Godrej Properties promoters to dilute stake
Godrej Properties could look at dilution of promoters’ holding in the company in the next six months.
Godrej Properties could look at dilution of promoters’ holding in the company in the next six months.
Singapore’s Lion Global Investors, which manages about S$29 billion ($24 billion), said on Thursday, July 15, it was turning bullish on Indian stocks and Wednesday’s bomb attacks in the country’s financial capital would not change its view.
Angel investors, Indian Angel Network has invested $1 million in the Mumbai-based real estate portal GrOffr.com for a minority stake.
US-based real estate developer Alexandria’s Indian arm — Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc is planning to invest around Rs.500 crore to develop a biotechnology park in Bangalore.
More than half a dozen builders, including Ahmedabad-based Bakeri Group, Lodha Developers and Indiabulls Real Estate, have either pulled out of the affordable-housing segment or have changed their offering.
Unitech Ltd is expanding its retail development business and plans to invest around Rs.2,000 crore over the next three years to develop about 2 million sq. ft of premium and luxury shopping malls.
UK-based hospitality firm Whitbread today said it will invest 75 million pounds (over Rs 535 crore) in India by 2020 to fund its hotels business in the country.
Standard & Poor’s Rating Services on Monday, July 4, said the surge in real estate prices in some pockets in India could emerge as a credit risk for banks.
Property prices in seven cities across India dropped by 2.63 per cent to 17.6 per cent during the January to March quarter, according to the latest data released by the National Housing Bank.
The Reserve Bank of India has laid out strict and tedious due diligence standards for banks in sanctioning loans to the real estate sector.