3000 Crores (~ $ 0.5 Bn) Annual Rents Expiring Across India in 2017. Approximately 30 msf space of nearly 1600 deals contributing more than 255 crores to monthly rental revenues to expire in 2017. Top 3 CRE Markets -Bangalore, Gurgaon and Mumbai together contribute approximately 73% to the volume of lease expiries in 2017. Bangalore… Read More »
ArthVeda Fund Management, part of financial services conglomerate Wadhawan Global Capital, is planning to raise $1 billion to invest in affordable housing projects across the country, said a top company official. The asset management company recently received $250 million commitment from Qatar Holding, part of Qatar sovereign fund, for its affordable, low and middle income… Read More »
2016 was year of many big announcements. From the Smart Cities mission to demonetization, there were several headline-making events that would change the face of Indian real estate in the times to come. Chennai embraced these changes and lived up to its reputation of being a city that bounces back, regardless of the odds. Chennai… Read More »
Chennai is witnessing shortage of quality office space. Notwithstanding this, office space absorption levels in the city rose to 5.25 million sft in 2016, from 5 million sft in 2015. Engineering and technology giant GE is setting up shop in Chennai. The Fairfield-Connecticut headquartered company will set up a back office and processing centre across 1.7… Read More »
The booming real estate market in Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad had been attractive for developers for quite some time and Khushru Jijina, MD, Piramal Fund Management tells us that home grown developers in Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad are their strongest partners. Piramal Fund Management Pvt Ltd (PFM). funding arm of the Piramal Group on Tuesday… Read More »
Piramal Group’s financial services arm Primal Fund Management (PFM) has surpassed Rs 10,000 crore in aggregate investments in South India, the company’s proprietary book stated. This forms one third of the firm’s commitment to clearing Rs 32,000 crore debt and equity to real estate developers across India. According to Piramal, the Rs 10,000 crore milestone… Read More »
Shortage in supply of office space has resulted in reduced absorption and higher real estate rentals in Chennai. For the period from January to September this year, deals for nearly 3.3 million square feet have been signed, down from 3.7 million a year ago. Rentals have, however, shot up by nearly 10% year-on-year. Chennai’s real estate… Read More »
Multilateral lender World Bank is expanding its footprint in Chennai and has signed up for additional space of nearly 70,000 sqft. World Bank set up its back office operations in Chennai in 2001 in a small space in Raheja Towers on Anna Salai. It was soon allocated land in Taramani in 2002 and set up a… Read More »
Software services exporter Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is close to leasing 780,000 sq ft of office space in IG3 Infra’s Chennai One IT SEZ for 10 years, said two people in the know of the development. TCS will pay a rental of Rs 50 per sq ft per month, taking the total annual payout to… Read More »
Realty major DLF will invest about Rs 500 crore to develop an IT Park in Chennai as the commercial real estate market has picked up in major cities. The country’s largest realty firm has exhausted its commercial space stock by leasing out over 32 million sq ft. It expects to earn about Rs 2,700 crore rental… Read More »
