Infrastructure assets provide better risk returns

November 2017

If the Indian economy needs to sustain its growth momentum in the coming decade, developing world-class infrastructure facilities is of paramount imp...

Tags: Infrastructure, Provident Fund, Karunakaran Ramchand, IL&FS Transportation Network, Greenfield infrastructure projects, Commercial bank, InvIT, Fair Market Value, TOT, Chicago Skyway, Indiana Toll Road, EPC, Bhartmala project, Rahul Kamat

Where is the Money?

November 2017

Policy actions to revive stalled projects, expedite approvals, introduce hybrid annuity and toll-operate-transfer (TOT) models in highways, and susta...

Tags: Renewable capacity, Infrastructure, GDP, Power, Roads, Telecom, Irrigation and Railways, TOT, Saubhagya scheme, CRISIL, Vivek Sharma, Anand Madhavan, Commercial bank, RBI, Vinayak Chatterjee

Growth Tonic

October 2017

India has always been a complex market with several local legislations governing commercial taxes in different states. The logistic landscape of our ...

Tags: KE Ranganathan, Commercial taxes, Demonetisation, GST, RERA, Roca Bathroom Products

Mumbai Metro Line 5 and 6 get Cabinet clearance

October 2017

The Maharashtra cabinet has approved the Mumbai Metro 5 corridor connecting Thane-Bhiwandi-Kalyan after a long wait. Expanding metro coverage in the ...

Tags: Maharashtra cabinet, Industrial, Commercial, Eastern Express Highway, Cabinet clearance

Shapoorji Pallonji partnering with Allianz to set up $500 million real estate fund

October 2017

Allianz Group is collaborating with Shapoorji Pallonji to set up SPREF II – a $500 million real estate fund. The fund will be used to invest in comme...

Tags: Allianz Group, Shapoorji Pallonji, SPREF, Commercial properties, APAC, Macquarie Capital Securities

MAN Trucks opens new dealership in Jaipur

October 2017

MAN Trucks India inaugurated its 65th dealership at Jaipur. This new set up by Morani Trucks is the fifth location added to MAN’s network this year. ...

Tags: MAN, Trucks, Commercial vehicles, Dealership, Jaipur, Morani Trucks

Nirmal, Godrej Properties collaborate to develop 2 million sq ft+ in Mumbai

September 2017

Nirmal has entered into a development management agreement with Godrej Properties. JLL India structured the transaction which was facilitated through...

Tags: Nirmal, MMR, Videocon, Dharmesh Jain, Ramesh Nair, JLL India, Godrej Properties, Residential and commercial developments

Prime business districts in the three Indian metros see robust rental growth

September 2017

Healthy surge in rentals across key business districts reinstated the growing prominence of Indian metros on the global map of high-rent yielding com...

Tags: Healthy surge, Commercial spaces, Bengaluru Central Business, Penh City Centre, Bandra Kurla Complex, Knight Frank India, IT, ITes, Phnom Penh, Dr Samantak Das