Kamdhenu, Mulund (E)

http://www.kalpataru.com/projects/kalpataru_kamdhenu.htm

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3111/kamdhenuprogressphotos1ug1.jpg

Mahindra Eminente

http://www.mahindralifespaces.com/

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/1997/mahindraeminente2sma0.jpg

Great pics!

I do like Kalpataru's buildings.

http://www.mumbaipluses.com/DombivaliKalyanplus/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=1&contentid=200804272008042814391394026ead97&sectxslt=&comments=true

It may be recalled that the Unified Mumbai Metropolitan Transport Authority (UMMTA) was created recently (GR- MVR-0807-CR-400-TRA-2). However the UMMTA would have practical relevance only, if MMRTA was created soon for the implementation and supervision of the single integrated bus system that would be common for the entire 4,354.50 sq. km of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).

According to sources the idea of a common transport body is already finding favour with the local bodies as it will bring all the five local urban bodies under one umbrella.

Resultantly all existing transport bodies like BEST, NMMT, TMT, KDMT, and MBMT will merge to form a single transport body. Once in existence, as part of UMMTA, this nodal agency will ensure the smooth and seamless road travel across these five municipal jurisdictions.

"It will definitely improve the condition of the public transport through the merger of all existing transport bodies of the corporations under its purview. It will also facilitate the quick flow of commuters from one destination to another in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), without the change in the mode of transport, as is the case currently," informs R D Shinde, commissioner, KDMC.

However, the delay is already pushing a good scheme to the back burner of the developmental policies of the state government. When contacted, Parushram Warwadekar, joint project in charge, transport, (additional) and planner, MMRDA, said: "The proposal is under active consideration. It may take a month or so to fructify. But, one thing is certain. It will become a reality soon."

Alright I spoke with the project manager of the Palais Royale. He said it'll be 317m tall and will have 55-60 floors. They've finished the foundation work and he said the building will top out by April 2009. I've also sent him an email requesting for a rendering of the tower and images from the site at Worli naka.

Hi

I am new to the group.
I visited the Shree ram mills last sunday. Unforunately could not take photo's as it was already dark. Plus the site is surrounded in such a way that photos will not be allowed. However I figured out, by going to the nearby chawl, i can take photos. I will take it the next time I visit the site.

I spoke to the chowkidar and he allowed me to have a look inside. The basement work is almost finished and will finish it completely in 1 month. I doubt whether the building will top out by 2009. But lets hope for the best.

Thanks
GreyCells

Awesome work bro! Welcome to the forum and looking forward to the pics!

This is a great idea for Mumbai and would make life just that easier for residents using public road transport.

The surburban trains are over crowded & over burdened so this is a step in the right direction. Im pleased that new buses are on their way as Mumbai needs to replace those Ashok Leyland for newer modern buses.

I always favour integrated transport in cities as they should not be in competiton with each other as this creates more problems than solve them.

Awesome work bro! Welcome to the forum and looking forward to the pics!

I was going through all the threads and wondering why you all guys are interested in real estate project of mumbai?

I am interested in shree ram mills because of my investment. Ruby mills also due to investment.

I found IBRealEstate stock interesting because of Jupiter and other mill development.

Please let me know why are you guys interested? I guess investment is the only answer.

Amol.

I was going through all the threads and wondering why you all guys are interested in real estate project of mumbai?

I am interested in shree ram mills because of my investment. Ruby mills also due to investment.

I found IBRealEstate stock interesting because of Jupiter and other mill development.

Please let me know why are you guys interested? I guess investment is the only answer.

Amol.

No. We are not interested in Real Estate for investments. We are mainly interested in tall buildings as skyscraper lovers. Evidently, this is a skyscrapercity forum.

Hi Amol! Welcome to SSCI.

I guess investment is the only answer.

To some, well, maybe. But most of us discuss various realty projects (not just in Mumbai but all over India) out of sheer interest. It's more of a hobby, if you will.

Thanks for your update on the Shriram Mills developmental project. :okay:

I guess investment is the only answer.
Architecture.

Please let me know why are you guys interested? I guess investment is the only answer.

Anmol, I joined this forum to checkout the different projects because my dad and I wanted to invest in both residential and commercial space in Mumbai. I still haven't narrowed down to any project in either arena. Can you take pictures of different projects mentioned on the forum and provide me with more details?

this project is located in the parel area just opposite to ITC grand sheraton hotel and towers. i captured the pic on 3rd may 2008. it is supposedly a cluster of one 46 storey tower and 2-3 32 storey towers. can any1 offer more details??

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/8576/03052008052editedyi0.jpg

^^ Nice shot. Those are the Ashok towers. There will be 1 tower of 49 storeys and 3 towers of 31 storeys each.

http://www.peninsula.co.in/projects/residential/ashoktowers/ashoktowers.php

From here (http://www.mahimtura.com/projects_management.htm#)...

What looks like the rear view of Raheja Atlantis:
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/1743/50589314kp3.gif

The crown looks slightly different from the rendering we had before.... glassier too. I'm that the above is an older rendering to what we have below:
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/9899/2pb6.jpg (http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/6193/120zq0.jpg)

HT epaper (http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/Web/HTMumbai/Article/2008/05/04/003/04_05_2008_003_009.jpg)

THE STATE government's sop of offering bigger homes for 65 lakh slum dwellers will change the skyline of the city.

In a city set to grow more vertical, its slum pockets will be no exception. The state has hiked the Floor Space Index (FSI) of all slum rehabilitation projects. The new FSI is now 3 where it used to be 2.5, and 4 where it was 3.

FSI is an indicator of how high a developer can build on a plot. The higher the FSI, the more floors developers are allowed to build.

In the city and suburbs, FSI is restricted to 1.33. However, the state has been making exceptions to the rule so that FSI utilised is in the range of 2 to 2.5 for various projects.

Now, 824 pending slum rehabilitation projects can utilise an FSI of 3 in the city This in . cludes prime locations in Cuffe Parade, Worli and Bandra. In high-density areas like slums on airport land, FSI up to 4 can be utilised with permission from the government. "The increase in tenement size is 20 per cent. We have given a corresponding increase of 20-23 per cent in FSI to make the slum projects viable. The proposal came from the housing department,'' said T.C. Benjamin, principal secretary, urban development department.

...

ketaki.ghoge@hindustantimes.com

folks, the India International Trade Tower(72fl) at NTC mills in Dadar is still alive. Yesterday, the Union textile minister Shankarsinh Vaghela attended a function on textiles and mentioned it -

Vaghela was in the city to attend a function titled ‘Indian Textiles — The Sunrise Sector’, where the minister announced the development of an international trade tower in Mumbai and an Indian textiles plaza in Ahmedabad.
clicky (http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1162768)

folks, the India International Trade Tower(72fl) at NTC mills in Dadar is still alive. Yesterday, the Union textile minister Shankarsinh Vaghela attended a function on textiles and mentioned it -


clicky (http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1162768)

1) sounds like a shady character. union textiles minister talking about modernizing old cinema halls to show marathi only films?

2) only one article on the whole web talks about this India International Trade Tower. no way it can happen.

what ever happened to the gateway of india makeover that was supposed to build an underground mall or something like that?

