating for the second consecutive year. And we scored 91 out 100 in the Standing Investment Benchmark, ranking us 6th amongst real estate peers across Asia, again with a 5-star rating. We truly believe that ESG is very integral to our business, and this award shows our dedication to grow in a sustainable way. We are committed to doing even better in the future, and we will work closely with tenants, partners and communities on sustainability projects. On the SEZ front, the proposed de-notification of SEZ units flow-wise shall be a very positive reform from the government side and will help the industry to make most of SEZ office space in the country. We look forward to the announcement of this amendment as it will unlock idle workspace and capture demand. Now I'll hand it over to Preeti, our CFO, for financial updates during the quarter. Over to you, Preeti.

Preeti Chheda

executive
#4

Thank you, Ramesh. Good afternoon, everyone. I'm happy to present our financial performance for the second quarter of the financial year 2024. We closed the second quarter with revenue from operations of INR 6 billion, registering a growth of 20.6% year-on-year. Our net operating income stood at approximately INR 4.9 billion, recording a strong 17.7% year-on-year growth. I would also like to highlight that the revenue and NOI for Q2 FY '24 include one-offs, being compensation from a tenant, a scrap income from a building demolition at Mindspace Madhapur both together totaling to INR 120 million. Excluding these one-offs, revenue for Q2 FY '24 grew 18.2% and NOI grew 14.9% on a year-on-year basis, respectively. Excluding the facility management business and distribution licensee business, the NOI margin stood at a healthy 87%. We announced a distribution of approximately INR 2.84 billion, which is INR 4.79 per unit for the quarter. The distribution comprises approximately 90%, which is INR 4.3 per unit of dividend, which is not subject to tax in the hands of unitholders; and approximately 10%, which is INR 0.49 per unit of interest. Our cost of debt stood at 7.8% at the end of Q2 FY '20. We have constantly been optimizing the mix of our fixed and variable cost debt to reduce the overall interest cost. During the quarter, we raised a INR 5 billion through fixed coupon NCD at the REIT level. The issuance carried an effective coupon of 7.94% on a PaPM basis, taking our fixed cost debt to 56.1% of our total outstanding debt. We continue to look at the alternative ways to help us reduce our debt cost. Our net debt as of September 30, 2023, was approximately INR 56.7 billion. In addition, we have undrawn committed lines of approximately INR 6 billion from financial institutions. Our LTV continues to remain low at 19.8%. As regards to half yearly valuation of our portfolio, the gross asset value of our portfolio as valued by the independent valuers as of September 30, 2023, stood at INR 287 billion, recording a growth of 2.3% versus the valuation at March 31, 2023. Approximately 92.1% of the value came from completed assets. Our NAV per unit at 30th September 2023 stood at INR 369.6 per unit. It's a 6% drop versus March '23, mainly on account of changes by the valuers in assumptions of leasing and market rent in certain markets and also increase in other liabilities. As Ramesh mentioned, we shall continue to focus on execution of the ongoing developments within the portfolio. Our asset enhancement programs have helped make over the parks and reenergize them, which shall help long-term growth of NOI of the portfolio. The strength of our balance sheet gives us the headroom for both organic and inorganic growth of the portfolio. As most of you are aware, The Indian REITs Association was launched in September. IRA's primary objective is to develop REIT market in India, set high standards of governance and to protect the interest of REITs and unitholders. As founding members of IRA, all REITs are working closely on various stakeholder engagement initiatives to create larger awareness of the product amongst investors, especially domestic noninstitutional investors. We expect this, together with progressive policy reforms, to provide the much needed liquidity to this instrument. With this backdrop, I hand over the call to the operator to open the floor for questions. Thank you.

Operator

operator
#5

[Operator Instructions] The first question is from the line of Adhidev Chattopadhyay from ICICI Securities.

Adhidev Chattopadhyay

analyst
#6

First question is on the SEZ de-notification. So by when do you expect this to come through? And when do you see the earliest possible implementation of the same? That's the first question.

Ramesh Nair

executive
#7

Yes. Adhidev, in thesis we believe we are nearly at the finish line, and that's what we've been hearing from different people in the market. I think it could happen sooner than later.

Adhidev Chattopadhyay

analyst
#8

Okay. But is it something by March? Or what is that we are looking at? Is it something in this financial year? Or it is something which would spill over next year?

Ramesh Nair

executive
#9

I think it will happen sooner than that.

