PE firms spot big opportunity in last-mile real estate funding in India

PE firms spot big opportunity in last-mile real estate funding in India

Residential and commercial buildings stand in Mumbai, India. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg

Private equity (PE) firms are increasingly looking at capitalizing on the growing requirement of last-mile funding by real estate developers, considering that the prolonged slump in the residential segment has been aggravated by the ongoing liquidity crisis.

Several private equity investors are either setting up platforms for financing real estate projects, which are in the late or final stages of construction, or looking to offer capital for such projects from existing funds.

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