1) sounds like a shady character. union textiles minister talking about modernizing old cinema halls to show marathi only films?

That cinema is located at the United mills and is owned by NTC. It started screening Marathi films in 1941 and since then it has catered to mill workers. When NTC announced its intentions to redevelop the mills and tear down the theater, people objected to it. So the union textiles minister just assured the people that they won't tear it down and added a stipulation that it would only screen Marathi films for it to not face the wrath of bulldozers.

only one article on the whole web talks about this India International Trade Tower.

2. There are many other articles on the net about the India International trade tower. Hell, how would I and others have known about its existence? It's also mentioned on the Ministry of Textiles's website (http://texmin.nic.in/tex_08.htm). If you're talking about this particular mention of it at the function then I'd say that no big media player went there except for DNA and webIndia123 (http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20080504/945614.html). Probably the news on the redevelopment of the mills would have been mentioned in Marathi dailies.

no way it can happen.

ok fine it won't be built.

what ever happened to the gateway of india makeover that was supposed to build an underground mall or something like that?

Such a plan was never announced.

The Gateway of India was supposed to renovated. Any updates on that anybody?

The last I seen was a picture of GOI under renovation - is it still under renovation? They were going to beautify the surrounding areas as well!

yes still under renovation. went past it couple of days back. will take some time by the looks of it

Bandra skywalk to be ready by Jan next year


http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getimage.dll?path=TOIM/2008/05/07/5/Img/Pc0051500.jpg

The Bandra skywalk project is expected to be completed by January next year. MMRDA officials have already consulted local residents about the project, which will ease the pedestrian flow between the railway station and Hill road in Bandra west.
Taking note of suggestions, the officials have made a few changes in the plan. It was decided that instead of a ramp, there will be escalators to ease the traffic. “The Bandra talao and Bada masjid are highly congested areas. Ramps will just cause more traffic problems and won’t be convenient for vehicles. We will have escalators instead,’’ said MMRDA commissioner Ratnakar Gaikwad.
Local corporator Asif Zakaria said all decisions were taken keeping in mind the needs of the citizens. “One of the drops of the skywalk was supposed to be at the junction of Lucky restaurant. But since it is a very crowded area, we agreed to have a drop slightly further. So we will have it near Bandra police station on Hill Road,’’ he said.
The skywalk project was initiated as part of the MMRDA’s larger initiative to make it easier for commuters to access the station. The skywalk, which is popular in Western countries, allows commuters to come to the station and leave it without crossing crowded roads. The Bandra skywalk project has begun in the east but will be extended to the west, where it will allow commuters to walk from Bandra station to the police station on Hill Road. Another arm will take the commuters to Bandra talao.

source timesofindia epaper

Work to resume on Worli stadium

The city is all set to get a state-of-the-art stadium. The latest technology, facilities and amenities are to figure in the Worli structure that is to come up at an estimated cost of Rs 175 crore.

The National Sports Complex Club of India, which ran into a controversy following allegations of irregularities amid an escalation in reconstruction costs from the planned Rs 45 crore, will build the stadium after a go-ahead from the Bombay High Court.

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/8074/worlinj3.jpg

Justice D.Y. Chandrachud on Tuesday allowed the management to go ahead with the reconstruction of the club, but only after appointing a special administrator - retired justice of the Supreme Court B.P. Singh - to ensure future construction work is carried out without irregularities.

Eighteen members of the club had approached the high court in September alleging defalcation of funds and gross fraud perpetrated upon the Club and its members by the management and other people associated with the construction, causing a loss of more than Rs 90 crore.

"All parties, including the club members and office-bearers, shall provide assistance as may be sought by special administrator for carrying out his functions," the high court directed, in view of the tussle seen between officer-bearers of the club and its members.

The special administrator will inspect the construction already carried out to ensure it has been done in accordance with terms and rates prescribed in the contract. He will also verify whether payments had been made in accordance with the contract.

[HT]

Finally some good news.

Thanks IU!

Does this mean we get better tennis courts (indoor)? I sure hope so...

Homes for Mumbai slum dwellers from Burj Dubai designers (http://www.livemint.com/2008/05/08223908/Homes-for-Mumbai-slum-dwellers.html)

Bangalore: After designing signature projects such as the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center site in New York and the Burj Dubai, which will be the world’s tallest skyscraper when it is finished in 2009, New York-based architect firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Llp. (SOM) is doing something more down to earth.
It is designing homes for slum dwellers in Mumbai.
This design is part of a master plan SOM is drawing up for realty firm Unitech Ltd, which is developing a 127-acre commercial project that would include offices, retail spaces and a hotel at Mumbai’s Santacruz suburb, not far from the business district of Bandra-Kurla. Nearly 22,000 slum dwellers have to be rehabilitated for the project.

This is one of two Mumbai projects of Unitech, India’s second largest listed property developer. The other is a commercial project in another suburb, Vile Parle. The company is partnering Pune-based real estate firm Rohan Group for the second project.

Many top developers are now bringing in global architects for projects across India. A few such as SOM are also setting up shop in the country.
“Mumbai is like New York in terms of opportunities, and we want a front office here to serve our clients better and provide long-term service, rather than single project associations,” Igou said.

Homes for Mumbai slum dwellers from Burj Dubai designers (http://www.livemint.com/2008/05/08223908/Homes-for-Mumbai-slum-dwellers.html)

apparently they are also working the Jet airways HQ in BKC as well as their lounges

http://www.design.upenn.edu/new/arch/facultybio.php?fid=352

He is also managing several large urban planning projects for new communities in and around Hyderabad and Mumbai for Maytas Properties and Unitech (Santa City), respectfully. For Jet Airways, Mr. Igou is working on the company’s Corporate Headquarters and Lounges in Brussels, Mumbai, Bangalore, and Hyderabad.

unnamed towers designed by Hafeez Contractor for Nahar Group to be built in Mulund -

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/7040/web1185az8.jpg

Im impressed!

Good to see International Architects coming to India.

Sumer Trinity Towers, Prabhadevi: three towers of 36 stories each
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/237/sumertrinitycv2ko0.jpg (http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/1862/sumertrinitycv2.jpg)


UPDATE: May 7
Copyright Anne Gaëlle Rico
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/149/copyof24760462497116498ys4.jpg

unnamed towers designed by Hafeez Contractor for Nahar Group to be built in Mulund -

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/7040/web1185az8.jpg

That's the Sarvodaya Heights.

photo copyright MPE

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/15/sarvodayampeke7.jpg

Here's an larger, but poorer quality, rendering
Sarvodaya Heights, Mulund: one tower of 52 stories, one tower of 45 storeys
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/2486/image2oo2.jpg (http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/1343/image2yy3.jpg)

Hi,
I was wondering if we can get updates on the good projects in powai area. This area has a lot of potential of becoming a High class residential area.

I know Hiranandani, Lake Homes, SYnchrony city and Raheja are doing good, but are over with the space.

Are there any new Malls or Parks coming up.

Thanks,
Rishi

Thanks for the info Sun and Jai.

