Finally some news of this long talked about Civic Centre project in Delhi.

Did any Indian newspaper carry the news?

IJM wins India contract

http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/4/5/business/10599317&sec=business

IJM Corp Bhd won a contract worth RM474mil to build a civic centre in New Delhi, its second project in India in a month.

The project involves the construction of a 3-level basement car park, four six-story buildings and a 28-story tower block, IJM said in a statement to Bursa Malaysia yesterday.

The civic centre would be built on a 12-acre site opposite the Delhi Stock Exchange, it said.

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MALAYSIA’S fourth largest construction company, IJM Corp Bhd, has secured a RM474 million development project in New Delhi, India, from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.

The company told Bursa Malaysia Bhd that it had received a letter of intent (LOI) from the corporation for the construction and completion of the Civic Centre at the intersection of Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg and Minto Road in New Delhi, opposite the Delhi Stock Exchange.

IJM said the works order will be issued after the submission of a performance guarantee amounting to 5 per cent of the contract sum within 15 days of the LOI.

The construction period is 36 months from the date of the works order.

The Civic Centre, with a total built-up area of 116,000 sq m, will comprise a three-level basement car park, four six-storey building blocks and a 28-storey tower block.

The company said the Civic Centre will be using state-of- the-art technology to optimise energy requirements, enable entitled user access and ensure adequate security of the premises.

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Other sources
http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/050404/15/3roey.html

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/BTimes/Tuesday/Corporate/20050405003618/Article/index_html

http://www.forbes.com/work/feeds/ap/2005/04/04/ap1921892.html

Suncity, while driving in Delhi, I saw the construction site, and there was a board showing how the building will look. Don't know when I will go to Delhi next though, last time round I left my camera behind.

Shame on you Kshatriya!

Never leave your camera behind, anywhere you go in India ;)

Haha...yeah, well I actually forgot to pack it in the last minute rush. :)

Finally some news of this long talked about Civic Centre project in Delhi.

Did any Indian newspaper carry the news?

IJM wins India contract

http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/4/5/business/10599317&sec=business

IJM Corp Bhd won a contract worth RM474mil to build a civic centre in New Delhi, its second project in India in a month.

The project involves the construction of a 3-level basement car park, four six-story buildings and a 28-story tower block, IJM said in a statement to Bursa Malaysia yesterday.

The civic centre would be built on a 12-acre site opposite the Delhi Stock Exchange, it said.

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MALAYSIA’S fourth largest construction company, IJM Corp Bhd, has secured a RM474 million development project in New Delhi, India, from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.

The company told Bursa Malaysia Bhd that it had received a letter of intent (LOI) from the corporation for the construction and completion of the Civic Centre at the intersection of Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg and Minto Road in New Delhi, opposite the Delhi Stock Exchange.

IJM said the works order will be issued after the submission of a performance guarantee amounting to 5 per cent of the contract sum within 15 days of the LOI.

The construction period is 36 months from the date of the works order.

The Civic Centre, with a total built-up area of 116,000 sq m, will comprise a three-level basement car park, four six-storey building blocks and a 28-storey tower block.

The company said the Civic Centre will be using state-of- the-art technology to optimise energy requirements, enable entitled user access and ensure adequate security of the premises.

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Other sources
http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/050404/15/3roey.html

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/BTimes/Tuesday/Corporate/20050405003618/Article/index_html

http://www.forbes.com/work/feeds/ap/2005/04/04/ap1921892.html

thats awesome sun!,now we must find renders:):)

btw,as of time 10.51AM GMT+1 ...no indian news-paper did carry the news.

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You can see the Malaysian touch in this project. A bit 80's look though!

hey drwho you found the render! :)

So a 100m addition to Delhi. I quite like it. :)

That looks nice! Great find DrWho. Now hopefully this gets built. Some old news items talked of a waterfall from the top floor coming down to the lobby level. Wonder if that's still gonna happen.

The company told Bursa Malaysia Bhd that it had received a letter of intent (LOI) from the corporation for the construction and completion of the Civic Centre at the intersection of Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg and Minto Road in New Delhi, opposite the Delhi Stock Exchange.


Here's the map of the proposed site courtesy

http://mapmyindia.com

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Visit by members of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to Wisma IJM on 20 June 2005

well,this article was written on 3 of June,


http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=132390

New Delhi, June 3: IN the pipeline for 15 years, inaugurated in 1994, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s Rs 545-crore Civic Center is on hold again—this time, it’s waiting for a simple nod from Sonia Gandhi’s office.

The Civic Centre, with a total built-up area of 116,000 sq m, will comprise a three-level basement car park, four six-storey building blocks and a 28-storey tower block.

isnt that quite modest for the times. i guess it was ok when it was conceptualised in the 80s but delhi has a chance to have an iconic skyscraper in the heart of the city, maybe they could have made a 40 storey building at least

IT would better if it was TALLER!!!!!!!!

looks like a building that i saw in a pic of torronto in canada. that one looked much better though, dont know whats its called....... :)

The thing looks like an 80s retro holiday inn.. :sleepy:

They should have increased the height to atleast 45. A shame though. Looks quite plain, nothing special. Since it is not in our hands, we should just be happy that is bieng constructed.

U/C-pictures from IJM of Delhi Civic Centre.
date 12/10/2005

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looks like still in the early stages.

when's the completion date set for?

looks like a building that i saw in a pic of torronto in canada. that one looked much better though, dont know whats its called....... :)

You probably mean Toronto's city hall. It has the same type of idea as you can see by going to the link below...
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/revell/wholevert.jpg

Civic Centre for Municipal Corporation of Delhi, India 19/04/06

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Thank DrWho for the updates.

:)

hearing about this after a long time. thanks for the update DrWho

27/06/2006
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So Civic Centre is coming up as scheduled.

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Started new thread for wider dissemination and discussion.

Union Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy signed the Delhi Master Plan 2021, Delhi Development Authority (DDA)'s plan for Delhi's redevelopment ahead of the Commonwealth Games. It takes a liberal approach to land use that aims for densification (highrise construction/redevelopment), greenization, removal of slums, and cbd/skyscraper development. It will soon be sent to the Supreme Court who will voice its take by Feb 20.

Skyscrapers unleashed
New Master Plan rids Delhi of height freeze
Aruna P. Sharma
New Delhi

From HT Epaper
07 February, 2007

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THE URBAN Development Ministry on Tuesday approved the new Master Plan for Delhi that will change the skyline of the city and allow buildings to go higher.

Urban Development Minister S. Jaipal Reddy said the plan was not about regularisation but about renewing the city and giving more living space and amenities to people.

The document aims at providing up to 60,000 housing units within the city every year — 30,000 through redeveloping existing colonies and the remaining on agricultural fields in Narela and Najafgarh.

The 2001 Census projects a yearly requirement of 75,000 dwelling units. Eighty per cent of this demand will be met through redeveloping existing colonies and urbanising agricultural land in north and south-west Delhi. The remaining units will be constructed in the neighbouring National Capital Region.

Minister of State for Urban Development Ajay Maken said there would be no more plotted development as there was a scarcity of space. "The world over, the trend is to have compact cities with higher density of population," he said.

The redevelopment norms, for which the minimum prescribed area is 3,000 sq m, will allow existing colonies to go up to 10 to 12 storeys. To reduce the strain on infrastructure, Master Plan 2021 will permit developers to construct extra floors only if they install solar panels, ensure zero sewerage discharge into existing sewers and provide multi-level parking within the complex.

The redevelopment and new development projects will be supported by the water and electricity availability projections given by Delhi government departments. The Master Plan also incorporates the provisions for regularising commercial and mixed land use on identified roads and streets, and the relaxed building by-laws that allow for regularisation of construction up to four storeys in plotted colonies, on the condition that conversion charges are paid. The penalty amount will be used for constructing parking and augmenting civic services.

arunasharma@hindustantimes.com
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Note: the rendering above is an "artist's impression" -- it is not (I don't think) a rendering of the skyline planned... right? We have to wait for more details

MASTER PLAN 2021 has designated farmhouses as the lungs of the city.
The MPD 2021 has shot down proposals of the Delhi government to replace the farmhouses with Special Economic Zones and IT Parks, saying that the farmhouses that are spread over an area of 11,000 hectare constitute the green zone between Delhi and NCR region and would act as a buffer.

The Plan has also not given any importance to an earlier proposal of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) that they should be replaced with multi-storeyed housing structures.

The DDA was of the view that since there are hardly any farming activity that is carried out at these farmhouses, the land available should be used for some other purpose. However, the Urban Development Ministry does not agree with the DDA and feels that such farmlands offer the muchneeded breathing space in the city.

The Master Plan has integrated the policy framed by the Delhi High Court on farmhouses, which allows holding marriage functions in farmhouses that are located along 60 feet or wider roads. Such farmhouses should not be less than 2.5 acres in size, of which one acre should be reserved as parking space within the premises.

“Allowing commercial activities in farmhouses is the only incentive for their owners. The policy framed by the High Court ensures that there is no traffic jam or congestion if such social functions are held in these farmhouses,” said sources in the UD Ministry.
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Will water, power let the city of skyscrapers down?
Moushumi Das Gupta
New Delhi

THE TRADER-friendly Master Plan 2021 has not only provided blanket regularization to existing commercial activities in the city but has also paved the way for further spurt in such activities in the future. But the plan has remained silent on how the existing civic amenities will be augmented to meet the growing commercial requirement in the city. Present Scenario Even now a stark gap exists — of about 320 million gallons per day (MGD) water — between demand and supply of drinking water requirement in the Capital. Here are the figures: At present while the demand for potable water in the Capital is 990 MGD, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) supplies only 670 MGD. On the power front, while the demand has been hovering at 4,000 MW, the supply from Delhi’s own generating plants is just 1,200 MW. Projections in Master Plan 2021 The Master Plan has projected that by 2021 the Capital’s drinking water requirement would be 1,380 MGD. But according to figures made available by the DJB, the agency would be in a position to provide treated water to the capacity of 941 MGD by the year 2021. Besides, Delhi power requirement by 2021 has been projected at 11,000 MW. Is it adequate?

The projections for water has been made to cater to a population of 231 lakh. A senior DJB official said, “To start with the city is already facing a shortage of 439 MGD. And with further commercialization this figure will only go up. But nobody is saying where will the additional water come from.” Proposals in Master Plan DDA officials said that Master Plan 2021 has proposed a slew of measures that can help Delhi meet its drinking water supply. These include expediting the construction of dams like Renuka in Himachal Pradesh, Kishau and Lakhwar Vyasi in Uttaranchal, augmenting the existing water treatment plants (WTPs) and setting up new WTPs at Dwarka, Bawana and Okhla.

But planners said that most of the proposals made in the Master Plan have failed to see the light of the day. “The proposals to construct Kishau and Lakhwar Vyasi dams was there in the second Master Plan (1981-2001) which was notified in August 1990. The same proposals have been made in Master Plan-2021 also. All these proposals have remained only on paper,” said a planner involved in the making of the 2001 Master Plan.

Even on the power front, proposals have been made to augment the city’s power generation to 10,000 MW by 2010 itself.

“There is a need to rev up the infrastructure to compliment the growth (both in housing and commercial sector) proposed in the Master Plan 2021. Without adequate sustaining infrastructure all the developments will come to a naught,” said AGK Menon, noted urban planner.
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Now there’s space for everyone
Vibha Sharma and Sidhartha Roy
New Delhi

THE VEHICULAR mass in Delhi far exceeds the combined motor vehicle density of three metros, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai. Ap proximately 4.5 million motor vehicles ply on the city's roads, says P.K. Sarkar, a professor and traffic expert at the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA). Quite a miserable condition since the city does not have enough parking bays to accommodate these vehicles. But things are set to change for the better. The Master Plan 2021 promises to make daily driving an easy park-and-ride affair. After all, liberal building bylaws, commercialisation and mixed land use policies will only add to the city's traffic density.


Easy come, easy go

The Master Plan has devoted a special chapter to parking problems. Besides creating park-and-ride facilities, the Master Plan has concentrated on multi-level parking lots.

Twenty-four sites have been identified by the DDA, the MCD and the NDMC for multi-level parking lots. On a case-to-case basis, developers are likely to be given certain concessions in terms of maximum ground coverage, floor area ratio, height and setbacks. The minimum plot size for multi-level parking lots has been specified as 1,000 square meters. But smaller plots may also be cleared, if they are found to be technically feasible.

There is also a renewed emphasis on strengthening the public transport system.


Are multi-level parking lots worth it?

Multi-level parking lots are an expensive affair. Chairman of the Environment Pollution Control Authority Bhure Lal feels that private cars are a personal luxury, and therefore, public money should not be used for funding the construction of multi-level parking lots. SPA Prof. Sarkar argues that the planners have not carried out any scientific analysis of the demand and supply. "Today, there is no restriction on the number of vehicles one can buy. Every earning member in a family owns a separate car, and they all blame the civic authorities for not providing enough parking facilities.” The Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) recently carried out a study for multi-level parking lots in nine areas - Lajpat Nagar, Nehru Place, Karol Bagh, Chandni Chowk, Sadar Bazaar, Kamla Nagar, Krishna Nagar, Ajmeri Gate and Darya Ganj. CRRI found that the demand for parking space far exceeds the availability. In Lajpat Nagar, for example, parking space is available for only 1,598 vehicles while the demand is for 2,604 vehicles. It was a similar story at Karol Bagh, Darya Ganj, Krishna Nagar and other areas. The study says the demand would far outstrip the supply by 2010.


High parking fee

The Master Plan offers no permanent solutions to the ever-increasing demand for parking space. Though it suggests that registration of new vehicles be made in accordance with the availability of parking facilities, the rule is not binding. "Before purchasing a new vehicle, people should inform the authorities whether or not they have adequate parking space. There should be strict enforcement of laws in such cases. Otherwise, there can be no control over the growth of vehicular population," said Sarkar. "In foreign countries, authorities discourage people from using private vehicles by offering them better transportation models," he said. But then, there are many takers for multi-level parking lots.

Experts suggest that funds for multi-level parking lots should be raised from the private sector or personal vehicle users. As for now, the Master Plan proposes that developers should be allowed to use 25 per cent of the gross floor area as commercial space to build multi-level parking lots. But that too is a costly proposition.

"The parking fee would be very high once the developer hands over the site back to the civic agencies," said a senior MCD officer. Even CRRI suggests that the parking fee for convenient spots (near roads) should be on the higher side.

vibha@hindustantimes.com, sidhartha.roy@hindustantimes.com
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Neat! :righton:

Note: the rendering above is an "artist's impression" -- it is not (I don't think) a rendering of the skyline planned... right? We have to wait for more details

Yeah,has to be an artist's impression..

i do not know what's with our obsession with building huge skyscrapers...... i can almost hear freud laughing out loud in his grave...............
i feel it is perfectly possible to have a beautiful city without skyscrapers( st petersburg and tokyo)..........
delhi and the other indian cities have the potential to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world........so i feel we should be planning more on the lines of boulevards, squares, parks and stuff .....and not just join the highrise bandwagon

Skyscrapers unleashed

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Yes it is just an impression. Plus in India some journalists and government officials think that a 12 storey building is a skyscraper.

i do not know what's with our obsession with building huge skyscrapers...... i can almost hear freud laughing out loud in his grave...............
i feel it is perfectly possible to have a beautiful city without skyscrapers( st petersburg and tokyo)..........
delhi and the other indian cities have the potential to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world........so i feel we should be planning more on the lines of boulevards, squares, parks and stuff .....and not just join the highrise bandwagon

I don't think it is an obssession. Most Indian planners wanted lowrise sprawls. But then highrise buildings are becoming a necessity. We are a billion people with little land to spare for housing and commercial needs. Look at all the agitations against land aquisition. So I don't think there is much choice than better manage what land is already available.

Great thread Jai - ive been waiting for this kinda detail ever since I heard of the masterplan :) Delhi just got very intersting.

i do not know what's with our obsession with building huge skyscrapers...... i can almost hear freud laughing out loud in his grave...............
i feel it is perfectly possible to have a beautiful city without skyscrapers( st petersburg and tokyo)..........
delhi and the other indian cities have the potential to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world........so i feel we should be planning more on the lines of boulevards, squares, parks and stuff .....and not just join the highrise bandwagon

We have 140 million people destined to migrate into cities in the next decades - do you seriously think space can be achieved without highrises? Also some would say a highrise city is more appealing than a flat one. Thats how I feel - having highrises would create space for your boulevards and parks.

