JMD Regent Arcade Office for Rent, MG Road Gurgaon

Office space for rent in JMD Regent Arcade MG Road Gurgaon is quoted at about Rs 150 per sq ft a month. That number is easy to find and it is not the number that decides the deal.

The largest floor listed in this building carries 37,000 sq ft of super area against 18,200 sq ft of carpet. That is an efficiency of about 49 per cent, so Rs 150 on super area is roughly Rs 305 for every square foot your staff can actually sit on. Two buildings quoting Rs 150 and Rs 120 can land the wrong way round once you do that sum on both, and on MG Road — where the stock ranges from 2005 to the last decade — they often do.

What it costs, and what it costs

Read across that table and Rs 150 sits where a fitted floor on this road should sit: above raw shell, below the road's listing average. Nothing about the headline is wrong. The efficiency line is the one that is missing from every listing we found for this building, and it is the one that moves the annual cost by lakhs.

Three buildings, one name

JMD has three Regent-named commercial buildings on and around this stretch — Regent Arcade, Regent Square and Regent Plaza. They are different addresses with different floor plates and different rents, and the listing sites do not keep them apart: a search for Regent Arcade returns Regent Square pages on the first screen, with Regent Square's metro distance and Regent Square's rate attached.

JMD Regent Arcade vs JMD Regent Square is the comparison most shortlists are actually making without knowing it: Square is the bigger, better-connected address and quotes accordingly, Arcade is the smaller fitted building next to it, and Plaza is a third thing again. Whichever you end up in, the rate on the quote should belong to that building.

This matters when you are shortlisting by email. A quote headed "JMD Regent" can be for any of the three. Check the building name on the draft lease deed and the address printed on the maintenance bill, not the heading on the listing that brought you there.

A lease or a desk

"Office space in JMD Regent Arcade" means two different products. One is a lease on a floor or a suite at about Rs 150 per sq ft a month. The other is a coworking centre that operates inside the building, selling workstations, private cabins and meeting rooms on flexible terms, priced per seat.

Under about fifteen people, price both. A seat-priced membership carries the fit-out, the internet, the reception and the pantry in one line and ends on a month's notice; a lease at this rate carries a deposit of six to ten months and a lock-in. Over about twenty-five people the lease usually wins on cost, and the deposit stops being the deciding number.

What the address buys

Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road is Gurgaon's oldest office corridor and the one a Delhi-based client reaches with the least explaining — the Yellow Line runs down it, and the road feeds NH-8 directly. That is what you are paying above Sohna Road for, and for a firm whose clients travel from south Delhi it is worth paying.

What it does not buy is a modern building. One coworking listing gives it as finished in 2016, a date no other source found confirms; if that holds, it is recent for MG Road and dated against a 2023 Golf Course Extension tower: parking ratios, floor plates and services are what was specified then. If your shortlist includes new stock further out, compare the parking allocation per thousand square feet as carefully as the rent.

What to settle before signing

• The carpet area on your unit, in writing. The 49 per cent efficiency above is from the largest listing; your floor may be better or worse, and nobody will volunteer it.
• The maintenance rate and what it covers. It is quoted separately from the rent and it moves more than the rent does.
• Escalation and lock-in. A fifteen per cent escalation every three years is common here; so is a three-year lock-in on a five-year lease.
• The occupation certificate and the dues position on that specific unit, along with the lease deed where it is already let.
• Which Regent building you are actually signing for.

Our view

Priced sensibly for what it is, and expensive per usable foot — both are true and they are not in conflict. Take JMD Regent Arcade for MG Road reach and for fitted space you can occupy without a fit-out programme. Do not take it because Rs 150 read reasonably next to a Golf Course Road quote, because the two quotes are not measured the same way. Run the carpet sum on every unit on your shortlist and the comparison stops being about the address.

If you want the same exercise done on the buildings you are weighing this one against, we hold the numbers for the rest of this road and the ones either side of it: JMD Empire Square on MG Road is the closest comparable under the same developer, DLF Corporate Park is the larger-floor option on the same stretch, and the two corridors this page keeps measuring against have pages of their own — office space on Golf Course Road and office space at Sohna Road.

Frequently asked questions

What is the office rent in JMD Regent Arcade MG Road Gurgaon?

About Rs 150 per sq ft a month, plus maintenance. For context on the same road, raw shell office space lets nearer Rs 100 to Rs 125 per sq ft a month, while the average across all MG Road listings sits nearer Rs 180. Rs 150 is a fitted-space rate in the middle of that spread, not a bargain and not an outlier.

What am I actually paying per square foot of usable space?

About Rs 305. The largest listing on the building quotes 37,000 sq ft of super area against 18,200 sq ft of carpet, which is an efficiency of roughly 49 per cent. Rs 150 divided by 0.49 is about Rs 305 for every foot your staff can sit on. Ask for the carpet figure on your own unit in writing before you compare its rent with any other building.

Is JMD Regent Arcade the same building as JMD Regent Square or JMD Regent Plaza?

No. JMD has three Regent-named buildings on and around this road and the listing sites mix them freely — a search for Regent Arcade returns Regent Square pages on the first screen. Check the building name on the lease deed and the address on the maintenance bill, not the heading on the listing.

Can I take a desk here instead of a whole office?

Yes. A coworking operator runs a centre inside the building, selling workstations, private cabins and meeting rooms on flexible terms. That is a different product from a lease at Rs 150 per sq ft, priced per seat rather than per foot, and it is worth pricing both if your headcount is under about fifteen.

How does MG Road compare with Golf Course Road or Sohna Road for an office?

MG Road is the older address and the easier one to reach from Delhi. Golf Course Road commands more for newer Grade A stock, and Sohna Road gives you noticeably more floor for the same money but no comparable rail. The trade here is reach and address against building age and floor efficiency.

What should I settle before signing here?

Four things: the carpet area on your unit in writing, the maintenance rate and what it covers, the escalation clause and the lock-in, and the occupation certificate together with the maintenance dues position on that specific unit. The efficiency number is the one most tenants here never ask for and the one that changes the deal most.