1. At a Glance – The Elevator Pitch That Actually Uses the Elevator
Mindspace Business Parks REIT is what happens when boring office buildings quietly start printing cash while Twitter argues about meme stocks. As of Q2 FY26, the REIT sits on a Gross Asset Value (GAV) of ₹410.2 billion, a NAV of ₹483.7 per unit (up 12% vs Mar 2025), and a portfolio that’s 91.2% market value-complete with a WALE of 7.4 years. Occupancy is doing yoga—flexible but strong—across key markets, and re-leasing spreads of 28.1% suggest tenants are paying up to stay.
At a ₹491 unit price, the market cap is about ₹39,007 crore, dividend yield clocks ~3.27%, and OPM north of 74% reminds you why REITs exist. Debt? AAA-rated, LTV 24.2%, cost 7.52% p.a., and maturities nicely laddered. Leasing momentum is real: 0.8 msf in Q2 FY26, 2.6 msf in H1 FY26, with 35% to GCCs—because India’s back offices now have front-office confidence.
Bottom line: this is not a story stock. It’s a rent machine with visible cash flows, improving rents, and disciplined balance sheet management. The only drama here is whether rents keep jogging or start sprinting.
2. Introduction – Office Space, But Make It Sexy
Office real estate in India was declared “dead” roughly 47 times between 2020 and 2022. Then employees returned, GCCs expanded, and suddenly everyone wanted Grade-A campuses with coffee machines that don’t judge you. Enter Mindspace REIT—sponsored by K Raheja Corp Group, a name that doesn’t need LinkedIn validation.
Mindspace’s edge isn’t just location; it’s portfolio composition. Four core markets—Hyderabad, Mumbai Region, Pune, Chennai—with 38.2 msf TLA, of which 31 msf is completed. These aren’t random buildings; they’re campuses where tenants actually renew leases instead of rage-quitting. And renew they did—at double-digit mark-to-market.
The REIT structure forces discipline: distribute cash, don’t hoard it; disclose everything, don’t hand-wave. For investors, that means predictable distributions and fewer “trust us bro” moments. In Q2 FY26, NOI jumped to ~₹634 crore from ~₹504 crore
YoY, driven by rental growth, escalations, and acquisitions. That’s not financial engineering—that’s operational execution.
So the real question isn’t “Is office real estate back?” It’s “Who owns the best offices?” And on that leaderboard, Mindspace is sitting comfortably, sipping cappuccino at ₹74 psf/month in-place rent, watching spreads widen.
3. Business Model – WTF Do They Even Do?
Simple version: They rent offices. Complicated version: They curate cash flows.
Mindspace acquires, owns, operates, and leases Grade-A commercial real estate—business parks, independent offices, and now data centers—and distributes most of the cash to unitholders. Revenue is rent. Costs are maintenance, interest, and depreciation. The magic is in leasing spreads, escalations, and capital recycling.
Key levers:
- In-place rent vs market rent: When leases expire, Mindspace re-lets at higher rates. Q2 FY26 re-leasing spread: 28.1%.
- Escalations: Built-in rent hikes—8.5% escalations achieved over 4.9 msf since Q2 FY25.
- Occupancy management: Keep buildings full without panic discounts.
- Acquisitions: Buy accretive assets like The Square 110 Financial District (Hyderabad).
- Cost of debt: Keep it low and fixed-ish. AAA rating helps.
Tenants? 270 of them, with 73.9% rentals from foreign MNCs and 40.4% from Fortune 500 companies. Translation: rent cheques don’t bounce; they arrive with PowerPoint decks.
If you’re expecting moonshots, look elsewhere. If you like predictable rent growth with occasional upside surprises,
