Eldeco and HDFC Capital to add Rs 350 crore in building housing projects - ET RealEstate
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NEW DELHI: Realty firm Eldeco Infrastructure and Properties Ltd (EIPL) and HDFC Capital Advisors have committed an additional Rs 350 crore in their joint platform to develop housing projects. In a statement, Eldeco announced the latest round of funding of Rs 350 crore towards their joint platform aimed at developing residential projects across India. "With the first and second rounds of funding having been deployed, this third-round injection of Rs 350 crore will further accelerate the development of group housing and plotted development projects in multiple cities, namely Delhi, Gurugram Sonipat and Goa ," it added.The company said the platform has already deployed Rs 500 crore in residential projects in Panipat, Sonipat, Ludhiana, Rudrapur, Rishikesh, Kasauli, Greater Noida (West) and Gurugram. Apart from its presence in NCR, the Group has projects in Tier 2 cities of North India.The Group operates in Lucknow through the listed entity Eldeco Housing & Industries Limited (EHIL) and in rest of the India through the privately held EIPL.Eldeco Group has delivered 200 projects with approximately 30 million sq ft of real estate development.Besides these, the Group has 30 projects with 35 million sq ft in various stages of execution.HDFC Capital, a subsidiary of HDFC Bank Ltd, is the real estate private equity arm of HDFC Group.HDFC Capital is the investment manager to HDFC Capital Affordable Real Estate Fund 1 (H-CARE 1), HDFC Capital Affordable Real Estate Fund 2 (H-CARE 2) and HDFC Capital Affordable Real Estate Fund 3 (H-CARE 3), which are registered with SEBI as a Category II Alternative Investment Funds. These funds combine to create a USD 3 billion + platform targeting the development of affordable and mid-income housing in India.