India Offices Q4 2011: Concerns remain
Cumulative take-up across India‟s seven largest cities increased by a modest 8% year-on-year (y-o-y) in 2011.
Cumulative take-up across India‟s seven largest cities increased by a modest 8% year-on-year (y-o-y) in 2011.
A recent industry report shows that FDI in 2010-11 was the lowest in the last four years. According to the FICCI-Ernst & Young real estate report, the FDI in the sector declined to 6 per cent of the total direct investment coming to India in 2010-11.
Rising cost and falling transactions are taking their toll on the property market in both the Delhi-NCR and Mumbai.
With the market set to bottom by out by the second quarter of 2012, we will see the beginning of a recovery in the city’s residential real estate fortunes by the second half of the year.
The combined net debt of India’s 11 listed developers rose 15 percent in the 12 months through June to 385 billion rupees, according to Mumbai-based Edelweiss Securities Ltd.
IL&FS Investment Managers, India’s only listed private equity fund, has acquired 9.4% shareholding in an Indiabulls’ firm that is developing the 8.3-acre Bharat Mills at Worli in south central Mumbai.
India which is building the world’s second-tallest skyscraper, is catching up with China in an office building boom that may indicate that an economic slowdown is imminent, according to Barclays Capital Research.
Once hailed as the new experience in the destination shopping of super luxury, Parsvnath Developers is reportedly selling its 1.2-acre plot in the heart of Delhi, near Connaught Place, hoping to raise Rs.700-800 crore for paring its debt.
Global Emerging Markets and Vittal Innovation City in a joint venture with Lepakshi Knowledge Hub, are developing a green eco system for Knowledge based services, manufacturing, R&D and incubation activities.
Supertech has launched the launch of ‘ORB’ — a circular-shaped, 50 storey luxurious residential development, masterminded by the former bollywood actress and interior designer Twinkle Khanna.