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Indiareit Fund Advisors, the real estate private equity arm of Piramal Enterprises who invested Rs 440 crores has exited from the three realty projects including a residential project in Pune, a premium luxury project in Mumbai and phased stake sale of an SEZ within a township project located at Hinjewadi, Pune, being developed by Paranjape [...] Continue Reading »
Bombay realty, the real estate arm of Business conglomerate Wadia Group is coming up with its first fully integrated mixed-use project in Mumbai. The project ‘Island City Center’ will be located in Dadar. The project is spread over 29 acres which will host luxury residences, a five-star hotel, offices, serviced apartments, a high street, a mall, an [...] Continue Reading »
Larsen & Toubro, one of the leading engineering & construction company is planning to come up with one of the largest housing project in Powai campus in Mumbai measuring up to two million sq ft over 20 acres of land. The price of residential units in and around Powai is around Rs 25,000 per sqft. The [...] Continue Reading »
Sean Tompkins, global chief executive officer of UK-based Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has said that the foreign investors are thinking twice before investing in the Indian real estate market because it fails to meet the global standards. Between 2006 and 2009 the Indian realty had witnessed around $20 billion in investment of which [...] Continue Reading »
In terms of real estate, 2012 was a dull year because of poor industrial production and high interest rates, according to Jones lang LaSalle. In 2012, 1,60, 622 residential units launched and at the same period in 2011, 1,54,701 units were launched. The year-on-year rise in average residential capital value in 2012 was in the [...] Continue Reading »
Despite the downfall in affordability, the Indian home loan market is expected to grow by 17-19 percent in the current fiscal year, according to credit rating agency IRCA. Lower home loan rates, attractive schemes, etc. fuel the home loan market growth in 2012-2013, said IRCA. Because of the high cost of properties in India, tough operating [...] Continue Reading »
Real estate players have been provided with significant opportunities as the education sector lacks physical infrastructure. The quantity of physical infrastructure and real estate development required is as huge that education institution operators or government cannot achieve it alone. There are around 25,000 colleges and 460 universities in our country with over 144 million customers in education [...] Continue Reading »
Real estate has been the most visible source for black money as it has never been regulated in India. This is also a hot topic in the India Parliament which opened on November 29, 2012. Other than real estate, black money also involves owners and investors. Black money is present in every step of a real estate project, [...] Continue Reading »
Recently, Writer Realty, the real estate branch of Writer Group has brought a two-acre of land for Rs 200 crores in Bandra. The company is planning to utilise this land for mixed-use residential purpose. By next year they are planning to launch a luxury residential project which will be located near Pali Hill. There was a [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai- The project of elevated rail corridor from Virar to Oval Maidan, has been opposed by the residents of South Mumbai, since they are worried if it would bring down the sanctity of Oval Maidan and would risk the surrounding projects. Requesting the authorities to conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the area before [...] Continue Reading »
