Mall footfalls down 75%-80% – Prestige Estates Projects

Prestige Estates Projects Ltd, which operates nine malls including The Forum Mall in Bangalore, said footfalls are down 75%-80% at malls due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking to investors after detailing the company’s June quarter results last week, company officials also said they were seeing signs of stress among customers of residential properties, even though […]

NRIs, Digital boost real estate sales for Godrej Properties’ in Q1

Godrej Properties, the fastest growing of India’s real estate majors, saw a surge of NRI (non-resident Indian) customers as well as a huge pick-up online sales during the COVID-19 lock-down. Despite a harsh lock-down in place in India during most of the Apr-Jun quarter, the company managed to sell a whopping 2,130 homes during the […]

Godrej Properties buys 44-acre Faridabad plot from BPTP

Mumbai-based real estate developer Godrej Properties said it has acquired 43.61 hectares of land in Faridabad from real estate major BPTP for development. Financial details of the transaction were not announced. The plot will be home to Godrej Properties’ first development in Faridabad — a residential project with 95,000 square meters, or 1 million square […]

Godrej Properties starts sales of flats in RK Studios

Real estate developer Godrej Properties has opened booking for its first flats in RK Studio, the 2.2-acre film studio established over six decades ago by legendary actor Raj Kapoorj. The Vikhroli, Mumbai-based developer had purchased the studio property for an undisclosed amount in May this year and announced plans to put up 3.5 lakh square […]

Brigade Group ties up with IKEA for pre-furnished homes

Brigade Group, one of India’s leading Real Estate Developers, has tied up with Swedish furniture maker IKEA to offer pre-furnished homes in India. “Brigade has set up multiple model apartments showcasing IKEA furnishing options in the home-front including Living/Dining rooms, bedrooms including children’s rooms, kitchens, and bathrooms. “Potential buyers or existing customers can visit these […]

COLUMN: Why we should welcome a recession

Subramanian Swamy is often accused of propagating outlandish ideas and suggestions, but at least on the issue of addressing a slowdown in India’s GDP growth, he seems to be closer to the truth than India’s ruling establishment. Both Sitharaman and Swamy are united in recognizing the need for a ‘stimulus’ to nudge the economy from […]

Govt subsidy scheme shrinks affordable homes drastically

The size of apartments on sale in India are shrinking like never before, mostly due to a new affordable housing subsidy scheme announced by the government in early 2017. Under this credit subvention scheme, the government will today pay up to Rs 3.5 lakhs to banks on behalf of anyone who takes a home loan […]

Big cut in interest rate needed to revive real estate sector -Anarock

Anuj Puri, chairman of Anarock Property Consultants, today called on the Reserve Bank of India to go for a cut of at least half a percentage point in the overnight interest rate to ensure that the real estate sector is revived. The call comes in the wake of a global slowdown in consumption and investment, […]

Brigade Group starts new affordable township near Bangalore Airport

Brigade, a Bangalore-based real estate developer, announced plans to build its eighth integrated residential enclave near Aerospace Park near the Bangalore International Airport. It will be an affordably priced 50-acre project comprising 2 and 3 bedroom units. Each flat in the project will cost less Rs 45 lakhs, excluding government levies and maintenance charges, said […]

PE firms love malls in smaller Indian cities – Study

International private equity investors do not shy away from investing in malls in India’s tier-2 cities such as Amritsar, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Indore and Mohali, according to a study by Anarock Property Consultants. Real estate can be broadly divided into residential and commercial. Commercial is further divided into retail (malls) and office space. A total […]

Private Equity money shifts to commercial real estate, ignores residential segment

The last three years have seen a massive shift in private equity investment in the Indian real estate sector from residential properties to commercial properties, according to data compiled by Anarock Property Consultants. The share of residential sector within private equity investments in real estate fell to just 3% in 2018 from 47% in 2015, […]

Godrej properties Q4 volumes up 153%, realizations down

Godrej Properties, the Mumbai-based real estate arm of the eponymous diversified group, reported its highest ever quarterly sales, but the numbers also indicated that the company was realizing less upfront revenue per square feet booked. The company sold 3.72 million square feet of developments during the three months from January to March 2019, a jump […]