New Delhi: Retail, industrial and hospitality segments of the Indian real estate industry have out-shown others in growth in private equity (PE) investment in the first nine months of the current calendar year.
The retail segments got PE investment of Rs 4,800 crore in the first nine months of 2019 as against Rs 1,988 crore investment in the corresponding period of 2018, a growth of 141 percent, according to property consultant Cushman & Wakefield
The industrial segment got PE investment of Rs 1,971 in the first nine months of 2019 as against Rs 1, 030 crore investment in the same period of 2018, a growth of 91 percent.
The hospitality segment got PE investment of Rs 3,950 crore in the first nine months of 2019 as against Rs 2,025 crore investment in the corresponding period of 2018, a growth of 95 percent.
“ We expect fund commitments across multiple platforms and asset classes that were set up over the last three to four years to be now deployed. The focus for these funds remains Office, Retail and Warehousing / Logistics segments. They are chasing a mix of core and core plus assets along with strategic brownfield / greenfield opportunities,” said Anshul Jain, Country Head & Managing Director-India, Cushman & Wakefield.