I don't think it is an obssession. Most Indian planners wanted lowrise sprawls. But then highrise buildings are becoming a necessity. We are a billion people with little land to spare for housing and commercial needs. Look at all the agitations against land aquisition. So I don't think there is much choice than better manage what land is already available.

i know that the inevitable space crunch will lead to high rises...but what i wanted to put forward was that they are not the defining benchmarks of the city's aesthetic image

i do not know what's with our obsession with building huge skyscrapers...... i can almost hear freud laughing out loud in his grave...............
i feel it is perfectly possible to have a beautiful city without skyscrapers( st petersburg and tokyo)..........
delhi and the other indian cities have the potential to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world........so i feel we should be planning more on the lines of boulevards, squares, parks and stuff .....and not just join the highrise bandwagon
There's nothing aesthetically wrong with highrises; necessity aside, it's the defining pinnacle of a modern metropolis. Bluntly put, it's only freudian to perverts or the dishonest trying to make something out of nothing (i.e. towering, random skyscraper in a lowrise sprawl.) Seeing the beauty reaching towards the heavens isn't sexual beauty, isn't some visceral erection, but is as natural as being awed by the mountains or trees. Are these freudian images as well? I damn well ain't going to boink a redwood anytime soon, nor find forests a sign of a particularly verdant earth.

Indian architecture is defined by the emulation of the Himalayas. It is in our culture to build towers. There is no reason except a backwards dragging fear of development (of those who cherish the notion of 'our especial poverty' as Naipaul put it) and romanticization of the squalid that bring knee-jerk anti-skyscraper fears. It's not bandwagoning when the band is good and the wagon is spontanious.

Toyko is a good looking city on the street level. Ugly as freud himself from above. The street life in India ain't going away soon. With a highrise/skyscraper CBD crown, ideally sensitive to traditional architecture, the future Indian city can win the best of both worlds... bridging India's architectural past with its future

There's nothing aesthetically wrong with highrises; necessity aside, it's the defining pinnacle of a modern metropolis. Bluntly put, it's only freudian to perverts or the dishonest or who are trying to make something out of nothing (i.e. towering, random skyscraper in a lowrise sprawl.) Beauty reaching towards the heavens isn't sexual beauty, but is as natural as being awed by the mountains or trees. Are these freudian images?

Indian architecture is defined by the emulation of the Himalayas. It is in our culture to build towers. There is no reason except a backwards dragging fear of development (of those who cherish the romanticized of 'our especial poverty' as Naipaul put it) and romanticization of the squalid that bring knee-jerk anti-skyscraper fears. It's not bandwagoning when the band is good and the wagon is spontanious.

Toyko is a good looking city on the street level. Ugly as freud himself from above. The street life in India ain't going away soon. With a highrise/skyscraper CBD crown, ideally sensitive to traditional architecture, the future Indian city can win the best of both worlds... bridging India's architectural past with its future

Yeh, skyscrapers are the defining feature of developed civilization. I do hope though, that these towers will be more innovative and uniquely Indian than the sand-coloured boxes that pass for residential buildings around the country. I.E. looking at a tower in Tokyo that emulates the Japanese Torii, and wondering where India's own Torana shaped towers are :)

They should make an effort to plant more trees, not just in the park areas, but elsewhere too. I'm glad that aesthetics are finally coming into play as well. Lets hope the reality will match expectations.

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SAFE HEIGHTS - Reach for the skies, but get quake-smart MASTER PLAN 2021
Moushumi Das Gupta
New Delhi

WITH THE new Master Plan ridding Delhi of a height freeze, seismolo- gists and structural-safety engineers have warned that utmost care will have to be taken to ensure that the proposed skyscrapers do not become life-threatening during an earthquake. The concern is not unwarranted since Delhi falls in Seismic Zone IV and is vulnerable to high-intensity earthquakes.

With no regulatory body in place to ensure strict compliance of structural safety norms, experts say builders are consistently flouting norms and in the process endangering the lives of many.

D.K. Paul, head, Earthquake Engineering Department, IIT Roorkee, says, “A microzonation study has revealed that buildings in the Capital — especially private buildings in the Trans-Yamuna and Walled City areas — will suffer maxi- mum damage during an earthquake.

This is mainly because structuralsafety norms have been openly flouted in the case of non-engineering constructions." Paul, who is also the chairman of the Microzonation Committee, says high-rises can come up even in high-seismic zones, but developers must ensure that constructions are structurally sound.

Clearly, it is critical that proper regulation is in place to make structural engineers accountable for the buildings they design. Professor A.S. Arya, national seismic adviser to the Government of India, says “both implementation of structural-safety norms and their enforcement are a problem at the moment”.

The existing building by-laws of 1983 do not have a clause that can ensure accountability of architects and structural engineers involved in planning buildings, says Arya.

He adds that detailed guidelines of all standard building codes must be in place and followed by structural engineers to ensure safety.
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Sports in the city: Master Plan is game for it
Aruna P Sharma/ Moushumi Das Gupta
New Delhi

THE MASTER Plan of Delhi 2021 (MPD) not only proposes large-scale regularisation and vertical growth of the city but also speaks about making the city sports- and people-friendly.

MPD has proposed norms and space standards for sports facilities at the neighbourhood and the city level for all age groups. These facilities are to be made accessible by a network of pedestrian and cycle tracks. All existing sports facilities are to be upgraded. The aim is to promote sports activities as an important part of physical and social development.

The plan also proposes a women’s hostel, an old-age home and a geriatric centre for every 1 lakh inhabitants. It is projected that the gender composition will shift significantly to a greater parity of numbers between males and females by the year 2021.

Senior citizens recreation room will be free of FAR (Floor Area Ratio) and as an incentive higher FAR will be provided to the group housing complex having a recreational room, creche, library and reading room.

The population of children in the city (up to 14 years of age) is projected to go up to 49.9 lakh (21.7%) by the year 2021. The plan has prescribed anganbaris, creches, schools for the mentally and physically challenged and night shelters besides regular educational, recreational and health facilities.

MPD also aims at making the city inclusive, implying that paths and pave ments will have to be slip-free, have kerb cuts for wheelchairs and guide blocks for the visually impaired.

There is also a specific plan for street vendors, non-formal trade sector and service providers. What about quake-risk areas?

The microzonation study carried out in the Capital had revealed that in case of a high-intensity earthquake in Delhi, areas which are near the Ridge would suffer the least damage because of the presence of rocks, while Trans Yamuna areas would be the worst affected because of the presence of soft soil.

Walled City is another area which will be badly hit.

The reason — presence of a large number of old buildings in the area which have come up without any engineering considerations. “If the intensity of earthquake is high and the area’s vulnerability is high the damage caused will automatically spiral,” said D.K. Paul, HOD, Earthquake Engineering department, IIT Roorkee.

He added, “We are finalizing the microzonation map of Delhi right now. Once it is completed, we can chalk out strategies which needs to be implemented to make the buildings safer.” Once the microzonation of the Capital is complete it will come in handy for civic agencies. “With information like which areas in the Capital are highly prone to earthquakes civic agencies will be better prepared to minimise damage and effortlessly carry out rescue operations,” said Paul.
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^^ Cool tower.....and awesome work there drwho!

:cheers:

Looks like it is progressing well.

The quake=proffing of buildings in India has always worried me - good that its being stressed.

Delhi Master Plan 2021 ends DDA`s monoploy (http://www.business-standard.com/economy/storypage.php?tab=r&autono=274080&subLeft=1&leftnm=3)

By notifying the 2021 Master Plan for Delhi yesterday, the Union Cabinet has in effect ended the Delhi Development Authority’s monopoly of land acquisition as well as development of housing stock.

The new plan envisages private sector participation for land acquisition and housing in the capital. For creation of new housing, approximately 20,000 hectares, or 13. 3 per cent of land in Delhi, will be unlocked.

“DDA used to function as a regulator, planner as well as a promoter. It will now be just a planning body,” said a government official.

Official sources added the master plan has ended all controversy leading to regularisation of farmhouses. “You can no longer buy a brand new farm house. You can buy one from the owner of an existing one," said a source.

The criterion for a farm house has been reduced from 1.5 acres to one acre and the cut off date for recognising a farmhouse is 1990.

In addition to this, the master plan envisages a green belt at the city’s periphery. The total estimated area of the green belt is 11,000 hectares.

While the Union Cabinet approved the guidelines for the regularisation of 1,500 unauthorised colonies in Delhi—that have come up on government land as well as private agricultural land—it did not take any decision to regularise colonies inhabited by “affluent sections of society, like, Sainak Farms”.

“The (Cabinet) approval would result in the regularisation of over 1500 unauthorised colonies that houses more than 30 lakh people. We are to approach the High Court with the revised plan for final clearance,” S Jaipal Reddy, minister for Urban Development said.

The regularisation of unauthorised colonies on government land would entail a payment for the cost of the land as determined by the DDA as well as a penalty. In cases of colonies belonging to categories E. F and G, the Union cabinet has approved a rebate on the cost of the land.

On private land, there is no proposal to charge for the land, but one would have to make payment of development charges as determined by the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.

This is really good.

Vertical growth to come with incentives
HT Epaper
09 February, 2007

THE MASTER Plan for the first time has introduced the concept of ‘incentivised redevelopment’ where the permission to construct extra floors becomes the incentive for residents to voluntarily opt for redevelopment. Through this system, the Master Plan aims to set in motion the urban renewal of the city especially in old, dilapidated and unplanned areas.

Minister of State for Urban Development Ajay Maken said that the minimum plot requirement for incentivised redevelopment is 3000 square metres that will have to be in sync with the overall area of four hectares. This will ensure that the development around heritage zones and historic buildings and monuments is sympathetic to the heritage near it— manmade as well as natural.

“In a democracy, incentivised redevelopment is the only way to renew the city. We would not like to coerce people. They can opt for it voluntarily if they are able to gather together and garner an aggregate of 3,000 sq m at least,” Maken said.

He said that redevelopment would not be encouraged in planned colonies that have reasonably good infrastructure. Rather it will provide an opportunity for unauthorised regularised colonies, villages and old dilapidated colonies to redevelop into good group housing complexes. Even the old government colonies that have a very low density of population and are outside the Lutyens Bungalow Zone can opt for redevelopment through collaboration, Maken said.
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I hope a variety of "experts" from left, right and centre have been consulted for this plan. The government needs to publish the names of all those who are involved so that if any debates arise, they are around to defend their decisions. India has no dearth of unnamed "experts" who play shadow boxing through the media when they think they were not consulted.

A bit of an old news before the master plan was notified...


The "experts" are out..

Experts voice their concerns over Master Plan for Delhi
http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/05/stories/2007020520950300.htm

NEW DELHI: Though the Master Plan for Delhi-2021 is likely to be notified in the next couple of days, town planners and environmentalists here feel that so far as betterment of the city is concerned it would not make much of a difference.

Hazards Centre director Dunu Roy, who through his organisation and other fora has been advocating a more scientific approach to town planning based on ground realities, says the MPD is more an instrument to circumvent the decision of the court on unauthorised constructions and sealing. "Therefore, whether the MPD is notified or not, the problems of the people will only continue to grow. Past experiences indicates that as and when needed the authorities will pass another notification to bring in changes that would suit their interests," says Mr. Roy.

Mr. Roy, however, added that the fight against such faulty town planning and the involvement of vested interests would continue through various fora. "Things will change when problems begin mounting," he says. Various other experts have been voicing their concerns over MPD-2021 becoming an instrument in the hands of the land mafia to exploit the situation to their benefit and creating a complete mess of the city.

What has baffled experts is that while the suggestions sent to the Centre by the Delhi Government, following a special session of the Delhi Assembly, and those sent by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) Board have been included in the draft MPD, the Union Urban Development Ministry has just not paid heed to any of their suggestions. This has made the experts even more suspicious of the MPD thatostensibly tries to provide for a city 20 years from now.


The first attempts to stall failed..

HC refuses to hear PIL on Delhi's Master Plan
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/India/HC_refuses_to_hear_PIL_on_Delhis_Master_Plan/articleshow/1573406.cms

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a petition challenging the Master Plan for Delhi 2021 saying the same has yet not been notified.

"We cannot pass any order on the Master Plan, which is yet to be notified as it would amount to pre-judging an issue," a Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice M K Sharma and Justice Sanjiv Khanna, said.

The Bench was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging that the Centre has no power to formulate and notify a master plan for regulating the capital's development.

The court, while refusing to hear the PIL said, "let the Master Plan come into existence, then we will hear illegalities, if any, involved into it."

The Centre on Tuesday approved the Master Plan for Delhi with the Union Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy putting his signature on the draft.

But now..

MPD-2021 under judicial scanner

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1922994,000600010001.htm

Traders rejoicing over the concessions given in the Master Plan Delhi-2021 please hold on. The new Master Plan would come up for judicial scrutiny before the Supreme Court on Monday.

A Bench headed by Justice Arijit Pasayat on Thursday stayed sealing operations in the capital till February 12 when it would examine the new Master Plan notified by the Centre last night.

The court has already asked the Centre to furnish all the documents that went into the making of MPD-2021.

The court would hear the views of Solicitor General GE Vahanvati, Amicus Curiae Ranjit Kumar, MCD counsel Sanjiv Sen and other parties concerned on Monday to decide the fate of the new Master Plan.

Rejecting the Centre's plea to extend the January 31 deadline for filing of affidavits by traders putting residential premises to commercial use, the court had on February two asked the Government to place before it the background papers, documents and various committee reports that led to the framing of MPD-2021.

The Bench had said it would examine the Master Plan and its impact along with the Monitoring Committee reports.
On Thursday, Kumar requested the court to consider Monitoring Committee's Report No.28, in which it is understood to have complained that the MCD was not complying with its direction to carry out sealing on the 2,183 notified roads.

The court said that the MCD's plea to defer sealing operations was also there and all these matters would be considered later.

Defying the Monitoring Committee's directions on sealing, the MCD on had Wednesday moved the court to defer sealing operations in view of the new Master Plan that allowed liberal land use.

However, the Court clarified that it would first examine the Master Plan and the petitions and applications would be taken up on February 20.

The Committee on Tuesday directed the MCD to resume sealing against those residential premises put to commercial use along the 2,183 roads notified for mixed land use under the September 7 and 15, 2006 notifications.

Owners of these premises had undertaken to close down their shops by June 30, 2006 but failed to keep the promise.

There are about 6,700 such establishments whose owners were given another opportunity in November last to shut down but out of the 25,000 only 18,643 complied with.

The Monitoring Committee is of the view that the traders, who have once undertook to close down their shops, enjoy no relief under the amended MPD-2001 or even MPD-2021.

The Court had asked all traders along the 2,183 roads to submit affidavits by January 31 that they would close down their shops if the September notifications were declared illegal. Only 50 per cent of them have filed the affidavits.

This is indeed a big step for Delhi...

Capital loses the plot: No houses, only flats
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=221364

Delhiites wanting a new home in the city will be able to buy only flats from now on as the Masterplan has done away with house plots.

"Plotted development will no longer be allowed in the city. Instead, the emphasis will shift to group housing. No one in the city will now get an exclusive plot of land," Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy said today.

However, buyers wanting bungalows will be able to buy existing houses in areas like Vasant Vihar or Greater Kailash. “With the population set to increase, Delhi no longer has the luxury of plotted development,” Minister of State Ajay Maken explained. “Only multi-storeyed flats will be allowed in the areas where vacant land exists".

Stating that the Delhi Development Authority will stop the practice of auctioning individual residential plots, he added that land will either be provided to group housing societies or individual plots will be pooled and handed over to builders.

About 58,000 hectares are left in Delhi for development. Out of this, 11,000 hectares has been earmarked for a “Green belt” at a depth of one periphery village around the city. While 20,000 hectares has been set aside for developing infrastructure, the remaining 27,000 hectares will be developed as urban extensions with commercial areas and multi-storeyed flats.

“Our past experience of plotted development in Delhi has been very poor. The maximum amount of unauthorised construction has taken place on plots," claimed Maken.

The Delhi Master Plan 2021, that was notified on Thursday, seems to have run into trouble with Capital’s Residents Welfare Associations.

Various RWAs on Friday approached the Supreme Court challenging the government notification for permitting commercial activities from residential areas in Delhi.

The Delhi Pradesh Citizen Council (DPCC) has petitioned the apex court alleging that the Master Plan has been introduced solely with the intention of upsetting the orders and directions of the Supreme Court which cannot be permitted.

According to DPCC, the Master Plan gives a “free hand to the traders and land mafia to hold the entire city to ransom.”

The notification, dated February 7, 2007, brought in by the government has also made a provision for the regularisation of over 1,400 illegal and unauthorised colonies spread all over the Capital besides permitting the construction of additional floor by raising the permissible height a building in the city from 11m to 15m.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/delhi-master-plan-runs-into-trouble/top/33151-3.html

This is indeed a big step for Delhi...

