Private equity investments in realty sector touch $2.2 bn in July to Sep period

Private equity investment inflows into the Indian real estate sector touched $ 2.2 billion in the July-September period, reflecting a 93% growth on a sequential basis, more than double the investment volume recorded in the same period last year, a report by Savills has said.
Additionally, the YTD (January-September 2024) PE inflows stood at $3.9 billion have exceeded the investment quantum registered in the entire year 2023, the report said.
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In the year-ago period, private equity (PE) investments in real estate stood at $934 million.
The PE inflows stood at $ 6.7 billion in 2019, $ 6.6 billion in 2020, $ 3.4 billion in 2021, $ 3.4 billion in 2022, and $ 3.9 billion in 2023, it said.
The quarterly data indicates that the industrial and logistics segment took the lead, with $1.7 billion capturing 77% of the total investment volume. This could be attributed to rising opportunities in the segment due to growing demand from e-commerce players and government’s push towards establishing India as a manufacturing hub, it noted.
The commercial office segment ranked second, garnering 21% of the overall PE investments. All investments in this sector came from foreign investors, focusing on core assets in cities like Chennai, Mumbai and NCR.
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