Category Archives: Mumbai

Propstack joins MIT Center For Real Estate as a partner

Commercial realty data information and analytics firm, Propstack has joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Centre for Real Estate as an industry partner to explore new data technologies with the potential to transform the organization of cities and built environment. Propstack is the first Indian company to join the MIT/CRE as an industry partner.… Read More »

Mumbai’s Bandra-Kurla Complex office rentals market going strong despite demonetisation

Demonetisation has not slowed down the commercial property market, at least in Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC). Consider this fact: In the past one month, several office lease transactions have been concluded in the business district. Most of these deals have taken place in Maker Maxity, the 18-acre office complex which is a joint venture between Mukesh… Read More »

Piramal Fund Management invests Rs 700 crore in two Mumbai commercial projects

Piramal Fund Management, the financial services arm of Ajay Piramal-led Piramal Group, has deployed Rs 700 crore collectively against two commercial properties, Reliable Tech Park and Empire Towers in suburban Mumbai. The funding suggests a possible revival in demand for real estate despite demonetisation that was seen as a dampener for the sector. The lender would… Read More »

Mumbai seafront redevelopment: Six bidders’ proposals accepted by MbPT

THE MUMBAI Port Trust (MbPT) on Tuesday accepted proposals from six bidders shortlisted for a massive redevelopment project along Mumbai’s eastern seafront. According to MbPT, the project, covering 500 hectares of land along the waterfront, would revamp the eastern facade of the city in the coming years. The plan is to implement an infrastructural overhaul of… Read More »

DBS set to lease 1 lakh sq ft of office space in Nariman Point

In the largest ever transaction in Nariman Point’s history, Singapore’s multinational bank DBS Bank is set to pick up 1 lakh sq ft of prime office space spread over total five floors in Blackstone Group’s commercial property, Express Towers, said two persons familiar with the development. Nariman Point has not recorded a single deal of this… Read More »

Co-working office spaces: Can Mumbai match the mounting demand?

The start-up ecosystem in the country, which for long depended solely on angel investors and venture capitalists, has today been buoyed by a slew of initiatives, like the central government’s Startup India. Along with funding and ease of doing business, a critical factor in creating an enabling environment for entrepreneurial ventures, is an office that… Read More »