India's REIT Market Shatters Rs 1 Lakh Crore Barrier

The Indian Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) market has reached a landmark moment as the combined market capitalisation of all four publicly listed REITs crossed Rs 1 lakh crore as of July 30, 2025. This milestone underscores the sector’s rapid growth and its increasing prominence within India’s financial landscape.

 

The four listed REITs driving this achievement are Brookfield India Real Estate Trust, Embassy Office Parks REIT, Mindspace Business Parks REIT, and Nexus Select Trust. Their collective strength reflects strong investor confidence, spanning institutional and retail participants, in India’s formal commercial real estate sector.

 

This breakthrough highlights not only the market’s expanding depth and liquidity but also the evolving appeal of REITs as a preferred investment option for those seeking steady, income-generating assets. Industry experts point to a combination of sustained investor interest, robust occupancy rates across underlying properties, consistent income distributions to unitholders, and supportive regulatory reforms as key factors behind this impressive growth.

 

Since their debut in India in 2019, REITs have transformed how investors access commercial real estate by offering a transparent, regulated, and liquid investment vehicle. They now stand as a mainstream asset class in Indian capital markets, providing a compelling alternative to traditional investments.

 

Alok Aggarwal, Managing Director and CEO of Brookfield India Real Estate Trust and Chairman of the Indian REITs Association, remarked, “We welcome this significant milestone as evidence of the sector’s resilience, maturity, and potential. This fiscal year has commenced strongly, driven by robust leasing momentum, high occupancy levels, and sustained growth in distributions for the sector. This positive start positions us well for another successful year”.

 

Aggarwal further noted that the scaling up of REITs and their attraction of long-term capital is expected to deepen market liquidity, benefiting issuers through better access to capital and investors through increased trading volumes and narrower bid-ask spreads.

 

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According to Q4 FY25 figures, India’s REIT market manages gross Assets Under Management (AUM) exceeding Rs 1.63 lakh crore. The four REITs operate over 128 million square feet of Grade A office and retail real estate across major urban centers in the country. Since inception, they have cumulatively distributed more than Rs 22,800 crore to unitholders, highlighting their growing popularity among diverse investor classes.

 

The Indian REITs Association (IRA), a non-profit industry body supported by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the Ministry of Finance, was founded by the four listed REITs to promote and support the sector’s growth.

 

This milestone firmly establishes REITs as a vital and dynamic component of India’s investment ecosystem, poised for further expansion as the country’s commercial real estate market continues to evolve.