Chennai
Kotak Realty Funds,the real estate private equity fund of Kotak Mahindra Group, has entered into a joint venture with Chennai-based Akshaya Homes. The joint venture has been formed for construction of residential units on a 20-acre plot off Chennais Old Mahabalipuram road. It is a revenue-share venture, where Kotak will hold 20% stake while Akshaya [...] Continue Reading »
With the advancement of the hospitality sector in Chennai, the city has become a center for hospitality apart from just a booming IT sector. The hospitality market has witnessed a sharp growth with renowned brands coming up including international brands. Also the city recently witnessed the birth of about five luxury upscale hotels with many more to [...] Continue Reading »
The Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI) Chennai, has welcomed the government’s approval for multi-level parking in apartments in the city. The developers body say that this decision would relieve parking space pressure in Chennai. The permission has been granted for the same building (stilt+2) and not a separate block, which means [...] Continue Reading »
Portman Holdings is planning to raise third party funds to invest in Indian real estate. The fund worth is estimated at $300 million. The company will raise these funds in overseas markets in the first half of 2013. It then plans to deploy the entire corpus in the next 30 months once the fund raising [...] Continue Reading »
The 4.85 acre plot Madras Race club Guindy has been bidded for Rs 260 crore by Mahindra Lifespaces, part of the Mahindra & Mahindra Group. The land value is Rs 3 crore per ground. The other two bidders were Arihant of Chennai and RMZ from Bangalore. Madras Race Club instructed that international real estate consultants [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai witnessed the highest absorption of office space at 1.32 million sq. ft in the third quarter of 2012 while Bangalore and Hyderabad witnessed an absorption of 1.25 million sq ft and 0.50 million sq ft respectively, according to a report by Cushman & Wakefield. The report said that this trend is due to the [...] Continue Reading »
Real estate developer Casa Grande aims to become a 1,000-crore company by 2016 by developing several properties across the region, according to company officials. The Chennai based developer has reported revenues of Rs 130.09 crore last year and is trying to raise the revenue by Rs 240 crore this financial year. The firm’s Managing Director, [...] Continue Reading »
Edelweiss Housing Finance to introduce housing loans of less than Rs 10 lakh in Madurai. The firm target the low income group and those constructing their own homes in Chennai suburbs and small towns and in Tamil Nadu. The target of the plan is to focus on self employed and small and micro entrepreneurs and [...] Continue Reading »
After a slowdown in the first two quarters of 2012, India is witnessing a rise in demand for commercial rental spaces. Major cities such as Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, and Kolkata saw a total of 7.6 million sq ft office space absorption in the July to September as compared to 5.9 million in [...] Continue Reading »
Through real estate fund that focuses commercial property is suppose to raise up to Rs 500 crore in the top seven cities of India by Azure Capital. India reality fund II, will be launched by Azure Capital, that will totally focus on commercial properties across the seven cities of India. The investors will focus on [...] Continue Reading »
