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Where one size fits none: Developers plan to build a dozen mega malls

According to Anarock Property Consultants, over a dozen malls with 1 million sq. ft of area are coming up in the country

Tata, Shapoorji looking to build strong portfolio of commercial properties

Embassy-Blackstone JV is gearing up to float the country's first Reit and raise $1 bn

Embassy Office Parks to file Reit document this month; could mop up $1 bn

A Reit allows investors to take ownership in a yield-generating commercial real estate properties, such as office buildings or shopping malls

Birlas stare at Rs 70-bn loss on sale of grocery store brand More

ABRL was set up by the promoters of Aditya Birla group in 2007

CapitaLand pulls out of talks with Blackstone for Pune infotech parks

Blackstone is aggressively buying office assets and malls in the last couple of years

Actis raises $750-mn Asia realty fund to acquire StanChart's portfolio

Titled 'Actis Asia Real Estate Fund-1,' Actis is raising the fund from institutional investors across different countries

Synchronising bank regulations with PMAY may lead to lower prices

The RBI's move will increase the demand for affordable housing loans from families under EWS and LIG categories.

Eye on acquisitions, Prestige Estates plans to foray into NCR, Mumbai, Pune

Prestige and its partners expect to have rental income of Rs 10 billion in FY19

Country Garden, China's largest realty firm puts India plans on hold

In August last year, China laid down rules restricting overseas investments, stepping up its campaign against what it described as 'irrational' acquisitions of assets outside country

Residential share will go up to 50% in the next five years, hopes Embassy

Embassy is currently developing 4.5 million square feet of residential properties and 10 million square feet of infotech office properties

One year after coming into force, Rera remains a work in progress

According to property consultancy firm Knight Frank, only 19 states and UTs have a functional portal in place, that too with a lot of information dissymmetry across data points

Lodha goes past DLF in terms of revenues for the first nine months of FY18

In the same period of 2016-17, Lodha's revenue was Rs 55.72 billion versus DLF's Rs 59.96 billion

CPPIB, Blackstone, other investors bet on malls for better yields

CPPIB's investment could be continuation of the trend the country had seen last year

Private equity firm Xander Group builds entire office portfolio on its own

The firm has operating assets across multiple cities, including Bengaluru, Chennai and Delhi

KKR's realty NBFC to borrow $600 mn to bolster lending business

Singapore government-owned GIC is one of the main investors in KKR India Asset Finance, which has a loan book of $400 million

Uniform rules across India will boost affordable housing: Anita Arjundas

Last month, the government had said the goods and services tax (GST) would be reduced from 12 per cent to eight per cent for low-cost housing

N Chandrasekaran to merge Tata's housing, realty firms in three months

Sanjay Dutt will head the vertical, to be formed as a result of Chairman Chandra's cluster vision

Signs of revival in realty sector: New schemes will do well, say experts

Some companies were witnessing a 50 per cent jump in sales as many claimed that the bounce back in sales came in the third quarter

Mumbai, Bengaluru see spurt in office leasing by co-working companies

The leasing of co-working space went up about 2.4 times to 550,000 sq ft in Mumbai in 2017 from 160,000 sq ft in 2016

HDFC Capital Advisors is looking to invest $550 million by March

It has identified 15 residential projects of big realtors such as Godrej, Mahindra Lifespace