Track2Realty: CBRE has launched its first Shaping Trends in Logistics report. It examines trends that are acting as key agents of change in the Asia Pacific logistics market. The report focusses on the factors behind the strong underlying demand for logistics space, and expected positive rental growth for Asia Pacific’s logistics warehouses.
Track2Realty: Brys Group has unveiled the show apartment of its landmark project ‘Brys Buzz’, North India’s tallest residential tower. UAE’s leading Arabian Construction Company is building the iconic tower which is standing at the highest permissible limit of 292 meters with a towering 81 storey. The project is located at Sector 150, Noida.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Stable government has been the buzz word in India for quite some time; it has actually been one of the focal points of General Elections of 2014. In India since 1984 no government at centre could take charge of the office without the added baggage of unlike minded friends as alliance partners.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Analysts have been wondering in the last couple of years that when the property market across the country had been witness to slowdown, how come Coimbatore market kept its momentum up with no visible signs of stress. As a matter of fact, the property prices in the city across the asset class noticed upward movement in the range of 10-15 per cent, thus bucking the trend of slowdown.
Track2Realty: Globally, as project delays, cost overruns and liquidity constraints continue to trouble the real estate and construction sectors, Building Information Modelling (BIM) has emerged as one of the most reliable tools to eliminate challenges and reduce the capital cost and carbon footprint by over 20 per cent.
Track2Realty: Tata Housing, has announced the launch of its mixed use township at Colombo in Sri Lanka. The project in partnership with UDA (Urban Development Authority) of Sri Lanka will commence its operations with starting construction of residences for rehabilitation of the current tenants in the phase one and also launch a mix use development project at slave Island in Colombo. The company will invest over $ 400 million for the project.
Track2Realty Exclusive: With a vision to make India a housing surplus nation from being the housing shortage country, CREDAI has been campaigning to make the business environment congenial for growth. But the realty bill, in its current form and shape, stifles the honest developer and scares away new entrepreneurs from entering the sector.
Track2Realty: Although the Interim Budget announcement supporting affordable housing was welcomed by the real estate industry, the segment has a long way ahead as yet. To begin with, there is considerable supply shortage in this arena—pegged at 18.78 million for the 12th Five Year Plan (2012–2017) by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ministry (HUPA), of which 96% is in the EWS and LIG categories. Housing shortage for the EWS stands at almost 11 million homes, while that for LIG stands at 7.41 million homes.
Track2Realty: Marathon Group has launched Marathon Nextown, a township project in Dombivli East, Mumbai that is conceptualised on its brand titled ‘NEX (Next generation Eco-friendly Xtra utility homes)’. With this project, the group claims to fulfill the dream of every modern buyer who aspires to have a spacious home with all the premium amenities and facilities and provides value to the money of the young home buyer.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Is there any co-relation between luxury properties, High Net Worth Individuals (HNIs) and Akshay Tirtiya? Prime facie, it may seem to be very innocuous question but for those who are tracking the property market of Mumbai find not only a co-relation among the three, but also find the three working in tandem can ignite the property market as well.