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Q4 24/25

Apr 30, 2025

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, good day and welcome to the Mindspace REIT conference call, hosted by. As a reminder, all participant lines will be in listen-only mode, and there will be an opportunity for you to ask questions after the presentation concludes. Should you need assistance during the conference call, please signal an operator by pressing star then zero on your touch-tone phone. Please note that this conference is being recorded. I now hand the conference over to Mr. Nitin Garewal. Thank you, and over to you, sir.

Nitin Garewal
Head of Investor Relations, Mindspace Business Parks REIT

Good evening, everyone, and thank you for joining the quarter four and full year earnings call of financial year ending 2025 of Mindspace Business Parks REIT. At this point, we would like to highlight that the management may make certain statements that may be forward-looking in nature. Please be advised that our actual results may differ materially from these statements. We do not guarantee these statements or results and are not obliged to update them at any point of time. I would now like to welcome our CEO, Ramesh Nair, and CFO, Preeti Chheda, who will take you through the business update and the financial performance during the quarter and the financial year. We will then open the call to Q&A. I'll now hand over the call to Ramesh.

Ramesh Nair
CEO, Mindspace Business Parks REIT

Thank you, Nitin. Good evening, everyone, and thank you for being with us on the call today. We are delighted to share that we have had an exceptionally strong quarter and also a great full year performance. Our robust financial and operational performance reflects the ongoing growth and stability of India's commercial real estate sector. Let me start with an overview and outlook. Despite some of the global geopolitical challenges, we are confident about India's long-term growth. The fantastic leasing momentum, what we saw again the first quarter of calendar year this year, is expected to continue. This is obviously being led by GCCs, technologies, BFSI demand across the top six cities, and the increased focus for sustainable grade A assets with institutional developers. We truly believe that vacancy rates are expected to further tighten, which will lead to steady rental growth in the top key markets.

FY25 has been a truly historic year for Mindspace REIT. It marks our strongest performance since listing. We recorded a gross leasing of 7.6 million sq ft, including pre-leasing, the highest in a financial year. We also pre-leased 3.6 million sq ft of space during the year. This led to our committed occupancy increasing to 93%. We continue to see strong forward demand for our high-quality office assets under development. We've achieved a re-leasing spread of 22.8% for FY25 on 3.6 million sq ft of area re-let. Net operating income rose by 9% year-on-year to INR 2,062 crore. Distributions for FY25 stood at INR 1,312 crore, a growth of 15.5%. This momentum shows the strength of our assets, tenant relationships, and leasing efforts. Finally, we focus on acquisitions and development. We concluded 2.1 million sq ft of acquisitions in Q4. This strengthens our position in a dynamic business environment.

At Mindspace REIT, we are focused on building resilience into every part of our business. We are making sure that we not only handle current uncertainties but also position ourselves to seize new opportunities. Our strategy is very simple: lease rapidly, build swiftly, manage smartly, and comply fully. We stay guided by a North Star, which is to build loved workspaces while maximizing value. On the market front, I'd like to share highlights on the Indian office market from some of the IPC reports. JLL report stated that the gross leasing touched 19.46 million sq ft, which is a 28% year-on-year increase. It also stated that domestic occupiers leased a record 8.8 million sq ft, driving strong activity. As per the CBRE report, global capability centers are projected to account for nearly 40% of 2025 absorption.

As per Cushman & Wakefield report, Mumbai clocked an all-time high of 4.3 million sq ft leasing in Q1, led by BFSI. On Pune's leasing volume, it tripled year-on-year to 3.5 million sq ft, a historic high. It also pointed that Hyderabad had a post-pandemic high of 2.6 million sq ft gross leasing. The report also highlighted that Mumbai rents rose 10% quarter on quarter, and Hyderabad saw the highest rental growth. The Knight Frank report highlights that IT firms doubled their share to 19% of total transactions, and the overall vacancy dropped 60 basis points to 16.1%, with top micro markets below 5%. On the key announcements for quarter four of FY25, this quarter has been incredible for us. We delivered our highest ever quarterly gross leasing since listing of 2.8 million sq ft.

