India’s office real estate market stayed positive while residential sales across the country fell sharply since early this year. Higher corporate demand and reduced Grade-A supplies have pushed upwards the rental of commercial properties across the country. “Of the 36 commercial micro markets in the country, 10 have seen rise in rent by over 25% in… Read More »
Cash strapped brothers Malvinder and Shivinder Singh are in active discussions with private equity group TPG Capital to sell a significant minority stake in Fortis Healthcare. The transaction may also see the folding back of the Singapore listed business trust into the listed Indian entity, said four sources aware of the transaction. The quantum of… Read More »
Private equity and venture capital investments plunged 50% to $908 million in November from $1.82 billion in the year earlier, according to data compiled by accounting firm EY. Deal activity in November was led by structured or debt deals, which contributed to more than a third of the total deal value. The month witnessed five structured or… Read More »
In the largest deal brewing up in the commercial real estate space in India, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is leading the negotiation to acquire private equity firm Everstone Group’s industrial and logistics real estate development platform, IndoSpace, as part of private real estate investment (REIT), said two people familiar with the development.… Read More »
Real estate developers and financial investors are capitalising on fast-rising demand for leasing of “co-working” spaces in China, as Beijing encourages startups and small businesses in a bid to offset slowing growth at traditional industries. Developers, including China Vanke, Soho China and Singapore’s CapitaLand, are renting out property space that hordes of self-employed persons or small-sized companies… Read More »
Nearly 75 per cent of Indian companies are not prepared for disaster management, a recent survey by real estate consultant CBRE says. According to the study, which includes over 100 top corporates in the country and over 350 respondents found out that 75 per cent of the Indian firms are not disaster ready. It said that 96… Read More »
Abbott, one of the largest healthcare product companies in India, has picked up an entire under-construction building with over 1.60 lakh sq ft built-up area in the Andheri suburb of Mumbai to set up an innovation & development centre, said two persons familiar with the development. The deal assumes significance as the lease will run… Read More »
A growing number of coworking spaces in tier-II cities like Indore, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Udaipur, Jaipur, Kota, Surat, Pune and other cities has boosted the startup ecosystem. Startups who seek an ecosystem are able to create cocoon communities within this coworking spaces. “Mushrooming of coworking spaces in smaller cities is due to the rise of startup aspiration… Read More »
Promoters of DLF, India’s largest realty developer, are actively considering a split of the proposed 40% stake sale in the company’s rental commercial property arm between two contenders — US private equity major Blackstone Group and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC — said three persons familiar with the development. Under this structure, Blackstone and GIC… Read More »
India’s office real estate market stayed positive while residential sales across the country fell sharply since early this year. Higher corporate demand and reduced Grade-A supplies have pushed upwards the rental of commercial properties across the country. “Of the 36 commercial micro markets in the country, 10 have seen rise in rent by over 25% in… Read More »
