by THO
Avenue Supermarts Ltd, the parent company of D’Mart supermarket chain, has purchased a 52,000 sq ft land parcel in Chandivali, Andheri East in Mumbai for ₹117 crore, documents accessed by CREMatrix showed.
The agreement value for the 52,765 sq ft land deal is ₹117.25 crore and the stamp duty paid by Avenue Supermarts Ltd is ₹7.03 crore. The deal was registered on May 6, 2024.
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The document showed that the industrial building on the plot currently includes four units on the ground floor and four units located on the first floor.
An email has been sent to D’Mart.
In September 2023, Avenue Supermarts Ltd, had purchased three floors of retail space in a 31-storey residential building in Kandivali West for ₹88.74 crore.
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Founded by Radhakishan Damani, Avenue Supermarts Ltd’s flagship brand DMart, opened its first supermarket offering home and personal products at competitive prices in Powai in 2002 and has expanded to 333 locations in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Chhatisgarh, National Capital Region, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Rajasthan.
A listed company, it is expanding its footprint rapidly with an average of two stores opening every month. In July 2023, it announced the opening of stories in Akola in Maharashtra, and Jodhpur in Rajasthan. In August 2023, it opened stores in Ahmedabad, and Morbi in Gujarat, according to its regulatory filings on the stock exchanges.
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In 2021, the Avenue Supermarts acquired seven properties worth ₹400 crore as the retail chain set off on a property shopping binge during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In February 2023, in what is perhaps the biggest property deal in the country, as many as 28 housing units worth ₹1,238 crore were bought by family members and associates of D’Mart founder Radhakrishna Damani in Mumbai. The deal came close on the heels of the Budget 2023 proposals under which a ₹10-crore cap was imposed on the reinvestment of capital gains from the sale of long-term assets, including housing property.
