
Sunil Mittal ambitious foray in real estate
Sunil Bharti Mittal, the poster boy of Indian telecom, has ambitious plans in the Indian real estate.
Sunil Bharti Mittal, the poster boy of Indian telecom, has ambitious plans in the Indian real estate.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the real-estate sector last year was the lowest in four years, but private equity activity gained momentum during the recent months, according to a study by an Indian industry chamber and a global accountancy firm.
The repo rate hike by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) by 25 bps seems to have spoiled the festive spirit of the real estate sector.
Mayfair Group of hotels, the largest premium hotel chain in eastern India, has acquired the Palm Beach property of the Oberoi Group located at Gopalpur in Orissa at a cost of Rs.10 crore.
DLF has sold a 28-acre plot in Gurgaon to M3M India for Rs.440 crore, in the first among many such big-ticket sales it has lined up this fiscal to bring down mounting debt.
While the land acquired by the Uttar Pradesh Government along the Expressway has snowballed into a political slug fest, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) still believes that is the way to go.
As a part of their expansion drive in Asia, Zurich-based upscale hotel chain Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has forayed into India by setting up its first property in Bangalore and also plans to open 12 additional properties over the next 5 years.
Dunlop India Ltd (DIL), the Kolkata-based tyre manufacturing company has put its real estate assets on a block to raise money.
The Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (CREDAI), Bengal has proposed 10 satellite townships to meet housing challenges caused due to rapid urbanization.
Both the economy and the residential property sector are currently in a state of uncertainty. This has resulted in a rather prolonged period of vacillation and hesitancy among home buyers in India.