Embassy Group has partially acquired a stalled SEZ project in Chennai from SNP Infrastructure for an undisclosed amount, two people aware of the development said. The 26-acre property on Thoraipakkam-Pallavaram road is close to the airport. Land on Pallavaram road costs about Rs 20 crore per acre. “The special economic zone project was shelved in 2008… Read More »
After bulge bracket mall deals by Blackstone and GIC in Mumbai, global investors Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Macquarie are looking to buy malls in the country, said executives involved in the talks. “CPPIB has started talking to mall owners while Macquarie has shown interest in buying malls. All these investors prefer fixed yields.… Read More »
Maruti Suzuki is exploring the possibilities to set up an assembly facility in Africa and investing in real estate in India to develop sales and marketing infrastructure. “We have a team in place now for land acquisition. We have allocated Rs 800 crore for building sales and marketing infrastructure. If required, we can step this up… Read More »
Private equity firm Milestone Capital Advisors plans to raise around Rs 1,000 crore under a commercial fund which would invest in pre-leased commercial assets in metros, a top company official said. Under the fund, titled Milestone Commercial Advantage Fund, the company plans to invest in assets like commercial offices, IT/ITES, industrial or warehousing and retail space.… Read More »
Blackstone, with over $330 billion assets under management (AUM), has of late started lapping up retail assets in India. In December, it acquired two retail assets of Alpha One Malls in Ahmedabad and Amritsar. With this, it has invested about Rs 800 crore in about 1.2 million square feet. Now, Blackstone is close to announcing… Read More »
Non-banking financial company (NBFC) Altico Capital is looking to deploy $150 million (Rs 990 crore) over 12-18 months in commercial office properties and the infrastructure sector. This is besides the $400 million it is looking to deploy in mid-income and affordable housing segments, said Sanjay Grewal, chief executive officer at Altico Capital. The NBFC is promoted… Read More »
The Trump Organization has signed its first commercial office deal in India with private equity fund and developer IREO in Gurgaon. The American real estate firm founded by Donald Trump, the front runner for the Republican nomination for the President of the United States, will lend its name to a new high-end 600,000-700,000 sq ft… Read More »
IDBI Federal Life has purchased office space for Rs 111 crore in Marathon Realty’s commercial project at Lower Parel in Mumbai. It has acquired around 61,720 sq ft office space spread over two floors in the project ‘Marathon Futurex’. “IDBI Federal Life Insurance Company Ltd has bought commercial space worth over Rs 111 crore at Marathon… Read More »
Rajeev Talwar, chief executive officer (CEO), DLF Ltd mentioned that DLF would be ready with a special purpose vehicle (SPV) in the next six months. They have signed non-disclosure agreements with 25 global investors. He expects DLF to be the first one to crack REITs. DLF is gearing up to launch REITs worth Rs. 6,000… Read More »
Piramal Fund Management Pvt. Ltd, the investment arm of Piramal Group, will start funding commercial office projects. It is one of the largest lenders and investors in residential real estate and already has a loan book and equity investments worth Rs.22,000 crore in the residential space alone, plans to deploy another Rs.5,000 crore in commercial office… Read More »