Asset Monetisation / PPPAsset Monetisation, PPP & Transaction Advisory
MSRTC Asset Monetisation — Lonavala Bus Station Redevelopment (PPP)
DBFTL · 49+49 yr
Concession structure
₹98 Cr
Project cost assessed
Cleared for tender
Verdict
The challenge
MSRTC is evaluating a portfolio of 200+ bus depots and bus stations across Maharashtra for monetisation. For the Lonavala bus station — a prime 7,200 sq mtr hill-station site — the corporation needed an independent answer to one question: can the asset fund its own world-class redevelopment while generating long-term value, without burdening the exchequer?
Our approach
We ran a detailed feasibility across technical configuration, market demand and transaction structure — testing a Design-Build-Finance-Transfer-Lease (DBFTL) concession where the private partner rebuilds the bus station and develops a hospitality asset on the surplus parcel. A full financial model (construction, revenues, operating costs, financing, returns and sensitivities) benchmarked concessionaire returns against bankability floors and quantified the value flowing back to MSRTC.
The redevelopment was established as financially feasible — projected returns cleared both project and equity bankability thresholds — and the site was recommended for competitive tendering under the proposed configuration, with revenue-escalation assumptions flagged as the key sensitivity for bidders and the authority alike.







