Realtors protest new bill
Real estate developers have expressed their reservations to the proposed Real Estate Bill 2011, which is likely to see light by this year-end.
Real estate developers have expressed their reservations to the proposed Real Estate Bill 2011, which is likely to see light by this year-end.
Kotak Realty Fund, the property investment arm of India’s Kotak Mahindra Bank, plans to raise as much as USD 500 million by the second quarter of this year, in a bet on the long term case for property in Asia’s third-largest economy, a top official said.
Chennai-based real estate developer True Value Homes is planning to invest Rs.800 crore over the next three years to develop around 12 projects, majority of which will be in the residential segment.
Mumbai-based RCSPL, which owns group buying portal for real estate GrOffr.com, has acquired Mobstreet.in, a company which was officially shut down in December 2010 due to lack of funds.
Four years after Singapore-based Ascott Ltd, a serviced residence operator, entered India, it has decided to part ways with its local partner in a bid to speed up expansion plans and have more control over its proposed projects.
Sadiq Batcha, a longtime friend and associate of A Raja and managing director of a real estate company, Green House Promoters, in which Raja’s wife Parameswari was associated as one of the directors and later resigned, has been found dead.
Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations (CREDAI) Tamil Nadu unit has said that enquires for commercial real estate property has picked up in the last couple of months following decent growth in the IT industry.
Tata Realty Initiatives Fund-I, managed by Tata Realty and Infrastructure Ltd, has bought over Kotak India Real Estate Fund-I, a $100 million (Rs.450 crore) fund managed by Kotak Realty Fund in Peepul Tree Properties Pvt. Ltd for Rs.385 crore.
A mammoth increase in planned supply of retail malls in India will increase retail companies’ bargaining power vis-à-vis real estate developers.
Tata Housing Development Company would invest up to Rs 3,000 crore next fiscal to develop affordable homes across the country. The company already has five projects in the affordable segment and plans to launch 7-8 more projects next fiscal.