SUN Apollo Ventures, a joint venture company between the Delhi-based Khemka family and the US-based AREA Property Partners (formerly Apollo group), has picked up a 15 per cent stake in Mumbai-based developer Keystone Realtors for Rs 300 crore, making it the first private equity deal in the cash-strapped real estate space in 2009. The deal values Keystone at around Rs 2,000 crore. SUN-Apollo India Real Estate Fund, the $630-million offshore fund of Sun Apollo, will invest in existing foreign direct investment (FDI)-compliant projects of Keystone, also known as Rustomjee group, and future projects of the developer, a top Keystone official said. In January, the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) had cleared the Keystone proposal for the offshore investment. […]