Mumbai’s commercial real estate calendar turns especially busy on 26 February 2026, when the 7th Realty+ Flex Spaces Conclave and Awards 2026 and the 8th PropTech Conclave and Excellence Awards arrive at The Leela International, Mumbai. Before the first session even begins, the event signals its intent through an unusually wide partner line up, mirroring the many moving parts of India’s evolving office and technology ecosystem.
The combined conclave arrives at a moment when flex spaces and PropTech are no longer niche discussions. Both have moved into core business strategy. Flexible workspaces are reshaping how developers underwrite projects and how enterprises plan portfolios. Property technology, once a supplementary layer, increasingly defines efficiency, transparency, and decision-making.
Partners powering the platform
FlipSpaces steps in as Presenting Partner, with Table Space joining as Workspace Partner. The Propertist supports the platform as Portal Partner, while A B See comes on board as Creative Partner. Institutional and industry depth is added by the India BIM Association as Industry Partner. BW Businessworld serves as Business Media Partner, and e4m anchors the Online Media Partner role. The mix is telling. Design, workspace operations, digital platforms, branding, technology frameworks, and media narratives all intersect here, much like they now do in real estate itself.
Opening the flex conversation
The day’s proceedings begin with the Flex Conclave Introduction, followed by the inaugural address from Dr. Annurag Batra, Editor-in-Chief and Chairman of exchange4media and BusinessWorld Media Group. His remarks are expected to frame the structural shifts underway across office markets, where hybrid work patterns, cost discipline, and user experience now influence leasing decisions as much as location and rentals once did.
Arnab Raha, Assistant Vice President – Business Excellence at FlipSpaces, will deliver the sponsor presentation, likely focusing on workplace design and execution. The subject carries weight. As occupiers reassess space utilisation, design quality, flexibility, and delivery timelines have become strategic variables rather than cosmetic afterthoughts.
A special address by Anish Sareen, Office Leasing Advisory and India Lead, Flex at JLL India, follows. His perspective is positioned at the intersection of occupier behaviour and landlord strategy, where flex solutions increasingly function as both risk mitigators and growth enablers.
Flex spaces move centre stage
The first major discussion, Flex Spaces as a Core Asset Class: Reshaping the Future of Commercial Real Estate, captures the industry’s changing vocabulary. Moderated by Nachiket Bhatwadekar, Senior Executive Director, Office Services at Colliers India, the panel brings together developers, operators, and institutional stakeholders.
Manish Gupta of Hiranandani Group, Punit Garg of WeWork India, Sunil Varrier of Table Space, Vijay Rajagopalan of Knowledge Realty Trust, and Vithal Suryavanshi of The Phoenix Mills Ltd. will examine how flexible workspaces are increasingly treated as long-term portfolio components. Developers are revisiting building design. Investors are recalibrating risk models. Operators are negotiating scale and profitability. The panel reflects this convergence of priorities.
The scale versus sustainability puzzle
The economics of flex take sharper focus in The Flex Profit Playbook: Moving from Occupancy to Sustainable Scale. Moderated by Pulkit Bakshi, Head of Flex Business at CBRE, the session assembles leaders navigating the realities of expansion.
Hiren Soni of Smartworks, Pankhuri Sakhuja of Innov8 Workspaces, Robin Chhabra of Dextrus, Rahul Sarin of FlexLeaze, Utkarsh Kawatra of myHQ by Anarock, and Mangesh Tike from Reliance Industries’ Real Estate Division will explore how operators balance growth ambitions with operational discipline. Occupancy growth alone no longer guarantees success. Cost structures, client mix, and capital efficiency now sit at the centre of strategic discussions.
Corporate real estate redefined
Enterprise demand anchors the next session, Enterprise on Demand: How Flex Spaces Are Redefining Corporate Real Estate. Moderated by Neha Yadav, Executive Director, Commercial Advisory and Transactions at Savills, the panel highlights how large occupiers increasingly deploy flex solutions for agility and distributed growth.
Anshu Sarin of 91Springboard, Ashish Goenka of Redbrick Offices, and Umesh Uttamchandani of DevX represent operators responding to evolving corporate needs. Flex is steadily moving from overflow space to strategic infrastructure.
The Flexi-Talk, The Flex Power Shift: Who Will Lead, Who Will Scale, and What Comes Next, moderated by Sapna Srivastava, Editor at Realty+, rounds off the morning. James Thomas of SpazeOne Solutions and Kushal Bhargava of MyBranch Services will reflect on leadership, differentiation, and competitive dynamics in a market that continues to expand yet consolidate.
Technology takes over the afternoon
The PropTech Conclave begins with an introduction before shifting into discussions centred on technology’s expanding role in real estate. PropTech as the Growth Engine: Scaling Real Estate with Speed, Precision and Control, moderated by Sunil Mishra of Anarock Group, gathers investors, consultants, and founders.
Abhay Garg of Earth Fund, Chintan Patel of KPMG India, Deepak Dureja of Propickle Technologies, Hitesh Agnani of The Propertist, and Shivani Kariya Jhaveri of Blox.xyz will explore how digital platforms and automation tools influence project execution, transactions, and asset management.
Data, analytics, and decisions
Data-driven strategy sits at the heart of From Data to Decisions: How PropTech Is Rewiring Real Estate Strategy. Moderated by Chaitanya Seth, Partner at Ernst & Young LLP, the panel includes Aartie Saxena of Manras Technologies, Amit Baid of A B See Brand Advisory, Anirudha Khopade of Square Yards, Nazim Siddiqui of ColabTools, and Rajkumar Sharma of Panchshil Realty.
The conversation is expected to examine how analytics and digital systems are reshaping marketing, customer engagement, and operational efficiency.
Ecosystems over isolated solutions
Integration and collaboration define The PropTech Alliance Model: Why Ecosystems Will Outperform Standalone Solutions. Moderated by Ankur Prabhakar of Deloitte, speakers Ashish Narain Agarwal of Property Pistol, Avinash Rao of Alt DRX, Paras Arora of Qdesq Proptech Group, and Vijay Kumar of Xanadu Realty Limited will consider why interoperable platforms increasingly matter in real estate workflows.
Capital, valuation, and transparency
The closing discussion, PropTech & Capital: Redefining Valuation, Transparency and Investor Confidence, moderated by Sapna Srivastava, features Abhishek Kiran Gupta of CRE Matrix & IndexTap and Amit Goenka of Nisus. As institutional capital deepens its engagement with Indian real estate, data credibility and valuation frameworks are expected to dominate the exchange.
With welcome addresses, evening sessions, awards, and networking scheduled through the day, the conclave positions itself as a meeting ground for the ideas and tensions currently shaping India’s commercial property sector. Flex spaces, technology, capital, and strategy are no longer parallel conversations. They are part of the same story, and Mumbai will host a concentrated version of that narrative.
Register now for the 7th Realty+ Flex Spaces Conclave and Awards 2026 and the 8th PropTech Conclave and Excellence Awards on February 26, 2026 at The Leela International, Mumbai.
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