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Plaza Centers Signed JV Israel-based Elbit Imaging

August 27, 2008 – 2:58 am

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 [...]

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SEZ In Gurgaon By Raheja Developers

August 26, 2008 – 4:55 am

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 [...]

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Bigger Players Are Looking For Trained Agents

August 25, 2008 – 7:50 am

With the city’s real estate market being dominated by smaller and unheard of players whose actions could fright away prospective buyers, the bigger players are joining hands to give a professional touch to the realty business. “We need to bring in additional people who are properly trained agents. This can be achieved by having a [...]

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Government Will Acquire Land With The Consent Of The Owners

August 23, 2008 – 5:37 am

Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata’s threat to pull the Rs 1,500-crore Nano small-car project out of West Bengal in the face of violence and protests over farmland acquisition has deepened the gloom over the Left Front government’s industrialisation drive, with most of its larger and more ambitious infrastructure projects already on hold over land issues.
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Global Crash Keeps Indian Firms Off AIM

August 22, 2008 – 6:15 am

In the wake of a global slowdown in the initial public offerings (IPO) market, Indian companies are losing appetite for listing on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM). Once touted to be a favoured destination for small- and mid-size companies, London’s AIM has managed to get only four companies to list on it so far this [...]

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First Engineering SEZ In Haryana By Raheja Developers

August 21, 2008 – 5:08 am

Real estate developers Ansal API and Raheja Developers are attempting to tide over the gloom in the real estate sector by pursuing their special economic zone (SEZ) plans. While Ansal has announced plans for six infotech SEZs across three states, Raheja is setting up north India’s first engineering SEZ in Haryana.
While Ansal will pump in [...]

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Mantri Developers Bid For Land In Chennai

August 20, 2008 – 9:37 am

The Bangalore based Mantri Developers has successfully bid for a 4.9 acre plot of land at Siruseri IT Park on the IT Highway for developing an amenities centre. The price Rs 10.5 crore per acre for a 75-year lease is considered a new benchmark in Chennai’s real estate market.
The plot of land, located at the [...]

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Salim Group’s Expressway Due To Land Acquisition Problem

August 19, 2008 – 4:55 am

Days after Chief Minister Buddadeb Bhattacharjee declared that Indonesia-based Salim group’s Expressway was put on hold due to the land acquirement problem, Prasoon Mukherjee, Salim Group’s pointsman and chairman of NKID (New Kolkata Infrastructure Development) expressed confidence that the other jumbo projects of the Group, including the PCPIR, are on track.
Mukherjee said “We have several [...]

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IHCL Will Set Up Four Airport Hotels In The Country

August 18, 2008 – 3:58 am

Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), which runs the Taj chain of hotels, has earmarked Rs 1,800 crore for funding inorganic growth in the subsequent 3 years, said chairman Ratan Tata.
Talking to shareholders at the company’s yearly general meeting, Mr Tata said IHCL would set up four airport hotels in the country, including one in Navi Mumbai, [...]

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