Sobha Ltd’s hard days seem over, time for a relook- HDFC Sec

Leading brokerage HDFC Securities has come out with a positive outlook on real estate developer Sobha Ltd, stating that headwinds are largely priced in and risk-reward is now favorable for further rerating. The brokerage believes the stock’s underperformance versus real estate sector makes valuations compelling for investors to make a fresh entry. In an in-depth […]

Brigade Ent to build new project on Pfizer land plot in Chennai

Brigade Enterprises said it has acquired a plot of Rs 139 crores from Pfizer Healthcare India Ltd in Chennai to build a residential project. The 6.54 acre land-plot has been acquired in Sholinganallur, on the Old Mahabalipuram Road. “We will be developing a residential project on this land parcel with an overall development of over […]

Brigade Group enters villa segment with Devanahalli project

Brigade Group, a Bangalore-based real estate developer, announced its entry into plotted development or the villa space, responding to post-COVID changes in the market. The company said it plans to announce several gated community villa projects in the coming months. It will start off with a 66-acre project in Devanahalli, near the Bangalore airport, on […]

Mahindra Lifespace announces new real estate project at Kandivali

Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd, a real estate construction company within the Mahindra & Mahindra group, has agreed to buy 9.24 acres of prime land from its parent, auto maker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, for development. “This new project is Mahindra Lifespaces’ second residential development in Kandivali after its successful ‘Mahindra Roots’ project and will offer […]

Godrej Properties says evaluating investment in DB Realty

Godrej Properties, one of India’s fastest growing and most profitable real estate companies, said it has got the approval of its board of directors to explore the possibility of acquiring a stake in rival and listed real estate developer DB Realty. “..the Board of Directors of the Company has at its meeting held today, i.e. […]

Happy with work-from-home, no plans to go back to office- HGS

Hinduja Global Solutions, one of India’s largest BPO providers with nearly 47,000 employees, said it was quite happy with how things are going under the ‘work from home’ mode, and has no immediate plans to shift employees back to the office. The comments come even as IT firms like TCS have asked employees to be […]

Kolte-Patil has a good quarter on strong real estate market

Kolte-Patil Developers reported a strong second quarter for the financial year, as the real estate recovery seen in earlier quarters continued apace. The company’s collections — a measure of the cash it managed to collect from buyers — zoomed 86% compared to the COVID-ravaged second quarter of last year, and was up 34% compared to […]

Post COVID, Raymond cancels demerger of apparels, to monetize real estate

Mumbai-based Raymond Ltd said it has abandoned its two-year-old plan of splitting its garments, or lifestyle, business into a different company, and will instead focus on monetizing its engineering business. The company also said it will spin off its real estate business into a new company, but wholly owned by Raymond Ltd. In 2019, Raymond […]

Sunteck Realty Q1 sees sequential decline as second wave hits

Sunteck Realty reported a sequential decline in its collections for the first quarter of FY22 compared to the immediately preceding fourth quarter of FY21, as COVID-19 curtailed new launches. Nevertheless, collections were far better than the year-ago numbers. Collections refer to the actual cash that the company collects from its buyers. Total collections for the […]

Puravankara believes offices will return, intros WfH tweaks

Puravankara Ltd, the biggest residential real estate brand in Bangalore, said it is making changes to its apartment designs to attract work-from-home customers, but believes that employees will shift back to the work-from-office model in another 12-18 months. STRONG DEMAND The company has been seeing strong demand for its residential flats, as buyers increasingly prefer […]

Sobha to create ‘mini New York’ on Hosur road

Sobha Ltd, one of India’s largest real estate developers, said it will build a ‘Manhattan-like’ mini city at Yadavanahalli, which lies between Electronics City and Hosur towards the south east of Bangalore. Despite its somewhat removed location, the project is targeted at the well-to-do, with the three-bedroom flats costing upwards of Rs 90 lakh. Chairman […]

Malls may take six months to normalize – Prestige Estates

Prestige Estates Projects, which operates some of India’s top malls such as Bangalore’s Forum Mall, said retail spending has recovered to around 70-80% of normal levels, though it may take several months for it to fully normalize. “The malls should be back in the next six months, they should stabilize fully. Hospitality should take a […]

Godrej Properties to build new flat complex in Kalyan

Godrej Properties, arguably the healthiest and fastest growing of the major Indian real estate companies, today said it has agree to purchase a 20 acre project in Kalyan near Mumbai for a residential project. “This project will offer approximately 139,000 square meters (1.5 million square feet) of saleable area comprising primarily of residential apartments of […]