Jaypee Group to Announce Jaypee Greens Sports City in Greater Noida

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After the success of various projects like Jaypee Greens Kosmos, WishTown Klassic, Aman etc. in Noida and Greater Noida, Jaypee Group is ready to unveil their newest venture in premium real estate — Jaypee Greens Sports City, Greater Noida — according to reliable sources.

The project will be located in the heart of Greater Noida in close proximity to proposed Formula 1 racing track, Jaypee Integrated Sports Complex, Golf course, NRI City, Gautam Buddha University. The project will mainly consist of affordable 2 and 3 bedroom budget apartments and commercial properties.

Due to its prime location and features the new project will offer an excellent living environment and an ideal investment opportunity.

Formal announcement is awaited and further details and updates will be available on the website http://jaypeegreenssportscity.propertywala.com/ .


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    • Heritage Club (<1km),
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    • The Steller Gymkhana Club (<4km),
    • Club Ansals Golf Links (<4km),
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    • Manav Sewa Clinic (<4km),
    • City Homeopathy (<4km),
    • Jyoti Hospital (<3km),
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    • Sahdev Hospital (<4km),
    • Pryag Hospital (<5km),
    • Prayag Hospital & Reserch Centre Pvt Ltd (<5km)
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    • New Universal Office System (<5km),
    • Office Solution (<5km)
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    • Ryan International School (<3km),
    • Jp International School (<4km),
    • Dharam Public School (<4km),
    • Diamond Drill Senior Secondary Public School (<4km),
    • Iec College (<3km),
    • Global Institute Of Management And Technology (<4km),
    • Pccs College (<4km),
    • Bakson Homeopathic Medical College (<4km),
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    • Ramesh Institute Of Management And Technology (<4km),
    • Galgotias College Of Engineering And Technology (<5km),
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Office rentals stabilize

Office rentals, which dropped 40% from their peak in the middle of 2008, stabilized across the country in the September quarter as fresh bookings for office spaces partly reduced inventories, says a report by international property consultant CB Richard Ellis.

There was no change in office rentals in some of the major office locations in the national capital region, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata, while rentals at some others in Chennai and Pune fell by 5-6% in the quarter ended June 30. In contrast, rentals in Connaught Place in Delhi and Gurgaon in Haryana registered an increase of 5-8% in the last quarter.

“The increase in demand is largely due to improving economic conditions, positive market sentiment and growing corporate confidence. However, it will take some time for the supply-demand gap to get bridged. Thus, both rentals and capital values are expected to remain stagnant or under downward pressure in the medium term,” said Anshuman Magazine, chairman and managing director for South Asia at CB Richard Ellis.

In Mumbai, commercial office space is seeing a slight pick up in demand but rentals continue to be competitive. The September quarter saw close to 95,000 square feet of cumulative lease transactions as compared to 83,000 square feet space being rented in June 2009 quarter, according to the report.

However, as Mumbai continues to be 15th largest office construction site in the world with about 3.5 million square feet of office space coming up in extended business districts (EBD), capital values will remain low. This has resulted in a few unexpected transactions of outright purchase. Recently, Motilal Oswal, a brokerage firm purchased 90,000 sq feet office building for Rs 156 crore. Constructed by K Raheja, the property was purchased at Rs 17,333 per square feet as against the ongoing rate of Rs 19,000-21,000 per square feet.

“Indian corporates firmly believe that current valuation of commercial property is attractive, so they are capitalising on it rather than leasing as is being opted by MNCs,” said Sanjay Dutt, CEO (business), JLLM, an independent property consultant.

Residential realty prices moving up

Residential real estate prices are going up. In the last three months, prices of affordable apartments have appreciated by around 10% across the country.

Anshuman Magazine, MD – real estate consultancy firm CB Richard Ellis – South Asia, said, “With improvement in the sentiment in the economy, transactions in the affordable range of residential real estate have gone up. This has made developers to increase prices by 5%-10% in the last three months”.

The developers had cut prices by around 30% in first two quarters of calendar 2009 to revive the demand of residential units, which plummeted to a low due to the global financial crisis. Magazine said the price cut led to some recovery in demand. Enthused by the partial recovery, he said, the developers, who had sold a substantial portion of their projects at hugely discounted prices, decided to increase them marginally in the next phase.

According to a IIFL report, in Mumbai, prices are up 25%-40% from the bottom in early 2009, while in NCR, the corresponding figure is 15-20 %. “Constrained supply and a revival in demand drove up prices in Mumbai, and NCR,” the report said.

