India, Aug. 23 -- Commercial real estate sector net leasing increased 40% year-on-year to touch 26.8 million sq ft across the top 7 cities, according to a report released by ANAROCK, a real estate consultancy.

According to the report, Bengaluru maintained market leadership with 6.55 million sq ft of absorption, while Pune emerged as the fastest-growing market with 188% growth.

The report said that Hyderabad had the second-highest leasing at 4.7 million sq ft, followed by Pune at 5.7 million sq ft, Delhi NCR at 3.7 million sq ft, Mumbai Metropolitan Region at 1.9 million sq ft, Chennai at 1.5 million sq ft, and Kolkata at 0.1 million sq ft.

According to the report, Pune contributed 31% of the total supply and emerged as the top performe...