Category Archives: City

Nuts and bolts of Real Estate Investment Trusts

A retail investor has to put in at least Rs.2 lakh in REITs and dividend rules allow for stable income Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are in the news, with analysts bullish about the potential in India and the Securities and Exchange Board of India looking to tweak norms – a process that will begin… Read More »

Propstack ready to seize commercial real estate opportunity in India

With a massive market, easily understood product, strong team and upcoming favourable regulatory change, Propstack looks ready to seize the commercial real estate opportunity in India. Co-founder Raja Seetharaman shares his thoughts on the same. Tell me about your founders and how you started? We are three co-founders with backgrounds in Commercial real estate (CRE) (Insignia,… Read More »

Bengaluru records highest office space lease in APAC in Jan-Mar

Bengaluru witnessed highest leasing volumes of office space in Asia Pacific during the first quarter of 2016, according to a report by a property consultant. Bengaluru saw the highest leasing volumes in Asia Pacific on the back of big-ticket transactions, while Tokyo saw good pre-commitments on upcoming supply. Delhi came third on the back of healthy… Read More »

26 SEZs operational in Telangana

Twenty-six Special Economic Zones (SEZ) in Telangana out of the 48 such facilities notified in the State have become operational. The Development Commissioner of the Union Ministry of Commerce & Industry, based at the Visakhapatnam SEZ in Duvvada, said this urging the State government to nominate officials to participate in meetings concerning the facilities. The 26 SEZs… Read More »

8 SEZ developers, units seek more time to implement projects

Eight special economic zone (SEZ) developers and units, including Gulf Oil Corporation and Lanco Solar have sought more time from the government for implementing their projects. All these requests will be considered by the Board of Approval (BoA), headed by Commerce Secretary Rita Teaotia, on June 16. The BoA is a 19-member inter-ministerial body that deals… Read More »

Wipro proposals to revive Rajarhat SEZ in Bengal

Information technology major Wipro wishes to take forward a plan to revive a special economic zone (SEZ) project in West Bengal. It has approached the state government’s new minster for information technology, Bratya Basu. If Wipro’s recommendations are accepted, it could mean the software giant would come up with a third facility at Rajarhat, near this… Read More »

Sebi to relax REIT rules to attract investors

With an aim to make REITs more attractive to investors , markets regulator Sebi plans to relax its norms to allow these Trusts to invest more in under- construction assets and have a larger number of sponsors. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) had put in place its regulations for Real Estate Investment… Read More »

Brookfield to scale up real estate investments in India

Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management Inc. is gearing up to significantly increase its real estate investments in India, on the back of a well-performing office market, a residential sector that promises to turn around soon and huge demand for capital from developers, two people familiar with the company’s plans said. As part of the plans, Brookfield will… Read More »

Suburban office rentals are neck and neck with the central business districts

Office demand in suburban locations or secondary business districts is outpacing that in the central business districts across India’s major markets. Experts said the trend that began with Mumbai, with the shift in preference from Nariman Point to the Bandra-Kurla Complex over the past few years, has moved to other cities as well and started… Read More »