^^
Huh!?

What happened to the new world class stadium @ New Delhi bullsh&t by the BCCI!?

Sharad Pawar is from Maharashtra - the regional angle.

Mumbai is a fine candidate

Delhi is holding too many things and needs to take a break

World cup final in MUMBAI...
That means there is a good chance that Mumbai may get a new stadium...
Wankhade Stadium is not a good candidate for a world cup final.

BTW is there any news on MbPT land which was put forth for development?

Quote:
ThyssenKrupp Elevator (India) Mumbai Branch was awarded a contract for five elevators for ISPAT, a new high-rise building in Mumbai. The new installations include two gearless at 4.0 m/s, two geared at 2.5 m/s and another geared car lift of 2000-kg at 0.5 m/s. The building is located at Mumbai's Pedder Road. The contract was signed on June 23rd with the commissioning of the new installations planned for January 2007.




My brand new university building has Thyssen Krupp elevators, and the piece of crap jams with people trapped inside all the time. If you put your feet in to prevent the door from closing, the doors will jam, instead of sensing the foot and opening. This traps the people in, and then we need to call emergency service to get the people out. A pain in the butt really.

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1068748

26 more flyovers will follow soon

Puneet Nicholas Yadav
Monday, December 11, 2006 21:41 IST

While Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, on Sunday, performed the ‘bhoomipujan’ for 16 of the 42 proposed flyovers, Metropolitan Commissioner T Chandrashekhar informed that the 16 flyovers were only a part of the first phase of constructing flyovers and work on the remaining 26 flyovers would be taken up soon.

However sources within the MMRDA have pointed out that the work on the remaining 26 flyovers was also to begin simultaneously but MMRDA’s inability to get the project sites cleared in time and rehabilitate the Project Affected Persons (PAPs) caused the delay.

“The CES report had suggested that the construction of flyovers at these 16 sites should be taken up on a priority basis considering the traffic congestion,” said S Nandargikar, Chief engineer, MMRDA. He added: “As soon as the sites for the other flyovers are cleared, work for construction would begin.”

“The only hurdle in the execution of the remaining proposed flyovers is the rehabilitation of PAPs,” admitted Nadargikar. He was hopeful that the rehabilitation would be complete by June 2008.

A glaring example of the state’s tardy implementation of infrastructure projects is the Mumbai metro. The project was launched three-months ago with big fanfare in the presence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and preliminary work on the first phase was scheduled to begin by October. But nothing has happened so far.
well almost nothing....soil testing is underway in cordoned off sites along andheri versova road...

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/793786.cms

But Metro’s going nowhere
ASHISH KUMAR MISHRA

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2006 01:11:50 AM]

MUMBAI: The Mumbai Metro project is struggling to take off. And the way out of the tangle seems a long and winding one. The Centre is yet to give green signal to the proposed Rs 650-crore viability gap funding (VGF) and there are contentious issues over the removal of structures on the path of the railway, and resettlement of slums.

Only a few weeks back the state government had issued a notice under the Indian Tramways Act, stating that land within 50 metres of the central median is required during construction. But, according to sources, there is public resistance to the proposal as quite a few structures and slums fall in the way of the proposed Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar corridor. The resettlement issue has been the subject of many a closed door meeting and it is turning quite a few heads both in MMRDA and Reliance Energy.

According to MMRDA, the major resettlement pockets are in Andheri (W), Chakala and Ghatkopar. Said an MMRDA official, “There are almost 100 structures, both commercial and residential, in and around JP Road and the Western Express Highway, which will be affected by the project.” Many residential structures in Ghatkopar and a heavy slum population in Chakala are also in the line of fire. A survey is under way to find the number of projected affected persons (PAP) and fix the compensation, the official added.

The Rs 2,356-crore project is being executed by a consortium led by Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group’s Reliance Energy and MMRDA. Connex and Hong Kong MTR Corporation are part of the consortium. A Reliance Energy official admitted that resettlement was a matter of concern, but he hastened to add that other processes are on track. “Ground work has already begun and we are in the final stages of appointing the consultant who would advise us on the project,” said the official. The responsibility for resettlement lies with the MMRDA.

Ironically, MMRDA has no tenements in the same part of the town, to which the displaced people can be shifted. An MMRDA official said the BMC holds some land nearby, which can be used for the purpose. “We have approached the government for allotting the land for building structures to house PAPs,” he said.

