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Realty firm Embassy Developments Ltd will invest around Rs 2,000 crore this fiscal in construction activities across various projects to ensure timely completion, a top company official said. Embassy Developments, part of Bengaluru-based Embassy Group, had invested nearly Rs 1,200 crore during the 2025-26 financial year. In an interview with PTI, Embassy Developments Ltd Managing Director Aditya Virwani said, "We will be stepping up investment on construction activities this fiscal to Rs 1800-2000 crore. He said the construction work is progressing well across all ongoing residential projects in Bengaluru, Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and Delhi-NCR. Virwani said the construction cost has gone up by around 5-6 per cent due to a rise in prices of raw materials because of the West Asia conflict. Labour wages too have increased. On the operational front, he noted that sales bookings last fiscal more than doubled to Rs 4631 crore on strong consumer demand, which continues to shift
Realty firm Embassy Developments Ltd is expecting a 73 per cent growth in sales bookings this fiscal year to Rs 8,000 crore as housing demand continues to be strong across major cities, a top company official said. In an interview with PTI, Embassy Developments Ltd Managing Director Aditya Virwani highlighted that the company performed well during 2025-26 with sales bookings rising 128 per cent to Rs 4,631 crore, slightly short of the annual guidance. He noted that the demand for well-designed and high-quality residential properties continues to be robust, especially for branded players having strong execution track record. About the outlook for the current fiscal year, Virwani said, "We are targeting Rs 8,000 crore worth of sales bookings in 2026-27." This includes Rs 2,000 crore worth of sales bookings or pre-sales in two housing projects that the company is building on a DM (development management) model, he added. In the two DM projects, the company would build as well as sell
Realty firm Puravankara Ltd has reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 109.95 crore in the March quarter on better income. The company had posted a net loss of Rs 88 crore in the year-ago period. Total income more than doubled to Rs 1,540.99 crore during the January-March period of 2025-26 from Rs 563.70 crore in the corresponding period of the preceding year, according to a regulatory filing on Monday. During the 2025-26, Puravankara Ltd net profit stood at Rs 56.75 crore as against a net loss of 182.92 crore in the preceding year. Total income increased to Rs 3,846.42 crore last fiscal from Rs 2,093.13 crore in the preceding year. As of March 31, Puravankara has completed 95 projects totalling 57 million sq ft across nine cities: Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Mangaluru, Kochi, Mumbai, Pune, and Goa. The company's total land bank is 40 million sq ft and ongoing projects add up to 36.69 million sq ft.
Realty firm Signature Global will invest around Rs 3,500 crore this fiscal year on land acquisition in Gurugram region and construction activities as it maintains positive outlook towards housing demand despite global uncertainties, its Chairman Pradeep Aggarwal said. In an interview with PTI, he noted that the Gurugram housing market did face "little bit of softness" on demand side during the second half of the 2025-26 fiscal year, after registering a sharp rally in sales as well as prices during 2022-2024 calendar years. However, Aggarwal strongly believes that the Gurugram housing market would return to normalcy this fiscal year. On the growth plans and targets for 2026-27 fiscal year, he said the company has set a target to achieve 21 per cent growth in sales bookings this fiscal year to Rs 10,000 crore on strong launch pipeline and residual inventories in the under-construction real estate projects. "We will be investing around Rs 2,000 crore on construction activities this ..
Realty firm Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd's sales bookings rose 21 per cent to Rs 3,405 crore last fiscal on better demand for its residential properties. Its sales bookings or pre-sales stood at Rs 2,804 crore in the 2024-25 fiscal. In its housing business, the fund collection from customers increased to Rs 2,107 crore last fiscal from Rs 1,831 crore in 2024-25. Most of the listed real estate developers performed well during the last fiscal in terms of sales bookings, even though there has been a slowdown in the pre-sales of the overall market because of a sharp rise in the price post COVID pandemic. Lower supply in the affordable and mid-income housing segments also contributed to the sluggish pre-sales. In the real estate sector, the sales bookings are an important operational metrics. The company recognises revenues on either percentage of completion method or when the entire project gets completed. On Tuesday, Mahindra Lifespace reported a 6 per cent increase in its ...