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Case
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2010
(Revised from original 2010 version)
Bardhaman (A): Shrachi and the West Bengal Housing Board
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John D. Macomber and Viraal Balsari
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Abstract
A real estate developer decides whether to enter into a public private partnership with the government of West Bengal to develop a township on farmland. The decisions include whether to expand operations from the company's base in Kolkata to Bardhaman, 100 km away; whether to subdivide and sell raw land lots or follow the developer's vision and build a planned township; whether to enter into a public private partnership with the government of West Bengal, led by the Left Front and the Communist Party of India as equity partners; or whether to also accept a private equity firm into the project, what to build, and in what sequence.
Keywords: Development Economics;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business and Government Relations;
Decisions;
Private Equity;
Design;
Housing;
Infrastructure;
Projects;
Real Estate Industry;
West Bengal;