India’s REIT Opportunity with Amit Shetty on Commercial Real Estate and GCC Growth | Paisa Vaisa

India’s REIT Opportunity with Amit Shetty on Commercial Real Estate and GCC Growth | Paisa Vaisa

August 16, 2026 · 41 min · Season 1 · Episode 580

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Amit Shetty discusses the growth of India's REIT market and the commercial real estate opportunities it presents.

India’s REIT market is growing, but how should investors actually understand the opportunity? On this episode of Paisa Vaisa, host Anupam Gupta speaks with Amit Shetty, Chief Executive Officer of Embassy Office Parks REIT, about the evolution of REITs in India and the forces driving the country’s commercial real estate market. Amit explains how REITs generate and distribute income to unitholders, why metrics such as occupancy, DPU, NAV and lease tenure matter, and what investors should evaluate before adding REITs to their portfolios. The conversation also looks at the rise of Global Capability Centres or GCCs, their growing demand for Grade A office space, and why Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai and other major markets continue to attract global companies. Amit discusses rising office demand, rental growth, capital allocation, debt, acquisitions and Embassy REIT’s own expansion journey. They also explore the larger Indian REIT ecosystem, which Amit says has distributed around ₹31,000 crore to unitholders, and why awareness and participation in the asset class still have considerable room to grow. For anyone interested in REIT investing, commercial real estate…

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Host: Anupam Gupta

Guest: Amit Shetty

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Organizations: Embassy Office Parks REIT

Places: India, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai

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