Here is news about JAI CORP fund being a co-promoter of 43 acre project at Anna Nagar, Chennai - reported in THE HINDU 19-3-2007
Property development, the Ozone Propex way
Marketing dome being set up in Chennai
The group will remain focussed in the South and on property development. It is also planning to look at the hospitality sector in a big way.
OZONE PROPEX Private Ltd., a Bangalore-based property development entity, is planning a `mixed use' project, close to the upcoming international airport in Bangalore.
The project will come up on a 167-acre site.
S. Vasudevan, Managing Director of the Ozone Group, said the Bangalore project would have an R&D campus for use by companies in retail and alternative fuel fields, residential apartments and hospitality component.
In an interaction with this correspondent, he said the group had chosen `development of destinations' as its mission.
In its wake, it had also lined up a luxury resort project in Goa on a 180-acre land.
Private jetty
The group, he said, was planning to build a private jetty along the Mandovi River to help dock private boats. The Goa project would comprise luxury villas, high-end spa and a Golf course among others. The group was planning a project in Kochi too. This one would come up on a 300-acare land, close to the proposed international airport.
The Managing Director said each project would be implemented through an independent SPV (special purpose vehicle).
Giving an overview of the group's vision for 2012, Mr. Vasudevan he said Ozone was looking at sales of Rs. 10,000 crore and a profit of Rs. 1,500 crore by then. Asserting that the group would remain focussed in the South and on property development, he said Ozone was planning to look at the hospitality sector in a big way. The group outsourced every bit of activity except land acquisition, he said.
Chennai project
On the Chennai Metro Zone project, which is coming up on a 43-acre space at Anna Nagar, he said it would be implemented in three phases. The entire project would be completed in 42 months from May this year.
It would comprise 1.2 million sq. ft. of retail space, 2.50 lakh sq. ft. of hotel, two lakh sq. ft. of office buildings and 4.2 million sq. ft. of residential apartments. Taking into consideration the 2.5 million car parking space below the ground, the Anna Nagar project would perhaps see the largest volume of constructed space (at 8.5 million sq. ft.) in a single location, he said.
The group has floated an SPV in the name and style of Ozone Projects Pvt. Ltd. to implement the Chennai project. HDFC Venture Fund holds 25 per cent stake in the Rs. 300-crore equity of the company.
Reliance Land (Anil Ambani Group) holds 19 per cent, Urban Infrastructure Opportunities Fund (part of the Mukesh Ambani Group) 14 per cent, Ruchi Infrastructure 7 per cent and Ozone Propex Private Ltd. 35 per cent.
The total cost of the project would be around Rs. 1,600 crore including land cost of Rs. 300 crore and construction cost of Rs. 1,200 crore. The company had gone in for a combination of convertible debentures and vanilla debt to finance part of the project cost. The balance would be funded through sale of prospective units, he said.
Mr. Vasudevan also hinted at the SPV hiving off retail, hospitality and commercial components of the project into independent companies. He indicated that the SPV could dilute its holdings by inducting partners into these independent entities. "We will provide a great degree of options to buyers of residential apartments,'' he said. In this context, he said the SPV was building a 40,000 sq. ft. marketing dome at the site to showcase the degree of customisation that people could get from Ozone.
K. T. JAGANNATHAN