Private Equity
Century Real Estate, one of the leading realty players of Bangalore, is likely to buy at least half the investment from Fortress Capital, a global private equity fund that had invested about $100 million in 2007. The company is one of the largest land-bank owners in Bangalore. It had embarked into developing various commercial and [...] Continue Reading »
Ascendas, a Singapore-listed technology park developer, is likely to buy an IT special economic zone (SEZ) of Shriram Properties in Chennai, for about Rs 500 crore. Shriram’s IT SEZ is part of a larger mixed use development on a 58 acre land (1.3 million sq. ft.), which it had bought from Standard Motors Factory in [...] Continue Reading »
ASK Property Investment Advisors, the real estate private equity (PE) arm of diversified financial services company ASK Group, has invested Rs 100 crore in a Mumbai-based residential project in Mulund, being developed by Rajesh Builders. Raj Altezza Project will be completed in two phases and will occupy 400 units in total. The cost of the [...] Continue Reading »
ASK Group’s realty private equity arm ASK Property Investment Advisors said it has raised a real estate fund of Rs 1,000 crore. ASK Group collected money from high net worth individuals (HNIs) and Ultra HNI investors across 10 cities in India in a partnership with private banking arms of institutions such as ICICI Bank, Future [...] Continue Reading »
India’s oldest golf club, Kolkata’s Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC), plans to enter real estate sector in order to create a regular source of income to rise its operational revenue and gather funds for the clubhouse and course upgrade. The club authorities will be signing a joint agreement with private equity (PE) player, Xander Group, [...] Continue Reading »
According to international property consultants the cost of debt funding has been rising. Recently it is found that over 80 percent of all available capital for real estate is being plugged into mid-income housing. However, both affordable and luxury housing projects in India seem to have not attracted investments. Analysts believe that global players are [...] Continue Reading »
Over the last one year investment in Indian real estate is less in terms of amount and numbers. The scenario is directly correlated to the economic dynamics now working in the country. According to Private equity funds, only three cities Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore have the potential to deliver, and they is why close to [...] Continue Reading »
The hospitality industry in India is witnessing increasing number of private equity investments in various projects. In 2010, the industry saw only five private equity deals with a cumulative value of $156 million. By 2011, the deal amount grew to $299 million and during the first five months of 2012, hospitality industry has raised $121 [...] Continue Reading »
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 »
Real estate projects in all Tier II and III cities are attracting more PE investors to invest in realty projects in India. With the fund flow from the PE firms, the realty markets in smaller cities are growing much faster. Earlier, the PE firms were keen on investment in top metros in India, but now [...] Continue Reading »