Said a top MMRDA official, “In carrying out any project of such magnitude, there are bound to be some problems, but that doesn’t mean that the project is grounded.” Resettlement and rehabilitation issues have affected many vital projects like the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) and Mumbai Urban Infrastructure Project (MUIP) in the city. Then comes the funding part. The Rs 650-crore viability gap funding, which the Centre has to provide, has not come so far. The finance ministry has now sought certain clarifications before it can put in the money needed to make the project commercially viable.

Sources close to the development believe that the amount has been held up by the public private partnership appraisal committee (PPP-AC), as the bidding was finalised before the committee had been set up. There are other reasons as well. The ministry is reported to be not happy with the project cost and the terms of the concession agreement, and if it does agree to consider it under the PPP-AC, it might just ask for a revision of both.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/793769.cms

State may save the day for city
ABHIRAM GHADYALPATIL

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2006 01:10:26 AM]

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government is planning to come out with a Rs 600-crore component to give the Rs 4,000-crore phase II of Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) the much-needed push. “We are moving a proposal before the Cabinet saying the state is willing to bear a cost of Rs 600 crore for the MUTP phase II.

Earlier, the state wanted the Railways to fund this component. The latter had agreed, but the project is not on its priority list since it depended on availability of funds and budgeting,” a senior state government official said. The state is now drafting a proposal with the Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) in this regard.

“If the state government approves the proposal and sends it to the Railways in time, it could become a part of the railway budget,” an MRVC official told ET. State government officials said efforts would be made to clear the proposal before the election code of conduct for municipal corporation polls comes into force. “Railway budget gets finalised by January-end. We are rushing things so that the Railways can budget this proposal for the next fiscal. Otherwise, it will get delayed by one year,” another official added.

The Railways is the implementing agency for the project and has to raise 60% of the outlay as loans. Earlier, the state government had urged the Railways to bear 20% of the non-loan component and recover it by levying surcharge on commuters. “But the Railways argued that passing on the cost to commuters would be quite taxing. So, the project did not make any headway.

For the fund-starved state, Rs 600 crore was a big amount,” a senior official pointed out.What has led to the state’s change of mind is the MUTP phase II feasibility and Centre’s refusal to foot the viability gap funding (VGF) for Mumbai Metro, another railway project in the city, sources said. “The Centre, in particular the finance ministry, is not ready to foot Rs 600-crore VGF. They have a valid point regarding the cost of the project, which is why the Union urban development ministry is looking at the cost equations of Delhi Metro,” a source said.

Apart from the VGF, factors like technical specifications, land acquisition and resettlement could upset the Metro schedule. “Till Metro rail happens, we need to give a push to MUTP II so that suburban railway service gets upgraded. MUTP II will help us do that just in five years while the deadline for Mumbai Metro’s completion is 2021,” he added.

MUTP phase II envisages a substantial upgradation of suburban railway service in terms of quality and quantity. It will establish two dedicated corridors for outstation and suburban trains on central and western lines. This would lead to more frequency (a train every three minutes on all three suburban lines), cost efficiency (20-30% saving on energy), and most importantly, a substantial reduction in traffic.

As against the load-carrying capacity of 1,700 commuters in peak hours, rakes at present are crammed with over 5,000 passengers. MUTP phase I, which is under way and expected to be completed by June 2007, is expected to improve train frequency to lessen the burden. Phase II will also help the Railways convert current nine-bogie rakes into 12-bogie ones.

Does anyone have an updated pic of this building...this pic is one year old.
http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/1475/lok34f2nr.jpg

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/7573/12gv.jpg'

and is there any update on the legend..should be about done.

Great up-dates.

With so much constuction I cant keep up!

Zahra is completed above Magestom and so is Four Seasons Hotel next to it.

Legend is taking its time to be built I agree.

There should be up-dates on completed projects too which I have mentioned before but we dont have a regular photographer in Mumbai!

