Track2Realty: Central Bank of India is looking ahead to cloak a total business of Rs 10,000 crore from home loan segment. The bank has been aggressively targeting prospective home seekers through its various initiatives.
Track2Realty-Agencies: Jones Lang La-Salle (JLL) India has set up a new entity, JLL Segregated Funds Group to raise funds to invest in the Indian real estate market, and its first fund worth . 300 crore will be launched soon in the domestic market.
Track2Realty: A three-acre plot in Andheri owned by Nycomed Pharma has been sold for around Rs 205 crore, or Rs 65 crore an acre. Mahindra Lifespaces, part of the Mahindra Group, has purchased the 12,000-sq m plot that currently houses a bungalow, two guest houses, a research and development facility and an electric sub-station.
Track2Realty: Homestead, the London-based real estate company announced the launch of Michael Schumacher World Tower in Sector 109, Gurgaon. Spread over approximately 5 acres, this project will consist of 28 high rise floors and offer about 100 homes. Customers can choose from a range of sizes done in the most tasteful manner. These homes have high efficiency in terms of areas offered and have the best specifications offered till date.
Track2Realty: MCHI-CREDAI has embarked on an ambitious four-day property exhibition from November 01, 2012 showcasing flats, bungalows and commercial offering from across Mumbai city and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
Track2Realty: Godrej Properties has launched residential project, Godrej E-City, in Electronic City Phase-1, Bengaluru. Spread over approximately 15 acres, this project will be completed in 3 phases.
Track2Realty-Agencies: Mumbai-based real estate firm Kamla Landmarc Construction is the new owner of the Hyderabad-based IPL team Deccan Chargers. The deal was finalised by Jitendra Jain-promoted Kamla Landmarc and T Venkattram Reddy’s Deccan Chronicle Holdings (DCHL) over the last few days. The size of the deal is yet to be confirmed.
Track2Realty-Agencies: Azure Capital, the promoters of India Realty Fund I, launched its India Realty Fund-II (IRF2), a rental yield fund that focuses on commercial properties across the top seven cities of India. The size of the fund is Rs 250 crores with an additional Green shoe option of Rs 250 crores aggregating to Rs 500 crores.
Track2Realty-Agencies: Nearly five years after venturing into telecom and investing over Rs 600 crore, Unitech decided to part ways with Telenor, its Norwegian partner in the mobile venture, paying a nominal Rs 25 crore to settle its messy dispute.
Track2Realty-Agencies: Investment bank Goldman Sachs on Thursday downgraded real estate major DLF to ‘neutral’ from ‘buy’, saying slower approvals could result in fewer project launches, even as Swiss financial services company UBS said activist Arvind Kejriwal’s accusations would have limited impact on the company. It has maintained a ‘buy’ rating.