Wasn't it three towers of 90 storeys? This now may turn out to be a smaller Lodha World Place.

yes it was 3 towers of 90 floors

see (next page)
http://sify.com/finance/Lodha-group-set-to-erect-world-s-tallest-residential-tower-in-Mumbai-imagegallery-others-kgjjHdbhhaa.html

^Some articles are say it will be three towers of 80-90 floors. We know the tallest one will be 90.

nice update devendra :)

Thanks:)

yes it was 3 towers of 90 floors

see (next page)
http://sify.com/finance/Lodha-group-set-to-erect-world-s-tallest-residential-tower-in-Mumbai-imagegallery-others-kgjjHdbhhaa.html

^Some articles are say it will be three towers of 80-90 floors. We know the tallest one will be 90.


3 towers of 92 floors each. That's what a DLF guy told me yesterday. There will be a 17 storey car park and part of it will be a bus terminal. That's the deal reached between DLF and the BMC.

Also Hafeez has been given the boot and they've brought in DesignPlus architects who've designed some of DLF's buidings in Gurgaon.

The launch has been delayed till August because these guys were all set to launch the tallest towers in Mumbai and then Lodha spoilt the party. So they've gone back to the drawing board to make the project more plush and attractive to prospective buyers in the market.

They should have gone taller than Lodha ;)

anyone have any idea which is the building u/c behind CG house at worli/prabhadevi?

The crane can be seen in the bottom of this photo

Copyright Shashi Rajput
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/4783/4788448619f3e34ea7fdb.jpg

yes thats the one! thanks for the pic

its right next to the skylark plot as well

3 towers of 92 floors each. That's what a DLF guy told me yesterday. There will be a 17 storey car park and part of it will be a bus terminal. That's the deal reached between DLF and the BMC.

Also Hafeez has been given the boot and they've brought in DesignPlus architects who've designed some of DLF's buidings in Gurgaon.

The launch has been delayed till August because these guys were all set to launch the tallest towers in Mumbai and then Lodha spoilt the party. So they've gone back to the drawing board to make the project more plush and attractive to prospective buyers in the market.

that good... nice dlf will come up with some nice looking skyscraper...... :)

Hey guys, m watching this area in Wadala (E)... near Anik... do you know of any big projects lined up around? I remember some news not too long ago that talked about converting wadala (e) into a business hub like BKC... but how about residential projects? or infra projects around the area? ne information you may have?

Imperial Heights is a Wadhwa Group construction in Goregaon West (Oshiwara). 4 Towers X 44 Floors.

http://www.wadhwadevelopers.com/elevation.htm

A couple of renderings from their website:

http://www.wadhwadevelopers.com/images/elevation01.jpg

http://www.wadhwadevelopers.com/images/elevation.jpg

Towers A and B will be up for possession in March 2011.
Tower D in Oct 2011 and Tower C in July 2012.

Since I am based outside India, it will be great if someone staying in the area can post some updates.

The last update is in the Bombay Boom thread.

Yet another tower coming up.

64-storey tower to replace Dalal Estate (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/64-storey-tower-to-replace-Dalal-Estate/articleshow/6160873.cms)

MUMBAI: One of the oldest and largest residential complexes in south Mumbai is all set for a makeover.

Dalal Estate, the more than seven-decade-old landmark residential enclave along the Mumbai Central bridge, will be demolished later this year to make way for a 64-storey skyscraper, TOI has learnt. The project is expected to be completed within four years.

The estate, comprising 20 low-rise buildings constructed way back in 1935, has over 300 tenants—majority of them occupying flats—as well as a plethora of shops, including a beer bar and wine shop run by the son of a former Mumbai police commissioner. In its earlier years, the complex was a stronghold of Parsis, until other communities started moving in about two decades ago.

According to developer Nathani Parekh Constructions, which has the mandate to execute this Rs-300 crore project, the tenants will be shifted to temporary accommodations from October 1 and demolition work will start soon after. The little-over-an acre plot will be used to set up a single tower to house the existing residents on the lower floors free of cost, while the upper floors will be sold at the market rate.

It will be one of the largest redevelopment ventures involving pre-1940 buildings in the island city under Development Control Rule 33 (7), which pertains to the redevelopment of old and dilapidated buildings. "We have already received consent from 95% of the tenants. It has taken us four years to achieve this," said Hamid Nathani, managing director of Nathani Parekh Constructions.

According to the plans chalked out by the developer, the first two floors will be used for commercial use and the third to seventh floors for parking. The eighth floor will have a garden area. The existing tenants will be accommodated between the ninth and the 38th floors. As many as 100 flats between the 39th and 64 floors will be sold by the builder at the market price.

Currently, the residents occupy flats, which range between 400 sq ft and 1,500 sq ft in size. The developer has agreed to give an equivalent area to each tenant in the new tower. Besides, the tenants will also get a corpus of Rs 5 crore and a bank guarantee of Rs 25 crore in case something goes wrong with the project.

For decades, the mass of buildings is virtually the first sight that greets migrants who arrive from the north and the west at the Mumbai Central station, which is just a stone’s throw away. It was constructed a few years after Bombay Central station became operational. According to old-timers, Dalal Estate was initially a Parsi enclave, set up by Jehangir Dalal, who subsequently sold it to an Ahmedabad-based trust. Today, its residents are cosmopolitan, mainly Muslims, Gujaratis and the remaining Parsis.


New towering landmark to come up in Mumbai central (http://www.accommodationtimes.com/real-estate-news/new-towering-landmark-to-come-up-in-mumbai-central/)

A new 64 storey tower is coming up near Mumbai Central bridge, in south Mumbai .

Dalal Estate, a more than seventy years old residential landmark of the area, comprising of 20 low rise residential buildings, shall get a complete make over now.

A 300 Cr. worth project shall be developed by Nathani Parekh constructions. The project would have first two floors for commercial use, next six floors for parking and the eighth floor for garden. From the ninth floor up to the 38th floor shall be the accommodation for almost 300, existing tenants. The floors above the 38th up to 64th shall be sold by the developers.

The project is about to start within next three months and the possession is expected after four years.

This project has a fantastic location half a km away from The Imperial towers.

Shreepati Estate just got clearance



Shreepati Estate, Lower Parel (Ground+72fls)
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/9131/estateq.jpg (http://img192.imageshack.us/i/estateq.jpg/)



Another swanky building replaces shanties

A swank, 72-storey skyscraper with flats and duplexes for sale will replace shanties on NM Joshi Marg in Lower Parel, part of a cluster redevelopment project cleared by the Chief Minister.

It was the first such project cleared after a gap of six months, and the third overall since March 2009, when Maharashtra government adopted a policy for private redevelopment of clusters of buildings spread over an area of one acre in the island city.

The latest proposal is from Shreepati Developers. As with the other two, it will involve demolition of low-rise buildings (one to four storeys) to construct highrises. The project will see the demolition of 25 such buildings and 153 shanties, scattered across a 4.42 acre plot. These include structures at Saat Pansare Chawl, Parsi Wadi, a municipal colony and a couple of other BMC properties along NM Joshi Marg.

In their place, the developer will build the skyscraper and other tall buildings. The 72-storey structure, Shreepati Estates, will be the developer’s sale component. It will offer three-bedroom and four-bedroom flats, duplexes and a penthouse along with a swimming pool and a gymnasium.

The developer will also build four 21-storey buildings and one of 19 storeys, where existing tenants will be rehoused, and another 11-storey commercial building that would be handed over to the BMC and the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority.

PWI (http://www.pwindia.in/News/Metro/10-07-12/Another_swanky_building_replaces_shanties.aspx)

awesome news... the render has ~65-67 floors though, including podium. Call it min ~200m tall

edit- Shreepati Group's website has it (http://www.shreepatigroup.in/realestate/property.php?id=PIN00014) at Ground +72

btw, Shreepati Estate is in the far south of Lower Parel, behind Lodha Bellissimo next to Chinchpokli Station

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Anyway, while browsing around Mumbai on TerraServer, I saw something Site Prep near Century Mills in Worli, at first I thought it maybe the Textiles Mills Tower but that appears to be a bit further east?

Site:
http://a.imageshack.us/img96/825/screenshot20100714at559.png





Worli | Textile Mills tower | 35 floors


http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/6076/64134561fj8.jpg (http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/2953/55468584qx4.jpg)


Soaring to a height of 162m over the skyline of Mumbai, the 35 storey Textile Mill Commercial Building is a revolutionary high-tech office tower that promotes sustainable agenda. This is the face of the new, technology savvy India, routed in history but with its sights set firmly on the future. An exercise in urban regeneration and re-invention, the building rises from a large urban plaza, populated by cafes and finished in materials salvaged from the cotton mills which current occupy the site. This act of juxtaposition epitomizes Mumbai, a city of contrasts.


location:
http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/549/1fzr2.jpg

What I was about to post before my Mac restarted itself was, an old building in Lower Parel, adjacent to the Lodha World Place site has been leveled. Who owns the plot and what is coming up?

Nov 2009:
http://a.imageshack.us/img651/7897/screenshot20100714at637.png
(C)Google Earth

March 2010:
http://a.imageshack.us/img16/9357/screenshot20100714at624.png
(C)TerraServer

Here's a new twin 50 storey project coming up in New Islam Mills in Lalbaug -

Nine floors of podium parking with a capacity of 2,200 cars, 1 lakh sq ft of open space with a jogging track, swimming pool and a health club along with a sewage and water treatment plant. These are the plans of Nish Developers, the firm floated by the Non Resident Indian (NRI) Kailash Agarwal, which became the first to undertake the cluster redevelopment scheme in the city.

Located near the Bharatmata cinema, Nish Developers will redevelop 6.5-acre of land. The project cost is estimated at Rs 1,000 crore. 579 tenants occupying the chawls will get bigger homes while 46 shopkeepers will get new business premises in three 23-storey buildings.

In addition, both the civic body and MHADA will get 190 flats free of cost. Nish Developers will build two towers of 50 floors, housing 300 flats, measuring between 1,200 and 1,400 sq ft to be sold in the open market. All the buildings will be Platinum Grade Green buildings and residents would get an incentive of 50 per cent on property tax.

Lalbaug project takes off (http://www.hindustantimes.com/rssfeed/mumbai/Lalbaug-project-takes-off/Article1-523406.aspx)


Render:
http://i29.tinypic.com/fbw4yq.jpg

Location of New Islam Mills:
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/2631/locationn.jpg


Can someone locate the developer's website?

Site Prep is going on -

Copyright TS
http://a.imageshack.us/img210/3774/screenshot20100714at656.png

Yet another tower coming up.

64-storey tower to replace Dalal Estate (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/64-storey-tower-to-replace-Dalal-Estate/articleshow/6160873.cms)



New towering landmark to come up in Mumbai central (http://www.accommodationtimes.com/real-estate-news/new-towering-landmark-to-come-up-in-mumbai-central/)

Holy... One of my uncles stay in the area. Damn, he will be having a good value of his recent property.

Site Prep is going on, and IU can you re upload in render, I can't see it.

Copyright TS

Takes freaking long to load on TerraServer. Anyways, good updates!

List of Mumbai skyscrapers 50 floors+ in all stages

1. India Tower, Marine Lines: 125 fl (700m)
2. Joyus Housing Tower, Mahalaxmi: 125fl (486m)
3. World One, Lower Parel: 117 fl (442m)
4. Lodha Iconic Tower, Wadala: 101fl (531m)
5. Platinum II, Mumbai: 100fl
6. Matru Mandir, Tardeo: 100fl (325m)
7. DLF Project Tower, Lower Parel: 92fl x 3
8. IL&FS Project, Sewri: 90fl x 8
9. Kumar Couture, Prabhadevi: 90fl (275m)
10. Shreepati Skies, Tardeo: 88fl (301m)
11. Raheja Platinum, Lower Parel, 85fl
12. Skylark Heights, Prabhadevi: 83fl (375m)
13. Orchid Heights, Mahalaxmi: 80fl x 2 (300m)
14. Waves, Worli: 80fls
15. Orchid Crown tower I, Prabhadevi: 80fl
16. Indiabulls Sky Forest tower I, Parel: 80fl
17. Lodha World Place Towers, Lower Parel: 80fl x 2
18. Lokdhandwala Minerva, Worli: 80fl
19. Orchid Crown towers II & II, Prabhadevi: 75fl x 2
20. Indiabulls Sky Suits, Parel: 75fl
21. Shreepati Estate, Lower Parel: 72fl
22. A A Estate Pvt Ltd Project, Worli: 70fl
23. Palais Royale, Lower Parel: 66fl (320m)
24. Oberoi Skyz, Worli: 65fl x 2
25. Skydham, Wadala: 65fl
26. Indiabulls Sky, Parel: 65fl
27. Shreepati Gardens, Parel: 64fl x 4
28. Dalal Estate Tower, Mumbai Central: 64fl
29. Kumar Echelon, Tardeo: 62fl
30. The Imperial, Tardeo: 60fl x2 (249m)
31. Orbit Terraces, Lower Parel: 60fl
32. Indiabulls Sky Forest tower II, Parel: 60fl
33. Jogeshwari Tower, Jogeshwari: 60fl
34. Orchid Turf Tower, Mahalaxmi: 58fl
35. Kumar Project, Mumbai: 56fl
36. Ahuja Towers, Prabhadevi: 55fl x 2
37. Sarah Tower, Mazgaon: 55fl x 2
38. Orchid Woods, Goregaon: 55fl x 3
39. Matru Mandir tower II, Tardeo: 55fl
40. Aristo Solitaire Park, Goregaon: 54fl
41. Vardham Twinster, Byculla: 54fl x 2
42. Orchid Enclave, Mumbai Central: 54fl x 2
43. Lodha Bellissimo, Lower Parel: 52fl
44. Indiabulls Hotel, Mumbai: 52fl (180m)
45. Lodha Primero, Lower Parel: 52fl
46. Planet Godrej, Mahahlaxmi: 51fl
47. Orchid Views, Mahalaxmi: 50fl x 2
48. Orchid Turf View, Mahalaxmi: 50fl
49. Sapphire & Coral, Girgaum: 50fl x 2
50. New Islam Mills Tower, Parel: 50fl
51. Neptune's Living Point, Bhandup: 50fl
52. Kohinoor Square, Dadar: 50fl
53. Altimo, Altamount Rd: 50fl
54. Unitech Project, Malad: 50fl x 3
55. Rivali Park Tower, Borivali: 50fl
56. RNA Project, Worli: 50fl

Here is a snippet from a TOI article saying two hotel projects, one at Hindoostan Mills in Prabhadevi by Akruti Nirman & the other Napeansea Road by Govani Builders will have an FSI of 7.62 & 8 easily making them over 50 floors -

One of them is at Hindoostan Mills in Mahim, where the project has got an FSI of 7.62; another starred hotel, to come up on Napean Sea Road, has been given an FSI of over 8

Well thats all of them I could remember, if there are anymore tell me and I'll add it in.

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can u tell us which ones are u/c.

What I was about to post before my Mac restarted itself was, an old building in Lower Parel, adjacent to the Lodha World Place site has been leveled. Who owns the plot and what is coming up?

Nov 2009:
http://a.imageshack.us/img651/7897/screenshot20100714at637.png
(C)Google Earth

March 2010:
http://a.imageshack.us/img16/9357/screenshot20100714at624.png
(C)TerraServer


That's Madhusudan Mills and 35% (the southern portion) has been sold(?) to Govani builders:
At Madhusudan Mills, Kamlesh Mehta of Gowani Builders has been allowed to develop 27,500 sq m of the 80,785-sq-m plot. The developer has already given the BMC a proposal for building an IT park, a residential complex, service apartments and a hotel.
Clicky (http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ntc-to-give-some-take-some/576864/)

The rest 65% of the land will soon be auctioned off by the NTC.


