Category Archives: City

Commercial leasing to revive Pune’s residential market

Pune is emerging as a key destination for real estate investment and development. Strong leasing of commercial real estate is expected to revive Pune’s residential market, says CBRE. Anshuman Magazine, Chairman – India and South East Asia for CBRE, said, “The strong leasing activity in Pune’s office segment, coupled with current and planned infrastructure development… Read More »

Date: February 27, 2017 Category: City Pune

Grievance platform for property buyers

Property buyers will have a forum to redress their grievance with the state government today announcing the formation of a regulatory authority and an appellate tribunal to regulate the real estate sector under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016. Urban development minister Pushpendra Singh Deo told the Assembly today that in keeping with… Read More »

CPPIB, others in talks with RMZ for joint deals

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and other investors have held talks with Bengaluru-based property developer RMZ Corp to jointly invest in the greenfield developments and acquisition of commercial projects, said a source. The Canadian pension fund manager already has two separate joint ventures with the Shapoorji Pallonji Group for investing in rental yield… Read More »

Warehouse leasing growth continues in 2016

Demand for warehousing space continued to remain strong during the year 2016 with over 10 million sq ft space leased across leading cities of India. The engineering, manufacturing and e-Commerce companies leased 22% of the total space transacted during the year, while third-party logistics companies share stood at 21% and FMCG players at 17%, showed… Read More »

Bahrain group and Square Plums to enter co-living space

Bahrain-based MNC Al Namal Group is entering the co-living homes sector in India through an ‘operating agreement’ with Square Plums, an upcoming brand of co-living homes based in Bengaluru. Co-living homes are fully furnished, ready-to-move-in homes based in gated communities available on rent for youngsters relocating to cities for job placement. As part of the… Read More »

ArthVeda to hit the fund trail to raise $1 billion for affordable housing

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 »

Propstack Insights: Bangalore – 9msf lease expiries in 2017

Total volume of Lease expiries in Bangalore is expected to cross 9 msf in 2017. Witnessing quarterly increase since beginning of year, total area of lease expiries in Q4 2017 is expected to be above 3 msf. The 200+ leases expiring in 2017 have average monthly rent of INR 57/sf/month and add upto nearly 56 crores… Read More »

Godrej Properties invests Rs 280 crore from 2nd residential realty fund

Godrej Properties has invested Rs 280 crore across two deals in Bangalore and Thane so far from its $275 million residential real estate platform formed in association with Dutch pension fund APG Asset Management. The platform named Godrej Residential Investment Program II made its first investment by acquiring 80% of the equity share capital in… Read More »