30 Dec 2022

The real estate arm of ASK Group, ASK Property Fund has exited the Eldeco Group’s South Delhi commercial project called Eldeco Centre, have generated an IRR of 21% on its investment of Rs 120 crores. In September this year the fund exited another investment in Gulshan Homz for their Gulshan One 29 project in Noida after two years, having achieved an IRR of 21% on their investment. The fund recently collaborated with Sriram Properties Limited to set up a co-investment platform to develop ‘Golden Ira’ a plotted development project in Bengaluru. Both companies intend to infuse capital to the tune of Rs 125 crores and re-launch the project under the name ‘Shriram Pristine Estates’.Read more

29 Dec 2022

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to pay a sum of approximately Rs 470 crores to the Airport Authority of India (AAI) for land owned by them in the Dahisar region of Mumbai Suburban. The land parcel is said to be around 58acres large. In exchange for this plot, the AAI will receive 40acres of government land in Gorai. The BMC intends to create a 10acre public park within the plot, akin to the Azad Maidan and Oval Maidan in South Mumbai. The redevelopment and rehabilitation of structures present within the land parcel allegedly have a development potential worth over Rs 50,000 crores.Read more

28 Dec 2022

Canadian Property Management Fund Brookfield is looking to sell three of the company's assets in Mumbai and Gurugram. The properties are said to be collectively worth USD 2 billion. The company intends to sell only a portion of these assets to outside investors and the remaining half to its publicly traded Brookfield REIT. Earlier this year the Brookfield REIT reported a forty eight percent rise in income to 240 crore rupees for the quarter ending September. Its net operating income stood at 162 crore rupees for the same period last fiscal year.Read more

27 Dec 2022

As per official records released, The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahangara Palike (BBMP) has been able to collect only Rs 2641 crore of its intended goal of Rs 4000 crore in property tax for this fiscal year. This discrepancy is being largely attributed to the shift in focus towards electoral duties in the recent months. The civic body however is confident of achieving its goal by early 2023 if not sooner. In the last 4 years the Palike has collected more than Rs 11,000 crore in property tax, with the highest collections being made from non-residential properties in the city.Read more

26 Dec 2022

Mantri Serenity, a stalled residential project located on Kanakapura Road in Bengaluru will be the first project in the city to be completed with funding from the government initiated Special Window for Affordable and Mid-Income Housing Fund (SWAMIH Fund). The project was launched in 2012 but shut down midway in 2018 due to insufficient funds. SWAMIH Investment Fund provided undisclosed funding to the project in October 2020. Towers 4 & 5 of the project have already received Occupancy Certificates (OC) from the Bengaluru Development Authority.Read more

22 Dec 2022

The K Raheja Corp backed Mindspace Business Parks REIT (Mindspace REIT) has become the country's first REIT to issue commercial papers after SEBI gave its approval for the same in September 2022. According to its BSE filing, the company has issued commercial papers worth Rs 100 crores for a tenure of 3 months at an interest rate of 7.2 per cent per annum. The commercial papers issued by Mindspace REIT has received a credit rating of A+ by CRISIL.Read more

22 Dec 2022

In a bid to streamline procedures, remove ambiguity and ensure compliance the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is considering proposals to introduce governance norms, akin to those in place for listed companies, for Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs). In another decision made this year SEBI will allow Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) to participate in Credit Default Swaps not only as protection buyers but also as protection sellers. By making this allowance SEBI hopes to provide AIFs with greater investment flexibility and facilitate deepening of the domestic corporate bond market.Read more

21 Dec 2022

According to a report published by Knight Frank India, the total number of private equity investments in real estate in 2022 totalled to USD 5.13 billion, indicating a dip of 17 per cent from the USD 5.20 billion registered in 2021. The office sector remained on top, garnering almost 45 per cent while warehousing came in second with a share of 37 per cent. Residential attributed to 12 per cent and retail to the balance 6 per cent. Mumbai led in cities’ race with accounting for 41 per cent of the total investments followed by Delhi NCR at 15 percent and Bengaluru in third place with 14 per cent.Read more

20 Dec 2022

During the 48th GST council meeting, the Finance Ministry announced its intention to create a provision that would allow unregistered buyers who cancel their purchase of an under construction flat or long-term insurance policy, to claim for a GST refund directly from the government. The council advising the ministry has recommended that such amendments be made to the CGST 2017 rules along with issuance of a circular detailing the procedure for filling out an application for refund for unregistered buyers.Read more

19 Dec 2022

Earlier last week, Poonawalla Fincorp, a non-banking division of the Poonawalla Group, announced that it has sold its housing subsidiary Poonawalla Housing Finance to private equity giant TPG for a sum of Rs 3,900 crore. Poonawalla Fincorp was acquired by Magma Fincorp for Rs 3,456 crore in February 2021 and is currently held by Rising Sun Holdings, a business that Adar Poonawalla owns and controls. It offers a variety of loans such as personal loans, loans to professionals, company loans, SME loans, loans against property, and affordable house loans.Read more