Category: Expert Views

Partnership

Vista Spaces plans to acquire commercial and residential projects with DMI Alternative Investment.

November 28, 2019

In order to procure and develop commercial and residential projects in Bengaluru, Vista Spaces, who constructs premium real estate, has entered into a strategic partnership with DMI Alternative Investment Fund. The firms will collectively evaluate six projects to co-invest under the equity partnership. For two of these projects, they have already signed Memoranda of Understanding. […]

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SEBI

Recent guidelines by SEBI on preferential issue & institutional placement by listed REITs.

On Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) provided guidelines on the preferential issue of units and institutional placement of units by a listed Real Estate Investment Trust (REITs). The regulator said that if it has been listed for a period of 12 months, a listed REIT may create a preferential issue of […]

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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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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 […]

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

Western Railway plans to extend harbour line till Borivli by taking drone & geotechnical survey of the route.

November 21, 2019

In 2020, Western Railway will conduct a drone survey to stretch the Goregaon-Borivli Harbor Line, paving the way for more trains and increasing capacity. In the context of the Mumbai Urban Transportation Project (3A), Harbour line services were extended till Goregaon in April 2018. A senior WR said, “We had a pre-bid meeting on Wednesday with […]

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Raising Funds

Tata Capital Housing Finance (TCHF) raised Rs.1000 crore from LIC of India.

November 19, 2019

Life Insurance Corporation, India’s biggest insurer, has invested Rs 1000 crore in Tata Capital Housing Finance (TCHF). Three people with direct knowledge said this, in the wake of signs that the debt market is improving. More than a year ago, the infrastructure giant IL&FS induced a financial crunch that kept the most powerful domestic institutional […]

Tata Capital Housing Finance (TCHF) raised Rs.1000 crore from LIC of India.more
Prestige Group Deal

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

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
Pune-Mumbai Hyperloop

State government to finalize a regulator for the Pune-Mumbai hyperloop project.

November 16, 2019

The hyperloop project of Pune-Mumbai still needs to find a regulator who is able to control its construction, safety measures as it is going to become the world’s first operational hyperloop. In 2018, Maharashtra approved a proposed high-speed line between Mumbai and Pune for Virgin Hyperloop One-led consortiums that would reduce the time from 3.5 […]

State government to finalize a regulator for the Pune-Mumbai hyperloop project.more