ahmedabad robust corporate expansions during the last few months have seen the uptake of office space increase by 33 in key property markets across india during the second quarter of the calender year 2011 the period between apriljune witnessed almost 8 million square feet of office space being absorbed as opposed to 6 million sq ft between the months of januarymarchproperty markets like ncr mumbai bangalore and chennai were the leading cities that accounted for almost 80 of the office space that got absorbed during this period stated a report released by cb richards ellis a global property consultant on wednesdayoffice space absorption in key micro markets in the country has been increasing over the past few quarters this steady pace of space take up is primarily fuelled by sustained economic development and increase in outsourcing business resulting in robust corporate expansion plans anshuman magazine chairman managing director cb richards ellis south asia pvt ltdin the ncr region the central business district cbd of connaught place and secondary business district of nehru place led the demand for office space witnessing an absorption of approximately 81000 sqft of spacein mumbai around 75000 sqft was absorbed during this quarter in the central business district cbd of nariman point though it witnessed limited transaction activity the alternate business district abd of bandra kurla complex bkc remained the preferred location for office space with absorption recorded at around 75000 sqftin bangalore the central business district cbd of mg road richmond road residency road and lavelle road witnessed closure of a few midsized transactions with absorption recorded at around 50000 sqft the peripheral business district pbd of outer ring road orr whitefield electronic city and north bangalore are being preferred by corporates looking for consolidation and expansion plansin chennai the central business district cbd encompassing areas of anna salai nungabakkam rk salai t nagar alwarpet egmore witnessed improved demand levels as compared to the previous quarter with absorption of around 018 million sqft of office spacein hyderabad the demand for commercial office space in the central business district cbd comprising of begumpet rajbhavan road banjara hills was primarily driven by expansion requirements of existing corporates which prefer to remain in the central part of the city transaction activity in the secondary business district sbd market comprising ameerpet himayatnagar sarojini devi road parts of banjara hills and jubilee hills was low during the present quarter the it corridor comprising areas such as hitec city madhapur kondapur and gachibowli witnessed a slight increase in demand for office space