I hope for both Pedder road flyover and nariman point sea link they are talking about Jan 07.

http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&subsection=news&xfile=December2006_news_standard3280

WORK ON PEDDAR RD. FLYOVER BY JANUARY END

BY A STAFF REPORTER | Wednesday, December 13, 2006 10:18:29 IST
Anil Deshmukh says residents have no more objections

If Minister for Public Works Anil Deshmukh is to be believed, then work on the controversial Peddar Road flyover will finally begin by end January. Deshmukh, who is attending the winter session of assembly in Nagpur, told this newspaper after Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh inaugurated work on 16 new flyovers in the city on Sunday that the government was firm on its decision. It would go ahead with the Rs. 125 crore, three-kilometre-long flyover that had been stalled since April 2001 when Peddar Road’s residents objected to its construction. The residents, including Mumbai’s famous singing sisters Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhonsle who live in Prabhu Kunj of Peddar Road, had said the flyover would lead to environmental hazards in
the area.
Apparently, the decision on the flyover was taken in a meeting held recently between the government and the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC). Deshmukh said, “We have had meetings with the Peddar Road residents and I don’t think that they have any more objections. We will convene a meeting between the contractors and concerned official later this month and work should start by end January.” He added that work on the Bandra-Worli Sealink is on and the Worli-Nariman Point segment would begin in January, too.:banana: “This, and the Peddar Road flyover, will ease traffic congestion greatly in South Mumbai,” the minister said. However, Veena Singhal, president of the Peddar Road Residents’ Association (PRRA), said, “We haven’t conveyed any approval to the government about the construction of the flyover. Let them show us their latest plans and only then will we be able to say anything.”

From Vancouver to LA to Hong Kong, builders to bid for slice of Dharavi pie (http://www.indianexpress.com/story/18458.html)

For the first time, tenders for a Mumbai slum redevelopment project will be announced simultaneously in 16 cities across the globe later this week.

I S Chahal, Officer on Special Duty for the Dharavi Redevelopment Project, said global tenders for the multi-crore project — it’s one of the schemes to change the face of Mumbai — will be floated in ‘‘just two to three days... we are only awaiting the Chief Minister’s clearance for the actual Expression of Interest document which we expect very soon’’.

As soon as Deshmukh gives his nod, advertisements will be placed in leading newspapers in Vancouver, New York, Los Angeles, London, Dubai, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata and Bangalore.

Officials and planners said the qualifying criteria for developers will be so steep — several hundred crores in net worth plus several hundred crores in construction turnover each year — that even big Indian developers will be able to participate only through joint ventures. The winning bidders will be those offering the fattest premium to the state government per sector (minimum Rs 100 crore), over and above their investment.

The Dharavi Redevelopment Project, seeking to “rehouse”56,000 families in five self-sustained sectors on 535 acres of prime property, is already delayed.

“This is historical,” said project management consultant Mukesh Mehta, when contacted in New Delhi. Having drafted the plan and having worked on the details for nearly a decade now, Mehta said the aim will be to provide an improved quality of life to 56,000 families who will now get a middle class lifestyle “with world class amenities”. He said this would be a chance for the Slum Rehabilitation Authority, the implementing agency now besieged by a series of corruption allegations, to redeem itself.

Chahal said the loose ends had been tied up — the modified Development Control Regulations have been sanctioned, the Committee of Secretaries has okayed the project —and the advertisements ready to be released. Earlier, modifications to DC Regulations had done away with the need to seek the consent of the project-affected families.

^^

Will the Medha Patkars, Arundhuti Roys and Vandana Shivas allow the improvement of Dharavi as planned/conceived by the Mukesh Mehtas?

Already I have seen articles from the "socialist activists" claiming all this is a conspiracy by western "capitalist-imperialistic forces" :lol: to deprive the poor of Dharavi off their land. With political upmanship being the name of the game, good luck to all those who want to improve Dharavi (or any Indian city) because those who want the status quo of poverty and squalor are powerful enough to stall any development that doesn't fit their idea of Indian style "glorious socialism".

An interesting slide show about the slum redevelopment. If the IHT is to be believed some people who have received apartments want to go back to the slums because they miss the slum life. The 225 q ft space is pretty low but then in Mumbai getting a 500 sq ft apartment is as good as luxury. Plus if people don't know the use of protection and have four kids, then they shouldn't be the ones complaining.

http://www.iht.com/slideshows/2006/12/11/asia/web.1211slum.php

BMC meet to decide on Rs 1,000 cr today (http://www.chalomumbai.com/news/city/2006/december/148393.htm)
By: Sujit Mahamulkar
December 13, 2006
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The fate of projects worth over Rs 1,000 crore will be decided at the BMC’s standing committee meeting today. The civic administration has called the urgent meeting to clear all major proposals before execution of the code of conduct of the forthcoming BMC elections.