We closed a very large pre-lease with a global GCC for 1.5 million sq ft in our B1 building in Mindspace, Madhapur. We concluded the Hyderabad ROFO transaction, taking our portfolio in Madhapur to 15.5 million sq ft. Our market position remains strong, with 7 out of 10 parks maintaining occupancy rates of more than 97%. We achieved a re-leasing spread of 17.4% for quarter four FY25, 1.1 million sq ft of area re-let. We delivered a robust distribution of INR 392 crore, up 39% year-on-year. We grew our occupancy by 1.5% to 93%. We also delivered a very healthy NOI growth of 13% in the last quarter. Our R2 building at Gera Commerzone , Kharadi in Pune, spread across 1 million sq ft, has received OC. It's been added to our completed portfolio, and it's already fully leased, like I mentioned in the last call, to an MNC GCC.

Mindspace Fusion, our high-street retail offering at Mindspace, Airoli East, is set to become operational in Q1 FY 2026. On the portfolio growth front, as you're aware, we are looking to grow our portfolio through acquisitions as well. We successfully completed our first ROFO transaction. We acquired 100% equity shareholding in Sustain Properties Private Limited. This houses 1.8 million sq ft at Commerzone , Raidurg, Hyderabad. We also concluded a strategic acquisition of 260,000 sq ft in Mindspace, Madhapur, Hyderabad. This helped us consolidate our ownership within the same business park. We're also evaluating another potential third-party acquisition opportunity in Hyderabad. Currently, final stages of due diligence are underway. On the REIT development update, we remain on track towards our development pipeline. We're executing a large-scale strategic upgrade program across our portfolio. This is aimed at asset valuation increase and improving the tenant experience.

This is all based on feedback received from tenants through surveys, technical checks, market insights. We are also putting in investments to future-proof our assets, retain tenants, and drive leasing. We are working with consultants like CBRE, UL, Colliers, along with internal cross-functional teams. Last year, we also engaged CBRE and JLL to benchmark industry best practices for upgrades and what more can we provide in our parks. We are upgrading facades, lifts, lobbies, and many more things for a better experience for our existing tenants. On each of our projects at Mindspace, Airoli East, like I mentioned, we are set to launch Mindspace Fusion, which is a vibrant food hub with 35-plus retail outlets and three kiosks. This will feature many popular brands like Pizza Express, Starbucks, Radio Bar, to name a few.

It is designed to energize not just the business park in Airoli; both are business parks, but also helps the entire wider micro market of Navi Mumbai. At Mindspace, Airoli West, as I mentioned earlier, we now have two operational data centers, with three more at the design stage. Once completed, the total data center footprint will reach 1.7 million sq ft. We are India's only REIT with a robust data center portfolio. In Mindspace, Madhapur, the Pearl Club, our upcoming experience center and club, is progressing very well and will be delivered in the next few months. Redevelopment of buildings B1 and B8 are on track for delivery in Q1 FY27 and Q4 FY27, respectively. As I mentioned, B1 is already 100% pre-leased. Park upgrades are underway in a phased manner in Hyderabad to enhance overall experience and infrastructure.

At Gera Commerzone , Kharadi, we are gearing to launch a multipurpose zone, which we are calling Revive. This will house facilities like gyms, meeting rooms, sleeping pods, indoor sports, to name a few. At Gera Commerzone , our upgrade has already started in Building 7. We are redesigning external common areas with upgraded features for a more engaging experience for our tenants and their employees. On the customer-centricity front, coming to asset management and tenant-centric initiatives, we have fantastic asset management and tenant relations teams. We have been adding F&B outlets, pharmacies, and stores for greater convenience. We also hosted a Table Talks event in Pune, bringing together HR heads, first of its kind, where we heard from HR heads what more is required to understand from an evolving workforce. We also established an ESG advisory committee at Commerz one, Kharadi, for client participation.

This will soon be replicated across other locations. We've been training many employees on handling cardiac emergencies across all our parks. This is, again, in response to client feedback on growing health awareness. We introduced our hotelization initiatives to enhance tenant satisfaction. We launched initiatives to deliver premium hospitality-like experiences. This includes revamped lobbies, centralized help desks, specialized training for frontline staff, again, to name a few. We also hosted our first Mindspace REIT Run, organized by our marketing team. This is our flagship marathon IP. We organized two marathons, one in Hyderabad and one in Navi Mumbai. This saw more than 7,500 runners from both tenants, our employees, and external audiences participating. To ensure client convenience, we have enhanced focus on design and space planning. Lobbies are being redesigned as extended breakout spaces. We are including a lot more indoor games, coworking cafes, and a lot more biophilic elements.

