Rituparna now brand ambassador of Vibgyor Real Estate
Track2Realty-Agencies: Vibgyor Real Estate, a part of the Rs. 800 crore Vibgyor Group, has signed in leading Bengali actress Rituparna Sengupta as its brand ambassador, a company official said.
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Track2Realty Roundtable—Looking In and Looking Ahead-VII
Track2Realty Roundtable
Panelists—Dr Anil Sharma, CMD, Amrapali Group
Sunil Dahiya—Sr Vice President, NAREDCO & MD Vigneshwara Developers
Harmit Chawla—MD, HCorp Realty
PK Tripathi—President, Unitech
Moderator—Ravi Sinha, CEO & Managing Editor, Track2Realty
Ravi Sinha: Many of the developers have realised that focus on execution and not the land bank is the key. Companies which overleveraged their balance sheets or branched out into non-core areas have failed. Developers have also learnt it the hard way that real estate is a micro market business and fancy expectations of going pan-India can boomerang. Are not these tough lessons?
Delhi-NCR to command corporate confidence in 2013-II
Track2Realty Exclusive: IT/ITeS and BFSI firms continue to be among the largest occupiers taking up spaces in excess of 200,000 sf each across Gurgaon and Noida. Close to 7.8 msf of under construction developments are expected to get completed in the fourth quarter, of which 70% comprise of IT SEZ developments across Gurgaon and Noida.
Track2Realty Roundtable—Looking In and Looking Ahead-VI
Ravi Sinha: In 2013 when most of the PE Funds are maturing, they may not be investing again in the real estate. So, from where will you generate the funds?
Track2Realty Roundtable—Looking In and Looking Ahead-V
Ravi Sinha: I have a question here, and I will be very frank with Mr Tripathi. Any journalist who writes on real estate finds it very amusing that the sector has always tried to put the ball in the government’s court. Since you have been part of the government, how far will you agree to this?
Why the real estate is still sulking with Union Budget 2013-14
Track2Realty: Walking on a tight rope of fiscal management, the Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram did his best to bring smiles on the faces of home buyers. Something that should cheer up the real estate sector looking left, right and centre for buyers with piling inventory. Still, a section of real estate is sulking. Why so? Track2Realty tries to understand the grey zones where for the realtors it was a case of “ye did maange more.”
Realty evokes mixed response to budget; by and large optimistic
Track2Realty Exclusive: The Indian real sector has evoked mixed response to the Union Budget 2013-14, though by and large there is optimism within the sector. Here are some of the responses—
Realty indecisive with symbolic relief yet substantive denial in Budget 2013-14
Track2Realty Exclusive: Wading in troubled water, when the Indian real sector was looking for direction through the Union Budget 2013-14, the Finance Minister seems to have given symbolic relief to the sector by encouraging the home buyers but at the same time has denied the sector some of the long pending substantive demands. To allow an additional tax deduction of Rs 1, 00,000 on interest rate for home loans up to Rs 25 lakh, the Union Budget has aimed to give more boost in low cost housing segment.
Godrej Properties launches Godrej BKC
Track2Realty: Godrej Properties has launched its commercial development, Godrej BKC. Godrej BKC occupies a corner plot in the middle of India’s most prestigious and desirable commercial address, the Bandra-Kurla Complex.
Realty needs to create eco system of sustainable advocacy
Track2Realty Exclusive: These are the logical road to reforms and cutting time on approvals. Such a move will go well with the government and thus reinforce the confidence of the buyers also.