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Sub-prime crisis to lower investment in Asia’s property sector

The global sub-prime crisis will this year have the greatest impact on “mature” property markets in the Asia-Pacific region, leading to an overall decline in investments, international property consultant Jones Lang LaSalle predicted Tuesday. Direct commercial real estate investment in Asia Pacific reached a new high of 121 billion dollars in 2007, up 27 per [...]

DLF Assets files for IPO approval in Singapore

DLF Assets, the property fund of DLF Ltd, plans to launch an initial public offer of its office trust in Singapore by June to raise over Rs 8,000 crore. DLF is India’s leading real estate company in terms of market evaluation.

LnT To Develop Bombay Dyeing Complexes

Larsen & Toubro is planning develop nine million square feet at Bombay Dyeing & Manufacturing Company’s Textile Mills and Spring Mills complexes at Worli and Wadala at a cost of Rs two thousand crore.
Mr K.V. Rangaswami, Director and President (Construction), L&T, said that it would be an all-commercial project, comprising retail, IT and hospitality space, [...]

Damac Properties signs 60 realty agents in India

NEW DELHI: Real Estate Developer Damac Properties announced on Monday that it has tied up with 60 agents in the country across metros and Tier I cities to market and sell their regional properties to the Indian investors.
“We are proud to have signed on 60 agents in India. As demand is high, we wanted to [...]

Buying Property In Goa Might Be Difficult For Foreigners.

Chief Minister of Goa, Mr. Digamber Kamat said that his government is seriously considering regulating the sale of property to foreign nationals in the state. The Goa government is working out on a bill to tense up the control on sale of land to foreigners. On this issue, Mr. Kamat said, “It’s not yet a [...]

Vishal Retail to enter Real Estate

Vishal Retail is planning to enter real estate sector. Confirming this development Manmohan Aggarwal, CEO, Corporate Affairs, Vishal Retail told Business Standard that the new venture would be launched either in the second half of the current year or early next year.
He revealed that company is also planning to acquire 1 crore sq ft area [...]

ASSOCHAM for at least 3 SEZs in Goa

Margao, March 7 The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India requested the State government to reconsider its decision on Special Economic Zones and advocated creation of at least of three SEZs, in Goa.
Three SEZs in bio and nano-technology, food processing and solar energy will help Goa attract investments up to Rs 50,000 crore [...]

Mega property Show At Hyderabad

Real estate in Hyderabad is witnessing a boom and the demand for residential & commercial properties has taken a quantum leap. Hyderabad is fastest growing cities in India is experiencing a rapid need for enhancement in infrastructure.

Acacia buys $69m stake

MANAMA: Acacia Real Estate Limited has obtained 49 % of an Information Technology Park in India.
Logix TechnoPark is located in Noida - a master planned city adjacent to Delhi. Acacia is the real estate company that Bahrain-based TAIB Bank spearheaded in December 2006.
Total acquisition cost was $69 million. With a projected internal rate of return [...]

GTC set for Realty Business Separately

NEW DELHI:Cigarette manufacturer GTC Industries pronounced that its board of directors has considered and decided an in-principle approval to separate the tobacco and the real estate business into two different entities.
The two entities would be listed separately on the stock exchanges in India.
ET had initially reported plans of a separation of the real estate business last [...]

Noida’s Got A New Hot Spot “Sector 119″

Sector 119 is now becoming center of attraction. Builders as well as People are also getting attracted toward this because all the major facilities are available near by sector 119. Oil Industry Development Board Office Complex is coming close by it. Various Builder groups are coming here with their projects.

Developers shrug off REIT plans, looking out of the country

MUMBAI - Property developers are expected to turn overseas to list Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) as proposed local rules favour funds and small investors rather than real estate companies, officials said.
Developers are hoping to recover costs by selling properties to REITs in which they hold a controlling stake. However, draft rules, which restrict ownership [...]

Aditya Birla Retail to invest Rs10000 crore

February 01, 2008. ABRL i.e. Aditya Birla RetaiL would be investing about Rs 10000 crore in spreading its operations across the country over a period of half decade.
Main aim of ABRL is to emerge as one of the leading retail players in India. It has planning to have 1500 supermarket and 100 hypermarket stores in [...]