Source: Business Standard ( https://bit.ly/4dMXcPR )

India is quickly becoming a favourite spot for foreign investors who want to put their money into land and development projects. In fact, it’s ranked third globally for such investments in 2024, according to a report by Colliers.

Most of this foreign money is going into India’s industrial and warehousing sectors—about 70% of all foreign real estate investments in India are focused on these areas. This is happening because there’s a growing demand from companies that handle logistics (like those delivering goods for e-commerce platforms) and from manufacturers who are expanding in key industrial zones.

“Foreign investment in India’s industrial and warehousing sector has been gaining momentum recently,” said Piyush Gupta, Managing Director of Capital Markets & Investment Services at Colliers India. “Investor affinity is being driven by rising demand from 3PL (third-party logistics) and e-commerce players, as well as the strengthening of manufacturing capabilities across key industrial corridors.”

Besides India, the Asia Pacific region is home to four of the top ten global cross-border capital sources in 2024, including Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, and China. Japan and China also feature prominently as global destinations for standing assets, while Australia is another APAC country that made it to the top ten list of destinations for global capital, according to Colliers’ Global Capital Flows Report for the first half of the year.