REIT

According to sources, GIC is in the final leg of three real-estate deals in the country. They relate to properties or significant stakes in portfolios of key investors

Mindspace Business Parks REIT (Mindspace REIT) has raised Rs 550 crore through an issue of green bonds. In a regulatory filing, Mindpsace REIT stated that the Executive Committee of the manager (K Raheja Corp Investment Managers LLP) has approved the allotment of 55,000 green debt securities in the form of listed, rated, secured, noncumulative, taxable, transferable, redeemable non-convertible debentures of Rs 1 lakh each aggregating to Rs 550 crore by way of the private placement. The tenure of the Non-Convertible Debentures is three years and thirty days at a fixed quarterly coupon of 8.02 per cent per annum payable quarterly. The issue saw participation from leading insurers, mutual funds, and other investor classes. The proceeds will be used towards refinancing loans availed by one of the asset SPVs (special purpose vehicle) to fund the eligible green projects. Mindspace Business Parks REIT, sponsored by the K Raheja Corp group, got listed on the bourses in August 2020. It owns

Real estate major DLF has no plans to launch public offer of REIT in the next one year to monetise its rent-yielding commercial properties, its CEO Ashok Tyagi said. DLF holds bulk of its rental assets (offices and shopping malls) through joint venture firm DLF Cyber City Developers Ltd (DCCDL). DLF holds 66.67 per cent stake in DCCDL, while Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC has 33.33 per cent shareholding. In the last two years, DCCDL has completed all homework to be ready to list its Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) on stock exchanges by launching an Initial Public Offering (IPO). DLF's top management has been maintaining that the timing for REIT will be decided by the two joint venture partners. "We are not in a hurry. There is no plan to launch REIT in the next one year," Tyagi told PTI when asked about the company's strategy regarding proposed launch of REIT. The decision comes amid global uncertainties and high interest rates regime. In January 2021, DCCDL had appoint

This is despite a 23.4% surge in total revenue to Rs 544 cr in Q3FY23, from Rs 441 crore a year ago

The company also raised Rs 100 crore through the issuance of commercial papers

A deal would mark US-based Bain's first REIT investment in India where office space is drawing in investors as many workers have returned to offices with the waning of the Covid-19 pandemic

Global investment firm Blackstone-sponsored Nexus Select Trust filed the draft paper with market regulator SEBI on Thursday to launch India's first public issue of retail REIT to raise around USD 500 million, sources said. Nexus Select Trust has a portfolio of 17 operational shopping malls across 14 major cities, covering about 10 million square feet area valued around USD 3 billion. As per the sources, Nexus Select Trust has filed the Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and is looking to hit the capital market with India's first retail REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) public issue in the first half of 2023 calendar year. The size of the initial public offer (IPO) of Nexus Select Trust REIT will be around USD 500 million, they added. This will be the third REIT sponsored by the Blackstone. It had earlier launched India's first REIT -- Embassy Office Parks REIT-- and then Mindspace Business Parks REIT. The REIT, a popular ..

Company's debt-to-market value stood at 16.8 per cent while the gross asset value of the portfolio increased by 3.3 per cent over March 2022 to Rs 27,300 crore

India is expected to get its first Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) of retail assets soon as institutional investors and developers look to monetise their rent-yielding space in shopping malls, according to JLL India. REIT, a popular instrument globally, was introduced in India a few years ago to attract investment in the real estate sector by monetising rent-yielding assets. It helps unlock the massive value of real estate assets and enable retail participation. At present, there are three listed REITs - Embassy Office Parks REIT, Mindspace Business Parks REIT and Brookfield India Real Estate Trust - on Indian stock exchanges but all these are of leased office assets. Property consultant JLL in its latest report on retail real estate segment highlighted that institutional investment in the retail sector has been picking up since 2021. More than USD 862 million investments have come from 2021 (excluding portfolio deals). Many global investors are investing in the retail sector .

The decision assumes significance as MoR has been lagging behind in achieving its targets under the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) of the Centre, during the last fiscal year

Sans portfolio deals, average ticket size reduced to $93 million

The world's biggest alternate asset manager will pay $25 per share for the rental apartment owner, the report said.

Mindspace Business Parks REIT reported a 4 per cent increase in its net operating income to Rs 371.5 crore and declared distribution of Rs 275.2 crore for its unitholders for quarter ended in December

Tata Realty and Infrastructure Ltd will scale up its commercial real estate portfolio to at least 12 million square feet over the next 2-3 years before considering launching real estate investment trust (REIT) public issue to monetise its rent-yielding office assets. In an interview with PTI, the company's Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sanjay Dutt said the company has 7 million square feet of rental commercial portfolio, almost all are office assets, and it is making huge investments on expansion. On Saturday, Tata Realty announced an investment of Rs 5,000 crore over the next 7-8 years to develop a 7 million square feet IT park project in Navi Mumbai in partnership with UK-based investment firm Actis. Asked whether the company would at some stage look at floating REIT public issue, Dutt said: "We will. We already have 7 million square feet. So, technically we can do it (REIT) today." "But we are thinking that over the next 2-3 years once we scale up our

The country's first publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) Brookfield India Real Estate Trust (BIRET) has declared a Rs 180-crore dividend payout for the September 2021 quarter

Company to distribute Rs 182 crore to unitholders

Mindspace Business Parks REIT on Friday declared a distribution of Rs 285.2 crore to its unitholders for the quarter ended March.

Most retail investors will be better off opting for a REIT

Earlier this month, Brookfield Reit's Rs 3,800-crore IPO had garnered nearly eight times subscription

The firm declared a distribution of Rs 283.5 crore to unitholders