Commercial Real Estate
Acquisition and disposal of commercial property. Office towers, retail, warehousing, land banking and income-yielding assets across India and the principal overseas markets Indian families buy in.
The principle
Most families come to commercial property after they have already bought the house they wanted. The second purchase is a different exercise entirely. A home is judged on whether you want to live in it. A commercial asset is judged on what it yields, who the tenant is, how long the lease runs, and what it will be worth to the next buyer.
We work on the second kind. That means the questions we ask first are unglamorous. Who occupies it, on what terms, and what happens when that lease ends. Whether the title is clean and the approvals are actually in place rather than merely applied for. What the asset costs to hold, not just to buy.
For NRI buyers there is a further layer, because the route the money takes in determines the route it can take out. That is worth settling before an offer is made rather than after.
What we arrange
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Yield, capital appreciation, or a use you have in mind for the asset yourself. These pull in different directions and an asset optimised for one is rarely optimal for another. We would rather spend an hour on this than send you twenty listings that share nothing but a price band.
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A meaningful share of serious commercial transactions in India never reaches a portal. Owners of income-producing assets do not advertise, because advertising signals a need to sell and weakens the price. Off-market sourcing is most of the work.
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Title chain and encumbrance search, approval and occupancy certificate verification, tenant and lease review, physical condition survey, and confirmation of RERA registration where the project falls within it. We would rather kill a deal at this stage than have you discover the problem as an owner.
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How the asset is held changes what you pay on the way in, what you pay while holding, and what you pay on exit. Individual, company, LLP, trust or fund route each behave differently. For NRI buyers, we coordinate the repatriation position with your chartered accountant before funds move, not after.
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The same work in reverse, and the preparation matters more to the final price than the marketing does. A clean title file, current approvals, a tenant schedule that answers questions before they are asked. Where you hold something you would sell at the right number, tell us and we will look for that buyer quietly rather than list the asset and let the market learn you are selling.
The Beckon standard
Questions, answered once
Yes. An NRI or OCI cardholder may acquire commercial and residential immovable property in India without RBI approval. The restriction is on agricultural land, plantation property and farmhouses, which cannot be purchased, though they can be inherited. The detail that matters more is how the purchase is funded, because repatriation of sale proceeds later depends on it.
In our experience, title defects and approval gaps, in that order. A building can be occupied, generating rent, and still have an incomplete title chain or an occupancy certificate that was never issued. Both are discoverable before you commit and very expensive afterwards.
Yes, principally Dubai, London and Singapore, which is where most Indian families look first. Note that an individual's remittance abroad is subject to the Reserve Bank of India's Liberalised Remittance Scheme, which permits up to 250,000 US dollars per financial year for eligible purposes. Larger acquisitions need a structure, and that structure should be settled before a property is chosen.
Yes. We earn nothing on the transaction value, so there is no version of this where we are quietly hoping you proceed.
Yes, and often without the asset ever appearing on a portal. A quiet approach to a small number of credible buyers protects the price in a way an open listing does not, because a listing tells everyone you want out. Tell us what you hold and the number you would take.
By call, message or WhatsApp to your concierge. There is no form, no ticket number and no queue. One line is enough to begin.
Beckon is Rs. 4,00,000 annually with a Rs. 1,00,000 joining fee, exclusive of GST. Beckon Black is by invitation only. Service costs are billed separately at actuals, with no commissions and no markups.
No. Vendor and supplier invoices are passed to you exactly as received. Beckon is paid by your membership, which is why our recommendation is never for sale.
Beckon members are supported from ten in the morning to ten at night, seven days a week. Beckon Black members have a named relationship manager available at every hour.
Every request is held by a single named concierge. Details are not circulated internally, staff are bound by confidentiality undertakings, and Beckon signs a non disclosure agreement with any member who asks.
No. Membership is limited instead. We keep the house small so that no concierge is ever carrying more than they can hold properly.
Yes. Our members live and travel across London, Dubai, Singapore, Zurich, New York and the Mediterranean, and we hold relationships in each.
Through introduction by an existing member, or through an application read personally by our secretary. Every applicant meets us before an invitation is extended.
A private conversation
A line, a call or a message is enough. Your concierge will ask what is necessary and take the rest from there.
Speak to BeckonService costs are billed separately at actuals. No commissions, no markups.