Kolkata
DLF, the country’s biggest real estate company, is set to sell its 17-acre National Textile Corporation (NTC) land in Mumbai to Mumbai-based Lodha Developers to reduce its rising debt, said market sources. The deal is estimated at Rs 2,500-2,700 crore. Lodha Developers has already paid Rs 500 crore in advance and it would pay the [...] Continue Reading »
Realty giant DLF is all set to sell at least two out of the three non-core businesses as it plans to cut its Rs 23,000 crore debt to about Rs 17,000 crore in the current fiscal. DLF Group Executive Director Rajeev Talwar revealed that the group is all set to sell its luxury hospitality chain [...] 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 »
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 »
XRBIA Developers, the former Eiffel Developers & Realtors Ltd., has recently revealed the first-of-its-kind affordable housing brand XRBIA for pan India. Hafeez Contractor, a 61 year old renowned architect, has developed a revolutionary new design for affordable housing. An exact full size model of the actual house was shown during an occasion. XRBIA – Connoting [...] Continue Reading »
Even after the orders from the state’s chief minister, the police and the concerned authorities of Kolkata turn a blind eye to the encroachment of water bodies. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had asked the police and Trinamool Congress councillors to check that no water body in their jurisdiction disappears. But this seems to have had [...] Continue Reading »
Real estate market experts feel that property prices may come down, but however, it depends on the holding power of the builders. The real estate sales volume has dropped down in six of the major cities in India. Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) witnessed 50 per cent drop, Gurgaon 45 per cent, Hyderabad 34 per cent, [...] Continue Reading »
Salarpuria Group, a very famous name in the real estate domain needs no formal introduction. The group which was established in the year 1985 in Kolkata has evolved a lot since then in every sector in the market. Construction, Architecture, Real Estate, Construction Management, Facility and Infrastructure Management and Finance are some the group’s branches [...] Continue Reading »
At present, redevelopment of properties is the “in thing” in real estate sector. One of the top realty player, Godrej Properties has planned to expand its project portfolio in the redevelopment segment. In context with same GPL Managing Director and CEO Pirjsha Godrej says, that in order to increase the availability of housing in Mumbai, [...] Continue Reading »
