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Answers about Royal Indian Raj.
Common questions about RIRIC — the company, projects, cities we operate in, the smart-township model, our strategic partners and how to get in touch.
RIRIC is a multinational, privately owned real estate investment and development group headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with executive offices in New York and New Delhi. It is one of India's largest foreign direct investors in real estate and the pioneer of the Royal Garden City chain of smart, green, sustainable private cities across India.
RIRIC was founded and is chaired by Manoj C. Benjamin, an Indo-Canadian entrepreneur recognised by Business & Economy Magazine as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People of 2007. His vision and leadership is detailed on the leadership page and in our media archive.
Royal Garden City is RIRIC's flagship — a chain of privatized, self-sustaining smart cities planned across Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Pune and Chennai. The Bangalore project alone spans 3,000 acres with an estimated 146 million sq.ft. of built-up space.
RIRIC is headquartered at MNP Tower, 1021 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 1E3, with executive offices in New York and New Delhi. Our global presence is also outlined on the contact page and across the site footer.
RIRIC develops master-planned smart cities in eight Tier-1 Indian cities: Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Pune and Chennai, with plans to expand to additional Tier-2 cities. See the full list of projects and locations.
RIRIC operates across six priority infrastructure sectors: urban infrastructure and housing, road building and recycling, national broadband and IT networks, eCommerce/IT/education, broadcast and entertainment, and hospitality and lottery — anchored by the Royal Garden City chain of privatized smart cities. The full RIRIC business model explains how these sectors connect.
Each Royal Garden City is a privately developed, owned and operated smart township that generates eight diversified revenue streams. The RIRIC business model and revenue streams page breaks these down in detail: real estate development, recurring community services, digital and smart-platform services, retail and hospitality, education and healthcare, mobility and infrastructure, sustainability and green energy, and strategic investments and partnerships.
RIRIC's master plan incorporates alliances with more than 40 world-class organisations including CPG Corporation Singapore, Nicklaus Design, Choice Hotels International, The Greenwich Group International, GEM Global Yield Fund, Jones Lang LaSalle, Martec Recycling Corporation, and international legal counsel from Greenberg Traurig and Field Fisher Waterhouse. Many of these relationships are documented in the press and media sections.
Institutional partners, capital investors, government bodies and media can reach RIRIC via the contact form, or by email at contact@royalindianraj.com (general), press@royalindianraj.com (media) and ir@royalindianraj.com (investor relations).
- Sophisticated AI and technology have been developed to run the Smart City/Townships on an Android/Apple-like operating system on a SaaS platform, providing recurring revenues after the build.
- Exposure to multiple recurring revenue streams across the entire sustainable smart city universe — each business silo has enormous potential value.
- Driven forward by best-of-breed executive and management teams comprising real estate, construction, engineering, and capital markets experts.
- Capitalizing on a massive opportunity for digital disruption in a global smart city real estate industry worth more than $41 trillion.
- Ready to launch its first Eco-Village product to the market, offering a rare opportunity for ground-floor investment.
- Currently trading at a heavy discount to peers, with vast upside potential.