Noida and Greater Noida continue to see expansion in office space absorption, despite issues of connectivity and uninterrupted power supply. Many IT companies find value in expanding back-end operations in the twin cities as rentals are still much lower than Gurgaon. Analysts say despite a slight increase in rates over the past two years, office… Read More »
With limited availability and high demand for high-quality office spaces in the city bringing about the lowest vacancy rates in three years and steadily increasing rents, Pune is facing a commercial real estate supply crunch. The market is opting for solutions ranging from converting the non-performing retail and hospitality space into offices, refurbishing of failed… Read More »
SoftBank Group Corp has invested $300 million in shared-office space company WeWork, the first installment of a multi-billion-dollar bet, according to a source familiar with the matter. SoftBank, the Japanese telecommunications and internet company, has made bold and wide-ranging bets in the technology industry, including India ride-service company Ola, San Francisco-based financial services startup SoFi… Read More »
With India emerging as a preferred investment destination, the country is expected to witness nearly USD 4.2 billion new capital in the realty sector in 2017, says Cushman & Wakefield. According to a report titled ‘The Great Wall of Money’ by the global consultant, new capital available for global real estate investment in 2017 is… Read More »
Global investment firm Blackstone Group Lp’s India subsidiary Nexus Malls is set to launch its first shopping mall in the country in Seawoods, Navi Mumbai, expanding its retail portfolio. Blackstone had bought about 1 million sq. ft of retail space in the Seawoods Grand Central Mall in 2016 from L&T Realty Ltd for Rs1,450 crore.… Read More »
Vatika Business Center, a unit of real estate firm Vatika Group, has forayed into the coworking spaces segment with the launch of its first office in Gurguram and plans to open 50 more such centers across India in the next 4-5 years. The company has also formed a separate verticle for coworking spaces under the… Read More »
Around 10 real estate developers, including a Japanese company, have shown interest in the Indian Railways’ station re-development programme for Chennai Central railway station. Representatives of the companies attended a pre-bid meeting organised by Southern Railway on Friday. The area around the station is going to be developed in sync with the Central Square which… Read More »
L &T Realty Ltd, the real estate unit of India’s largest engineering company Larsen and Toubro, has secured approval to develop a special economic zone (SEZ) in north Bengaluru, though its focus will be on projects in west India, said a company official. The Mumbai-based firm plans to develop around 3 million sq. ft of… Read More »
Indian realty, it appears, owes its concrete foundations to private equity. Investment capital from uber rich individuals and institutions – or private equity (PE) financing in broadest sense of the term – now makes up 75 per cent of the funds propping up India’s property market, compared with just about a fourth in 2010. Total… Read More »
Telangana’s largest industrial house My Home Group has teamed up with office space specialists RMZ group to build a 10 million sq ft property in Hyderabad. The more than ` . 6,550-crore ($1 billion) office-space project, touted as the country’s largest, is coming up on a 10-acre piece of land in Hyderabad’s upmarket Hitec City… Read More »