The BMC has urgently prepared around 32 proposals and circulated it within 24 hours to all 32 members of the Standing Committee.

“They might have a fear of the code of conduct. This has not happened before,” said Ravindra Waykar, chairman of the Standing Committee.

“As the chairman, I will give a chance to every member to discuss their views on every proposal. Total cost of all proposals is more than Rs 1,000 crore,” Waykar said.

The projects

The proposals include redevelopment and repair work of Priyadarshani Indira Gandhi sports complex, Mulund (W), micro tunnelling of water main (pipeline) at Milan subway and Sleater Road (Santacruz), construction of vehicular bridge along DP road at Millat Nagar Andheri (W), construction, repair and maintenance of foot over bridges, subways, bridges in the city and suburbs, to purchase 15 Tata Indigos for Deputy Municipal Commissioners and deans of medical colleges.

Waykar further said that by this financial year (2006-7) at least 50 per cent of the total provision for the ‘capital work’ (major projects) made in the BMC budget should be done.

Leader of the opposition in BMC Rajhans Singh of the Congress alleged that in the whole year only 12 per cent of the capital work has been done by the ruling party (Sena-BJP).

Parag Alawani, BJP group leader in the BMC, said, “Around Rs 1,500 crore have been booked so far against Rs 2,800 crore of capital work provision in the budget.”

Tentative list of major proposals

- Malabar Hill tunnel – Rs 140 crore
- Cement concretisation of roads – Rs 318 crore
- Master plan of Byculla Zoo –Rs 100 crore
- Repairing of BIT chawls –Rs 100 crore
- Repairing of municipal school buildings –Rs 200 crore

An interesting slide show about the slum redevelopment. If the IHT is to be believed some people who have received apartments want to go back to the slums because they miss the slum life. The 225 q ft space is pretty low but then in Mumbai getting a 500 sq ft apartment is as good as luxury. Plus if people don't know the use of protection and have four kids, then they shouldn't be the ones complaining.

http://www.iht.com/slideshows/2006/12/11/asia/web.1211slum.php

i can very well understand social and maybe even business life being easier in single level slums next to each other rather than multi-level apartments. but the point really is they are squatting on public land, they are lucky they are even being given free housing. the design of these buildings needs to be more imaginative though to prevent like the article says ghettoisation as seen in many european cities. most cities in europe are now demolishing their high-rise ghettoes

^^

Will the Medha Patkars, Arundhuti Roys and Vandana Shivas allow the improvement of Dharavi as planned/conceived by the Mukesh Mehtas?

Already I have seen articles from the "socialist activists" claiming all this is a conspiracy by western "capitalist-imperialistic forces" :lol: to deprive the poor of Dharavi off their land. With political upmanship being the name of the game, good luck to all those who want to improve Dharavi (or any Indian city) because those who want the status quo of poverty and squalor are powerful enough to stall any development that doesn't fit their idea of Indian style "glorious socialism".

Oh bloody hell.This will run & run.
If they actually bothered to try to implement measures that wpould protect the vunerable then good . But...

Its good that its going ahead.Very important in fact.But it says the winning tender will be the one that gives the state the biggest £££.That doesnt sound very clever to me.Or have i missed something.?

Oh bloody hell.This will run & run.
If they actually bothered to try to implement measures that wpould protect the vunerable then good . But...

Its good that its going ahead.Very important in fact.But it says the winning tender will be the one that gives the state the biggest £££.That doesnt sound very clever to me.Or have i missed something.?

It is same as auctioning off land in Bandra Kurla complex to the highest bidder.

Anyway this whole thing has been 'postponed' again. This time the excuse is the code of conduct that comes into effect before elections. The real reason maybe that no politcal party has the guts to change the status quo and if it wants to, it will be met with stiff opposition from the opponent party and of course the social activists.. Just think of it - if 600,00 people move up the social and economic ladder then what dreams will our leaders and activists sell and "fight" for?

Rs 9,200-cr Dharavi project put on hold

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1069224

The worst hit plan due to the sudden announcement of the civic polls in Mumbai and the subsequent code of conduct by the State Election Commission is the Rs9,200 crore five sector Dharavi Redevelopment Project. Now, the biggest urban renewal initiative, which was waiting for the green signal for over a decade, lies in cold storage till February 2, when the results of the civic polls will be declared.

