Tag Archives: Pune

MPC Energy Buys Equity In Phoenix Mills SPVs

MPC Energy, a JV between Germany-based MPC Capital and Switzerland-based Synergy Asset Management, has invested Rs 1,300 Crore in the purchase of equity in special purpose vehicles floated by Phoenix Mills, a real estate developer. 70% of the investment is expected to be used for fifteen projects that are in development stages, while the remaining [...]

Maharashtra Real Estates

Maharashtra, also referred to as the ‘Power House of India’, is the industrial hub of India. Commanding the industrial development of the country, Maharashtra has already established a trend in the growth of real estate in India. Economic development has resulted in the rapid development of both residential and commercial property in Mumbai, Solapur, Pune [...]

IRB Infrastructure Developers Takes Road Building

Driving on the country’s first expressway connecting Mumbai with Pune is always a pleasure, so much so that people have started shuttling between the two cities daily. All this courtesy the swanky road’s meticulous upkeep by a company that was once a family-owned business doing road-building works for local bodies.
At the helm of it all [...]

Hike In Property Price Of Kolkata

Property prices in and around Calcutta could shoot up by as much as 15 % as city developers contemplate a basket hike in product prices to combat a steep rise in input costs. The real rise in realty rates, though, could be tempered by a slack market.
According to Pradeep Sureka“There’s no way we can absorb [...]

Indian Company Plans IT Park In Lanka

City-based real estate developer PS Group is setting up an IT park in Sri Lanka with an investment of $80.4 million.
The company has entered into a joint venture with Sri Lanka Institute of Technology and Infinity Parks Ltd, another city-based real estate company, to develop this project.
Mr. Pradip Chopra, chairman and managing director of PS [...]

Sobha Looks Forward For Slum Redevelopment

Sobha Developers, a Bangalore-based realty major focussed on residential space, is looking at diversifying its portfolio through slum redevelopment schemes and special economic zones (SEZs), retail and commercial projects.
Mr. Raghav Menon, Executive director, said that the company would build an SEZ in either Tamil Nadu or Kerala. He said, “We haven’t decided on the place [...]

Realty Deals Get Buried In Pan-India Landslide

Over the last two years, land prices have shown a northward trend. Now, it’s time now for a realty check.
Record land auction at Mumbai’s Bandra-Kurla Complex- like the Rs 46,000 per square feet buy by Wadhwa Builders in November 2007 are passe. The last auction at BKC, by Jet Airways, has seen rates tumbling to [...]

Will Property Price Come Down In The Near Future?

Many expect a further correction in home prices in India. Since the volumes of property transactions are going down, hence the asking price for property will also go down. Additionally, over-supply of property is posing as a major reason for the slow down in Real Estate prices.Recent media reports have also suggested the same trend. [...]

Realty Is Facing Prices Fall

The transaction level has gone down drastically in various markets. It has resulted in price fall in realty market. This is also because residential capital values in some micro markets in the metros have shown a negative growth in the last 3 months. After tracking capital values in metros such as Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore as [...]

DLF Plans Multiplexes In Different Part Of Country

Chandigarh: DLF, a leading real estate player in the country, plans to invest Rs 1,250 crore for the development of its multiplex business. The company has planned to add minimum 500 screens in the next four to five years across the country.
DLF’s entertainment arm DT Cinemas will set up a megaplex, which will have 12 [...]

Mahindra’s Jaipur SEZ To Become Partly Operational From July

The Special Economic Zone being developed by Mahindras at Jaipur will become partly operational in July with first group of clients moving in, a top official said on Friday.
Mr. Arun Nanda, vice-chairman of the company told that Mahindra Lifespace Developers, the real estate and infrastructure development arm of the USD 6 billion Mahindra group, has [...]

Commercial Development of Vacant Railway Land

The Ministry of Railways have set up Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) by an amendment to Railways Act, 1989 (Amendment No. 47 of 2005) for commercial development of vacant railway land for generating revenue. So far 115 sites, covering a total area of 1139 hectares (approx) have been entrusted to the Authority for commercial development [...]

Lodha Group To Raise $2 Billion Over Two Years

Mr. Abhinandan Lodha, Director, Lodha Group (Bloomberg), confidently said in mumbai that their aim are to raise $2 billion over the next two years from private equity investors and an initial sale of shares to fund its growth.
The developer, which has received investments by JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Deutsche Bank AG in the past [...]

Growth Of Industrial Rent Highest In Mumbai

Mumbai has witnessed the world’s highest (94.4%) increase in rentals of industrial space in 2007 from Rs 18 per square feet per month to Rs 35 per square feet per month ($10.88 per square feet per annum).
With this, the financial capital of the country leaped 11 positions to be 26th most expensive industrial locations in [...]

IDEB Builds Infrastructure In Major Cities

The realestate and constructions company IDEB is building infrastructure in all major cities of India. This will include Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Mysore, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Kashipur and Delhi.

Oberoi Constructions Expands Garden City

Oberoi Constructions Private Ltd is well-known as leading developer. Now Oberoi group is on the way of expansion. They have decided to set up three ‘Oberoi Garden city’ township in Bangalore, Pune and Hyderabad. Initially they started ‘Oberoi Garden city’ project for Gurgaon east and Mumbai. New three townships will start with an [...]

Lok Housing Constructs Residential Projects In Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune

Mr. Lalit Gandhi, chairman and managing director, Lok Housing & Constructions says that they have decided to initiate around eight projects in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore in coming six months.
The proposed projects will cover 42-50 million sq ft saleable area, and 60 % of this will be residential development and is likely to [...]