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.
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.
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.
In all markets around the globe, challenging market conditions – whilst painful at the time – do have a beneficial long-term impact on the market in that they sort out the ‘wheat from the chaff’.
Macro level forecast suggests Asia in general, and China and India in particular, will continue to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) despite the slowdown as Europe and the US continue to grapple with economic problems of their own.
Hyatt Hotels Corporation has introduced its new Hyatt House extended-stay brand in India, with the signing of a management agreement by a Hyatt affiliate for a hotel in Mumbai.
Bengaluru’s hotels market has evolved over the last decade, growing in tandem with the city’s emergence as a significant commercial destination largely driven by the IT/ITeS sector.