RNA Grande, Kandivali, 50 stories
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/5332/grandebx3.jpg


rendering from an ad:

click to enlarge
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/5112/rnagrandefo1.jpg (http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/8149/rnagrandexa2.jpg)


ad:
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/4952/rnagrande2mm8.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rnagrande2mm8.jpg)

^^

Was about to post the above.

:)

^^

Was about to post the above.

:)

Thought so http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8427/winkyc5.gif I'll call them up in a couple of hours and ask for more info on it.

hmmm..

that's about 2 km from my home... it surely looks interesting!! I will see if any buddy of mine can get more info about this..

wow, that building looks so much better in this larger rendering than the original

Looks like Orchid Enclave u/c in Mumbai Central

May 9
Copyright Esben T.
http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/1425/copyofcopyofimperial2xx6.jpg


Rendering:

Orchid Enclave, Mumbai Central; twin towers of 54 stories each
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/7435/2ke6.jpg (http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/4033/elev1qf9.jpg)http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/4047/3tw2.jpg (http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/2807/elev3lx6.jpg)

not just u/c, looks like we're at the half way mark. :cheers:

Looks like Orchid Enclave u/c in Mumbai Central

May 9
Copyright Esben T.
http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/1425/copyofcopyofimperial2xx6.jpg


Rendering:

Enclave looks fantastic; awesome job IU.

x-posting from the Jupiter Mills Tower thread:
try your luck m8. The contact # is on their website --> 312 920 1888

http://www.smithgill.com/contact.htm

Just so that you know, they're based out of Chicago.
Guys, for the record, I called them and got a hold of one of their architects. He confirms that the tower is indeed a very real proposal in an advanced stage of design, but directed me to the builders for more information.

I'll try calling Indiabulls next week

what ever happened to the gateway of india makeover that was supposed to build an underground mall or something like that?
Here is what the rennovation comprises, from TOI from way back when in this thread:
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/7181/2102200700601501715233ajp4.jpg

Not one but 2 statues. thats an overkill. taking the visual away from Gateway of India on purpose I say. get rid of atleast one.

RNA Parkview, Chembur

http://img26.picoodle.com/img/img26/4/5/10/f_rnaparkviewm_2be5126.jpg

Mittal Grandeur, South Bombay

http://img26.picoodle.com/img/img26/4/5/10/f_mittalgrandm_6f3ef84.jpg

Villa Orbit, Napeon Sea Road

http://img26.picoodle.com/img/img26/4/5/10/f_villaorbnapm_117ee18.jpg

Runwal pride, Vashi

http://img26.picoodle.com/img/img26/4/5/10/f_runwalpridem_0351fee.jpg

Mahavir Ratan, Vashi

http://img26.picoodle.com/img/img26/4/5/10/f_mahavirratam_1d4197f.jpg

Lake Florence, Vashi

http://img26.picoodle.com/img/img26/4/5/10/f_lakeflorencm_b2f7160.jpg

FYI, I've created some new building threads in the Mumbai section of several significant projects:

WORLI | Ahuja Towers | 54 fl x 2 | Proposed (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624449)

MULUND | Ariisto Heaven | 40-45 fl x 13 | Proposed (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624659)

MAHALAXMI | Orchid Turf View | 50 fl | App (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624681)

WORLI | RNA 360 | 30 fl | Proposed (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624694)

WORLI | Raheja Atlantis | 40 fl | U/C (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624697)

WORLI | Palais Royale | 320m | Site Prep (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624711)

JACOB CIRCLE | Orchid Heights | 55 fl x 2 | Proposed (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624735)

JACOB CIRCLE | Orchid Views | 50 fl x 2 | Proposed (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624764)

edit- phew.. that's enough for today


Oh yeah, I've also posted a bunch of these buildings in the international section. I'll post links to those later.

Cheers,
Jai

Mittal Grandeur, South Bombay

http://img26.picoodle.com/img/img26/4/5/10/f_mittalgrandm_6f3ef84.jpg

holy shit, this one is amazing. this is how every new building should be in india. even though glass/steel use is limited, the architecture is clearly uniquely indian.

FYI, I've created some new building threads in the Mumbai section of several significant projects:

WORLI | Ahuja Towers | 54 fl x 2 | Proposed (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624449)

MULUND | Ariisto Heaven | 40-45 fl x 13 | Proposed (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624659)

MAHALAXMI | Orchid Turf View | 50 fl | App (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624681)

WORLI | RNA 360 | 30 fl | Proposed (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624694)

WORLI | Raheja Atlantis | 40 fl | U/C (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624697)

WORLI | Palais Royale | 320m | Site Prep (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624711)

JACOB CIRCLE | Orchid Heights | 55 fl x 2 | Proposed (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624735)

JACOB CIRCLE | Orchid Views | 50 fl x 2 | Proposed (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624764)

edit- phew.. that's enough for today


Oh yeah, I've also posted a bunch of these buildings in the international section. I'll post links to those later.

Cheers,
Jai


Jai, thanks alot for the efforts you put in again and again :cheers:

Yeah thanks Jai, grand job!

Jai

totally forgot to thank you dude. thats one heck of an effort you put despite sickness.

holy shit, this one is amazing. this is how every new building should be in india. even though glass/steel use is limited, the architecture is clearly uniquely indian.

I agree. This is fantastic.

Great work Jai, the best way to shake off sickness is indeed to post on SSC.

yup, thanks a ton Jai!
great work, as always.

holy shit, this one is amazing. this is how every new building should be in india. even though glass/steel use is limited, the architecture is clearly uniquely indian.

Agreed... but i just think not every building should look overtly indian like that... skyscrapers need diversity too! I like futuristic designs for one.... doesnt have to be measured for its indianness or nething.

And thanks jai... u made my day!

mittal grandeur is built on an old house (the base), pretty much like buckley court. there are more such buildings on that road (cuffe parade). the old house is heritage, so cant be broken down

mittal grandeur is built on an old house (the base), pretty much like buckley court. there are more such buildings on that road (cuffe parade). the old house is heritage, so cant be broken down

hmmm makes more sense now. but the combo looks great!

No problem guys.. I'm still sick as a dog today, so hopefully I'll add a couple more threads ;)

The Imperial symbolises the vertical lift in realty prices (http://www.businessworld.in/content/view/3933/4040)
GURBIR SINGH
07 March 2008

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/6821/imperialtowerssbd1bz7.jpg
LEADING TOWERS: The Imperial is today benchmarking south Mumbai’s luxury
residential realty (Pic by Subhabrata Das)

The twin cylindrical towers below cumballa Hill in South Mumbai have become a landmark. Driving down the Worli sea face or looking north from Marine Drive, the 60 floors sprouting into the skyline cannot be missed. Two conical tops for the buildings are yet to come, which when in place will make them the tallest structures in the country. Dilip Thakker, one of the promoters of ‘The Imperial’, as the under-construction project is known, says with a wry smile, “We have to thank those who opposed the project. The delay has given us a windfall.” Thakker is referring to the NGO and ‘citizen’ protests that had delayed the project. :lol:

Amit Thakker, his son, who handles marketing for the Shapoorji Palonji-Thakker joint venture, says the current asking rate is Rs 34,000 a sq. ft. At lower levels, a recent sale was at Rs 27,000 a sq. ft. There are a couple of five-bedroom, 10,355-sq. ft flats on the 49th and 53rd floors. If Amit Thakker gets his asking rate, they will cost the buyer a little over Rs 35 crore each.

