Mindspace Business Parks REIT public issue subscribed 13 times on final day

NEW DELHI: Public issue of Mindspace Business Parks REIT was subscribed 12.96 times on the final day of bidding on Wednesday. The Rs 4,500-crore issue received bids for 87,78,24,600 shares against the total issue size of 6,77,46,400 shares, according to data available with the National Stock Exchange (NSE).Institutional investors category was subscribed 10.61 times and other investors 15.77 times.

Mindspace Business Parks REIT on Friday raised Rs 1,518.74 crore from anchor investors.It had fixed the price band for its public issue at Rs 274-275 per unit.

Last year, Embassy Office Park REIT, the country’s first REIT issue, raised nearly Rs 5,000 crore.

Real estate investment trust (REIT), a popular instrument globally, was introduced in India a few years ago, aimed at attracting investment in the real estate sector by monetising rent-yielding assets.

It helps unlock the massive value of real estate assets and enable retail participation.The units of the REIT will be listed on the BSE and the NSE.

The offer was managed by Morgan Stanley India Company, DSP Merrill Lynch, Axis Capital, Citigroup Global Markets India, JM Financial, Kotak Mahindra Capital Company, CLSA India, Nomura Financial Advisory and Securities (India), UBS Securities India, Ambit Capital Private, HDFC Bank, IDFC Securities and ICICI Securities.