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Prachi Pisal is a correspondent at Business Standard, where she reports on real estate, roads, ports, and the cement sector. Her work examines how policy decisions, corporate strategies, and market forces intersect to shape India’s built environment and core industries. She works across breaking news, earnings coverage, and data-backed trend stories, drawing on interviews with industry leaders and market participants. Prachi has also covered elections, live events, and on-ground developments. She holds a postgraduate diploma in English Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi, and a bachelor’s degree in science from Shivaji University. Her interests include cricket, politics, and Marathi cinema classics.
Prachi Pisal is a correspondent at Business Standard, where she reports on real estate, roads, ports, and the cement sector. Her work examines how policy decisions, corporate strategies, and market forces intersect to shape India’s built environment and core industries. She works across breaking news, earnings coverage, and data-backed trend stories, drawing on interviews with industry leaders and market participants. Prachi has also covered elections, live events, and on-ground developments. She holds a postgraduate diploma in English Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi, and a bachelor’s degree in science from Shivaji University. Her interests include cricket, politics, and Marathi cinema classics.
Developers roll out slew of freebies, incentives to potential buyers
Segment becoming super lucrative with rentals looking up by 40-45% vs flagship spaces
Mumbai recorded 6,238 property registrations during Navratri 2025, up 20% year-on-year, with state revenue collections touching ₹587 crore, Knight Frank said in a report
DHL has signed a five-year lease for 3.17 lakh sq ft of warehousing space in CapitaLand's Panvel facility at a monthly rent of Rs 1.8 crore, highlighting logistics demand in India
Anantam Highways Trust, backed by Alpha Alternatives, is opening a Rs 400-cr IPO to expand its Rs 5,000-cr portfolio through Dilip Buildcon's assets, third-party deals, and fund transfers
Proceeds from the fresh issue will be used for the prepayment or repayment of certain outstanding borrowings and for general corporate purposes
Predictable borrowing costs and GST reforms are expected to boost commercial real estate, housing demand and investor sentiment during the festive season across India
Mumbai property registrations rose 29 per cent in September to 11,744 units, generating Rs 1,256 crore in revenues as festive demand, premium launches and buyer momentum drove growth
WeWork India plans 20% revenue growth, capacity expansion and debt reduction as it launches a Rs 3,000 crore IPO, valued at Rs 9,000 crore at the top of the price band
Elevate Campuses, India's largest student accommodation platform, has filed draft papers with Sebi for a Rs 2,550 crore IPO to fund acquisitions, debt repayment and expansion
Hiranandani Communities has launched a 225-acre coastal township in Alibaug with an investment of Rs 5,000 crore and revenue potential of Rs 17,000 crore over 10 years
Larsen & Toubro has tied the $700 mn trade facility to emissions and water-use KPIs, reinforcing its carbon neutrality by 2040 and water neutrality by 2035 goals
The first projects include an ultra-luxury development at Nepeansea Road in South Mumbai and another in Downtown Dubai's Burj Khalifa community, marking Sunteck's international debut
Panchshil Realty has bought Capgemini's Thane Knowledge Park for Rs 550 crore, expanding its office space portfolio as Mumbai's commercial property market sees major shifts
Maharashtra will lease 13,000 acres of MSRTC land in key cities for residential and commercial projects under the build-operate-transfer model to boost revenue and modernise facilities
Maharashtra will invest Rs 70,000 crore under the 2025 housing policy to build 3.5 million affordable homes by 2030, focusing on Mumbai Metropolitan Region and Pune
Afcons Infrastructure has appointed Firoz Cyrus Mistry as non-executive director and Santosh Balachandran Nayar as independent director, effective Thursday
The acquisition highlights Chennai as a destination that is now attracting occupier interest
IndoSpace will invest $57 million in a new 66-acre logistics park in Bhiwandi with 1.7 msf potential, expanding warehousing capacity in Maharashtra's logistics hub
CapitaLand India Trust will divest CyberVale in Chennai and CyberPearl in Hyderabad for Rs 1,103 crore at a 3% premium to valuation, its first exit since 2007 listing