Similarly, British Airways consolidated all its divisions and moved from New Delhi to Gurgaon. It has retained its ticketing office at Connaught Place, however. In line with its expansion plans, Gillette will soon move to a larger office in Gurgaon. This list of companies is a long one. Coke moved from Mumbai to Gurgaon as its staff found good residential accommodation hard to pay for in the former.
Experience changes impressions.
International property consultants were initially sceptical about dealing with Indian corporates. Instead, it was felt that companies would prefer to use a broker than make a 'cost of the property' acquisition or valuation. That one fallacy has certainly been laid to rest. Even if it were true, there's been a dramatic change over the last five years. Benson says that Chesterton did some evaluation work for Reliance Industries and some other Indian companies, and realised that there's no difference.