Real Estate’s Young Turks Of 2021

Realty+ 40 Under 40 inaugural edition this year listed the top real estate professionals for the year 2021 that are paving the path for change and innovation in the sector. Dr. Adv. Harshul Savla is acknowledged in the real estate industry as a young thought leader having contributed to the sector in various capacities such as authoring of various books on real estate, as educationist delivering lecturers on the subject of real estate in various colleges, as research head for CREDAI National and CREDAI MCHI to undertake research initiatives as also offering honorary real estate legal advice to the needy. Having completed LL.B (GLC) and LL.M (University of Mumbai) Harshul completed India’s first Ph.D. Thesis on subject of REITs. Currently, he is the Co-Chairman of Statistics & Standards at CREDAI National which enables CREDAI to provide factual representation to various authorities (Central Government, State Government, RBI, Local Body etc.) and the National Committee Head of e-Learning & MasterClass initiative of CREDAI National which regularly provides various knowledge sharing & upskilling learning initiatives for all stakeholders of real estate fraternity. He is also the Managing Committee Member & Coordinator and Research Convener at MCHI. "There is major consolidation happening in the non-corporate, unlisted and Grade B/C Developer Category, most of whom undertake redevelopment projects. My goal is to emerge as a leading redeveloper in this consolidation wave. Given that our company has almost all ready with OC / near completion projects; we are set well to be able to achieve the set goal." His realty firm Suvidha Lifespaces is a low / zero debt company and plans to continue to remain so in the future. The company has six legacy lands in Mumbai City and will be launching those with equity realised from sales of its existing completed / near completion projects. Its future business strategy would be - "Asset Light" i.e. not of buying lands, but working more on Development Agreement, JV, JDA or DM format