Lodha or Macrotech Developers (formerly known as Lodha Developers) is an Indian multinational real estate company and construction company headquartered in Mumbai, India.[2] It was founded in 1980 by Mangal Prabhat Lodha.[3] It has developed residential and commercial properties in Mumbai, Thane, Hyderabad, Pune and London.
In September 2007, the Deutsche Bank made an investment of ₹1,640 crore (US$197 million) by subscribing to the compulsorily convertible debentures (CCDs) of Lodha's subsidiary, Cowtown Land Development Limited.[12]
It purchased 17 acres of land in Mumbai's prime location from DLF[16] for about ₹2,700 crore (US$324 million), nearly four times higher than the price at which DLF had bought the land in 2005.[17]
It received an investment of ₹425 crore (US$51 million) from Piramal Fund Management for one of the company's project in May 2016.[22]
In September 2019, it was announced that the company was about to sell 7 lakh sq ft office space in Mumbai, India to Singapore-based Varde Partners for about ₹1,100 crore (US$132 million).[23] Earlier, Lodha sold its 29-storey office building in Mumbai's Wadala for ₹1,350 crore (US$162 million) to Tata Group's retail arm Trent.[24]
In Q3 of 2020, India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) and Moody's upgraded the rating for Lodha to stable.[25][26] After getting listed on stock exchange, Moody's Investors Service changed the outlook on the ratings to positive from stable in April 2021.[9]
In September 2021, Tata Power entered into a partnership agreement with the group for setting up EV charging stations in housing societies and offices.[28]
A buyer of Lodha Group's Wadala project flat published YouTube videos claiming irregularities by the company.[34][35][36] The company filed suit for defamation but the right to an injunction was struck down.[37]
The World Towers of Lodha Group received recognition as 'Project of the Year' and 'Top Super Luxury' segment homes and Palava City was recognised as 'Top Township Project' at the Times Real Estate Icons of West India (2020)[38]
Outstanding Project of the Year (National Category) for Palava at Golden Brick Awards, Dubai (2019)[39]
Lodha Group's CEO & MD Abhishek Lodha was named 'Real Estate Youth Icon of the Year 2019' award at Grohe Hurun Real Estate Leadership Summit (2019)[40]