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04 July 2009
Infrastructure: Sea Drive
The Bandra-Worli sea link, inaugurated on 30 June, is five years behind schedule and was executed with a cost overrun of Rs 1,300 crore....
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29 May 2009
Realty: Building Dreams
HCC’s real estate success will depend on how its ambitious Lavasa project fares
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22 May 2009
Bailout Drama
Do time-bound infrastructure projects really need to be bailed out?
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08 May 2009
Real Estate: The Rise & Fall Of Realty
‘Buy land. They aren’t making it any more.’ That was the philosophy during the boom. Today, builders have the land, but no cash to develop it.
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10 April, 2009
Bucking The Downturn
Surprisingly, three projects secured funds worth Rs 9,000 crore in March.
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Oct 24, 2008
Realty: Slow Motion
Property sales have not picked up despite prices having been slashed
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May 09, 2008
Steel: Prices Bend
Steelmakers agree to lower prices to help the government cool inflation
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February 08, 2008
Interview: "Increase Supply"
Executive Director, ICICI Bank V. Vaidyanathan, who heads the bank’s retail business, including home loans and property, spoke to BW’s Gurbir Singh. Excerpts....
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December 10, 2007
Real Estate: It’s All Derivative
Market regulator Sebi’s announcement about the launch of six new derivative products has met with cautious approval
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December 10, 2007
Real Estate: Maximum Mumbai
Public parks and open spaces are Mumbai’s lungs. Giving them to private parties will choke the city
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November 26, 2007
Infrastructure: The Urban Dilemma
The international Urban Age conference spotlit Mumbai this year, and featured some solutions to common global problems
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November 12, 2007
Wanted: A Sea Change
Long delays, poor connectivity and red tape weigh down ports in India. More private investment can take them out of the time warp.
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September 29, 2007
Stifled By Infrastructure
The government believes that public-private partnerships will end India’s infrastructure problems. But will they?
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October 22, 2007
Cracking A New Deal
Policy-strangled Indian realty firms have found a way to skirt the restrictive regulations on foreign investment in real estate.
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September 17, 2007
Realty Funds Go ‘Retail’
As the two-year property boom ends, realty funds are beginning to think small
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September 3, 2007
Land: A Tale Of Two Projects
Tata Steel’s travails in its Titanium project are eerily similar to what Tata Motors faces in Singur
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Augusty 20, 2007
Land: Waiting For A Way Out
Thousands of crores of rupees are waiting to be fed into urban development projects in Mumbai. The ULC Act stands in the way
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July 2, 2007
Coconut Republic
Bitter realities of poor infrastructure and red tape mar Kerala’s picture-perfect image as a tourist destination
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July 2, 2007
Storm In a Pill Box
What should have been a routine sale of property is now giving Pfizer India a mild case of ulcers
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July 2, 2007
Buy It In Singapore
Foreign investors are gobbling up prime residential property in the island country like there’s no tomorrow. And among the biggest buyers are Indians
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June 25, 2007
Rolling With It
To break Concor’s stranglehold on the railway container business, private operators are rolling out total logistics solutions. Round one coming up.
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February 19, 2007
On a Slow Lane
Why the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway has run into delays
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February 19, 2007
Discovering Indian Realty
By end-2007, $15 billion worth institutional funds would have entered Indian real estate. Why the rush?
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December 04, 2006
On the Profit Lane
For the first time since its inception, Noida Toll Bridge Company has posted net profits. Can it sustain the momentum?
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November 13, 2006
The Business of SEZs
Thousands of crores of rupees are being invested in more than 400 SEZ projects across India. Are they worth the cost? Can they turn in profits?
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November 13, 2006
SEZs: The Ground Realities
SEZ builders are having a hard time getting hold of the land they have set their sights on
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October 30, 2006
The Squabble Over Toll Policy
Thanks to the tangle between the government departments, India's toll policy is nowhere near completion
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July 31, 2006
A New Foundation
A clutch of top Indian engineering firms are giving a new infrastructural face to the country.
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June 26, 2006
SEZ Policy: Compromise Formula
After months of controversy, a compromise formula between the finance and commerce ministries on the new SEZ policy has been readied.
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June 12, 2006
Realty Bites
Corporates are snapping up huge tracts of land to build housing and infrastructure.
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March 27, 2006
Bangalore's Transport Challenge
Can the city pull off the ambitious plan to mesh the metro rail and mono rail systems with its existing network of road transport.
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December 05, 2005
LaisSEZ Faire
There's a rush to set up SEZs. But it will take more than tax incentives for them to make a real difference.
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