Monthly Archives: August 2008

Sobha Scarlet In Mysore

Sobha Developers Ltd has announced that the Company enters in Real Estate Project “Sobha Scarlet” in Mysore on August 29, 2008. This will be developed in 14.2 acres of Land.
This project will have 83 villas, out of which 49 villas will be in phase 1 of the project with 3 & 4 Bed Room with [...]

KFH To Invest $275 Milliion In Real Estate Project

Kuwait Finance House, the Gulf state’s biggest bank by market value, said it will invest $275 million in a real estate project in China as part of plans to boost its exposure to Asia.
KFH has signed a deal with China’s Nan Hai Corp to invest in the $3 billion Peninsula real estate development through its [...]

Real Estate And Construction

As India continues its scorching pace of economic growth, many sectors that were not historically favoured by the government are gaining prominence. One such sector is real estate, which has a large employment generation potential and is a significant source of tax revenue. Additionally, this sector has attracted a large amount of foreign investment in [...]

Shriram Properties To Develop 15 Shopping Malls And 70-80 Budget Hotels

Shriram Properties, the real estate arm of Rs 25,000 crore Shriram Group, would launch two separate subsidiaries to promote projects in retail and hospitality segments, a top official of the company said.
M Murali, managing director of Shriram Properties, said the company would develop 15 shopping malls and 70-80 budget hotels in the next 3-4 years [...]

Olive Group Expanding To IT Sector

After completing 25 years in real estate industry, Mumbai-based Olive Group is expanding to Information Technology (IT) sector.
Speaking to mediapersons here, P V Mathai, Chairman of Olive Builders, said as part of the diversification, it would associate with the USA-based Millennium Consultant Inc, a leading software company, which has operations in Bangalore and Kochi.
The future [...]

Plaza Centers Signed JV Israel-based Elbit Imaging

Emerging markets property developer Plaza Centers NV said it has signed a joint venture contract with Israel-based Elbit Imaging for developing three projects in India.
The three projects are in the three Indian cities Bangalore, Chennai and Kochi and would have a combined development budget of about 3.4 billion dollars, Plaza said in a regulatory filing [...]

Ten Billion Dollar Ready To Make India Entry Through FVCIs

Lack of clarity over foreign venture capital investments (FVCIs) in India has led to 83 applications from foreign venture capital firms piling up with the Reserve Bank of India for approval.
Of these, about 28 venture funds (non-real estate funds) which have sought approval have committed close to $10 billion to India, according to lawyers involved [...]

Warehousing Property Will Become Fifty Plus

The explosion in commodities and retailing will result in Indian warehousing sector increasing at the rate of 35% to 40% yearly to become fifty-five billion dollar industry within three years.
By that time the country would have about forty-five million square feet warehousing space and more than a hundred logistics parks.
As said by the report by [...]

SEZ In Gurgaon By Raheja Developers

Realty firm Raheja Developers said it would invest about four thousan five hundred crore rupees to develop an engineering SEZ in Gurgaon over the next three to five years.
This project, which is expected to create job opportunities for around fifty thousand people (including both direct and indirect) is said to have a potential to generate [...]