Site Prep is going on, and IU can you re upload in render, I can't see it.

Copyright TS
http://a.imageshack.us/img210/3774/screenshot20100714at656.png

Can't see it here either. It seems to have been lost by Imageshack. The render was from the Hindustan Times and to access the archives, one has to pay.

Edit: from google's cache, a small res render:
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/4757/36841962.jpg

can u tell us which ones are u/c.

this can help you

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1162821

Or

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

Can someone find the floor count of these buildings? I could only count 55 on the office tower below, the others were too hard -

new project designed by Callison architects for Unitech group in Malad (East). From what I've read last month, slum clearance began in February.

Renders:
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/5784/pdunitechmalad1.jpg

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/544/pdunitechmalad2.jpg

Location:
http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/2310/unitech.jpg

A new project is coming up on the WEH on CCI (Cable Corp of India) land at Borivali East. Its called Rivali Park. Huge project by the looks of it.


http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/540/img1p.jpg

Here is the link to their site.

http://rivalipark.com/rivali_park.swf

can u tell us which ones are u/c.

1. India Tower, Marine Lines: 125 fl (700m) U/C
2. Joyus Housing Tower, Mahalaxmi: 125fl (486m) PRO
3. World One, Lower Parel: 117 fl (442m) U/C
4. Lodha Iconic Tower, Wadala: 101fl (531m) APP
5. Platinum II, Mumbai: 100fl PRO
6. Matru Mandir, Tardeo: 100fl (325m) APP
7. DLF Project Tower, Lower Parel: 92fl x 3 APP
8. IL&FS Project, Sewri: 90fl x 8 PRO
9. Kumar Couture, Prabhadevi: 90fl (275m) U/C
9. Shreepati Skies, Tardeo: 88fl (301m) APP
10. Raheja Platinum, Lower Parel, 85fl APP
11. Skylark Heights, Prabhadevi: 83fl (375m) PRO
12. Orchid Heights, Mahalaxmi: 80fl x 2 (300m) U/C
13. Waves, Worli: 80fls PRO
14. Orchid Crown tower I, Prabhadevi: 80fl U/C
15. Indiabulls Sky Forest tower I, Parel: 80fl U/C
16. Lodha World Place Towers, Lower Parel: 80fl x 2 APP
17. Lokdhandwala Minerva, Worli: 77fl PRO
18. Orchid Crown towers II & II, Prabhadevi: 75fl x 2 U/C
19. Indiabulls Sky Suits, Parel: 75fl U/C
20. Shreepati Estate, Lower Parel: 72fl APP
21. Palais Royale, Lower Parel: 66fl (320m) U/C
22. Oberoi Skyz, Worli: 65fl x 2 PRO
23. Skydham, Wadala: 65fl PRO
24. Indiabulls Sky, Parel: 65fl U/C
25. Shreepati Gardens, Parel: 64fl x 4 PRO
26. Dalal Estate Tower, Mumbai Central: 64fl APP
27. Kumar Echelon, Tardeo: 62fl APP
28. The Imperial, Tardeo: 60fl x2 (249m) COM
29. Orbit Terraces, Lower Parel: 60fl U/C
30. Indiabulls Sky Forest tower II, Parel: 60fl U/C
31. Jogeshwari Tower, Jogeshwari: 60fl PRO
32. Orchid Turf Tower, Mahalaxmi: 58fl PRO
33. Kumar Project, Mumbai: 56fl PRO
34. Ahuja Towers, Prabhadevi: 55fl x 2 U/C
35. Sarah Tower, Mazgaon: 55fl x 2 PRO
36. Orchid Woods, Goregaon: 55fl x 3 U/C
37. Matru Mandir tower II, Tardeo: 55fl APP
38. Aristo Solitaire Park, Goregaon: 54fl PRO
39. Vardham Twinster, Byculla: 54fl x 2 PRO
40. Orchid Enclave, Mumbai Central: 54fl x 2 U/C
41. Lodha Bellissimo, Lower Parel: 52fl U/C
42. Indiabulls Hotel, Mumbai: 52fl (180m) PRO
43. Lodha Primero, Lower Parel: 52fl U/C
44. Planet Godrej, Mahahlaxmi: 51fl COM
45. Orchid Views, Mahalaxmi: 50fl x 2 U/C
46. Orchid Turf View, Mahalaxmi: 50fl U/C
47. Sapphire & Coral, Girgaum: 50fl x 2 APP
48. New Islam Mills Tower, Parel: 50fl U/C
49. Neptunes Living Point, Bhandup: 50fl PRO
50. Kohinoor Square, Dadar: 50fl U/C
51. Altimo, Altamount Rd: 50fl U/C

dlf is pretty much u/c. the basement is done. they are up to ground level

Good Work India101 :)

great work 101 :)

any link 48. New Islam Mills Tower, Parel: 50fl U/C ????

^Thanks

dlf is pretty much u/c. the basement is done. they are up to ground level

Isn't that the basement for the commercial complex plan that was scrapped? Are they using that for the towers?

dlf is pretty much u/c. the basement is done. they are up to ground level

The one in Lower Parel?

Can you get some pictures boss?

^Thanks



Isn't that the basement for the commercial complex plan that was scrapped? Are they using that for the towers?

thats my guess. unless they are using it for something completely different. thats also where the two cranes are standing

India101, here's the tower coming up on New Islam Mills by Nish Developers:

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/1063/nishislam.jpg

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Meanwhile construction of the Kohinoor Square tower in Dadar has begun:

March 2010- terraserver
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/7200/kohinoorsiteimage.jpg


Render:
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/1030/kohinoor1.jpg

more renders here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=57327005&postcount=4243)


The project achieved financial closure in June:


June 1, 2010
Financial Closure
Kohinoor CTNL Infrastructure Company Private Limited (KCICL)

IL&FS Financial Services Ltd (IFIN) has fully tied up debt of Rs 936 cr for ‘Kohinoor Square’, an iconic commercial real estate project being developed by KCICL at at Dadar (West), Mumbai. This is one largest Project Financing achieved in the Indian markets for a commercial real estate project, in recent times.

The combined Loan and Security Documents for the Project were executed on June 1, 2010 in Mumbai, with a consortium of Ten Banks participating in the project. State Bank of India is the Lead Bank.

The Project involves commercial real estate development of 14.74 lac sq ft, with the principal high rise tower planned in an exquisite 50 storey diamond shaped office complex. Additionally, a 14 floor public car park with a shorter 18 storey office tower atop and another 6 storey retail space is also proposed. The aggregate cost of the project is estimated at Rs. 2100 crore KCICL is promoted by the Kohinoor Group, who hold a predominant share in the project. IIRF India Realty VII Ltd. (IIRF – 7), the Real Estate Fund advised and managed by IL&FS Investment Managers Limited (“IIML”), holds a 40% share in the project

The EPC contract for civil and structural works for the project has been awarded to Larsen & Toubro Ltd. The project is scheduled to be completed by October 2012
Clicky (http://www.ilfsifin.com/pdf/Kohinoor%20Writeup.pdf)

Are you effing serious? So what now? Dadar's becoming a new hub of classic and sexier buildings? There's the Sunshine Tower, then the Ruby Mills tower and now this. Amazing developments. Thanks IU!

I saw that site but wasn't sure what was u/c, if it was the 50 storey tower or one the previous two proposals.

And cheers IU for digging out the Islam Mills render.

nice!

also lots of glass for the shit sainiks to target during a bandh. right opp shit sena bhavan

They must have entered into some kind of deal with them to make sure that their structure won't be destroyed by them.

its owned by raj thackeray and manohar joshi

both factions taken care of :nuts:

Are you effing serious? So what now? Dadar's becoming a new hub of classic and sexier buildings? There's the Sunshine Tower, then the Ruby Mills tower and now this. Amazing developments. Thanks IU!

well i do hope it becomes a commercial centre (the Dadar to Wadala belt)

it has strong transport links with the rest of the mmr.

could not be a better position....

Any1 has any updates on Lodha Imperia at Bhandup??

IU, BB or does anyone else know what is coming up between Raheja Legend and Glaxo in Worli?

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/8873/a3cc.jpg

Boy, you are really digging Terraserver.

Yup :D Noticed that when looking if anything had happened at Oberoi Skyz site but nothing has changed.

That website takes a long time to load images when you zoom out or zoom in. So never bothered going back there again. My desktop's Google Earth is the best. :)

Turquoise, Mulund (W) - 41fl

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/413/4633main.jpg

Nirmal Lifestyle (http://www.nirmallifestyle.com/res-turquoise.php)

^^there few other towers like Triumph(36) Thrill(36), Amethyst (39), Zircon (39)

http://www.nirmallifestyle.com/res-zircon.html
http://www.nirmallifestyle.com/res-city-of-joy.html

They have been posted before.

They have been posted before.

hmmm thats why i was thinking why didnt u posted....heheh :)

Empire Solitare (30fls), Mahalaxmi

http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/9840/emp1f.jpg (http://img697.imageshack.us/i/emp1f.jpg/)

http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/2096/emp2.jpg (http://img718.imageshack.us/i/emp2.jpg/)

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/361/emp3.jpg (http://img193.imageshack.us/i/emp3.jpg/)

empireconstructions.in

Pretty nice walk through video, they use real images for the surroundings so you see the Imperial, Antilla, Bellissimo:

m9v7A21FhTc&feature=player_embedded

IU, BB or does anyone else know what is coming up between Raheja Legend and Glaxo in Worli?

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/8873/a3cc.jpg

It could be KRaheja Corp's worli tower site. Will confirm later today.


Meanwhile, a new tower coming up on Altamount Rd:

Altimo - 50 storeys
Website (http://rohanlifescapes.com/Altimo.html)
http://i25.tinypic.com/2v1xb2o.jpg

Ridiculously thin, never the less it's adding to the skyline.

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Remember Raheja Infocity I, Navi Mumbai: one tower of 60 stories, multiple towers 30-40 stories?
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/2569/02zs3uy2.jpg (http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/633/02zs3.jpg)

It has been significantly scaled down to Raheja Infocity (RICC) I, Navi Mumbai: Various buildings 20-30 stories
http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/7992/iamge3ic9.jpg


It either has been redesigned or this is the second Infocity?

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/6973/infox.jpg

Link (http://www.rahejauniversal.com/Commercial/RICC1/RICC1_location_map.html)

It either has been redesigned or this is the second Infocity?
http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/6973/infox.jpg

^This render shows the current design of both the projects. I is the bottom one while II is the one north of it as indicated in the map on their website. They have a 3rd one in their pipeline as well.

It could be KRaheja Corp's worli tower site. Will confirm later today.


Meanwhile, a new tower coming up on Altamount Rd:

Altimo - 50 storeys]

This is pretty sweet. Can you create a new thread?

Should wait till we have a site pic before a thread is started.

IU, BB or does anyone else know what is coming up between Raheja Legend and Glaxo in Worli?

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/8873/a3cc.jpg

thats the old raptakos brett plot. was sold just over a year ago i think. dont really know whats coming up there

what would be really interesting to see is what comes up on the old metal box plot. its huge and was flattened quite a few years ago

also the old hind cycle plot next to mirage

Acme Oasis, Kandivali (E) - 33fl x 2

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/3846/oasishover.jpg

Link (http://www.acmehousing.com/content/acme_oasis.html#)

Similar to Aquaria Grand?

Here's a new twin 50 storey project coming up in New Islam Mills in Lalbaug -

Lalbaug project takes off (http://www.hindustantimes.com/rssfeed/mumbai/Lalbaug-project-takes-off/Article1-523406.aspx)

Nine floors of podium parking with a capacity of 2,200 cars, 1 lakh sq ft of open space with a jogging track, swimming pool and a health club along with a sewage and water treatment plant. These are the plans of Nish Developers, the firm floated by the Non Resident Indian (NRI) Kailash Agarwal, which became the first to undertake the cluster redevelopment scheme in the city.

Located near the Bharatmata cinema, Nish Developers will redevelop 6.5-acre of land. The project cost is estimated at Rs 1,000 crore. 579 tenants occupying the chawls will get bigger homes while 46 shopkeepers will get new business premises in three 23-storey buildings.

In addition, both the civic body and MHADA will get 190 flats free of cost. Nish Developers will build two towers of 50 floors, housing 300 flats, measuring between 1,200 and 1,400 sq ft to be sold in the open market. All the buildings will be Platinum Grade Green buildings and residents would get an incentive of 50 per cent on property tax.

Render:
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/1063/nishislam.jpg


A more recent article from the Indian Express (http://www.indianexpress.com/news/a-72storey-tower-in-place-of-shanties-at-lower-parel/645091/2) says:

Nish Developers: 26,321 sq m at New Islam Mill compound, Parel. Six 22-storey buildings (rehab), 35-storey commercial structure, two 50-storey residential buildings

Another similar article

http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4144684

Mumbai has another tall storey to tell
Mumbai: A swank, 72-storey skyscraper with flats and duplexes for sale will come up on NM Joshi Marg in Lower Parel, part of a cluster redevelopment project cleared by the Chief Minister.

Any idea what this South Mumbai redevelopment project is about ? I'm excited about Godrej getting into the game!

http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_godrej-properties-near-redevelopment-deal-in-south-mumbai_1411603

Godrej Properties near redevelopment deal in south Mumbai

Pooja Sarkar / DNAMonday, July 19, 2010 2:52 IST

Mumbai: Godrej Properties, the Adi Godrej-promoted realty venture, is all set to close a redevelopment deal in the island city this quarter, sources in the know said.


Also, its land deal with Jet Airways at Bandra Kurla Complex, which was slated to close on July 15, has now been extended till the end of the month, sources said.

A source privy to the deal said, “Jet has to get an additional floor space index of 9.5 then only would Godrej go ahead with the deal. The deal is quite complexly structured. The global FSI available at BKC is lower, but if the project has to be viable they need more FSI as the land is quite expensive.”

Godrej Properties plans to start construction at its Vikhroli land parcel of 35 acre or 2.9 million square feet (msf) in the last quarter of this fiscal, said Milind Korde, managing director.

For the Vikhroli land, Godrej & Boyce, a group company, will first receive the annual lease and then the profits would be shared by Godrej Properties and Godrej Industries in 60% and 40% ratio, respectively.

Korde denied comment on the Jet deal.

Godrej Properties’ Ahmedabad project is slated to launch its third phase in next 2 months and the company will start booking profits from the first and second phases of the project by the third quarter of the current fiscal.

It is also looking at developing hotels at its Vikhroli and Ahmedabad properties.

Adi Godrej, chairman, Godrej group, said, “We will launch 2 other projects worth 1 msf in Gurgaon close to Manesar. We will also launch projects in the affordable segment that is below Rs 25 lakh in Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Kalyan and Thane.”

Godrej said, “We are in discussion with people to develop redevelopment projects in the island city and old houses in the suburbs.”

Last year the company developed 3.9 msf.Its present debt to equity ratio is 0.5:1 with an average interest cost of 9.75%.

On real estate prices heading northwards, Godrej said, “There is supply crunch and government should give better FSI as India is one of the most densely populated countries.”The company will also launch projects in Chennai, Kochi, Hyderabad and Pune for which it has sanctioned an outgo of Rs 108 crore.

RNA in the background.... dont know the one in the front
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/e6bfb86242.jpg (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/)

Thats Raheja Legend.

Meanwhile, a new tower coming up on Altamount Rd:

Altimo - 50 storeys
Website (http://rohanlifescapes.com/Altimo.html)
http://i25.tinypic.com/2v1xb2o.jpg

great update, Mumbai launching 50+ towers like it was launching 25-30 flrs few year back... :cheers:

Another one at Altamount Rd!

Wow, I like the design.

How far from Antillia?

Shouldn't be that far. May be a few blocks away. Should be a walkable distance.