In Mumbai, the prices of apartment in Metropolis appreciated by 38% since March to Rs 10,500 per square feet. Similarly, the project, Planet Godrej, has become 20% costlier to Rs 25,000 per sq ft in the last six months. In NCR also, many developers like DLF, Unitech, Jaypee Greens, Mahagun and Amrapali among others, have increased prices by around 10% from the launch prices in March-June.

In the premium segment also, there is revival in demand, said Vibhor Gupta, senior official of Jaypee Greens. However, the prices have not witnessed any escalation in the premium segment. Similar trend has been noticed in cities like Bangalore, Pune and Chennai.

“The current trend of price escalation can not be sustained as it will affect the demand,” said Aditi Vijayakar, ED of Cushman and Wakefiled, adding, as the demand has revived following interest rate cuts by banks, many developers have announced projects in the affordable range. This will increase the supply and will put pressure on the price rise.

At the same time, another consultant said the financial condition of the developers has not improved to a level that they can hold a project for long. They need cash flow to service the debt, which they have taken to buy lands. The source said the money from other sources like dilution of equity is still not easily available. This has forced developers to depend on the sales proceeds to service debt.

Taxes on Nariman Point buildings hiked 10-fold

Nariman Point is in a state of turmoil. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has slapped notices on building societies here by increasing their taxes by as much as 5-10 times.

The BMC’s assessment and collection department recently hiked what is commonly known as the rateable value in buildings where offices have been given out on leave and license. The rateable value is fixed on the basis of the rent a particular office space is expected to fetch the owner.

There are close to two dozen buildings in Nariman Point. Some months ago, several societies received notices, informing them that the new rates would be applicable with retrospective effect from April last year.

The fifteen storey Mittal Court is a case in point; the civic administration has hiked its rateable value from Rs 2.86 crore a year to a phenomenal Rs 21.31 crore, 8-fold increase.

Dalamal Tower was slapped with a revised rate that was over 10 times the last one. It will now have to shell out Rs 17 crore instead of Rs 1.59 crore a year.

Interest rates on home loans decline further

An interest rate war is brewing in the home loans this festive season. Development Credit Bank (DCB) and GIC Housing offering home loans below the psychological 8%. DCB, which recently entered the segment, is offering home loans at 7.95% for loans up to Rs 5 crore at fixed interest rate for the first year and floating rates from year two.

“While affordable housing is the buzzword these days, the market would get a further boost if attractive financing options are available,” says Praveen Kutty, executive vice-president and head, retail banking, DCB.

Central Bank of India and Punjab National Bank have waived off processing fee and documentation charges on certain loans. While one would argue that there isn’t much difference between 7.95% and 8% home loans, bankers say that it is basically a psychological pricing to get more borrowers into their fold.

According to bank observers, borrowers prefer low interest bearing home loan accounts of nationalized banks over private banks. “While there has been demand for home loans in the affordable home loan segment (up to Rs 30 lakh), the activity in the upper bracket (loans above Rs 50 lakh) has mostly revolved around restructuring or takeover of such accounts by another bank,” says VS Reddy, managing director, Lakshmi Vilas Bank.

Real estate key for equity markets

Real estate could be the lynchpin for the equity markets and a failure of a large IPO could start a correction in the market.
Mr Deepak Parekh, Chairman-HDFC Bank, said, “If a large real estate IPO fails, it could have a serious repercussion on the market”.
Mr Parekh stated that many of the recent IPOs have been overpriced and the markets are looking expensive.
Further he added, “Companies raising money need to leave money on the table for investors”.
Indian realtors recently made a trend to raise money through IPOs, with at least five major real estate companies like Emaar MGF Land, Lodha Developers, Sahara Prime City, Ambience Ltd and DB Realty are looking to raise over tweleve thousand five hundred crore rupees.

Godrej to develop Vikhroli property

Godrej Industries has entered into an agreement with Godrej & Boyce and Godrej Properties to form a special purpose vehicle for developing its property at Vikhroli, the company said in a communique to the BSE.
Without divulging details on the area to be developed, it said that the board of directors, through a circular resolution on Wednesday approved the proposal.
The Godrej group owns about 5,000 acres in Vikhroli. Though a part of the land has been used for residential and commercial purposes, the group still has huge vacant property left that can be developed before the Urban Land Ceiling Act is repealed.
The binding MoU provides for setting up a suitable SPV to execute joint development of the property as also the commercial terms for such development including the sharing of costs, revenues and profit. The Godrej Industries scrip was up 6% at Rs 201 on Wednesday.

