Category Archives: Sale

Propstack Insights: Mumbai Office Sales Dip Post Demonetization

Mumbai office sale registrations contracted on a quarterly basis since the beginning of 2016 to the lowest in the last quarter. The registrations dipped to nearly 1/3rd of the Q1 levels in Q4 – the quarter of demonetization. Both no. of registrations and transaction volume dipped by 55-60% in Year-on-Year (Y-o-Y) comparisons for Q4 ’16. Even… Read More »

Godrej to sell commercial assets in 6 month; add new projects

Realty firm Godrej Properties Ltd expects to monetise commercial properties worth about Rs 1,500 crore at Mumbai, Kolkata and Chandigarh over the next six months and reduce net debt, which now stands at Rs 3,278 crore. In September 2015, Godrej Properties had sold 4.35 lakh sq ft of office space at Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai… Read More »

RMZ to buy remaining 50% stake in Essar Group’s Equinox Business Park in Mumbai

In one of the largest real estate transactions of this year, RMZ will acquire the remaining 50 per cent stake in Essar Group’s commercial project Equinox Business Park in Bandra-Kurka Complex, Mumbai, by the end of this year. The company will pay Rs 2,400 crore for the complete buyout, which will be funded by Qatar… Read More »

Malvinder and Shivinder Singh in talks with TPG Capital to sell 26% in Fortis

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 »

Cerestra buys Alexandria R&D park in Hyderabad for Rs 400 crore

Cerestra Advisors Ltd, a real estate-focused private equity firm, has bought Alexandria Knowledge Park at Genome Valley in Hyderabad for Rs 400 crore as it plans to build an office portfolio focused on R&D clients. Alexandria Knowledge Park, which counts tenants such as Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis, was previously owned by New York-based Alexandria Real… Read More »

Prestige Estates may sell 40% stake in rental unit to raise around Rs 2,000 crore

India’s second largest listed real estate developer Prestige Estates Projects plans to raise at least $300 million, around Rs 2,000 crore, by selling up to 40% stake in its rent-yielding commercial assets and has drawn interest from Canadian Pension Plan and GIC of Singapore. The southern developer has hired JP Morgan to advise on the… 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 »