Interactive digital signages have been installed across the parks, which are also being integrated with our Mindspace App. To conclude, let me address some of the concerns which, over the last few quarters, were highlighted and how they have been addressed. Vacant and SEZ spaces used to be a concern, but today, 57% of our NPA converted areas have been successfully leased. There were concerns around political changes in Telangana a couple of years back. The ones perceived as a challenge. Today, Hyderabad clearly rivals Bangalore as India's top IT destination. In conclusion, we delivered robust distribution growth for quarter, which stood at 39% year-on-year. We have also delivered the highest-ever gross leasing in a quarter of 2.8 million sq ft since listing. Alongside, we have also delivered the highest-ever gross leasing in a financial year of 7.6 million sq ft since listing.

We pre-leased an entire 1.5 million sq ft of one of the buildings which have been redeveloped in Mindspace, Madhapur. The committed occupancy of our portfolio is up 1.5% to 93%, and our Q4 NOI grew by 13% to INR 5.4 billion. Our net asset value of the portfolio is also up 10% to INR 431 per unit. Our portfolio continues to expand with new developments and acquisitions through ROFO and third-party opportunities. At Mindspace REIT, we continue to build loved workspaces and maximize value. Thank you all for your time. I'll now hand it over to Preeti for further financial updates of the quarter.

Preeti Chheda
CFO, Mindspace Business Parks REIT

Thank you, Ramesh. Good evening, everyone. I'm pleased to present the financial results for the quarter and financial year ended 31st March 2025. We delivered a quarter of very robust operating and financial performance. On the financial performance, our NOI for Q4 FY25 grew a healthy 13.2% year-on-year to take it to INR 5.4 billion and almost 9% for the full year to take it to INR 20.6 billion. Revenue from operations for Q4 FY25 increased by 14% year-on-year to INR 6.8 billion, while full-year revenue grew 9% to INR 25.6 billion. As we had guided, we have delivered a healthy distribution growth of 15.5% for FY25, and more particularly for Q4 FY25, our distributions grew 38.7% year-on-year, led by growth in revenue from operations, positive working capital movement, and a one-off tax refund.

In aggregate, for FY25, we distributed around INR 13.1 billion, which translates to INR 21.95 per unit. As Ramesh mentioned, during the quarter, we completed our first ROFO acquisition of 1.8 million sq ft at Commerzone , Raidurg, Hyderabad, which is now 100% leased as of March 2025. We have also completed acquisition of 0.26 million sq ft from a third party in Mindspace, Madhapur, to consolidate our ownership at the park. The gross asset value of our portfolio increased 17% from September 2024 to INR 366 billion. The acquisition that I just mentioned added about INR 25 billion to the GAV. NAV of our portfolio also grew by a healthy 10% from INR 392.6 per unit at September 2024 to INR 431.7 per unit at March 2025.

This strong growth was driven, amongst others, by, one, rental increases across micro markets, particularly Madhapur, Hyderabad, where the recent transactions have demonstrated a significant growth in rentals; two, accretion from acquisitions that we concluded in Q4 FY 2025; three, building completions of almost 1.3 million sq ft across our portfolio. All these factors have contributed to the increase in NAV per unit that I spoke of. Our loan-to-value ratio at March 2025 remains healthy at 25.3%, offering us enough headroom for future acquisitions and also expansion within the portfolio. If you exclude the impact of ROFO acquisition, the LTV was at 21.8% on a like-to-like basis. Our cost of debt increased by 8 basis points to 8.15% at March 2025. This was mainly on account of the relatively higher cost of debt of the ROFO asset, which we recently acquired.

We have already refinanced part of the debt of the ROFO asset post the year-end, achieving almost 1% reduction in the interest cost for the portion that we refinanced. We shall refinance the balance in the next few months. We expect this and the reduction in policy rates to help reduce the cost of debt for our portfolio in the coming quarters. We have already seen a significant reduction of almost 50 basis points in the cost of debt over the previous quarter for the new financing transactions that are in the pipeline. Our Pocharam asset divestment process is underway. We have received interest from a few potential prospects and are in discussion with a few others. Over the next few weeks, we shall conclude the discussion and decide on the next steps with our board.

