Market·1 Nov 2026 · 3 min read
Shops and offices for rent in South Delhi's markets: rents, sizes and floors
The Rent A Roof desk
Defence Colony, South Delhi
South Delhi's colony markets (Lajpat Nagar, the GK-1 M and N Block markets, Defence Colony, Hauz Khas, Green Park and GK-2) account for most of our commercial listings. Here is what's actually on offer in each, from the commercial spaces listed with us on 22 October 2026, alongside the latest high-street rent benchmarks.
What's listed, market by market
| Colony | Spaces for rent | Showing a rent | Most monthly rents | Middle | Most sizes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lajpat Nagar | 198 | 48 | ₹85,000 – ₹5 L | ₹2 L | 600 – 1,800 sq ft |
| Defence Colony | 105 | 42 | ₹1.3 L – ₹6.5 L | ₹3.5 L | 1,100 – 3,600 sq ft |
| Greater Kailash 1 | 87 | 35 | ₹85,000 – ₹3 L | ₹1.5 L | 800 – 4,500 sq ft |
| Lajpat Nagar 2 | 85 | 25 | ₹1.5 L – ₹5 L | ₹2.5 L | 900 – 1,800 sq ft |
| Green Park | 58 | 9 | ₹1 L – ₹3.5 L | ₹1.6 L | 800 – 3,600 sq ft |
| Hauz Khas | 52 | 22 | ₹1.25 L – ₹4.5 L | ₹2.25 L | 850 – 2,000 sq ft |
| Greater Kailash 2 | 47 | 19 | ₹1 L – ₹5 L | ₹2 L | 930 – 2,700 sq ft |
| Lajpat Nagar 4 | 45 | 7 | ₹45,000 – ₹1.2 L | ₹1 L | 450 – 1,100 sq ft |
Rents are monthly asking rents on the spaces that show one. "Middle" is the median. Sizes are the range most spaces fall in. In Green Park and Lajpat Nagar 4 only a few listings show a rent, so treat those ranges as a rough guide.
Ground floor, basement or upstairs?
What you can rent depends heavily on the floor, and each market has its own mix:
- Lajpat Nagar: 63 spaces include a ground-floor unit, 58 a basement and 74 an upper floor. That's the most ground-floor listings of any market here; Lajpat Nagar 2 and 4 have 21 each.
- Defence Colony: mostly basements (46) and upper floors (41). Only 16 include a ground-floor unit, so street frontage is scarce among the spaces listed with us.
- Greater Kailash 1: 16 ground-floor, 36 basement and 33 upper-floor spaces.
- Hauz Khas: just over half the spaces (27 of 52) include an upper floor, which suits offices and studios.
- Lajpat Nagar 4: small spaces, about half at street level: 21 include a ground-floor unit, and most are 450–1,100 sq ft.
A space can span more than one floor, so these counts overlap.
Shop or office?
Most listings in every market here, from 60% in Lajpat Nagar 4 to over 90% in GK-2, are offered for any commercial use: shop, office, clinic or studio. The rest are recorded with a specific use, or with none. Lajpat Nagar has 20 shops, 7 showrooms and 7 offices; GK-1 has 16 shops and 9 offices; Defence Colony has 11 shops and 11 offices.
The high-street benchmark
Cushman & Wakefield's April–June 2026 survey of ground-floor high-street rents (per sq ft of carpet area, per month) gives a useful yardstick:
- South Extension I & II: ₹850–900, up 10% in a year, the fastest growth among the Delhi-NCR high streets C&W tracks.
- Greater Kailash-I M Block: ₹490–510, up 2%.
- Lajpat Nagar: ₹300–320, up 3%.
- Khan Market: ₹1,700–1,800, up 9%. Still India's most expensive high street.
Those figures are per square foot of carpet area, for prime ground-floor shopfronts. Our table shows the total monthly rent for whole spaces, many of them basements or upper floors, so the two aren't directly comparable. Expect a basement or upper floor in the same market to rent for considerably less per square foot.
Looking for a shop or office in South Delhi? Tell us the size, floor and footfall you need, and we'll shortlist spaces across these markets, including ones that aren't advertised.
Benchmark source: Cushman & Wakefield, Q2 2026, as reported by PTI/Outlook Business, 10 July 2026.
