Category: Commercial Property

WeWork

SoftBank Group plans to pull out $3 billion additional shares bid in WeWork.

March 18, 2020

SoftBank Group is contemplating retreating out of a $3 billion bid to buy additional shares in WeWork because it thinks the office-space sharing business has not fulfilled the conditions of the contract, said people familiar with the matter on March 17. The U-turn by SoftBank will be the latest blow to WeWork investors, who saw […]

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office

JLL Report: Approx 30% of the Office buildings in the top three cities need refurbishment.

March 17, 2020

As per property consultancy JLL India, approximately 30% of office buildings in Mumbai, Delhi-NCR and Bengaluru are at least a decade old and require refurbishment that might cost over Rs 5,500 crore. The consultancy said in a report ‘Futureproofing 2.0 Upgrading commercial properties to build sustainable value’ after upgrading, rents might increase by up to […]

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Top 5 property apps to consider while hunting a house.

March 14, 2020

Looking for a house, whether to rent or buy a house, is now a day a very tough task, particularly in metropolitan cities. It’s just a time-taking job to go out to search for one. But such tasks can be accomplished easily with the aid of websites or apps that enable people to look for […]

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Anil Ambani

Reliance Infrastructure to rent out its 6.95 lakh sqft Mumbai office space to an Educational Institute.

February 29, 2020

Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) is in discussion to rent a portion of Whittle school and Studios, the educational institution located in Washington DC, from its subsidiary’s Santacruz headquarter, Reliance Infrastructure Limited (R-Infra). ADAG Chairman Anil Ambani told the UK court earlier this month that his net worth was zero and that he was […]

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Google Office

Search Engine giant Google is going to lease 1.2 million sqft office space in Bengaluru.

February 27, 2020

Google leases about 1.2 million sqft of office space in Bengaluru from commercial developer Bagmane Group, people familiar with the matter said. The deal will be one of the biggest in the country’s largest office sector this year. The lease will add to the tech giant’s portfolio of real estate in Bengaluru, where it has […]

Search Engine giant Google is going to lease 1.2 million sqft office space in Bengaluru.more
Distressed Property Auctions

SBI to carry out the largest e-auction on 26 February: more than 1,000 properties will be listed.

February 24, 2020

India’s largest public sector bank, State Bank of India (SBI) on Saturday has declared that it is going to conduct mega e-auction that will consists more than 1,000 commercials, residential and industrial properties across the country. “We at SBI are very clear when putting immovable properties, mortgaged with the Bank/attached by court order to auction, […]

SBI to carry out the largest e-auction on 26 February: more than 1,000 properties will be listed.more
Commercial Property

Singapore’s GIC is going to purchase Tech Park in Bengaluru for Rs. 2,500 crore.

February 19, 2020

Singapore’s GIC sovereign wealth fund is the front runner in acquiring Mapletree Investment’s Global Tech Park in Bengaluru for nearly Rs 2,500 crore, in the commercial real estate area of India, with the largest output of private equity (PE). “GIC is now shortlisted and the documentation is in the process while it has not yet […]

Singapore’s GIC is going to purchase Tech Park in Bengaluru for Rs. 2,500 crore.more
Supreme court

Delhi-NCR real estate market gets the Supreme Court’s revocation on an overnight construction ban.

February 15, 2020

On 14 February, the Supreme Court lifted the ban on night-time construction in Delhi-NCR, making it a relief for the real estate industry. In Delhi-NCR, on 4 November 2019, the court had placed a complete ban on construction activities. It took the dramatic decline in air quality in and around the Delhi-NCR area into account. […]

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India-Ratings-and-Research

India Ratings and Research have revised outlook negatively on the construction industry.

February 14, 2020

India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has maintained an adverse outlook for 2020-21 (April-March) on the overall real estate sector. The government’s stimulus packages for the industry provide little hope, given the limited financial flexibility and restricted availability of credit to businesses. Among players in grade-I residential real estate, commercial and retail project development and operations, […]

India Ratings and Research have revised outlook negatively on the construction industry.more
Commercial Property

Report: Private Equity investments in the real estate sector rose by 3%.

February 13, 2020

According to a report by Cushman & Wakefield India, private equity investments in the real estate sector rose by 3% in 2019 to Rs 43,704 crore, accounting for almost half the shares in investment flows for the office segment. In 2019 the office segment received Rs 21,890 crore from institutional investors, which reflects a 50.1% […]

Report: Private Equity investments in the real estate sector rose by 3%.more