The Nevert Tiring Tata co plans infrastructure, real estate project worth Rs 20k cr

Tata Realty and Infrastructure Ltd (TRIL) on Wednesday announced plans to

develop real estate and infrastructure projects, worth Rs
20,000 crore, over the next
three years.

In Mumbai, it is set to bid for the second phase of the 36-km Metro rail - Charkop to Mankhurd via Bandra - in partnership with Mitsubishi, the monorail project as well as the proposed Navi Mumbai airport, said TRIL managing director and CEO Sanjay Ubale.

Ubale said at a news meet that TRIL would also submit bids for the Navi Mumbai railway redevelopment project, the trans-harbour link between Sewri and Nhava and invest Rs 11,000 crore in real estate, including SEZs and mixed development plans across the country. Other investments will include Rs 5,000-crore on roads and Rs 4,000 crore on other infrastructure projects.

The infrastructure company also plans to redevelop bus terminals in tier-2 cities and set up warehousing facilities across the country. On the real estate front, TRIL is currently developing a state-of-the-art 25-acre IT/ITES SEZ in Chennai. The project, costing about Rs 3,800 crore, will also house an international convention centre, the first of its kind in that city.

Two other IT SEZs are coming up in Ahmedabad and Hinjewadi in Pune. In Amritsar, the firm has started developing a 7 lakh sq-ft retail complex. In Gurgaon, it is evaluating a residential and mixed used development on a 35- acre plot for the middle income group.

Ubale said land parcels of Tata group companies in and around Mumbai would be unlocked for development purposes.Hit hard by the slowdown, real estate players are now going innovative and trying to partner with the government to beat the low demand. Markets cheer election results
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Real estate players are looking to tap the 4.33 lakh people, who were not allotted houses in the MHADA scheme and have approached the government with a proposal where they can cater to these potential buyers.

The Builders’ Association of India (BAI), which includes 10,000 real estate players throughout India, has written to the chief minister of Maharashtra requesting him to appoint MHADA and CIDCO as the nodal agencies for carrying out projects under the controversial Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) scheme. Only 3,683 of the 4.33 lakh applicants were allotted houses in the random selection on Tuesday.

In a letter, a copy of which is with ET, BAI asked for MHADA and CIDCO to be appointed as the “official agency for development” for executing SRA projects. “These agencies could offer free rehabilitation component houses to slum dwellers by constructing multi-storied building as already provided in the SRA,” the letter added.

“While, on one hand, there is a low demand due to the slowdown, there are over four lakh buyers, who are willing to shell money to buy houses,” said Anand J Gupta, general secretary, BAI.
Under the BAI proposal, the government and the real estate players can come together and form a JV and accommodate these potential buyers. If the proposal is accepted, it is believed that the real estate players, who are going through quite a rough patch for a while now, would tend to benefit.