Adhidev Chattopadhyay

analyst
#10

Okay, okay. Fine, sir. Second question is on overall vacancy that is right. Obviously, you've done the acquisition in Chennai, We've seen a bit of exits. So from hereon, where do you see the overall committed occupancy trending sort of, let's say, over a long 12 to 18 months horizon considering all things considered?

Ramesh Nair

executive
#11

So occupancy has gone down from 88.8% to 86.5%. That's a drop of 2.3%. Now this 2.3%, 1.3% was in Madhapur, 0.7% was in Airoli and the 0.7% was a Porur addition which we spoke of. But there was also some extra leasing we did in Nagar Road and Yerwada for 120,000 square feet. So we believe this will further improve. It will go down to -- go up to around 88% towards the end of the financial year.

Adhidev Chattopadhyay

analyst
#12

Okay. And sir, with all the SEZ bill, if it comes through another, whatever leasing by GCC. So any longer-term outlook you'd like to share directionally? I'm not asking for a number. But directionally, when do you expect to get back to 3/4 levels or something of the asset?

Ramesh Nair

executive
#13

Yes. So after -- if this SEZ de-notification happens, we'll be effectively left with around 2 million square feet. We're not including Pocharam, which we want to divest and also Gigaplex where we have a 0.4 million square feet Building 5, which will get leased automatically. So it leads us to 2 million square feet, which is Airoli East 0.8 million square feet; West 0.9 million square feet; and Madhapur 0.2 million square feet, all this is vacancy, which I was speaking about. We believe this will go within 18 to 24 months. We believe the Navi Mumbai market is around 1 million square feet per annum market, Madhapur is around 4.5 million to 5 million square feet market. So we believe these vacancies would be done and dusted within around 18 to 24 months.

Operator

operator
#14

The next question is from the line of Murtuza Arsiwalla from Kotak.

Murtuza Arsiwalla

analyst
#15

Welcome, Ramesh, to the team. Two questions from my side. One is when I look at the rental rates, it's very encouraging to see the in-place rentals growth. But the gap between in-place and market rental seems to be coming down. The trend that we've seen is through the course of the pandemic until now, the market rentals don't seem to have moved too much. Any sense of how we should think of that gap or whether the market rentals will move up? Or should you worry about contractual escalations given the gap is as little as it is? And the second question is regarding the arrangements on the hotel lease with Chalet as well as the data center. Can you give us some more indication on the commercials, et cetera? Will it be a fixed lease with Chalet or is it a revenue share? And with the data center, what are the kind of rentals and the tenor that we are looking at for the data center asset and the CapEx that will go in to build that asset.

Ramesh Nair

executive
#16

So Murtuza, the office rental part, I'll take the question. On the office rental part, what we have seen is in the last 3, 4 years, there's been a lot of supply coming in compared to demand. Post-COVID, '19 was a great year, '20, '21, we all know what happened, '22 again was a good year. But supply which came in 2021, 2022, supply coming in '23, that kind of have gone up. And that we believe has been having an impact on the overall trend. The other thing to also remember is I was just taking both the CBRE data and the JLL data. This year, for the first 9 months, demand is down around 14% as per JLL data. And as the CBRE data, the demand for the first 9 months is down around 5%. This is why we believe the rentals haven't gone up significantly in all these markets. Preeti, you want to talk about the hotel deal and the data center?

Preeti Chheda

executive
#17

Yes, sure. The hotel deal is we are renting the hotel area to Chalet. It's a long-term deal. There's no revenue share. It's going to be a pure rent, similar to what we are getting from the other tenants in the park. In terms of the cost, it will -- the whole composite structure would be somewhere between INR 600 crores to INR 650 crores, which will be spent over the next 3 years. Data center, again, a long term, similar terms in terms of tenor, similar to the earlier one. Rent is, as we've always said, much higher than the office rents and that's the reason it makes a lot more sense to us. In terms of cost, it would be somewhere around INR 150 crores, which will be spent over the next 18-odd months.

Operator

operator
#18

[Operator Instructions] The next question is from the line of Pritesh Sheth from Motilal Oswal.

Pritesh Sheth

analyst
#19

First question is on the expiry that we saw in Madhapur this quarter. By when should we expect that to be leased out, considering that demand has been stronger in Hyderabad? So what's your view on this 0.7 million square feet?

