With no takers for land in its area, Noida Authority has delayed the auction of commercial land for large and small category 27 plots till December. The Authority has also extended its group housing scheme of six plots in sectors 146 and 147 launched earlier this month.Bidding of these plots for commercial use by consortiums,… Read More »
Cerestra Advisors Ltd, a real estate-focused private equity firm, has bought Alexandria Knowledge Park at Genome Valley in Hyderabad for Rs 400 crore as it plans to build an office portfolio focused on R&D clients. Alexandria Knowledge Park, which counts tenants such as Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis, was previously owned by New York-based Alexandria Real… Read More »
India’s second largest listed real estate developer Prestige Estates Projects plans to raise at least $300 million, around Rs 2,000 crore, by selling up to 40% stake in its rent-yielding commercial assets and has drawn interest from Canadian Pension Plan and GIC of Singapore. The southern developer has hired JP Morgan to advise on the… Read More »
India’s largest real estate developer DLF has shortlisted six potential buyers for 40% stake of the promoters in its rental arm DLF Cyber City Developers Limited that is expected to sell for about Rs 13,000 crore, two people aware of the development said. The company had invited expressions of interest and received 11 offers over the… Read More »
An Australia-based construction giant has cracked a deal worth $169.5 million with an Indian company to build a retail and hospitality development project in Mumbai. CIMIC Group Company Leighton Asia, through its subsidiary Leighton India Contractors, has entered into an alliance agreement to deliver phases two and three of the Maker Maxity project in Mumbai. According to… Read More »
Realty developer K Raheja Corp has started the process to sell around 20% stake in its commercial or income-producing office portfolio spanning 20 million sq ft, said two persons familiar with the development. The company is looking to fetch Rs 2,700 crore to Rs 3,000 crore through this stake sale. “While the intention to list… Read More »
BlackRock Inc has agreed to sell a 43-storey office building in Singapore to Qatar Investment Authority, a sovereign wealth fund, for S$3.4 billion ($2.5 billion), in what the U.S. firm said was the largest-ever single-tower real estate deal in the Asia-Pacific region. Asia Square Tower 1, located in the city-state’s financial district, has over 1.25 million… Read More »
In India’s largest deal so far in the commercial property space, Canada-based Brookfield Asset Management is set to acquire Hiranandani Group’s offices and retail space in Powai, Mumbai, for around $1billion, or about Rs 6,700 crore, two people familiar with the development said. Hiranandani Group, a partnership between Hiranandani brothers Niranjan and Surendra, owns 4.5… Read More »
Godrej Properties is aiming to launch 15 new projects, including one in Noida, and sell its completed commercial assets worth Rs 1,500 crore during this fiscal as the realty firm seeks to achieve higher growth. Godrej Properties achieved a record sales bookings of Rs 5,038 crore in 2015-16 fiscal, up 88 per cent from previous year,… Read More »
Having failed once to sell the Kingfisher House for recovering their loans, banks have begun a fresh valuation process for auctioning the headquarters of the Vijay Mallya’s long defunct Kingfisher Airlines. “A revaluation process has begun and will be over by the next week. The property will put on the block again at the earliest,” a… Read More »
