New Gurgaon is fast emerging as a realty destination in the NCR as the city is beautifully stoked by commercial as well as the residential properties. Although the delay in the completion of Dwarka Expressway has resulted in the slowdown of the work, this has not affected much to the development of the area.

“Sectors close to the national highway are registering good movement. People working in the offices located at National Highway Toll Plaza prefer this area due to the proximity to their office location. Affordability is also one factor that is driving demand in this area. Social amenities like local markets, schools, etc are developing fast with families living in this newly developed area,” says Surabhi Arora, Senior Associate Director (Research) at Colliers International India.

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GURUGRAM: The department of town and country planning (DTCP) demolished two unauthorised colonies in Sohna tehsil on Tuesday. The encroachers had even built roads to the colonies, which was also demolished by the officials.

The drive was carried out by a team comprising district town planner (enforcement) RT Sharma, two assistant town planners, four junior engineers and other officials, as well as a duty magistrate and around two dozen cops from Sohna Sadar and Sohna City police stations.

An unauthorised colony each were demolished in Mandawar and Sohna villages in Sohna tehsil. While the illegal colony in Mandawar was spread over 30 acres, an illegal colony of around 3 acres had come up in Sohna village.

The team demolished five under-construction houses, several structures and two roads ...

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NEW DELHI: Travel between Palwal and Kundli will become seamless and the commute time will come down by half to just one-and-a-half hours from next month with the opening of the six-lane Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE).

However, the expressway still doesn’t have fuel stations, repair shops and eating joints. The government will also have to maintain robust enforcement against speeding and provide smooth connectivity for those exiting the expressway towards Chandigarh..

TOI travelled on the 135-km stretch on Saturday and saw how engineers and construction  Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE)

Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE)

workers were doing shifts round the clock to complete the work by April 29 when PM Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the stretch...

The probe has indicted the urban development authority’s estate office staff for their alleged involvement in the irregularities.

GURUGRAM: Huda has sought a high-level investigation into an alleged e-auction scam after an internal probe found irregularities in online sale of its properties in Gurugram last year. The probe has indicted the urban development authority’s estate office staff for their alleged involvement in the irregularities.

TOI had on September 28 highlighted the irregularities in the e-auction of Huda properties in the city, prompting the internal probe. The authority was accused of uploading details of properties on its website just two days before the e-auction in June-July, allegedly to benefit a couple of individuals and causing huge losses to the state exchequer...

The demolition drive will continue till the entire area is freed of encroachments and unauthorised constructions, said district town planner (enforcement) Rajendra T Sharma.

GURUGRAM: In a crackdown on illegal structures in new sectors of the city, the enforcement wing of department of town and country planning (DTCP) demolished over 500 structures in sectors 81-95 this week. Between Monday and Wednesday — structures built along sector roads, unplanned pockets and on land acquired by Huda for sector roads — were demolished in one of DTCP’s biggest drives in recent times to check unplanned development in new sectors.

“The unplanned construction in these sectors was hampering planned development, besides being a security concern for residents who had recently shifted to these sectors,”...

In 2016, Trump Organization had entered into its first commercial office deal in India with private equity fund and developer IREO

NEW DELHI: After making India its largest market with most number of Trump branded properties outside of North America, Trump Organization is in process to launch its maiden commercial real estate project in the country later this year.

“We will be launching a commercial project in India this year,” said Donald Trump Jr., Executive Vice Chairman of The Trump Organization.

The American real estate firm is also keen on forming alliances for hospitality projects in India but will take a decision on this at an “appropriate time”, he added.

In 2016, Trump Organization had entered into its first commercial office deal in India with private equity fund and dev...

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