Track2Realty: CBRE received 11 national awards and the peak regional award for Best Property Consultancy for the second year running at the prestigious Asia Pacific Property Awards 2014. CBRE India received the Highly Commended award in the Property Consultancy category for the second year in a row.
Track2Realty: Employment opportunities to the tune of approximately four to five lakh are expected to be generated within the next two years across the country’s leading cities. In case India’s economic growth accerelates to above 6% in 2015, more such opportunities may be expected.
Track2Realty: Transactions in India’s real estate space might have slowed down over the last two quarters, but the sector has not been overwhelmed by the state of the wider economy. Despite the subdued pre-election economic scenario, in fact, the period observed an increase in private equity activity.
Track2Realty: India has received a total estimated investment of US$ 1.2 Bn in the real estate sector making it the 10th most invested location in APAC region of which investment in land was the highest at US$ 838 million, says Cushman & Wakefield in its report ‘Investment Market Beat’ 2013. The APAC region received a record US$ 487 Billion of investment in the real estate sector.
Track2Realty: Emerging markets are offering interesting investment opportunities in terms of shopping center development, according to the latest Asia Pacific Retail Trends and Retail Hotspots reports released by CBRE. The Asia Pacific market in particular continued to see a steady flow of new retailer openings in 2013, amid steady economic growth and generally positive consumer sentiment.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Popularity of any sport facility is a function of the popular demand and the availability of resources with a developer. For a developer focusing on luxury real estate, golf and polo make better sense than any other sport currently.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Welcome to Ansaara Metro Park, a joint venture between Luxora Infrastructure and Aanya Group in one of the non-descript locations of Nagpur. Launched around three years back, it was projected to the media as Asia’s largest ‘Metro Park’. It has now proved to be a mere beating own trumpet for inviting journalists from Mumbai and Delhi.
Track2Realty-Agencies: Asian institutional investors are looking to invest $150 billion in global real estate in the next five years, with a focus on cities like Dubai, London, New York and Sydney, according to a new research.
Track2Realty Exclusive: It seems misleading realty advertisements and promotions are not just Indian market specific but a global trend. While the Indian developers are being asked to stop misleading ads, misleading news with realty/marketing companies’ employees as potential buyers has been reported in other parts of the world.
Track2Realty-Agencies: Reliance Communications will spin off its real estate business into a separately listed unit, a move the country’s third largest mobile phone carrier by customers said was to focus on its core business.