Private Equity
In the past few weeks a slew of land deals for property firms in the city have brought in a mixed bag of results. Even as the bigger, cash-rich firms are raking in the moolah, quite a few others in the face of an economic downturn are still struggling with slow sales and delayed projects. [...] Continue Reading »
For property firms in the city, in the past few weeks a slew of land deals have brought in a mixed bag of results. Though the bigger, cash-rich firms are raking in the moolah, the remaining few others are working hard with slow sales and delayed projects in the face of an economic downturn. By [...] Continue Reading »
Lack of investment opportunities in Tier-II and -III cities and higher return possibilities in large ones is forcing real estate focused PE companies to look at bigger cities for investment. Around $14 billion has been invested in about 700 transactions with around 300 developers across 33 cities in India, according to estimates. Delhi-based Red Fort [...] Continue Reading »
Private equity (PE) funds in India are looking to portfolios of income-producing real estate assets as the country prepares to allow listing of real estate investment trusts (REITs). Redfort Capital, Golden Estates, Kotak Realty Fund and Blackstone Group are few of the PE firms planning to invest in such assets. REIT is a type of [...] Continue Reading »
Pune real estate sector is witnessing some renewed interests of private equity players. The reasons may be the uninhibited influx of professionals and a robust local economy, which is relatively less affected by the economic downturn, The developers have also ensured a steady demand for homes and offices in the city. This has helped induce [...] Continue Reading »
The private equity real estate arm of the global investment firm Xander Group has invested Rs 370 crore in Kapstone Constructions. It is the It is the group company of Mumbai-based developer Rustomjee. The money raised will be used for reducing debt burden and for further growth of the Rustomjee group. Boman Irani, Chairman, Rustomjee, [...] Continue Reading »
PE firm Milestone Capital has sold a 2.5 lakh sq ft commercial property in Pune for about Rs 145 crore to a high-net-worth individual (HNI). This deal marks a potential renewal of interest among such investors in assets that provides constant rental return in addition to capital appreciation. The office building in Kalyani Nagar was [...] Continue Reading »
If you are looking to purchase commercial space than, this good time to look at commercial spaces which are on top in most markets. After the financial crisis of 2008, prices in markets such as Mumbai plunge 30 percent. Currently the demand is increasing little up and the economy reviving because of which investors can [...] Continue Reading »
As per the sources the Xander group is to invest nearly Rs 375 crore in a township project of Mumbai-based realty company Keystone Realtors Pvt. Ltd. Kapstone Constructions Pvt. Ltd is a wing of Keystone Realtors is currently developing the Rustomjee Urbania project which is 127 acre in Thane near Mumbai. The project is under [...] Continue Reading »
Ex World Bank’s President James Wolfensohn’s private investment fund has sold 5.57% of Chennai oriented home financing company Repco Home Finance for about Rs 112.59 crore in an open market deal. A Wolfensohn Capital Partners fund sold 34, 64,000 equity shares for Rs 325 per share. AS per the shareholding pattern available on the stock [...] Continue Reading »