In many ways, The Imperial represents the surrealistic spectacle being played out in rich south Mumbai’s realty market, where prices are bucking the general downturn to touch new highs. Little supply of super-luxury flats and a lot of people with money to burn may not fully explain the prices here that are as sky-oriented as The Imperial.


Horizontal To Vertical

The Imperial itself has a chequered history. Interestingly, the project, started in 1997, is a slum rehabilitation scheme. The project promoters have housed around 2,500 slum families of M.P. Mill Compound, who were living on 13 acres of government land, into 15 rehab buildings. The quid pro quo is that the promoters have been permitted to carve out five acres for The Imperial, whose 228 super-luxury flats will give them back not only their investments, but also a handsome profit, they hope. Construction has been long and tiresome, as the project was stopped in December 2004 after it was seen as an environmental hazard. Those with flats atop the Cumballa Hill protested as the two monstrosities were blocking their panoramic view. Others said, the hill might collapse. After long court battles and a certificate from IIT Mumbai and L&T, the project trudged on.

Detractors of the project say that on the pretext of a slum rehab scheme, the promoters have got hold of government land for free. Amit Thakker says that the developers, S.D. Corporation has invested Rs 175 crore in rehabilitating the slums. Total project cost is over Rs 700 crore. A board in the site office says the interiors of The Imperial will cost Rs 104 crore.


New Property Price Points

Beyond the social disputes, The Imperial is today benchmarking south Mumbai’s luxury residential realty. “It is a new-generation building with aluminum cladding,” says project architect Hafeez Contractor. “The USP is we give apartment owners a breathtaking view in three directions.” From Level 12 to 39, the interiors are by Pinakin Patel. In the upper reaches — Level 49-54 — interiors are by New York-based architecture and interior design firm Craig Nealy Architects . Take your pick at Rs 34,000 a sq. ft!

Even as news flows in from centres such as Whitefield in Bangalore and Gurgaon in Haryana that real estate prices are dipping, Shapoorji and S.D. Corporation are pushing up their rates. Others in Mumbai’s luxury segment are not going slow either. DSK Corp, which has constructed a pencil-thin, 32-storey tower called ‘Durga Mata Towers’ near the Ambani family building ‘Sea Wind’ in Colaba, sold its last apartment — a duplex measuring 4,046 sq. ft at Rs 5,000 a sq. ft — for a cool Rs 20 crore! Sumit Arora, marketing chief of DSK, says the company was holding back on the last of its duplex flats on the 28-29 floors as it was hoping to get a price of Rs 60,000 a sq ft.

Unitech has tied up with Rohan Developers in south Mumbai for a few upscale sites, including one on Marine Drive’s Chowpatty and another on Altamount Road. “When these come into the market, bookings are expected to start at Rs 35,000 a sq. ft,” says Akshaya Kumar, head of broking firm Parklane Properties.

But there are bigger jaw-droppers coming. A super-luxury tower on Mumbai’s posh Pedder Road, a JV between Ispat Industries and builder Sameer Bhojwani, is ready; it starts at Rs 75,000 a sq ft. There are only 18 duplex flats of 6,000 sq. ft and more. Bhojwani has not sold anything yet, it is believed, but when he does, each scalp will be worth Rs 45 crore!

DSK’s Arora says that builders could afford to push up prices in markets such as south Mumbai as there is very little supply of super-luxury flats while there are many who have the money to pay for it. Yet, the stupendous rise in prices in south Mumbai in a correcting market has unnerved even the most cynical property pundits.

Speculation has it that builders are shoring up property values by calculated leaks of a few freak, big-ticket deals. Last November, Citibank sold a flat in NCPA Apartments on the Marine Drive waterfront for Rs 34 crore, that is at a rate of over Rs 97,000 a sq ft. The deal created a buzz in the property market and helped jack up prices further in south Mumbai. Many of these purchases involve those in the realty business themselves. Sameer Gehlaut, executive director of Indiabulls, is believed to have pulled off a purchase of an apartment in developer Suresh Raheja’s famed Chattan Bunglow project on Malabar Hill for a price close to Rs 1 lakh a sq. ft. Two years earlier, another Indiabulls director, Gagan Banga, bought a flat in Cuffe Parade’s Maker Towers B from Citibank for Rs 7.2 crore, a rate of Rs 37,500 a sq. ft. In January 2006, he created a new price point. Now, Gehlaut’s Chattan Bunglow purchase has pushed the price point further for 2008.

“Word about some of these very high-value buys is selectively spread by some developers to create new price points,” says Akil Hirani, managing partner of legal firm S.B. Majmudar & Co, which handles several real estate projects.

Like The Imperial’s imposing towers, realty in south Mumbai only seems to be moving skywards!

gurbir.singh@abp.in

(Businessworld issue 11-17 March 2008)

wow, since so many of these projects are so close to each other somebody should take a picture of that area and photoshop it to include all the new renders just like those other forumers do with london and stuff.

Jai, Good job man. After seeing all the projects, it looks like the Mahalaxmi-Jacob Circle area will be PACKED with 45fl+ highrises all in close proximity of each other - godrej, bellissimo, orchid views to name some.


Here's news on a 30fl commercial tower that we missed out on. It's coming up in the area where all the action is. Yes Worli it is -


April 13: Americorp plans big (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/iw/2008/04/13/stories/2008041350751703.htm)

The Americorp Group plans to bring in over Rs 1,300 crore investments into real-estate business in India, apart from investments in a major township project near Chennai, according to Mr Harish Fabiani, Chairman, Americorp Group.

Mr Fabiani told Business Line that the company recently acquired nearly an acre of land at Worli, a prime locality in Mumbai, where it plans to construct a 30-storey building to set up its corporate headquarters and lease out the surplus space.

The construction cost would work out about Rs 100 crore but the lease revenue would be ten times as much, he said. Americorp, which has been in real-estate business since 1998, entered India in 2003. Its projects include an IT park of 2.45 million sq.ft in Chennai, a 1.8 million sq.ft IT SEZ in Coimbatore, a 26 acre IT SEZ and a hotel and retail project over 5.8 acres in Pune, a hotel project in Bangalore and an IT SEZ and integrated township at Chinglepet near Chennai.

Homes for Mumbai slum dwellers from Burj Dubai designers (http://www.livemint.com/2008/05/08223908/Homes-for-Mumbai-slum-dwellers.html)
Nearly 22,000 slum dwellers have to be rehabilitated for the project

Madhurima Nandy

Bangalore: After designing signature projects such as the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center site in New York and the Burj Dubai, which will be the world’s tallest skyscraper when it is finished in 2009, New York-based architect firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Llp. (SOM) is doing something more down to earth.

It is designing homes for slum dwellers in Mumbai.

