After a year of taking over the airport, the GMR-led Delhi International Airport consortium has initiated the process of commercial property development by inviting bids for building hotels on nearly 40 acres.
Raghavendra Kamath and Ashutosh Joshi spoke to Kushal Pal Singh on the growth of Indian realty story and issues surrounding it.
Mumbai-based real estate firm Lodha Developers plans a public issue by the year-end to raise between Rs 2,000 and 2,500 crore (Rs 20 to Rs 25 billion), according to sources.
Buckling under pressure from mill land developers, the Maharashtra government is considering reducing the value of textile mill lands in its Stamp Duty Ready Reckoner
Global investment major AMP Capital Investors is launching a $500 million equity fund sometime soon this year to invest in infrastructure in India and China. This will be the third such fund from AMP.
The $4 billion tractor-to-IT conglomerate Mahindra & Mahindra is in talks with European fresh produce supply chain and distribution companies to set up a supply joint venture to cater to international and domestic markets.
Realty major DLF and Bharat Hotels, owners of The Grand group of hotels, are working towards a joint venture for developing and running hotels. While DLF will own the land and be in charge of the actual construction of hotels, the latter will operate
The picture is becoming bigger for the core sector. Lower margins from infrastructure projects and expectations of a higher yield from real estate projects have seen many a core sector company jumping on the realty bandwagon.
60 per cent of home buyers are shying away from pre-launches.
Bonanza for customers in days of liberalisation.
Was the real estate euphoria just a bubble waiting to burst? The current financial year will reveal the answer.
The sales of construction companies are expected to rise in the current quarter and financial year on the back of strong order books and increased activity in infrastructure.
With big developers eyeing land buyouts and projects of smaller builders, the real estate sector in the country will witness consolidation in six to eight months. A key driver would be attractive valuations of such properties.
Three months after the Foreign Investment Promotion Board put its entry into India on hold, US coffee retail giant Starbucks has sent a revised application to operate single-brand retail stores under a restructured entity.
Rating agencies think repealing the archaic law would help attain greater transparency and efficiency and reduce problems in accessing funds overseas.
The Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries is entering the supply-deficient hospitality business and is in talks with big international names such as Walt Disney, Ritz Carlton and Four Seasons
Joining the big league of the global hotel chains expanding in India, Hong Kong-based $2 billion JB group will set up as many as 20 hotels and shopping malls in the country over the next three years.
Move raises doubts about the viability of the business model in organised retail.
In a double whammy for real estate developers, banks are likely to raise lending rates to builders by up to one percentage point while consumer interest fades with home loans becoming more expensive.
Leading bankers expect the number of transactions to fall 30 to 35 per cent as buyers wait for a price correction in real estate.
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