Track2Realty-Agencies: Canada-based NRI billionaire, Bob Dhillon is considering investing up to $100 million (about Rs 540 crore) in the Indian real estate market and is planning to approach the Haryana Government for developing a township near Chandigarh.
Track2Realty-Agencies: Billionaire Indo-Canadian landlord Bob Dhillon, who is on the Canadian Prime Minister’s entourage currently visiting India, said India can be a developer’s dream because of so many factors. The Japan-born, India-educated businessman also said he “will be the first person to invest in India,” if the country “now goes for the kind of reforms it has just announced for FDI in retail.”
Track2Realty: Jennifer Layke is the Director of Johnson Controls’ Institute for Building Efficiency, a global initiative to provide information and analysis of technologies, policies, and practices in high performance buildings and smart energy systems from a practitioner’s perspective. She leads the Institute’s research agenda and collaborations with a network of global experts on topical areas including commercial building efficiency, smart buildings & the smart grid, green building design, and renewable energy technologies.
Track2Realty: In NCR’s retail market, the high street of South Extention (I&II) registered a growth of approximately 21% increase in rental values over the previous quarter, followed by Karol Bagh which registered a growth of 7% in the same period. Khan Market, remained India’s most expensive retail destination with a rental value of INR 1,250/ sf/mth which was higher by 2% over the last quarter. These are the findings of the latest report released by Cushman & Wakefield.
Track2Realty: The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has strongly objected to the reported statement of Ashok Chawla, Chairman, Competition Commission of India (CCI) who has openly favored FDI in Retail.
Track2Realty: Everstone has tied-up with Jones Lang LaSalle India (JLLI) for providing retail property management services to four shopping malls at Pune, Kochi, Vadodara and Ahmedabad.
Track2Realty-Agencies: More than 70 builders across India will showcase their properties at Times Realty India-2012 event to be held on Septmber 28-29 at J W Marriott Hotel, Deira.
Track2Realty-Agencies: Over 20 realtors from India will participate in a property exhibition “India U Realty show: Unlock the potential of India real estate” which will bring together high net worth non-resident Indians (NRI) and persons of Indian Origins (PIO) in London to explore investment opportunities in India.
Realty sector has welcomed the the RBI’s decision of slashing the CRR rates by 25 basis points to 4.50% with a guarded optimism. The statement from the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) that the RBI move to infuse liquidity in the system is “more potent” than a cut in interest rate and it will help banks expand credit portfolio seems to have few takers in the sector.
The recent decision by the Government to allow foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail is understandably the talk of the town. There are various points of view regarding the impact it will have on the retail sector in specific and the Indian economy in general, but the decision is a big step in the direction of strengthening organized retail in the country. To get the complete picture, it is important to understand the situation which exists currently and how the new regulations are going to change the retail landscape.