Category Archives: Deals

US data firm Factset to set up its largest 8.6 lakh sq ft global office in Hyderabad

American financial data and analytics firm Factset has sealed a deal to set up an 8.6-lakhsquare-feet office in Hyderabad, its largest in the world, earmarking Rs 800 crore for lease rentals over 15 years. The Nasdaq and NYSE-listed firm, which has 8,000 employees in 40 locations across 21 countries, is gearing up to hire 7,000… Read More »

Research Now Opens New India Office

Research Now, the global leader in digital data collection to power analytics and insights, today announced the official opening of a new India office located in the Cyber City business hub in Gurgaon, close to New Delhi. The new facility provides space for more than 50 staff servicing the India market, Asia Pacific clients, and… Read More »

Brookfield may invest $2 billion more in India in 3 years as good assets come up for grabs

Brookfield, the Canadian asset manager could invest over $2 billion in India over the next 2-3 years to buyout upscale offices and commercial towers, stranded roads, power and utilities infrastructure as it aims to double its existing asset base in the country. Fresh from raising $14 billion to invest in infrastructure, believed to be the largest… Read More »

DLF shortlists 6 potential buyers for promoters’ 40% stake in rental arm

India’s largest real estate developer DLF has shortlisted six potential buyers for 40% stake of the promoters in its rental arm DLF Cyber City Developers Limited that is expected to sell for about Rs 13,000 crore, two people aware of the development said. The company had invited expressions of interest and received 11 offers over the… Read More »

Leighton Asia signs a deal worth $169m for mixed use project in Mumbai

An Australia-based construction giant has cracked a deal worth $169.5 million with an Indian company to build a retail and hospitality development project in Mumbai. CIMIC Group Company Leighton Asia, through its subsidiary Leighton India Contractors, has entered into an alliance agreement to deliver phases two and three of the Maker Maxity project in Mumbai. According to… Read More »

Indiabulls to raise Rs1,000 crore from NRIs for real estate fund

Indiabulls Alternative Investments Ltd plans to raise as much as Rs.1,000 crore for a new fund from non-resident Indian (NRI) investors based in West Asia, Asia-Pacific and Europe. India Opportunities Fund, a real estate-focused, alternative investment fund (AIF), allows NRI investors, along with persons of Indian origin (PIOs) and other foreign investors, to participate in domestic… Read More »

K Raheja targets Rs 3,000 cr from part sale of office portfolio

Realty developer K Raheja Corp has started the process to sell around 20% stake in its commercial or income-producing office portfolio spanning 20 million sq ft, said two persons familiar with the development. The company is looking to fetch Rs 2,700 crore to Rs 3,000 crore through this stake sale. “While the intention to list… Read More »