Tata BlueScope and Arshiya Intl tie-up

Tata BlueScope Building Solutions, a division of Tata BlueScope Steel Ltd, has tied-up with Arshiya International Ltd to provide Butler Building Systems for Arshiya’s upcoming warehousing projects in India. TBBS has started work, and is currently executing six Butler Buildings at Panvel. Arshiya plans to erect 19 warehouses and chillers units at Panvel and, subsequently, intends to erect 40-50 warehouses at Nagpur and Noida besides the UAE in the next three y ears. Mr H.G. Chandrashekhar, VP-TBBS, said, “Despite the volatile market conditions, infrastructure sector, especially the warehouse segment holds a tremendous growth potential. We are well-poised to successfully meet the evolving demands of the emerging warehouse markets.”

Buyers realize homes still not their cup of tea

Property prices across the country are 10-25% lower than their peak in early 2008. Bank rates are about 4 percentage points lower. Still, the vast majority of the exploding middle class, which aspires to own a home, is not taking the plunge. Homes are still not affordable. Affordable homes are hardly homes.
The rates may have come down, but even today, the prices quoted by sellers are too high. The developers have reduced the price, but have started charging more for the parking space, which one has to compulsorily buy and that too pay black money for that.

Raheja gets 500 crores’ Delhi slum project

DDA has awarded Delhi’s first slum redevelopment project, worth Rs 500 crore, to a local builder, Raheja Developers, in a move that may see more such projects in the national capital resulting in better living conditions for urban poor and thousands of crores of businesses for builders.

DDA has awarded 5.22-hectare, or 13-acre, project at Kathputli Colony near Shadipur Depot in west Delhi to Raheja Developers for Rs 6.11 crore, a DDA spokesperson said. Under the scheme, the builder pays only Rs 6.11 crore—the bid amount—for the land, but has to build 2,800 homes, of 30 square metre size each, for existing slum dwellers of Kathputli Colony named after its majority residents of puppeteers and craftsmen.

In the bargain, the builder gets for commercial exploitation 10% of the total space slated for 2800 homes and also close to a hectare for high-end residential development. Therefore, the cost incurred in building 2800 homes for slum-dwellers will be offset by the sale of commercial space and high-end houses in the project, while land would come dirt cheap at Rs 6 crore.

DLF has recently sold 1250 apartments in its Capital Greens project, just 3-4 kilometres from Shadipur Depot at a rate of Rs 5677 a square feet. Raheja Developers will have to create temporary accommodation for the slum dwellers at a piece of land close to the project site that will be given by the DDA in a month or two.

Al Wa’ab City walks ahead luxury Oberoi Hotels and Resorts

Oberoi Hotels and Resorts has received numerous prestigious awards. The Oberoi brand is synonymous with providing the right blend of luxury, warm service and quiet efficiency to international luxury travelers. It is acknowledged by business and leisure travelers alike as being amongst the finest in the industry.

The Oberoi Hotel, Doha will provide its guests, residents and visitors to Qatar with a distinctive luxury hospitality experience, featuring 225 rooms and suites, 30 serviced apartments in addition to premium outlets for fine dining, leisure and health amenities.

Sheikha Hanadi Nasser Bin Khaled Al Thani- CEO of Al Wa’ab City Management- said, “This MOU is a great example of how Al Wa’ab City is consistently aiming at achieving growth and excellence and remaining true to our mission and commitment to being Qatar’s leading real estate developers. The goals we set at the beginning of our project are being realised across the board and our strategies are continuously enhanced to respond to the changing market environment. Oberoi Hotels & Resorts is perfectly in line with our vision to bring home an unparalleled showcase of the most premium experiences”.

She further added, “Since the launch of our project, we made sure to build our momentum by defining and meeting numerous benchmarks. To sign an MOU with a group of Oberoi Hotels and Resorts’ exceptional quality and character is exactly the level of association we expect the Al Wa’ab City project to be aligned with. I’m sure this will be a great partnership, we look forward to welcoming the Oberoi hotel in Al Wa’ab City and the city of Doha”.

Raheja gets 500 crores’ Delhi slum project

DDA has awarded Delhi’s first slum redevelopment project, worth Rs 500 crore, to a local builder, Raheja Developers, in a move that may see more such projects in the national capital resulting in better living conditions for urban poor and thousands of crores of businesses for builders.

DDA has awarded 5.22-hectare, or 13-acre, project at Kathputli Colony near Shadipur Depot in west Delhi to Raheja Developers for Rs 6.11 crore, a DDA spokesperson said. Under the scheme, the builder pays only Rs 6.11 crore—the bid amount—for the land, but has to build 2,800 homes, of 30 square metre size each, for existing slum dwellers of Kathputli Colony named after its majority residents of puppeteers and craftsmen.

