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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

JLL closes first round of real estate fund

Leading property consultant Jones Lang LaSalle's Segregated Funds Group has achieved the first close of its maiden real estate fund in India.  The Residential Opportunities Fund-I, had raised Rs101 cr commitments in its first closing, in line with the R300 Cr total fund raising target.The fund will invest in the residential sector in prominent location across seven cities in India, namely Delhi NCR, Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Pune.

Segregated Funds Group had also confirmed on investing R30 Cr from the R300 Cr fund in city-centric luxury residential project in Bangalore.
Jones Lang LaSalle is a financial and professional services firm specializing in real estate services. With annual revenue of $3.9 Bn, and operates in 70 countries from more than 1,000 locations worldwide.

LaSalle Investment Management, an independent subsidiary of Jones Lang LaSalle, manages $46.7 bn of private and public property equity investments, which invest only in real estate.

The segregated funds group is Jones Lang LaSalle's investment management business in India. It is a new entity setup by the global consultancy firm to raise a series of funds with dedicated investment themes for the Indian Real Estate Market.

Last month, The Capital Markets division of leading international property consultants JLL India had successfully concluded its largest M&A real estate deal in Pune for 2013.

LaSalle Investment Management also raised £238 Mn 'LaSalle Residential Finance I'.

In April, Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) planned to raise a second fund which would focus on commercial real estate with corpus of R1,200 Cr. The fund was expected to be launched by the end of the year.

Last year, JLL had got the green signal from SEBI to launch its first residential focused fund in India. It planned to raise $57 Mn.

According to management consulting firm, Bain & Company's latest report on private equity in India, real estate investments have halved, from $3.4 Bn in 2011 to $1.8 Bn in 2012.

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