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Company type | Private company |
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Industry | Real estate |
Founded | 1973 |
Founders | P. Dayananda Pai and P. Satish Pai |
Headquarters | Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
Area served | India |
Key people | P. Dayananda Pai and P. Satish Pai, founders; P. Ravindra Pai, (managing director) |
Products | Residential, commercial, hotel, educational institutions, integrated township spaces and plotted developments |
Services | Home loan assistance, interior solutions, electrical fit outs, bathroom accessories fit outs, rent, and resale |
Website | www |
Century Real Estate Holdings is a privately held Indian real estate and construction company, founded in 1973 and headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Century was founded in the year 1973 by Dayananda Pai and Satish Pai with the primary objective of buying, developing and selling land in Bangalore. They started in 1976 with plots near M.G. Road, Bengaluru and has expanded in various geographies since then. Century is associated with several of Bangalore's landmark developments such as Manipal Centre, Taj Residency, Vijaya Bank Headquarters and Diamond District among others.
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore IIMB has teamed up with Century Real Estate Holdings (CREH) to acquire data and conduct scientific research on the Indian real estate sector. The research initiative creates a bridge between the industry, government, and academia.
A memorandum of understanding was signed by IIM-B and CREH in 2012. The primary investor in the initiative is Century Group and IIM-B contributes by way of administrative and research work. [1] [2]
Academic and practitioner journals publish the data collected from the research, to offer policy prescriptions and guidance to the Indian government and industry stakeholders on important issues related to the real estate sector. [3]
In 2011, Century raised INR 2 billion from Kotak Realty Fund, a part of Kotak Mahindra Group.[ citation needed ]
In 2013, the Indian NBFC arm of worldwide investment giant The Xander Group Inc., Xander Finance, invested $8 million (INR 49 crore) in Century Real Estate. The mode of this investment senior was secured non-convertible debentures. [4]
In 2015, Century Real Estate has raised INR 1.65 billion through non-convertible debentures to fund a residential development and plotted development. The names of the projects are Century Ethos and Century Eden. The working capital for these projects was funded by ECL Finance, the non-banking arm of Edelweiss Financial Services Limited. [5]
Century has teamed up with Four Seasons to build a 7-star hotel in an estimated budget of INR 9.57 billion. During the Global Investors Meet in 2010, a memorandum of understanding with the Karnataka government was signed by Century with regard to this project. [6]
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