Ramesh Nair

executive
#20

Hyderabad has been a very strong market for us. Instead of having SEZ, we've been getting a good amount of traction. I was there last week and I was pleasantly surprised by the kind of RFPs our brokerage partners were talking about. I think it's definitely going to be less than a year where this space will go. The best thing for us is -- I think it's undoubtedly not one of the best located parks in Hyderabad, but the best located park in Hyderabad with the metro landing there, big business park, low-rise business park kind of a feel, a lot of greenery, shopping around, hotels around, residential around, so the concept of work, live and play, that's possible there. We are again upgrading all the older buildings. So I think Hyderabad, we are quite comfortable. And given the current demand in the market and some of the RFPs, which we have seen in the last 1 to 2 months, it's definitely less than a year.

Pritesh Sheth

analyst
#21

All right. Second question is on your NDCF walk down. So we still saw higher debt raise versus the CapEx that we have spent. And we have been talking about removing the dividend support that we have been giving since last couple of years. So this is just a quarterly imbalance that we should look at it? Or how should we see this income support going forward?

Preeti Chheda

executive
#22

Pritesh, firstly, there's no income support. If you look at the numbers, I mean, in fact, we put a note also to that effect. The only reason why you're seeing this addition between CapEx and the debt is because the fit out expenditure which we do is actually CapEx in nature. But the way the NDCF has to be presented and also the cash flows have to be presented under Ind AS, the fit out cost that we incur actually gets clubbed with working capital. We have almost INR 75 crores of CapEx that we have incurred for the tenants on fit out, which is sitting in working capital. So if you pull that out, you're actually not having any income support, and that's how you will have to look at this one.

Pritesh Sheth

analyst
#23

Okay, okay. Got it. Fair enough. And just last -- continuing to Murtuza's question on market rentals. I saw in this valuation report for a couple of our assets in Pune, The Square, Nagar and Yerwada, market rentals dropping by INR 2, INR 3. Any particular reason?

Preeti Chheda

executive
#24

So Pritesh, that is a call which the valuers take based on what they see on the latest trends in the market. So that's purely the valuers call on how they are seeing the rentals and what they want to take for the assumption.

Pritesh Sheth

analyst
#25

Okay. So does the MTM potential then, I mean, fairly depend on that market rent? Or do you think that we can have a premium on whatever the rentals that market the valuers have assumed?

Preeti Chheda

executive
#26

So generally, all rentals that we have been signing in Commerzone have been around 75 to 80, depending on the size of the deal that we're doing. So that's pretty much in line with those assumptions. Then of course, it depends deal by deal as to what kind of tenant it is and how the negotiation goes. But I would say, broadly, it should be in that line.

Ramesh Nair

executive
#27

And this is 100% leased asset, right?

Preeti Chheda

executive
#28

Yes.

Ramesh Nair

executive
#29

So here and there, when you are in the final negotiation table, you don't want to miss out on a client. So a couple of rupees here and there doesn't matter in the bigger picture.

Operator

operator
#30

The next question is from the line of [ Tanveer Sure ], who's an individual investor.

Unknown Attendee

attendee
#31

So I just had a question regarding the tenant mix. Your peer REITs have been reporting a lot of exits from the IT/ITeS guys. And we are, I think, now -- around 45% of our portfolio tenants are these IT guys. So I just wanted to understand, are we having any plans to diversify more? Because Accenture and Cognizant together are around 8% of the contracted rental contribution. So anything -- I mean, are we looking at diversification from a sector perspective?

Ramesh Nair

executive
#32

That's a great question. What we have seen is the GCCs are around 40% of the area paying around 50% of the rents for us. IT services firms, tech companies are around 30% of the area paying around 30% of the rent. And others are around 30% paying 20% of the rent. So obviously, the focus today of everybody is to get GCCs in. And what we have seen especially in Kharadi and in Madhapur, which are probably -- there's a lot of new buildings in these campuses. We have lots of tenants who are looking for low-rise campus-feel kind of buildings, we have the best ability to attract the GCC clients into our buildings. So going forward, we believe the percentage of GCC in our portfolio will increase. The other trend, which we're also seeing is a lot of domestic companies are leasing space with us. So companies like Infosys, just took up space with us in Airoli. We saw a company named HighRadius taking up a large space 350,000 square feet with us. So there's a lot of domestic companies. We had -- the earlier part of the year, we had done the HDFC Bank transaction in Chennai. So there's good enough demand coming from domestic leasing also. So domestic companies, which used to be 16% of our portfolio before, today is 23% of the portfolio. So that's again a good sign for us.

Unknown Attendee

attendee
#33

Okay. That's great. And how is the reading from guys like Accenture and Cognizant? Have they indicated any anything on like a few years down the line, they would still want to lease out? Or they still are -- I mean, are they still strong enough to work from the office itself or do they want to get out? Any hint?

