Decoding Risks and Challenges in the Real Estate Sector

Indian real estate has evolved over the last decade with the opening of FDI in 2005. During the period 2005-08, this resulted in a large flow of institutional money. But we were not ready for this large influx of capital, resulting in the creation of large projects for which execution infrastructure was not in place. With REITs and other regulatory intervention (like RERA, GST, Benami Act) there is renewed interest from large investors like Blackstone, Brookfield, CPPIB, APG, Ascendas, QIA, etc. But is it very important for investors and developers to understand the key risk factors in the Indian built environment sector and their mitigation strategies. In the last decade, we have seen many unfinished projects and conflicts between investors, lenders, and developers, which have a trickle-down impact on the home buyers and end users. The key questions are, do investors, lenders and developers understand these risks? And what is the best practices to mitigate them

 

The panelists will include Private equity investor, lender (bank of NBFC), a developer and lawyer

 

(Collaboration: RICS School of Built Environment, Amity University)