Track2Realty Exclusive: Urban renewal has led to economic rejuvenation of various countries and we shall have to find our own unique solutions while learning from best global practices. While Singapore and Malaysia’s transformation was led by sagacious leadership, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Chicago, Birmingham and New York effectively used their political process to drastically improve quality of life, economic output and employment opportunities.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Compared to other countries in Asia, India still lags behind on the transparency parameter. But we are increasingly scaling up with the data availability for the retail and residential sectors improving across all tiers led by the fast-paced development of the residential sector and modern retail formats.
Track2Realty-Agencies: Ansal Properties & Infrastructure (Ansal API) has achieved a sales bookings of Rs 2,361 crorein the first 11 months of this fiscal, slightly down from the year-ago period.
Track2Realty Exclusive: With the economy booming in India, the developers are to play an important part as the builders of the nation and are definite to become the most important stakeholders in urban development of the country.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Reforms as the very philosophy of a sector demands that all stake holders agree to function in a transparent manner. With the growth of real estate over the last decade, while it is heartening to note that both the developers and the government have realised the importance of transparency in the sector, there are still challenges galore.
Track2Realty: Despite an 83% drop in supply of organised retail space across key cities in the country, 2012 continued to witness an increase in transaction activity and retailer expansion. According to the findings of CBRE’s latest report “Indian Retail Market View H2, 2012”, approximately 2.5 million sq.ft. of fresh retail space entered the market in 2012, mainly concentrated in Bangalore, Kolkata and Pune, as against over 15 million sq.ft. in 2011.
Track2Realty: Omaxe has reported nearly 50 per cent increase in consolidated net profit at Rs 28.85 crore in the third quarter of this fiscal.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Come budget and the real estate in the last few years seems to have been repeating the rhetoric of industry status. As a result, year after year it has been a case of realty proposes and the Finance Minister disposes. However, the sector on the eve of 2013-14 makes a strategic shift to be more realistic with its causes and concerns.
Track2Realty Exclusive: NCR and Mumbai account for 60-70 per cent of the total deals, along with some top tier I cities. Some tier II cities are also witness to sizeable land deals. Most of the land purchases will be done by regional smaller players instead of big developers, Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) Executive Managing Director (South Asia) Sanjay Dutt says.
Track2Realty-Agencies: After fashion weeks and wedding exhibitions, India is now set to welcome a first-of-its-kind Real Estate Luxury Show (RLS India 2013), which will serve as a platform for showcasing the properties of the country’s real estate giants.