A RECENT ARTICLE in MEDIA THOUGH IT IS DENIED BY THE MANAGEMENT
The Anand Jain promoted Jai Corp Ltd, which has been traditionally into manufacturing businesses like steel, plastic processing and spinning yarn, is planning to raise a venture capital corpus of Rs 40,000 crore through its wholly owned subsidiary, Urban Infrastructure Venture Capital (Pvt) Ltd. Jai Corp has already committed a capital of Rs 22,000 crore in 12 cities in India. The major investments would be in multiuse projects and townships (22% each), residential (15%) commercial (14%), industrial township (12%) and hospitality (6%).
UIVCPL will be a venture capital company with a focus on the real estate sector.
The UIVCPL is Indian advisor to Urban Infrastructure Real Estate Fund (UIREF), a Mauritius-based offshore fund for investing in the Indian real estate sector, said Anand Jain. Jai Corp acquired UIVCPL on September 20 this year. Jai Corp is a major promoter in developing the 5,250-acre Navi Mumbai Special Economic Zone, apart from Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL). Jai Corp is focusing on developing one of the largest special economic zones in India. Jai Corp has invested in two multi product special economic zones near Mumbai - Navi Mumbai SEZ (NMSEZ) and Mumbai SEZ (MSEZ). Both the SEZs are being conceived and developed as a futuristic business hub and gateway for trade, commerce, industry, service and tourism. The NMSEZ will be set up as a joint venture with the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) of Maharashtra holding 26%, and RIL holding the rest with Jay Corp. Out of the total SEZ area, 15% will be earmarked for residential purposes and the remaining 85% for industrial purposes. According to company estimates, both the MSEZ and NMSEZ will be set up with an initial investment of $5.4 billion, and will see further investment of $5.4 bn over the next decade. Sources said UIVCPL will raise funds from various venture capitalists for future development. Interestingly, besides developing the SEZs, Jai Corp is also developing airports, roads and bridges in the Navi Mumbai area.