Lodha’s UK arm raises USD 200 mn to repay debt

Lodha Developers International Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mumbai-based Macrotech Developers (earlier known as Lodha Developers), closed its dollar bond-issue and raised $200 million in Senior Secured Notes maturing in 2023. Lodha Developers International launched $225 million bond-issue on February 27. The bonds will be listed on the Singapore Exchange. The proceeds will be used to fully repay its outstanding $324 million Senior Notes due on March 13, 2020, a company statement said. 

“We closed the bond raise of USD 200 million with leading global investors. Several existing investors increased their position. Bankers to the deal were JP Morgan, UBS and CLSA,” said Macrotech Developers MD & CEO Abhishek Lodha.

Many global investors, including Allianz, Citi, UBS, and Fidelity, invested in this bond-issue, sources said on Thursday.

In addition to raising $200 million, the UK subsidiary had raised GBP 86 million (Rs 800 crore) last month.

Macrotech Developers made a foray into the London market in 2013 with the acquisition of the landmark MacDonald House at 1 Grosvenor Square in prime Central London for over GBP 300 million (Rs 3,100 crore).

It is India’s largest residential real estate developer by sales and construction area.

From its India business, Macrotech Developers clocked net new sales of over Rs 7,000 crore in 2018-19 with collections of over Rs 9,000 crore. It delivered over 10,000 offices and homes in FY 2018-19.