The Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority has cleared eight housing and commercial projects valued at ₹1,948 crore across six cities, signaling a strategic expansion beyond NCR markets into tier-2 and tier-3 territories including Jhansi and Firozabad.

India's largest hospitality brand IHCL announces new Ginger hotel in Satara, Maharashtra, strengthening its Tier-2 city expansion strategy with a 60-room franchise property targeting budget-conscious travelers.

India's REIT sector enters transformational growth phase, expanding beyond traditional office assets into malls, logistics, and data centers while targeting tier-2 cities for geographic diversification.

American financial services giant State Street Corporate Services has secured a landmark 10-year lease for 2.1 lakh sq ft in Coimbatore's IndiaLand Tech Park, highlighting the growing corporate interest in tier-2 Indian cities.

Cognizant Technologies, a major software corporation, is moving towards asset-lightness. The company will sell its large Hyderabad and Chennai offices. Cognizant's approach is to concentrate on non-core real estate and simplify operations.