In the bargain, the builder gets for commercial exploitation 10% of the total space slated for 2800 homes and also close to a hectare for high-end residential development. Therefore, the cost incurred in building 2800 homes for slum-dwellers will be offset by the sale of commercial space and high-end houses in the project, while land would come dirt cheap at Rs 6 crore.

DLF has recently sold 1250 apartments in its Capital Greens project, just 3-4 kilometres from Shadipur Depot at a rate of Rs 5677 a square feet. Raheja Developers will have to create temporary accommodation for the slum dwellers at a piece of land close to the project site that will be given by the DDA in a month or two.

Madhucon Gets $3.9 Million Nepal order

Madhucon Projects Ltd, a Hyderabad-based infrastructure company, has secured a $3.9 million order for a road project from the Government of Nepal.
According to a company statement, the mandate involves upgradation of Sanfebagar-Martadi road under the road improvement project of the Exim Bank of India, Mumbai.
It had commissioned its first BOT project on NH 11 on the Bharatpur-Mahua section in Rajasthan, for which toll collection started from May. . National Highways Authority of India has recommended starting toll collection for the company’s second BOT project between Karur and Dindigul.
Meanwhile, Madhucon, which is establishing a 540 MW thermal power project in Krishnapatnam, proposes to increase the capacity to 1920 MW.

Safexpress investing in 32 logistics parks

Safexpress will invest nearly Rs 600 crore in the next two years to launch 32 logistics parks to double its warehousing space to around ten million square feet.
According to Mr Vineet Kanaujia, GM, Marketing, Safexpress, The expansion will help the company reach revenue of around Rs 1,000 crore in the next two years from Rs 650 crore.
Nearly one third of the new investment will be in the South.
The company announced its new logistics park in Chennai at the Logistics 2009, a two-day seminar on logistics, organized by the CII Institute of Logistics.
It has invested Rs 35 crore in the 3.86 lakh square facility, located at Vanagaram on the NH-5.
The park enables loading and unloading of 134 vehicles simultaneously to ensure smooth and uninterrupted movement of goods, he said at the sidelines of the event.

Sahara Prime City to use Rs 2860 crore from IPO

Sahara Prime City, which aims to raise Rs 3,450 crore from an IPO, will utilize Rs 2,668 crore in the next 3 years to part-fund development of about nineteen thousand housing units across the country.

At present, Sahara Prime City is developing nine integrated townships and one residential complex in cities such as Lucknow, Indore, Nagpur, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Solapur and Cochin. The group’s ambitious Ambey Valley project is not a part of Sahara Prime City.

Sahara Prime City plans to develop 16 more integrated townships and would pump in another Rs 1426.83 crore from the proceeds of the IPO.

The DRHP said it would develop 13.41 million square feet of residential space in the upcoming projects across the country, including Bangalore, Chandigarh, Jabalpur, Jodhpur, Porbandar, Haridwar and Pune.

Happy days are back into realty

Realty industry is all set to be lift up this Diwali. At least 12 public offerings, a slew of new projects and the return of private equity funds that had turned away proposals due to the global slowdown last year.

‘After weathering the worst funds crisis for one and half year, the realty sector has now started seeing inflow of capital and funds,’ said Anuj Puri, the country head of leading global realty brokerage firm Jones Lang LaSalle-Meghraj.

Mr. Puri further said, ‘Sales are improving and private equity funds are coming back. With market sentiments getting bullish, prospects of fund-raising are even brighter. You can now see how every company is taking the QIP route to raise funds,’.

QIP is a tool to raise capital whereby a listed company issues equity shares, fully or partly convertible debentures or securities, instead of warrants, to institutional buyers.

After losing almost 75% of its stock valuation last year, India’s realty sector has raised about $15 billion (Rs.750 billion/Rs.75,000 crore) through routes like QIP in the past six months.

Among the developers who have started mopping up funds over the past few months are the largest player in the industry, DLF Ltd, with $780 million, Unitech with $325 million and Indiabulls Real Estate with $550 million.

Property cards to regulate realty

Property cards are the new concept to regulate realty sector in Karnataka. When the Karnataka Land Grabbers Act comes into force, it’ll bring in clearness by cleaning up land records. These had always been messed with, resulting in dubious property transactions and disputes. These cards, to be issued to property owners, will serve as authentic documents.

According to Revenue department registration of sale deeds would be replaced with registration of titles. This will be done by introducing the progressive system of property titles. The newly formed task force for eviction of encroachers on government land is also part of it.

