Lodha Developers Acquires 945 Units in Mumbai’s Mankhurd for SRA Project
Real estate major Lodha Developers (erstwhile Macrotech Developers) has purchased 945 residential units in Mumbai’s Mankhurd, equivalent to around 50,000 square metres, from Arihant Construction Company for around Rs 567 crore. This deal is linked to Lodha’s commitment to the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) for its Vikhroli project. Arihant had around 83,000 square metres of free sale component at the Mankhurd project.
According to transaction documents accessed by real estate data analytics firm CRE Matrix, the deal was registered on June 3. A stamp duty of around Rs 34 crore was paid for the transaction. Observers stated that the deal will allow Lodha to maximize the sale potential at its Vikhroli project, while at the same time, Arihant is able to liquidate a large part of its free sale inventory in one instance, bringing in significant cash flows.
Lodha will hand over the 945 units as permanent transit camp (PTC) units to SRA, which was mandated by the authority as per the SRA scheme for the Vikhroli project. According to industry observers, this has been one of the largest deals of its kind, where a developer fulfills the mandated PTC requirement for SRA by providing it on another land parcel.
The developer, on handing over the required PTC units, gets additional development rights for their projects, in the form of additional floor space index (FSI), allowing developers to build higher and supply more units. Such arrangements are permitted under Regulation 33(11) in the Development Control and Promotion Regulations, 2034, where developers are allowed to club allowable FSI between schemes, and transfer the unutilised FSI from one project to another to enable more construction, if the developers provide the required number of PTC units to the SRA.
PTCs are used by developers to house slum residents who have been temporarily displaced due to redevelopment or infrastructure projects. Under SRA schemes, existing and eligible slum residents or tenants are eligible to receive free and permanent homes on one component of a land parcel, while developers are free to develop and sell the rest of the land, or use or sell the development rights elsewhere through arrangements like Transferable Development Rights (TDR).
Moneycontrol has reached out to Lodha Developers for comment, and the story will be updated if a response is received.
