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.
The companies did not share details of the properties they are merging
While builders such as Embassy and Brigade are aiming at creating exclusive coliving brands, others are investing in startups active in the segment
Deal size expected to be in the Rs 2,000-25,000 crore range
Blackstone Group is the other sponsor of this REIT
Lodha Developers' M P Lodha and family has been named India's richest real estate entrepreneur with a wealth of Rs 31,960 crore followed by DLF's Rajiv Singh and Embassy group founder Jitendra Virwani in the second and third position respectively, according to a report. Hurun Report and GROHE India on Monday released the third edition of GROHE Hurun India Real Estate Rich List 2019' featuring the richest real estate entrepreneurs in India. "With a wealth of Rs 31,960 crore, Mangal Prabhat Lodha & family of Macrotech Developers (earlier named Lodha Developers) retained the top spot in GROHE Hurun India Real Estate Rich List 2019 for the second consecutive year," the report said. Lodha family's wealth increased by 18 per cent during 2019 and was 12 per cent of the cumulative wealth of the remaining 99 Indians featured on the list. "At number two is Rajiv Singh of DLF (up one rank) with a wealth of Rs 25,080 crore up 42 per cent as compared to 2018," the report said adding that ...
The JV had an equity base of $250 million. Four years since the signing of the pact, people in the know say the JV may invest just $100 million