This design is part of a master plan SOM is drawing up for realty firm Unitech Ltd, which is developing a 127-acre commercial project that would include offices, retail spaces and a hotel at Mumbai’s Santacruz suburb, not far from the business district of Bandra-Kurla. Nearly 22,000 slum dwellers have to be rehabilitated for the project.

http://www.livemint.com/2008/05/08223908/61953220-B4F0-4057-91D9-B560F8E416A7ArtVPF.gif
Designer dreams? Projects such as the redevelopment of Dharavi, Asia’s largest shanty town, are still at the bidding stage, and facing stiff opposition from residents. (Madhu Kapparath/Mint)

SOM director Mark Igou said that the assignment has thrown up exciting social challenges for the company, which has completed many landmark projects across the globe, but never had to reaccommodate a slum population.

“This project is very different from what we have been doing so far,” he said.

“Here we are working on a master plan to create new housing prototypes for the slum dwellers along with high-end commercial space. We also want to take care of the sentiments of the huge number of people who are involved in this,” Igou added.

A team of sociologists and anthropologists is already working with the slum dwellers, who will soon be moved out of their shanties and put in high-rises.

“Around Rs1,000 crore will be spent on the slum rehab component alone. The total cost of the project, which will be completed in five years, is Rs5,000 crore,” said P.K. Magu, executive vice-president at Unitech.

This is one of two Mumbai projects of Unitech, India’s second largest listed property developer. The other is a commercial project in another suburb, Vile Parle. The company is partnering Pune-based real estate firm Rohan Group for the second project.

Implementing a slum rehab project in Mumbai is no easy task.

“There are many regulatory hurdles and one has to deal with the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) and the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Laws like the land ceiling act, which just got repealed, also makes it difficult,” Igou said.

Property developers admit slum projects in Mumbai are the most difficult to execute. Projects such as the redevelopment of Dharavi, Asia’s largest shanty town, are still at the bidding stage, and facing stiff opposition from residents.
The World Bank has said more than once that successfully developing infrastructure in Indian cities will depend on how well the lives of the displaced and the urban poor is improved.

“It’s time we adopt the bottom-up approach of the United Nations, where the entire community is involved in the designing and planning of a project because they are an integral part of it,” said Jockin Arputham, Magsaysay award winner and president of the National Slum Dwellers Federation.

Despite such challenges, Igou said it’s time international architects are roped in for such important projects. “India is coming on the world stage,” he added.
Many top developers are now bringing in global architects for projects across India. A few such as SOM are also setting up shop in the country.

“Mumbai is like New York in terms of opportunities, and we want a front office here to serve our clients better and provide long-term service, rather than single project associations,” Igou said.

BKC property owners can now double their FSI (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/BKC_property_owners_can_now_double_their_FSI/articleshow/3030652.cms)

MUMBAI: Mumbai’s central business district Bandra-Kurla Complex has just got bigger. Maharashtra’s urban development ministry has cleared a proposal by MMRDA, which presides over the BKC, to raise floor space index (FSI) for commercial properties from 2 to 4. A number of business houses including RIL, IL&FS and Jet Airways would immensely benefit by the state’s decision.

A government official said the additional FSI was available on payment of premium prescribed by the MMRDA. The decision, officials said, addresses the demand for more space made by several corporates and financial institutions which have properties on the BKC.

Great buildings. But Antilia Residence is not only decadent but also hooribly buttugly!

The never ending Legend

photo georgeannmawloney

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/9311/thelegendgeorgeannmalowwn1.jpg

There must only be 10 people working on it.

^^ :lol:

This building should have been completed now, wonder what the hold up is?

It looks nothing like the rendering!

Also one of the tallest now in Mumbai.

Spring Mills?

photo copyright Nitin Keny (http://www.panoramio.com/photo/9848366)

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/5866/springmillsmaybenitinkewq2.jpg

Anybody has update on ruby mill tower...
Date of completion?

Here is the rendering:
http://www.lera.com/projects/in/rubymillstower.htm

http://www.lera.com/pimg/rubymillstower/9882755_large.jpg

I actually tried to search the Ruby Mills tower in Emporis (http://emporis.com/en/) database but could not find Ruby Mills tower in their database. Has the tower been named something else?

Shreepati Group

Following on from the Shreepati Arcade building;

3 High Rise Residential Towers:


Shreepati Castle - 43 Floors
Shreepati Heights - 76 + Floors! (To watch out for!)
Shreepati Tower - 39 Floors (construction finished according to web-site)


Detailed information on their stats, location, plans etc available at the website:

If someone can upload the photos would be great and perhaps a seperate thread for them?

Source:

http://www.shreepatigroup.in/projects.asp

:banana:

From the floor plans, it seems every floor starting the 77th will have swimming pools!

The topmost one listed with the pool is the 81st!

Where are the pics?

Amenity Block, Mumbai

I'm not sure what exactly this is, but it's a 20,000 sq ft green project apparently u/c. Designed by Planet 3 Studios

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/7192/amenity7bigbq0.jpg

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/6610/amenity6bigyx5.jpg

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/336/amenity5bigxs1.jpg

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/4434/amenity3bigqi0.jpg

^^
any idea where it is at?

IT park, Hotels & Residential buildings to come up in Century Textiles land (http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1164228)

MUMBAI: The B K Birla Group has announced that an IT park, hotels, serviced apartments and residential buildings would come up at its Century Textiles & Industries land in Worli. The mill, which is over 100 years old, was shut down more than a year ago and the operations were shifted to Gujarat.

Half of the 30-acre land would be used for an IT and ITeS park. Through this park, the saleable area of the mill can be increased as a high floor space index (FSI) of 2.66 is allowed under state laws for IT parks in Mumbai.

Several international hotel groups have approached Century Textiles for hotels and serviced apartments, the company’s head of planning R K Vaish told DNA Money. “These groups are not in India yet. Talks are on and nothing has been finalised so far,” he said, adding that Singapore-based RSM International would plan the project. The plans are expected to be ready by June, Vaish said.

Once RSM finishes its study and submits the rough business plan, divisions will be set up to handle operations. Sources, however, said that a hotel division has already been set up and the search is on for someone to head this division. Residential buildings will cover one third of the total area.

The flagship company of the B K Birla Group, Century Textiles had moved Worli mill equipment to Gujarat in 2006 and commercial production for yarn and cloth has already begun there.

One obstacle that Century Mills might have to overcome to bring its new plans to fruition is its space sharing deal with neighbour Bombay Dyeing. About 10 acre of the 30-acre land belongs to Bombay Dyeing and was leased to the Birlas for 999 years. This part may remain untouched till an understanding is reached over its future.

Bombay Dyeing too has planned commercial hubs at two its sites in the same area.

Shangri-La Hotel, Phoenix Mills: 40 stories
http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/1573/mumbaishangrilazm9.jpg


According to this recent article, it would have 45 storeys -


Phoenix Mills setting up luxury mall in Mumbai (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/05/16/stories/2008051652472100.htm)

Mumbai, May 15 Atul Ruia-promoted real estate company, Phoenix Mills, announced the market launch of its high-end exclusive luxury mall here on Thursday.

The Rs 200 crore mall – Palladium - coming up at the mill campus, will spread to the third level of the Rs 600 crore five-star hotel, Shangri-La, also being constructed on the premises. The mall is slated for opening in March 2009 and the 45-storeyed hotel in 2010.

