Consultancy and management services provider Accenture has leased around 280,000 sq ft office space on a long-term lease at Bagmane World Technology Center IT SEZ in Bengaluru, said two persons familiar with the development. The lease, which was formalised early this year, has a monthly rental of Rs 59 per sq ft, that translates into an… Read More »
Private equity firm Milestone Capital Advisors is looking to raise Rs 1,400 crore through its Milestone Commercial Advantage Fund to invest in pre-leased assets, including commercial offices, IT parks and logistic parks, a top executive at the firm has told ET. The fund raising will have a greenshoe option of Rs 700 crore. This will… Read More »
Coworking space provider Instaoffice plans to lease around 1 lakh sq ft of office space by March next year and expand operations to Bangalore and the National Capital Region. “We are focusing on demand based expansion and aim to set up 1,500-2,000 desks, leasing around 100,000 sq ft by the end of this financial year,”… Read More »
The race to buy 40 per cent stake in DLF’s rental arm, DLF Cyber City Developers (DCCDL), could turn out be a close fight between Blackstone and GIC – two of the biggest investors in the Indian real estate market. According to sources in the know, the difference in bid amount of Blackstone and GIC is just… Read More »
Singapore’s DBS Bank Ltd is close to leasing nearly 100,000 sq. ft at Express Towers, a 25-storeyed building in Mumbai’s Nariman Point, in one of the biggest office space deals in the business district since the 2008 global financial crisis that prompted many corporates to leave the locality. The bank is close to signing the lease… Read More »
K Raheja Corp, one of the largest developers of IT parks, is in talks with Singapore-based Temasek Holdings and American private equity firm Warburg Pincus to sell stake in its office space holding company, said a source in the know. The C L Raheja-promoted company wants to sell 20 per cent stake in the office space… Read More »
Large office space developers in India are set to raise more than $3.5 billion by March from institutional investors and pension funds. The fundraising will help the property developers bring new investors on board and expand their project portfolios. Bengaluru-based RMZ Corp., backed by the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), plans to raise about Rs1,700 crore… Read More »
Mumbai is expected to add around 16 million sq ft of fresh office space by the end of 2017. The current office stock in the city is at 106 million sq ft and is likely to add 8% of this stock, or almost 8.5 million sq ft, through this year. The commercial capital of the… Read More »
The $100-billion Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor, one of India’s most ambitious infrastructure projects, will kick off land allotments next month and those eyeing plots are said to include big global investors like Ikea, Kia Motors and China Railway Construction Corp. The allocations will mark a significant step forward in a project that was approved by… Read More »
The Reserve Bank is looking for new premises for its office and residential complex in Shimla near the famous Ridge on Mall Road. Currently, the central bank functions from SDA Complex Basement 1, Kasumpti, in Shimla in Himachal Pradesh. RBI has invited expression of interest (EoI) for acquiring land or premises (with or without constructed structure of… Read More »