With improving occupancies across the portfolio, strong rental growth across the micro markets that we are presenting, completion of projects which are currently under construction, with some of them already pre-let, and reduction in interest rates, we are well positioned for yet another year of healthy financial performance. With this, I hand over the call to the operator to open the floor for questions. Thank you.

Operator

Thank you very much. We will now begin the question and answer session. Anyone who wishes to ask a question may press star and one on their touch-tone telephone. If you wish to remove yourself from the question queue, you may press star and two. Participants are requested to use handsets while asking a question. Ladies and gentlemen, we will wait for a moment while the question queue assembles. The first question is from the line of Puneet from HSBC. Please go ahead.

Puneet Gulati
Director of Equity Research, HSBC

Thank you so much, and congratulations on great numbers here. If you can start with a bit more on what you're hearing from the tenants in terms of new leases that they are willing to sign, anything that the global political events are impacting in terms of their thought process, etc., will be very useful.

Ramesh Nair
CEO, Mindspace Business Parks REIT

Puneet, as of now, we haven't had any direct impact on leasing demand, although I think it's an evolving situation, and we are monitoring this very closely.

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, we have lost the connection for the management. Please stay connected while we reconnect them. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, we have the management connection back on call, so please continue.

Ramesh Nair
CEO, Mindspace Business Parks REIT

Thanks, Puneet, for your question. Like I said, we haven't seen any immediate impact on leasing demand, although the situation is an evolving situation, and we are monitoring it very closely. RFPs continue to remain strong. I was looking at the RFP numbers in different cities, and that seems to be close to 27 million sq ft of RFPs. I've known the Hyderabad market since 2002. There was a time I used to be the head of Hyderabad, where we have 43% of our portfolio today. In my previous job, I've never seen a market so vibrant in terms of our 1.7 million sq ft building 8, which is expected to be completed towards the middle of 2027. We are talking of 3x demand from RFPs already for that park.

As I've told before, we don't have too much space coming up in the next two years because we have pre-let R2, we have pre-let DC, we have pre-let B1 in Hyderabad. Pre-leasing is definitely helping us. These are signed, and we see strong inquiries for the next building in Hyderabad. Overall, I feel a drop in interest rates will help all the REITs because of the perceived impact on the economy. A lot of questions have been asked about the positives and negatives of some of these tariffs. So far, we've been hearing of tariffs only on the manufacturing side. We truly believe that any strengthening of the dollar will benefit the software exports and GCCs.

Over the last few years, every time we have seen cost-cutting in the U.S. or cost-cutting impacting IT services growth, most of these companies have bet more on their own GCCs, which is something we saw in 2008, 2012. We saw during COVID. When companies stop spending money on their discretionary, they end up increasing. When they reduce spend on IT, they end up doing their own GCCs. We have seen an inversely proportional correlation there. We hope whatever Trump has been talking in terms of he's able to help on the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, I think that'll definitely help India from a crude oil impact point of view. All numbers, whenever I read a GCC report, every GCC talks of a cost in India versus the Western economy at 20%, of India being just 20% of the cost of the Western economy.

You're talking 80% cost reduction. Let's assume this 20% goes up by another 25%, and we are still at 25% of the overall cost. There is still room there. One trend we have seen is all these AI investments, which people have been talking, will definitely, especially the US companies, will definitely help data centers. I think the way India has handled this entire bilateral trade deal with the US, I think, great job by the government. That's our overall feel. I'm right now looking at the positive side more than the negative side, Puneet.

Puneet Gulati
Director of Equity Research, HSBC

Understood. That's helpful. Secondly, you already touched 93% occupancy. What should one look at as a realistic peak occupancy for your portfolio?

Ramesh Nair
CEO, Mindspace Business Parks REIT

We are hoping this will go to the 95% mark by the end of this financial year. That's going to be the focus. Definitely, we are seeing occupancy grow. We've been able to retain many clients. Out of the 3.2 million sq ft of expiry, which came up, we managed to retain 1.1 million sq ft of tenants. The good news here is out of the 2.1 million sq ft, which was where tenants exited, we already managed to find 1.2 million sq ft of new tenants to release to new tenants. That's a healthy sign that we have great leasing teams, great partnerships to get that space leased. When I look at this 3.2 million sq ft of last year, which was a tough year in terms of expiries, 73% was released.

