Private Equity
US-based hedge Capri Capital Partners plans to raise about $400 million to launch its first India-dedicated real estate private equity fund. Capri Capital has $3.7 billion assets under management and advises pension funds and institutional investors globally. The firm is looking to raise the fund through its India arm, Capri Global Capital, after the upcoming general [...] Continue Reading »
Capri Capital Partners, which advises pension funds and institutional investors globally, is going to launch its first India-dedicated real estate private equity fund. It plans to raise about $400 million. It is a listed non-deposit accepting systemically important non-banking finance company (NBFCs-ND-SI) focused on wholesale, small and micro enterprise lending. The focus the fund will [...] Continue Reading »
Brick Eagle Capital Group is a private equity and land-banking firm. It advises low-cost housing developers. The group is planning to raise $100 million from offshore investors mainly to acquire 1,000 acres of land in and around Mumbai this year. It has zeroed in on the investments to be made. The plan is to house [...] Continue Reading »
The regulator for the securities market in India, Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), has allowed 12 new units to set up Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs). An AIF is a new set of pooled-in investment vehicles for real estate, private equity and hedge funds, in the last two months of October and November 2012. [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- Nitesh Estates Ltd is planning to raise Rs.400 crore from private equity (PE) firms, for developing residential projects. Nitesh Housing Developers, which is a subsidiary of the company will be raising the big fund. The developer has been planning to launch five new projects of which, two will be luxury residential projects while the [...] Continue Reading »
Luxury villa projects in the city are catching the attention of private-equity (PE) funds and non-banking financial institutions (NBFCs). The investors are also looking at exploring the option of backing luxury villa projects. Reliance Capital Ltd funded Rs.60 crore in an ongoing villa project of Skylark Mansion Pvt. Ltd in Whitefield, while Azure Capital Advisors [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- Vijay Mallya’s investment holding company UB Holdings has got a jumbo offer by Private equity giant Blackstone, revealed sources. The PE firm has offered around Rs 560 crore to the company to buy out the prime office and retail real estate blocks in UB City, the biggest commercial property project in Bangalore. As an [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- Chetan Dave, head of IDFC Alternatives real estate investment team, has resigned from his post due to mismatch of interests between him and the rest of the management, as said by sources. Dave had joined IDFC Alternatives in June 2010. His position is expected to be taken up by Satish Mandhana, currently managing partner [...] Continue Reading »
According to research firm Liases Foras, the construction of nearly half of the 3,23,000 homes scheduled to be delivered in 2013 are lagging behind. At least a third of these will not be ready even before 2014. A survey by the company has revealed that three of every four homes to be delivered in 2014 [...] Continue Reading »
Blackstone Group, US-based private equity major, is set to acquire 36% ownership in the tenanted office space group of Embassy Property Developments, for about $230 million (Rs 1,300 crore). The deal is expected to be Blackstone’s biggest real estate deal in India, giving it part ownership of more than 12 million sq. ft. The Blackstone [...] Continue Reading »
