Disney India, the Indian arm of California-based Walt Disney Company, has leased 1.75 lakh square feet of premium office space in Bengaluru's Bellandur locality. The space has been secured for a five-year tenure, with a 15 percent rent escalation clause kicking in after the third year. Disney India's total rental commitment over the full lease period is estimated at Rs 127.84 crore.
The office is located within the prestigious RMZ Ecoworld 2.0 campus, strategically positioned along the Outer Ring Road tech corridor in Bellandur. The campus features LEED Gold-rated buildings with state-of-the-art infrastructure, easy connectivity to both Whitefield and Sarjapur Road, and proximity to the dense residential hubs of Bellandur, making it well-suited to attract and retain top local talent.
No official press release or direct communication from Disney has been issued at the time of writing, though real estate analytics and transaction records confirm the lease.
WHY THIS MATTERS
This transaction is one of the largest commercial real estate deals of the first quarter of 2026, reflecting the broader surge in office leasing activity across India, driven largely by the expansion of Global Capability Centres.
A Global Capability Centre, or GCC, is a large backend and technology hub that a multinational company sets up in India to handle operations spanning software development, data analytics, finance, content technology, and business processes. Disney's move into a 1.75 lakh square foot campus signals not a token presence, but a scaled, long-term India operation.
The new campus places Disney directly alongside other major corporate occupants at RMZ Ecoworld. Honeywell recently leased nearly 4 lakh square feet at the same tech park, creating a dense ecosystem of technology and global operations within the complex.
With Disney's arrival at Bellandur confirmed, real estate analysts predict a further surge in rental values in the area. The presence of a globally recognised brand of this scale typically acts as a magnet, attracting ancillary businesses and service providers to the surrounding micro-market.
THE LOCATION: WHY BELLANDUR AND THE OUTER RING ROAD
Bellandur, located along Bengaluru's Outer Ring Road in the southeast of the city, has over the past decade transformed from a residential suburb into one of India's most competitive commercial real estate corridors.
According to Colliers, Bengaluru's Outer Ring Road and Hyderabad's Secondary Business District together accounted for 37 percent of the country's total GCC demand between 2021 and 2025, making the corridor the single most preferred destination for multinational corporations and Fortune 500 firms setting up India operations.
A Namma Metro station at Bellandur is currently under construction as part of the Blue Line and is expected to become operational by December 2026, which will further improve the area's connectivity. Disney's five-year lease takes it squarely into the period when that metro access goes live.
BENGALURU'S BROADER COMMERCIAL MOMENTUM
Disney's lease is not an isolated event. It sits inside a commercial real estate market that is operating at record pace.
In the 2025 to 2026 period alone, Bengaluru recorded 28.7 million square feet of gross office leasing volume, a 59 percent year-on-year increase. The city accounted for six of the ten largest office deals recorded nationally during the period.
Other notable deals at the same RMZ Ecoworld campus and the broader ORR corridor include Honeywell's 7-year, Rs 429 crore lease for 3.99 lakh square feet, TCS's landmark 1.4 million square foot deal at Electronic City, and Apple's 2.7 lakh square foot, 10-year lease at Embassy Zenith.
THE BIGGER PICTURE
For Disney, this lease is a statement of strategic intent. India represents one of its fastest-growing markets globally, both as a consumer base for content and streaming and as a hub for the technology and operational talent that powers its global business. A 1.75 lakh square foot campus does not get filled with a small team. It signals hundreds of roles in engineering, content operations, data infrastructure, and business services.
Average office rents on the Outer Ring Road corridor are projected to grow at 4 to 4.5 percent annually through 2025 and 2026, with vacancy expected to remain low, driven by exactly the kind of high-profile institutional demand that Disney's lease represents.
For Bengaluru, it is yet another confirmation of what has become self-evident: the city is not merely India's technology capital. It is where global corporations come to build the infrastructure that runs their worldwide operations. Disney has now joined that list, officially and at scale.