Even as the news of the Expression of Interest (EoI), likely to be announced on December 15, had filled real estate circles with excitement for two days, the code of conduct proved a dampener. “Guess, we will have to wait for a few more days,” said architect Mukesh Mehta. Many state officials voiced their displeasure over the delay in announcing the crucial EoI, even though the new development control rules for Dharavi were cleared a month ago. Thanks to inflation and delay since 2002, when the project was actively taken up, the cost has jumped from the earlier Rs5,600 crore to Rs9,200 crore in four years and further delay is already proving costly.

With its long-standing impact on the future slum redevelopment projects in Mumbai, kickstarting the Dharavi plan was also critical at a time when all Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) projects are under scanner. “This is the first time public bidding will be held for an SRA project. The government earns premium, unlike the developers who have been making hay for a while,” Mehta said. Reports are that the state would bring in stringent criteria on the developers for eligibility, but IS Chahal, officer on special duty on Dharavi, told DNA that there were at least 12 Indian developers who would fulfil the rules. He also brushed aside allegations that the residents of Dharavi had not been taken into confidence. “For the past 19 months, we have been in talks with the industrial union of Dharavi and the sectoral development has been planned taking into account their views. We have already prepared the list of eligible people for rehabilitation in one sector.”

With 4,500 industrial units, boasting a work force of over a lakh and exporting goods worth Rs6,000 crore, Dharavi is attracting special attention, with the SRA in complete charge of eligibility, transit camps etc, and the developer asked to focus on construction by the officials. As per the new DCR, 15 per cent of the total 535 acres will be kept as open space. The successful bidder for each sector will be have to construct public amenities like hospitals, schools, on the plot. With an FSI of 4, the incentive of TDR (Transfer Development Rights) will have to be utilised within Dharavi to ensure a balanced residential and commercial development.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/808653.cms

Mumbai’s wait for a facelift just got longer
ABHIRAM GHADYALPATIL

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2006 01:29:04 AM]

MUMBAI: Today’s election announcement to 10 municipal bodies in the state, including Mumbai, has an unlikely victim. Mumbai’s infrastructure projects. The state election commission’s announcement of polls has brought into force the model code of conduct. The government can now take refuge under the code to put on hold five major infrastructure projects it wants the Centre to clear under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Elections for the ten municipal corporations will take place on February 1, 2007.

The Centre has so far cleared only two of the seven proposals for Mumbai under JNNURM — the Rs 2,376-crore sewage disposal project and the Rs 1,600-crore Middle Vaitarana water supply project. The remaining five are awaiting Centre’s clearance since March this year. “The Centre has asked the state government to send revised project reports. But now, there is no point in sending them as no projects would be cleared till the elections are held,” a senior bureaucrat said. So, Mumbai’s wait for central funds for its infrastructure projects has just got longer.

For Mumbai, the state has submitted seven proposals worth around Rs 22,600 crore under JNNURM, including the sewage disposal and Middle Vaitarana projects. The pending projects are the Rs 2,600-crore Mumbai Urban Infrastructure Project (MUIP), a 20% viability gap funding (VGF) for the Rs 12,662-crore phase one of Mumbai Metro, the Rs 1,298-crore Mithi river development and protection plan, the Rs 1,200-crore Worli-Bandra sea link, and the Rs 852-crore Thane Metro. Under the JNNURM guidelines, the Centre bears a maximum 35% of the project cost, while the state has to account for 15%. The local civic body has to bear 50% of the cost.

All pending projects are at various stages of clearance. The civic polls, however, would put them on the back burner at least for two-three months. The Centre has approved two road corridors, the Eastern freeway and the Western freeway worth Rs 550 crore under the MUIP, but clearance for 15 corridors are pending, sources said.

For Worli-Bandra sea link, the Centre has specifically asked the state to revise the proposal so that it encourages public transport. Mithi river clean-up too awaits the Centre’s nod.

The Centre has also asked for clubbing Thane Metro project with Mumbai Metro, sources said. “All these would now be in the cold storage,” an official said.

well, many people in Mumbai may live in a gutter, but at least they get to vote!

Also, the fact that the Maharshtra Government has been trying to get the center to sponsor most of its scheme hints at the fact that they have no money in their coffers.

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1069226

Flyovers will be finished on time, says MMRDA

Puneet Nicholas Yadav
Wednesday, December 13, 2006 23:41 IST

The imposition of the model code of conduct by the State Election Commission in view of the ensuing civic elections may hamper the progress of the Rs 570-crore Mithi River Development Project (MRDP) phase II for which the work was supposed to start later this month.

