Track2Realty: Ever since the new government’s announcement of its intent to build a hundred smart cities in India, the nation has been abuzz with definitions of, fund allocations for, and city identification of such development. With good reason too, since the implementation of such ambitions would ultimately result in national wealth creation—to help our cities become sustainable and livable urban centers of growth.
Track2Realty: One of the aspects that attract customers to a mall is a wide range of interesting stores and services. Many malls in India are today facing a crunch in terms of footfalls and occupancy rate, and the reason often is that, with most malls offering more or less the same brands and stores, visitors are not finding any differention. The vistors therefor look for convenience and ambience and some of the well tenanted malls may loose out on these foot falls.
Track2Realty: CBRE recently conducted a research study on more than 300 prominent global brands to identify trends on operational dynamics, expansion and extent of penetration across leading cities. The analysis reveals that while India has emerged as a prominent destination for leading retail groups as varied as food and beverage (F&B), fashion and apparel, and big box hypermarket chains, F&B retailing remains one of the most penetrated segments in terms of global retailer presence, while the hy
Track2Realty Exclusive: Tapping NRI money is a wish that kept the developers driving throughout the year with the depreciation in Indian rupee. However, any wishful thought of fall in the currency would be suicidal for the sector in the year ahead as this rupee depreciation would not benefit them as much with NRIs investment as it would affect the foreign private equity (PE) funds which have been the project rider for many of the developers.
Track2Realty: It is commonly believed that the Indian festive season induces property purchase solely because religious sentiments are high during this period. Likewise, it is a commonly accepted notion that the attractive schemes and freebies that Indian developers offer during the festive season have something to do with the increased sales. Apart from and creating an unduly negative impression in the eyes of global observers of Indian markets, such an assumption does not give Indians the benefit of intelligence.
Track2Realty: In Mumbai, the residential property prices per square foot have seen a minor increase in Q2-14 as compared to Q1-14. Annual comparison (Q2-14 with Q2-13) shows a 7% increase in capital prices. Rentals of a 3 BHK house have also witnessed northward movement with yearly comparison showing a 3% growth in Q2-14 as compared to Q2-13.
Track2Realty: India’s economy grew 5.7% y-o-y in Q1 2014 (April–June) beating market consensus forecasts of 5.3%, and showing signs of recovery following annual growth numbers of between 4.4% and 5.2% in each quarter between Q1 2012 and Q4 2013.
Track2Realty: The National Green a Tribunal has ordered Resilience Realty Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Rustomjee Realty to give notice to prospective purchasers before creating new third party rights in respect of the Rustomjee Oriana project at the MHADA Gandhi Nagar Layout, at Kala Nagar at Bandra East, Mumbai.
Track2Realty-Agencies: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, Aug 27, ordered DLF to deposit Rs 630 crore in 3 months as a pre-condition for entertaining its appeal against the Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) decision upholding a Competition Commission’s order imposing the hefty penalty.
Track2Realty: L&T Infra Finance has signed an agreement with Lavasa Corporation for purchase of 20.23 hectares of land, with a development potential of 5 lakh sq.ft at Mugaon town in Lavasa City, near Pune.