If the site I think it's on is right it's only 150m away.

what is the launch price at which the new project at New Islam Mills in Lalbaug - by Nish Developers ?

Under construction tower in Cotton century compound at Prabhadevi behind CG house, dont know the name of it.
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/d0841d198b.jpg (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/)
Peninsula's up coming business park on Senapati bapat marg
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/6aae90937b.jpg (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/)

Pretty cool.

Thanks Coolguyz for thepictures here and in the MM thread. You've been missed :)

For some reason I like the old moldy domes better....

Gold & beautiful (http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/15/20100720201007200513356955a0576d5/Gold--beautiful.html)

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is the country's richest municipal body and now it’s got a crown befitting that status.

The main dome of BMC’s headquarters at Fort in south Mumbai has a got a coat of gold.

The gilding work, a part of a massive project to restore the colonial structure to its original glory, ended late on Monday evening.

The staircase dome, as it is called, is now ready to glint in Tuesday’s first light.

Heritage architect Abha Narayan Lambha said her team had found specs of gold on the dome during the restoration work. Research later revealed the dome was gilded when the building was constructed in 1893.

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/8711/0101a.jpg
http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/2145/0101bo.jpg
http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/374/0101co.jpg

"In 2002 too, when the civic body’s corporation hall caught fire, experts had spotted traces of gold," said Lambha.

Gold of 23.5 carat purity has been used to cover the dome this time round. Every square metre of it is now covered with 10 gm of the precious metal.

The gilding was carried out by ‘swarnkars’ from the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan. “We had learnt about these artists from their work at the convocation hall of the Mumbai University and also at some Oberoi hotels in Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh,” another expert said.

The experts carried out some tests and research to ascertain what kind of gold was used on the dome during the Victorian era. “Four years ago, when we entered into the agreement for the restoration, gold was cheaper.

However, since we had already agreed to use it and because it was part of the original structure, we went ahead with the plating,” said Lambha.

The swarnkars first make plates and paste them on the dome. Over them, they apply oil and a special clay from Rajasthan. Finally, the gold foils are placed over this, experts said.

eew eew eeeww

Does anybody have any idea on how far they have finished wrking on bandra promenade renovation project.Few months back they were digging up the place removing paver blocks and stuff.

you know the pic... that's what it doesn't look like does it?

For some reason I like the old moldy domes better....

Gold & beautiful (http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/15/20100720201007200513356955a0576d5/Gold--beautiful.html)

Oh god, it looks hideous. And how did they just "forget" that the original dome was gilded?

Disaster, Lol.

Financial units, banks set to take root on land once exclusive to IT

The government’s latest move allowing developers of IT parks in Mumbai to use their complexes almost entirely for banks, financial institutions and commercial complexes may end up allowing them to generate 17.5 million sq ft of real estate space, all of it under the guise of having promoted the IT industry over the last five years.
Under a recent amendment, 80 per cent of such space can be given out to not only to IT/ITES units but to banks and financial institutions too. The remaining 20 per cent can be used for malls and shopping complexes. The banking and financial services sector is one of the highest absorbers of commercial space in Mumbai.

Five years ago, the government had granted developers of new IT parks in Mumbai double the floor space index (FSI) allowed for other residential or commercial buildings, ostensibly to encourage the growth of the IT industry. Until then, barely 4.5 million sq ft of space was generated for IT parks. With the increase in FSI, there was a sudden spurt of such complexes, the greatest beneficiaries being developers of commercial projects in Central Mumbai’s mill land belt.

Akshaya Kumar, CEO of Parklane property consultants, said the latest dilution effectively allows developers to not use their premises for IT at all. “This is like changing the rules of the games once the game is over,” said Kumar.

By the end of this year, consultants Cushman and Wakefield estimates, another 5.83 million sq ft of new commercial space will be available in Mumbai, all built using the increased FSI available for IT parks. These include projects such as India Bulls Financial Centre and Peninsula’s Business Park in Lower Parel, Ruby Mills Tower in Dadar, Nirlon Knowledge Park and Techniplex in Goregaon, HDIL’s Kaledonia and a project by Akruti City in Andheri, Kanakia Spaces’ Western Egde in Borivli and two projects by K Raheja Group in Malad.

Real estate analysts say the government’s recent policy shift is the latest in a series of changes, none of which have in any way fuelled the growth of the IT industry in Mumbai. At first the extra FSI was allowed only for IT parks developed by government agencies. Later, when a bullish streak hit the commercial market, the benefit was extended to privately developed IT parks.

Pranay Vakil, chairman of Knight Frank (India) says now that the demand for IT is on the wane, those developers who have used up the additional FSI have been given further leeway. He added that other developers who honestly created commercial spaces without the garb of IT parks have been left short-changed.

Kaustuv Roy, executive directive of Cushman and Wakefield, adds even though the IT-park FSI was increased in Mumbai, high rentals have been prohibitive, resulting in most IT companies taking up office space in Navi Mumbai.

“However with so much of commercial supply coming in under the IT park policy, there has been a downward pressure on prices. For instance, rentals at Peninsula Corporate Park in Lower Parel, which used to once lease out space at Rs 400 per sq ft a month, have now come down to Rs 210 per sq ft a month,” he said.

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/financial-units-banks-set-to-take-root-on-land-once-exclusive-to-it/648978/

that bmc pic is photoshopped. the gilding is on certain architectural elements inside the dome, not on its outside. stupid f*ckin media

Financial units, banks set to take root on land once exclusive to IT



http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/financial-units-banks-set-to-take-root-on-land-once-exclusive-to-it/648978/

:ohno:

and people wonder why doing seedha business in india is not possible. there is no consistency in anything. just a load of largesse doled out to the favoured few

BMCs dome gets a touch of gold

Sukhada Tatke | TNN

Mumbai: On Monday afternoon,a small group of workers from Rajasthan were busy getting ready to leave the space they had made their home for over a month.Their job to restore the dome of the BMC headquaters was completed on Monday.
Perched approximately on a height of 255 feet,this group painstakingly made foils of gold and applied them in the crevices of the intricately carved dome of a grand heritage edifice.The dome now shines with embellishments of 24-K gold between shades of pink and green.
During our research,we found that there were traces of gold in the original dome.We wanted to restore it to its original glory, said architect and heritage conservationist Abha Narain Lambah.The gold leaf gilding has been done by a team of craftsmen from Jaipur under the supervision of Ghanshyamdas Nimbarak,who has done gilding work for the Mumbai Universitys convocation hall, she said.
This is the internal dome that is visible from the lobby of the building.It takes a little manoeuvring along a narrow spiral staircase in each of the four minarets around the dome,to know that there is a greater dome above,visible from the neighbouring CST building.
BMC officials said that the tender rates for gilding were two years old when the gold prices were at a fraction of the cost they are now.
Since tenders rates are valid,this project has been done at minimal cost.We have used about 40 square metres of gold foil, he said.The first phase of the overhaul including structural repairs and restoration of the facade costs Rs 6.9 crore.The first phase is near completion.
In 2007,the BMC floated tenders for restoring the building,pegged as the largest conservation project in India.Expected to be completed in two years,the Rs 60 crore project involves an overhaul of the main heritage building of the BMC as well as the annexe.The project is being carried out by architects Shimul Javeri Kadri,Shashi Prabhu and Lambah.The tenders for the second phase of the projectupgradation of the annexe buildinghave been floated and work is likely to begin soon.
Tendering for the third phase that includes strengthening the internal infrastructure including electrical wiring,firefighting and so on is still to take place.

http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/5365/pc0040900.jpg
RESTORING HERITAGE: The dome now shines with embellishments of 24-K gold.

TOI http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/getpage.aspx?pageid=4&pagesize=&edid=&edlabel=TOIM&mydateHid=20-07-2010&pubname=&edname=&publabel=TOI

any updates on India (Park Hyatt) tower? Shows completion in 2010, but have not seen construction photos?

^^

Visit the Mumbai forum again and scroll through one of those threads. The construction hasn't even started, but just the site preparation work is going on at the moment.

I always thought the domes of the BMC were white?

Old hertiage pics show that they were white? Perhaps im wrong but its great the building is getting restored.

NTC plans to e-auction Worli land (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/cons-products/garments-/-textiles/NTC-plans-to-e-auction-Worli-land/articleshow/6198650.cms)

MUMBAI: National Textile Corporation (NTC) on Friday will shortlist builders from nearly two dozen bidders who have expressed interest in buying its closed Podar and Bharat mills in Worli. The two plots together admeasure 10 acres.

The shortlisted bidders will take part in the online auction to be held between July 28 and August 3. The bidders will be shortlisted on the basis of the eligibility criteria, said a senior NTC official. NTC has set the reserve prices at `750 crore and `250 crore for Bharat and Poddar mills, respectively.

Location of the mills:

1. Bharat Mills 2. Podar Mills
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/9595/ntcn.jpg


Mafatlal Ind puts Byculla mill land on block (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/cons-products/garments-/-textiles/Mafatlal-Ind-puts-Byculla-mill-land-on-block/articleshow/6169531.cms)

MUMBAI: Mafatlal Industries, part of the Arvind Mafatlal group, has put its closed textiles mill in central Mumbai up for sale to cash in the rapid demand recovery in the city’s realty market.

The proposed sale of seven acres, or roughly 28,000 square meters, of mill land might earn the ailing company at least Rs 1,000 crore, said a real estate expert. Mafatlal will give an equal amount of land to the adjoining Byculla zoo, officially known as Veer Jijamata Udyan, he added.

A top Mafatlal Industries official confirmed the plan to sell the idle property but declined to comment on the valuation of the land. “Byculla land is part of the assets identified as surplus under the BIFR (Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction) sanctioned scheme,” said a the company official. “The company is at a very early stage of evaluating the potential of the asset. Any comments on the value of the asset at this stage would, therefore, be too premature,” he added.


location of Mafatlal Mills in Byculla:

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/1493/mafatlal.jpg

I had always hoped that the Govt would acquire some more land around the zoo and give Mumbai a zoo it deserves. Having skyscrapers next door seems a little out of place.

Shanware, I think you skipped the part which said Mafatlal will be giving about half of their mill land (7/14 acres) to the zoo. That's pretty generous of them.

Shanware, I think you skipped the part which said Mafatlal will be giving about half of their mill land (7/14 acres) to the zoo. That's pretty generous of them.

I did. My bad. Thanks for pointing it out. That IS incredibly generous. I take back all the swear words :)

Why is it generous? Did they donate it?

generous? i dont think its voluntary :lol:

What's the redevelopment stipulation, again?

varies from plot to plot depending on the present lease and the type of standing structure

if you go purely by the law of course none of these mills should have gotten anything out of the sale. they were given leases at throwaway prices only to run mills. now they are making a bonanza after paying a pittance. the land should have all come back to the city or the mill owners should have paid the city market rates to retain their land

hardly generous..Infact entire land was to be given for the ZOO. However govt. had no money to purchase this private land from Mafatlal for Zoo. So, they decided to release half to Mafatlal and keep half for them..

Remember this project??...Minerva by Lokhandwala Infra. ??
http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/4765/minvm.jpg (http://img824.imageshack.us/i/minvm.jpg/)

It looks like it maybe under construction according to these guys:
http://mumbai.quikr.com/Minerva-in-Mahalaxmi-at-Lokhandwala-9987131823-Mumbai-Minerva-W0QQAdIdZ67424703

An upcoming 80 storey tower at Mahalaxmi. This will have breath taking sea view and race course view. The insignia for Mumbai Very Hi end project with all ultra luxurious amenities is currently under construction




I don't know how reliable their info is...but any how it seems like they have provided us with a location for this 80 story tower, which is in Mahalaxmi and not in Worli as orignally thought.
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/5766/minerva.jpg (http://img130.imageshack.us/i/minerva.jpg/)

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/3336/minera1.jpg (http://img205.imageshack.us/i/minera1.jpg/)
^^
The area marked in red corresponds to the approx location of this project....the building u/c on the top of the pic, is the 'Marathon Realty X' commercial tower (as identified by IU)

Could one of the Mumbai forumers find out if Minerva is actually under construction by making a trip to the site (btw the street name is Sakhubai Mohita Marg)?

Thats odd. Wasn't it meant to be coming up in front of Bellissimo? I think this may be the correct site though.

This website (http://www.meeraslist.com/mumbai/posts/houses_and_flats_for_rent/minerva_lokhandwala_in_mahalaxmi_9987131823_mumbai_minerva/44412) says:

Minerva Location :
A premium residence, off. N. M. Joshi Marg, Next to Apollo Mills, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai.

Thats odd. Wasn't it meant to be coming up in front of Bellissimo? I think this may be the correct site though.

Yeah maybe.

The map does show a new constructed 'Access Road' (i knw its difficult to make out with the crap resolution), and it crosses over the railway lines...so im guessing this road will lead directly into the new development....i think Lodha Bellissimo is only a few hundred metres (if that) south of this site...hopefully more info on this will surface soon

this image maybe more helpful as it has the road names:
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/9826/sa1tz.jpg (http://img691.imageshack.us/i/sa1tz.jpg/)

Nitro, the correct location of Minerva is on JR Boricha marg and right infront (west) of Bellissimo. In that "location plan" that you posted, Minerva is shown to the west of Lodha's Apollo Mills.

hardly generous..Infact entire land was to be given for the ZOO. However govt. had no money to purchase this private land from Mafatlal for Zoo. So, they decided to release half to Mafatlal and keep half for them..

Ok i didn't know the history of this mill and wasn't aware of the dereserving issue b/w the state govt,bmc and Mafatlal. Donating land didn't make much sense either and not a lot in the current RE environment in Mumbai. my bad.

Damn it, another wall in Mahalaskshami. Mahalaskshami will be known as the Wall of Mumbai.

Nitro, the correct location of Minerva is on JR Boricha marg and right infront (west) of Bellissimo. In that "location plan" that you posted, Minerva is shown to the west of Lodha's Apollo Mills.

Thanks for clearing that up

Damn it, another wall in Mahalaskshami. Mahalaskshami will be known as the Wall of Mumbai.
but such a pretty wall....

Damn it, another wall in Mahalaskshami .

This one can get away with it for being 80 floors and having such a nice design.

I will believe it when it comes up. :)q

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/125/minbelloloc.jpg

Ah yes, that map is correct.

WTF? Its going to hide Bellissimo.

Yeah, Bellissimo won't be visible from Haji Ali or the racecourse. But not only is Minerva coming up in the front, Primero is coming up behind. But that shouldn't be much of a problem as that tower is facing south.

IU 101 nitro and the rest of the guys.

have you heard about this project on BKC? any further inside knowledge IU?

If posted earlier then many apologies.


The Wadhwa Group - Commercial Project - THE CAPITAL - BKC - MUMBAI

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builds up from the rumours in January

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Space-bonanza-as-unlimited-FSI-debuts-at-BKC/articleshow/5454555.cms


MUMBAI: Unlimited floor space index has finally entered Mumbai's commercial real estate industry via the 330-acre G Block of the Bandra-Kurla Complex.

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) recently sanctioned an unbelievable FSI of 9.34 to the Vijay Wadhwa-owned Raghuleela Leasing to be used on a plot of less than two acres that this developer had bought for Rs 831 crore two years ago. In layman's terms, the developer will be able to construct a 19-storey commercial tower with this unusually high FSI as compared to about 12 floors that buildings in the BKC have because of their proximity to the airport. Wadhwa is to get an additional 3.6 lakh square feet built-up area.

With the airport just a couple of kilometres away, buildings in the BKC are not allowed a height more than 50 to 55 metres. However, with the opening up of the FSI, several developers have now sought the civil aviation ministry's permission to go up to 80 metres. "The civil aviation ministry will decide these proposals on a case-by-case basis," said a senior MMRDA official, refusing to explain what "case-by-case" meant.

