Track2Realty Exclusive: The concept has been new in India and in the absence of home buyers understanding, they have often succumbed to misleading advertisements that promise “view of nature” or “open green spaces.”
Track2Realty-Agencies: America’s real estate business tycoon and celebrity Donald Trump has announced his company’s first Indian project, a 22-storied residential twin towers in Pune having 44 luxurious single-floor condominiums.
Track2Realty Exclusive: With realty being a micro market driven business and land a state subject, dealing with the government machinery has a different challenge in many of these cities.
Track2Realty: The prime office space segment across key cities in India witnessed a supply infusion of more than 20 million sqft in the first six months of 2013.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Green building is something that is being over marketed in the Indian real estate. However, while the serious developers have realized its benefits, including fast return on investments, consumers’ literacy on the benefits of paying extra for long term low-maintenance is relatively low.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Social activist Medha Patkar has rather questioned the need of SEZs and acquisition of such huge tracts of land. Referring SEZs as “pervert corporate projects” Patkar points out that the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) had about 80,000 acres of unutilised land – information unearthed through the Right to Information Act.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Several factors such as multinational entrepreneurship, robust capital markets, strong economic fundamentals and changing demographics have collectively resulted in India finding its place on the world map.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Many within the sector admit it is more often the case of lacking USP of the project added with the faulty communication and branding. This is being compensated by frivolous features which may bring the footfall but hardly translates into buying.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Catering to the rapidly urbanizing consumers and emerging economies will hit the demand pressure for natural and capital resources. In cities, one billion people will enter the global “consuming class” by 2025, with incomes high enough to become significant consumers of goods and services.
Track2Realty: Omaxe and The Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG) are bringing to the city of New Chandigarh (formerly Mullanpur), a five star hotel “Holiday Inn”. In an exclusive tie-up for a hotel in Omaxe’s integrated township Omaxe New Chandigarh, the company will undertake the construction of the 150-room hotel which will be managed by IHG.