India Property Fund, managed by NRI investor Purnendu Chatterjee’s TCG Real Estate and US-based Vornado Realty Trust, is in the final stages of investing Rs 270 crore in two residential developments in national capital region and Mumbai.
Film exhibitor and distributor PVR said on Thursday it has entered into an agreement with Infinite India Investment Management, a part of JM Financial Group, for sale and leaseback of its multiplex property in Mumbai for Rs 100 crore.
The property market in many Indian cities sees increased activity during festivals like Akshaya Tritiya, which are believed to be auspicious for the creation of wealth and good fortune.
Adani Realty Business, the real estate arm of the Adani Group, plans to invest Rs.5,000 crore in the group’s upcoming township in Ahmedabad.
Indian arm of a leading Bangkok based developer is looking to invest some $300 million in the country’s real estate market, particularly in the major cities of Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore.
Hospitality firm Lemon Tree Hotels is foraying into real estate, with plans to invest over Rs.1,400 crore, to launch housing projects in India in partnership with US-based investment firm Warburg Pincus.
Demand for residential development will continue to remain unabated, but the requirement of real estate by retail industry over the next five years and even thereafter will provide a major thrust to the property market in India, said CB Richard Ellis’ global president Robert E Sulentic.
While the real estate market in India is far from satisfactory, a section of real estate developers are exploring opportunities in neighboring nations including Sri Lanka and Bangladesh as the governments, seeking to boost economic growth, are providing incentives to develop infrastructure.
Emaar Properties PJSC, Dubai’s largest real-estate firm, has asked consultants and investment bankers to value its Indian joint venture Emaar MGF Land Ltd’s assets.
Indian house prices rose rapidly from 2002 to 2007. Strong economic growth and urbanization supported house prices, while in city centres a housing bubble was encouraged by inadequate infrastructure, lack of planning and antiquated land use laws.