There are about 300 buildings in the BKC, which have come up in phases since the mid-1980s. It was in 1977 that the state government decided to develop the BKC into a commercial hub to decongest the overcrowded island city, especially the southern tip of Nariman Point. A government report said the region, hemmed in by the Western Railway tracks to the west, the airport to the north, LBS Marg to the east and the Mahim Creek to the south, would probably furnish the "best location for... an alternative centre of business".

It first made the news as the egg building back in 2008 (renders (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=635833)) but then got redesigned to its current avatar in 2008 (renders and last update (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=46793557&postcount=3695)).

The latest updates can be found here: http://www.wadhwadevelopers.com/

The Capital > Project Status

Meanwhile,

K Raheja Corp inks mill deal (http://www.hindustantimes.com/K-Raheja-inks-mill-deal/Article1-576378.aspx)

Billionaire Chandru L Raheja promoted K Raheja Corporation, a Mumbai based real estate firm that runs retail chains and shopping centres such as Shoppers Stop Ltd, Inorbit and Mindspace, has signed a joint development deal to develop Modern Mill, a privately held defunct textile mill property in Mumbai.

The 6 acre prime property, located near the Mahalaxmi Race Course and owned by the Jatias of real estate to textiles firm Modern India Ltd, is valued at about Rs 300 crore, according to analysts. The mill had been shut in early 2004.

“We plan to build residential apartments in the property. It is in the approval stage now,” said Vinod Rohira, director, K Raheja Corp, which has around 7 million sq ft of commercial real estate space under development across cities including Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Bangalore. He didn’t give details of the deal.

Location of Modern Mills:
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/5793/modernmills2.jpg

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/342/modernmills.jpg
^Modern mills also houses the Belvedere Court tower

^
thanks for the response IU

that plot will probably block the view of their own vivarea towers :lol:

i think its futile for anyone to expect a clear view in bombay unless you are right at the seafront. towers are sprouting up everywhere

its madness... like the dam just burst

It first made the news as the egg building back in 2008 (renders (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=635833)) but then got redesigned to its current avatar in 2008 (renders and last update (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=46793557&postcount=3695)).

The latest updates can be found here: http://www.wadhwadevelopers.com/

The Capital > Project Status

Holy... So this project is upcoming. Marvelous.

So thats where Modern Mills is, I wasn't sure.

that plot will probably block the view of their own vivarea towers :lol:


Vivarea's view from the other side will be blocked by Orchid Heights. Soon everyone will be looking into someone elses apartment.

Quickly threw all the Mahalaxmi projects onto a map

Walls & Talls :D

http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/3214/maha.jpg

A nice developing skyline.

So much for no more highrises in the suburbs

Ashford Royale, Mulund - 45fl x 4

http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/5445/4702main.jpg

MPE

I guess Mulund will be the "downtown" on the central side of the city. Ichi, find about more about this since its in your locality.

I think we missed out on the verdict of the Finlay mills case involving Lodha whose bid was not accepted by the NTC last year. The Delhi court in February had referred the case to the BFIR (Board for Industrial & Financial Reconstruction) and they upheld its sale to Lodha.

May 19: NTC should accept Lodha bid for Finlay Mills: BIFR (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5946909.cms)

MUMBAI: The Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) on Tuesday ruled that National Textile Corporation should accept Lodha Developers’ Rs 710-crore bid for the ailing corporation’s Finlay Mills in Central Mumbai, a person close to the development said.

The BIFR order was in line with the Delhi High Court’s verdict in February, which directed NTC to re-examine its decision to reject Lodha Developers’ bid. The High Court also ordered NTC to follow the process as envisaged in the BIFR revival scheme.

The BIFR order will expedite the sale process of 10.4 acres of land in the defunct Finlay Mills at Parel, said real estate experts. However, attempts to reach NTC MD K Ramachandran Pillai failed as he was busy in meeting till late evening.

A top official at Lodha Developers declined to talk on the issue in the absence of a written order. NTC had rejected Lodha’s bid of Rs 657 crore last year on the grounds that it was lower than the reserve price of Rs 710 crore. The developer then sweetened its bid by matching the reserve price

Location of Finlay mills in Parel:

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/7086/finlay1l.jpg

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More pockets of 'tabela' land to be opening up soon...

http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/2/2010072520100725033544287b75aa30f/From-tabelas-to-towers-Govt-makes-first-move.html

For a city fast running out of space, 150 acres of prime land across several parts of Mumbai, worth approximately Rs 3,000 crore, could be on the market soon with the state government granting permission for the redevelopment of a cattle shed in Kurla.




Experts say this order will set a precedent for 1,700 other such tabelas, where construction was so far forbidden by the BMC despite repeated requests by owners.

The government’s Urban Development (UD) department this month went over the BMC’s head in changing the tabela’s status from ‘housing for dishoused’ to ‘residential zone’, throwing the 3,368-sq-metre plot open to commercial exploitation with immediate effect.

The government’s only condition was that 10 per cent of the total built-up area would go to the civic body to accommodate people displaced because of its various projects.

“These tabelas are not only located in prime residential zones, but also have hubs like highways, arterial roads and railway stations touching them,” Gulam Zia, the national director of property consultants Knight Frank said. “This makes each acre worth approximately worth Rs 18 to 20 crore on average.

Does anyone have any more information on this tower?

Notice to govt on Navy’s NOC for Mumbai high-rise (http://www.zeenews.com/news638206.html)
Updated on Friday, July 02, 2010, 19:35 IST

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today sought a reply from the Union government on a petition alleging breach of rules by the Navy while granting an NOC to a high-rise project near its base here.

The 70-storey building which is coming up as part of a redevelopment project is 125 metres from the boundary of INS Trata, the Naval base in Worli, while rules do not allow any construction within 300 metres, the petition says.

A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and S C Dharmadhikari asked the Union government to file a reply, adjourning the hearing for four weeks.

The project has been undertaken by A A Estate Pvt Ltd, and it involves redevelopment of old chawls (tenements) in Labour Camp area of Worli.

Subodh Kochare, the petitioner, is a resident of one of these tenements which are going to be pulled down.

The building that would replace them would be 214.30-mt high, the petition says, adding that "permission granted by the naval authorities is highly detrimental to the national security".

-PTI

Here's a case of a building whose power got disconnected because it was considered a "security threat"

HC wants to hear Navy, SRA in Worli building dispute

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/hc-wants-to-hear-navy-sra-in-worli-building-dispute/621049/0

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday observed that it would like to hear the Naval authorities as well as the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) in a petition moved by a Worli resident against the BEST for disconnecting the power supply to a 13-storey building in which she stays.


The building, Har Siddhi Heights, has been termed as a security threat by the Navy and was constructed by the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA). It locates near the naval base INS Trata.


Renuka Shah (42), wife of the flat owner, Sanket Shah, stated in her petition that BEST officials cut off the power supply to the building on May 5 without any show cause notice or valid permission from the authorities.

The BEST’s counsel had told the court that the action was justified as the government had declared the building “a security threat”.


The vacation bench on Wednesday asked the BEST as to what provision of law give it the powers to cut off the power supply. The judges asked if the order has been passed by any specific authority. Lawyer appearing for the BEST said the undertaking had the power to do so.

And then there is this case of skyscrapers being given NOCs!

Navy in dock over nod to high-rises in Worli

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_navy-in-dock-over-nod-to-high-rises-in-worli_1337650

Weeks after the army brass courted negative publicity over the Sukhna land scam, a new case, this time involving the navy, is raising eyebrows in Mumbai. The issue pertains to clearances given by the western naval command (WNC) for two high-rise buildings in a high-security zone.

The high-rises — to be 53 and 47 storeys — are located close to the INS Trata based at the Mobile Missile Coastal Battery at Worli.

The site is used for seaward artillery practice. Both skyscrapers are part of redevelopment projects on Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)-owned plots. While the RNA group of Anil Aggarwal is building one, Saumya Buildcon is building the other.

While the navy justifies the clearances, citizens affected by the projects are crying foul. “Facts were distorted to bypass restrictions on construction activity near a sensitive defence installation while green-lighting the projects,’’ a group of local residents has alleged. In a letter to the Union ministry of defence, the group has demanded an inquiry and immediate cancellation of the clearances.

In June 2008, the state government had imposed restrictions on construction activity near the INS Trata and other defence installations.

As per the directives, developers would need to procure a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the navy if their site was within a peripheral distance of 300 metres from a defence installation.

The BMC carried out a site inspection for the two projects near INS Trata and found that both projects fell within the stipulated 300-metre distance. Hence, in August, 2008, the developers were asked to procure NOCs from the navy, pending which further construction activity would be suspended.

However, contradicting the inspection findings, the WNC issued letters stating that the NOCs were not needed, since “the proposed sites were more than 300 metres from the naval land.”

The letters were signed by Satish Bajaj, commodore, chief staff officer, for flag officer commanding-in-chief, WNC. DNA is in possession of these letters.

Resident Subodh Khochare, however, claimed that land records from the city collectorand the local ward office showed that both the plots fell within a 160-metre periphery of the installation. “Even the distance measurement tool available on Google Earth gave similar findings,” said another resident, Assiz Lobo.

In their complaint, the residents have alleged that certain naval officials had “deliberately manipulated the distance on paper” to pave way for the buildings. Though the navy has requested the BMC to restrict the height for the buildings to 100 metres, the developers have already submitted plans before the BMC for buildings that will rise over 200 metres in height.

The WNC’s public information officer AV Saxena, in response to an RTI query on January 5 this year, said the distances had been derived using a GPS device.

However, defence spokesperson Capt Manohar Nambiar agreed that the two projects indeed fell within 160 metres of the installation. He claimed that the navy had, in fact, issued an NOC to construction at these sites as “these were not seen as a threat to the defence installation.”

Capt Nambiar said: “The request for NOCs received by the navy is examined by the WNC on a case-by-case basis. The clearance is accorded only after verifying relevant details as appropriate.”

Another resident, Kishore Wavekar, cited cases of construction activity on nearby plots which was objected to by the WNC.

Interestingly, on February 24, 2009, the navy had, during a meeting with the state government, insisted on not granting any development permissions in the 300-metre zone.

Navy Base ... in Metro Mumbai!

That's an OXYMORON of the 1'st category. British Bombay had a reason to build bases in Bombay to protect fortress Bombay from ... ahem ... the ''natives'' & assorted other european powers.

So wot navy .. hehe ... doing in Bombay now? Tables turn, ... is the navy in Bombay itself a 'security threat', no.

Just fyi, in case anyone is interested. I've added a couple major projects to Skyscrapercity:

MUMBAI | Shreepati Skies | 301 M | 81 FLOORS (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=183567)

MUMBAI | World One Tower | 450 m (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=182379)

MUMBAI, INDIA | India Tower | 700 M | 125 floors (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=130820)

MUMBAI | Palais Royale | 320m | 66 FLOORS (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=183566)

I really dont have the time to follow up on any of them closely, but here's hoping some of you do.

Waiting for the commencement of the Shreepati Skies.

So as long as the naval base is there, we'll never see the Waves Tower.

the navy, as with most departments of the government, gives permission based on 'persuasion'. not national interest

if you persuade them well enough you will get permission. if you dont provide enough persuasion then they will try to block it

persuasion = bribe?

the higher the national interest the higher the persuasion needs to be

look at the godrej building at the end of worli sea face. right opposite the naval base with a clear view of every square inch. but of course it was alleged to have been cleared thanks to the (in)famous mr. nanda 'offering' his help

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Source: Hindustan Times

Bandra's biggest redevelopment deal goes to DB Realty (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Bandras-biggest-redevelopment-deal-goes-to-DB-Realty/articleshow/6225395.cms)

MUMBAI: D B Realty, which has astonished everyone in the real estate business with its exponential growth, on Tuesday bagged the right to redevelop a large chunk of the 100-acre PWD government colony in Bandra (East) along the Western Express highway. DB officials said it was the single largest piece of land available for development in Bandra. It's also one of the biggest redevelopment projects in the city.

Formed just a few years ago by Vinod Goenka of the Conwood Group and Shahid Balwa of the Balwas Group, DB on Tuesday received a Letter of Intent from the state government to develop Sector J of the colony which is spread over 57 acres.

The remaining portion colony is expected to be handed over to two other developers, Kakade Infrastructure and Ackruti. Kakade Infrastructure is headed by Pune-based builder Sanjay Kakade, who has bagged several big government projects in the past. Ackruti is a Mumbai-based construction company headed by Vimal Shah and became known mainly because its involvement in various slum rehabilitation projects in the city.

"The company will incur an expenditure of about Rs 2,000 crore to redevelop this 57-acre sector. Of this, we will retain 12 acres to exploit," said a D B Realty official. According to industry insiders, DB stands to make a profit of over Rs 1,500 crore from this project.

"The colony is located in the heart of Mumbai and can be considered an extension of the Bandra-Kurla Complex. The site derives access from the main Western Express Highway," said the company in a statement.

DB said it plans to build a world-class enclave comprising residential and commercial users. "The project is expected to be completed over an average period of five years," he added.

Last year, the infrastructure committee, which includes deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal, water resources minister Ajit Pawar, finance minister Dilip Walse-Patil, transport minister Surupsingh Naik and MSRDC minister Vimal Mundada, decided to trifurcate the project. This is because the committee felt no single developer could handle such a huge project.

The colony currently has almost 5,000 flats in ground-plus-three storey buildings. It was built between 1958 and 1968. According to the plan, the successful bidders will have to redevelop the residential buildings and construct shopping complexes, gardens, schools and recreational grounds. The project also envisages construction of a super-speciality government hospital as well as an 8-lakh sq ft administrative building as large as Mantralaya. There will also be a community hall and a clubhouse.

Navy Base ... in Metro Mumbai!

That's an OXYMORON of the 1'st category. British Bombay had a reason to build bases in Bombay to protect fortress Bombay from ... ahem ... the ''natives'' & assorted other european powers.

So wot navy .. hehe ... doing in Bombay now? Tables turn, ... is the navy in Bombay itself a 'security threat', no.

Navy was supposed to move out of Mumbai to a new Naval base, but it is never going to happen. The Naval brass is too cozy and comfortable in south Bombay. Plenty of money making opportunities there which will be absent in some unheard of place further up the coast.

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Source: Hindustan Times

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Source: Hindustan Times

great hope for mumbai to get new and nice building/infra in next 5 years :)

NTC plans to e-auction Worli land (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/cons-products/garments-/-textiles/NTC-plans-to-e-auction-Worli-land/articleshow/6198650.cms)



Location of the mills:

1. Bharat Mills 2. Podar Mills
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7 bidders in fray to buy out Bharat Mills (http://www.hindustantimes.com/7-bidders-in-fray-to-buy-out-Bharat-Mills/Article1-579220.aspx)

Seven leading developers are trying to acquire Bharat Textile Mills, which is touted to be the costliest deal in the history of National Textile Mills (NTC), the owner. The NTC declared Rs 750 crore as the reserve price for this 7.5 acre plot. The developers will bid via an online auction scheduled on August 4 6. The reserve price is approximately Rs 23,000 per sq ft.

“The realty market has improved and seeing the interest among developers, we are optimistic,” said K Ramchandran Pillai, chairman and managing director, NTC.

The bidders are DB View Infracon, Indiabulls InfraEstate, Peninsula Real Estate Management, Ahimsa Realtors, Perspective Realty, Videocon Realty and Infrastructure and Lodha Structure Developers.
Developers were selected for the bid after they gave a deposit of Rs 37.50 crore. Sumatinath Realty and Agro had expressed interest in the bid but were disqualified as they did not submit the deposit.

Of the last five mills, which have been sold, the highest amount was Rs 702 crore for the 17.5 acre plot at Lower Parel in 2005.




I'm hoping either DB or Indiabulls. Their designs are usually quiet good.