Capital loses the plot: No houses, only flats
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=221364




i actually thought this was done a long time ago in Delhi. but i guess not. this, i hope is done in every other major city. especially in Hyd, this is a major problem, acres and acres of land are bought and kept in cold storage with no construction, especially in the newly coming up areas like Shamshabad, Gachibowli, etc etc (these are areas near HIAL and several SEZs). and also, keeping in view the huge populaition of India and the ever expanding Indian cities, i totally support the idea of buying only flats and no plots.

any one knows the max fsi allowed in delhi?

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Pre-poll sops: slum dwellers to be given multi-storeyed flats (http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1931319,000600010001.htm)
Amitabh Shukla

New Delhi, February 18, 2007

With the MCD elections set to be notified anytime now, the Delhi government has gone on a populist drive to woo the voters with inaugurations and laying foundation stones of several projects.

In the latest pre-poll sops, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Saturday promised that the slum dwellers would be resettled in multi-storeyed flats in outer Delhi.

The promise includes providing new flats to 20,000 families in the slum clusters of the city. These flats would cost Rs 1.5 lakh and the beneficiary would pay only a nominal amount while the rest being paid by the state government and the land owning agency on which the slums are located.

Development Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan, who accompanied Dikshit to inspect the site for rehabilitation, however said the decision was taken long ago. “This is not connected with the elections as we have taken a policy decision to rehabilitate slum dwellers in multi storied apartments much earlier,” he said.

Before the model code of conduct for the elections is enforced, the state government has already gone on a inauguration and foundation laying spree. After the elections are notified, the government would be restrained from announcing any new project, or go for inaugurations or foundation laying stones.

The recent inaugurations include the Moolchand underpass, road on the disused canal to connect Karkardooma with the Marginal Bund pushta road, new wards in Sanjay Gandhi and LNJP. The foundation stone included that of a new patient block in GTB hospital, east Delhi.

The projects for which foundation stones are expected to be laid before the polls include the Shastri Park underpass, Mangolpuri flyover, flyover at Raja Ram Kohli Marg, Shastri Park - Pushta road junction flyover, Munirka flyover, Flyover on Outer Ring Road at Rao Tula Ram Marg, ISBT Anand Vihar and Gazipur flyover etc.

Urban Development and PWD minister AK Walia said the spadework for all these projects has been done and construction would commence soon after the foundation stone laying ceremony.

“We have started a reverse clock system wherein the dates for inauguration and completion of the projects would be strictly monitored,” said Walia.

Email Amitabh Shukla: ashukla@hindustantimes.com

What is the civic centre??? What is its function?

Sorry to be ignorant.

Thanks.

Delhi Master Plan to boost co-op housing (http://business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?autono=275487&leftnm=3&subLeft=0&chkFlg=)

Farmhouse owners in the capital are set to reap a huge bounty, with the Master Plan for Delhi allowing the development of group housing societies on such land. This is the first time that such a thing is being done.

This will unlock a lot of land for residential purposes and help apartments to come up in prime South and West Delhi areas like Chattarpur, Bijwasan and Najafgarh.

“We will allow group housing societies on existing farmhouses. A policy will soon be finalised to fix the minimum area for such projects,” Ajay Maken, minister of state for urban development, said.

The draft masterplan had initially permitted group housing on a minimum area of 25 acres. This decision was taken so that Indian builders would be able to attract foreign direct investment for these projects. In 2005, the government had permitted 100 per cent FDI in projects spread over 25 acres.

One important implication of this move is that farmhouse prices will start moving north. Farmhouses in Delhi are strategically located and industry experts say builders will envisage luxurious apartments in these areas, thus allowing sellers to quote hefty sums.

The catch is, builders will require a certain minimum contiguous area and might therefore have to approach more than just one or two farmhouse owners.

Maken also made it clear that no new farmhouses would be permitted in these areas. The cut-off date for recognising farmhouses in these localities is 1990 and the minimum area has been reduced from 1.5 acre to 1 acre.

This move will also play an important role in escalating prices of farmhouses.

"People can now buy only existing farmhouses, and not brand new ones in these areas. Therefore, buyers will have to pay a premium," said a real estate broker.

Continued from the previous thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=196485)

Uniworld City, Greater Noida
http://www.unitechgroup.com/projects/residential/noida/uniworldcity/index.shtml

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Uniworld City, Greater Noida
http://www.unitechgroup.com/projects/residential/noida/uniworldcity/index.shtml

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Awesome:cheers: Looks about the same size as that of Rajarhat.

How tall are those buildings? I counted 25F on the bottom-left pic and 24F in one building on the bottom right, however the one on the bottom right was partially obscured by a tree and just might be up to 30F.

How tall are those buildings? I counted 25F on the bottom-left pic and 24F in one building on the bottom right, however the one on the bottom right was partially obscured by a tree and just might be up to 30F.

Looks like 24-28 floors...

Omaxe Hills, Faridabad

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Omaxe Forest, Faridabad

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nice renders......both of them......!!!!

why don't such projects come up in other parts of the country. currently, only NCR, Mumbai, and then Kolkata seem to have such quality apartment space. the rest of the cities are just going as horizontal as possible. this is especially true in the case of Hyd...there are more and more independent plots springing up all over the cities borders. with such expansion, even Shamshabad will come under inner city limits by 2025.

Cross posting here for future reference's sake

Four cities will appear on the Indian map
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/4485/270320070010100111mn9.jpgForeign funds will pump in Rs2 lakh crore to create the ultra-chic cities

DNA India Epaper
27 Mar, 2007

On Republic Day this year, Macquarie Bank, Australia’s largest securities firm, announced that it will invest $25 billion along with three partners to create an ultramodern integrated township on 65,000 acres in Andhra Pradesh, just 170km off Bangalore.

Four weeks later, Tishman Speyer Properties LP, which owns New York’s famous Rockefeller Centre and Frankfurt’s MesseTurm, said it, along with ICICI Bank and Nagarjuna Construction Co, will build a $2 billion residential and commercial township for 30,000 people, spread over 400 acres near Hyderabad.

On Monday, or exactly another four weeks after the Tishman announcement, Al Nakheel LLC, an international property development firm owned by the Dubai government said it will, along with DLF Ltd, build two ‘Manhattans’ :cheers: near Mumbai and Gurgaon, spread over 20,000 acres each.

Each city will cost about $10 billion or Rs43,300 crore to construct, with the first phase, expected to be completed by 2010, seeing the partners investing $5 billion apiece.

In all, $47 billion or Rs203,000 crore of private money will be invested over the next couple of years to create four ultra modern cities from ground up.

The cities near Mumbai and Gurgaon will be three times as large as New York’s Manhattan Island, DLF said.

All the four cities will be world-class and self-contained, with wide, international-quality roads, telecom networks, educational institutions, industrial clusters, hospitals and amusement parks.


Cities near Mumbai, Delhi
Located on the outskirts of Mumbai and in Gurgaon, Haryana, spread across 20,000 acres each Investment of $10 billion in the first phase
Investor: Limitless LLC, a Dubai government firm, and DLF Ltd

Science city near Bangalore
About 400km from Hyderabad and 150km from Bangalore Investment of $25 bn, spread across 65,000 acres, over 10 years
Investors: Macquarie Bank, Australia, and Singapore’s Jurong Corp and Semb Corp

Mini city near Hyderabad
A 400 acre commercial and residential development on the outskirts of Charminar city Will house 30,000 people, shops, and cultural amenities
Investors: Tishman Speyer, ICICI Bank, Nagarjuna Construction Growth to boost need for homes Foreign funds are moving into real estate because the 9-10 per cent economic growth foreseen will explode demand for homes, commercial space.

House prices in Mumbai, Delhi, and Bangalore have more than tripled since 2004
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Tax sops prompt hotel majors to set shop in NCR (http://business-standard.com/compindustry/storypage.php?tab=r&autono=280202&subLeft=1&leftnm=1)

Taking advantage of the tax holiday granted to hotels in the National Capital Region (NCR) in Budget 2007-08, three hotel groups - The Carlson Hotels Asia Pacific, The Marriott International and the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) are planning to build hotels in the NCR.

Carlson Hotels has signed management and franchisee contracts for three of its brands— Radisson Hotels and Resorts, Country Inns and Suites and Park Plaza. Radisson Hotels and Resorts would be of 300 room capacity. Country Inns and Suites will be over 200 rooms and Park Plaza will be over a 100-room property.

“InterContinental is building Crowne Plaza — their upscale hotel brand and Marriott will be building, Marriott Hotel,” said a source close to the development.

In view of the extensive shortage of rooms for tourists whose number is growing by the day, a tax holiday was proposed for the two, three and four-star category hotels only in the NCR in view of Commonwealth Games 2010.

Against an estimated requirement of 150,000 additional rooms all over the country, a little over 53,000 can be made by 2011 given the proposed investments, according to a recent study by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

Is there any plan for seeting up a world class cricket stadium in NCR? We lack that!!

Taking advantage of the tax holiday granted to hotels in the National Capital Region (NCR) in Budget 2007-08, three hotel groups - The Carlson Hotels Asia Pacific, The Marriott International and the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) are planning to build hotels in the NCR.

Carlson Hotels has signed management and franchisee contracts for three of its brands— Radisson Hotels and Resorts, Country Inns and Suites and Park Plaza. Radisson Hotels and Resorts would be of 300 room capacity. Country Inns and Suites will be over 200 rooms and Park Plaza will be over a 100-room property.

“InterContinental is building Crowne Plaza — their upscale hotel brand and Marriott will be building, Marriott Hotel,” said a source close to the development.

In view of the extensive shortage of rooms for tourists whose number is growing by the day, a tax holiday was proposed for the two, three and four-star category hotels only in the NCR in view of Commonwealth Games 2010.

Against an estimated requirement of 150,000 additional rooms all over the country, a little over 53,000 can be made by 2011 given the proposed investments, according to a recent study by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

There will be a shortage of hotels prior to the Commonwealth Games if more hotels are not built and larger hotels as well with 500-1000 rooms is more appropriate considering the number of tourists/business people visiting India as well. 200-300 rooms is a start but I dont think this is enough for a large city like Delhi.

I agree. planning hotels with 200 rooms when you know the demand is for a 1000 is really disappointing. I doubt Delhi will be able to solve the hotel room problem, because most of these new projects are in the exorbitant class.

The same with Ginger Hotels. everyone raves about them, but they need to think bigger than a 100 and 200 rooms.

Thanks Kronik for agreeing.

500 rooms should be the norm considering also that the country has over 1Bn people + growing number of foreign visitors, business people and increasing domestic tourists.

India should stop thinking small and think BIG instead. Only then will supply match the demand and bring prices down as the hotels are charging premium rates at the top end of the sector as they take advantage of the situation.

Also the amount of jobs generated in this sector (direct and indirectly) would benefit the economy on another level.

Being a large capital city with over 13 million people, does Delhi have hotels with 500+ room capacity?

Not really a development but rather an impediment to development. Read all about it. This is from ePaper of The Tabloid, so no link.

Autos in the way, lane driving distant dream
Megha Suri | TNN

‘Lane driving is safe driving’, reads the traffic rule book. But how can one drive in the right lane and stick to it if the car is stuck behind an autorickshaw that runs at 20 kmph and refuses to budge despite repeated honking, even in the fast lane. Worse still when there is a phalanx of autos blocking your way.

‘‘This is a common complaint — autos often occupy all the lanes, trying to overtake each other, and refuse to give way. This can be really exasperating and the driver will then try to manouevre his way through and break free. How can lane driving happen then,’’ asks Satyajit Basu, a resident of Chittaranjan Park. ‘‘The traffic police should first ensure that the autos don’t enter the fast lane.’’

Amit Anand, an entrepreneur, agrees. ‘‘Though sometimes cars too are a culprit — many Delhiites are not familiar with road rules and make giving way a prestige issue — most atleast speed up when you honk. Autos and goods carriers are absolutely defiant.’’

With the high court asking traffic police to enforce lane driving in its recent order, people have been left wondering how this can happen without the autos being reined in.

Geetam Tiwari of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)’s Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Program (TRIPP) has a different take. ‘‘Such orders have no meaning in mixed traffic conditions such as ours, more so when each lane is just 3.5 mts in width. The traffic police should just look out for people who weave through traffic and put their lives and those of others at risk.’’

Due to paucity of space, IIT has been forced to put autos in the same space as cars and twowheelers in the new high capacity bus corridor designed by it between Ambedkar Nagar and Delhi Gate. Physically segregated lanes have been provided for buses and pedestrians and cyclists. Tiwari says this is because cars and autos are all supposed to move at around the same speed.

Eh? if it's a surface arterial shouldnt cars move at 60-70km/h? IMO, it's time to restrict autos to bus lanes.

if the autos are moved to the bus lanes, they'll completely take over and choke the lane.

Apart from the fact that the authorities actually need to start being tough on the autos to follow rules, the Metro and the BRTS will take some of them off the road.

oops, ur right. Why not restrict their movements to secondary roads and the old city? This may cause a lot of public uproar, but keep in mind that Delhi has a large taxi fleet. In addition, a retraining program should be started to retrain redundant auto drivers to drive cars so they can operate taxis.

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Maruti Bharti HQ Office Design Proposal, Vasant Kunj(?), Delhi
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Designed by SAA Architects, Singapore.

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This is part of what was in the Indian Express Delhi Newsline. It would be great if someone could post the piece from the epaper.

MUSEUMS, UNDERPASSES... LUTYENS’ AVENUE TO BE THE SHOWCASE PUBLIC SPACE OF CAPITAL

A kingly plan for Rajpath
Pratul Sharma

New Delhi, April 22: SEVENTY-FIVE years after Sir Edwin Lutyens built his grandest avenue - from Rastrapati Bhawan to India Gate — for the Imperial capital of Britain, the government is considering developing it solely as a “public space”. The entire stretch of Rajpath will be made into a vehicle-free zone. Its magnificent buildings — Baroda House, Bikaner House and Patiala House - will be turned into museums. And a non-polluting transport system like Light Rail Transit will connect all these facilities — making it the largest-ever recreational space in the heart of the Capital.

That sounds cool! ^^

More info. needed thou.

IT, Reliance SEZ along Noida Expressway (http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=233097)


NOIDA, April 23: NOIDA’S Special Economic Zone (SEZ) dream is set to become a reality. The Centre’s revised norms on SEZs have paved the way for the region’s biggest Information Technology SEZ and a multi-product SEZ of the Reliance Group along the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway.

Senior Noida Development Authority officials say that land has been allotted to nine IT companies and the Reliance Group for the SEZ Project, and with these allotments falling under the legal preview of the Centre’s recently revised policy, the SEZs will be registered soon after UP’s model code of conduct ends next month.

“The land has been allotted and the companies concerned are now making payments in installments. We have already earned Rs 90 crore in the last financial year from the SEZs. The IT SEZ alone is expected to generate over 20,000 new jobs here and will cater exclusively to the development of IT infrastructure,” a top Noida Development Authority official says. The Centre’s policy puts a cap on maximum land allotment for SEZs at 5,000 acres and says any land acquired in the future has to be at commercial rates. “Our SEZs fall within the rules as the maximum allotment to a single SEZ is 2,500 acres. All land that has been allotted was acquired earlier at government rates of Rs 500 per sq mt. In future, land will be acquired at commercial rates,” say senior officials here.

The nine IT companies, who have been allotted 25-acre plots each on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway in sectors 143 and 144, are Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Limited, Hindustan Dorr-Oliver Limited, IVRCL Infrastructures and Project Limited, Unitech Hi-tech Project Private Limited, Logix Techno Park, DLF Commercial Developers Limited, Prakash Industries Limited, Aachman Limited and Century Avenues Private Limited. BPOs, Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPOs) and software development will be the three main areas of business here, officials add.

A consortium of three companies of the Reliance Group has also been allotted 2,500 acres of land along the Expressway for a multi-product SEZ, officials add. “35 per cent of this land will be for industrial, 25 per cent for residential, 20 per cent for recreation and 15 per cent for commercial uses. The rest will be for amenities and a multi-modal centre,” say Noida Authority officials.

The Noida Development Authority followed the revised July, 2006 SEZ policy of UP, by which companies with net worth over Rs 300 crore could apply for an SEZ. Companies allotted SEZs here will now be exempted from taxes, levies and cesses by local bodies and no trade tax, turnover tax or purchase tax will be levied on their exports, as the SEZ area will be considered a duty-free enclave.