The hotel and mall together will be a stand-alone entity. Covering a retail space of two lakh sq ft, comprising 55 stores, the mall will house international brands.

Mr Atul Ruia, Managing Director, Phoenix Mills Ltd, said, “Our group is developing about 100 million sq ft of land throughout India through independent and joint ventures, with 25 malls and eight luxury hotels under construction. Having been in the retail space for over a decade, combined with our experience in retail and mall management, we have a unique and the right team to initiate this project.

The mall will have value additions such as personal shopping assistance, dedicated and ample parking area, forex counters and banking, VIP lounges, luxury salons, upscale eateries, baby care facilities.


but according to another recent article, it'll have 50 storeys -


Shangri-La eyes Phoenix Mills hotel stake (http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=78efe930-1c2a-46fa-a44c-e37cc5513cd4&&Headline=Shangri-La+eyes+Phoenix+Mills+hotel+stake)

Realty major Phoenix Mills Ltd is considering to allot equity stake to Hong Kong based hospitality conglomerate Shangri-La, which has been awarded management contract to operate its (Phoenix Mills') luxury five star hotel in central Mumbai.

"We are in discussion with the top management of Shangri-La and are open to allow them to pick up a stake in this hotel project," Atul Ruia, Managing Director, Phoenix Mills Ltd told HT. Ruia said nothing has been finalized as yet and he did not reveal the quantum of stake that he would offer to Shangri-La.
...
..
Called Shangri-La Mumbai, this five star deluxe hotel is scheduled to be operational in March 2010 and it is Phoenix Mills' first hotel project. The company is investing Rs 800 crore in this hotel project that will also have Mumbai's first luxury mall Palladium in the four floors above the ground level.

This 50-storied 400 keys hotel is coming up on the Phoenix Mill land, adjacent to High Street Phoenix, one of Mumbai's important landmarks.

bhargavsura,
No information was given

IU, here's a better rendering of the hotel:

Shangri-La Hotel, Phoenix Mills
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/5387/hospitalitymumviews1bigbf5.gif (http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/1899/hospitalitymumviews1bignq5.gif)


Anyway, here's another update from this old news story
Australian architect to redevelop Wadias’ land (http://www.livemint.com/2007/06/11002718/Australian-architect-to-redeve.html)
Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing Co. Ltd, part of the Wadia group, has appointed Australian architect Ross Bonthorne to draft a plan for its mill land in Mumbai that will be developed into residences, hotels, malls and office complexes. Bonthorne was associated with one of Europe’s largest shopping centres—Bluewater in Kent, the UK.

A spokesperson for the company confirmed Bonthorne’s appointment and his role in developing a master plan for the company’s real estate development business.

Bombay Dyeing has relocated most of its manufacturing to Ranjangaon in Pune and will develop 4.3 million sq. ft of space in its Mumbai mills. It has already begun constructing residences at its Spring Mills property.

...
Arup is apparently working (http://www.arup.com/singapore/project.cfm?pageid=10806) on facade design for the project. According to them:
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/2814/e2629d1419bb316e4038c91pz3.jpg

This large development includes a shopping mall and office building block for the proposed site, Spring Town Centre in Mumbai.

Arup has been contracted to provide the overall façade design for this project including advanced sustainable features for the shopping mall roof and façade of both the mall and office block.

The architect is indeed Ross Bonthorne with CGN Architects. I can't find the latter's website (except an u/c page) but they seem to be based in Singapore.

I saw the construction of Shangri La Hotel and it's almost to completion when I was in Mumbai last time somewhere in Feb.

^^ huh? where did you see it?

http://www.rnacorporate.com/home.aspx

Check out RNA's current & future projects.

Some of their projects are due for possession July 08!

Has info on Mirage, Grande, Jolly Bhavan, Royal Park etc & check out their commercial projects too. Dont know if they are built as such thou.

:)

Shangri-La, yeah, WHERE? I'd love to know...

^^ huh? where did you see it?

Phoenix Mall at Lower Parel just when you enter. I saw heavy contruction going on.

I saw the construction of Shangri La Hotel and it's almost to completion when I was in Mumbai last time somewhere in Feb.

Not possible bro. It's supposed to be operational by March 2010 so expect it to top out atleast 6 months before that.

The Phoenix Mills compound is located right behind the Four Seasons hotel in Worli.
http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/4919/shangrila2wo8.jpg


here's an image of it taken in February
Copyright Humayun Peerzada

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/3711/shangrilath4.jpg

Phoenix Mall at Lower Parel just when you enter. I saw heavy contruction going on.

thats the multi-storey parking lot

Not possible bro. It's supposed to be operational by March 2010 so expect it to top out atleast 6 months before that.

The Phoenix Mills compound is located right behind the Four Seasons hotel in Worli.
http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/4919/shangrila2wo8.jpg


here's an image of it taken in February
Copyright Humayun Peerzada

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/3711/shangrilath4.jpg

Yap that's the one and one of my friend also told me that the contruction is hotel not a parking lot as BB mentioned. And I if am not sure I do remember i saw the sign of hotel. It's just when you enter the High Street Phoenix Mall on the right side you see construction of the hotel.

they must have changed their plans then. for almost 3 years they had huge boards saying india's largest multi-strorey parking lot, etc. now they do have a multi-storey parking lot at the back (near sai service and the new pvr), so they may have changed this to shangri-la + palladium

they must have changed their plans then. for almost 3 years they had huge boards saying india's largest multi-strorey parking lot, etc. now they do have a multi-storey parking lot at the back (near sai service and the new pvr), so they may have changed this to shangri-la + palladium

BB read this article

Here's the highlighted in red talks about the location where it's being built.

Press Releases
Shangri-La Hotel, Mumbai To Open 2010
30 Aug 2007

Updated: February 2008

Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Asia Pacific's leading luxury hotel group, has signed an agreement with Pallazzio Hotel and Leisure Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Phoenix Mills Limited) to manage the Shangri-La Hotel, Mumbai, opening 2010. The hotel will be Shangri-La's fifth property in India following Shangri-La Hotel, New Delhi, which opened in September 2005; and the Shangri-La Hotel, Bangalore; Palm Retreat Shangri-La, Bangalore; and Traders Hotel, Bangalore, all opening 2010.

Designed by Mumbai-based Mr. Shekhar Patki, the 400-room hotel will be situated in the High Street Phoenix retail and office mixed-use development, located in the heart of the city within the residential and corporate hub of Lower Parel. The property is situated 13 kilometres from the airport and is strategically located between Mumbai’s two main business districts -- the Central Business District of Nariman Point and Bandra-Kurla.

Guests will arrive at a top floor “sky lobby” offering panoramic views. A majority of the guestrooms, which will be the largest in Mumbai, will overlook Mumbai Racecourse and the Arabian Sea beyond.

A variety of dining options will be available, including multiple speciality restaurants, an all-day café and a bar. Additional facilities will include a health club, spa, swimming pool, business centre, ballroom, conference and meeting room facilities.

“We are delighted to work with Pallazzio Hotel and Leisure Limited to introduce Shangri-La’s distinctive hospitality to Mumbai, which we are certain will position this hotel as a market leader,” said Giovanni Angelini, chief executive officer and managing director of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts. “India offers tremendous potential and the opening of Shangri-La Hotel, Mumbai is a key strategic move in expanding our presence in the subcontinent.”

