PNN
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 29: Leading actual property builders, traders, researchers and trade stakeholders got here collectively for an unique, closed-door Real Estate Leadership Roundtable, ‘Unlocking Global Funds: The India Capital Surge’, introduced by MIPIM and RX France and powered by Indianmedia.biz, held at Sofitel Mumbai BKC on the night of 25 September.
The roundtable introduced collectively senior decision-makers to debate the alternatives and challenges shaping India’s subsequent part of actual property development, with a concentrate on world institutional capital, home funding, rising asset courses, sustainability and long-term worth creation.
The dialogue highlighted the rising maturity and institutionalisation of India’s actual property market, alongside the necessity for larger transparency, stronger governance and funding constructions aligned with India’s long-term growth cycle. Participants additionally examined the rising position of home institutional capital alongside international funding, longer funding horizons and extra versatile funding constructions.
“The returns from Indian real estate remain attractive, but in US dollar terms they are not as compelling as they were earlier because of currency depreciation. This has become an important consideration for foreign institutional investors when evaluating opportunities in India,” stated Hanuman Joshi, Group Chief Financial Officer, Casagrand Premier Builder Limited.
The dialog lined the sector’s key development areas, together with workplace actual property, Global Capability Centres (GCCs), knowledge centres, logistics and warehousing, residential, retail, mixed-use developments, co-working and co-living.
“India is taking a different path from other global office markets. While markets like the US are still recovering, India continues to add headcount and office capacity at a pace that few other markets globally are matching. The flight to quality is evident, with high-quality, ESG-certified and institutional-grade offices seeing significantly tighter vacancies,” stated Rohan Sharma, Senior Director – Research & REIS, JLL.
Premiumisation in residential actual property, institutional-grade belongings and the growth of organised retail past main metros have been additionally mentioned.Â
Mid-sized builders and MSMEs fashioned one other vital a part of the dialogue, with members analyzing challenges round entry to capital, approvals, land consolidation and building prices, in addition to the necessity for stronger institutional processes and ESG practices.
“Japan is a long-term and strategic partner for India, and we are increasingly seeing Japanese investors move from four- to five-year investment horizons to eight- to ten-year horizons. This shift towards patient, long-term capital can create more opportunities across India’s real estate market,” stated Vimalendra Singh, Chief Business Officer, Mahindra Lifespaces Developers Ltd.
The roundtable additionally explored Mumbai’s redevelopment alternative, rising Tier-2 cities and development corridors, whereas contemplating the impression of affordability, rising prices and regulatory processes throughout markets.
Sustainability and accountable growth emerged as key themes, with discussions overlaying ESG, water conservation, vitality effectivity, net-zero growth and useful resource administration. The fast growth of information centres additionally introduced the necessity to stability digital infrastructure development with energy, water and broader sustainability necessities into focus.
“India has very strong fundamentals, driven by a stable political environment and a rapidly progressing, transparent and regulated real estate sector. India is one of the few countries I know where every segment of real estate is pointing upwards – logistics, warehousing, data centres, residential, co-working and co-living,” stated Sanjay Dutt, MD & CEO, Tata Realty & Infrastructure Limited.
The dialogue additional examined India’s world actual property positioning and the necessity for stronger connections between Indian builders, worldwide traders, cities, monetary establishments and world actual property platforms. MIPIM’s position in connecting stakeholders throughout greater than 90 nations was highlighted as a possibility to construct worldwide partnerships and entry capital and experience.Â
“India is a glorious country, and I believe we as a nation can do a lot globally. We need to work a lot more to ensure that India is properly and effectively represented on the global real estate stage. My message is simple: let’s work together to build an Indian community that represents India well. Our real estate industry needs serious image building, and MIPIM is exactly the platform to do it,” stated Indianmedia.biz, a part of the IndianTv Group | Founder, chairman & editor-in-chief Anil NM Wanvari.Â
“For an Indian real estate company, MIPIM offers four key opportunities: raising capital, finding global partners, building new business relationships and strengthening your international profile. We’re fully convinced that India should have a much bigger presence at MIPIM and should be on the world stage. One week at MIPIM can equal one year of business. You meet the people you want to meet, understand what is happening globally and take those connections back into your business,” stated MIPIM, RX Global key account supervisor – worldwide Elizabeth De La Mette.
“A veteran of the global stage, Mr. Anil Wanvari is a key long-term partner for RX’s world-leading entertainment trade show. Over the past few years, he has expanded his expertise into new frontiers, partnering with RX France for MIPIM, the ‘Davos of real estate.’ Today, together with Mr. Anil Wanvari and our team at Indianmedia.biz and MIPIM, we are equally passionate about scaling up the Indian real estate economy,” stated IndianTv Group government director, Prerna Wanvari.
The roundtable was adopted by a cocktail and networking dinner, offering members a possibility to proceed conversations and construct connections in a casual setting.Â
ParticipantsThe roundtable introduced collectively:
– Â Â Â Â Ajay Talware, CEO, Octago Advisory Solutions LLP
– Â Â Â Â Anil NM Wanvari, Founder, Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, Indianmedia.biz
– Â Â Â Â CJ Mathews, Vice President – Marketing, ASHAR
– Â Â Â Â Elizabeth De La Mette, Key Account Manager – International, MIPIM, RX Global
– Â Â Â Â Jagdish Kadu, Vice President – Projects, DB Realty Ltd.
– Â Â Â Â Rohan Sharma, Senior Director – Research & REIS, JLL
– Â Â Â Â Hanuman Joshi, Group Chief Financial Officer, Casagrand Premier Builder Limited
– Â Â Â Â Madhurima Basu, Senior Director – Research, Capital Markets, JLL
– Â Â Â Â Mukesh Kumar, CEO Malls & Business Head – New Businesses, Ok. Raheja Realty
– Â Â Â Â Rajesh Khandelwal, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Excella Exim Inc.
– Â Â Â Â Parthh Ok. Mehta, Founder & CMD, Paradigm Realty
– Â Â Â Â Parth Parmar, Director, PARE
– Â Â Â Â Prashant Khandelwal, Chief Executive Officer, Agami Realty
– Â Â Â Â Salman Rasheed, Founder & CEO, Dayaar Real Estate
– Â Â Â Â Sangita Kapoor, Founder & CEO, Blue Planet
– Â Â Â Â Sanjay Dutt, MD & CEO, Tata Realty & Infrastructure Limited
– Â Â Â Â Sharan Babani, Director – Design, Development, Sales & Acquisitions, Satguru Builders
– Â Â Â Â Vimalendra Singh, Chief Business Officer, Mahindra Lifespaces Developers Ltd.Â
The roundtable strengthened the significance of affected person capital, stronger governance, sustainable growth and deeper collaboration between Indian and world actual property stakeholders to help the sector’s subsequent part of development.
About MIPIMMIPIM brings collectively the worldwide actual property group, connecting traders, builders, cities, governments and senior decision-makers throughout greater than 90 nations. Its 2026 version welcomed greater than 20,000 delegates, together with over 5,000 traders and 80 per cent C-level attendees.
About Indianmedia.bizIndianmedia.biz is a media and enterprise platform targeted on India’s media, leisure, advertising, actual property and allied industries, facilitating conversations and connections amongst trade leaders and decision-makers.
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