HDFC Bank, in a strategic move to streamline its portfolio, plans to sell key commercial and residential properties acquired from its 2023 merger with HDFC. Expected to generate around ₹3,000 crore, this divestment signals a shift towards core banking operations and digital growth.

With new regulations, the RBI has changed how housing finance companies (HFCs) can raise and handle public deposits. New rules restrict HFCs from boosting public deposits for more than five years. The RBI has also lowered the deposit limit from three times to 1.5 times net owned funds.

Sanofi, the Indian arm of the French pharmaceutical giant, is set to divest its Headquarters in Mumbai , a standalone building in the posh Powai locality. This building, spanning over 150,000 sq ft, currently houses the company’s country headquarters.

Canadian investment giant Brookfield Asset Management will pay $550 million (INR 4,594 crore) to purchase a majority interest in Tamil Nadu-based renewable energy platform Leap Green Energy. Commercial and industrial (C&I) users use this platform for renewable energy solutions.

Ixora Properties, Kalpataru's affiliate, sold ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company a Santacruz commercial skyscraper for about INR 315 crore. The asset management firm will move inside Kalpataru Infinia's new facility.

Fractional ownership of high-value properties is promising. It's difficult to own real estate with several stakeholders who have control. To reduce risks and maximise benefits, balance individual control with teamwork.

PropShare, India's biggest commercial real estate digital platform, aims to grow its Asset Under Management (AUM) to over Rs 1,000 crore in storage assets. The warehouse market's current growth, reminiscent of the early 2000s office space bubble, prompts the business to buy assets across India.

India's REIT and InvIT funding has increased significantly in recent years. The money generated via these channels increased tenfold in 2023, reaching ₹11,474 crore. SEBI's favourable policies and these instruments' enticing returns have driven this expansion.

In an innovative move, Nuvama Asset Management, the alternative investment arm of Nuvama Wealth Management, and Cushman & Wakefield have formed a joint venture to raise a 3,000 crore commercial property fund.

Bank of America (BofA) has acquired 1.1 million square feet of Chennai office space in a major move. This sale is BofA's biggest office space transaction of 2023 and one of its largest captive centres outside the US. The DLF Downtown, Taramani site is for the bank's Indian back office.

Axis Asset Management Company, the mutual fund investment unit of Axis Bank, has leased two floors of One Lodha Place, a Macrotech Developers-built commercial skyscraper in Lower Parel.

Brookfield India Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) and Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC have formed an equal partnership to acquire two large commercial properties totaling 6.5 million square feet from Brookfield Asset Management's private real estate funds.

Mirae Asset, an asset management firm (AMC), bought a 10-acre income-producing warehouse in Bhiwandi, near Mumbai, to join the Indian logistics and industrial real estate industries. Mutual fund firms made their first such investment.

Ravi will oversee the commercial office division's sales, marketing, and strategic planning, and he will be accountable for increasing the company's income from asset management and improving its bottom line.

The Asset Under Management (AUM) value of the properties that Strata maintains is around 700+ crore. These properties are located in places like as Bengaluru, Hosur, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai, and Jaipur.