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Xander To Acquire Stake In Indiabulls Real Estate Arm

By : Sushil Surana | 31 October 2012
Industry : Real Estate
Category : Private Equity

Xander Group is in talks with Indiabulls Real Estate to buy 35% stake in its arm Indiabulls InfraEstate for around R800 Cr, according to BS.

This January, PE Firm - IL&FS Investment Managers bought 9.4% stake in the Indiabulls InfraEstate for R200 Cr.

Indiabulls InfraEstate owns two parcels of land in Worli area of Mumbai - Bharat Textile Mills and Poddar Mills, which together have over 10.6 acres of land. Indiabulls Real Estate is developing its Blu project on this land.

Indiabulls had bought 8.39 acres of Bharat Textile Mills land in 2010 for R1580 Cr from National Textile Corporation. Indiabulls also acquired the adjacent Poddar Mill on 2.3 acres for R498 Cr.

Xander Group is an American PE group which was co-founded by Siddarth Yog and Arthur Segel in 2005. It invests in infrastructure hospitality, retail and real estate sectors.

This February, Xander Group invested R70Cr in Ajmera Group's office and retail project Times Square in Mumbai's Andheri East through its NBFC Xander Finance.

Its other investments in India include Sadbhav Infrastructure, Sinclair Hotels, Paras Buildtech, HCC Concessions and Trent.

PE investments in the real estate sector dropped by 15% during the first three quarters of 2012. According to the Cushman & Wakefield report, the sector attracted R35 Bn which is around 15% lower than the same period last year. The total number of PE transactions till Sep’ 2012 is 23, marginally lower when compared to same period last year.

Recent PE investment in the sector

  • Sun Apollo invested upto $50 Mn in projects developed by Sobha Developers
  • Blackstone acquired 50% stake in Embassy Property Developments-owned portfolio of three business parks for $200 Mn.
  • ASK Property Investment Advisors acquired a majority stake for R100 Cr in a project at Bangalore undertaken by Mantri Developers.
  • Brick Eagle Capital Group invested R200Cr in five projects of Xrbia Developers Limited, affordable housing venture promoted by the Eiffel group.

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KVEZAR VIEW

  DEAL TRACKER FOR
DateTransactionTypeBuyerSize ($mn)
2012-10-31  Indiabulls Real Estate - Indiabulls InfraEstate - Xander Private Equity  Xander Real Estate Partners
 
147.68 
2012-01-16  Indiabulls Infraestate - IL&FS Investment Managers Private Equity  IL&FS Financial Services Limited
 
38.68 
 
  Recent Transactions In The Sector
DateTypeBuyerTargetSize ($mn)State
14/05/2013   Private Equity     Vatika Group   -   Completed  
13/04/2013   Private Equity   Reliance Capital Asset Management Limited   Jain Height and Structures Private Limited   8.25   Completed  
02/04/2013   Private Equity   Indiareit Domestic Fund Scheme IV   Marvel Landmarks Private Limited   18.39   Completed  
02/04/2013   Private Equity   IndiaReit Fund Advisors Private Limited- PE   Omkar Realtors & Developers Private Limited   18.39   Completed  
 
  Profiles

Fund

NameCorpus Target Sector WebsiteKeyContact
Xander Real Estate Partners    Real Estate   Siddharth YogRohan SikriArthur Segel  

Company

NamePromotersOfficeCompetitorWebsite
Indiabulls Real Estate Limited  Sameer Gehlaut
Rajiv Ratan
Saurabh K Mittal  
F-60,Malhotra Buidling,Iind Floor, Connaught Place   Orbit Corporation Limited
Anant Raj Industries Limited
Ramprastha Punj Lloyd Developers Private Limited
Hubtown Limited  
realestate.indiabulls.com
Indiabulls InfraEstate Limited  Indiabulls Real Estate Limited   1A, Hamilton House, 1st Floor, Connaught Place    
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