Ramesh Nair

executive
#34

One thing is -- one good thing is we share a very strong relationship with these tenants, and they were one of the earliest entrants into our parks. We are waiting and watching. We are also very closely looking at who are the tenants in our portfolio of 210 tenants who have less than 30% attendance in our park. The attendance in our parks is now close to 60%, which is a very healthy number. So we are tracking that and engaging with them more proactively to make sure they are retained in our park.

Unknown Attendee

attendee
#35

Okay. Great. So am I hearing this right that domestic IT players are still in a better position than the global IT guys?

Ramesh Nair

executive
#36

See, the thing is our parks are quite cost-effective. So there's a good -- and you know that all the IT companies spend at least INR 3,000, INR 4,000, INR 6,000 on their interiors, which is sometimes more than the money we spend on building the building. So that thing is there. And obviously, if the business goes down, some of them may go out. But given that the leasing market is reasonably robust, we would fill it up fast.

Operator

operator
#37

The next question is from the line of Satinder Singh Bedi from Eon Infotech Limited.

Satinder Singh Bedi

analyst
#38

First, my compliments, Preeti, for the NDCF walkdown clarification. So that block that you've added helps, I think, understand it much better. And thanks for kind of taking this feedback onboard. So has the bottom been turned? So is it a fair assessment to say that in terms of occupancy, we've turned the corner and then occupancy should only look up going forward? As seen from the kind of inquiries that you might be seeing for the space take up against any risks of early exits? That's one question.

Ramesh Nair

executive
#39

Yes. Satinder, if you look at our vacancy, 78% of the vacancy is SEZ. Balance 22% is non-SEZ. And out of this 78%, close to 85% is floor-wise. So which means if the government de-notification rules come back, it makes our life easier. It's tough to predict if that's the bottom. But on the positive side, when we talk to our IPC partners, they truly believe that next year is going to be a better year than this. And we can clearly say that the bottom of attendance, which is probably early, which is maybe 5, 6 quarters back, and attendance every quarter has been blinding since Jan of 2022, so which is again positive. So a lot of demand, which we are seeing right now is coming from companies who thought their employees won't come back. And suddenly, employees started coming back and they have no space. So they are in need to close the deal. There are some deals where clients are coming and saying, "Can we close it in the next 2 to 3 months also because of certain pent-up employees coming back and the company hasn't planned for it. So I think bottom from an attendance is definitely there. But from an occupancy point of view, tough to comment right now.

Satinder Singh Bedi

analyst
#40

Okay, okay. And on this -- you talked about the physical attendance. So what's the physical attendance at our Hyderabad and Pune projects? And how do we measure it? Because there seems to be a lot of subjectivity. So some people look at physical attendance as coming one day of week. So how do we measure -- what is it for our Hyderabad -- Bombay, we understand will be high, but for Hyderabad and Pune, and how do we measure this?

Ramesh Nair

executive
#41

So I just got the numbers overall from the team yesterday. And the overall park -- all the parks put together is around 59% is their attendance. And in Madhapur, it's 55%, which is very close to the all-India attendance average for us.

Satinder Singh Bedi

analyst
#42

Okay. And what about Pune?

Ramesh Nair

executive
#43

Pune is -- Gera Commerzone is very high. It's 87%. And in other parks, again, it's quite high. Pune has done well. So 87%, Gera Commerzone, which is our biggest project in Pune.

Satinder Singh Bedi

analyst
#44

Okay. And how do we measure it, sir? So when we say it is, let's say, 87% or 55%, how do we measure it, okay?

Preeti Chheda

executive
#45

So we broadly -- we are in constant touch with the admin teams of each of these tenants. And we reach out to them to understand the occupancy at each of them. And besides, of course, we also keep a track of the ins and outs of the park. So we try to match the data and figure out what these occupancy levels are.

Satinder Singh Bedi

analyst
#46

Okay, okay, okay. And Preeti you say, our NOI this quarter was INR 34 crores higher than the NOI for the immediately preceding quarter, okay? While the flow-through to the NDCF has not been there, okay? So what we attribute this to?

Preeti Chheda

executive
#47

Yes. So 2 reasons for that. In the last quarter, we had about INR 15 crores, INR 20 crores of tax refund, which is not there this quarter. And then, of course, as I said, working capital movements keep changing quarter-on-quarter. So we've had a negative working capital of about INR 15 crores this time besides the fit out amount, which is also seen in that line. So I would say about INR 15 crores -- and the tax refund and INR 15 crores in working capital, both put together around INR 30 crores. So that's the reason why we're now seeing that INR 35 crores translating to a similar increase in the NDCF.

