Density Bonus

June 2018

The increased concentration of urban population is a global phenomenon. Mumbai, like many other Asian cities, is synonymous with compact and high-den...

Tags: Global phenomenon, Luxury housing, Several projects, FSI, Martin Kemp, K Raheja Corp, Burega Farnel, Kishore Bhatija, Real Estate

Mumbai DP 2034 receives the government’s nod. CW captures industry reactions…

May 2018

The government’s approval on the long-pending Mumbai DP 2034 is a welcome move. The DP is likely to spur real estate activity in the city and also pa...

Tags: Real estate, Mumbai DP 2034, NDZ, FSI, NAREDCO, Niranjan Hiranandani, GDP growth, CREDAI National, Devendra Fadnavis, Mayur Shah, CREDAI MCHI, Marathon Group, Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Aarey Colony, MCGM

Quality over quantity

May 2018

Oil, the single biggest factor that helped the government manage the fiscal deficit, has climbed from its advantageous position to well over $75. Eve...

Tags: GST, Nitin Gadkari, Construction, Roads and highways, MDP, NDZ, FSI

PMAY-U: A Boost For Urban Housing

March 2018

According to economic survey 2015v16, the decade to 2011 saw inter-state migration of 60 million people and inter-district migration of around 80 mil...

Tags: economic survey 2015-16, EWS, PMAY-U, FSI, MHUPA, Housing for All 2022, PPP, Affordable housing, RERA, Binaifer Jehani, CRISIL Research

Will funding projects through PPP or floating bonds be the ideal way to raise the required money to build smart?

March 2018

Smart cities have been provided some seed money from the Centre and the state, with some to be generated from their own budget. But the financial req...

Tags: APUIAML, JV, IL&FS Group, Prakash Gaur, Urban Infrastructure Asset Management, APUDF, FSI, PPP projects, SPV, LED lights, Ajay Saxena, Ravinder Reddy, Grant Thornton India LLP, Smart city plan

Net Office Space Absorption estimated to cross 100 million sq ft by 2020

February 2018

In the latest estimate by JLL, net absorption of office space is expected to cross 100 million sq ft by end of 2020 in the top eight cities of India....

Tags: JLL, BFSI, FinTech, eComm, CAGR, SBD, IT corridors

Housing for All and PMAY to get boost with reduction in GST under CLSS

February 2018

CREDAI-MCHI President Mayur Shah welcomes the recommendations made by the GST Council in its meeting in January 2018. ...

Tags: CREDAI-MCHI, Mayur Shah, GST Council, GST, FSI, FAR, Housing for All

Vidarbha to have over three lakh affordable houses

February 2018

The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), initiated in 2015, has set year 2022 as deadline for affordable housing for all project. Accordingly, the go...

Tags: Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, PPP, MHADA, Affordable housing project, FSI