Noida SEZs
Why along the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway

High-speed road connectivity with fast access to Delhi and Agra through under-construction Taj Expressway
100 km radius area around SEZs accounts for 4.8% of country’s total Net Domestic Product. Per Capita Income here is Rs 21,000 one of the highest in country and almost 22 per cent higher than country’s average.
Adequate water resources as sparsely populated area here is well irrigated by canals.
Availability of land and proximity to proposed International Airport.

(as per Noida Development Authority SEZ policy)

This is the article on Rajpath makeover from IE Apr 23rd. Unfortunately I couldn't figure out how to import a picture in my post:bash:


http://img176.imagevenue.com/loc419/th_66240_23_04_2007_501_004_122_419lo.jpg (http://img176.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=66240_23_04_2007_501_004_122_419lo.jpg)

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Cool stuff

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DLF Aralias, Gurgaon

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Quantum leap in city’s green cover
TOI epaper

A report to be released officially next month by the Forest Survey of India has revealed that the city’s forest cover has gone up by 15 per cent in two years. This will help the government in clearing the air about its green intentions before environmentalists who often contest such reports.

The capital, which has witnessed increased tree cutting over the past five years due to infrastructural projects, has never been greener. The forest cover of Delhi has increased from 283 sq km in 2005 to 326 sq km this year, the highest increase so far, claims the report.

According to the survey conducted through remote sensing, almost 22% of Delhi’s geographical area is under forest and tree cover. The statistics reveal that the capital has come a long way since it started its greening initiatives a decade back in 1997. The forest cover was a mere 22 sq km in 1997 and had remained static for two years. As the government began various projects like Delhi Metro, construction of flyovers and road-widening, the concern over the forest cover depleting increased. It was then that the Delhi government began its greening campaign.

Speaking to Times City, Delhi environment minister Raj Kumar Chauhan said: ‘‘This is the first time that the city has seen such an increase in the forest cover. This shows that our development projects are not affecting the cover and our greening initiatives have been a success.’’ The Forest Survey of India, Dehradun, undertakes this exercise every two years. The biggest problem is distribution of greens in different districts. The study observes that the forest cover is not evenly distributed with east, north, north-east, northwest, west, south-west and central districts having very little of it. South and New Delhi districts are the greenest.

The statistics are encouraging if compared with the 2001 figures when 10.2% of the total land area was green. Delhi ranked 15th in the list of states and UTs then. The capital is likely to fare better this time. The National Forest Policy, 1988, envisages 33% of the geographical area under forest by 2012. The survey uses remote sensing technology to catch area under trees and forest. While older technologies caught even agricultural areas as forest cover, this advanced technology classifies only trees of a certain height under ‘‘tree cover’’.

the Janpath plan is amazing. would love to to get some arial pics once the upgradation project is done.

Ambi Malls are coming up in NCR by Ambience group. They are building 2 huge ass malls..one on the Del-Gur Expressway next to their 'Ambience Island' township and the other one in Vasant Kunj,Delhi.

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Ambi Mall,Gurgaon --> 1.8 million sq.ft. (167,000 sq.m.) - 4 floors+3 basement parking floors

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Here's the render of the mall - you can use a feature to move left-right to see the whole render (http://www.ambimall.com/mall/gag.htm)


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Ambi Mall,Vasant Kunj,Delhi --> Four floors+1 basement parking floor
This mall was earlier planned to be 1km long but due to some court order,it had to be boxed in.

# In the heart of South Delhi, on 6-lane Nelson Mandela Road
# 5 screen multiplex
# Food Court
# Speciality Restaurants
# Sports Bar
# Discotheque
# Gaming Zone
# Surrounded by 650-acre biodiversity park

Render
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Wall Street Journal: New Delhi Builds Ambitions (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117865921456296293.html)

Housing Expansion Attracts Foreign Investment, Developers;
Infrastructure Poses Challenge

By BINNY SABHARWAL
May 9, 2007; Page B12

NEW DELHI -- A government plan to transform New Delhi from a chaotic city into a clean, organized and world-class metropolis faces political and social resistance. But it could be a jackpot for developers and builders.

The Delhi Master Plan 2021 -- the third such plan for India's capital following plans in 1962 and 1991 -- was proposed by the Ministry of Urban Development in February.

To increase the available housing stock and accommodate newcomers from villages and towns who have flocked to the capital amid an economic boom, the plan proposes making available about 66,690 acres of land over the next 14 years. It aims to use that land to build 2.4 million housing units as Delhi's population is expected to increase to 23 million by 2021 from about 14 million.

Some of those units will be in high rises in a city where buildings higher than a few floors are rare. Private developers are being given the chance to pitch in since the government relaxed rules to allow 100% foreign direct investment in real-estate sites such as new townships and housing developments.

"We are quite excited by the plan and will definitely be the front runners once the plan is implemented," said Kunal Banerji, vice president of marketing of Ansal API, one of the largest real-estate development firms in New Delhi.

Under the master plan, developers will be able to acquire land directly instead of going through the Delhi Development Authority, a government body set up in 1957 to carry out a planned development of the city but which required an onerous process for investment.

"The good news for builders is they will no longer be coerced into buying land only from the DDA," a report by real-estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield said. "For the first time, the private sector will be allowed to directly buy land from farmers and other land holders."

The plan could contribute to a vibrant -- some would say overheated -- real-estate market in India. A slew of shopping malls, houses and business parks have sprung up across the country. The real-estate sector has also seen a lot of global interest from such companies as Ascendas Investment Pte. Ltd., CB Richard Ellis Group Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Wachovia Corp. and Tishman Speyer Properties LP. ICICI Securities forecasts that the Indian realty sector will rise to $102 billion in revenue by 2015 from a current $14 billion.

Wachovia has invested $57 million in a local company based in India's National Capital Region, which includes Delhi. "NCR is the biggest real-estate market in the country and it has tremendous opportunities," said Sandip Kundu, director of real-estate capital markets for Wachovia. "We will be extremely interested in participating in Delhi's redevelopment as and when the master plan is fully rolled out."

Tishman Speyer, a U.S. real-estate company, has entered into a venture with ICICI Venture Funds Management Co., India's largest private-equity fund-management company and a unit of ICICI Bank Ltd. "We are actively looking at Delhi and the Delhi Master Plan is very attractive to us," said Kishore Gotety, ICICI Venture Funds' director of investments. Citigroup Venture Capital has invested $80 million in Indian realty, including $50 million in Emaar-MGF Group, which has property-development projects in various cities including Delhi.

Despite positive interest from developers, the master plan comes with caveats. It is focused mainly on low-cost housing and doesn't address other real-estate gaps in Delhi, such as lack of office space.

"Delhi needs to plan for at least four to five million square feet of office space but unfortunately the master plan fails to address that void," said Anshuman Magazine, India managing director of the U.S. real-estate consultancy firm CB Richard Ellis.

Ajay Maken, India's minister of state for urban development and the originator of the plan, said in an interview, "We have looked at Delhi as a trading city and have earmarked area in the plan to offices but we cannot demolish existing residential areas to build swanky offices."

Critics of the plan also note it doesn't talk about building supporting infrastructure such as sewage systems, roads, transport and power. Responds Mr. Maken: "The master plan makes the best of the existing situation without compromising the livelihood of millions."

India's Supreme Court, which is looking at the various issues concerning the plan, has ordered the government to study power-and-water supplies before giving notice about more roads and allowing the addition of third floors to existing buildings.

The ministry, however, sees these requirements as small hurdles and not a threat to the plan as a whole. "These are minor changes; the bigger policy still stands," Mr. Maken said.

Write to Binny Sabharwal at binny.sabharwal@wsj.com1

......The Delhi Master Plan 2021 -- the third such plan for India's capital following plans in 1962 and 1991 ......

hmm gr8 man!! .....but still karachi rocks like hell .....a half city flooded with modern skyscrapers and islands on sea :) ......anywayzz gr8 news for india!

wow, mumbai,hyderabad, bangalore and now delhi!awesome:)
but this new projects it's really in delhi or in new delhi too?

Connaught Place New Look by 2010

From the IE epaper

http://img105.imagevenue.com/loc1191/th_11178_12_05_2007_502_001_122_1191lo.jpg (http://img105.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=11178_12_05_2007_502_001_122_1191lo.jpg)

Absolutely Brilliant. Counought Place to New Delhi is what Time Square is to New York is what Trafilgar Square is to London is what chaun se li se is to Paris. Its about time its completely renovated & re done.

Connaught Place New Look by 2010
From the IE epaper
http://img105.imagevenue.com/loc1191/th_11178_12_05_2007_502_001_122_1191lo.jpg (http://img105.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=11178_12_05_2007_502_001_122_1191lo.jpg)

Should a supertall building be constructed in Delhi as part of the plan?

wow - the Rajpath and Connaught Place plans looks awesome!! when are these projects likely to begin, or have they already?

btw, @ Hindustani : love the new spelling for Paris' Champs Elysees!! :D

Ambi Malls are coming up in NCR by Ambience group. They are building 2 huge ass malls..one on the Del-Gur Expressway next to their 'Ambience Island' township and the other one in Vasant Kunj,Delhi.

Ambi Mall,Vasant Kunj,Delhi --> Four floors+1 basement parking floor
This mall was earlier planned to be 1km long but due to some court order,it had to be boxed in.

# In the heart of South Delhi, on 6-lane Nelson Mandela Road
# 5 screen multiplex
# Food Court
# Speciality Restaurants
# Sports Bar
# Discotheque
# Gaming Zone
# Surrounded by 650-acre biodiversity park

Render
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/9821/vaggc1.jpg



Looks like this one

photo cc rights suncity

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/1846/delhiaerial4zl7.jpg

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yeah..it matches with the floor plan--> http://www.ambimall.com/mall/plans/vsm.jpg

It'd be great to see some of these super talls comming in few Indian cities within the next few years, however, I think it is time that India starts thinking not only about these larger cities but also the second tier and the third tier cities with tall buildings and the land saved thus, should be used wisely for wider boulevard and parks and other landscapes.. These smaller cities could be easily sustained rather then the big cities.^^

By the way, I am a member of this blog site sine May 2006, however, these is the first time that I am actively participating by posting a comment.

Great ideas! I am curious how this will be filled in reality in the future. Let's see what the future will be.

Are there more pictures of this masterplan?

2007/05/08
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Welcome Jumoni :)

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A commerical project from Cervera & Pioz architects
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Army College of Medical Sciences, Delhi Cantt., from CP Kukreja architects

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/8164/armycollegeb338b9doc6.jpg

"New Medical College with annual intake of 100 students attached to 500 beds Army Base Hospital in Dhaula Kuan. The new College with state of the art facilities has a 1200 seater auditorium and hostels for 600 students."

What is the civic centre??? What is its function?

Sorry to be ignorant.

Thanks.


Government offices and shit mate, who cares the building looks great! [Pshh.. it looks like shit]

the Ambi Mall is one hell of a landmark. i think it'll turn out better than the renders. suncity, that google earth image looks like ambi. thanks.

Nelson Mandela Road. JNU towards the left.

Can anyone confirm if thats The Grand hotel on the top of the pic?


http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/1846/delhiaerial4zl7.jpg

^^
Yup thats the Grand

With Maya in, Noida to become ‘city of flyovers’ (http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=236682)


Officials said 18 flyovers and underpasses would be constructed “on a priority basis” in Noida for a total project cost of Rs 725 crore as per the new chief minister’s vision.
An AIIMS-style flyover on the Sector 71-72 crossing.
The Taj international airport and an aviation hub would be built on 1,000 hectares on the Taj Expressway, between Noida and Agra, in Gautambudh Nagar District,” he said.
The project, he said, has a seven-year deadline. The then Mayawati government had announced the project in 2003 with a five-year deadline, for a project cost of Rs 5,000 crore.

SPOTLIGHT ON NCR

Ghaziabad hits 2010 road to fame, Rs 120-crore tenders called

Aman Sharma

Ghaziabad, May 16: Long seen as Noida’s poor cousin, Ghaziabad seems to be coming of age. And thank the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi for the much-wanted development package. Desperate to put up a good show before the Games bandwagon hits the NCR, the Ghaziabad Development Authority announced tenders worth Rs 120 crore on May 3. On the agenda is development of roads linking Delhi, besides other related infrastructure projects. And main beneficiaries of the projects would be the fast-developing residential colonies on the Capital’s fringes—Kaushambhi, Vaishali and Indirapuram. GDA chief engineer SPS Raghav said all entry roads from Delhi would be developed through modern road-laying techniques, specified in the tender. “The roads will be widened and strengthened to reduce wear and tear, and the central verges will be beautified,” Raghav said. These aside, a Rs 500-crore budget for 2007-08 would also focus on infrastructure. The projects include over-bridges and flyovers at the congested Hyundai showroom crossing on Meerut Road, Dasna rail-crossing in Hapur, Diamond rail-crossing in Kavinagar, and at Thakurdwara intersection. The GDA plans to invite tenders amounting to Rs 200 crore by this month-end for these projects. Also proposed is converting the four-lane road from Maharajpur border to Dabur crossing to a 12-lane road. All projects have a 2009 deadline.
Projects for which tenders were announced on May 3 include:* Making GT Road from Mohan Nagar to Gyani border in G’bad an eight-lane stretch. Estimated cost: Rs 12.85 crore. Deadline: 12 months after allocation of tender.
* Widening and strengthening road numbers 4, 5, 6, 10, 10A, 13 to 32 in Indirapuram. Estimated cost: Rs 21.53 crore. Deadline: 12 months.* Laying a six-lane road along the Hindon Tatvarti Bandh. Estimated cost: Rs 34.53 crore. Deadline: 18 months.
* Widening and strengthening main roads number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5a, 6a, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 in Indirapuram. Estimated cost: Rs 21.56 crore. Deadline: 12 months.

This is the best news for CP and Raj Path.

CP needed a rennovation for sometime and im glad plans are now afoot to give the precinct a face lift. I also like the plans for Raj Path. I always thought that the National Stadium should never have been built as it spoils the view.

Ambi Mall will look very cool once its finished.

The Palika market should also be refurbished as it is poorly maintained.

why is it that the pics from January and May look almost the same? seems like not much has progressed since then...

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Looks like they added a floor or two..

See that rectangular hole in the middle?
Jan
http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/2118/currentmajorcivic2lcj5.jpg

Now spot the difference - they added a floor to the whole building while 2-3 to the middle structure.
May
http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/6461/currentmajorcivic2laj1.jpg

got it! the two pics are from different angles and distances. and the spiral structure made it even more similar looking...

Nelson Mandela Road. JNU towards the left.

Can anyone confirm if thats The Grand hotel on the top of the pic?



the Nelson mandela road brings back a lot of memories of my stay in Delhi. used to travel that route everyday from Vasant Kunj (my home) to Vasant Vihar (school)....:) (though i would have very much liked to have a forest conservation zone instead of JNU) NO OFFENSE.

:cheers:

what school did you go to in VV?

Tagore International School.

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/4935/veritasqh0.th.jpg (http://img530.imageshack.us/my.php?image=veritasqh0.jpg)

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/8440/morpheusnightviewdx2.th.jpg (http://img530.imageshack.us/my.php?image=morpheusnightviewdx2.jpg)

^^
Couple of commercial projects close to completion in Gurgaon

DLF plans India's largest mall in Gurgaon

Giving a big boost to its retail initiatives, realty major DLF has stitched together plans to set up the country's largest mall in Gurgaon with nearly 40 lakh square feet lettable area and a chain of multiplexes in major cities.

Slated to be India's largest mall, the Mall of India will come up on 32.87 acres of land. Designed by Jerde Partnership, an international firm of architects, the under-construction mall has a total lettable area of around 39 lakh square feet.

The realty company is also planning to build multiplexes in Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chandigarh and Ludhiana.

Read On (http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c_online.php?leftnm=11&bKeyFlag=IN&autono=24177)

Unitech's Gardens Galleria, New Delhi, designed by Callison Architects:
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http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/7268/unigardgallsub23b71b6qr8.jpg

Omaxe (http://www.omaxe.com/) is building 19 storey twin towers in Noida(Sector50) for residential purposes.

More info (http://www.omaxe.com/residential/noida/twin_towers/main.php)

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/3882/pic2pl3.jpg

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/8871/pic3qd5fy4.jpg

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Another residential project by Omaxe - Forest Spa plans to have 6 towers@13 floors[estimate] and is coming up on the Noida-Gr.Noida expressway
more info (http://www.omaxe.com/residential/noida/forest_spa/main.php)
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/1374/pic2fd4.jpg

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/7161/pic3ip2.jpg

Sick. Just too Sick looking project. I'm lovin' it. sleek & aerodynamic design. Just round up those 19-F to 20-F for God's sake. On a closer look, tons of glass has been used to maximise the viewing from the inside.



http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/8871/pic3qd5fy4.jpg

Only if the building was 50floors taller, it would look great.

