Private equity firms
The private equity fund of IIFL has planned to invest in a central Mumbai slum redevelopment project. The PE fund, IIFL Real Estate Fund has committed to invest Rs 80 crore in a housing society-cum-slum-redevelopment project in Mumbai’s Sion Koliwada area. The redevelopment project will construct about 1.2 million sq ft sale able space. The [...] Continue Reading »
The government has suggested tighter rules for foreign direct investment (FDI) in real estate in India which will bar a foreign company from repatriating funds even after the mandatory three-year lock-in period in an Indian company. The new norms will make it mandatory for foreign companies to complete at least 50% of the project within [...] Continue Reading »
The Value & Budget Housing Corporation (VBHC) has planned to launch six budget housing projects in the country by the end of this year. The group has planned to construct two residential projects in Mumbai, two projects in Delhi and one project in Bangalore and one in Chennai. The first project in Bangalore by the [...] Continue Reading »
Private equity firms Blackstone and KKR are in talk with UB Holdings for buying the UB City. It is being said that the office real estate of the UB City may be sold at a price of Rs 650 crore. The higher officials of UB group are refused to comment on the development. The UB [...] Continue Reading »
The private equity fund ASK Property Investment planned to raise $ 250 -300 million fund for investing into real estate in India. The company has already set up the fund raising program for $ 40 million from its Singapore subsidiary. ASK property is constantly looking for investment opportunities in the domestic real estate markets. They [...] Continue Reading »
Sundaram BNP Paribas Home Finance has decided to raise funds for investment into real estate home loan. The group will raise Rs 2700 crore in this financial year 2012-13. The company would raise the funds through non-convertible debentures and by refinancing from National Housing Bank. Sundaram home loan also set a target to disburse home [...] Continue Reading »
The real estate in India will not be able to attract more international funds because of its recent market scenario. Hence, the cost of borrowing from overseas would get expensive. The International Funding for ECB, FCCB will also get affected which will ultimately affect Indian GDP. The International Funds would restrict themselves from investing aggressively [...] Continue Reading »
The Triangle Real Estate India Fund LLC (TREF), planned to start its real estate investment fund raising program of $200 million from July 2012. The investment firm is looking at its major investors for the fund raising program. They also set a time line of 12 months to complete the raising program. They will invest [...] Continue Reading »
Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) planned to formulate new Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) Regulations. The new regulation may not allow PE funds to accept less than Rs 1 crore investment from an investor. According to real estate market experts, with this regulation many small PE funds will be affected. It is analyzed a [...] Continue Reading »
The real estate-focused private equity (PE) firm ASK Property Investment Advisors Pvt. Ltd has planned to invest Rs 100 crore in the redevelopment project in Mumbai By the Godrej Properties. The ASK group has taken 49% stake of the project. the redevelopment projects are considered as a difficult way of construction. The other PE transaction [...] Continue Reading »