”We are delighted to get this project underway as it marks the beginning of a long and close relationship that we wish to share with Shangri- La,” said Shishir Shrivastava, director of Pallazzio Hotel and Leisure Limited and CEO of Phoenix Mills Limited’s hospitality division. “We selected Shangri- La to manage this prestigious property due to its sterling reputation for delivering a premium luxury hospitality experience. It also marks our foray into the hospitality industry, where we plan to extend our presence to operating multiple world-class luxury properties in the coming years. The long-term opportunity in this sector is immense and we are confident of creating best-in-class properties with right partners by our side.”

About Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts

Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Asia Pacific’s leading luxury hotel group, currently manages 55 hotels under the five-star Shangri-La and four-star Traders brands, with a rooms inventory of over 28,000. The group has over 50 projects under development in Austria, Canada, mainland China, France, India, Japan, Macau, Maldives, Philippines, Qatar, Seychelles, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and the United States. For more information and reservations, please contact a travel professional or access the website at www.shangri-la.com.

About Phoenix Mills Limited

Phoenix Mills is a pioneer of mixed format real estate development in India. The Company initiated this concept at its property at High Street Phoenix in Mumbai, and it is now rapidly extending its presence in key metros and cities across the country. Pallazzio Hotel & Leisure Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Phoenix Mills Limited.

Source: http://www.shangri-la.com/en/corporate/press/pressrelease/17108

And to be honest the render looks exactly same where I saw the construction. Yes you're right the multi storey car parking also being built but that's back of phoenix mall.

the multi-storey was earlier at the front of the mall, i used to park inside the unfinished structure a couple of years back. then they might have gotten the permissions from the authorities to convert it into a mall and hotel, so they started building a new car-park at the back. the one at the entrance is now closed for parking and they do seem to be doing changes to it and add a lot more floors than needed for parking

Anybody has update on ruby mill tower...
Date of completion?

Here is the rendering:
http://www.lera.com/projects/in/rubymillstower.htm

http://www.lera.com/pimg/rubymillstower/9882755_large.jpg


Vascon group is constructing (http://www.vascon.com/property/ongo_commercial.html) that commercial tower in Dadar and their website says it'll be completed in 2010.

here's a small colored render:
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/8296/rubymillsqo9.jpg

Mahindra Splendour, Bhandup - 5 towers with 2 level parking and stilt, 2 towers having 32 floors each and 3 towers having 21, 23 and 25 floors each. info from here
(http://www.bebanco.com/ongoing.html)

Mahindra's website (http://www.mahindralifespaces.com/home.asp) doesn't have a render of it. here's an ad from their website -

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/2243/splendouremailerqj5.jpg

Vascon group is constructing (http://www.vascon.com/property/ongo_commercial.html) that commercial tower in Dadar and their website says it'll be completed in 2010.

here's a small colored render:
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/8296/rubymillsqo9.jpg

Looks similar to Air India Tower.

:deleted:

May16: PVR opens new multiplex in Goregaon (http://www.myiris.com/newsCentre/newsPopup.php?fileR=20080516133223130&dir=2008/05/16&secID=livenews)

Multiplex cinema chain operator PVR today, May 16, opened a new multiplex in Goregaon, Mumbai.

The new multiplex comprises of six screens with 1,783 seats and is situated at Oberoi Mall.

from a video on the Palladium mall, here's another rendering of the Shangri-la hotel coming up in Phoenix mills -

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/2407/phoenix2vh8.jpg


Building u/c :
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/3103/phoenix1ba8.jpg


Click here (http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/videos.aspx?id=29285) to watch the video.

Another video on the mall -

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It has a slightly clearer rendering of the Shangri-la Hotel-

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/9708/s12oz5.jpg

Looks like this one on the right?

photo copyright anarchytecture

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/3871/cocnstructionaroundphoeye4.jpg

yeah that's the one.

a couple of screenshots from that video -

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/3340/p1ob6.jpg


http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/4960/p2qc2.jpg

why are they renovating the chimney in Phoenix mills?. Wasnt it supposed to be pulled down?

i think its cool they are renovating the chimney. a marker to the past, a very significant past, of bombay

I think they are keeping it as part of the Mills to give it some history hence its original name Phoenix Mills.

Kotak eyes Orbit’s Hafeez Contractor House

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getimage.dll?path=ETM/2008/05/20/3/Img/Pc0031400.jpg

YET another large property deal is brewing in Mumbai. The Kotak Mahindra group is in talks with developer Orbit Corporation to buy the Hafeez Contractor House — a prime commercial property of Orbit — for over Rs 600 crore.
Sources said Kotak may use its property fund, Kotak Realty Fund, for the proposed transaction. When contacted, Orbit’s chief financial officer, Ramashrya Yadav, said, “We are in talks with various interested parties. We cannot disclose names. Once the deal is signed, we will inform the stock exchanges.” Kotak Realty Fund’s chief executive, S Srinivasan, declined to comment.
Currently, real estate and retail funds operating in India are trying to buy into commercial properties to improve valuations. Many funds and developers are exploring options to float Real Estate Mutual Funds in India and Real Estate Investment Trusts in overseas markets where higher valuations would help.
The Hafeez Contractor House, located at Lower Parel, measures 2.05 lakh sq ft. The 35-storey commercial building is designed to cater to around 500 companies.
Lower Parel is an emerging commercial destination with players like DLF, Indiabulls, Bombay Dyeing and Peninsula Land lining up commercial properties in the Parel-Worli belt.
Earlier, Orbit Corporation had planned to sell the Hafeez Contractor House to The Sajjan Jindal group. Later, the Jindal group dropped the idea and acquired Orbit Corporation’s Kalina landcum-commercial property for Rs 807 crore. Both parties have been negotiating on a valuation of Rs 25,000 per sq ft, which is comparatively lower than the prevailing commercial property rates in the Parel-Worli belt, sources said. Developers are currently selling commercial space for Rs 28,000-Rs 30,000 in Worli.
Close to 7-8 million sq ft of Grade A commercial property is available in Mumbai now, with little additions in last three years. “The under-construction projects have the potential to increase the commercial stock many-fold and this may soften prices,” said an analyst. Fresh supply of over 18 million sq ft in south Mumbai and some suburban areas will be available in 30 months. Most of the supply is through mill redevelopment and slum rehabilitation.

source economictimes epaper

A ‘floral delight’ for Dadar (http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?page=article&sectid=2&contentid=2008052020080520174621275afbaed7f)

It is sad that in a space starved city many government owned facilities located on prime plots remain unused and are in a derelict state. Such was the case of a non-operational sewage pumping station located at Dadar. Decades-old water collection tanks accumulating stale water and several rundown structures dotted this whopping 52,000 sq m property near Dadar’s phool bazaar, until the MCGM decided to give it a makeover. The 40 crore project that is currently underway is set to transform 43,000 sq m of this fallow plot into a world class flower garden that will breathe life into the locality.

