of approximately 25 million sq ft and kolkata a supply of about 023 million sq ft in these two locations absorption was almost entirely driven by itites with other sectors including bfsi constituting only a fraction of the total absorption both locations saw a drop in absorption over the previous quarter with kolkata registering a drop of 77 quarteronquarter same period last year according to estimates of vccedge an online financial research firm the office space market started gathering momentum from mid2010 according to real estate consultancy jones lang lasalle the net absorption of space in 2010 was 305 million sq ft up from 196 million sq ft in 2009 this is expected to jump to about 369 million sq ft in the current year