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: 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: CBRE received 11 national awards and the peak regional award for Best Property Consultancy for the second year running at the prestigious Asia Pacific Property Awards 2014. CBRE India received the Highly Commended award in the Property Consultancy category for the second year in a row.
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: Tata Housing Development Company has strengthened its presence in Kolkata by launching Avenida in the Central Business District area of New Town, Rajarhat, Kolkata. Avenida is a luxury residential gated community with sleek 29 storied towers designed to balance a sweeping curvilinear boulevard with magnificent views of the green landscape.
Track2Realty: Investment-grade office space demand slowed down in the first quarter of 2014, with around 6.3 million sq. ft. of Grade A office space getting absorbed across the leading cities of the country. Transaction activity was dominated by the National Capital Region (NCR), Bangalore and Chennai.
Track2Realty: Godrej Properties has added a new project in Sector 79, Gurgaon to its development portfolio. The land parcel measures 17.4 acres and the project will be developed as a premium residential housing project. The expected saleable area in the project is .15 million square meters (1.6 million sq. ft.).
Track2Realty Exclusive: Property markets are often referred with reference to their key demand drivers. Every city has a key demand driver as far as the growth of the property market is concerned. Some have it by home grown end-user demand; others have it with investors finding it magnet for future while many have expat community driving the property market due to increased urbanisation and the professional opportunities.
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.