Track2Realty-Agencies: DLF today, Dec 19, said it has signed an agreement for effecting a sale of the luxury hotel chain Amanresorts to the hospitality property’s founder and Chairman Adrian Zecha for about USD 300 million (over Rs 1,600 crore).
Track2Realty-Agencies: Real estate developer DB Realty today said its subsidiary DB Hospitality is looking to sell stake in proposed hotel project at the Delhi International Airport and discussions are undergoing with potential buyers.
Track2Realty: Police has detained at least 15 people, mostly the security personnel of controversial liquor and real estate baron Ponty Chadha and his younger brother Hardeep who were killed in a shootout between their groups at their farmhouse in south Delhi on Saturday, Nov 17.
Track2Realty: Gurdeep Singh Chadha alias Ponty Chadha, who was killed along with his brother after they fired at each other inside a farmhouse in Delhi’s Chhattarpur area on Saturday, Nov 17, was the sole liquor distributor in Uttar Pradesh. His other business interests included real estate, sugar mills and film production, which he used to look after along with his two brothers – Hardeep and Rajinder. The business empire was reportedly worth Rs 6,000 crore.
Track2Realty-Agencies: DLF expects to raise about Rs 2,500 crore by end of this fiscal from sale of its two non-core businesses, luxury hospitality chain Aman Resorts and wind energy, a company official has said.
Track2Realty: Supertech today announced tie up with hospitality chain The Leela Palaces, Hotel and Resorts for management of its luxury hotel in Noida that is being developed at an investment of Rs 450 crore.
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: Office space absorption witnessed a 14% q-o-q decline during the 3rd quarter of 2012, according to the findings of CBRE’s latest report, India Office Market View Q3, 2012. Prime office space absorption across the 7 key cities reviewed decreased to about 6 million sq ft in the third quarter, compared to more than 7 million sq ft in the previous quarter.
Track2Realty-CRIENGLISH: In a country where majority of the people do not have decent homes and the volume of sales of housing units in Indian markets is under pressure,a growing number of Indians are keen to buy homes abroad, particularly in the United Kingdom.
Jones Lang LaSalle has a new report, Redefining Retail Investment, to coincide with the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) 2012 Retail Real Estate World Summit, taking place in Shanghai this week.