Just watch this video. yes, it may be a fantasy project and never happen, but it's cool. I didn't find much news about Unitech Grande by googling or at Unitech's website.

Unitech's Uniworld Grande, Noida
video by anshul69

See till the end..

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wow,that video is just 2 days old. Seems like this project was announced just recently or something[or was it?]

found a message on another forum/portal (http://www.noidascoop.com/story/2007/5/27/21840/5766)posted on June17


Unitech Grande - Express City is getting launched anytime now.
The golf centric appartments will be located in sector 96,97,98 on the expressway. All apartments are golf course facing.

There's some news on different property sites regarding the rates etc and it looks like its coming up on the Taj expressway

Fantastic find Sun!

Here's the view of the ~55-storey tower at the centerpiece
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/4171/image6hr2.jpg

I dunno, why would Unitech go thru all the trouble for a fantasy project? Especially since they've already branded it as "Uniworld Grande"?

They have an impeccable score in the construction of projects they've proposed. They have also said that they would be launching even bigger projects this year, and recently has been the receipiant of a huge (hundreds of millions $s) FDI investments from American and European firms.

This guy must have snagged it from (or was originally sourced from) some real estate investment presentation by Unitech.

I'd remain cautious about this project only if it were proposed by anyone other than Unitech or DLF. I think we could call this a serious proposal.


I'll post enlarged, clarified screen caps from the video later. Cheers
Jai

Just gr8..but isnt this the Noida "Express City"?

Found a sweet render-

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/8313/viewko5.jpg


Click to view - large version
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/8034/viewyi3.th.jpg (http://img526.imageshack.us/my.php?image=viewyi3.jpg)

Site Plan
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/8706/siteplangj2.th.jpg (http://img444.imageshack.us/my.php?image=siteplangj2.jpg)

some floor and site plans can be found here (http://www.gurgaonsearch.com/noida/property/unitech/unitech-grande/unitech-grande-property.html#)

Fantastic find Sun!

Here's the view of the ~55-storey tower at the centerpiece
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/4171/image6hr2.jpg




Jeez..Jai u even counted the floors is such a short time:nuts:

Gr8 find IU...there seem to be several 50+ buildings from the render

Just gr8..but isnt this the Noida "Express City"?

I have no clue. Just came across the video and liked it.

Found a sweet render-

some floor and site plans can be found here (http://www.gurgaonsearch.com/noida/property/unitech/unitech-grande/unitech-grande-property.html#)


WOW! You guys are quick to find out stuff!

:)

Jai - Here's (http://www.shalooagencies.com/UGrande_4.html) the same video but in a larger resolution. :D

awww.. you guys beat me to it! I had this post written and went to make a sandwich and came back :)
The project would seem to be a section of thier Express City development (http://www.gurgaonscoop.com/story/2006/5/23/85955/5098) in Noida


Sun! I found the source of the video!

Realtor Shaloo Agencies (http://www.shalooagencies.com/Default.aspx#) seems to be one of the realtors of this project. They have a video of the project in flash.

Moreover Gurgaonsearch.com (http://www.gurgaonsearch.com/noida/property/unitech/unitech-grande/unitech-grande-property.html#) has floor plans and a large rendering:
http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/4048/viewsf9.jpg
^ note that it is scanned from a brocedure... proof that Unitech is actively marketing this as a project

And Yaksh Realtors (http://www.yakshgroup.com/sub_cat.asp?s_DeptID=D_021S1) has pricing information
BTW Indiansuinte, pls clear up your mailbox

When I get back from PT, I'll cap the video and start counting floors more accurately

Just cleared the mailbox a while back. Anyways,I noticed that the video i just posted doesnt have a pause button. I'll record the video and post the link so that you can view it with a movie player and pause to get screen shots. ;)

Here you go-

11.2 MB
Megaupload link (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ELYWE28X)
Rapidshare link (http://rapidshare.com/files/38915214/UnitechGrande.wmv.html)

Thanks man for the links.

Thanks IU

Some scresn captures

1
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/3794/uniworldgrandeva7.jpg

2
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/325/uniworldgrande2fn9.jpg

3
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/5858/uniworldgrande3oz0.jpg

4
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/9909/uniworldgrande4fn5.jpg

WOW This is definately an great project, do you know which sector it is in.

^^
Sec96

Lucky,Sun - no problem - thanks for posting the shots

edit

Hi guys, I capped it and made a post about it in the main forums here:
NOIDA (Delhi NCR) | Unitech Grande | 50 fl | 48 fl | 3x45 fl | (More) | App (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=13902780)

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What follows is a cross posting of that thread
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Unitech Grande, Noida, India

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Located in Noida, one of the commerical hubs and one of several future CBDs of India's National Capital Region (NCR = Delhi, New Dehli and nodal cities), Unitech Group recently announced what will be the highest skyscraper in the NCR, Unitech Grande.

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/6084/image10bh8.jpg

Noida is one of the fastest growing cities in the world. Concieved as a one of several greenfield metropolian nodes that would focus the development of both Old and New Dehli, it features world-class infrastructure designed to support support high-capacity residential and commerical development. The eventual plan by 2015 is to have a fully modern central business district comprising commericial skyscrapers around at least one supertall -- one of several CBD nodal cities (which also includes Faridabad, Gurgaon and Ghaziabad.)


Unitech is one of India's largest builders, and continually have churned out world-class buildings with a cutting-edge architecture that is designed to be a modern take on traditional Indian architecture, even to the point of being designed to adhere to ancient Vaastu principals. Their towers, like those of all developers in India, continue to grow taller and taller with each project. It's expected that their Mumbai project on mill-land redevelopments will be even taller still.


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Unitech Grande is located in a sub-section of Noida called "Express City." In 2006 Unitech purchased the property that would later become Unitech Grande after intense bidding in what was then India's biggest land deal (in only one year since then, this record surpassed by a factor of several tens larger.)

Unitech Grande comprises over 80 highrises that surround a park and golf course. The tallest at 50 stories, and 5 in the 40 storey range that act as peaks in the string of buildings.

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/9463/g1uz4.jpg
^ Note the currently vacant plots around the area. Only 2 years ago this was all farmland.

At this point, information on names and actual sizes of the buildings is sketchy, as information as of this point has only gone out to realtors. Unitech doesn't even deign to advertise :| The real estate boom is as such in India that all of their projects are sold out months before even ground breaking, solely through realtors.

Here are some pics of the project. Sorry for the quality of the pics, but they came from a movie walkthrough of the project

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/4869/g2ip3.jpg

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/4083/g3cm7.jpg
^ Unitech Grande viewed from the Noida Expressway.

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/3715/g4nc6.jpg
^ Two buildings of 45 and 35 stories act as gateways at both ends of the project.

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/1360/h5gx9.jpg
^ A view of the clubhouse and golf course that runs the length in the valley between the two rows of buildings.

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/217/g6sk4.jpg

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/3368/g9fc3.jpg
^ You can see how the buildings ring the golf course. The taller skyscrapers you see here range from 35-48 stories. The towers will use a bluish tint glass.

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/1222/g7ix8.jpg
^ Continuing to 'pan backwards' the last pic so that the towers of the previous pic are now in the far end of the valley, you can see the taller center towers come into view. Part of the 50 storey skyscraper with its beautiful facade can be seen on the left hand side.

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/1509/g8rg6.jpg
^ Panning further backwards we can see the 50 storey tower in all its glory

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/6963/g11cj2.jpg

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/8103/g12vp4.jpg
^ A view of the same area panning backwards during the sunset. Note the club on the right hand side.

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/5934/g13vm3.jpg

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/4633/g14wt3.jpg
^ Zooming in close and circling the 50 storey tower. Notice How it is made of three sections. The many rooms have their own balcony-pool.

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/6245/g15mo8.jpg

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/5827/g16bj8.jpg
^ The central skyscraper at night.


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Unitech Grande is a sign of Indian things to come ;)

Cheers,
Jai

edit- dammnit wrong thread

It's marvelous I hope this really happens and if does happens I might buy an apartment when I grow up lol.

Truly amazing, esp since the NCR is a major eathquake zone. This will be truly impressive if they use the latest anti-earthquake tech.

I have feelings that this project is just like noida tower but lets keep our fingers crossed.

Those buildings look pretty badass.

wow - that's just fantastic!! really hope this happens..

I have feelings that this project is just like noida tower but lets keep our fingers crossed.
In that respect, its nothing like Noida towers. It's obviously been approved, because they've already publically started selling plots and units! :)

Re: Noida Tower... I wouldn't yet count it out. The Noida City Center CDB has Hafeez Contractor has its overall project manager/architect. Note that Contractor is also the overall architect of the Hyderabad CBD, which will break ground a lot sooner. I have no doubts that drawing from that experience, as well as the fact that in the next 5 years at least 4-5 supertall project would have broken ground, the increased FDI inflows, and the rapid infra developent, that the Noida tower would be a lot, lot less hard to sell.

Even two years ago, would you have thought Hyderabad would have a 90 and a 100+ storey skyscraper in the works? Than how were we to accept the concept of a 135+ storey Noida Tower in an even more infra-developed region than Hyderabad.

I'm still confident that whether or Noida Tower gets built or not, its design, the peaked, himalaya-representing towers, will definately influence the final design of the CBD.

In that respect, its nothing like Noida towers. It's obviously been approved, because they've already publically started selling plots and units! :)




Oh wow thats good to hear, do you guys know which sector it is in. My recent visit to india specially noida i was there most of the times though i live in ghaziabad but i really liked noida better, i think its one of the best city in india specially sector 18.

DLF plans India's largest mall in Gurgaon


Read On (http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c_online.php?leftnm=11&bKeyFlag=IN&autono=24177)


Emaar also claims to be building the largest mall.

Emaar MGF to construct India’s largest mall (http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=168083)

Taking realty major DLF head-on, Emaar MGF is planning to build India's largest mall, the announcement for which will be made in the next six months. Currently on the drawing boards, the mall will ape the world's largest mall (spread over 5.8 million sq. ft.) being built by the compan’s partner (Emaar) in Dubai. Till date, the largest mall to be announced in India is DLF's Mall of India along NH-8 in Gurgaon that will be spread over 3.6 million sq. ft.

“The mall will have the same flavour as the Dubai Mall that has 3.77 million sq. ft. of retail space as well as the largest walk through aquarium in the world. The mall in India is in the planning stages and we will be making it public in the next couple of months,” says Shravan Gupta, executive vice-chairman and managing director, Emaar MGF. With 65-70% of Emaar MGF’s land bank in the north, the upcoming mall is likely to be built in the Delhi NCR.



5.8 million sq.ft
Heck ya..that would make it the third largest mall in the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_world%27s_largest_shopping_malls

^^^ to add to that, Emaar plans "India's tallest building", either in Mumbai or Delhi

Looks like the middle east bigwig developers have big plans for India... BTW, Emaar's CFO seems to be Indian

India to generate 25% revenues for Emaar (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/India_to_generate_25_revenues_for_Emaar/articleshow/2148773.cms)
SUDIPTO DEY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2007 12:30:19 AM]
DUBAI: The boom in India’s real estate sector may have a rub-off effect on global players. For Dubai-based real estate major Emaar Properties, with revenues of $3.8 billion in 2006, India is a key international market that would account for 20-25% of its global revenues by 2010. Currently, almost 80% of Emaar’s revenues come from projects in the Dubai market.

However, by 2010 the group expects the share of its international projects in its top line to be around 70%, with the Dubai market accounting for the remaining. Apart from markets in United Arab Emirates, Emaar Properties has presence in more than a dozen countries including United States, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordon, Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt, Indonesia, Singapore, and Canada.

“India is a very important market in our international operations which is likely to account for up to 25% of our global revenues by 2010,” said Emaar Properties CFO Amit Jain.

The Middle East-based real estate giant, as part of its plans to replicate the model of large-scale development of master-planned communities involving commercial, residential, retail and hospitality projects in markets across the globe, has earmarked investments to the tune of $12 billion over the next five years in India.

On the drawing board are setting up the country’s largest shopping mall complex and the tallest building, senior company executives said. Emaar is present in India through a joint venture with Delhi-based MGF Group.

“Several model projects are in the offing in India over the next six months,” said Shravan Gupta, managing director, Emaar MGF India. Emaar MGF has also qualified for development of the Commonwealth Village in Delhi that would house over 8,000 athletes and officials in 5,000 dwelling units.

Plans are also in the offing to replicate Emaar’s flagship project Burj Dubai in India, though on a much smaller scale. The ongoing $20 billion-Burj Dubai project, spread over one-square kilometer in downtown Dubai, includes the world’s tallest building, 30,000 residential units, nine hotels with 2,000 rooms and over 5 million square feet of shopping space in The Dubai Mall.

Emaar executives claimed that by August this year, Burj Dubai is expected to replace the 509-meter tall Taipei 101 tower in Taiwan, as the world’s tallest building. Burj Dubai has already bagged the second tallest building in the world tag with 134 floors and adding one floor in three days - with a height of 484 meters, overtaking the likes of Sears Tower, The Petronas Twin Tower, and the Empire State Building.

Mr Gupta said currently only Delhi and Mumbai markets have the potential to support the development of such tall buildings, with well-defined residential, commercial, hospitality and retail spaces. “We are looking at Burj-like developments in India but on smaller scale as compared to the Dubai property,” he added.

The India story for Emaar does not end with its investments in India. Over 40% of buyers for Emaar’s properties in Dubai are from the Indian subcontinent. “This more or less is in line with the demographic profile of Dubai,” said Mr Jain. There has been a growing interest from NRIs and high net worth individuals from India in Dubai’s housing market, he conceded.

Talking to ET, Mr Jain said the proposed initial public offer of Emaar MGF next year would largely fund the development of the ongoing projects in the country. “While this gives us access to cheap capital for development of projects, it would also help to bring more discipline in the local operations,” he added.

As per Emaar’s global strategy, it plans to take the IPO route in all countries in which it has presence. Emaar Properties is already listed in Dubai’s financial market and is part of the Dow Jones Arabia Titans Index.

Also looks like Emaar MGF is all set to win the bid for the Commonwealth Games village in Delhi. While no official announcements have been made, there seems to be an issue with height restriction. The nearby Akshardham Temple authorities have successfully pressurised the urban arts commission to restrict the height of buildings in the village to below 43 m. 'Environmentalists' have also expressed concerns about the project.

News at

Emaar MGF set to win bid for Games Village - DDA
http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Real_Estate_Property/10134964.html

Height the main issue over C'wealth Games 2010 village
http://www.newkerala.com/news5.php?action=fullnews&id=41660

Noida to get 312-acre sports city

The board of New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (Noida) has decided to build a 311.60 acre sports city on Sector-101, 102 and 104 land.

The sports city would comprise of two indoor and two open stadium, where games ranging from rugby to badminton can be played, at international standards.

Said Monica Garg, chief executive officer, Noida: ‘‘Conference rooms, guest house, restaurants, besides utilities like uninterrupted power supply with 24 hour backup, dedicated telecom network, wide roads and efficient public transport facilities are also a part of the plan for the sports city.’’

Sector-101 had been earmarked for a golf course, Sector-102 for a fare ground and Sector-104 for sports centre and city park. ‘‘The development of these sectors can help in setting up a stadium of international standards,’’ said Garg.

[TOI]
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DLF close to winning Rs 3,000 cr project in Delhi (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Business/India_Business/DLF_close_to_winning_Rs_3000_cr_project_in_Delhi/articleshow/2150498.cms)

Real estate giant DLF appears close to bagging a Rs 3,000 crore convention centre project in Delhi, possibly the biggest in the country, as the company is the only bidder for developing the facility.

The 35-acre project that includes land cost and lease was offered for bidding by the Delhi Administrative Authority (DDA). DLF is the sole bidder virtually bagging the project at Dwarka.

It would also have one or two hotels with 800 rooms. Besides, it would have the largest retail mall in Dwarka and one million sq ft of commercial space.

Here's a pdf document

http://www.axiomestates.com/e-brochure/unitech_grande_delhi.pdf

Someone can load those images. They look cool.

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/8119/uni1qt2.jpg


http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/4453/uni2yy9.jpg


http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/3224/uni3nh6.jpg


http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/7500/uni4sn4.jpg


http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/1953/uni5ze5.jpg

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/3224/uni3nh6.jpg

This one is scary... i wouldnt use pool that high up in the air....
even looking down in the pic gives me goose bumps
:ohno:

Crap all thats a good find, Sun, thanks

i wish this could happen

Thanks IU for posting those pics!

