Scottish Mall Office for Rent, Sohna Road Gurgaon

Scottish Mall is a small commercial building on the main Sohna Road in Gurugram, opposite Omaxe Mall. It is mainly retail: directories list it as a shopping centre, a car maker has opened a showroom there, and the spaces advertised in it are shops. This page is about renting an office in it, and it starts with what could not be found: no published office rent for Scottish Mall itself. The old row printed Rs 60 to Rs 95 per sq ft a month and called it office to retail; that band matches a general Sohna Road figure for furnished offices, not any listing in this building. What follows is what the neighbouring buildings let for, how to test a quote, and what to check before signing.

What is known about the building

• Address: main Sohna Road, opposite Omaxe Mall. One business directory gives Sohna Road, Tatvam Villas, Dhani, Sector 49. A leasing reference and a portal give Sector 48. Both are printed here; the sector line runs along this part of the road, and the building's own papers settle it. Two Omaxe malls stand on this stretch, Omaxe Gurgaon Mall and Omaxe Celebration Mall, and the sources do not say which one Scottish Mall faces.
• Use: mainly retail. A directory records a new Volkswagen showroom in the building. The two spaces found advertised are a 3,865 sq ft unfurnished retail space and a 2,240 sq ft semi-furnished space, both without a published rent.
• Developer: not established. The old row named the developer as Scottish Mall, which is the building's name. No developer website or RERA registration surfaced.
• Portal record: one portal files the building under residential projects and prints a rent line for three-bedroom flats. That is an error; the building has no flats, and the portal's figures should not be used for an office.

Floors, total area, year of completion and parking could not be established from any source found. Ask the owner for all four.

What offices let for on this stretch of Sohna Road

This site has checked the offices around Scottish Mall. Their rents set the range any quote here should fall in:

The Omaxe line is the one that matters most for Scottish Mall, because it is the same kind of building on the same road. There, rent more than doubles from an upper floor to a lower one. Retail rent depends on footfall and frontage; office rent on an upper floor of a mall depends on the office market. A quote in Scottish Mall of Rs 90 or Rs 95 is plausible for a ground-floor shop on the main road and not for an office on an upper floor. The old band's top was very likely a retail figure.

What an office here would cost a month

With no building quote, take the corridor's typical terms: Rs 55 of rent, Rs 20 of maintenance and 18 per cent GST on both. These are estimates, and they will move with the floor and the fit-out.

• 1,000 sq ft, what most people mean by office rent on Sohna Road for 1000 sq ft: rent Rs 55,000 plus maintenance Rs 20,000 is Rs 75,000; GST of Rs 13,500 brings it to about Rs 88,500 a month.
• 2,240 sq ft, the size of the semi-furnished space advertised: Rs 1,23,200 of rent plus Rs 44,800 of maintenance is Rs 1,68,000; with GST, about Rs 1,98,240.
• 5,000 sq ft: Rs 2,75,000 plus Rs 1,00,000 is Rs 3,75,000; with GST of Rs 67,500, about Rs 4,42,500.

If the owner quotes Rs 75, the Grade A rate, the 1,000 sq ft office rises to Rs 95,000 before GST, about Rs 1,12,100 with it. A GST-registered tenant recovers the tax as input credit. Electricity is metered and billed on top of every line. Deposits on this road usually run to several months of rent, and a lock-in of about three years is common in the neighbouring buildings; neither was printed for Scottish Mall.

Who this suits

An upper-floor office in a small retail building suits a business that needs visitors to find it easily from the main road: a clinic, a coaching centre, a showroom back office, an agency, a branch. It is less suited to a technology team that wants a lobby, a large floor plate, a cafeteria and a campus feel; Welldone Tech Park and JMD Megapolis on the same stretch offer that at similar rents. A business that needs a ground-floor shop should look at the retail shops page and compare with JMD Galleria on Sohna Road.

Getting there

There is no metro on Sohna Road. Staff and visitors arrive by car, cab, bus or auto, and the road is slow at peak hours near Subhash Chowk and the Vatika Chowk end. Parking in a small mall opposite a large one is worth checking in person on a weekday evening; ask how many slots come with your area.

Nearby alternatives

ILD Trade Centre is the cheapest office on the road at about Rs 50. Raheja Mall is the closest match in format, a mall with offices upstairs, and also publishes no rent of its own. Omaxe Gurgaon Mall is close by. The sector pages for Sector 48 and Sector 49 list more, and the corridor as a whole is on the Sohna Road office page.

Before you sign

1. The floor: an upper floor should be priced as an office, not as a shop.
2. The area basis: super or carpet. A carpet quote converts to a super rate about a quarter to a third lower.
3. Maintenance charges: the rate, what it covers and whether it includes air conditioning.
4. The deposit, lock-in and escalation, in writing.
5. The sector and address on the owner's papers: 48 or 49.
6. The owner's title and the occupation certificate, since the developer could not be identified.
7. Parking and signage rights, which matter more in a retail building than in an office tower.
8. The permitted use of the unit, if it was planned as a shop.

Weighing a purchase instead of a lease? The Scottish Mall sale page sets the asking prices against these rents and works out the yield a buyer would get.

Frequently asked questions

What is the office rent in Scottish Mall, Sohna Road?

No rent for an office in Scottish Mall itself could be found. Offices in neighbouring Sohna Road buildings let at about Rs 50 to Rs 65 per sq ft a month before maintenance, and Grade A space on this stretch at about Rs 75. Use that as the range to test any quote against, and ask whether a figure is for an upper-floor office or a ground-floor shop.

Is Scottish Mall an office building or a shopping mall?

Mainly retail with some office use. Directories file it as a shopping centre, a car maker has opened a showroom there, and the listings found for it are retail spaces of 3,865 sq ft unfurnished and 2,240 sq ft semi-furnished. Upper floors in malls on this road are often let as offices, which is what this page is about.

Where exactly is Scottish Mall?

On the main Sohna Road, opposite Omaxe Mall. One directory gives the address as Sohna Road, Tatvam Villas, Dhani, Sector 49; a leasing reference and a portal give Sector 48. The sector line runs along the road here, and the lease should carry the address on the building's own papers.

What maintenance should I expect in Scottish Mall?

No figure was found for this building. Offices on the same stretch, such as Welldone Tech Park and JMD Megapolis, charge about Rs 20 per sq ft a month on top of rent, plus 18 per cent GST. Ask the owner for the current rate in writing before you compare rents.

How much would a 1,000 sq ft office on this stretch of Sohna Road cost a month?

About Rs 88,500 at the corridor's usual terms: Rs 55,000 of rent at Rs 55, Rs 20,000 of maintenance at Rs 20, and Rs 13,500 of GST on the Rs 75,000. That is an estimate from neighbouring buildings, not a Scottish Mall quote.

Is there a metro near Scottish Mall?

No. There is no metro line on Sohna Road. Staff come by car, cab, bus or auto, and the nearest Yellow Line stations are several kilometres north. That is one reason offices here let below Golf Course Road and MG Road.

Who is the developer of Scottish Mall?

It could not be established. The old page named the developer as Scottish Mall, which is the building's own name, and no developer website or RERA registration for it turned up. A tenant deals with the unit owner, so ask to see the owner's title and the building's occupation certificate.