HDFC Realty in talks to raise $600 mn
HDFC Realty, the private equity arm of Housing Development Finance Corporation, is in talks with the world’s largest sovereign funds to raise its fourth real estate fund.
HDFC Realty, the private equity arm of Housing Development Finance Corporation, is in talks with the world’s largest sovereign funds to raise its fourth real estate fund.
The festival of Diwali has a direct bearing on the property market, and irrespective of the overall macro economic scenario the property transactions around this time of the year have been the maximum.
Milestone Capital, which is looking for potential buyers after its founder Ved Prakash Arya died in a freak accident two months ago, has found another suitor, Piramal Group.
Triangle Real Estate India Fund is looking to raise $200 million in the next few months through its second India retail-centric real estate fund.
Mukesh Ambani has sold his plush 21-storey building in the commercial district of Nairobi to the World Bank for nearly $23 million (approx Rs.115 crore), making it the largest single property deal in East Africa.
The current global scenario might be one of gloom, with markets in the US and in Europe on the brink of a double dip recession, but interest in Indian real estate is still high among global investors
DTZ Research estimates that US$316bn of capital will be available to invest in global real estate in 2012, a 4 per cent decrease on its previous estimate at the end of 2010.
Regus, provider of flexible workplaces, is set to make major investments to capitalise on the accelerating global trend toward flexible working.
Norwegian telecom giant Telenor has started a process to raise up to Rs.8,000 crore in its Indian joint venture with real estate developer Unitech, said a top company executive.
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), which set up its India operations nearly three years ago, has now formed a new world region ‘RICS South Asia’ as it looks to strengthen its presence in the Asian subcontinent.