Mumbai real estate

Swiss chemical giant Clarian on Wednesday sold its 87 acre land parcel at Kolshet in Thane district to the Lodha Group for Rs 1,154 crore. The plot has a development potential of nearly 6 million square feet. Earlier, Oberoi Realty and Tata Housing also went land shopping in Mumbai for development projects.

Niranjan Hiranandani, Managing Director, Hiranandani Group has observed resurgence in real estate demand as a lot of builders have been looking for land parcels in the last 10-15 days. A part of the revival in this demand can be ascribed to expectations of a stable government at the Centre.

Executive MD Cushman & Wakefield (South Asia), Sanjay Dot notes that real estate prices have bottomed out in Mumbai. He says Lodha’s recent big land deal signals a lot of on ground activities. When asked about the pockets in Mumbai that have the highest growth potential in terms of rate appreciation, this is what he had to say.

“If you talk about property within the Municipal limits of Mumbai, Sewri, Wadala, Goregaon (East) and certain pockets of Chembur. Further, there is a big delta in Bhandup, Kanjur Marg, LBS Marg and in terms of valuation this pocket seems very attractive.

If you go corridor by corridor, we have seen enough upside between Vasai-Virar belts and now it seems to be between Kalyan and Dombivli on the central corridor beyond Thane city towards Bhiwandi where there is lot of traction and appreciation. In the eastern corridor, it is the pockets between Kalamboli & Panvel.

So, despite the present dismal sentiment in the realty sector, we would see these pockets appreciate the most in the near future”.