The expiry for the next two years is, Puneet, only 1.5 million sq ft and 1.4 million sq ft compared to 3.2 million sq ft of last year. Our teams are, anyway, even if this number goes up, given the mark-to-market opportunity, I think our teams are well geared up.

Puneet Gulati
Director of Equity Research, HSBC

Understood. That's very helpful. Secondly, this is for Preeti. You talked about part of the DPU growth attributed to maybe INR 400 million higher taxes compared to previous quarter, but there is also significant working capital push-up. What does that attribute to? Is it deposit, or is there more to it?

Preeti Chheda
CFO, Mindspace Business Parks REIT

Yeah. Puneet, even if you look at the last two quarters, Q2, Q3 also, we've had about INR 50-60 crore of working capital, positive working capital. This time, of course, there has been an incremental because of deposits which we received from our data center leasing. That's one increment. Otherwise, the other two reasons why the distributions are higher, one, of course, the NOI growth of 13% has also translated into distribution growth. That's one contributor. Another INR 35-40 crore has come because of a tax refund for these. One old tax litigation. We've received back the refund which we had paid for together with interest payment. That's another INR 35-40 crore. The balance is positive working capital. All these three put together have helped distribution, particularly for this quarter.

Puneet Gulati
Director of Equity Research, HSBC

Can you talk how much is the deposit from the data centers part?

Preeti Chheda
CFO, Mindspace Business Parks REIT

That's almost closer to INR 50 crore.

Puneet Gulati
Director of Equity Research, HSBC

Okay. That's INR 50 crore. Thank you. Secondly, if you can also talk about how comfortable you are with your loan-to-value and what is the peak loan-to-value that you would ultimately go to when you're almost at 24.5, still lower than the others, but is there a threshold beyond which you would not like to cross?

Preeti Chheda
CFO, Mindspace Business Parks REIT

Yeah. Puneet, we have ever since our listing maintained that we will be comfortable up to 30-35%. If we are getting beyond that, then obviously capital raise is something which we look at very seriously. Today, we are far from reaching that number. We are pretty comfortable with the numbers today. In fact, at 24.3%, we have enough headroom for growth, even third-party acquisition.

Puneet Gulati
Director of Equity Research, HSBC

Lastly, you talked about a 50 basis point reduction in your debt cost from new debts. I see your actual debt cost on a Q1, Q2 basis is actually up by 7-8 basis points. How should one think about that?

Preeti Chheda
CFO, Mindspace Business Parks REIT

Yeah. That is only up because, one, the ROFO asset which we acquired, that came at a very high cost, and we refinanced that after the quarter end. That is contributing about 7-8 basis points because of that. If you keep that out, then our interest cost actually has not really moved up. Obviously, whenever there is reduction in policy rates, banks take longer to transmit those rates. That transmission, honestly, will now keep happening over the next few quarters. We have a couple of refinancings which are coming in this quarter as we talk Q1. Those are the ones which we will be able to refinance at a very attractive cost because today we already are seeing the rates going really 50-60 basis points reduction versus the last quarter, which is a significant interest saving.

Puneet Gulati
Director of Equity Research, HSBC

Understood. What is your floating rate that linked to? Is it MCLR or Repo?

Preeti Chheda
CFO, Mindspace Business Parks REIT

I mean, it's a mix of both. Some of them are Repo-linked, and some of them are MCLR-linked. It's a combination of both. To the extent of Repo, obviously, those transmissions immediately happen. I would say a good amount is linked to MCLR also, where the transmission will take a couple of quarters.

Puneet Gulati
Director of Equity Research, HSBC

Understood. That's very helpful. Thank you so much and all the best.

Preeti Chheda
CFO, Mindspace Business Parks REIT

Thank you.

Operator

Thank you. Before we take the next question, a reminder to all the participants that you may press star and one to ask a question. The next question is from the line of Kunal Tayal from Bank of America. Please go ahead.

Kunal Tayal
Director of Equity Research, Bank of America

Great. Thank you. I have a couple of questions on the financial side. Pretty follow-up on the working capital. Existing out for that INR 50 crore from data center, the working capital improvement still looks very impressive. Is that all in linear proportion to your lease apps? I was wondering if there could be a scenario like because you have completed the Pune asset this quarter, the working capital or the advances for that asset would have sort of flown in Q4 as well.