I wouldn't mind Lodha too. They seem to get things done more quickly and efficiently than others such as DB realty. Look at DB tower, still not U/C

You do know it can take upto 2 (Maybe 3+ in India) years for excavation/pilling/foundation to be completed before the tower starts to rise?

When these developers are buying the mills' land at a unbelievable sum, do the ex-mill workers get any part of the share?

not directly. the mill-owners are liable to pay them fair compensation and pension as per the law. the money generated from land sales helps them in paying their statutory dues

Ok. So Pension would be the only thing they will be getting just like any other companies. But nothing that directly benefits them from the sale of these mills' land?

they are not entitled to anything else really. they shouldnt be

they get a large severance package and a pension. like any other employee. they also get housing in some cases since 1/3rd of open land has to be given to mhada

the biggest farce though is that the mill-owners get the money. they got the land at throw-away rates for the sole purpose of running mills. if they now want to sell it for commercial rates they should be asked to buy it from the city at fair rates or hand over all profits after settling dues back to the city

another bit of a farce is the 1/3rd open land policy, since most mills have structures on 90% of the land. some ridiculous amounts of money has exchanged hands to allow these deals to happen. the loser in the end as always is the city

The main tower is about 32 floors with the shops bellow I don't know.

The Meadows, Goregaon West

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Update
July 3
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HDLI (http://www.hdil.in/commercial.html)

Maybe it's time to build a Navi Navi Mumbai, northwards towards Gujarat.

Indiabulls bags Poddar Mills for Rs 474 cr (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/real-estate/news-/Indiabulls-bags-prime-NTC-land-in-Mumbai-for-Rs-474-cr/articleshow/6241871.cms)

NEW DELHI: Financial and realty major Indiabulls Infratech on Saturday emerged as the auction winner of 2.39 acres of prime land belonging to NTC at Worli in Mumbai for Rs 474 crore, against the reserve price of Rs 250 crore.

Indiabulls won the bid through an electronic auction conducted by National Textiles Corporation (NTC) for sale of land vacated by its closed Poddar Mills.

"After three days of intense bidding, Indiabulls won with its Rs 474-crore bid," NTC Chairman K Ramachandran Pillai told PTI here.

Runwal Developers, another Mumbai-based realty firm, was the second-highest bidder at Rs 472 crore.

Going by the trend, NTC may rake in more than Rs 10,000 crore from the sale of 55 acres of its land, located in prime areas of the metropolis, against its conservative estimate of Rs 5,000 crore.

That's roughly 90% more than the reserve price set by NTC. For IB to recover its investment we should expect a supertall to be built here.

IndisBulls will build something unique there.

Yet another project for Worli.

Maybe it's time to build a Navi Navi Mumbai, northwards towards Gujarat.

Between Navi Mumbai and Pune is a better option:)

Not sure if posted before >

Suntech High, Borivali(E)
60 floor tower by Suntech Reality: (source (http://www.makaan.com/property/apartment-borivali-east-mumbai-andheri-dahisar-sale/283a00acf3ceabf40f62451b6c0f9e99/RA1143522.php))

http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/4051/b1279021839sunteck.jpg

^^ no bro,, I dont think so its been posted earlier....thanks for sharing....:)

I was trying to find some more sources about this project but no luck......its really strange that there are no sources....if anybody has more source please share..... :)

60 storys in Borivalli, wow? And like Kuwar I could't find a thing on this, hope that website has right info.

Orbit Laburnum, Gamdevi (Nana Chowk) - 40 fl

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Another render from here (http://www.makaan.com/property/apartment-kemps-corner-mumbai-south-sale/0507b20de43eb5f2a5f2d33d9bcce65b/RA1157750.php) -

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A 65 Storey tower at Borivali East, Mumbai at Western express highway.

http://www.sunteckindia.com/

:)

^^ Cant find any info on http://www.sunteckindia.com/
can u post complete link/url?

Kuwar that project isn't on their website, I'm having doubts if it even exists.

hmmm same here... but nitin says its u/c ?

If a 60 storey tower was u/c anywhere in India, we would probably know and it would be mentioned on many websites.

Bandra promenade work kicks off (http://www.hindustantimes.com/Bandra-promenade-work-kicks-off/Article1-581485.aspx)

Though work on the much delayed promenade at Bandra Reclamation has finally begun, not all of it will be complete by deadline. “We hope to complete work on the promenade by January 2011. Bigger parts of the project, such as the viewing tower, will be complete by June 2011,” said MSRDC chief


engineer Sharad Sabnis.
The MSRDC’s plan to beautify the 1.25 km stretch from Mahim interchange to the Bandra Worli sea link approach road has been riddled with delays since its announcement in 2009. In April 2010, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) had picked DB Realty to undertake the Rs 7.8 crore beautification project.

The project included a 22 metre viewing tower called Sheesh Mahal, and a 1.25 km long, 40 metre wide promenade with murals depicting the seven eras of Mumbai’s history the Ashokan, the Silharas, the Chalukyas, the Mohammedans of Gujarat, the Portuguese and Marathas, British and the post Independence period.

Each deck will have a column, which will have a visual and textual description of that era and its history inscribed on steel plaques. DB Realty will pay MSRDC Rs 1 crore per annum for 15 years and maintain the site after completion.

The firm will be allowed put up its credit plaques along the stretch.

HT

New Haji Ali takes shape
The shrine is halfway through its Rs 12-crore makeover,expected to be completed in another two years

Manoj R Nair @timesgroup.com
Mumbai Mirror 3-08-2010.

The gleaming new minaret of the Haji Ali dargah offers a glimpse of what the shrine will look like when it is completely rebuilt in marble.
Inlay work in semi-precious stones covers the base of the tower and the floral designs cover the marble surface as it rises to its 85-feet height.When a cupola finally covers it,the minaret will be first structure in the Haji Ali dargah and mosque complex to be rebuilt.
The mosque below the minaret is already being demolished and will be rebuilt next.After that the dargah which houses the tomb of the saint and the sanatorium will be demolished to be reconstructed in marble.
Large blocks of marble from Makrana in Rajasthan - the source of the stone that covers the Taj Mahal - are stacked in the shrine's compound.Lack of space to store building materials means that the stones are carted to the site in small quantities.
The shrine which was built around A D 1431 is believed to be the resting place of a rich merchant who renounced his wealth for a life of piety.It is the city's most visited dargah and nearly a lakh pilgrims visit it between Thursdays and Fridays.
The last major repairs to the shrine were done in the early sixties.Since then,the salt-laden winds had corroded the concrete.When restoration work first began a year ago,trustees were worried that the minaret could topple off.
Shrine trustees now estimate that around 30 per cent of the reconstruction work is complete.Nearly a third of the major skilled work is complete.We are not using any reinforced concrete and the shrine will be completely built in marble.This will ensure that the shrine will last forever, said shrine trustee Sohail Khandwani.
When the proposal to reconstruct the shrine in marble was first made around five years ago,the cost of the project was estimated at Rs 5 crores.Later,it was revised to Rs 9 crores.It is now estimated that the construction bill could cross Rs 12 crores.The project is expected to be completed in another two years.
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http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/getpage.aspx?pageid=10&pagesize=&edid=&edlabel=MMIR&mydateHid=03-08-2010&pubname=&edname=&publabel=MM

Yes. That makeover has been going on for a while. I thought it might have already been completed. Lets hope that they will put some kind of subtle glowing lighting around it and develop the waterfront at Worli.

^^ yesterday I saw on News channel that only 30% of work is done. They puttin marble everywhere, some skillful craftman from rajastan are workin on it.

Demolish illegal encroachments in Mumbai, orders Maharashtra CM
Published: Wednesday, Aug 4, 2010,
By Shubhangi Khapre | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA

The politician-police-bureaucrat nexus is thwarting Mumbai’s image makeover plan, chief minister Ashok Chavan said.

Directing the civic authorities to launch a demolition drive against illegal encroachments across Mumbai, he asked them to expose the nexus.

“You immediately start the demolition drive and I will ensure government support. There will be no compromise on law enforcement,” Chavan said at an hour-long meeting on Tuesday with top bureaucrats of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

“The illegal encroachment is the result of the strong nexus between politicians, police and bureaucrats in the BMC,” he said. He was discussing the Mumbai makeover plan for 2050.

There are 2.15 lakh encroachments on government land across the city, according to the urban development department. Interestingly, almost 50% of the encroachments have the support of local Congress politicians.

Chavan has often lamented that mega-projects are getting delayed because of Congress members’ intervention to protect illegal slums.

A case in point is the slums adjoining the Mumbai airport. Union civil aviation minister Praful Patel’s efforts for almost ten years to relocate these have come a cropper due to interference of senior Congress leaders Gurudas Kamat and Kripa Shankar.

Both have been demanding the rehabilitation of slum dwellers in the same vicinity on the ground that they are legal residents of city.

Of the total 227 municipal wards, nearly half have encroachments in the form of slums or commercial establishments. Even the areas adjoining railway stations are not spared.

Experts, however, detect political connotations in Chavan’s tough talk. The chief minister is creating a favourable pitch for the Congress before the BMC polls in 2012, they feel.

At present, the corporation is controlled by the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party combine. Chavan plans to gain popular support through tough administrative action, say the experts.

The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) are engaged in a power game to control the BMC administration through bureaucrats. Not surprisingly, the local guardian of Mumbai and rural development minister Jayant Patil of the NCP has started finding faults in the working of the civic body.

“The chief minister’s pro-active role in arresting the illegal encroachments is a counter to the anti-migrant campaign launched by MNS chief Raj Thackeray and the NCP ahead of the BMC elections,” said a party insider.

By harping on the illegal encroachment, Chavan wants to show how ineffective the Sena administration has been in the last ten years in BMC.

A senior BJP leader said, “The Sena-BJP has targetted BMC commissioner Swadhin Kshtriya because he is guided by the orders from Mantralaya.” The elected representatives of Sena-BJP feel their recommendations are not adhered as chief minister is interfering in the matters related to BMC functioning.

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_demolish-illegal-encroachments-in-mumbai-orders-maharashtra-cm_1418557

By 2052, Mumbai will get global tag
Published: Wednesday, Aug 4, 2010,
By Surendra Gangan | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA

Mumbai will be a world-class city by 2032 and a global city by 2052, states a concept plan for the city, prepared by a state government appointed Singapore-based consulting firm.

Surbana International, leading consultants in urban planning, have drawn up three options in the concept plan, which include reclamation of land at several places, protection of the available land, creating a land bank, and building a comprehensive transport network.

The company, which was instrumental in the planning of Singapore, made a presentation of the concept plan to chief minister Ashok Chavan on Tuesday.

The plan is expected to be finalised by 2011 after it is cleared by the steering committee, which comprised key officials from the Mumbai Transformation Support Unit (MTSU), the urban development department, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

City of Cities, which is first of the three options in the plan, involves creation of several thematic central business districts (CBDs) in the five growth centres around the Mumbai. It also involves rejuvenating existing CBDs and de-congesting them.

The second option — City of Connection — is about connecting Navi Mumbai and Mumbai to create a land bank. It also has provision of strengthening the existing CBDs and creating a huge network of public transport in the form of metro and monorail.

City of Islands, the third option, in the concept plan is about creating endless opportunities by connecting islands in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).

The concept plan also suggested reclamation of land at certain places in the MMR, including re-proliferation of the Thane creek. However, Chavan expressed concerns over the suggestion and asked officials to study it thoroughly before going ahead.

He also directed officials at the meeting to not restrict the development to only the MMR and expand the limits to Pune, Nashik and Aurangabad.

“Growth in the southern part of Mumbai has stagnated. The expansion focus has to be on northern suburbs dealing with the periphery. Also, the model of expansion has to be sustainable,” Chavan told the officials. He also directed them to focus on affordable housing for the lower-income and middle-income group.

The concept plan also suggested an airport at Revas in Alibaug to expand the transport network for coping up with expected rise in air traffic.

According to an official from the urban development department, while finalising the concept plan, the steering committee will have to take various vital factors into consideration.

“The project submitted is tough to implement though it’s not impossible. We will have to think of CRZ norms, waterways, and several other factors that would be largely affected during the development. For the third option, the ocean current and hydrology need to be thought of,” said the official. He added that the final outcome could also be a combination of all the three options.

Once finalised, the BMC and MMRDA will be the nodal agencies for implementing the concept plan in the city and MMR respectively.

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_by-2052-mumbai-will-get-global-tag_1418456

Good planning. They know they won't be alive till then to be held accountable.

^Sounds good.

State wants to reclaim land to add development space to Mumbai (http://www.hindustantimes.com/State-wants-to-reclaim-land-to-add-development-space-to-Mumbai/Article1-582023.aspx)

Looking to add more land to the city of Mumbai over the next 25 to 35 years, the Maharashtra government is mulling reclaiming land from the sea. Singapore-based firm Surbana International, which is drawing up a concept plan for Mumbai, made a presentation to Chief Minister Ashok Chavan and his


senior officials on Tuesday and said land can be reclaimed along the eastern coast, off Chembur and off Uran.
It was one of the suggestions to develop Mumbai as a 'city of islands' in the future, by providing surplus land for housing and development, which would generate revenue for the state.

Pointing to legal and environmental concerns, Chavan has sought details of the plan.

"The consultants suggested substantial land reclamation on the eastern coast over a few hundred hectares as one of the options for the city's future growth," said U P S Madan, project director for Mumbai Transformation Support Unit (MTSU), the state's think tank for transforming Mumbai.

Officials at the meeting said the consultants offered a financially feasible reclamation option.

"It will need extensive ecology studies but reclamation can be done scientifically, like in Singapore and Hong Kong," said an official.

MMRDA hunts for a power plant site near Nhava (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/MMRDA-hunts-for-a-power-plant-site-near-Nhava/articleshow/6254045.cms)

MUMBAI: To address the region's growing electricity needs, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is examining a site south of Nhava for setting up a gas-based power plant. MMRDA officials said they were considering the site as their plans to revive the old railway power plant at Thakurli near Kalyan and generate 700 MW through it were yet to take shape.

"This site was earlier chosen for a plant by City and Industrial Development Corporation and the Maharashtra State Electricity Board, but the plan did not materialise," said an MMRDA official.

MMRDA commissioner Ratnakar Gaikwad said that the plan to revive Thakurli power plant was promising and that they were awaiting clearances from the railways.

The 77-year-old plant at the Thakurli was shut down after an accident over 25 years ago. The MMRDA was eager to restart the plant. Now MMRDA officials are compelled to scout for an alternate site, considering that there hasn't been much headway in talks with railway authorities.

see me and that singapore based firm have same thoughts.

Check the mumbai citiscapes thread for more

Plans after Plans - First plan was Mumbai First in 2004 - This was how mumbai will shape till 2013 (This includes Western and Eastern Freeway, JVLR, SCLR,MTHL and all 9 metro corridors which will not be completed even by 2020). Then around 2007-2008 there was 1 more plan for entire MMR - This plan was how MMR will shape in 2031(with metro till Virar and Alibaug). And now the Plan till 2050.

Even if they complete Mumbai First Plan(which was supposed to be completed by 2013) by 2020 it will be an achievement then they can prepare plan for 2030 and 2050.

Will Bandra east rival its wild west

Chittaranjan Tembhekar | TNN
TOI 3-08-2010.

The Days Of Drab Leaky Buildings May Soon Be Gone.With Plans To Build Hospitals,Schools & Plazas,Bandra (East) Is On The Road To Becoming A Suburban Attraction

Bandra (East),a suburb long known for its dull government quarters,is about to get a massive facelift.Government officials said the redevelopment plans for a 93.62-acre area includes building plush new flats5,466 in numberfor public servants,an administrative building to rival the Mantralaya,hospitals,schools,plazas and a massive community centre.

