While the government is trying to regulate the developers with provisions of penalty and up to imprisonment, the developers in Maharashtra have decided expose the policy paralysis through RTI route.
Launching its multi-pronged strategy to focus attention on the real estate industry’s unending series of problems, CREDAI (Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India) has decided to send an ‘SOS’ to the Prime Minister and planned for a nationwide developers strike to sensitize the policy makers.
India’s growth story has many facets; one of the integral parts of growth – and arguably the most important one – is urbanization. In fast-growing economies, cities are significant investment and employment generators, which in turn carry the growth momentum forward. The sustainability and livability of any city depends largely on the quality of its infrastructure and real estate stocks. Needless to say, cities also require large sums of money to create urban asset stocks, including buildings and infrastructure.
An emerging segment to attract the hotel industry of India has been the MICE (Meetings, Incentive, Conventions and Exhibitions) segment as it has the potential to change the face of several upcoming Indian cities. The overall international visitors are likely to grow many fold due to MICE as it allows for the sale of several hundreds or even several thousands of room nights as opposed to the transient travellers who utilise only a few room nights at a time.
Realty major DLF may not extend sponsorship to the Indian Premier League (IPL) after its first five-year deal expires this year. According to DLF sources, they have conveyed this to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
The private equity firm ASK Property Investment Advisors has bought 49% stake in Godrej Properties’ Chembur project.
Atul Modak: Why did bankers’ lobby not block the mutual funds then?
Pranay Vakil: Because the mutual funds lobby is larger than the bankers’ lobby. They could not do anything about it. The companies into mutual funds are so large, they might just foray into banking.
Unitech has told Company Law Board (CLB) that its dispute with Norwegian firm Telenor over their joint venture Uninor was fit case for arbitration.
The emergence of the secondary and tertiary cities led to an aggressive increase in hotel development and provided avenues for expansion of hotel brands, which were previously dependent on new opportunities in just the five main cities.
Godrej Properties will redevelop 18 residential buildings in Chembur, Mumbai. The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary Godrej Projects Development Private Limited (GPDPL), entered into an agreement dated January 18, 2012 with Kamla Landmarc Property Leasing and Finance Private Limited (Kamla) to undertake a residential redevelopment project in Sahakar Nagar, Chembur, Mumbai.