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Union Budget’s Implication on Real Estate
The Finance Minister has definitely tried to manage expectations by having a balanced budget. The real estate sector’s major expectations i.e. incentive for first time home buyers, removal of DDT from REITs and boost to affordable housing by allowing 100% deduction on profits made by the entities constructing them have been addressed. Ther...
Brigade Exotica wins National Award
Mr. M R Jaishankar, CMD - Brigade Group receiving the award from Shri. Babul Supriyo, Minister of State for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation along with Mr. Vikram Chandra, Executive Director and CEO - NDTV Group. Brigade Exotica, a luxury apartment project on Old Madras Road, Bangalore has won the ‘Luxury Apartment Project of the Year...
Soft launch of Orion East Mall at Banaswadi
After enthralling its patrons in Bangalore with its signature mall - the Orion Mall at Brigade Gateway, Brigade has now moved towards East Bangalore. All set to welcome patrons - Orion East Mall is located on Banaswadi Main Road near ITC Factory. Orion East Mall marked its soft launch on 26th March 2016. Orion East Mall offers shoppers an ideal ...
Brigade and GIC acquire landmark property in Chennai
Brigade Team with the Kansai Nerolac Paints Team at the site. Brigade and GIC - Singapore’s Sovereign Wealth Fund jointly acquired a landmark, 16 acre property from M/S. Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd. in Perungudi, Chennai on 30th March 2016. This property is located in the prime commercial corridor of Chennai. The proposed mixed-use project w...
Ms. Manisha Natarajan gets a warm welcome
A special guest lecture by Ms. Manisha Natarajan, Executive Editor - Real Estate & Senior VP, Corporate Affairs, NDTV was arranged at the Galaxy Club on 21st March 2016. A popular host of the Property Show on NDTV Profit, she is acknowledged as an expert on the Real Estate Sector in the media industry. Ms. Manisha shared with Brigadiers her exp...
Brigade wins two awards at the Global Real Estate Brand Awards 2016
Brigade won the ‘Developer of the Year - Commercial’ award for Brigade Magnum and Mr. Om Ahuja, CEO - Residential, Brigade Enterprises Limited won the ‘Most Enterprising CEO of the Year’ award at the Second Edition of the Global Real Estate Brand Awards 2016 held at The Ritz Carlton, Residency Road, Bangalore on 11th March 2...
Skill Training Centre at Brigade LakeFront
Mr. M R Jaishankar, CMD - Brigade Group and Mr. T C Sarvanabava, Director General of Training, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, New Delhi inaugurating the Skill Training Centre at Brigade LakeFront. A special Pooja marked the inauguration of the ‘Construction Workers Skill Training Centre’ at Brigade LakeFront on 3...
Mr. B S Nagesh addresses Brigadiers
Mr. B S Nagesh, Founder TRRAIN and former Managing Director of Shopper’s Stop addressed Brigadiers at the World Trade Center on 5th March 2016. He spoke on the topic, ‘Building customer centricity & engagement – living and growing with your customers’. He also shared some simple points that could make big changes in the ...
Safety Comes First at Brigade
Brigade celebrated the 45th National Safety week from 4th to 10th March 2016 at the various sites and offices. Safety banners were displayed across all sites and they hosted activities that included pinning of National Safety Day badges on the employees, screening of films on safety and display of safety posters. Other activities like blood donatio...
Town Hall Meeting
The Town Hall Meeting was held on 6th February 2016, at The Brigade School Auditorium, Brigade Gateway Campus, Malleswaram. The distinguished guest speaker, Prof. Venkatesh Panchapagesan, Head, IIM Bangalore - Central Real Estate Research Initiative, spoke on the Macro & Economic Trends in the Real Estate Industry.
Chameli Devi Jain Award
Ms. Raksha Kumar, third from the left (daughter of Mr. Mohan Kumar, Head - L&D, Brigade Enterprises Ltd.) was the proud winner of the prestigious Chameli Devi Jain Award for the outstanding woman journalist of the year 2015. Her writings in the field of large scale violation of human rights and systematic destruction of natural resources in the...
Making us proud
Mr. Aman Tayyab, (son of Mr. Dilip Sharma, VP - Liaison, Brigade Enterprises Ltd.) a member of the PES University’s aeromodelling club, AEOLUS represented India at AIAA Foundation’s Design/Build/Fly competition that was held between 15th & 17th April 2016 at Wichita, Kansas. AEOLUS was one amongst the four teams that was selected fr...
Mr. Jaishankar at JLL USA Office
Mr. M R Jaishankar, CMD - Brigade Group, Ms. Kitty Aguilera, Vice President - International Desk, Mr. Craig Kammerer, Managing Director, Mr. Andy Poppink, Managing Director, Ms. Carly Ikeler, Associate - International Desk, Ms. Pavitra Shankar, Director - Legion Real Estate, Ms. Hilary Barte, Associate and Mr. Rory Gammell, Vice President - Interna...