Scheduled to end by 2015,the drastic overhaul will make the neighbourhood a suburban hotspot and be manna for the suburbanites who have to travel to the island city for their many needs.

Government officials said a major addition in the area will be a super specialty hospital (with a builtup area of 5 lakh sq mt) that will provide affordable health care to the citizenry and have a medical college on its grounds.

Officials said the area will also house an administrative building (constructed over an area of 9 lakh sq mt) and other government offices besides schools,hospitals and plazas to help thin the flood of traffic flowing towards South Mumbai every day.Officials said that all structures in the area will be earthquake resistant.

Most significantly,the government plans to intersperse the redevelopment with some greenery.Officials said the neighbourhood will have 15 acres dedicated for gardens,playgrounds and other recreational areas to provide succour to greenspace-starved Mumbaikars.

The plans to redevelop Bandra (East) got fast-tracked last week when the administration chose D B Realty,Kakade Infrastructure and Ackruti Developers to redevelop 93.62 acres of the PWD government colony.

Of the total area,the developers will redevelop 73.43 acres according to government plans and,in return,get 20.19 acres on lease for 99 years to exploit for profits.

Officials said the developers have been asked to submit a security deposit of Rs 42 crore by next week.Once an agreement has been signed (expected to happen by October),the builders have to give the government Rs 505 crore as an upfront payment,Rs 333 crore for buying hospital machinery,and another Rs 444 crore as maintenance corpus.

Not everyone,though,is happy with the whirlwind change in the neighbourhood.

The families of many public servants who have lived in the PWD colony in Bandra East for over 35 years feel they should be allowed to permanently settle down in the area.Slum dwellers and hawkers around have been resettled.We are shelling out 30% of our salary towards rent and taxes of these buildings since the past 30 years and we want the government to consider this while allotting ownership in the new colony, said treasurer of the areas residents association Arun Gite.


TOTAL AREA UP FOR REDEVELOPMENT 93.62 acres

TOTAL COST | Rs 2,482 crore

BUILDERS | DB Realty,Ackruti Developers,Kakade Infrastructure

DEADLINE | Five years

http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/getpage.aspx?pageid=7&pagesize=&edid=&edlabel=TOIM&mydateHid=04-08-2010&pubname=&edname=&publabel=TOI

Will Bandra east rival its wild west (part II)

The Days Of Drab Leaky Buildings May Soon Be Gone.With Plans To Build Hospitals,Schools & Plazas,Bandra (East) Is On The Road To Becoming A Suburban Attraction

Chittaranjan Tembhekar | TNN
TOI 3-08-2010

HISTORY | The area was developed for state government employees on 100 acres between 1958 and 1968.Its two and three-storey buildings have about 5,000 flats for Class I to Class IV employees

The redevelopment plan includes building 5,466 new flats,an administrative building,hospitals,schools,plazas and a community centre over an area of 73.43 acres

The remaining 20.19 acres will be leased out to developers for 99 years to exploit for profits

The new apartments will range from 475 sq ft to 1,240 sq ft in size,compared to the present 225 sq ft to 750 sq ft

The administrative building alone will have a built-up area of 9 lakh sq mt,making it bigger than the Mantralaya

The redeveloped area will house all the state government departments,a diplomatic enclave and will have space for government institutions
The area,which is in the shape of a bowl,will be elevated by 1.5 mt to avoid a 26/7-like deluge

The developers are expected to give the government Rs 505 crore as an upfront payment,Rs 333 crore for buying hospital machinery,and another Rs 444 crore as maintenance corpus.They are to spend the remaining Rs 1,200 crore of the projected cost on the project

The developers have to submit a security deposit of Rs 42 crore by next week

The developers will be issued a work order soon after they have signed an agreement with the government,expected to happen by October
They are expected to first develop the 73 acre area and then the rest.The possession of the 20 acre land will be given gradually in proportion to the development finished on the 73 acre tract

The cost of escalation due to inflation will be borne by the developer
About 1,200 PWD quarters at Ghatkopar will be opened up for the Bandra (East) residents for the duration of the project.Some residents will be put up in private flats rented by the developer

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A birds eye view of the proposed government colony in Bandra (East);


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The area will be dotted with gardens and playfields;

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The state plans to build a number of shopping plazas in the suburb;

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The proposed colony will have flats ranging from 475 sq ft to 1,240 sq ft in size;

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A view of the colonys club house


http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/getpage.aspx?pageid=7&pagesize=&edid=&edlabel=TOIM&mydateHid=04-08-2010&pubname=&edname=&publabel=TOI

see me and that singapore based firm have same thoughts.

Check the mumbai citiscapes thread for more

You said around Malabar Hill, they thought around Chembur & Uran.

You said around Malabar Hill, they thought around Chembur & Uran.

reclaiming land

same principle.

Great minds think alike.

but of course you didnt think alike

but of course you didnt think alike

ofcourse we thought alike.

the basic principle of reclaiming land.

only a question of where in the city.

where and how is everything isnt it? everyone including my doodhwalla agrees india needs to grow, but not everyone knows how to do it

where and how is everything isnt it? everyone including my doodhwalla agrees india needs to grow, but not everyone knows how to do it

growing of India is a way vague concept.

Reclaiming land is all together a more specific concept. Doubt ya doodhwala knows about reclaiming land.

Fine, get your "Great Mind" down the the India Tower site and get us some pics.

i think even 5 year olds in bombay know about reclamation. more than half the city is reclaimed land

i think even 5 year olds in bombay know about reclamation. more than half the city is reclaimed land

yeah sure :|

hey guys, i know this doesn't really go with the "bandra east" and Suburbana thing that is being talked about, but are Raheja Excelsior and Legend on hold? Those are the two most exciting buildings that I want to see constructed, along with DB and World One

Basically when your plans are so far sighted until 2050, it means that there will be lot of dilly-dallying going on to make Mumbai a livable city by 2050. It means limitless political bureaucracy, corruption, illegal encroachments, and so on. If you can try to boost the speed up and aim for a shorter time, lets say 2020, to make Mumbai livable like a normal human should, then it will need a lot of zeal and will to do so. Going by our past history of lazy assholes in the government, I really doubt that things like this would ever happen not only in the near future, but also, say 2050.

By 2052, Mumbai will get global tag
Published: Wednesday, Aug 4, 2010,
By Surendra Gangan | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA

Mumbai will be a world-class city by 2032 and a global city by 2052, states a concept plan for the city, prepared by a state government appointed Singapore-based consulting firm.

Surbana International, leading consultants in urban planning, have drawn up three options in the concept plan, which include reclamation of land at several places, protection of the available land, creating a land bank, and building a comprehensive transport network.

The company, which was instrumental in the planning of Singapore, made a presentation of the concept plan to chief minister Ashok Chavan on Tuesday.

The plan is expected to be finalised by 2011 after it is cleared by the steering committee, which comprised key officials from the Mumbai Transformation Support Unit (MTSU), the urban development department, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

City of Cities, which is first of the three options in the plan, involves creation of several thematic central business districts (CBDs) in the five growth centres around the Mumbai. It also involves rejuvenating existing CBDs and de-congesting them.

The second option — City of Connection — is about connecting Navi Mumbai and Mumbai to create a land bank. It also has provision of strengthening the existing CBDs and creating a huge network of public transport in the form of metro and monorail.

City of Islands, the third option, in the concept plan is about creating endless opportunities by connecting islands in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).

The concept plan also suggested reclamation of land at certain places in the MMR, including re-proliferation of the Thane creek. However, Chavan expressed concerns over the suggestion and asked officials to study it thoroughly before going ahead.

He also directed officials at the meeting to not restrict the development to only the MMR and expand the limits to Pune, Nashik and Aurangabad.

“Growth in the southern part of Mumbai has stagnated. The expansion focus has to be on northern suburbs dealing with the periphery. Also, the model of expansion has to be sustainable,” Chavan told the officials. He also directed them to focus on affordable housing for the lower-income and middle-income group.

The concept plan also suggested an airport at Revas in Alibaug to expand the transport network for coping up with expected rise in air traffic.

According to an official from the urban development department, while finalising the concept plan, the steering committee will have to take various vital factors into consideration.

“The project submitted is tough to implement though it’s not impossible. We will have to think of CRZ norms, waterways, and several other factors that would be largely affected during the development. For the third option, the ocean current and hydrology need to be thought of,” said the official. He added that the final outcome could also be a combination of all the three options.

Once finalised, the BMC and MMRDA will be the nodal agencies for implementing the concept plan in the city and MMR respectively.

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_by-2052-mumbai-will-get-global-tag_1418456

Govt. of India and state govt should jointly ban the new settlements in Mumbai and Delhi these cities are over crowded and all the infrastructure is under severe stress.

We should develop new cities. We can't dependent on a single city like Mumbai which get cutoff from the rest of India due to rains. Mumbai have served the nation well its time to respect Mumbai and don't over kill it.

The same is for Delhi also its too near to pakistan we need to move our capital in a new city some where between MP-Maharastra-AP.

Some large resolution renders of the u/c Kohinoor Square tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=462208&page=33) from a PanIIT presentation (http://paniit2009.org/program/summaries/PANIIT2009PanelEE4GrrenBuildings.pdf) on Green Buildings & Energy Efficiency that was held in Chicago -

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Site Plan:
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/7382/20972483.jpg

Lobby:
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/1568/32585893.jpg

Foyer:
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8669/35360420.jpg

The same is for Delhi also its too near to pakistan we need to move our capital in a new city some where between MP-Maharastra-AP.

:wtf:

Not a bad design at all. Wasn't there another tower in the planning with a similar design?

Yes it is actually park hyaatt tower design. iam really confused with all the desgins as nothing is clear about any of the super tall projects in india except world one.

cheers

Nice, but wish it was taller :D

(55 floors is meh nowadays in Mumbai!)

I liked the previous 33fl design better than this, ah well...

I liked the previous 33fl design better than this, ah well...

I would choose a taller crap building over a shorter awesome building when it comes to this one. :tongue4:

I liked the previous 33fl design better than this, ah well...

There was no 'previous' design. The other design was submitted by Perkins Eastman and lost out. FxFowle is another firm I know that submitted a design bid.

Welcome to Aareyland

Alka.Shukla @timesgroup.com
Mumbai Mirror 6-08-2010.

The Dairy Development Ministry has an ambitious dream-plan for the makeover of the Aarey milk colony.Heres a sneak peak at what the new and improved green zone could have in store for you

Chances are,in about five years your escape from road rage on the western express highway will lie in the newlook Aarey Milk Colony abutting it.

If all goes according to the grand plans of the Ministry of Dairy Development,this green zone will have a mini-jungle you can view from elevated walkways,viewing decks at various levels,a city observatory,an aquarium,theme parks and a film studio.Lest you forget that this is a milk colony,you will also be able to get a tour of the state-of-the-art dairy.
The ministry is planning a Rs 7,500 crore makeover for the 3,162 acre expanse.Since part of the land already has residential structures,the master plan focuses on 1,600 acres.

Of these,500 acres will be retained for the dairy and will entail a dairy village,a milking centre and decks to view the activity from.We want to meet Israel standards for cattle keeping, said Prakash Thorat of Urban Pandit,which has submitted the initial report to the ministry,of which Mumbai Mirror has a copy.

On 350 acres will be a nature park and bio-diversity centre that will house the areas flora and fauna.The entertainment centre to be set up across 100 acres will include a Bollywood-style film studio,an aquarium,an amusement park,a meditation centre and more.We are already getting inquiries from players in Singapore,Japan and Universal Studios from the US, said Nitin Raut,Minister for Dairy Development.A certain portion of the land will also have to be used for rehabilitation of over 4,000 slum-dwellers who currently live in the area.

The plan is yet to be cleared by the state government.Not everyone is excited about the project in the No Development Zone.Sumaira Abdulali,an environmentalist,said,The area is naturally beautiful.There is no need to superimpose artificial structures on it.They come up with fancy plans but they end up handing out more FSI.

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Viewing decks with galleries that let you look at the park from various vantage points

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The city's first observatory,which will give you a bird's eye view of Mumbai.The planners hope to make this an architectural marvel

http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/getpage.aspx?pageid=7&pagesize=&edid=&edlabel=MMIR&mydateHid=06-08-2010&pubname=&edname=&publabel=MM

Waves of fury at Juhu beach

Clara Lewis | TNN
TOI 6-08-2010

Residents Angry That The Waterfront They Fought To Restore Could Be Destroyed By Infrastructure Projects

Three mega-infrastructure projectstwo of them proposed and one on the way to becoming a realityhave the potential to forever change the popular Juhu beach,say residents and environmentalists.

Even as greens and residents are furious,government agencies are considering plans to excavate the beach for an underground roadway,extend the Juhu airstrip into the sea and build a terminal for water transport.
Juhu beach is sacrosanct.It deserves Grade I heritage status given its contribution to the citys history, said environmentalist Rishi Agarwal,while expressing his vehement opposition to the plans.

Incidentally,the Bombay High Court had a few years back warned Juhu residents against any construction on the 4-km beach when they had,in altruistic zeal,built a retaining wall to protect a newl garden.After that,how can the government plan to cleave and hack Mumbais most famous beach asked Hansel DSouza,president of the Juhu Citizens Welfare Group (JCWG).
The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is proposing to excavate the beach to build an eight-lane underground highway with a glass rooftop.The road would be part of the 10.3-km Bandra-Versova link,which would be an extension of the Bandra-Worli sealink.We will need to excavate the entire beach to build an undergound coastal road.The excavated beach would then be refilled again and the beach restored, said a state official.

However,P K Das,architect and member of the high court-appointed Beach Monitoring Committee,said that wave patterns,currents and hightide erosion should be first studied.We suspect the beach will not stay.It will get washed away, he said.

Juhu airport has a 1,200-metre runway and is a heliport too.To ease congestion at the citys main airport,the Airport Authority of India (AAI),which runs the Juhu airport,had appointed consultants KPMG to draw up a plan about three years ago.KPMG reported to the Union aviation ministry on July 28 that it recommends extending the single runway of Juhu airport in phases into the sea.The runway would reportedly be built on stilts.The plan to extend the Juhu airport recently gathered steam following the slowing down of the proposal to go ahead with a second city airport at Navi Mumbai.
When an AAI official was asked if a large part of Juhu beach would need to be cordoned off,the official said that security arrangements may require this to be done.

The state is also planning a Juhu terminal for the west-coast Passenger Water Transport project.A 90,000-square-foot plot has been handed over by the Mumbai Maritime Board to the MSRDC.Residents are happy with the project,but want it done after a study on safe areas for landing and parking.MSRDC officials said a terminal building would be set up.Das said space would be required for landing,parking and servicing craft.A terminal building would have a backup facility,and all this right on the beach, he said.
DSouza said that instead of cleaving the beach into two,it would be better to have the landing and boarding at the two ends of the beachat Juhu gaothan and Khar village.Imagine thousands of people coming in cars and autos to the beach to board hovercraft.The terminal cannot be in the beachs middle, he said.

Das said,It is surprising that the state and Centre should announce plans without consulting the courtappointed Beach Monitoring Committee. Shabana Azmi,actor and former MP,said that what was being planned was environmental destruction.Protecting open spaces is not a cosmetic exercise.It is protecting your city from decay, she said.

