Ackruti City is in talks with a couple of private equity (PE) lenders to raise around Rs.150 crore by selling around 25% in its proposed redevelopment project in Chembur, north eastern suburb of Mumbai.
The impact of slowdown is already being felt on the real estate market with residential segment witnessing sluggish demand across all the major cities.
Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing Managing Director Naresh Naik has resigned to set up a real estate fund house that will invest exclusively in India.
Mukesh Ambani’s wife Nita Ambani and his associate Manoj Modi joined the Board of Directors of EIH, the parent of the Oberoi Hotels chain that includes Calcutta’s Grand Hotel, on Monday, Oct 31.
Mumbai real estate is debating over a possible price correction as sale registrations for September recorded a 29-month low at 4,137, down 22 per cent year-on-year.
Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD), a financing arm of the government, and Brookfield Asset Management have agreed to jointly sponsor a real estate fund with $100 million in seed money to focus on the domestic market.
While the real estate market looks subdued with the sector weathering a host of issues, this is not a good news either. DLF’s Chairman K P Singh is out of the top ten list of Forbes.
While other leading players in the realty and construction are reeling under investors’ loss of confidence, JP Infra’s stock has zoomed by over 40 per cent from Rs.44.50 exactly a month ago to Rs.63.05 on the BSE, outpacing peers.
In a further blow to the dampened Diwali spirit of the realty sector, the RBI raised interest rates on today but said it was likely to hold off on further increases as it expects high inflation to ease beginning in December.
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.