Friday, May 25, 2007

Tatas map realty foray, to develop land of group cos

After big ticket acquisitions in the overseas market, the $22-billion Tata group now wants to expand its presence in one of the fastest growing business spaces in India—real estate. The salt-to-telecom conglomerate plans to develop excess land owned by various group companies through the recently-floated $1-billion real estate fund under the Tata Realty and Infrastructure. The group believes the exercise will help it “unlock intrinsic value” for the benefit of the shareholders of its various group firms.

Bombay House, the group’s headquarters, is learnt to be finalising a blueprint for the new business. The group has hired KPMG to outline the commercial development of land owned the group companies. In the first phase, the group would develop the excess land owned by group companies such as Tata Consultancy Services (TCS),Voltas and Rallis India, said sources close to the development.

TCS, the Tata group’s software company, has around 250 acres of excess land spread across Pune and Hyderabad, while consumer goods company Voltas owns 25 acres in Hyderabad. Rallis India, too, owns 100 acres in the southern city.

Read more in The Economic Times article.

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