Under the UP Government’s scheme to develop sports-centric projects in the state, Supertech Limited has been allotted land to develop sports-centric development, Sports Village, in Knowledge Park, Greater Noida (West). The project is dedicated to the sports enthusiasts who want to learn sports while living there.
Sobha Limited has launched its first commercial Project ‘Sobha City Mall’ at Puzhakkal in Thrissur, Kerala. Situated at the heart of ‘Sobha City’- the first and the largest integrated township in the State, ‘Sobha City Mall’ will offer best-in-class retail and entertainment experience for the customers.
Mahindra Lifespace Developers Limited (MLDL), the real estate and infrastructure development arm of the Mahindra Group, has launched Luminare Solaris, the next phase of its luxury residential project in Gurgaon, located at Sector 59, Golf Course Extension Road.
Haryana Government would like to address it as pro-farmer move, the real estate sector would like to hail it as investment friendly and others within the built environment of real estate would like to call it a step that would bring to the market more supply and hence affordability.
The year 2015 should have been the year of realization that the days of creating ghost cities with inventory for investors is over. The greedy investor is no more interested in blocking his money with a business where the returns in any of India’s major housing market is not more than six per cent today.
Piramal Realty has launched a premium residential tower ‘Vivaan’ exclusively for NRIs in Dubai. This building is situated within the residential complex of Piramal Vaikunth at Balkum, Thane, which is 25km from Mumbai International airport.
A few may have succeeded but most of the developers have failed to position themselves right during the slowdown. In the process Track2Realty finds that the brand realty has taken a severe beating, losing the trust of both the end-users and the investors. The brand positioning that differentiates between the two different realty companies is today negligible with developers’ focus to sell. That, unfortunately, is not working for them and commanding premium over the brand reputation today is a far cry. Our team speaks to a cross section of developers, analysts and brand experts who may differ with each other but nearly all agree that sector has to come out of the Catch 22 situation.
No other residential micro market of India has arguably weathered as many challenges and controversies as Noida Extension. Its inception as a separate zone, other than Noida & Greater Noida, did lend credence to conspiracy theories against the farmers that culminated into land acquisition litigation. Since then it has been a sordid saga of project delivery uncertainties and homebuyers endless wait; not to speak of the additional charges levied as against the compensation amount hiked to the farmers.
Godrej Properties has announced that it has sold over 200 apartments, with an area over 400,000 sq. ft. in just three weeks at the launch of its residential project, Godrej Icon, in Sector 89A/88A, Gurgaon. Spread over 9 acres, Godrej Icon consists of 9 towers including a 32 storey Iconic tower.
Omkar Realtors and Developers has launched one of its towers (Tower A) in its flagship ultra-luxurious residential development Omkar 1973 Worli. Tower A offers limited edition done-up boutique sky apartments priced at Rs 15 plus within the size range of 3000 – 4500 sq. ft.