Wednesday, March 21, 2007

DLF, Nakheel in $10 bn townships venture

To develop 40,000 acres in Gurgaon, Maharashtra.
DLF Ltd is forging a 50:50 joint venture with Nakheel, a large property developer of the UAE, for two integrated townships in India at a whopping investment of $10 billion.
Set up under the auspices of the Dubai government, Nakheel functions as a private commercial enterprise and is currently developing 17 major projects worth more than $30 billion, and also has projects like The Palms, Dubai Waterfront and The World to its credit. This will be its maiden foray into India.
Interestingly, Nakheel’s main competitor in residential development in Dubai is Emaar Properties. Emaar operates in India as a 50:50 joint venture partner in Emaar-MGF. This joint venture competes with DLF at Gurgaon, the latter’s main market in India.
Even as DLF awaits the green signal from the Securities & Exchange Board of India for its Rs 13,600 crore initial public offering, it has announced a slew of joint ventures in the last one year.

Read more at Business Standard