Jai - the docs are probably an indication that the project is in pre launch offer stage. Looks like seven towers in the first phase as per axiom's website.

Here is the complete layout:

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/4389/unitechgrandedelhilayzj6.jpg

Awesome. I've updated the project thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=13902780)

Very ambitious. I dont think this will get beyond the renderings. NOIDA & the whole NCR comes under Earthquake zone. There will be lots of hurdles & clearances from every angle before this one even gets close to u/c. My 2 cents. This will go the NOIDA Tower way.

Very ambitious. I dont think this will get beyond the renderings. NOIDA & the whole NCR comes under Earthquake zone. There will be lots of hurdles & clearances from every angle before this one even gets close to u/c. My 2 cents. This will go the NOIDA Tower way.

Looks like the first phase is already on sale.

Ansal Aquapolis
NH24, Ghaziabad

http://www.ansalapi.com/aquapolis.asp

From an advt

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/6145/ansalaquapolisdd3.jpg

From website

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/1948/aquapolishprojectgb0.jpg

Layout

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/3728/sitemapauqapolislu9.jpg

Architect - Chelsea West (http://www.cwany.com/)

from the architect's website: Aquapolis is a 152 acre integrated township on the outskirts of Delhi with 5.5 million sq ft of residential and 1.2 million sq ft of commercial, retail and community space.


Advt claims - development in full swing

sun.............I was referring more of less to 50-F tower. That may see hurdles.

These projects are amazing!

Similair along the lines of the developments in Dubai.

Just waiting for the annoucement of a super tall!

Yes they are amazing. I like that Aquapolis at Ghaziabad. BTW, NCR did announced supertall in the name of NOIDA TOWER which was emphatically shot down from all angles. Thats where the comparisons between NCR & Dubai stop for good. :)

These projects are amazing!
Just waiting for the annoucement of a super tall!

The Great India Place (Unitech Mall) under development in Noida
photo copyright risingsuninder

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/994/unitechmallrisingsunindul6.jpg

Jaypee Greens, Greater Noida
http://www.jaypeegreens.com/

Sun Court Apartments - 30 storey glass cylindrical towers, appx 100 m tall and each floor having two apartments of over 3800 sq ft.

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6875/jaypeegreenssuncourtjd4.jpg

Wow, there are a lot of really cool projects in the works.

Just a taste of the future India, I guess

Amrapali Platinum, Noida
http://www.amrapali.in/

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/3924/amrapaliplatinum1xz2.jpg

layout

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/9076/amrapallliplatinumcc0.jpg

Parsvnath Privilege, Sector Pi, Greater Noida
http://www.parsvnath.com/Privilege/about.asp

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/3128/parsvantahpriviledgegrejx6.jpg

layout

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/5203/parsvprivilegesiteplew4.jpg

Hey guys, I've decided to look back on information we collected about the Hafeez Contractor Proposed NOIDA Tower. I figure, with the information we now have today, we can at least shed some more light on this proposal.

Unfortunately, most of what exists on the net about this project comes from this very forum. However, I did manage to stumble across this news story from Realestatencr.com in 2005 that went under the radar, but does have some interesting information I hadn't seen elsewhere

Noida’s Express Tower tilts to West for money (http://www.realestatencr.com/ncr/noida%e2%80%99s-express-tower-tilts-to-west-for-money/)
August 10th, 2005

Funding a project like Noida Tower, which be the world’s tallest building, is not an easy job. So, the Noida Authority (NA) is looking at the option of foreign investment for the project.

Its chairman Deo Dutt Sharma is already in London selling the tower as the biggest real estate project in National Capital Region (NCR).

The model of the project is being shown to foreign investors at Real Estate Exhibition going on in London. “The chairman Dutt has gone there to hold talks with non-resident Indians for funding the project.

He will also explore the possibility of getting FDI for the project,” said a Noida authority official. Money is the biggest roadblock for this ambitious project.

But that is not stopping Dutt. The NA chairman is staying back and will negotiate with even real estate investors for the project. He will be back on June 7. Hafiz Contractor said that Authority has taken the design and layout plan of the tower from him for display at London exhibition. It is estimated that the construction cost of entire project, called Everest Tower, including the tower will be about Rs 2500 crore.

The area to be developed is in about 250 acres in sector 25-A and sector 32-A. “It will take three to four years to develop the entire project,” he said. The tower would be named Everest Tower and area around it would be the The Mall of India. The height of the tower would be 710 meter and it would have 160 floors.

Though several architects have termed it a flawed project keeping in view the land composition of Noida. Authority has given the green signal for the project. Officials said Aviation Ministry approval and other technicalities would be taken care of during the implementation of the project.

Interesting stuff... some points worth mentioning:
1. It's official name is Everest Tower. HC mentioned before that it is supposed to resemble the Himalayas. I am not sure what the title, "Express Tower" means. Is it a name? Is it a nickname of this tower? Is Noida Tower proposed near an expressway?
2. It will be located in Noida's sector 25-A and 32-A near Mall of India. Is this land still available for development? Can someone point it out on google?
3. It was apparently shown to potential investors at the Indian property show in London in 2005

Honda Siel locating its second manufacturing unit in the NCR

The Bhiwadi region in Rajasthan’s Alwar district is all set to become a major automobile industry hub with yet another automobile major, Honda Siel Cars Ltd (HSCIL), locating its second manufacturing plant and Research & Development centre in Kushkhera in the area. Honda Seil will have its base of ancillary units also in Bhiwadi, which is part of the National Capital Region (NCR).


http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/01/stories/2007070155300500.htm

2. It will be located in Noida's sector 25-A and 32-A near Mall of India. Is this land still available for development? Can someone point it out on google?


Sector 25 is on the left side of Ashok marg and 32 on the right. These are 2002/3 images, so you never know what kind of development has taken place. But since they brought it up in London later,hopefully till now the place lies vacant for the towers to rise.


http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/3912/noidamu9.jpg

Here's the link on google maps (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=noida&ie=UTF8&ll=28.580113,77.351646&spn=0.015753,0.029182&t=h&z=15&om=1)



Here's another map - this one clearly marks the left side as sector 25A (http://mapmyindia.com/index.html?app=&q%3Dmap%26addr%3Dnoida%26sta%3D&x=-1399571&y=6178248&z=11&licKey=ed24f1c04c6562b128091ad1a7ec58e2)

Damn Noida has so many projects and almost all the projects are High-Rises. I just want to know how many Noida's are there I mean there is Noida, then Greater Noida I so is there Greater Noida II also there or it's in development.

Thats it man - Phase 2 of Gr. Noida is under development

Infact Jai,it wouldnt really make sense if its/was coming up in sec25a and 32a as Ashok Marg bifurcates the land.
The article may have it wrong or they plan to build the tower in one of the two sectors.

Wow, lots of amazing projects! :banana:

Some residential projects by DLF in Gurgaon

DLF Pinnacle
More Info (http://www.dlf.in/new_homes/the_pinnacle/overview.asp)
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/7039/thepinnacleol3.jpg


The Icon,Phase5 ,DLF City
More Info (http://www.dlf.in/new_homes/the_icon/overview.asp)
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/9438/dlftheiconyr6.jpg


Westend Heights,Phase4,DLF City
More Info (http://www.dlf.in/new_homes/dlf_westened_heights/overview.asp)
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/9877/dlfwestendheightsaw3.jpg


Trinity Towers,Phase 5,DLF City
More info (http://www.dlf.in/new_homes/dlf_trinity_tower/overview.asp)
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/6678/dlftrinitytowereg5.jpg

I have got to say this but DLF does have a better sense of style than Unitech. There designs are really suave.

I would pick Unitech over DLF anyday! The latter has nothing on Unitech.

UnitechGroup (http://www.unitechgroup.com/)

This one looks terrific. All 30 Floors all glass.

Sun Court Apartments - 30 storey glass cylindrical towers

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6875/jaypeegreenssuncourtjd4.jpg

Select Citywalk Mall,Saket,New Delhi

Malls with revenue models are new face of retail

Select City Walk is the first mall in India to move to a revenue model.

Watch the mall U/C,plans and details about this mall@CNN-IBN here (http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/43974/malls-with-revenue-models-are-new-face-of-retail.html)

New Delhi station renovation on track. HK firm gets green signal.
Raghvendra Rao - WEDNESDAY, July 04 2007


New Delhi: MOVING on track for the proposed restructuring of New Delhi Railway Station into a world-class facility, the Railway ministry has awarded the contract for preparing the masterplan and feasibility report to Hong Kong-based British firm Terry Farrells and Partners.

The move comes roughly a fortnight after the Prime Minister’s Committee on Infrastructure (CoI) approved the modernisation plan, which envisages the creation of a world-class railway station ahead of 2010 Commonwealth Games .

Among firms in the fray were Hok International Ltd and Aedas Ltd (from Hong Kong), Arip Ville (France), Von Gerkan Marg and Partners (Germany) and the Railways’ own RITES.

Terry Farrells and Partners has earlier worked on Hong Kong’s Kowloon station, London’s South Kensington station, Sydney’s Parramatta rail link and an integrated transportation centre at Korea’s Incheon airport among others. The firm is now expected to draw up an urban design that ensures improved passenger services, superior train operation and maintenance facilities, new community space for the public, better mobility for road transport, modern office space and high quality residential accommodation for railway staff at selected stations.

Tasked with preparing a masterplan for 86 hectares at the station, the consultants would be expected to suggest real estate development potential in the airspace above and railway land around the station.

Features like elevated concourse, catering exclusively to departures, and a series of subways connecting platforms at ground level for arrivals (to segregate arriving and departing passengers) and a road to connect Paharganj and Ajmeri Gate at the concourse level would be examined.

The consultants would also advise on commercial facilities like restaurants, retail outlets, cafes, currency exchanges, banking facilities and car rentals to engage passengers during waiting time. Ministry sources said the consultants are expected to come out with the final masterplan and feasibility report by this yearend. After that, Rail Bhawan plans to call for bids to execute the construction works.


Source: The Indian Express (http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=244324)

Leela buys land for hotel in Delhi
Saurabh Sinha - WEDNESDAY 4 Jul 2007


NEW DELHI: Hospitality industry major Leela Group is going to make its foray into Delhi by building a five star deluxe hotel on Africa Avenue near Chanakyapuri. The group has acquired three-acre plot for Rs 611 crore and the total investment for 250-room hotel, it plans to complete by 2010 Commonwealth Games, is estimated to be about Rs 1,100 crore. The group promises to provide the same high-end luxury in this hotel that are its hallmark at the four functional hotels in Mumbai, Goa, Bangalore and Kovalam.

But the first Leela property in the NCR will be ready in Gurgaon where the group has entered into a management partnership with an upcoming hotel on NH-8 in Gurgaon, barely a kilometre from Delhi. "A new building - Ambience - is going to be ready next year and the hotel in it will be called The Leela," said industry sources.

The group is going to take possession of the Africa Avenue plot by this month-end. Falling in Netaji Nagar, the location - that's just off the prestigious Chanakyapuri - boasts of other leading hotels like Taj Mahal and Maurya. "This was one of the best sites available for building a five star hotel and the group opted for it - despite a hefty tag - to make a grand entry into Delhi. The hotel is going to be ready in time for the 2010 games here," said hospitality industry sources.

Confirming the deal, a senior group official said that they have major expansion plans and are going to open hotels in Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune and Udaipur. "The hotel in Rajasthan is going to be ready by next year," he added.

Apart from Leela, leading global majors are also learnt to be keen on entering the booming Delhi market that currently faces a severe paucity of hotel rooms. "There is a very strong possibility of existing hotel managements changing hands as very few good sites are available in Delhi and making a five star hotel in Shahdara makes no sense," said a leading hotelier.


Source: Times of India (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_Business/Leela_buys_land_for_hotel_in_Delhi/articleshow/2171521.cms)

As expected - Unitech Grande was unveiled today by Unitech!

Video from Wednesday
9UIXneB9ceg

Some notes from the video mentioned before by Jai-
80 high rise buildings
Tallest building would have 50 floors
minimum price for an apartment-->1.5 cr


Unitech to invest Rs 6,000 cr in housing (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Services/Property__Cstruction/Unitech_to_invest_Rs_6000_cr_in_housing/articleshow/2178606.cms)


Real estate major Unitech on Thursday announced an investment of Rs 6,000 crore in the next seven years to develop a high-end luxury residential project in Noida on a plot it had won in India's biggest land deal.

The company, India's second-biggest realty firm in market value, will develop 'Unitech Grande' in four phases and aims to generate a whopping Rs 15,000 crore revenue from it.

"Total investment will be about Rs 6,000 crore, including Rs 1,750 crore on land," Unitech Managing Director Sanjay Chandra told reporters after the project was launched here.

He said the project cost would be funded through internal accruals and advances from customers. Unitech had purchased 340 acre in May last year, outbidding bigger rival DLF, for a record Rs 1,582 crore. Later, it acquired another seven acre.

"Revenue estimated from this project over the next seven years is about Rs 15,000 crore, which would start reflecting on the balance sheet from 2008-09 fiscal onward," he said.

The project would be the largest in the country in terms of number of apartments - 5,300 in all, built up area (15 million sq ft) and expected sales revenue, Chandra claimed.

"Unitech Grande is envisioned to be one of Asia's most luxurious residential projects. The lifestyle created here is unmatchable in the country and compares with best in the world," he said.

Giving details about the project, Chandra said the size of the apartment would be in the range of 2,200-5,500 sq ft.

"We will develop 670 units in the first phase, which will be sold to customers at Rs 7,750 per sq ft," he said, adding the project was priced "very fairly" for the customer.

Unitech has already sold 25 per cent of apartments from the 670 units to Non-Resident Indians and high net worth individuals. The price of the apartments starts from about Rs 1.8 crore and would cross Rs 4.25 crore, depending on size.

Chandra did not rule out the possibility of further increase in the price of the apartments during next phase.

Justifying the premium charged by the company, he said the project was an extension of South Delhi where the prices are ruling at between Rs 15,000-16000 per sq ft.


The project involves 10 global architectural and design consultants. It comprises 90 towers, of which eight will be signature towers and four gateway, having 36-45 floors each.

It would have three schools, a five-star hotel comprising 500 rooms, a 200-bed hospital, integrated sports complex, various clubs, fitness centre and security features.

A Greg Norman signature designer golf course would be the main attraction of the project as each apartment would have a view of the greens that is a part of the 100-acre landscape it would built, Chandra said.

Besides, there would be a habitat centre comprising convention centre, an auditorium, various conference rooms, food and beverage outlets, food courts and library.


The retail area in the project would be minimal, he said, adding there would only be convenient stores. The company has not yet decided on the partners for setting up schools, hospital and management of hotel, he said.

Hey thats great news for Delhi for both projects for Unitech's project and Leela's hotel.

Grande ad in HT

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/6659/06072007010001rg5.jpg

large version-click to view
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/7741/06072007010001mx4.th.jpg (http://img20.imageshack.us/my.php?image=06072007010001mx4.jpg)


The ad also gives the website for this project -->www.unitechgrande.com , but it doesnt seem to work..It asks for an id/password

Edit - The website is working now :)

Unitech Expects 150 Billion Rupee Sales From Project (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=aYhGwzzcViGA&refer=india)

By Saikat Chatterjee
July 5 (Bloomberg) -- Unitech Ltd., India's second-most valuable real-estate company, expects sales of 150 billion rupees ($3.7 billion) from a luxury housing project that it plans to build in Noida, near New Delhi.

The New Delhi-based developer acquired land for the project at 15.82 billion rupees in May last year, Unitech said in a statement today. The total cost of the project, to be built in Noida, will be 60 billion rupees.

Unitech has started new projects as record economic growth in the world's second-most populous nation fuels demand for homes and office spaces. India's economy expanded 9.4 percent, the fastest since 1989, in the year ended March 31. The Reserve Bank expects the economy to expand 8.5 percent this year.

Economic growth is putting more money in the hands of Indians fuelling demand for luxury condominiums, such as the one Unitech is building. Unitech plans to sell 5,300 such units in the Noida project. In the first phase, Unitech plans to sell 670 apartments, of which it has found buyers for about a fourth, Sanjay Chandra, managing director, said in New Delhi today.

Buyers will have to pay about 7,750 rupees a square feet for an apartment in the project. The first phase of the project, called Unitech Grande, will be ready in 39 months, Chandra said.

