Track2Realty Exclusive: Cities come into existence either by design or by default and the first movers (either the local urban bodies or the private developers) give it a definite outlook & shape in terms of urban planning and overall outlook of the given city. This has been the pattern of urbanisation and rise and growth of the cities across the world with Indian being no exception.
Track2Realty-Agencies: India’s largest realty company DLF said on Saturday, Nov 15, it plans to launch the Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) next fiscal to monetise its commercial assets and is in talks with global players for partnership.
Track2Realty: Consequent to corporate real estate transaction closures during the first nine months of the year across the leading seven cities in the country, CBRE notices the potential generation of office employment opportunities of over 2,70,000.
Track2Realty: Affordable housing is not only essential to the well-being and health of the people but also for the smooth running of economies. Yet all over the globe, in advanced and developing economies alike, a majority of the cities are struggling to give their citizens decent, affordable housing.
Track2Realty: The key southern markets of Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad together clocked in about half of the total corporate real estate space take-up among India’s leading office markets during the first nine months of the year.
Track2Realty-Agencies: The Centre is in the advance stage of finalising the contours of its ambitious 100 smart cities’ project and has sought comments and suggestions from the private sector including the academia and the industry, a top Urban Development Ministry official said at an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi on Nov 12, Wednesday.
Track2Realty-Agencies: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Monday, Oct 13, banned DLF and six of its directors — KP Singh (Chairman), Rajiv Singh, TC Goyal, Pia Singh, Kameshwar Swarup and Ramesh Sanka — from trading in the securities market for three years.
Track2Realty: Positive market sentiments and a gradual global as well as domestic macro-economic recovery may finally be signaling the beginning of a revival in India’s corporate real estate segment. Various corporate firms, who had put their office space consolidation and expansion plans on hold over the previous couple of fiscals, finally began their transaction processes; and many concluded the same during the penultimate quarter of 2014.
Track2Realty: Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) has appointed Shouvik Purkayastha as the Executive Director of Capital Markets in India. Shouvik is a financial professional with over 15 years of experience with expertise Investment Banking and Corporate Banking.
Track2Realty: CBRE’s India Office Market View for Q3 2014 reports on the status of Grade A office space in the country’s leading cities. The third quarter observed strong demand for prime office space with around 8 million sq. ft. of office space getting absorbed.