Preeti Chheda
CFO, Mindspace Business Parks REIT

Okay. So Kunal, it's a combination. One is, of course, all the leasings which have happened, some of those which are in normal course of business, those are not exceptions, which have happened over the last couple of quarters as well. I won't treat them as exceptions. Similarly, we've had some, what do you say, recoveries from a landowner for the construction costs which we incurred for their development. Some of those working capital movements have happened this quarter. If you were to only look at one of these, the larger ones have been the DC, but otherwise, all the others are in normal course.

Kunal Tayal
Director of Equity Research, Bank of America

Got it. Understand. I mean, essentially, what I'm trying to get some color or your viewpoint around is if you're looking at permitted occupancy going from 93% to 95% in the coming fiscal, should we still be looking at a scenario where DPU growth could exceed NOI growth?

Preeti Chheda
CFO, Mindspace Business Parks REIT

I do not want to put a number to that, but I would say your NOI growth in a large extent should translate to DPU growth. That amount of incremental growth in DPU will definitely flow in. As we keep leasing, some of the working capital movements also could help. Obviously, as I said, these are some exits, some positives. All of these are in normal course of business, which can kind of offset each other also. I would say essentially, your NOI growth will translate to your DPU growth now.

Kunal Tayal
Director of Equity Research, Bank of America

Understood. Yeah. That would still be a pretty strong performance after what you've done in FY25. All right. That's it for me. Thank you so much.

Preeti Chheda
CFO, Mindspace Business Parks REIT

All right. Thank you.

Operator

Thank you. A reminder to all the participants that you may press star and one to ask a question. The next question is from the line of Parvez from Nuvama Group. Please go ahead.

Parvez Qazi
Executive Director, Nuvama Group

Hi. Good evening and congratulations for a great set of numbers. First question, you alluded to a target occupancy level of 95% odd. By when do we expect to reach that kind of a number?

Ramesh Nair
CEO, Mindspace Business Parks REIT

We are hoping, Parvez, this will happen same time next year when we are sitting in the April 30th call next year.

Parvez Qazi
Executive Director, Nuvama Group

Sure. In terms of your discussion with tenants, I mean, obviously, the presentation says that GCCs have been a prime driver. Which sectors will these GCCs relate to and which are driving strong leasing demand, especially in Hyderabad?

Ramesh Nair
CEO, Mindspace Business Parks REIT

In Hyderabad, some of the RFPs which we are getting right now, there's a SaaS company looking at 2 million sq ft. There's a global bank who's floated an RFP for 1.4 million sq ft. One of the world's largest companies in the world have floated a 1.2 million sq ft RFP. One of the world's top three companies have floated a 1 million sq ft RFP. Another large American bank has floated a 900,000 sq ft RFP. There's a global telecom major which has floated a 700,000 sq ft RFP. A global asset management company which has floated a 500,000 sq ft RFP. It is a good mixed bag. Like I said, the last 22, 23 years, I've been tracking Hyderabad market. I've never seen this kind of thing. Could be also because of some of the frustrations of Bangalore tenants with regards to the infrastructure challenges in Bangalore.

I've seen the same trend in Chennai. Unfortunately, we don't have space in Chennai. The REIT doesn't have space in Chennai. Both these markets, I think, are benefiting from Bangalore's infrastructure challenges.

Parvez Qazi
Executive Director, Nuvama Group

Sure. Apart from our two assets in Airoli, I mean, most of our other assets are already at 95% or higher occupancy level. The incremental improvement in occupancy obviously has to come from our two Airoli assets. How do we see a leasing pipeline there and what is the kind of target, etc., that we have with regards to occupancy in those assets? Let's say over the next 12 months or so.

Ramesh Nair
CEO, Mindspace Business Parks REIT

In Airoli, our focus is going to be on Indian domestic financial services. We're going to be looking at media, which is a big focus in India, so back offices of Mumbai, back offices of large media companies. We have seen a growing demand in the last couple of quarters from flex players for Airoli, which means flex players are getting more demand from their clients. Healthcare and pharma, Bombay has always been, after Hyderabad, one of the main places where healthcare and pharma companies look at professional services again. These are the three, four sectors. One interesting trend I noticed was back in December 2023, when the demarcation laws came into play, our occupancy in Airoli was at that time 76%. Now that's grown to 84%. We have directly seen that benefiting us. 76% has become approximately 84%.

