Indian realty awaits $4.2-bn flow

With the global investors making a beeline to India with a long-term business motive in mind, Indian real estate sector is expected to record funding inflow worth $4.2 billion of newly-raised capital, including debt and equity in 2017. This is so because the strong economic growth and surging sentiments together with the continued policy initiatives to institutionalize real estate investments across the country, said Cushman & Wakefield in a recent report, adding that the investors acquiring assets in anticipation of the introduction of Real Estate Investment Trusts, investments in the country's office sector is expected to be more than double this year, with many of pending major acquisitions.

India's attractiveness as a global investment destination has strengthened on account of the country's political will to attract and protect investment growths. India's inclusion in the top investment destination is a testament of this confidence. The country saw its best year in 2016 with private equity investments clocked the highest in 9 years, Managing Director, India, Cushman & Wakefield, Anshul Jain said.