India, March 20 -- Billionaire Gautam Adani is now in advanced talks to purchase the India unit of Dubai-based developer Emaar Group, valued potentially at about $1.4 billion.

The transaction could include an unlisted Adani unit infusing about $400 million in equity, according to a Bloomberg report.

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An agreement around this could be reaches as soon as April, though there still is no guarantee of the deal going through since the talks are currently ongoing, according to the report.

This development comes after Emaar had announced in January that it was in talks with some business groups in India, including the Adani Group, regarding a potent...