Chennai
The hotel chain, Citrus Hotels and Resorts has decided to invest about Rs 500 crore to add 1,500 rooms and take its hotels strength by 2017. They have aimed to flourish about 18 hotels in the next five years and currently the hotel chain has 475 rooms spread across eight properties. When questioned about their generating of [...] Continue Reading »
Property developer Akshaya Homes and Kotak Realty Fund have reportedly signed an agreement to develop Kotak’s 20-acre plot on Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR), Chennai. As per the deal, Akshaya will take possession of 80 per cent of the developed land on completion of the project and Kotak will possess the rest 20 per cent. The [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore has surpassed bigger property markets such as Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai. Real estate research firm PropEquity says that the Southern city recorded a 140% growth in the quarter till June over the year-ago period. As sales in most other cities stagnated or decreased, Bangalore witnessed sale of 15.58 million sq ft of residential space [...] Continue Reading »
Shriram Properties, the Bangalore-based realty arm of Shriram Group, is reportedly close to settle a Rs 600 crore debt raised from Germany-based Hypo Real Estate Group during late 2007. Shriram Properties will settle the debt through sale of its IT SEZ in Chennai for Rs 500 crore to Singapore-based Ascendas. Hypo Real Estate Holding AG [...] Continue Reading »
Property consultants Jones Lang LaSalle reported that the demand for residential units in and around Chennai has remained stable in the third quarter of current year. Around 5,600 units have been absorbed in the quarter when compared to some 5,550 units in April-June 2012 quarter. The growth corridors like OMR and GST have continued to remain [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai suburbs are witnessing rapid realty growth. However, deplorable infrastructure condition have been a menace that citizens have to grapple with. Medavakkam has witnessed a real-estate boom in recent years with residential apartment blocks and individual houses sprouting up rapidly. Poor state of infrastructure, including unmotorable and poorly lit roads, and the poor disposal of [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai has recorded the highest occupancy levels amongst the top six Indian cities. Occupancy level stands at 64 per cent in Chennai. As per reports, the average room rate in H1 2012 was recorded Rs 4,900 in Chennai, which is an increase of approximately 4 per cent over 2011. The reason behind this is the [...] Continue Reading »
Rentals for commercial space across India may see a mixed trend in coming few years. Real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) says that while cities such as Bengaluru, Chennai and Pune are to witness moderate rental increases over the next five years, the scenario may turn out to be different in other cities. The [...] Continue Reading »
Real estate consultancy firm Cushman & Wakefield have reported that the total new demand for residential dwellings during 2012–16 will be 11.8 million units across India. Of the total demand, top 8 cities will account for 18 per cent or 2.1 million units across categories. NCR is projected to witness the highest demand of 381,000 [...] Continue Reading »
Report by global property consultant Cushman and Wakefield states that there will be an increase in the demand for 12 million housing units across the country in the next five years. It is said that the top eight cities will form about 20 per cent of the additional demand. However, the overall demand generated for [...] Continue Reading »
