In what is seen as a boost to commercial real estate, which is currently in bad shape, the revised draft of the development plan (DP) has proposed an FSI of 5 for office spaces in Mumbai. According to the revised DP, any plot in commercial, residential or industrial zones, measuring more than 3,000 sqm, can avail… Read More »
If demand for office spaces for both consolidation and expansion of businesses is seeing consistent growth over the last few quarters, could a pickup in home sales be far behind? Office leasing saw a record level of 36 million sq ft in 2015 and leasing activity has remained strong in 2016 so far. While earlier we… Read More »
Developers constructing luxury commercial spaces in Mumbai, the country’s most expensive real estate market, are set to cash in on a series of steps outlined in the draft Development Plan 2014-34 being prepared by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. After permitting higher FSI up to five times the plot size for certain categories of commercial buildings,… 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 »
Indiabulls Real Estate (IBREL) on Wedneaday said the company now has a majority stake of 51.18 per cent in Singapore-listed business trust IPIT after acquisition of 2.77 crore shares by its subsidiary. The company earlier had 47.5 per cent stake in Indiabulls Properties Investment Trust (IPIT), which has a portfolio of over three million sq ft… Read More »
The Chinese delegation comprising government firms that are into construction business had visited Surat last year and claimed that they could construct this fully environment-friendly skyscraper in very short time using pre-fabricated technology. SMC officials said that they are checking the feasibility for this project on the 22,000 sq m land on the Ring Road where… Read More »
K Raheja Corp is working on plans to build two infotech parks totalling 6 million sq ft leasable space in Mumbai and Pune over the next two years. This will add to the existing portfolio of the company, which is India’s second largest developer of business parks that span completely leased 20 million sq ft office… Read More »
Pune saw a total office space absorption of 5.2 million sq feet in the financial year ended 31st March, 2016, with IT leading the pack with 31%. E-commerce had a much smaller share of six per cent. Probable completions are phases/ buildings of projects like the Cummins building, International Tech Park Pune (ITPP) and World Trade… 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 »
Telangana, on Monday unveiled Information Technology policy with various incentives pertaining to land and power, and reimbursement of stamp duty and registration fee among others and is eyeing $7.5 billion of production of electronics by 2020 from $1 billion now. Aimed at promoting the use of information technology across verticals, India’s newest state also unveiled… Read More »
