Embassy plans to use the funds from the deal as growth capital in its office and residential projects
Varde is also in talks to lend about Rs 1,200 crore to Hyderabad-based Phoenix Group
The Canadian partner and Embassy will be investing in an 80:20 ratio, with an initial focus on the southern Indian markets of Bengaluru and Chennai
Embassy has a long-standing partnership with Blackstone through their JV Embassy Office Parks, which has floated and listed a real estate investment trust (REIT)
Savills Research expects private equity investors to assess an opportunity of around $330 million in the industrial and warehousing segments in 2021
Floor price of Rs 348.38 per unit approved
Valued at $1.5 billion, this is one of the largest real estate deals in the country comprising the sale of 21 million square feet of assets
Warburg Pincus has 70 per cent in the joint venture while Embassy has 30 per cent
Looks to sell balance 25% in 1-2 years, says will get the structure of future projects ready before marketing so that customer get touch-and-feel
The TechVillage sale for $1.3 bn was the country's single largest commercial property deal, and made Embassy REIT the largest in Asia by office space
Under Olive Residences, the Bengaluru-based company will be taking up existing residential buildings and hotels in partnership with owners for a performance-based management fee
Players such as Puravankara, Salarpuria Sattva in talks to develop data centres in top metros
Leading realty firm Embassy Group is in talks with Canada pension fund CDPQ's arm Ivanhoe Cambridge to set up an investment platform for development of office projects, sources said
Jitendra Virwani along with other promoter entities of NAM Estates will become the new promoters of IBREL upon completion of merger
Embassy Group already has around 14 per cent stake in Mumbai-based IBREL and the same will increase to 45 per cent after the merger of assets of these two companies
The total portfolio of the JV is 15-16 million sq ft, of which 3-4 million sq ft is operational. Warburg Pincus has a 70 per cent stake, while Embassy Group has 30 per cent shareholding in the JV
The group is in talks with few potential buyers to monetise completed and under-construction assets of the JV
The secondary placement of units in a price band of Rs 340-350 apiece is at a discount of 3.7-6.4 per cent to Tuesday's closing price of Rs 363.55 on the National Stock Exchange.
WeWork said the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift to flexible workspaces, with businesses of all sizes looking to manage cash-flows effectively by moving costs to a variable model
"Warburg is not happy with the speed with which the land acquisition and development happened in the JV," said sources.