DLF plans to sell stakes in Pune, Noida IT parks for Rs 1,300 crore
DLF, India’s largest real estate company, will sell its shareholding in two IT SEZs in Pune and Noida, for a combined value of Rs.1,300 crore.
DLF, India’s largest real estate company, will sell its shareholding in two IT SEZs in Pune and Noida, for a combined value of Rs.1,300 crore.
Ascendas India Development Trust (AIDT), the India-focused real estate fund floated by Singapore-based office space developer, is looking to raise close to $350 million.
DLF, India’s biggest real estate developer, will develop its Rs 1000-crore Infopark project spread over 54 acres in Bhubaneswar in phases.
Even as we continue to discuss the acute shortage of industrial land in Mumbai, the fact remains that there are rather significant land parcels held by the MIDC along Mumbai’s Thane-Belapur Highway.
Real Estate developers across the country have termed the Union Budget 2011-12 as a tie cricket match which can’t be termed as won or lost. However, they are all unanimous that it is not a game changer budget for the sector.
It would seem that the Union Budget 2011 pointedly ignored the larger issues affecting the Indian real estate sector at this sensitive stage of revival and growth.
The unfulfilled demand of more than 24 million houses in the country needs large scale impetus to achieve desired results. Allowing deduction for investment into affordable housing is a welcome step and will surely boost morale of housing industry and will accelerate investments in affordable housing.
The outlook for Chennai’s residential property market remains positive in 2011. This is a stable market, and the prices have risen rationally in tandem with normal market trends. With the IT sector on the upswing and job security once again strong, Chennai’s residential real estate market will see accelerated demand in 2011.
Value and Affordable housing remains a segment where government should definitely continue to provide developers with tax free status which was available earlier. Rather than restricting it to unit sizes as in the past of 1,000 / 1,500 sft per housing unit, the government could instead have a maximum per unit value of say Rs. 15 lakhs for units near Tier I Cities, Rs. 10 lakhs for Tier II Cities.
Through a hailstorm of bouquets, brickbats, controversies and triumphs, the Indian real estate sector has always been one of the mainstays of the country’s economy. At some level, every Indian is connected with it; in some way or the other, it affects every citizen of this country.