Infinite India Real Estate Fund Invests $13M In Pune Project

JM Financial group promoted Infinite India Investment Management has invested $13 million through its realty fund Infinite India Real Estate Fund in Pune-based developer Kumar Urban Development Ltd's (KUL) residential project, said sources close to the development.

The source privy to the development said the transaction has been inked recently for an equity stake in a high end residential project which would have developable area of 1million sqft in Pune. The exact size of the stake sale could not be ascertained.

Infinite India Investment Management declined to comment on the transaction. When contacted by VCCircle, KUL chairman Lalit Kumar Jain confirmed that the firm has raised capital but did not immediately share name of the investor or the deal amount.

At present KUL has 12 ongoing residential projects in Pune, five in Mumbai and one in Panchgani, all in Maharashtra . Two years ago KUL was looking to raise Rs 450 crore through an initial public offering (IPO) which didn't materialise. Half of the amount was to be used to repay high cost debt taken from Standard Chartered and ICICI Bank among others at an average debt cost of 15 per cent.

It then came up with the plan to raise private equity funding for its projects and last year managed to raise close to $65 million for some of the projects.

Infinite India Investment Management had first launched the realty fund as an equal equity joint venture with SRS Fund and it had plans to invest $400million. JM Financial bought out the JV partner's stake in April 2010 and since then it has been investing on its own.

Some of its previous deals include $6 million investment in a residential development project of Windshield Developers in Pune besides its agreement with PVR for buying out the multiplex chain's property located in Phoenix Mills in Lower Parel, Mumbai for Rs 100 crore in May 2011.

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