Roof and Floor Realty Connect
L-R Mr. Gowri Shankar, Co-founder & COO - RoofandFloor, Mr. Vishwas J Shetty, Senior VP - India Bulls Housing Finance, Mr. J C Sharma, Vice Chairman & MD - Sobha Developers, Mr. M R Jaishankar, CMD - Brigade Group, Mr. Sushil Mantri, MD - Mantri Developers and Mr. Rajiv C Lochan, MD & CEO - Kasturi & Sons. RoofandFloor, from The ...
Brigade Scholarship at RVCE
The 9th Brigade Scholarship Award function was held at RV College of Engineering, Bangalore on 26th February 2016. Scholarships were given to students who secured 1st and 2nd places in Civil Engineering (aggregate%) from 1st to 6th Semester and Merit Awards were given to students who got 1st & 2nd places in the BE (Civil Engineering) 2015 batch...
NDTV Property Big Debate at WTC Bangalore
The NDTV Property ‘Big Debate’ was conducted by Ms. Manisha Natarajan on 14th January 2016 at the World Trade Center at Brigade Gateway. The panellists were Mr. Irfan Razack, CMD - Prestige Group, Mr. JC Sharma, Vice Chairman and MD - Sobha Developers, Mr. Joe Verghese, MD - Colliers International, Mr. Sushil Mantri, MD - Mantri Develop...
Mortal Men: Immortal Music Concert
Brigade supported the Children’s Movement for Civic Awareness (CMCA) at the Mortal Men: Immortal Music event that was organised on 6th December 2015. The concert was a fundraiser event for pursuing policy advocacy efforts towards reforming citizenship, education and to empower our young in pursuit of a just, humane and sustainable society.
CSR Work at Salhunse Village
The CSR work of laying underground drainage pipeline at Salhunse Village, opposite Brigade Meadows commenced with a Pooja in the presence of Shri. S T Somashekar, MLA, Yeswanthpura (Bangalore Urban) Constituency, Town Panchayath members, Brigade Team and villagers on 10th March 2016.
Brigade Mega Home Fest March 11-13, 2016
Mr. Sharad Sharma, Managing Director - State Bank of Mysore inaugurating the Brigade Mega Home Fest 2016. Brigade hosted the three day Brigade Mega Home Fest from 11th to 13th March 2016 at the Sheraton Grand Bangalore Hotel at Brigade Gateway. The event showcased the company’s offerings across 22 locations in South India and the Pre-launc...
Fairpro 2016
Fairpro 2016, a three day property fair was organised by the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI), from 19th - 21st February 2016 at the Chennai Trade Centre. Brigade participated in the event and showcased its upcoming property Brigade Xanadu in Mogappair, Chennai in addition to the other projects across South Indi...
Brigade at Crowne Plaza, Abu Dhabi
Brigade participated in a real estate exhibition at Crowne Plaza, Abu Dhabi on 30th January 2016. Brigade showcased all its projects in India. The event witnessed a good response and gave home buyers in Abu Dhabi an oppurtunity to personally interact with the Brigade Team.
Indian Music Experience Fundraiser Concert
The Indian Music Experience (IME), India’s first interactive music museum, organised a fundraiser event on the 27th December 2015 at Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Bangalore. The event featured two special music concerts. The first, SAMARPAN, a tribute to Bharat Ratna M S Subbulakshmi in her centenary year, featured her popular songs. This interacti...
Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act 2016: How it will help home-buyers
The much awaited Real Estate Bill has been passed by both the Houses of Parliament and has received the President’s nod and has become an Act, effective March 2016. The Real Estate Act (RE Act) is a legislation to establish an authority for regulation and promotion of the Real Estate sector and to protect the interest of consumers. Now the St...
Namma Metro, soon to reach Mysuru Road
Bangaloreans can soon travel by Namma Metro from Byappanahalli to Mysuru Road on the East-West Corridor. The true utility of Metro would be felt once the entire stretch of 18.2 km of the East-West Corridor, through the City’s nerve centre Majestic, is thrown open to the public by April 2016. The work on North-South Corridor is also nearing...
Technology companies drove office leasing demand, took up 58% space in 2015
IT/ITeS companies took up around 58% of total office space leased in 2015, says a report by property advisory firm Colliers International. “The large requirements typically demanded by technology firms in India mean that the types of buildings required have large floor plates, uninterrupted power supply, ample parking and amenities like ca...
Smart Cities part of a larger agenda
India is all set to become the most populous country in the world by 2030, making it home to the biggest and the most underpenetrated market for global manufacturers and service providers. Unlike its preceding generations, this growing population is also shifting to top tier cities giving rise to new megacities estimated to generate 80% of economic...
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2016 has been a challenging year so far for companies, the state, the country & the world. Most countries in the world are struggling with troubled economies.