Adani Group Eyes Emaar India

New Delhi; Billionaire Gautam Adani’s Group is in advanced talks to acquire real estate company Emaar India for an enterprise value of around $1.4-1.5 billion as it looks to expand its property business, according to sources.

Dubai-based Emaar Properties entered the Indian real estate market in 2005 in partnership with India’s MGF Development and invested Rs8,500 crore through the joint venture firm Emaar MGF Land. In April 2016, Emaar Properties decided to end the joint venture through a demerger process. Emaar India has a large portfolio of residential and commercial spaces across Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Mohali, Lucknow, Indore and Jaipur.

According to sources, the talks between Dubai-based Emaar Properties and Adani Group are in an advanced stage. Adani Group and Emaar India declined to comment. In January this year, Emaar Properties said: “The company would like to confirm that it is currently in discussion with a few groups in India, including Adani Group, for a potential sale of a stake in Emaar India. The valuation and the other terms of a potential transaction are not finalised.”

Sources said that Emaar Properties is looking to sell stake in the Indian entity but the extent of dilution in shareholding is not decided yet.

Adani Group is active in the Indian real estate market through its unlisted entities Adani Realty and Adani Properties.