Global investment firm Blackstone Group Lp’s India subsidiary Nexus Malls is set to launch its first shopping mall in the country in Seawoods, Navi Mumbai, expanding its retail portfolio. Blackstone had bought about 1 million sq. ft of retail space in the Seawoods Grand Central Mall in 2016 from L&T Realty Ltd for Rs1,450 crore.… Read More »
Chennai recorded leasing volume of 1.5 msf in the first quarter of 2017 – highest for the same period in the last five years. This increase was driven mainly by renewals and expansion of existing tenants such as: Average rentals in Chennai were between INR 55-60/sf/month. Average deal size for Q1 2016 was 48,000 sf.
Vatika Business Center, a unit of real estate firm Vatika Group, has forayed into the coworking spaces segment with the launch of its first office in Gurguram and plans to open 50 more such centers across India in the next 4-5 years. The company has also formed a separate verticle for coworking spaces under the… Read More »
Around 10 real estate developers, including a Japanese company, have shown interest in the Indian Railways’ station re-development programme for Chennai Central railway station. Representatives of the companies attended a pre-bid meeting organised by Southern Railway on Friday. The area around the station is going to be developed in sync with the Central Square which… Read More »
L &T Realty Ltd, the real estate unit of India’s largest engineering company Larsen and Toubro, has secured approval to develop a special economic zone (SEZ) in north Bengaluru, though its focus will be on projects in west India, said a company official. The Mumbai-based firm plans to develop around 3 million sq. ft of… Read More »
Telangana’s largest industrial house My Home Group has teamed up with office space specialists RMZ group to build a 10 million sq ft property in Hyderabad. The more than ` . 6,550-crore ($1 billion) office-space project, touted as the country’s largest, is coming up on a 10-acre piece of land in Hyderabad’s upmarket Hitec City… Read More »
PropUrban, the Global Real Estate Investment Advisory, Transaction & Consulting (O2O – Online to Offline platform) is expanding its reach globally and in India. The firms has opened office in London, Dubai, Chennai and Hyderabad today. Headquartered in Bangalore, this milestone marks an important step for PropUrban in enhancing engagement and responsiveness to support the… Read More »
Pune’s office property supply crunch is likely to ease by 2019 as the city is expected to see supply of around 11 million sq ft until 2019-end, out of which 80% is likely to hit the market in 2018 and 2019, said property consultant JLL India. “Against the mentioned supply, the city is expected to… Read More »
Barclays Plc, Credit Suisse Group AG, Standard Chartered Plc and Citigroup Inc. are among global financial firms looking to add office space in India even as they trim their retail operations worldwide, two people aware of the matter said. Much of this space will be used to house the banks’ captive technology businesses in cities… Read More »
Pune’s commercial real estate market has recorded an optimistic start to the year 2017 with rising number of transactions. Pune has witnessed 23% year-on-year growth in leasing volume during the months of January and February, said commercial realty data information and analytic firm Propstack. Pune has also recorded 26% year-on-year rise in number of lease… Read More »