While the project is already a month behind schedule, the imposition of the code of conduct may delay it further. However, Vikas Tondwalkar, MRDP project director, said, “If the work on MRDP phase II lies within the purview of the code of conduct, we would request the election commission to allow us to proceed with the project implementation since it is a disaster management project and the Bombay High Court had directed speedy completion of the project.”

But MRDP II is not the only project of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), which may be stalled temporarily because of the code of conduct. The MMRDA has recently announced its proposal to build 16 flyovers across the city. While work has begun on seven of the 16 flyovers, bids have been invited for the remaining nine flyovers.

Officials of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), the project implementing authority for the proposed flyovers, said that the code of conduct would not affect the construction of flyovers. Subhash Nage, chief engineer, MSRDC said: “We have currently invited notices for the remaining nine flyovers and will be scrutinising the tender applications. However, work orders will be issued only after the civic elections.” “The flyovers will be completed within the stipulated time period,” he added.

Im shocked!

Those new housing for slum dwellers are awful!

Just one room for a family of five? What are the developers on?

At least have 3-4 bedrooms, a lounge, kitchen bathroom?????

I dont blame resident not wanting to more and the ghettoisation, well HUH!
Look slike nothing has been learn't. This looks like a disasterwaiting to happen.

Not necessarily. In Japan, middle-class families of 3-4 can easily survive with 1 room+bathroom. They do so with things like reconfigurable furniture.

Cov Boy, the issue at hand is efficient space utilization, and those slum dwellers should be glad they're not going to be forced into capsule hotels.

The hotel is scheduled to open around 30th May 2007. It is clearly visible and almost complete

^^ hi fsmumbai :) -- do you have any pictures by any chance?

The Four Seasons is located right next door to Zahra guys!!! Over looking the race course. All your estimates and speculation of location has been wrong.

The Hotel is cladded with glass so one should regonise this building in Worli.

surprise.

here are some shots of the hotel's interiors, compliments of the hotel's website. you guys are looking at what's soon to be India's finest hotel.

enjoy.

kuwaiti_patriot

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/4935/standardroomdj4.jpg

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/9279/standardroomarmchairyd4.jpg

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/2057/standardroomwardrobedh1.jpg

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/5914/standardroombathroomhb6.jpg

Beautiful.

I like the indian touches like the cushions and sari fabric which indicates that your note just in any hotel but your in India!

Yeah final photo's of the completed building would be great.

Thanks.

thanks buddy!

I agree, the Indian fabrics look great.

Beautiful indeed. Here is a rendering of the building. Not sure if the building looks like this in reality or not!

http://www.naukri.com/gpw/four/index.html

Beautiful indeed. Here is a rendering of the building. Not sure if the building looks like this in reality or not!

http://www.naukri.com/gpw/four/index.html

Check the Mumbai cityscape thread...

:)

3 months away until the hotel opens.

Should be a hugh fanfare??? Bollywood, parties, fireworks etc?

Check the Mumbai cityscape thread...

:)

The building looks gorgeous. Interior photos look great too. I have seen Four Seasons in Miami - which is in fact the most expensive hotel in South Florida. Four Seasons Mumbai is at par with Four Seasons Miami. So you know, one night rate for the 'cheapest' room in Four Seasons Miami in lean season is $550 + taxes (@ Rs. 24,500 + taxes) per night.

I wish thee could be more photos of the hotel i.e. lobby, restaurants, bar, garden, more rooms. etc as well as the exterior.

I wish thee could be more photos of the hotel i.e. lobby, restaurants, bar, garden, more rooms. etc as well as the exterior.


http://blog.so-net.ne.jp/_images/blog/_f4a/masakono_munbai/5008164.jpg

Hope you like it! :)

http://blog.so-net.ne.jp/_images/blog/_f4a/masakono_munbai/5008164.jpg

Hope you like it! :)

Nice!

Is that concrete that's exposed? Too bad if it is... I thought the rendering showed aluminum cladding :(

Quite nice the interior design! I love it.
BTW, this is Four Seasons At Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m73/sheikhfaisol/Buildings/fourseasons_main_1.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m73/sheikhfaisol/Buildings/fourseasons_main_5.jpg

Its still under construction.:) :) :)