On April 11, 2016, Emaar Properties terminated its joint venture with MGF Developments. Following this, Emaar MGF Land Ltd filed the demerger scheme in Delhi High Court on May 16, 2016. In August 2017, Emaar India stated that it has appointed of Snapdeal’s Chief Strategy & Investment Officer Jason Kothari and Sudip Mullick of the law firm Khaitan & Co to the board of directors. Emaar India communicated to its customers about initiating the process of demerger of the Company pursuant to a Scheme of Arrangement under Section 391-394 of the Companies Act, 1956 and filing such Scheme with Delhi High Court. To assure its customers about completion of ongoing projects, it also shared the target Completion schedules for all projects with achievement of specific milestones and uploaded the same on its website. Emaar revamped its project management team to speed up execution and delivery of over 50 projects that were stuck due to the impending demerger between the two parent companies. The developer hired over 100 additional employees in the Project Management space. The developer increased its workforce to 10,000 labourers at the time of initiating the demerger process. By September 2017, the labour headcount was more than 15,000 labourers.
Opened in December 2005, the Hyderabad International Convention Centre is a convention facility in Hyderabad. It was built by Cyberabad Convention Center Private Limited, a joint venture between the Dubai-based Emaar Properties and the. Stretching across, the HICC is an integrated. facility managed by Accor. Located next to the HICC is the Novotel Hyderabad hotel, which opened in May 2006. The 287-room business hotel has also been developed by Emaar, and is managed by Accor. HICC offers 4,000 seating capacity with an in-built flexibility to expand to 6,500 seats. The HICC, built at a cost of US$39 million and the Novotel Hyderabad at a cost of US$27 million together constitute a total project investment of US$66 million. HICC is located adjacent to HITEC City, home to large national and international technology companies.
Emaar India has won 4 awards at the DNA Real Estate & Infrastructure Awards 2017, in Mumbai - 'Developer of the Year - Residential', 'Employer of the Year Real Estate', 'Residential Property of the Year' for its Emerald Hills project, and 'CSR Initiative of the Year by a Real Estate Firm' for its creche program ‘Guardians of Hope’.
Emaar India has won 2 awards at the 9th Realty Plus Conclave and Excellence Awards 2017 - 'Developer of the Year' in the Residential category, and 'Green Project of the Year for Digital Greens'.
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Emaar India has won the ‘Residential Project of the Year’ award for The Palm Drive at the DNA Real Estate & Infrastructure Awards 2016.
Emaar India has won 2 awards at the 8th Realty Plus Conclave and Excellence Awards 2016 - 'Luxury Project of the Year - The ’ and ‘Commercial Property of the Year - The Palm Springs Plaza’.
Emaar India has won The Palm Drive, Gurugram wins ‘Residential Project of the Year’ at DNA Real Estate Awards 2016.