Real estate deals
The farming sector of the proposed capital region has been hit as ryots are in a fix whether to keep their lands or sell them. The demand for land by many realty firms in this fertile area have escalated land prices in this region making it a hot bed for real estate deals. The farmers [...] Continue Reading »
Supin Meechucheep, managing director of JLL (Thailand) suggests that investments in New York, Los Angeles, London, Tokyo, Shanghai and Beijing make perfect economic sense. He adds that property values in these big cities will continue to grow because of urbanisation. Supin favours investments in US in commercial assets, such as department stores, offices and hotels. [...] Continue Reading »
Sources say that a multi-crore deal between private equity firm IL&FS Investment Managers and real estate developer Logix Group has been called off. The proposed deal was estimated to be about Rs 600 crore. As per the deal, the Logix Group would have sold four office buildings in Noida to IL&FS Investment and the listed [...] Continue Reading »
Shriram Properties, the Bangalore-based realty arm of Shriram Group, is reportedly close to settle a Rs 600 crore debt raised from Germany-based Hypo Real Estate Group during late 2007. Shriram Properties will settle the debt through sale of its IT SEZ in Chennai for Rs 500 crore to Singapore-based Ascendas. Hypo Real Estate Holding AG [...] Continue Reading »
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved a real estate deal between global private equity giant Blackstone group and Pune-based realty firm Embassy Group. The proposed deal involves Blackstone and Embassy group having joint control over an entity engaged in the development and management of commercial and office space. It has been dubbed as [...] Continue Reading »
This news might be quiet surprising but it is true. Maharashtra has bagged the third prize with respect to showing transparency in real estate deals. First rank went to Andhra Pradesh followed by Tamil Nadu. This report was decided according to Indian Real Estate Transparency Index 2011 and presented by group effort of Jones Lang [...] Continue Reading »
The Supreme Court of India has announced that the sale of immovable property under General Power of Attorney (GPA) will be considered illegal and will attract strict punishments. The decree might actually lead to a 20 percent downfall in the value of properties. The decision might have implications in resale and secondary properties. The decision will not [...] Continue Reading »