During talks with stakeholders on irregularities in account transfer and building construction, it was felt there is no reliable system of land and property title records in Bangalore Urban. Records of rights are written casually, leading to endless disputes. The present system of registration of documents can be misused easily.

Checklist for NRIs Willing To Invest In Real Estate

1. Doing a bit of research on the track record of builder can help.

2. For any real estate purchase it is preferable to make visits to the sites before buying them. This exercise is worth it not only because we are committing a large amount of money but also because reversing the decision proves costly as well. If the NRI is not able to make it, he can request a trusted friend or relative to opt for the site visit.

3. Going for a home loan through a bank will ensure that the money is released in stages only. This keeps the money safe during the construction. Also, all the banks at their local branches have their list of shortlisted builders for whose constructions loans are pre-approved. It is better to buy only these constructions, as the banks are quite stringent in their norms for pre-approval and shortlist only those builders who have a proven track record and those project, which comply to all legal norms.

4. Post the construction, the management of the asset is one of the major issues faced by NRIs. There is no easy solution for this. There are some society associations which support the owners of the buildings with services like maintenance and rent collection. There are again the “friendly neighborhood real estate agents” who may some times double up as the maintenance manager too. Many times though the “friendly” turn into “greedy” after some time. There are a few professional real estate management firms in most metros, which are now expanding into the Tier-II cities too.

5. Some of the other checks for any real estate purchase are:

i. Whether the construction rate quoted is for Built-up area or Carpet area? Construction is generally quoted for built-up area and rental is quoted only for the carpet area. There can be a difference of 15 % to 20% between the two based on the type of construction. Today in apartments there is the concept of super built-up area which apart from the built-up area includes stair case, common passages, fire escape passage, etc. The super built-up area can be bloated by as much as 50% of the carpet area.

ii. Robert Allen, the Real Estate Mogul suggests the 100 – 20 – 10 – 1 rule for any real estate purchase. The idea is to check out 100 properties in person; shortlist 20 of them for a deeper scrutiny; enter into negotiation with sellers for 10 of the properties and finally buy the ONE that is best suited.

iii. Technically there should be a check for all the statutory approvals – town planning, water supply and sewage disposal, safety approval from the local fire department, etc. It is always better to ask for the encumbrance certificate and the title deed from the builder to get a legal opinion from a lawyer.

6. Don’t hesitate to ask. This is probably the most important point. Many times, for avoiding being thought of as less intelligent, we question less. For any investing and particularly for real estate the more the questions asked the better the investment. The genuineness of the promoter can be gauged by the patience, the promptness and depth of the answers. Answers like, “Don’t worry about that, we will manage”, without going into the specifics are danger signs.

7. Take time. Do not restrain yourself by limiting the time for checking the properties and decision making to the time that you are present in India. A 2-4 week holiday cannot be hoped to be converted into a real estate investment period. Start the process before you come here. In case you cannot decide before you leave, it is OK. A Power of Attorney to a parent or a relative can be used to decide on the actual purchase even after you leave the shores of India.

Landscape expo in Hyderabad

Mr K Rosaiah, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, inaugurated the fourth International Landscape and Gardening Expo 2009. About hundred exhibitors from fifteen countries, including the US and Australia, are taking part in the event. A conference, `Plants, Places and People’, would be held at `Visvesvaraya Bhavan’ on 3rd October. It would focus on improving quality of life of the people by preserving the environment. Ms Savita Punde, President of Indian Society of Landscape Architects, would take part in the conference.

Property deals to be scanned by FIU

Financial Intelligence Unit wants to cross check every real estate deal. It has asked the states to submit monthly data on registration of properties. FIU is a central agency responsible for receiving, processing and analyzing information relating to suspect financial transactions.

Often the real estate deals in the country involve unaccounted cash transactions. This may result into illegal fund transaction.

At present, all property registrars have to send data to income tax authorities on property transactions above thirty lakh rupees as part of the Annual Information Return. The FIU demands data for all property transactions.

The complete data is required for the agency also for co-coordinating efforts of international intelligence in checking money laundering and related crimes. If timely data are available, any intelligence generated by it could be acted upon promptly.

Unity Infra gets 55 crores’ order

Construction company, Unity Infra projects said that it has received a contract worth Rs 54.56 crore from Amanora Park Town for construction-related works. The scope of work includes construction of six towers among others, Unity Infra projects said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange. The project is scheduled to be completed in 29 months. Shares of the company closed at Rs 408.55, up 0.91% on the Bombay Stock Exchange.