Prestige Group to enter Hyderabad

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The Prestige Group, one of the leading property developers in South India, has outlined its plans to enter the Hyderabad market with a Rs 140-crore Royal Woods housing project and a Rs 380-crore mega mall coming up in partnership with the Hyderabad-based Sujana group and Capita Land of Singapore.

The senior vice president of the Prestige Group, Swaroop Anish said the housing project in Hyderabad is coming up along the Outer Ring Road project on way to the new international airport in a 25-acre green site.

The project will have exclusive villas priced in the range of Rs. 1.8 crore and Rs. 4.4 crore. “The project is targeted at young couples, senior business executives and businessmen who are looking at exclusive residential projects wherein they can relax after a busy day’s schedule. We have consciously decided not to have any apartments in this venture,” he said.

The company has, thus far, completed about 150 projects with a total built-up area of 34 million sq ft. “We are developing another 57 million sq ft across various cities in South. The company, which closed last year with revenues of Rs 1,086 crore, is in the process of entering capital market with maiden public offer to raise about Rs 1,200 crore,” he said.

The company had earlier entered into a pact with the Sujana group to develop a mega mall with an investment of Rs 380 crore. The project is being executed in partnership with Capita Land, a company that specialises in developing malls. This project, coming up in a four-acre site, will have about 8 lakh square feet.

“The Prestige group currently manages two malls under the brand name The Forum in Bangalore and shortly commission third one in Chennai. This would be the fourth for the company,” he said.

DB Realty bags mega redevelopment deal in Bandra

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D B Realty on Tuesday bagged the right to redevelop a large chunk of the 100-acre PWD government colony in Bandra (East) along the Western Express highway. According to DB Realty officials, it was the single largest piece of land available for development in Bandra. It’s also one of the biggest redevelopment projects in the city.

Formed just a few years ago by Vinod Goenka of the Conwood Group and Shahid Balwa of the Balwas Group, DB on Tuesday received a Letter of Intent from the state government to develop Sector J of the colony which is spread over 57 acres, according to media reports.

 The remaining portion colony is expected to be handed over to two other developers, Kakade Infrastructure and Ackruti. Kakade Infrastructure is headed by Pune-based builder Sanjay Kakade, who has bagged several big government projects in the past. Ackruti is a Mumbai-based construction company headed by Vimal Shah and became known mainly because its involvement in various slum rehabilitation projects in the city.

“The company will incur an expenditure of about Rs 2,000 crore to redevelop this 57-acre sector. Of this, we will retain 12 acres to exploit,” said a D B Realty official. According to industry insiders, DB stands to make a profit of over Rs 1,500 crore from this project.

“The colony is located in the heart of Mumbai and can be considered an extension of the Bandra-Kurla Complex. The site derives access from the main Western Express Highway,” said the company in a statement.

DB said it plans to build a world-class enclave comprising residential and commercial users. “The project is expected to be completed over an average period of five years,” he added.

The colony currently has almost 5,000 flats in ground-plus-three storey buildings. It was built between 1958 and 1968. According to the plan, the successful bidders will have to redevelop the residential buildings and construct shopping complexes, gardens, schools and recreational grounds. The project also envisages construction of a super-speciality government hospital as well as an 8-lakh sq ft administrative building as large as Mantralaya. There will also be a community hall and a clubhouse.