Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad has grown tremendously over the past decade due to progressive policies and development oriented governance. On the realty front, it has witnessed unparalleled returns and has become one of the most exciting investment destinations in India today. Retail boom in the city is unprecedented. Office space investments and money value of commercial properties have [...] Continue Reading »
Even though the realty sector of India is witnessing a slowdown, Ahmedabad real estate seems to bag 50,000 new residential units in the mid-segment category in next two years. Commercial space absorption rate has outdone the pre-recession levels in the city. This market overview of Ahmedabad was released by one of the leading real estate [...] Continue Reading »
A real estate consultancy report highlights that while commercial rentals in one-time high streets like SG Highway and CG Road in Ahmedabad saw a marginal increase of 4 to 6 per cent, for Prahaladnagar and Law Garden it jumped to over 20 per cent on year-to-year basis. The focus seems to be moving away from [...] Continue Reading »
Global real estate consultant Cushman & Wakefield has announced that they would be opening their new office, their 10th one in the country, in Ahmedabad. It bears testimony to growing Gujarat real estate market which has seen active industrial growth in the state in the last few years. Gujarat has seen a model growth in [...] Continue Reading »
Income tax (I-T) officials from Rajkot, Ahmedabad and Surat, on a key operation, carried out searches at 26 and surveys at 25 premises belonging to three builders in the city on Tuesday. The officials are inspecting the offices and houses at Varachha, Katargam, Nana and Mota Varachha and project sites at Vyara in Tapi district, [...] Continue Reading »
In a recent report, Jones Lang LaSalle India (JLL) suggested that as compared to some major cities like Mumbai, NCR, Bangalore, Pune and Chennai, cities like Ahmedabad and Kolkata have an advantage due to high proximity of affordable housing projects to city center. At 15-20 km Ahmedabad and Kolkata offer the closest proximity to central [...] Continue Reading »
Though hotel business may have been witnessing a slow growth in the recent years, the InterContinental Hotels group is buoyant about the long-term demand in the country and is planning to develop 47 hotels within next five years. Chris Moloney, chief operating officer, South West Asia, IHG told at the moment the hotel chain is [...] Continue Reading »
Ahmedabad may have been one of the fastest growing cities in the country but it has topped the list in terms of vacant space in shopping malls. According to a retail market report released by real-estate consultants Cushman & Wakefield, between April and June 2012, the overall mall vacancy in the city stood at 34 [...] Continue Reading »
PricewaterhouseCoopers, a global professional services firm, inaugurated its new office in Chennai, on Tuesday, to provide advisory, tax and regulatory services. The company has increased its employee base by 24 per cent at the Chennai Centre to meet the growing demand for various sectors. PwC has its existence in major cities of India like Ahmedabad, [...] Continue Reading »
The office space absorption in Hyderabad grew 5 % while overall office space absorption across top eight cities of the country plummeted 21% to 13.4 million sft as compared to 16.9 million sft in the first half of 2011, according to a study by global real estate consultancy firm Cushman & Wakefield. This steep drop in office [...] Continue Reading »