Satinder Singh Bedi

analyst
#48

The working capital, I thought, was getting funded out of the new debt drawdown. Because the new debt drawdown almost equals the CapEx plus the working capital changes. So I thought the working capital is getting funded out of the excess of debt drawdown over the CapEx.

Preeti Chheda

executive
#49

So you also have items -- you have to go a little below that because there are also items like your finance costs, which is not on construction. So that also gets funded out of overall funds for operations. So when we're looking at the funds from operations, where working capital is a part of AFFO, there are also needs to fund even the interest cost, which is besides the interest cost that gets capitalized. So if you account for that, then you'll not be left with anything beyond what we've discussed.

Satinder Singh Bedi

analyst
#50

Okay, okay. One last question. So Mr. Nair, what are the key 2, 3 concerns that you have at this point in time now that you have greater visibility on demand and physical attendance? So what are the key 2, 3 concerns that you would have as the leader of REIT?

Ramesh Nair

executive
#51

Instead of calling it concerns, I'll call it opportunities. I was working on a 25-point plan on what we can do in all the 10 parks. I put these 25 points into ChatGPT and asked that to summarize that in one line. And it said, lease rapidly, fill swiftly, manage smartly and comply fully. So that's going to be our motto going forward. So there are lots of opportunities. We need to finish buildings faster. We need to lease rapidly. There is competition. We need to manage smartly in terms of giving the right tenant experience, how can we give the kind of tenant experience which people get when they walk into a hotel. So those are the kind of things I want to focus on. And obviously, be #1 in compliance, like we have always been.

Operator

operator
#52

The next question is from the line of Kunal from Bank of America.

Kunal Tayal

analyst
#53

One question from me. Assuming that after de-notification, the leasing of SEZ assets picks up, I was just wondering what that might do to your realized centers. Would it be fair to assume that after de-notification, the SEZ assets would command a market trend as well? Or given the amount of supply that could potentially be available for the prospects, they might still continue to command a discount versus some of the other normal assets?

Ramesh Nair

executive
#54

Kunal, great question. Our parks are definitely the premium business parks in those respective cities. The other good point is Airoli, where we have a lot of SEZ vacancy. We are probably the only SEZ vacancy there. There's only one nearby park to us. That vacancy is also SEZ park next to us, which is quite limited. So we believe the SEZ vacancy, there will be in our parks. In Hyderabad, obviously, we are the best business park in the city. And in Bombay, there is not much of supply hanging around that. So that's not a big worry at this time.

Operator

operator
#55

The next question is from the line of Srinivas from PGIM India AMC.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#56

Ramesh, my question is on the office space. Given the current muted demand for the office space, are you seeing any changes in the supply dynamics across your key markets, especially in Hyderabad?

Ramesh Nair

executive
#57

It's a good question. Hyderabad, there are 2 parts of the market. So one is the Madhapur site and the other is the Gachibowli side. Luckily, our park is in the Madhapur side where vacancy levels are much lower compared to the other side. Looking at the JLL data, we can see in spite of -- I'm looking at the all-India numbers that of top 7 cities, vacancy is just marginally gone up. There's some good quality supply coming up. But today, if you look at all the markets, the ability to fund a commercial building and take it to completion, not too many people have in the country today. Maybe that number has dropped significantly post-COVID given that the financing environment also has not been that great for commercial developers. And I think that's definitely an area where we score much higher than our competition. But given our ability, we are probably the most financially sound commercial developer in the country. So I think these are -- and all the learnings of having been in the business for so many years, we are kind of implementing it. Our parks today in terms of amenities, and when you get time, Srini, you should come and see some of our parks. So previously, people would give things like convenience stores, salons, creches, bank ATMs. Those are the kind of typical things which was there -- or gymnasiums. Today, we are pushing the boundaries, whether it's jogging tracks, cycling tracks, cricket nets. There's so much of amenities, so much of experiential retail which we are giving, thinking of even opening some pet clinics in some places, physiotherapy clinics, a lot of recreational -- a lot of restaurants at different price categories, cafeterias, food courts, expanding our food courts. So I think all these would be the differentiators for us when compared to other parks in those cities.

Operator

operator
#58

Thank you so much. As there are no further questions, on behalf of Mindspace Business Park REIT, that concludes this conference. Thank you for joining us, and you may now disconnect your lines. Thank you, everybody.

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