India real estate developers looking at newer financing options

Big residential townships, SEZs (special economic zones) and mega retail malls are prominent among the recent trends in the real estate landscape. To cope with these mega developments, the developers are looking at various options of financing, says Mr. R. Venkatesh, Regional Director, Transaction Advisory Services, Ernst & Young, Chennai.
“While debt funding, private equity (PE), IPO (initial public offer) route shall continue to happen, though at realistic and reasonable valuations, new avenues such as listing of REITs (real estate investment trusts) at overseas exchanges is expected to attract developers’ attention to plan their fund raising exercise,” he adds, during an email interaction with Business Line.