Borrowing Costs

The company plans to borrow between 25 billion rupees and 30 billion rupees locally this year, Chandra said. The cost of debt for Unitech will increase by 300 basis points this year from last year because of restrictions on overseas borrowing, Chandra said. The company is paying 12 percent interest on borrowings, he said.

India on May 18 banned real estate companies from raising funds overseas to develop townships, a measure aimed at slowing foreign-exchange inflows that have helped the rupee gain against the dollar to a nine year high, hurting the country's exporters.

The government also reduced the ceiling on costs of overseas loans by 50 basis points, or 0.5 percentage points. Interest payments, fees and expenses relating to securing an overseas loan with maturity of between three years and five years must not exceed 150 basis points above the London Interbank Offered rate. The ceiling for loans above five years is 250 basis points above the Libor, the government said.

The Reserve Bank of India, the nation's central bank, asked banks to curb loans to the real-estate sector, making it harder for developers to obtain cheap financing.

So the project is now officially launched. But, how is Unitech planning to sell these super-expensive condos? There are 5300 units each between Rs. 1.5Cr - Rs.4Cr. The NRI housing society in Navi Mumbai was an absolute disaster in 1995. Hope that Unitech doesn't make the same mistake.

Im thinking the same. The project looks gr8, but 5300 flats that expensive is a lot. Even Amby Valley where prices are similar hasnt found enough buyers yet.

better to buy it in stockholm lol

DLF Pinnacle

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/4586/dlfpinnaclemc0.jpg

DLF Aralias

http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/3527/dlfthearaliasek1.jpg

Damn DLF Pinnacle and Arailas are hot when once completed for all time good.

Amrapali Platinum,Sector 119,Noida
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/93/platinummb2.jpg

The official website of Unitech Grande

http://www.unitechgrande.com/

Some more images of Unitech Grande

http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/2171/02ri2.jpg

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/7074/01zl6.jpg

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/8565/03ol0.jpg


Click the below pics for huge size:
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/4383/01tyg8.jpg (http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/992/01leh5.jpg)

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/4647/02tpt8.jpg (http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/2573/02lij2.jpg)

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/8430/03tqi3.jpg (http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/4999/03lzj3.jpg)

Link to 110 mb PDF brochure (http://www.unitechgrande.com/ebrochure.pdf)

List of architects involved
Calisson LLC
RMJM
HOK
Lighting Design Allaince

List of landscapers involved
Greg Norman Golf Course Design
SWA Group
EDAW Landscape Artists

Thats awesome!

DLF Town Square,Sector 18,Noida
http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/7647/dlftownsquarezz7.jpg


A model of the mall was also showcased at a property tradeshow @Cannes,France in 2006
Copyright Hellbot
Noida project model...by Scott Harrington...done for DLF

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/8405/5284724268ad587e8a3ozo2.jpg

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/8405/5284724268ad587e8a3ozo2.jpg

Chic!

Another unitech grande type township in the making?


DLF Ltd bags DCM land in largest deal
(http://www.indianexpress.com/story/204757.html)
In what is being seen as the country’s largest land deal, realty major DLF Ltd has bought 100 acres of land from the DCM Group in west Delhi. The deal has been struck at Rs 1,750 crore, besting Unitech’s Rs 1,500-crore land deal in Noida a few months ago.

Though DLF refused to either confirm or deny the reports, the land is expected to be developed for residential purposes. “We will most probably make high-end residential options on that land,” said a source.

The company outbid Unitech, which offered Rs 1,600 crore for the land, as well as other developers like Emaar MGF. The unused land is located on a main arterial road of west Delhi near Rajouri Garden, Raja Garden and Punjabi Bagh. Property experts feel the deal will provide a fillip to realty rates in the area.

Apart from DLF, Parsvnath is the only builder present in the area. Parsvnath already has a premium, high-end apartment complex under construction at Shivaji Garden. The area is also near Shivaji Place district centre, which has four upmarket malls and will finally be home to 11 malls, one five-star hotel and a habitat centre.

DLF, which had its IPO recently, on Thursday became the first realty company in the country to cross a market capitalisation of Rs 1 trillion.

DLF bids Rs 398 cr for MCD’s tallest building (http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=169986)
VARUN SONI
Posted online: Saturday, July 14, 2007 at 0006 hours IST

NEW DELHI, JUL 13: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is planning to build one of India's tallest towers and north India's highest at Minto Road in Delhi encompassing 53 floors with an area of 1.2 million sq ft. In the bids invited on Friday, realty major DLF Ltd emerged as the highest bidder at a cost of Rs 398 crore. It beat Parsvnath which bid Rs 326 crore.

To be developed as office space, the building will be on a 30-year lease and owned by the developer and the MCD on a 50-50 ratio. The building, will however, be maintained by the developer who bags the project. This project comes after the proposed tallest tower in the world to be built in Noida was scrapped due to financial and earthquake concerns.

The results of the bid will be officially announced in a week or two.

...So looks like DLF is setting up to trump rivals Unitech in the building of this 53 stories.

BTW, I am pretty sure that the Noida Tower thing is a falsity. The rest of the article is ripe with incorrect facts about projects in India that obviously came from a google search. The Noida Tower seems to be speculation that he mistook for fact.

While I give the guy kudos for making the effort, much more so than many other reporters would, he still needs to make sure his facts are current


Cheers,
Jai

^^

Did anyone notice that the last section of the news is taken from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_India

and I can guess who wrote the wikipedia article.

Eldeco Aurum
http://www.axiomestates.com/eldeco_aurum_delhi.htm
Greater Noida

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/9220/eldecoaurumqi1.jpg

Okay the Unitech project has been hit by the usual - some people going to court against the allocation of the project - so typical of any big project in India

:ohno:

Notice to UP govt, Unitech in 'Express City' deal
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/Economy/Infrastructure/Notice_to_UP_govt_Unitech_in_Express_City_deal/articleshow/2194998.cms

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government and others on a petition challenging allotment of a 340-acre piece of land for development of 'Express City' township in Noida to real estate developer Unitech Ltd.

A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhan sought reply from the state government, Unitech and New Okhla Industrial Development Authority on a petition filed by iCity Infrastructure (India), which also participated in the bidding process, seeking stay on the allotment.

In the country's biggest land deal, Delhi-based Unitech in May last year had outbid its rival and largest real estate company DLF and others to bag the city development contract in Sectors 96, 97 and 98 of Noida on Noida Expressway with an offer of Rs 1,583 crore.

Almost 50 per cent of the land would be used for open area development and greenery and the rest for residential accommodation. A reserve price was fixed at Rs 5,740 per sq metre, which is approximately Rs 788.79 crores.

Senior counsel Harish Salve, appearing for the petitioner, submitted that its financial bid was more than Rs 500 crores as it had offered Rs 2100 crores against the Unitech's bid of Rs 1582.84 crores and DLF's offer of Rs 1401.48 crores.

Refuting claims of favouritism, senior counsel FS Nariman and Mukul Rohtagi stated that the petitioner was not qualified and its technical bid had been rightly rejected.

According to Nariman, the terms and conditions permitted a consortium to be an applicant and the requirement of net worth was also not fulfilled.

Parsvanath Palacia
Greater Noida

from an advt in TOI

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/4571/parsvantahpalacia2jq9.jpg

Okay the Unitech project has been hit by the usual - some people going to court against the allocation of the project - so typical of any big project in India

:ohno:

Notice to UP govt, Unitech in 'Express City' deal
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/Economy/Infrastructure/Notice_to_UP_govt_Unitech_in_Express_City_deal/articleshow/2194998.cms

Geez, Why can't anything in India happen with ease for once without the matter running into legal hurdles. :bleep: :bleep:

And iCity is yapping only after Unitech announced Grande, a good one year after the land deal was finalized. http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/8372/whineht0.gif


_________________
Mall of India by DLF in Gurgaon -next to NH8

-Largest mall of India to be constructed.
-some sources claim that it would spread over 3.6 mn sq feet and some say 4.0
-DLF's PDF to Sebi says it would spread over 3.9 sq feet and would be completed by 2010
-Emaar-MGF is planning to build an even larger mall in NCR


site for the mall - at the back is Ambi Mall
copyright gurgaonshoppingmalls
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/4646/808509793a64ef70451bom8.jpg

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/5786/8086725431b3b1acb65bjn7.jpg

Wow have you got any more renderings?

nope

Wow have you got any more renderings?
Yeah:
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/3425/mlsa9.jpg

Though design looks like to have changed somewhat since then

DLF bids Rs 398 cr for MCD’s tallest building (http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=169986)

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is planning to build one of India's tallest towers and north India's highest at Minto Road in Delhi encompassing 53 floors with an area of 1.2 million sq ft.




28 storey tower + 4 buildings of 6 storeys each = 52 floors

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=198686


DLF, Parsvnath shortlisted for MCD skyscraper
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News_/DLF_Parsvnath_shortlisted_for_MCD_skyscraper/articleshow/2205771.cms

DLF and Parsvnath Developers have been shortlisted for the 30-year lease rights for maintenance and operations of Delhi’s tallest building, the proposed civic centre of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). DLF’s bid at around Rs 400 crore is supposed to be higher than Parsvnath’s.

The proposed MCD civic centre would be developed on 11.5 acres at Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, just a kilometre away from Connaught Place. To be completed by 2008-end, the 28-storey structure will have around 6 lakh sq ft of commercial space along with three levels of basement parking. The centre would also have a direct link to the New Delhi Metro station, which in turn, would be extended to the international airport.

proposed projects

Raheja Gulmohar (Sector 78, Gurgaon) and Raheja Vedaanta (Sector 108, Gurgaon)

http://www.rahejabuilders.com/

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/8246/rahejadelhibuildas2.jpg

28 storey tower + 4 buildings of 6 storeys each = 52 floors

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=198686


DLF, Parsvnath shortlisted for MCD skyscraper
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News_/DLF_Parsvnath_shortlisted_for_MCD_skyscraper/articleshow/2205771.cms
Oh, that ugly-ass Delhi Civic Center is what they're talking about?

Seriously, what the hell is wrong with these reporters. What other country counts the number of stories from several different buildings and totals them up??

Sun,
Awesome finds on all those projects. All of a sudden-like, NCR is getting some damn fine projects. About time!

Seriously, what the hell is wrong with these reporters. What other country counts the number of stories from several different buildings and totals them up??



Well 53 floors will catch the attention of highrise haters as well as enthusiasts.

:lol:

Some more

Raheja Aaranya, Gurgaon
http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/5051/image2jn0.jpg

Haryana SEZ, Dharuhera
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/1314/image9za1.jpg

Navodaya
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/1992/image8wd7.jpg
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/8039/image7kq0.jpg

^^
Sweeet :)

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found in HT
-no location provided
-no website

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/5228/18072007003008gk1.jpg


large version-click to view
http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/4921/18072007003008rm1.th.jpg (http://img114.imageshack.us/my.php?image=18072007003008rm1.jpg)

Before Unitech announced Grande,it had announced another mega township called Uniworld City which was launched on march7. This township will have 52 buildings and will be located in Greater Noida.


http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/5260/uninorthhw9.jpg


http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/6393/unisouthdr7.jpg

park view
http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/6920/uniparkbu3.jpg


http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/4017/unipoolwk3.jpg

club view
http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/3073/uniclubcx5.jpg


http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/5306/land1qs1.gif

indiansunite - don't you think that unitech grande and uniworld city look very similar. i remember seeing a post by suncity (correct me if i am wrong here) about uniworld city. maybe unitech grande is the more refined version of uniworld city!!!

DLF to develop convention centre in New Delhi

BS Reporter / Mumbai July 18, 2007



Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has awarded the project design, development and operation of an international convention ventre, proposed to be developed in Sector 24, Dwarka, New Delhi, to DLF.

According to a release issued by DLF to the BSE today, the centre will be located close to the international airport in Delhi, and will be designed as per international norms comparable to Suntec Convention Centre, Singapore.

The project, with a land cost of Rs 900 crore, is expected to have a built-up area of approximatley 2 million sq.ft.

indiansunite - don't you think that unitech grande and uniworld city look very similar. i remember seeing a post by suncity (correct me if i am wrong here) about uniworld city. maybe unitech grande is the more refined version of uniworld city!!!

UG does look like a refined version of UWC. However the two projects are different - UG is in Noida and UWC in Greater Noida.

@klpvrksh-
Yeah,they are different as Suncity explained about the location. Plus they are both listed in Unitech's recently updated site and there's nothing about them being the same project in different property sites.


______________________________
_____ Residential Projects______
______________________________

Unitech Verve,Greater Noida, 3x23F
Deadline: Oct09
http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/171/indexrv5.jpg

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Another render of Unitech Grande,Noida

http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/2707/grandehr2.jpg

_________

Unitech Harmony,Gurgaon 3x18F
Deadline:July09

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/4573/indexuc7.jpg

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Central Park II,Sector 48,Gurgaon
29 towers@16F | 50 acres

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/5665/picza0.jpg


http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/5193/centalpark11vh2.jpg


http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/6522/phase2picfs3.jpg


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BPTP Princess Park,Sector 86,Faridabad
12 towers 14-19 floors[Render doesnt show all 12]

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/719/btbxd4.jpg

__________

DLF Park Place,PhaseV,DLF City,Gurgaon
6x20F
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/3/dlfparkplaceal4.jpg


______________________________
______Commercial project______
______________________________

Unitech Infospace,Sector 21,Gurgaon |28.4acres

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/2653/info1tv5.jpg

Does anybody know what is the initial booking response to Unitech Grande?

Delhi government backs India GP
18/07/2007

The swinging prospects for a future Grand Prix in India took a turn for the better this week.

Although the Indian Olympic Association declared last month that it has secured a preliminary deal for a race in Delhi in 2009, it was difficult to overlook the lack of confirmed funding or a circuit.

But reports now suggest that the project is indeed moving ahead, with the Delhi government currently in the process of identifying land for the site, according to the media outlet Delhi Newsline.

A meeting has already been held involving Delhi's chief minister Sheila Dixit and Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi, where one possible site was discussed.

"Putting up a F1 track is not an impossible task. It can be done in time. The Delhi government is keen on (the Grand Prix because) infrastructure will be in place to host tourists, as (the) Commonwealth Games are scheduled a year after the F1 event," an unnamed government official is quoted as saying.

Source: Wheels24 (http://www.wheels24.co.za/Wheels24/NewsPics/0,,1369-1375_2149088,00.html)

First master plan for Greater Noida II is ready

THE GREATER Noida Authority (GNA) has finally prepared and implemented the first Master Plan for Greater Noida Phase II. The authority has also initiated the acquisition of land in at least three villages for the development of Phase II.

Industries will continue to be the stress area in GN Phase II. According to GNA officials, the authority will focus on heavy industries this time.

"Of a total of 55,000 hectare land meant for the development of Phase II, we have earmarked 18.9 per cent for an industrial area. We will also develop a special economic zone (SEZ) as a big industry, which will house jems and jewellery, handicrafts, textile, apparel and such units under roof," says a senior GNA official.

For institutional purposes, the GNA has earmarked 3.9 per cent land, for commercial 2.5 per cent and for residential 13 per cent of the total land. An additional 7.31 per cent land has been kept for transportation, which includes construction of roads and high ways and any possible addition of the mass rapid transport system (MRTS).

The GNA has kept 41 per cent of the total land for a green area. An additional 12 per cent has been kept for recreation.

"We have tried to plug all those loopholes which we thought were left in the development of Noida and Greater Noida," said a senior GNA official. However, he refused to go into the details of those loopholes.

According to GNA officials, a satellite survey of the area was carried out by a Hyderabad-based firm before finalising the Master Plan. There are 187 villages between Dadri and Gulawathi, which are being included in Greater Noida Phase II.

[HT]

Orchid Petals, Gurgaon
25 highrise buildings u/c

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/6569/orchidepatalstower17jk4.jpg

I dont understand why do they keep making low rise concrete buildings they look so horrible.

NEW DELHI: Taking a cue from cities like Bangalore and Pune, the Delhi government is planning a Wi-Fi future for the city. The city government's information technology department is exploring options to ensure Delhiites have wireless net access on laptops. Bangalore is already Wi-Fi :? :? enabled, while Pune and Kolkata are on their way to attaining the status.

But Delhi may take a march over other Indian cities as the government is looking at the latest WiMax technology which ensures high-speed internet access on the move.

The IT department will soon issue advertisements seeking expressions of interest from infotech companies. It is currently busy doing homework. This includes a "tentative" plan to make use of the already existing broadband and GPRS networks of mobile service providers to ensure complete wireless connectivity.

