Razack: Prestige Group Is Developing 6M Sq Ft of Office in Mumbai
Irfan Razack · Ep. #20 | WTF are Indian Real Estate Giants Up To? Nikhil ft. Irfan, Nirupa, & Karan · Nikhil Kamath · Oct 11, 2024 · at 1:48:45
Irfan Razack, Chairman of Prestige Group, details the developer's expansion and current portfolio under construction in Mumbai.
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“And now I'm doing some few million square feet, six million square feet plus of office and a few million square feet of Residential, which I never imagined that I could, I have to pinch myself every time to remind myself, am I really doing this?”
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