Emaar uses Dubai Mall as security in $1bn loan
Emaar Properties has used Dubai Mall, one of the world’s largest shopping centres, as collateral to secure Dh3.6 billion (US$980 million) of financing from a trio of UAE banks.
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Piramal joins race for Milestone Capital
Milestone Capital, which is looking for potential buyers after its founder Ved Prakash Arya died in a freak accident two months ago, has found another suitor, Piramal Group.
Fortis to raise funds via Singapore REIT listing
Fortis Healthcare (India) Ltd. plans to raise as much as $500 million by hiving off some of its properties into a real-estate investment trust, or REIT, and listing it in Singapore.
Emaar takes stock of Indian property
Emaar Properties PJSC, Dubai’s largest real-estate firm, has asked consultants and investment bankers to value its Indian joint venture Emaar MGF Land Ltd’s assets.
RBI’s proposed project finance norms boon or bane?
The stock market in general and banks, realty stocks & shares of infrastructure finance companies in particular reacted sharply to the draft proposal of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) that suggested tighter project financing norms of banks to project financing. The Indian real estate projects already weathering headwinds to attract project finance immediately swung into cost & benefit analysis. Though most of the leading developers were cautious in giving critical reactions, privately they all maintained that the RBI should have rather looked into the funding gap of the viable under construction real estate projects with cash receivables in the pipeline. A Track2Realty analysis.
IND AS 115 promises best practices in revenue recognition
The real estate has been calculating the revenue on Percentage Completion Method and not Project Completion Method. With the Percentage Completion Method, the developers treated payment received from the home buyers for purchase of flats under construction as turnover of the company and net income generated from such projects was treated as profit.
RICS appoints Nimish Gupta as Managing Director for South Asia
RICS will continue to offer thought leadership, engaging with policymakers, end-users, service providers, employers and practitioners to foster trust in the built environment through enforced standards, transparency and accountability.
Embassy wins British Safety Council’s Sword of Honour
Embassy Group has been conferred the prestigious ‘Sword of Honour’ by the British Safety Council for three of its business parks – Embassy Manyata Business Park, Embassy TechVillage in Bangalore and Embassy TechZone in Pune.
RICS and CREDAI collaborate to train middle managers in real estate
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RICS appoints Devina Ghildial as Managing Director for South Asia region
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has appointed Devina Ghildial as Managing Director – South Asia with effect from March 9th, 2015. In this role, Devina has been entrusted with leading the RICS in the South Asia region with a focus on growing the professional qualification, driving commercial growth, influencing policy, growing the training business and promoting professionalism and standards in the sector.