Stockbroking Tycoon Buys Mumbai Tower For Over Rs 700 Crore In Record Home Deal
Angel One founder Dinesh Thakkar has purchased a luxury residential tower in Mumbai for Rs 711 crore, setting a record for the most expensive single residential unit deal in India. The transaction highlights a significant boom in India's luxury real estate market driven by corporate wealth creation.
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This record-breaking deal underscores the growing concentration of wealth in India and the increasing demand for trophy assets among the country's business elite.
The founder of one of India's biggest retail stockbrokers snapped up a luxury tower in Mumbai for Rs 711 crore ($74.3 million), marking the most expensive known purchase of a single residential unit in the country.Dinesh Thakkar from Angel One Ltd. purchased the sea-facing eight-storey tower spread across 63,000 square feet (5,853 square meters) in an upscale neighborhood in Mumbai, the developer, Embassy Developments Ltd., and Thakkar said in a statement on Tuesday. Embassy's shares rose as much as 8.3% in early trade.Thakkar's broking business was listed in Mumbai in 2020 as online trading took off during the pandemic lockdown.The deal reflects a boom in India's luxury housing market as growing wealth and the listing of firms from smaller cities swell the ranks of the country's rich.
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