News Letter

Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry.

06 Feb, 2023
Sonepat

Demand for industrial, warehousing, data centres set to grow along KMP Expressway

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating the 83.3-km-long section of the Western Peripheral Expressway or the KMP Expressway from Kundli to Manesar, the entire Ring Expressway panning over 200 km around Delhi is now ready.

Real estate experts are of the view that this ‘infra loop’ is a ‘game changer’ and is expected to give a fillip to the realty market along the belt as the new infrastructure would lead to enhanced demand for industrial, warehousing lands and setting up of data centres.

Industrial development in NCR attracts several support facilities like warehouses, transshipment hubs and logistic hubs. The demand for the warehouses and other allied activities is poised to grow with the KMP Expressway now operational, say experts.

It must be noted here that the Haryana government has already announced that it has plans to develop five new cities spread over an area of 25,000 hectares along both sides of the 185-km KMP and 50-km KGP. Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar had said on October 26 that these cities of 5,000 hectares each will be developed as industrial, economic and commercial corridors. Residential development would also be part of the plan, he had said.

"The draft plan for the five new cities to be developed along 185 km Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) and the 50 km area along Kundli-Ghaziabad-Palwal (KGP) that falls in Haryana is ready. A massive industrial, commercial and residential corridor along two km on either side is planned. As many as 25,000 hectares are expected to come up for development. The area would be bigger than Delhi," he had said in October.

"Now Sonepat-Kundli is well connected to Manesar and Gurgaon industrial belt. Even the airport is an easy drive away. We expect an immediate fillip to the real estate market in Sonepat-Kundli. A lot of people will find it easy to live here and commute to Gurgaon. There is a huge increase demand for industrial and warehousing lands as well. We expect the prices to rise by 15-20 percent in the short term and more importantly rise in actual inhabitation in this belt,” says Pankaj Bajaj, president, CREDAI-NCR.

According to Gaurav Jain, Vice President, NAREDCO, the increased accessibility to the expressway will have a positive impact on the Kundli-Sonepat region. There will be increased warehousing and industrial activity along the belt with Palwal and Kundli at an advantage in term of land values.

Investors would be scouting for big parcels of land that are over 100 acres for setting up warehousing facilities. This will be a game changer for this area, he adds.

“With KMP Expressway, apart from industrial and economic development there would be surplus investment opportunities in the region,” says Kamal Taneja, MD, TDI Infracorp.

Land parcels close to Haryana and Delhi to see industrial growth

Sector experts are of the view that land parcels facing Rajasthan, Delhi and Haryana will see industrial growth. Under the industrial segment, activities that will see a rise include warehousing – open, regular and storage and data centers on the IT side of the business.

Several foreign investors have already started showing interest in this location, so have private equity funds. Investors would typically want to invest in a market which is relatively slow. Having said that, there would be some fence sitters who would negotiate terms and wait until elections before transacting, says an industry expert.

Enquire Now