Indiareit raises Rs 800 crore for Domestic Fund
Track2Realty-Agencies: Indiareit Fund Advisors has raised Rs.800 crore for its sixth domestic real estate fund, Domestic Scheme-V, higher than the basic fund size of Rs.750 crore.
Track2Realty-Agencies: Indiareit Fund Advisors has raised Rs.800 crore for its sixth domestic real estate fund, Domestic Scheme-V, higher than the basic fund size of Rs.750 crore.
Omkar Realtors &Developers has raised Rs.200 crore funding, by INDIAREIT Fund for a premium residential project at a prime location in Worli, having a development potential of over a million sq. feet.
Track2Realty Exclusive:Following nearly two years of sub-5% growth due to currency volatility, high inflation and fiscal deficits, poor investment and market sentiment scenario, India’s economy bounced back with a growth rate of 5.7% during the April–June period of FY 2014–15, up from 4.6% in the preceding quarter. With business prospects improving across key sectors, the economy is expected to display further improvements in the next quarter.
Track2Realty Exclusive: The debate of promoter versus professional driven realty companies gained momentum in the year 2012 because high attrition at the top level of realty sector has been in the news throughout the year. The Managing Directors of Indiabulls Real Estate and Peninsula Land quit in the month of October. So did the real estate heads of two property funds, Indiareit and Everstone Capital. Most of them either moved to other realty companies, starting their own ventures or shifting streams to join consultancies.
Over the last year, there has been an unequivocal crystallization of Indian cities that continue to attract serious investment into real estate. This is directly correlated to the economic dynamics now working in the country. If India is to achieve even a conservative GDP growth of 6% per year, it emerges that only three cities – Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore – have the potential to deliver. The reason for this is that close to 2/3rd of the overall development of office space in the country is now taking place in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore.
Even as fund raising in India seems to be tough,…
Equinox Realty,an arm of oli-to-steel conglomerate Essar Group,plans to sell a minority stake in its biggest commercial asset in Mumbai to raise between 7.5 billion rupees and 10 billion rupees, sources close to the development said.
IIFL Venture Capital Fund, the private equity arm of the India Infoline group, is reportedly raising Rs.500 crore for investing in real estate.
The Indian real estate sector has grown rapidly over the last few years, with its stakeholder profile evolving from locally-focused, privately-owned enterprises to increasingly corporatized, professional organizations funded with public capital and having multiple market and product strategies.
Peninsula Land and Canada based Brookfield Asset Management have formed a 50:50 JV to launch a real estate fund for investments in India.