kolkata a retail study has ranked park streetcamac street fifth among 30 high streets in the countrys top eight cities also the average modern retail store size is largest in kolkata over oneandahalf times the average store size in other indian cities the average rent of retail stores in park streetcamac streetshakespeare sarani is also the seventh highest in the country after delhis khan market dlf galleria in gurugram and colaba causeway market lower parel lokhandwala market and linking road in mumbaithe high street retail study by real estate consultancy major knight frank india is the first cohesive attempt to map the unorganised space that has developed organically in cities the study reveals that though malls look plush and glitzy with airconditioning and other modern amenities the per sq ft consumption in high streets at rs 31482 per sq ft per annum is 221 higher than malls whose consumption is rs 9776 per sq ft per annumthe study has taken into account only those shopping streets that have contiguous stores with 40 or more retail brand presence traditional markets dedicated to one product category with poor road access or brand presence have been excludedthe ranking of high streets based on shoppers requirements like ease of parking access to public transport store visibility spending quotient and average trading density saw kolkatas high street market zone rank fifth overall only mahatma gandhi road in bengaluru somajiguda in hyderabad linking road in mumbai and south extension i ii in delhi ranked higherwhile two contiguous roads park street and camac street make up kolkatas high streets other cities have more high street presence kolkatas total occupied high street retail stock is 8 lakh sq ft against a whopping 52 lakh sq ft in ncr 14 lakhs sq ft in mumbai and 15 lakh sq ft in bengaluruthe average size of retail stores in kolkata at 2815 sq ft is nearly twotimes that of hyderabad 1485 sq ft two and a half times that of ahmedabad 1289 sq ft bengaluru 1047 sq ft and mumbai 1006 sq ft and four times that of chennai 681 sq ft the average allindia retail store size is 1180 sq ftin terms of the average monthly rent per sqft rs 300450 that high street stores in park streetcamac streetshakespeare sarani command is higher than bengalurus commercial street rs 220250 brigade road rs 180250 koramangala rs 125175 or mg road rs 100125 delhis lajpat nagar rs 200350 south extension i ii rs 250450 and hyderabads jubilee hills rs 200225 banjara hills rs 190230 and somajiguda rs 150175