THREATENED COAST

Bandra-Versova Sea/Coastal Link

One of the two proposals under consideration says that 2.5 km of the 10.3-km link would be underground A portion of the underground route would be a tunnel under Juhu beach The beach would have to be excavated for the Rs 3,300-cr plan The plan is to replace the sand and have glass on top of the roadway for beach-goers to walk on and view the cars below A second plan,to build a link completely in the sea,might cost Rs 4,500 cr

Juhu Airport Expansion

Consultants KPMG have made a presentation to the Union aviation ministry proposing the extension of the Juhu airport runway The idea would be to have a second airport take in traffic going to the congested Sahar airport,especially since the plan for the Navi Mumbai airport is dragging The Juhu runway would be extended into the sea on a stilt bridge going across Juhu beach The plan would also require a large part of the Juhu beach to be cordoned off for security reasons

Passenger Water Transport

Project has received clearance from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests One of the six west-coast terminals would be at Juhu Residents allege it would be built on the beach

http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/getpage.aspx?pageid=2&pagesize=&edid=&edlabel=TOIM&mydateHid=06-08-2010&pubname=&edname=&publabel=TOI

Concept plan will focus on Nariman Pt

Ashley DMello I TNN
TOI 6-08-2010

Andheri To Also Be In The Spotlight

The area between Nariman Point,Chowpatty area and Andheri will be the focus of the first phase of detailed planning when the new concept plan for the city takes shape.

Senior government officials said that initial discussions were held about the concept plan prepared by a Singapore firm,Surbana International,which targeted 4 sqkm between Nariman Point and Chowpatty and the area near D N Nagar in Andheri where two Metro lines will intersect.The firm recently presented a concept plan for Mumbai to CM Ashok Chavan.Discussions on the finer details have already started.

The micro-detailing for the two areas will consist of chalking out civic amenities,housing,roads,sewerage,utilities and hospitals,schools and recreational and entertainment centres.The discussions were attended by senior government and municipal officials,director of the City Transformation Unit U P S Madan,Citizens Action Group vicechairman Narinder Nayar and city architect P K Das.

Madan later said that the planning would be done in three levelsthere would be a general plan for the whole region,the next will be a Development Guide Plan and the third will be the Urban Design and Form Plan for two places Nariman Point and Andheri.The guide plan envisages planning for 25 sqkm pockets.One will have to be in South Mumbai,one in the suburbs and the third could be chosen from several spots,including Panvel,Kalyan,Uran or Vasai-Virar.

The City Transformation Unit has held discussions on the modalities of having a 1-km circle of influence around Metro stations which could be developed with extra FSI being granted by the government.The idea was to make the areas around the stations more vibrant.

http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/getpage.aspx?pageid=10&pagesize=&edid=&edlabel=TOIM&mydateHid=06-08-2010&pubname=&edname=&publabel=TOI

Indiabulls has won the Bharat textile mill auction as well-

Indiabulls wins NTC land for Rs 1,505 cr (http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/indiabulls-wins-ntc-land-for-rs-1505-cr/104271/on)

Realty firm Indiabulls Real Estate today bagged National Textile Corporation's 8.3 acres of prime mill land in Mumbai for Rs 1,505 crore, more than double the reserve price.

This is the second NTC mill land that Indiabulls has won in as many auctions.

It had last week won the 2.3 acres of NTC's Poddar Mill land at Worli for Rs 474 crore against the reserve price of Rs 275 crore. Indiabulls bagged the Bharat Textile Mills land of NTC, which plans to raise funds to modernise its existing mills.

After an intense bidding through e-auction for the last three days, Indiabulls outbid Lodha Group's Rs 1,503 crore offer, NTC Chairman K Ramachandran Pillai said.

So now 2 adjacent mill lands have been added to their landbank. This is similar to the Jupiter & Elphinstone mill land that they won 5 years ago.

Now, you can buy a five-star house

Published: Friday, Aug 6, 2010,
By Pooja Sarkar | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA

Does the house you are planning to buy have a clear title? Will the developer use good material for construction? Will the project finish on time?

Till now, answers to such questions have always been elusive, and generally led to the buyer leaving it to the almighty.
No longer. Help may be at hand.

Crisil Ratings, the credit rating agency whose majority shareholder Standard & Poor’s of the US, has launched real estate ‘star ratings’, where it will rate various projects by developers.

The rating will be city specific: for example, Mumbai 7-Star, the highest, to Mumbai 1-Star, the lowest. These ratings will be available to buyers for free on the Internet and will include two main parameters, one at the developer’s level and the other at the project level.

At the developer’s level, Crisil will check construction and the legal record of the land. Also, the organisational and financial strength of the developer will be looked into. At the project level, Crisil will look at the construction technology, material, legal aspects like title clearance of the land, government approvals, location of the site, innovation, etc.

Once Crisil assigns the rating and the developer accepts it, it will be binding. The rating will be available in the public domain, said Akash Deep Jyoti, head (corporate and infrastructure ratings), Crisil. As of now, 21 projects have been rated by Crisil, which is offering the service in 9 cities: Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata and Visakhapatnam.

Crisil will in future include cities in northern India as well.
Though a project will be rated at its start, Crisil will monitor it till occupancy certificates are given out to buyers by the developer.
There is a catch. A property will be rated only if the developer approaches Crisil. So it is voluntary.

Recently, Crisil conducted a survey of over 3,000 home buyers across the country, and found a huge desire for comprehensive information on property. Around 70% of respondents expressed preference for rated projects over unrated ones, while 50% expressed willingness to pay a higher price for rated projects.

Till now, Crisil has rated 21 projects in the country. But developers from Mumbai have been shying away. An analyst with a domestic brokerage said: “In 2007, they had come up with a concept of developer rating and developers were more than glad to show it on their presentation. But the same developers faced a liquidity crunch and the concept fizzled out. Also, a normal home buyer isn’t aware about the rating agency; it is more of a business-to-business approach.”

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_now-you-can-buy-a-five-star-house_1419512

Mumbai to get two satellite towns in next five years: CM

Our Political Bureau
Economic Times MUMBAI

But Even The Ruling Front Is Divided Over Makeover Plan For Mega City
AFTER a lull of an year and a half,the Maharashtra governments rhetoric on Mumbai makeover seems to be gaining momentum.Chief minister Ashok Chavan on Thursday announced a plan to build two townships in the Mumbai metropolitan region (MMR) in the next five years.

This would be done by completing various mega infrastructure projects such as Mumbai metro,monorail,Worli-Haji Ali sea link,Eastern Freeway and Vashi-Panvel Expressway,Mr Chavan said at a meeting with Citizens Action Group on Thursday.

Only two days back,Mr Chavan attended a presentation by a Singaporebased consultancy which suggested three options for converting Mumbai into a world-class city.At the presentation,Mr Chavan called for an economic and urban integration between the island city and the larger metropolitan region.
Mr Chavan asked the town planing agencies to plan for the next 40 years and prepare a holistic plan integrating various schemes for housing,mass transport,waste management,water supply,power and slum rehabilitation.Ironically,the state government and its agency,the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA),which has a mandate over 4,355 sq km of the metropolitan region,have been talking about a comprehensive development plan (CPD) for the MMR since 2005.But not much has happened on the ground in terms of improvement in mass transport,faster connectivity,development of satellite townships and alternative business districts,and decongesting the island city.

Apparently alarmed by projects frequently jumping their deadlines,Mr Chavan said major infrastructure projects must be completed on time.He specifically directed the MMRDA to ensure that the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar line of the Mumbai metro gets commissioned by end-2010.Ironically,the MMRDA gave indications earlier this week that the first metro corridor could come on stream by mid-2011.Mr Chavan exuded confidence that work on the Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd metro corridor would begin by November.He asked MMRDA to complete the Mahalaxmi-Wadala-Chembur monorail track by May 2011.

http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/getpage.aspx?pageid=3&pagesize=&edid=&edlabel=ETM&mydateHid=06-08-2010&pubname=&edname=&publabel=ET

The underground roadway with glass roof envisaged in Juhu is particularly laughable. Where is the MSRDC going to get the money from? Its bankrupt! Even if it had the money the project will be objected on environmental grounds. Going by the fiasco of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link, such large projects dont have good track records. I hope this one never sees light of day. Juhu is a unique place and should be left alone.

I am not sure about extending the Juhu runway out to sea, residents will object to this idea again on environmental grounds. Doesn't the Coastal Regulation Law prevent projects like this?

Most of the "outside the box" projects that these people dream of are 1: Not financially viable, 2: Impossible to implement in a city with a traffic mess.

They should start with the basics like organizing the current traffic and cleaning up sidewalks and then dream of such projects. Earlier it was Deshmukh who talked about making Mumbai into Shanghai and now its Chavan who's thinking of making Mumbai into a World-class city. Political Stunts, Vote banks, blah blah blah.

Hey, that Kohinoor spot's got a pretty decent design.

guys i would highly reccomend for all you to watch this programme, it aired in channel 4 in the uk in winter. its about dharavi slums this guy goes and lives with them and on the whole all the issues that dharavi faces it was pretty neat, watch it. :)

Kevin McCloud discovers a world of curious juxtapositions in one of the most extreme urban environments on earth: Dharavi, Mumbai.

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/kevin-mccloud-slumming-it/4od#3051417

THREATENED COAST

Bandra-Versova Sea/Coastal Link

One of the two proposals under consideration says that 2.5 km of the 10.3-km link would be underground A portion of the underground route would be a tunnel under Juhu beach The beach would have to be excavated for the Rs 3,300-cr plan The plan is to replace the sand and have glass on top of the roadway for beach-goers to walk on and view the cars below A second plan,to build a link completely in the sea,might cost Rs 4,500 cr


Well, here's one of the stupider ideas to have come from city planners. Why would any beach-goer want to look down upon cars on a freeway?

coz its swanky

coz its swanky

U betcha!!!...I guess most of the journos had the same teacher who taught them that one word to describe anything modern and contemporary as "swanky".....oh well i hope they broaden their vocabulary one of these days and call it fantabulous or gorjeeeous.:)

coz its swanky

Who would'nt want to see cars 'chug' along on it. Whenever I hear chug and swanky these days, I want to throw up.

The idea of a glass covered expressway & on a beach which we can all look down on is just plain retarded.

If the amount spent on the BWSL was spent improving public transport, roads, pavements, FOBs, underpasses, safety campaigns, organisation etc then you dont need these silly articles.

When will they stop dreaming "swanky" stuff and come to reality?

^^ when India will stop building

http://www.hindustantimes.com/77-storey-hotel-to-change-face-of-Prabhadevi/Article1-583749.aspx


The proposed 77 storey five star hotel and business centre to be developed by Ackruti Group at Prabhadevi will come up on a plot earlier reserved for industrial use and recreational ground. The 5.3 acre prime real estate plot earlier housed Hindustan Spinning and Weaving Mills. It will now get a


swank new sea facing hotel with 630 service apartments, 320 rooms and 84 business centres.
The proposed hotel will be the third five star in central Mumbai, apart from ITC Grand Central in Parel and Four Seasons Hotel in Worli.

“It is one of the biggest hospitality projects in the city. The emphasis is on service apartments,” said Vimal Shah, managing director of Ackruti City. But the project was cleared only after changing land use norms last year.

It got its final clearance in July last week from the Centre’s expert appraisal committee on Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) and infrastructure.

The minutes of the Centre’s EAC meeting released this week says that clearance to the project is given on the condition that it confirms to local regulation on land use.

The developer had sought change in land use before state authorities arguing for classification as residential zone since a hotel does not come under permissible activity in industrial zone.

For a developer, a five star hotel project in CRZ is commercially viable because one can get more vertical development rights.

Five-star hotels are allowed Floor Space Index of up to five in the city. The Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) the state body that appraises all projects affected by Coastal Regulatory Zone had given its approval to the proposed hotel in June 2009 and recommended it to the Centre. The permission was given by MCZMA after some officials argued that the city of Mumbai’s status needed more hotel rooms.

The minutes of the MCZMA’s meeting held in June 2009 states that officials also argued that no new industries are allowed in CRZ and if the plot would have remained vacant, there was a chance of the plot being encroached on thus leading to further burden on the coastal eco system.

“Such changes in land use are being made regularly to facilitate construction and commercial projects. The Development Plan is rarely adhered to,” admitted a senior bureaucrat.

The Urban Development Department had also given its in principal approval to change the land use.

hmm surely 77 floor hotel=supertall?

Looks like it...

From the information I could gather looks like the proposed plot is here

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/4296/hoteljt.jpg

This will be a nice addition there & something iconic.

Isn't Shangri-La Hotel in Central Mumbai? That would mean four and not three hotels there.

Mumbai needs more hotels and serviced apartments.

thats a great location. just off cadell road

Waves of fury at Juhu beach

One of the two proposals under consideration says that 2.5 km of the 10.3-km link would be underground A portion of the underground route would be a tunnel under Juhu beach The beach would have to be excavated for the Rs 3,300-cr plan The plan is to replace the sand and have glass on top of the roadway for beach-goers to walk on and view the cars below

I thought they will go under Amitabh Bacchan's house or Juhu Tara road

hmm surely 77 floor hotel=supertall?

No.

ha ha ha

Indiabulls has won the Bharat textile mill auction as well-

Indiabulls wins NTC land for Rs 1,505 cr (http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/indiabulls-wins-ntc-land-for-rs-1505-cr/104271/on)



So now 2 adjacent mill lands have been added to their landbank. This is similar to the Jupiter & Elphinstone mill land that they won 5 years ago.

Another of the hundreds of articles -

A single acre for Rs 188 crore! (http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/aug/070810-NTC-eight-acres-Bharat-Mills-Worli-188-crore.htm)


India's biggest real estate deal took place yesterday evening, with the National Textile Corporation (NTC) limited selling eight acres of Bharat Mills at Worli, for a whopping Rs 1505 crore, meaning a single acre went for 188 crore.

The highest bidder was Indiabulls, who won with a difference of Rs 2 crore as Lodha had bid Rs 1503 crore. The third highest was Peninsula with Rs 1409 crore.

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^Bharat Mills


Bidding game

This was followed by Tata for Rs 1263 crore. The bidding list included the Oberoi and Videocon groups. Vipul Bhansal, CEO, Indiabulls said, "We are glad to have emerged as the successful bidder. This will enable us to continue our journey of delivering very best in its class product in Mumbai."

This is the same land which MiD DAY had reported earlier that the state government was interested to develop affordable housing on.

However, NTC had then declined the offer.

The state government was also ready to pay Rs 750 crore for this land. Earlier this week, Indiabulls had won India's costliest deal by paying Rs 198 crore for an acre of Podar Mills. The 2.39 acre mills went for Rs 474 crore.

Numbers Game

1505 Cr
Price Indiabulls paid for eight acres of Bharati Mills at Worli

474 Cr
Price Indiabulls paid for Podar Mills

276 Cr
Price NTC got for its Jupiter Mills

198 Cr
Price Indiabulls paid for an acre of Podar Mills

180 Cr
Price NTC got for its Apollo Mills

Welcome to Aareyland

If all goes according to the grand plans of the Ministry of Dairy Development,this green zone will have a mini-jungle you can view from elevated walkways,viewing decks at various levels,a city observatory,an aquarium,theme parks and a film studio.Lest you forget that this is a milk colony,you will also be able to get a tour of the state-of-the-art dairy.


State of Art Dairy:lol::lol:

^^

State of "Aarey" Dairy!

What Lodha project is this? And can anyone find a render of Suntech Signature Island at Bandra?

63-storey tower in suburbs to dwarf others (http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_63-storey-tower-in-suburbs-to-dwarf-others_1421183)

After launching WorldOne, India’s tallest residential tower of 117 floors in central Mumbai, realty major Lodha Group has now turned its attention to the suburbs.

Two weeks ago, the group unofficially launched a 63-floor residential tower at Goregaon (East).

The project will have over 300 flats of two and three bedroom-hall-kitchen in two towers of 43 floors and a single tower of 63 floors.

The units would be available for anything between Rs12,000 and Rs14,000 per sq ft.

Many leading builders are now heading to suburbs with tony residential complexes and high-rises giving tough competition to its southern counterparts.

RNA Exotica, a 48-storey tower by RNA Developers (AA) near Ram Mandir in Goregaon (West) and DB Realty’s Orchid Woods, a 47-storey tower at Gokuldham in Goregaon (East), are going at about Rs9,000 per sq ft.

