Mount-Poonamallee Road is a prime-tier Class A submarket of Chennai with average asking rent around ₹168/sqft/mo · ≈ $24.2 PSF/yr USD.

  • Western IT and BPO corridor.
  • Prime tier — ~₹168/sqft/mo.
  • Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks.

Mount-Poonamallee Road, Chennai — Class A submarket

Western IT and BPO corridor. · Tier: prime · Avg rent: ₹168/sqft/mo · ≈ $24.2 PSF/yr USD

TL;DR

  • Western IT and BPO corridor.
  • Prime tier — ~₹168/sqft/mo.
  • Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks.

Overview

The Mount-Poonamallee Road corridor anchors Chennai's principal western IT and BPO submarket — DLF Cybercity Chennai and a deep cluster of IT and captive tenancy.

Tenant profile

IT, BPO, captives, healthcare BPO.

Typical specification

15–40,000 sqft floor plates available across newer Class A stock; 9'+ slab-to-slab and modern MEP common.

Transit

MTC bus; planned Metro extension.

Multi-modal transit captures the metro's principal professional catchment.

Amenities

DLF Garden City retail, Manapakkam Lake.

Comparable buildings

  • DLF Cybercity Chennai
  • Mount Poonamallee IT Park
  • Embassy Splendid TechZone

Where Mount-Poonamallee Road sits in Chennai

Mount-Poonamallee Road is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in Chennai, classified as prime tier with an average asking rent around ₹168/sqft/mo · ≈ $24.2 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Chennai Class A stock, Mount-Poonamallee Road typically attracts IT, BPO, captives, healthcare BPO and competes most directly with the city's other prime submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.

Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Mount-Poonamallee Road: OMR Corridor, Guindy, Nungambakkam / MRC Nagar, Sriperumbudur / Oragadam. The full Chennai submarket atlas is at /cities/chennai.

Topic deep-dives for Mount-Poonamallee Road

For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Mount-Poonamallee Road, the highest-leverage analyses to commission next are the rent benchmark, the concession-package comparable, and the ESG performance baseline. Class A Atlas covers each as a dedicated topic page for this submarket:

Related glossary

Terminology specific to Chennai Class A leasing and to the prime tier: Class A, Trophy asset, Effective rent, Concession package, TI allowance, Submarket tier.

Editorial provenance

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