Grand Finale of 13th Realty+ Conclave & Excellence Awards, 2021 – EAST
Realty+ Conclave & Excellence Awards 2021 East, held on on April 23 was a day full of insightful conversations among leading industry experts on topical issues of real estate and the evening was filled with enthusiasm and a sense of achievement.
The keynote speaker of the day Dr. Annurag Batra, Editor-in-Chief & Chairman, Exchange4media Group & BusinessWorld, wished everyone good health and advised to stay strong in these difficult times. “Indians are resilient and our real estate industry has also learned to be resilient from the past year. With hope and optimism we should move ahead,” he said.
Harsh Vardhan Patodia, Chairman And Managing Director, Unimark Group, National President, CREDAI addressing the real estate fraternity said, “Covid has changed the world and the way we work today is different. We can tackle this difficult environment with our passion, determination and resilience towards our work. We need to reboot ourselves. Sustainable construction is the need of the hour and real estate sector has adopted this change efficiently.”
The day started with power packed panel discussions. Firstly on the topic of “Reaching a Turning Point: Residential Realty Transformations” that was moderated by Surekha Bihani, Managing Director – Kolkata, JLL India. And the speakers were Basant Kumar Parakh, Managing Director, Orbit Group, Dr. Nitesh Kumar Gupta, Managing Director & CEO, Emami Realty Limited, Sushil Mohta, Chairman – Merlin Group, Nandu Belani, Chairman, Belani Group, Harsh Vardhan Patodia, Chairman And Managing Director, Unimark Group and Pradip Kumar Chopra, Chairman & Managing Director, PS Group. Panellist deliberated on the transformation of residential real estate during covid period and over the years. They also felt that Urban Land Ceiling Act in Bengal was hurting the development of the state and should be repealed for the betterment of the state.”
The next session “Emerging Trends: Alternative Asset Classes in Limelight” brought together moderator Siddhart Goel, Director & Head – Research, India, Colliers and the eminent speakers Pratiik Jalan, Director, Jalan Builders, Harsh Jain, Managing Director, Arrjavv Group, Manab Paul, Founder, Sree Balaji, Varun Bagla, Managing Director, Saltee Group, Amit Sarda, Partner, Simplex Infrastructure and Sanjeev Mehra Vice President, Quest Properties India Ltd. All the industry experts mentioned the emerging trends and how other alternative assets have done unexpected sales. The speakers were of the view that awareness about other asset classes among developers as well as consumers such as senior living, co-living or student housing is still low as also technological advancement of warehousing is necessary for growth.
The concluding discussion of the conclave on “Changing Sales Patterns: New Ways of Realty Transactions” had moderator Rishi Nayar, Director, Transactions & Head – East India, Cushman & Wakefield India Pvt. Ltd. And speakers were Sidharth Pansari, Managing Director, Primarc Group, Apurva Salarpuria, Managing Director, Salarpuria Group, Nakul Himatsingka, Managing Director, Ideal Group, Yashaswi Shroff, Executive Director, Alcove Realty, Arya Sumant, Managing Director, Eden Realty and Suhel Saraf, Managing Director, Sugam Homes. While sales strategy are changing we are also getting more tech savvy was the opinion of the panel. They agreed that channel partners remain very integral and most important part of the sales strategy of real estate industry even today along with the focus on digital platforms.
The insightful discussions were followed by the Realty+ Excellence Awards 2021 East with award winners coming live to receive the prestigious award. Presenting the awards were jury members N. G. Khaitan, Sr. Partner – Dispute Resolution, Real Estate, Khaitan & Co., Taha Ansari, Managing Director – Project Management (North India) Colliers and Biplab Kanti Sengupta Professor& Head Department of Architecture & Regional Planning, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
The Winners were:
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