Monday 8 May 2017

XANDER GROUP INKS $350 MILLION DEAL WITH SHRIRAM PROPERTIES FOR CHENNAI SEZ

BANGALORE, India, May 5 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Shriram Properties and Xander Group have signed a $350 million deal, thereby creating one of the largest PE deals witnessed in the real estate space in India. With this deal, Xander acquires 100% interest in Shriram’s Gateway SEZ in Chennai for $190 million, with a further commitment of $160 million towards expansion of the IT SEZ.
 
The deal involves 1.7 million square feet of occupied and operational SEZ, and a partnership with Shriram Properties to deliver the under construction 1.9 million square feet. Shriram Gateway is a 58-acre integrated township project including office space, a shopping mall and residential apartments.

“India is a bright spot and an exciting market for investors, both global and local, looking to tap into the huge opportunity that exists in the real estate industry in the country, and Shriram Properties wants to be an integral part of this India growth story. In this endeavour of ours, we are delighted to join hands with The Xander Group to enhance our position as a leader in India’s real estate space,” said M. Murali, Managing Director, Shriram Properties.

This comes at the back of the recent announcement by Shriram Properties on their plans to invest Rs 15,000 crore over the next 7-8 years for the development of around 30 ongoing projects, across six major cities - Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Vizag, Coimbatore and Kolkata. Shriram Properties holds close to 2% of the FDI in India, the largest by a single developer.

Shriram Properties has raised till date PE investments of about US$ 460 million from investors at entity level as well as projects level being largely residential. They have been backed by a marquee list of investors, which includes Walton Street, Starwood Capital, TPG Capital, Tata Opportunities Fund, ASK, Motilal Oswal, Amplus and ICICI Prudential.

About Shriram Properties
Shriram Properties, the property development arm of the Rs 90,000 crores financial giant Shriram Group, Chennai, is a multi-crore company with nearly Rs 25,000 crores business across the country. The company has so far delivered over 15 million square feet of residential and commercial built up space across the country and has another around 60 million square feet is under various stages of development.

Please visit http://www.shriramproperties.com/ for further information.
 
Contacts
Ogilvy Public Relations
Ajay Muliyil, +91-9900161311
ajay.muliyil@ogilvy.com

Source: Shriram Properties
 
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http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170505005257/en

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