Shapoorji floats $500m PE fund
Shapoorji Pallonji Group has floated a $500 million private equity fund, mainly focused on real estate, marking its return to the financial services industry.
Shapoorji Pallonji Group has floated a $500 million private equity fund, mainly focused on real estate, marking its return to the financial services industry.
After recording significant leasing in 4Q10, Mumbai city witnessed moderate transaction activity in 1Q11 as the major office occupiers of India Inc awaited the impact of budget on their corporate real estate strategy for the next fiscal year.
The period ending 1Q11 witnessed moderate activity in the office market in the city. With CBD vacancy rates continuing to hover at around 1%, office transactions were limited to either small office queries or larger office spaces that were inevitably a churn in the existing stock.
Jaypee Sports International Ltd (JSIL) that will host India’s first ever F1 Grand Prix on its track in October this year on Monday said it expects to garner about Rs.150 crore from ticket sales of the race.
Real estate developers in Chhattisgarh are among the first to have agreed to follow code of conduct to ensure transparency in the dealings of the sector.
Hospitality firm Lemon Tree Hotels is foraying into real estate, with plans to invest over Rs.1,400 crore, to launch housing projects in India in partnership with US-based investment firm Warburg Pincus.
A day after its Managing Director Vinod Goenka was arrested in the 2G spectrum scam case on Wednesday, the controversial Mumbai-based real estate company DB Realty inducted his father, K M Goenka, as a Non-Executive Director.
Luxury real estate developer M3M India has appointed L&T to build the 7-star Luxury Residences – M3M Golf Estate.
Indian real estate is expected to face “large-scale distress” amid rising borrowing costs and shrinking access to credit that may force developers into fire sales for assets, according to Knight Frank.
Real estate and investment management services provider Jones Lang Lasalle Inc. on Thursday announced its foray into South Africa with the acquisition of corporate property service provider, Bradford McCormack & Associates for an undisclosed amount.