Oberoi Realty Ltd, with an eye on its upcoming IPO, recently launched Oberoi Exquisite-1, the first of three 45-storey towers in Oberoi Garden City at Goregaon (East), for over Rs11,000 per sq ft. Oberoi also plans to launch nine more skyscrapers of over 35 stories.

Just a few kilometres away, Suntech Realty, in collaboration with Indiareit Realty Fund, is constructing Signature Island, a 35-plus storey building at Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) for over Rs25,000 per sq ft.

Mrunal Duggar, vice-president, Homebay Residential, a unit of property consultants Jones Lang LaSalle, says he is not surprised by the recent trend. “High-rises shifting from south Mumbai shows that luxury housing is picking up in north Mumbai,’’ said Duggar.

According to Reema Kundani, vice-president, marketing and communications, with Oberoi Realty, the suburbs are a growing market. “It offers an opportunity for better space planning and amenities like gardens. More than that, the higher one goes, there is more ventilation and less noise pollution,’’ said Kundani.

Real estate analysts couldn’t agree more. There was a time when the 33-storey Heritage Building constructed by the Hiranandani Group at Powai, was the tallest structure in the suburbs. But, that is now being dwarfed by the new upcoming structures in the area.

Interestingly, Goregaon has emerged as the hot destination for construction of tall towers, because of the availability of space. “It’s one of the last suburbs to open up for development and as a result there is still ample tracts of land left for construction,’’ said a developer.

As per information, there are about 20 such proposals by developers seeking to construct over 28-storey buildings in the western suburbs. The proposals are under consideration of the high-rise scrutiny committee

Just a few kilometres away, Suntech Realty, in collaboration with Indiareit Realty Fund, is constructing Signature Island, a 35-plus storey building at Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) for over Rs25,000 per sq ft.

Since when were tall buildings allowed to be contructed in BKC?

I also thought high-rises were banned in the suburbs now?

Highrises are not allowed in BKC just due to proximity to Airport in other suburbs you can easily find 30-40 floor buildings. Even Higher are U/C in other suburbs.

IU, BB or does anyone else know what is coming up between Raheja Legend and Glaxo in Worli?

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/8873/a3cc.jpg

A recent shot of it-

Aug 3 - copyright ab_aditya
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Thats a damn big hole. I'll be sure to check it out in Nov.

An idea that is not really likely to see the light of day...

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/maha-mulls-formula-1-racing-track-along-mumbai-pune-expressway/404317/

The Maharashtra government is planning to build a motor racing circuit capable of hosting Formula One races.

State-run Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) – an agency responsible for planning and implementing development projects – is working on the proposed track on 700 acres along the Mumbai-Pune expressway. The racing track could be developed with private partnership if all goes well.


A state government official, who did not want to be quoted, told Business Standard that the project was at the discussion level. “MMRDA plans to first hold a meeting with interested parties on August 17 to take the idea forward. The proposed site along the 93-km Mumbai-Pune expressway is ideal. However, the final site will be decided on after taking into account suggestions from those interested in investing in the project.”

The official said the agency would soon engage a consultant to develop the project. “The consultants will suggest whether or not the project is feasible. We have also got to discuss how the project should be structured if the private sector is involved. The cost of the project will be announced once the consultants submit their report.”

If the Maharashtra government decides to set up the motor racing track, this would be the second such facility in the country following the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to construct a racing track near Greater Noida.

In October 2007, the Fidiration Internationale de l’Automobile had signed a Rs 1,600 crore contract with JPSK Sports Private Limited to organise an F1 race in India. It is expected to be completed by April 2011. The track will have a length of 5.5 km and an area of 4,000 hectares. Seating capacity is expected to be 200,000.

I think the MMRDA has to stop wasting their time on bullshit till as such time that the people of the Mumbai metropolitan region have horrible public transport.

A few months back, we heard the MMRDA's iconic tower, then we are hearing this.

Its a good idea.Theres nothing wrong with it provided MMRDA does just the preparation of report and hands over the site to a Private Sector entity and gives it full freedom to develop the formula 1 race track.
This will not only ensure that Bureaucratic crap/delaying factors are eliminated but also MMRDA will get a large upfront amount from the sale of land for developing infrastructure in Bombay.

eggjactly. the government should not be spending any money in developing f1 tracks anywhere in the country. but by all means encourage private investors to do so

every other day I hear news of mmrda planned something.... hope at least they implement 50% of total plans..

This is just hype and publicity for MMRDA.

Dont new F1 tracks need Bernie Eccelstone's approval before any approval or construction goes ahead.

With the declining viewership in rest of the world(Especially North America not taking any interest in F1 races) Bernie Ecclestone would be out of his mind at missing any more opportunity to tap the market in a country which has 1.2 billion inhabitants and is scheduled to be $ 2 Trillion in Size in the next 5 yrs.Just make the proposal and Bernie would be glad to do a Mujra to be on board.

This is just hype and publicity for MMRDA.

Dont new F1 tracks need Bernie Eccelstone's approval before any approval or construction goes ahead.

not for construction. you need approval for it to be part of the f1 calendar. many tracks have joined and left the calendar over the years

what i dont get is

if delhi has a race track do we need any?

most countries have multiple race tracks. india already has race tracks in madras and other cities, though i'm not sure if they are f1 standard

as long as its private money its fine. until kalmadi stepped in bombay was one of the front-runners for the f1 track anyways

An interesting (although mostly known stuff) article in Bloomberg

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-12/millionaires-get-neighborly-with-slum-dwellers-in-space-challenged-mumbai.html

Developers in Mumbai, the world’s most densely populated city, are putting up luxury high-rise condos for millionaires in former slums and re-housing displaced residents on the same properties.

The 60-story twin-tower Imperial, with apartments costing as much as $14 million, was built on the narrow lanes cluttered with tin sheds that once housed 10,000 slum residents. The 50- story Lodha Bellisimo has sprung up a few meters from the prison that houses the only gunman caught alive during the 60-hour terror siege of the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower in 2008.

“Mumbai is a very congested city and to accommodate this congestion and have more open spaces we have to rise up vertically,” said Amit Thacker, a director at SD Corp., builder of The Imperial, India’s tallest apartment complex. “This is possible only when we clear the existing occupied plots of land by rehabilitating the existing residents.”

Constrained by a four-decade-old law limiting height in built-up areas of India’s financial capital, developers are constructing luxury towers in shanty towns and re-housing the slum-dwellers in new flats the size of a single-car garage. India’s government is relying on such projects to make cities slum-free by 2015 as it braces for an inflow of about 250 million people who are expected to pour into urban spaces in the next 20 years.

The penthouses at The Imperial are estimated to sell for between $13 million and $14 million, according to Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj, the local unit of the second-largest publicly traded commercial property broker. They boast views of the Arabian Sea, a golf course and Mumbai’s horse-racing track. Flats at the Bellisimo cost as much as $6 million.

DB Realty Ltd. and the K. Raheja Corp. are building luxury residential towers with views of train tracks on defunct textile mills in central Mumbai’s Jacob Circle, an area congested with traffic, industrial units and slums.

FSI

Developers including Housing Development & Infrastructure Ltd. and Ackruti City Ltd. are building in slums because of a 46-year-old law that limits building height in established residential areas of Mumbai, a city of 18 million built on seven islands.

Mumbai’s Floor Space Index -- which determines the maximum floor area permitted in a building compared with the land on which it’s constructed -- was introduced in 1964 and set at 4.5. That means a building on a one acre (0.4 hectare) plot of land, a little smaller than a football field, vertical living space totaling 196,000 square feet can be built.

The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai lowered the permitted FSI to 1.33 times in 1991, which means all buildings with an FSI exceeding 4.5 times were built before 1964. That’s the opposite to most cities with limited land which tend to raise the permitted FSI to accommodate growth, as in Manhattan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Chinese cities, according to a World Bank report last year.

‘Abnormal Constraints’

“Abnormal constraints on FSI are one of the main reasons” Mumbai hasn’t built more tall buildings, said New Jersey-based Alain Bertaud, an urban planning consultant for the World Bank who has been visiting the city annually for the past 15 years.

While Mumbai’s FSI varies from 1 to 1.33, it can go as high as 4 in the slum areas under redevelopment.

Half of Mumbai’s 18 million residents live in slums -- more than the population of Switzerland. The city’s clusters of ramshackle huts made from scrap materials line narrow garbage- strewn alleyways, usually lack proper sanitation facilities and water supply, and residents often use pilfered electricity from tapping into power cables.

The business district is a different world. Mumbai is the world’s fourth-most expensive business location, behind London, Hong Kong and Tokyo, according to real estate services company CB Richard Ellis Group Inc.

‘Slum-Free’

“Mumbai as a city is undergoing a redevelopment process and within a few years most of it may get redeveloped,” said SD Corp.’s Thacker.

The government plans to make the country “slum-free” by 2015, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee reiterated in his budget speech in February. In 1995, the Maharashtra state government decided to legitimize all slums in existence as of that year, meaning existing slum-dwellers were entitled to be re-housed if the shanty town they inhabited was developed. That year it set up the Slum Rehabilitation Authority.

The government plans to redevelop larger shanty towns such as the 535-acre Dharavi slum, Asia’s second-largest after Pakistan’s Orangi Town and the home of Jamal Malik, the fictional hero of the film “Slumdog Millionaire.” The Maharashtra government wants to build 1 million budget homes over the next few years, mostly with private developers and primarily through redevelopment.

New Life

The 252 meter-high Imperial, built on a 13.5-acre plot that housed an old textile mill in the Tardeo area of South Mumbai, has 228 luxury apartments ranging from 2,500 square feet (232 square meters) to 10,000 square feet.

The Imperial was built on the site of a shanty town with 2,700 one-roomed tin-roof huts, whose inhabitants were relocated to 225-square-foot apartments in separate buildings nearby. The 2,000 square feet taken up by the lap pool in the penthouse is about the same size as seven apartments given to the slum dwellers.

Taxi driver Kamran Shaikh, 55, says he’s happy to have been given a flat by The Imperial’s developer and is glad to be out of the slum.

“We proudly tell people we live next to the tallest towers in Mumbai,” says Shaikh. “It’s a good feeling that we have progressed from a slum to a flat.”

Shaikh said he and his family of four used to have to walk 3 kilometers to collect water from a bore well. Now the building provides them with water for 20 minutes a day.

‘World-Class’

Lodha Bellisimo is located on a 13-acre plot a few meters from the Bombay Central Prison, home to Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the Taj gunman. Most of the 300 residences have been sold, said R. Karthik, senior vice president of marketing at Lodha Developers Ltd., which also is building World One on former textile mill land in Mumbai. About 73 percent of the buyers at the Bellisimo are from the services sector, mainly from top management, he said.

“Our buyers are those who work in world-class offices, travel business class, so they want these world-class amenities on the residential side too now,” said Karthik. “People are willing to move away from posh localities as long as we offer them world-class facilities.”

Investors have reaped gains. Lodha started selling flats at the Bellisimo project for 11,000 rupees a square foot in 2005 and now it sells for three times that price, Karthik says.

Infrastructure Constraints

Demand for luxury apartments in India is rising as the biggest rally in stocks in 18 years boosts the ranks of the affluent in the third-fastest growing major economy. The South Asian nation has 84,000 millionaires, according to the 2009 World Wealth Report by Cap Gemini SA and Merrill Lynch Wealth Management.

The number of millionaires in India and China is expected to triple between 2008 and 2018, according to the report. About 40 percent of India’s 52 billionaires, the most in Asia after China, live in Mumbai, according to Forbes magazine.

“Mumbai’s real estate market boundaries are constantly extending into newer areas,” says Anuj Puri, Mumbai-based chairman of Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj. “Mumbai, being the archetypal city of opportunity, generates an unprecedented demand for properties across the residential, commercial and retail sectors.”

Mumbai’s transformation into a “world-class city” would require radical changes to transport, housing and sanitation, as well as a reduction in the slum population, consulting firm McKinsey said in a 2003 report. Mumbai occupies an area of 440 square kilometers (167 square miles).

“Mumbai’s infrastructure is at the bottom of the list among international global cities, somewhere between Yangon and Kabul,” said Bertaud, the consultant.

most countries have multiple race tracks. india already has race tracks in madras and other cities, though i'm not sure if they are f1 standard

as long as its private money its fine. until kalmadi stepped in bombay was one of the front-runners for the f1 track anyways

You know the reason F1 track got approved near Delhi? Well the Jaiprakash Industries group got the mandate for the F1 track and guess who is a partner in that consortium? Suresh Kalmadis's Son in law.
The Jaiprakash Industries group got this land at nominal rates and they did not disclose info regarding their partnership with Suresh kalmadi while bagging the deal.

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Source: Hindustan Times

After reading the above article, I hope change is on the horizon.

^^ :banana::banana:

Lets hope so.

You know the reason F1 track got approved near Delhi? Well the Jaiprakash Industries group got the mandate for the F1 track and guess who is a partner in that consortium? Suresh Kalmadis's Son in law.
The Jaiprakash Industries group got this land at nominal rates and they did not disclose info regarding their partnership with Suresh kalmadi while bagging the deal.

yeah i heard about that. like i said if it wasnt for kalmadi it might have come up in hyderabad or bombay

77-storey 5-star hotel to come up in Prabhadevi

A 77-storey five-star hotel has got the go-ahead from the central environment ministry and will join a host of development projects set to change the skyline of central Mumbai. To be developed by the Ackruti Group, the massive hotel — comprising 320 rooms, 630 service apartments and 84 business
centres — will be built on the 5.3-acre Prabhadevi plot once occupied by Hindustan Spinning and Weaving Mill.

It will be the third five-star hotel in central Mumbai — after ITC Grand Central in Parel and the Four Seasons in Worli — but the only one offering service apartments to clientele.

With an estimated construction cost of Rs 522 crore, the hotel will be one of the biggest hospitality projects in Mumbai.

The project got its final clearance in end-July, after a site visit by a subcommittee of the Centre’s Expert Appraisal Committee on Infrastructure and Coastal Regulation Zones.

Minutes from the subcommittee’s meeting were released this week.

“We will finalise a launch date soon,” said Ackruti managing director Vimal Shah.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/77-storey-5-star-hotel-to-come-up-in-Prabhadevi/Article1-583745.aspx

it would have made more sense in bombay. he ho thats how the world works.
but if bombay wants a track then they should build one.think malaysias got a few now

It would of made more sense.

My View..

Mumbai has many things which no other city has and is the envy of others..Guess an insignificant F1 track doesnt really make Mumbai any inferior or backward..Its a Megapolis and slowly developing the infra to match its size..
Hope in a few years with the way things are going and old Mills & wastelands turn into Landmarks and Super Talls, along with New Airport,Metro, Monorail, Sea Links, Expressways and new Buses & Trains, Skywalks etc etc..It will be in the league of Shanghai or NYC..This would be a greater acheivement than any petty race track..
Peace !

^^ I sorta agree. But, the F1 track could just increase its competitiveness with other global cities. Its not too big a deal if it doesn't get built, because there are more important things to build.

f1 tracks are loss-making for most new countries. its just a dick swinging competition

while there are a few f1 enthusiasts in indian metros its nearly not enough to ensure profits. if we had to invest that kind of money it would be better to make a multi-sports complex which can be used for concerts/etc

77-storey 5-star hotel to come up in Prabhadevi

It will be the third five-star hotel in central Mumbai — after ITC Grand Central in Parel and the Four Seasons in Worli — but the only one offering service apartments to clientele.

4th. the shangri la will be open soon

agree to FrankPanaMan... mumbai infra now taking shape slowly...next five year mumbai...will have lots good infra project completed,, plus super tall structure..... :cheers:

^^ :cheers: in infra, what do you think about the second sea link in 5 yrs ??