A senior IT department official said, "We are looking at a model that integrates all the existing technologies like GPRS, Wi-Fi and broadband. We are also looking at WiMax, which is the latest in the field. The final decision will be taken on the basis of the economics involved. But right now, our focus in on providing high-speed internet connectivity to all in an unwired way. This will come at a cost. But once the government enters the picture, the cost of internet access for an individual will come down drastically."

Originally a brand name licensed by the company Wi Fi Alliance to describe the embedded technology of wireless local area networks (WLAN), the common use of the term Wi-Fi has now been broadened to mean generic wireless interface of mobile computing devices like laptops and palmtops. It is a short-range system covering many hundreds of metres. It uses a licensed bandwidth to provide access to a network — typically used by the end-user to access their own network, which may or may not be connected to the net.





http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Plan_afoot_to_make_entire_Delhi_Wi-Fi/articleshow/2225455.cms

I dont understand why do they keep making low rise concrete buildings they look so horrible.

Exactly.... there is only so much you can do with concrete buildings. modifications in the future is not easy and it looks kind of "Bulky".

The Belaire, Sector V,Dlf City,Gurgaon - by DLF - 5 towers@28 floors
Deadline :Oct09
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/9648/dlfbelaireyq1.jpg

^^^ now thats a beauty

Central Square, near Karol Bagh(Central Del) by Purearth | G+4 floors
Status :U/C
http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/4599/mallbareareabs8.jpg
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/7347/picture01hn6.jpg


http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/3564/centralsquare1zl0.jpg

Lockheed Martin to set up centre for innovation in Gurgaon (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Indl_Goods__Svs/Engineering/Lockheed_Martin_to_set_up_centre_for_innovation_in_Gurgaon/articleshow/2250381.cms)

US defence and aerospace major Lockheed Martin Corp has entered into a 50:50 collaborative venture with Bangalore-based Wipro to set up a centre for innovation in Gurgaon on the edge of Delhi - its third such facility globally.

"We're calling it the Network Centric Operations Centre (NCOC). It'll have core competence in testing and analysing war-fighting concepts and other command and control operations," said Richard G. Kirkland, the group's president for South Asia.

"This facility will have some 40 trained people. But as and when the need arises, we will deploy people depending on what kind of demonstration the client needs," Kirkland, who is based in Arlington, Virginia, told IANS during a visit here.

Kirkland did not divulge the amount of money being invested in the project, but said: "The fact that this is only our third such centre globally speaks about the significance we attach to India and the project."

The Gurgaon facility will help defence and homeland security customers fight terror and tackle other issues like natural disasters in an integrated manner by suggesting how the available resources can be optimally deployed.

Technically, the services offered by the centre will combine what is also called C4ISR capabilities - command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.

"It will be modelled on the Centre for Innovation in Suffolk, Virginia, and the experimentation facility called 'Swift' at the Farnborough Aerospace Centre in Britain," Kirkland said.

"Essentially, the facility will develop for its civil and defence customers the solutions required to address complex problems, emerging threats and similar operational challenges, using modern techniques," he added.

The situations can vary from floods to disasters and earthquakes and terror attacks, maritime surveillance and the whole battle space, while the solutions will help concerned authorities deal with the situation in the best possible manner.

Central Square, near Karol Bagh(Central Del) by Purearth | G+4 floors
Status :U/C
http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/4599/mallbareareabs8.jpg
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/7347/picture01hn6.jpg


http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/3564/centralsquare1zl0.jpg

They're going to build that near Karol Bagh? Central Delhi? How did they get the land for construction?? Thats prime location.

^
Its a little north of Karol Bagh.
___

Found a render of the DLF Park Place project

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2426/dlfparkplacevs8.jpg


this was posted before-
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/3/dlfparkplaceal4.jpg

I finally made time to do a floor count of the tallest buildings of the Unitech Grande (over 40 stories). Thanks in part to this image, now in much higher resolution:

Scroll------------->
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/3039/thubay9.jpg (http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/7046/5image3by8.jpg)
(Click the above for an even higher res image)

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60 floor tower

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/5229/60storiesnz9.jpg
http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/6573/603va4.jpg http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/804/602pk1.jpg

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48 floor tower
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45 floor tower x 2

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45 floor tower
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Awesome!

I like all these buildings, so futuristic looking.

One of the best projects i have seen so far.

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DLF Towers,Jasola,Delhi - retail+office space | G+12F

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DLF sure has some unique building designers (architects) ha.....awesome!

Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport Commercial Masterplan, also by RMJM Architects:

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The site covers 349 hectares and incorporates the development of five grouped schemes. Group A incorporates retail, entertainment and amusement park, Group B - convention centre, 10 hotels, trademart and golf course, Group C is a logistic hob and Group D consist of corporate and IT offices.

The primary design objective was to produce a dynamic and contemporary landmark business and commerce development that matches the status befitting an international airport, whilst providing a new global commercial hub. Sweeping green boulevards through the design provide long clear vistas to the airport terminal using extensive landscaping to frame the views and the entire site as been designed to adhere to sustainable models of development being followed worldwide
Cheers,
Jai

Unitech Grande would be built on the left side..

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Does anyone know if there are any plans to connect the Delhi-Noida Expressway and the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway together?
There is a road that connects them but has stop lights...I thought there were some plans to make that stretch access controlled and have flyovers.

^ No such plan ever heard.

Raheja Vedanta, Sector 108,Gurgaon

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Fast forward to 2010. It’s late evening, you’re cruising down the Taj Expressway, there’s a 10 ft high brick and chain link wall to one side. From behind the wall comes a fierce roar, a trumpet, a hiss, a howl... welcome to the jungle. The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) is working overtime to set up Safari India — the country’s first night safari tourism project — on the Taj Expressway, next to Gautam Budh University.
This one-of-its-kind night zoo will be home to 71 exotic species of mammals, reptiles, amphibians and birds in four specially created zones — Indian Trail, Shikar Night Tram Ride, Maneaters of Tsavo and Amazon Trail — to simulate geographic zones such as the Amazon basin, the Savannas and tropical rainforests.
Spread over 102 hectares, the project aims to create awareness about awareness and ecological balance, provide a source of recreation, help in conservation and research of exotic species and, of course, spur tourism in Greater Noida. The animals will, largely, roam free. Areas specially illuminated for night-viewing have been demarcated in the night zoo.
As per the proposal submitted to the Central Zoo Authority (CZA), Safari India will be developed on the lines of the world’s first night safari in Singapore.
Safari India has got the nod from the UP tourism department as well as the forest department. After going over a detailed project report submitted by the GNIDA in July-August 2004, the CZA has also given an NoC to the project. Next, the GNIDA will have to get permission form the Supreme Court before work on the project can begin in right earnest.
Though there is no written time-frame for completion of the project, officials hope its inauguration will coincide with the Commonwealth Games 2010. ‘‘We have got the principle sanction for the DPR, now the project is subject to approval by the Supreme Court. We have prepared a budget and will approach consultants in order to work out the plan and a tentative deadline. The most economically viable option would be by 2010 as we would have guests from all over the world at that time,’’ informs a senior GNIDA official.
In 2000, the Supreme Court had passed an order that the creation of any new zoo would need CZA clearance, followed by court permission. ‘‘After a PIL was submitted following the death of tigers in the Nandankanan Zoological Park, the SC passed this order,’’ says Dr B R Sharma, member-secretary, CZA. ‘‘This was also to curb the number of zoos that had begun mushrooming in the country after permission from the state authorities and forest officials.’’
The estimated project cost of Safari India is Rs 270 crore. Authorities have allocated 14.9 hectare for future expansion and another 19.4 hectare as a reserved buffer. Animals will be brought from zoos across

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New Delhi: Flagship explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corporation will embark on a journey towards its new home on Monday when PM Manmohan Singh will lay the foundation stone of its high-tech corporate office building in the Capital’s Vasant Kunj area.
The building is being christened ONGC-Rajiv Gandhi Urja Bhawan as the foundation stone-laying is coinciding with the birth anniversary of the former PM. His wife and Congress president Sonia Gandhi will also attend the function.
The building, being constructed at a cost of Rs 500 crore, will house the proposed ONGC Energy Centre and corporate offices of the parent and its group companies — ONGC Videsh Ltd and Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd.
It will be spread over a 36,340 sq metre area and has the potential of becoming a landmark.
Oil minister Murli Deora said the building would be one of the most modern in terms of energy efficiency and design. He allayed fears of shifting the company’s headquarters from Dehradun and said the new ‘‘building is only to house the corporate offices of group companies scattered over 4-5 locations in Delhi and R&D centre’’.
The building has been designed by noted architect Hafeez Contractor and would now be ready by April 2009. The five-storey building would have a built-up area of 46,900 sq metres and would use renewable sources such as solar energy to reduce power consumption.
The building is designed on the sustainable architecture concept that emphasises on creation of environment-friendly buildings, that result in water conservation, energy efficiency, usage of recycled products and renewable energy.
The building would use high efficiency chillers for reducing environmental degradation due to carbon emissions. It would ensure conservation of water through waterless urinals, recycling and harvesting.

New Delhi: Real estate major DLF Ltd on Thursday acquired the SBM Land Redevelopment (SBMLR) project in the national capital from DCM Shriram Consolidated and Lohia Group for Rs 1,675 crore, inking the country’s biggest land deal.
The company has entered into an agreement with DSCL and Lohia’s, which also own Indo-Rama Textiles, to acquire the 38 acre property in Delhi — better known as Swatantra Bharat Mills and DCM Silk Mills — at just about 4-5 km from Connaught Place, the Capital’s central business district. SBM is located at the intersection between Shivaji Marg and Zakhira Bridge in north Delhi.
“The funding of the acquisition has been through internal accruals,” DLF group executive director Rajiv Talwar said.
As per internal estimates of DLF, this acquisition coupled with the previous acquisition of contiguous plots, will add Rs 4,000 crore to its NAV. It will also increase the NAV of the existing IT SEZ project by Rs 1,000 crore, thereby the total cumulative NAV increasing by Rs 5,000 crore.
With the current acquisition, the company would have the potential to build three million sq ft of IT SEZ offices, two million sq ft of shopping mall and five million sq ft of residential units in the national capital.
The company said the deal would create a potential value in excess of Rs 12,000 crore. DLF is planning to pump in Rs 11,000-12,000 crore towards development of this land into integrated township, consisting of office space, houses, commercial units and hospitality. It will perhaps be the first integrated township of its kind, combining an IT SEZ with a massive housing supply for those working in the SEZ.
DSCL and Lohia’s held an equal 50% stake in SBMLR. The deal is the biggest in the country, surpassing rival Unitech’s Rs 1,582 crore purchase of land in Noida.

Express Estates (Indian Express): Unitech Grande: As Grand as it Gets (http://www.expressestates.in/full_story.php?content_id=90968)
AS GRAND AS IT GETS

Alok Singh
Posted online: Friday, August 17, 2007 at 1247 hours IST

As you drive down the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway, the first thing to catch your attention would be the institutional area that is already up on one side of the road. The other side of the road is residential. Sector 93A has already entered the secondary market. For those looking to buy options in the primary market, this area had almost dried up. Then a dramatic event took place — India’s largest land deal with Unitech buying 347 acres of land at Rs 1,582 crore to launch the Unitech Grande project. It is a separate matter that the developers plan to take home about Rs 15,000 crore from this project. Although there is only this one builder in these three sectors (96, 97, and 98), this project covers an area larger than any of the others. It is this residential stretch along the expressway that we will look at this week.


Getting there

From Sector 18 market of Noida reach Amity Chowk and turn right. Currently you have to wade through a traffic bottleneck to reach the expressway from Sector 18 market, but when all the under-construction flyovers are complete, access will get easier. Talking of access, this expressway will be Wi-Fi enabled. From Delhi one can reach the expressway via Kalindi Kunj or via the Delhi-UP Link Road which runs parallel to Mayur Vihar and sector 15 A of Noida.

While the institutional area is clearly visible from this expressway, the other side of the road seems to hold nothing but trees. You will have to get on to the service lanes to even see the site. For any enquiries, however, you will have to go to the Unitech office in Sector 18, as the site office is not functional yet. The sector roads are up though construction has not started yet.


On offer

In all about 5,300 dwelling units would come up in this development. The project would be developed in four phases over seven years. The first phase of the project was launched in June 2007. What will eventually become the block 3, this phase of development offered about 670 units. Only 40 per cent of these have been sold yet. These are due for delivery in about 38 months, i.e., around Diwali time, 2010.

The basic offering starts at 2,120 sq ft. It is a three-bedroom unit and as far as apartments go, the highest would be a four-bedroom unit with two servant’s quarters. There would also be penthouses. In between is a large enough range that offers options of larger rooms, balconies, terraces, and servant’s quarters. Some apartments would come equipped with ‘sky gardens’, which would have a personal lounge pool.

The uptake of these houses is expectedly slower than that of lesser-priced options. Says Sanjeev Sood of Sood properties, “Penthouses are selling better than the apartments. But in any case, the rate is too high and market would not be able absorb. The project, will surely catch on but it will take time.”

The highlight of this township would be a 9-hole golf course, which is more likely to cater to recreational needs rather than hosting major international events. This would take up around 90 acres and there would also be themed, landscaped gardens over about 100 acres. There would also be hotels, habitat centre bedsides the usual club and pool facilities. Add up all the other open areas and the project claims an open area of about 93 per cent. Of course the high-rise towers that would come up here compensate that. There would be eight tower blocks and four gateway tower blocks. A different consultant would design each pair of blocks. These towers would go as high as 45 floors. The smaller towers, say Unitech officials, would be 19 floors high.

On offer are also perhaps the highest prices being demanded for any under-construction apartment in the NCR. At Rs 7,550 per sq ft (including a Rs 200 discount) the prices here are still being revised upwards, rather than being stable or being revised downwards. By the time you read this, prices could have increased another Rs 50 or 100. Though this price seems high, the expectation in March 2007 was that when a project is launched on this site, it would be in the range of Rs 10,000 per sq ft.

The slowdown may therefore save the billionaires a few millions if they decide to buy into this property. One common query about this project is that whether end users would prefer to buy such a property in Noida, rather than in places like Gurgaon-Manesar. Sanjay Chandra says that besides the fact that this area has excellent connectivity to Delhi, this is where they had their plot of land.

So here it is, the grandest plan of Unitech is set to come up at Noida, sectors 96, 97, and 98.


Target buyer and investor

Unitech officials at their Noida marketing office say that the project is targeted at CEOs and members of board of directors. But talking about similar projects elsewhere in the country, Jai Mavani, Executive Director, KPMG India said that these are aspirational addresses. People who buy such properties are the ones who want to make a statement that they have arrived. They also pay a premium for sharing the address with the ‘in crowd’. In this regard, the project compares favourably with the apartments in Delhi that are now going for about Rs 15,000 per sq ft.

As an investment too, it is not meant for just about any investor who can bring together Rs 2-3 crore. At the prices these are being offered, the investor may not book good profits in the short term, unless the market is seeing another general boom. Sanjay Chandra, MD, Unitech also says, “Buyers can resell the apartment in the market but resale is discouraged for about a year after purchase.”

Jay Mavani offers another reason why developers are wary of speculators/investors in such super-premium properties. He says that if investors picked up large parts of the property, at the time of possession the end user would either be living in a nearly empty building or be forced to live with people to whom this property would have been let out. The end user would not prefer both of which. Mavani points out another feature of super-premium properties. If the market is in decline, the prices of such properties do not fall too steeply, as those who have deep pockets hold these. In a booming market, prices of course rise.

Despite the odds, some investor activity will of course be there. Pradeep Mishra of Zion Consultancy says the investor would have to have a holding capacity of at least three to four years for booking profits in the Unitech Grande project. He cites his own example, saying that there was extremely high interest in the Grande project before it was launched. But the moment it was launched, almost all the enquiries vanished. It must be noted that Mishra is speaking primarily of the investor crowd.


Should you buy

Living here would make most sense if your workplace was nearby, and there are quite a few of them just across the road from here.

Several large IT companies, like Mentor Graphics, HCL, Amity University, and Perot Systems are across the road. More office complexes will be developed in the near future. According to a Trammell Crow report, Noida has a stock of 20 lakh sq ft of office space, while another 9 lakh sq ft is under development, 75 per cent of which will be taken up by IT-ITeS companies.

If you belong to any of the companies that plan to shift here, you can buy options here. If you like golf, go ahead again. But always remember, more economical options are a plenty. When you buy here, you must be convinced that this is going to be a very happening address in the coming years. On the flip side, this is a long-term project. If you buy here today, be prepared to endure a project that is going to stay under construction for the next seven years. Obviously, construction activity will not hinder those living in the other blocks but it will obviously be a very long time before this ‘Grande’ project takes its final grand shape.