Category: Construction Industry

Property investments in India

Stressed property assets provide institutional investors with investment opportunities.

November 27, 2019

Institutional investors have set a solid beginning by investing over $1 billion in stressed property opportunities. The strategy is expected to progress with the more establishment of the law of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), which came into force in 2016. Companies with large liabilities have liquidated their real estate assets, which leads to new […]

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ICRA

ICRA report: Debt exposure of top realty firms reduces by 25% in the last three years.

A report from ICRA demonstrates that the total exposure of debt to the real estate sector has grown by 38% since the financial year 2017. But on the other hand, the debt levels for primary realty players on the list have fallen by 25% in the same period. The report showed that major listed real […]

ICRA report: Debt exposure of top realty firms reduces by 25% in the last three years.more
PMAY-Urban-Yojna

PMAY-Urban: Individual can check their housing subsidy application online through the CLSS Awas portal.

November 26, 2019

CLSS Awas portal was launched on 25 November by Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, through which people will be able to track their applications for housing subsidies under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY)-Urban. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs said at the launch of the Credit Link Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) Awas Yojana that […]

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Mumbai Metro

In two years, MMRC has completed 70% of the tunnelling for the Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Metro-3 route.

70% of tunnelling for the Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Metro-3 corridor was achieved by the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC). Approximately, 23 breakthroughs were completed in two years, totalling 38.25 km out of 55 km. The first and only fully underground corridor to overhaul the deteriorating urban transport and chock-a-block traffic in the city is Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Metro-3. On […]

In two years, MMRC has completed 70% of the tunnelling for the Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Metro-3 route.more
Police arrest

Fraudulent developer arrested at Mumbai Airport for dupping Rs 30 crore.

November 25, 2019

A developer arrested on Sunday after fleeing from custody earlier in the day was nabbed from Mumbai airport for allegedly duping a bank for Rs 30 crore, a Thane police officer said. Jagdish Wagh (37) from Dombivali, Mumbai, is accused of dupping the CKP bank with Rs 30 crore following default on loans taken on […]

Fraudulent developer arrested at Mumbai Airport for dupping Rs 30 crore.more
Building Construction

Analyst poll – Real estate sector is expected to bounce back modestly through the government measures.

November 22, 2019

According to an analyst poll by Reuters, The housing market in India, burdened by unfinished projects, as developers struggle to access money, is expected to recover modestly in the coming year on government efforts to unblock the market. The government has approved the 100 billion rupees ($1.4 billion) fund earlier this month to help clear […]

Analyst poll – Real estate sector is expected to bounce back modestly through the government measures.more
FPCE

FPCE demands Prime Minister’s intervention to get errant developers to NCLT.

November 21, 2019

The Forum for People’s Collective Efforts (FPCE) lobby of homebuyers requested involvement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to avoid any attempt to prevent homebuyers from moving the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) against errant builders. Last year the Government implemented the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code to consider homebuyers as financial creditors and authorize them, in […]

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BMC

Wadala Chawl residents ask BMC to forfeit redevelopment agreement with East & West Developers.

November 20, 2019

Residents of Azad Nagar chawls in Wadala, in violation of the Bombay High Court ruling in March 2019, wrote to Municipal Commissioner Praveen Pardeshi to terminate the development agreement with East & West Developers, a part of RNA Group, for failing to pay transit rent to 324 residents. On 1 September at the project location […]

Wadala Chawl residents ask BMC to forfeit redevelopment agreement with East & West Developers.more
Prestige Group Deal

Prestige Group acquires a joint venture deal for a Commercial property located in Bandra, Mumbai.

November 19, 2019

Prestige Group, the real estate company, has purchased 28.99% stake in the commercial development of a DB Realty project. This Commercial property is located in Mumbai’s Bandra area which is having over 7 lakh sq ft development potential and priced at approximately Rs 2,100 crore. The joint venture will develop a project for mixed uses, […]

Prestige Group acquires a joint venture deal for a Commercial property located in Bandra, Mumbai.more
Delhi Commercial Shops

Delhi Development Authority (DDA) announced exemption on shop conversation charges.

November 18, 2019

In an important decision which would support a large number of shops in local shopping centres (LSC) in areas such as Greater Kailash, Defense Colony, South Extension, etc, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), at its meeting on Thursday, granted an exemption from conversion charges to shops that initially auctioned as purely commercial property. “DDA wanted […]

Delhi Development Authority (DDA) announced exemption on shop conversation charges.more