Articles by Draupadi Rohera
Home buyers in high value zones likely to be impacted by 10% hike in RR rates
Some of the high value zones in MMR include pockets of Borivali, Kandivali, Malad, Goregaon, Mulund, Bandra, Juhu, Walkeshwar, Napean Sea Road, and Worli.
Updated on Mar 29, 2025 06:37 PM IST
MMR infrastructure: 200 building projects stuck after crucial NGT order
The order requires projects within a 5-km radius of eco-sensitive zones to secure environmental clearance from the central government, not state agencies
Updated on Dec 28, 2024 09:06 AM IST
MHADA building in Tardeo shortlisted for Mumbai’s first student housing project
Maharashtra plans its first student housing project in Tardeo, offering studio apartments for rent, part of a new housing policy for students and seniors.
Updated on Sep 12, 2024 07:52 AM IST
After prolonged slowdown, rise in demand of under ₹30 lakh homes seen in Mumbai
A study released by Liases Foras has shown that the less than ₹30 lakh housing segment experienced a growth of 41% in the March-June quarter
Updated on Aug 22, 2024 09:04 AM IST
Duped brokers complain about lack of redressal forums
Merchant’s is not a singular case. Like him, scores of brokers’ fees have been denied by clients that include large listed companies. The matter intensified with a recent order by the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA)
Published on Jul 31, 2024 05:30 PM IST
Mumbai real estate pros miffed over withheld brokerage fees, boycott imminent
On July 23, RERA member, Mahesh Pathak passed an order dismissing a complaint filed by broker Santosh Gawade seeking redressal for non-payment of brokerage fees
Published on Jul 31, 2024 10:27 AM IST
Advance transit rent leads to 50% SRA projects in Mumbai being stuck
Rehabilitation projects have been stalled after the SRA made it mandatory for developers to deposit two years’ advance transit rent with the body
Updated on Jul 20, 2024 09:32 AM IST
Draupadi Rohera
Builders irked after BMC refuses to grant NOCs for tree-cutting
Sources point out that Gagrani believes the current process of transplanting new saplings in place of the old ones is not working, as the saplings do not survive. He therefore wants builders to transplant new saplings according to the age of the tree being felled
Updated on Jun 16, 2024 08:28 AM IST
Draupadi Rohera
Two of Bandra East’s biggest societies to go into redevelopment
One of the largest cooperative societies in the area, Patrakar Nagar, spread over a two-acre plot and located across Rustomjee’s sprawling Seasons complex
Updated on Jun 15, 2024 09:29 AM IST
Draupadi Rohera
On MHADA plot for EWS homes, twin to one of city’s plushest buildings coming up
The new project will come up on a Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) colony called Adarsh Nagar
Updated on Jun 11, 2024 08:56 AM IST
Draupadi Rohera
Mumbai real estate: Spike in Slum TDR sends realty market into a tizzy
Mumbai's realty market is reeling from a sharp spike in Slum TDR rates. The TDR in Mulund has shot up from ₹3,500 per sq ft six months ago to ₹6,000 currently
Updated on May 15, 2024 09:38 AM IST
Draupadi Rohera
Developers in the race for plum redevelopment projects in SoBo
Listed developers are competing with each other enticing the gentry with lucrative offers – ranging from 40 to 60 per cent additional space per resident
Updated on May 03, 2024 09:23 AM IST
Draupadi Rohera
Gujarati at the globe
When Tom Bird, festival director for Shakespeare’s Globe in London, approached theatre director Sunil Shanbag to stage a Gujarati version of All’s Well That Ends Well as part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad, Shanbag had no idea that the project he was about to take on would grow to be so big.
Updated on May 20, 2012 01:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Draupadi Rohera, Mumbai