In yet another indication that the real estate market is starting to revive, Sunteck Realty, a Mumbai-based real estate developer, announced that it has sold 2,000 out of the 2,476 flats in its upcoming West World project in Naigaon near Mumbai. It said the sales has generated Rs 600 cr, which implies a per unit […]
The Maharashtra cabinet has today given approval for the redevelopment of Asia’s largest slum, Dharavi, at a cost of around Rs 20,000 cr. The latest plan involves the creation of 70,000 flats over an area of 200 acres, including 50 acres that has to be contributed by the Indian Railways. A total of 55,000 families […]
Puravankara Ltd, one of India’s largest real estate developers, said one of its associate companies will buy a 7.6 acre plot in Bangalore’s Yeshwantpur from international retailer Metro to develop a commercial complex. The deal will be carried out through Keppel Puravankara Development Private Limited, a joint venture between Puravankara and Singapore’s Keppel Land in which the […]
Pune-basedKolte-Patil Developers said it has sold 500 units in its new project, ORO Avenue. The project, which was launched last month, has seen bookings worth Rs 186 cr. The figure works out to an average of Rs 37.2 lakh. “When compared to other projects recently launched in Pune, OROR Avenue has sold maximum inventory in […]
GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, is acquiring a “significant minority stake” in Provenance Land, said the developer that partners with Canada’s Four Seasons Hotels to run the Four Seasons Hotel in Mumbai. The investment will be in an entity that owns the property on which the hotel operates, another under-construction Four Seasons branded apartment complex […]
Godrej Properties, among the few large and healthy real estate companies remaining in India, reported a disappointing set of numbers for the first quarter. The company said booking value, or the value of properties booked by customers in the three months, fell to Rs 820 crore from Rs 1,474 crore a year ago. Similarly, booking […]
PVR Cinemas, the country’s largest cinema exhibition chain, said it has opened a four-hall multiplex cinema at Garuda Mall in Mysore. The multiplex has 948 seats and comes with 2K projection systems, Dolby Digital 7.1 surround sound and next generation 3-D screens. The property is spread over 29,500 square feet. Chairman and MD Ajay Bijli said […]
India’s real estate sector is witnessing a healthy turnaround with rising sales and declining inventory, numbers from Anarock Property Consultants revealed. According to the market tracker, there has been a 24% jump in real estate unit sales in the latest quarter (April-June 2018) compared to the previous three months. The jump comes on top […]
Mall developer The Phoenix Mills Ltd said it purchased an under-construction 1.1 mln sq ft mall in Indore from an asset reconstruction company for Rs 234 cr. The Mumbai-based company said it will christen the mall Phonenix MarketCity Indore and it will be ready by around the end of financial year 2021. “80% of the […]
K Raheja Corp, one of India’s biggest real estate developers, announced the launch of the fourth tower of its Raheja Vistas project in Nacharam in Hyderabad East. The tower will have 12 storeys and offer 2- and 3-bedroom flats starting at Rs 40 lakh each. “With the first three towers sold out we are confident […]
Real Estate player Godrej Properties said Singapore-based Gamnat Pte Ltd wil invest Rs 1,000 cr in the company. The investment will be carried out at a share price of Rs 783.50, roughly equal to today’s opening price. Shares of the company shot up to Rs 813.55 after the news was announced, and are currently trading […]
DB Realty Ltd said a civil judge in Thane has dismissed a petition by the central government that disputed the company’s ownership of 244 acres of land next to the Mira Road railway station in Mumbai, one of the fastest growing suburbs of the city. The court “dismissed the suit filed the Uol (Union of […]
Bangalore-based real estate player Sobha Ltd said it will enter the Gujarat market with a Rs 500-cr residential project in GIFT City in Ahmedabad. The project will have about 1,000 apartments that to support the ‘walk to work’ concept underlying the smart city, the company said. Ajay Pandey, MD and Group CEO of GIFT City […]
Construction company Capacit’e Infraprojects said it won two orders from Mumbai-based Oberoi Realty Group for a total of Rs 365 cr. The first is for the construction of a residential “rehab and sale tower” at Tardeo in South Mumbai. The order was obtained from group entity Shri Siddhi Avenues LLP and is worth Rs 145.50 […]
A new report by Anarock Consultants says that sales of residential real estate units, mostly apartments, fell 15% in 2017 to about 2.05 lakh in India’s top seven cities. The report also showed that Banglaore has for the first time overtaken the National Capital Region as the second biggest real estate market in India in 2017. […]
Godrej Properties Ltd said Godrej Fund Management will invest into its ‘Godrej Two’ commercial building project in Vikhroli. Godrej Fund Management was set up by the real estate company three years ago primarily with the purpose of raising funds for its real estate projects. It is currently a separate and distinct entity. Financial details, such […]
Bangalore-based real estate player Puravankara Ltd said it will invest Rs 500 cr to develop a 32 acre project near Dabolim in Central Goa. The company expects to generate sales of close to Rs 1,000 cr over the next five years from the project, Puravankara said, adding that the construction contract has already been awarded […]
State-owned oil marketing companies, Indian Oil, Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum, are open to buying the land on which their retail outlets are located to offset rising real estate prices, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said. Pradhan was responding to a concern about how rising real estate prices in cities and towns are leading to landlords […]
Prestige Estates, arguably the biggest developer of office buildings in Bangalore, said it will pay Rs 336 cr to get 80% of a company that owns 59 acres of land on Outer Ring Road at Sarjapur in Bangalore. “The company intends to develop a state of the art commercial office space with over 6 mln […]
Bangalore-based real estate player Prestige Estates Projects said Singapore-based GIC Realty Pte Ltd, the country’s sovereign wealth fund, has signed a term sheet to explore the possibility of acquiring a ‘significant minority’ stake in the Indian company’s commercial buildings business. The term sheet is to explore an investment by Reco Jade Ind Pvt Ltd, a […]