Parvez Qazi
Executive Director, Nuvama Group

Sure. Last question, what would be our occupancy across SEZ and non-SEZ space now?

Ramesh Nair
CEO, Mindspace Business Parks REIT

Our total vacant space currently is 2.1 million sq ft. SEZ vacancy in this is 800,000 sq ft. Non-SEZ vacant area is 1.3 million sq ft. Our SEZ occupancy today is at 91.7%. Our non-SEZ occupancy is at 91.7%. Our SEZ occupancy is at 94.4%. One good thing which we kind of mastered was the demarcation approval process, where we have already demarcated 2.2 million sq ft. The government has been highly supportive. Today, all the paperwork is done in less than two-three months. Out of this 2.2 million sq ft of demarcated spaces, we have already leased 1.2 million sq ft. It is working in our favor.

Parvez Qazi
Executive Director, Nuvama Group

Sure. Great. Thanks, Ramesh, and all the best.

Ramesh Nair
CEO, Mindspace Business Parks REIT

Thanks, Parvez.

Operator

Thank you. The next question is from the line of Anirudh Jain, who is an individual investor. Please go ahead.

Anirudh Jain
Analyst, Apax Partners

Hi. My question is for Preeti. One, would you be able to share some sensitivity in terms of maybe how 25-50 basis points fall or rise in interest rate affects the net asset value? Secondly, is there any guidance on the tax-exempt portion of the distribution? Is that likely to increase going forward? Thank you so much.

Preeti Chheda
CFO, Mindspace Business Parks REIT

Okay. Let me take your first one, interest rate on valuations. I think that is a view which the valuer has to take in terms of what impact would it have on WACC and cap rates? I think, of course, interest rate is a guiding factor for WACC, but I think cap rate, besides your interest, is also driven by demand-supply dynamics in the market. In the past, also, we've seen that it's not necessary that the cap rates actually behave the same way or in the same direction as interest rates. It's difficult to talk about that, but I would at least say that all these should positively help the GAV NAVs of these portfolios if you're getting into an interest reduction cycle. That's on the first question. On the second question, sorry, what was the second question?

Anirudh Jain
Analyst, Apax Partners

Yeah. Is there, I mean, is there any guidance of whether the tax-exempt portion of the distribution, which is the amortization of debt and dividend, is that likely to increase going forward?

Preeti Chheda
CFO, Mindspace Business Parks REIT

I would say today we are about 55%-60% dividend, another 5%-10% interest on the balances by way of return of capital. I think we will broadly be within this composition level ever since we moved to the new NDCF framework. I would think that will broadly be around these percentages for each category.

Anirudh Jain
Analyst, Apax Partners

Thank you so much.

Preeti Chheda
CFO, Mindspace Business Parks REIT

All right. Thank you.

Operator

Thank you. The next question is from the line of Tanveer, who is an individual investor. Please go ahead.

Yeah. Hi. Thank you. Preeti, I just wanted to check that we have our NOI growth in the higher single digits and our DPU growth in double digits. Is this trend something that is there to stay in the upcoming financial year?

Preeti Chheda
CFO, Mindspace Business Parks REIT

Yeah. Hi. This quarter in specific, as I said, we had a one-off tax refund which I spoke about a while back. Now, obviously, because that's a one-off, we don't see that repeating in the next year. I would say that the NOI growth also should remain healthy in the next year, especially with the increasing occupancies as well as the rentals. If you look at the rentals across our markets and especially Hyderabad, you've seen a significant upward movement in the rentals. We're already talking of rentals between INR 90-INR 100 already. That is going to help because that much NOI impact it has leave behind. That is going to be one positive. Therefore, you should see healthy NOI growth. That growth, as I said, should be translating to your DPU growth also.

Okay. So can NOI and DPU show double digits though going forward?

I can't put a number to it. All I can say is that it should be healthy.

Okay. Okay. Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Operator

Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, you may press star and one to ask a question. A reminder to all the participants that you may press star and one to ask a question. Ladies and gentlemen, you may press star and one to ask a question. As there are no further questions from the participants, with that, we conclude today's conference call. On behalf of Mindspace Business Parks REIT, that concludes this conference. Thank you for joining us, and you may now disconnect your lines.

Preeti Chheda
CFO, Mindspace Business Parks REIT

Thank you, everyone.

Ramesh Nair
CEO, Mindspace Business Parks REIT

Thank you.

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