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Investing in a residential property comes with its own sense of achievement but if an investor's focus is on wealth generation, then they can now conveniently explore Commercial Real Estate (CRE) as an alternative investment class.

In the last few years, commercial real estate has emerged as the preferred asset class for institutional investors and HNIs. Taking into consideration the current market situation, collateral-backed fixed-income products have become scarce. Institutional funds and HNIs have increasingly gravitated to CRE as an alternative investment avenue due to the stable monthly rental income (8%-10%), that is secured by long term lease agreements with MNC tenants, and the added upside of annual capital appreciation (17%-25% IRR).

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