OMR Corridor is a trophy-tier Class A submarket of Chennai with average asking rent around ₹192/sqft/mo · ≈ $27.6 PSF/yr USD.

  • India's deepest IT cluster outside Bangalore.
  • Trophy tier — ~₹192/sqft/mo.
  • Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks.

OMR Corridor, Chennai — Class A submarket

India's deepest IT cluster outside Bangalore. · Tier: trophy · Avg rent: ₹192/sqft/mo · ≈ $27.6 PSF/yr USD

TL;DR

  • India's deepest IT cluster outside Bangalore.
  • Trophy tier — ~₹192/sqft/mo.
  • Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks.

Overview

The OMR (Old Mahabalipuram Road) corridor anchors India's deepest IT cluster outside Bangalore. DLF IT Park, RMZ Millenia, TIDEL Park, and a deep cluster of IT, BPO, and captive tenancy.

Tenant profile

IT (TCS, Infosys, Wipro), captives (Standard Chartered, Citi), BPO, SaaS.

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 Phase 2 OMR Line.

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

Amenities

ECR beach, Phoenix MarketCity, Mahabalipuram.

Comparable buildings

  • DLF IT Park (Manapakkam)
  • RMZ Millenia Business Park
  • TIDEL Park

Where OMR Corridor sits in Chennai

OMR Corridor is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in Chennai, classified as trophy tier with an average asking rent around ₹192/sqft/mo · ≈ $27.6 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Chennai Class A stock, OMR Corridor typically attracts IT (TCS, Infosys, Wipro), captives (Standard Chartered, Citi), BPO, SaaS and competes most directly with the city's other trophy submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.

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

Topic deep-dives for OMR Corridor

For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating OMR Corridor, 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 trophy tier: Class A, Trophy asset, Effective rent, Concession package, TI allowance, Submarket tier.

Editorial provenance

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