Brookfield India Real Estate Trust reported net operating income of ₹485.8 crore in Q2 of FY25, up 40 per cent on year, while operating lease rentals rose 55 per cent to ₹425.7 crore, led by higher leasing volume and spreads.
The operational leases saw an increase of Rs 34 crore due to same store new leasing, contractual escalations and Rs 117.6 crore from new acquisitions. Revenue from operations rose 47.5 per cent on year to Rs 590 crore, buoyed by higher store occupancy and the acquisitions.
The REIT will distribute ₹4.6 per unit for the quarter with the dividend component at 11 per cent of the total payout.
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In the quarter under review Brookfield REIT gross leased 1 million square feet with a spread of 19 per cent driven by a strong revival in SEZ demand, it said. Of the total 7,00,000 square feet was new leasing and two-thirds of the space leased was in the SEZ area.
Same-store NOI increased 18 per cent on year, an indicator of resilience on the office sector.
Committed occupancy in the quarter also increased to 85 per cent, up 500 bps over the last 12 months. The REIT said it expected occupancy to reach 87-89 per cent by the end of the current fiscal backed by strong leasing momentum and NPA conversions.It has 1.3 million square feet of SEZ area under conversion and by March next year it expects to have 2.2 msf of NPA pipeline.
It expects recovery in leasing to drive 14 per cent growth in NOI and 27 per cent growth in payouts.