Himachal Pradesh has spiked plans of over 60 builders and developers to sell flats and cottages in the hill state. The developers include DLF, Janta Land Promoter Ltd, Omaxe Construction Pvt Ltd, Optima Construction Pvt Ltd, Amar Nath Aggarwal Builders Pvt Ltd and Surya Builders, according to officials.
The fifth edition of Global Initiative Restructuring Environment & Management (GIREM) Leadership Summit, the international forum for urban planning and corporate real estate, would be held at New Delhi on October 18 and 19.
Not all experts and analysts are bullish in a country which has just two of world’s 276 skyscrapers. Prof PSN Rao, Professor of School of Planning and Architecture has a different take when he says high rise buildings look good in the urban city scape. However, in terms of the power they consume, the high initial costs of construction and high periodic costs of maintenance, perhaps they are not viable for residential structures.
Price rationalisation has always been a tricky issue in real estate business where demand and supply dynamics drive the market more than any other parameter. The fact that real estate is not a perishable commodity and mostly a business of deep pockets, holding of inventory many a time makes more sense than hard sell keeping in mind the pipeline visibility.
DLF’s Chairman K P Singh has said that RBI’s monetary policy should not stunt the growth of real estate sector and uninterrupted access to affordable finance is vital for this business.
Fitch Ratings says in a new report that the Rating Outlook for the Indian real estate sector continues to be Negative for H212, due to persistent sluggish demand, high construction costs and liquidity pressures.
The institutional projects in India are normally working in a PPP model because such projects have long payback periods and require large capital investment. Further, they are large in size and hence require number of approvals, making Government participation relevant to secure initial approvals, clearances and get the project going.
The Union Cabinet is expected to consider the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill within a fortnight. However, while the Government intends to present the Bill during the monsoon session of Parliament, scheduled to start from August 8, single window clearance to the projects is the only stumbling block in its way.
Four unidentified persons stabbed to death a bookie-turned-realtor on Sunday evening, July 29, in Nagpur. Arvind Kashikar, alias Manju, was dragged out of his home near Ganesh Nagar garden by the assailants who had come on a couple of bikes.
Global experience has it that typically convention centres are done as part of a large integrated township, commercial complex (hotel, office and convention center). Hence such projects are of more interest to large developers.