Among other things, the garden is slated to have flower beds, terraces and tree houses as well as prism shaped green houses that will be central to the entire precinct. An imaginative use of flowering plants will add several hues of dazzling colour to the place and their geometric arrangement will be a treat to the eyes.

“Utilising some of the existing structures to build the garden will be one of the USPs of this garden,” says Pallavi Doke of the landscaping firm, The Designers that is tasked with the project. Rectangular terraced mounds or ziggurats, a typical ancient landscaping technique will assimilate circular tanks that were once used for collecting water and sewage. The tanks themselves will become lily ponds featuring aquatic flora. A provision will also be made to house seasonal and rare plant species in conservatories that will be setup at the site. “This garden will have a big repeat value for visitors as every season there would be a different set of flowers blooming that will offer a different feel on every visit. Also, an in-house nursery will nurture various plant saplings within the garden,” adds Doke.
http://cms.mumbaimirror.com/portalfiles/1/2/200805/Image/dadar%20garden1.jpg

From Mid-day (http://www.mid-day.com/web/guest/news/mumbai/article?_EXT_5_articleId=1140037&_EXT_5_groupId=14):

haha... they have put in the names of every possible institution from the yellow pages..:lol:

IU, here's a better rendering of the hotel:

Shangri-La Hotel, Phoenix Mills
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/5387/hospitalitymumviews1bigbf5.gif (http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/1899/hospitalitymumviews1bignq5.gif)


Here's a larger rendering from Phoenix Mills's website (http://www.thephoenixmills.com/hospitality-views.asp) -

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/7359/hospitalitymumviews1biglw9.gif

That however is the old design since there seem to be many differences in the above render and the one in the screenshots that was showcased by Phoenix mills during the launch of Palladium. In both the renders, compare that vertical strip and the design of the mall. There's also a slight difference in the edge of the hotel tower.

Jai, IU

awesome finds guys. both look crystal clear as water. Good enuf for me.

Slightly old photos (Nov 2007): You can see the Orchid Towers (http://www.dbrealty.in/residential/details.asp?pName=Orchid%20Tower&ptype=Residential&pstatus=ongoing) and Orchid Enclave (http://www.dbrealty.in/residential/details.asp?pName=Orchid%20Enclave&ptype=Residential&pstatus=ongoing) under construction (cranes).

photos coyright RoyalEF

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Also Orbits Heights (http://www.orbitcorp.com/Orbit%20Heights_Tardeo.htm) u/c (crane) in between Shreepati and Imperial Towers

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http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5333/mumbaiskylineroyalefsaj4.jpg

Great Picture...

I like the Orchid Enclave!!

Guys, here's an awesome map I found in a very interesting (if slightly dated) paper on Spaces of Post-Industrial Mumbai (http://www.crit.org.in/members/shekhar/spaces.pdf)by Shekhar Krishnan (2003)

It's a map of Mill Locations in Central Mumbai — Parel, Byculla and Dadar:
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/2640/01ok5.jpg

And the Guide to Map of Mill Locations grouped by [former] ownership.

National Textile Corporation (NTC)
1. Kohinoor Mills no.3 (North)
2. India United Dye Works no.6
(North)
3. Elphinstone Mills (South)
4. Jupiter Mills (South)
5. Shree Madhusudan Mills (South)
6. Jam Mills (?)
7. Sitaram Mills (?)
8. New Hind Textile Mills (?)
9. Kohinoor Mills no.1 (North)
10. Kohinoor Mills no.2 (North)
11. Tata Mills (North)
12. Mumbai Textile Mills (Sakseria
Mills) (?)
13. Bharat Mills (?)
14. Digvijay Mills (?)
15. Apollo Mills (South)
16. India United Mills no.4 (?)
17. India United Mills no.2 (?)
18. India United Mills no.3 (?)
19. India United Mills no.5 (?)
20. Gold Mohur Mills (?)
21. Poddar Processors (Edward Mills)
(?)
22. India United Mills no.1 (North)
23. Finlay Mills (?)
24. Poddar Mills (?)
25. New City of Bombay
Manufacturing Mills (?)
Maharashtra State Textile Corporation (MSTC)
26. Western India Spinning & Weaving
Mill
Privately Owned Mills
27. Swadeshi Mills
28. Standard Mills
29. Matulya Mills
30. Phoenix Mills
31. Modern Mills
32. Hindoostan Spinning & Weaving
Mills no.1
33. Hindoostan Spinning & Weaving
Mills no.2
34. Ruby Mills
35. Hindoostan Spinning & Weaving
Mills no.3 (Crown Mills)
36. Bombay Dyeing (Spring Mills)
37. Victoria Mills
38. Gokuldas Morarjee Mills no.1
39. Swan Mills
40. Mafatlal Mills no.3
41. Khatau Makanji Spinning &
Weaving Mills
42. Century Spinning & Weaving Mills
43. Bombay Dyeing & Manufacturing
Company
44. Prakash Cotton Mills
45. Shriniwas Mills
46. Kamala Mills
47. Shree Ram Mills
48. Gokuldas Morarjee Mills no.2
49. Dawn Mills
50. Standard Mills no.2
51. Piramal Spinning & Weaving Mills
52. Raghuvanshi Mills
53. New Great Eastern Spinning &
Weaving Mills
54. Simplex Mills
55. Bradbury Mills
56. Mafatlal Mills no.1
57. Mafatlal Mills no.2
58. Mukesh Textile Mills

If you're a development aficionado, I'd save that map and list somewhere. It's a great resource to visualize and localize the location of mill land redevelopment projects.

And a bonus old map of Navi Mumbai:
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/3530/02kl4.jpg

Excellent photos & maps.

Looking at those plots above a large park should have been made for the people of Mumbai on the lines of Central Park in New York.

The government should have really pushed this.

Reffering to plots: 42, 43, 5, 37, 44, 45, 46,12, 45, 48, 29.

yes, but the ministers got a few 100 crores to shut up

Maharashtra Government declares its support for elevated rail project.

MUMBAI: The first of its kind in India, elevated Churchgate-Virar suburban rail corridor on the Western Railway (WR) with air-conditioned compartments will soon be a reality, with the Maharashtra Government declaring its support to the project.


“The issue was discussed at the cabinet meeting and the State Government has declared its full support to the project,” said the Principal Secretary for Urban Development T C Benjamin.


The primary cost estimated by the Railway Ministry for the project is Rs 12,000 crore and the Centre is looking for a public private partnership for the project.


Tenders will be opened on May 29 for making a techno-economic environment feasibility report.
There is an urgent need to start the elevated rail, as the Western Railway carries 35 lakh commuters every day.


The elevated rail is expected to carry 15 lakh commuters per day.


It will also have a better frequency than suburban trains, that is one train every 90 seconds, and minimum charges are expected to be Rs 20.


The railway ministry has estimated revenue of Rs 3 crore per day from the elevated route. After all approvals, the project will take about five years for completion.

Source: Mid-day.com ("http://www.mid-day.com/web/guest/news/national/article?_EXT_5_articleId=1144269&_EXT_5_groupId=14)

Excellent photos & maps.

Looking at those plots above a large park should have been made for the people of Mumbai on the lines of Central Park in New York.

The government should have really pushed this.

Reffering to plots: 42, 43, 5, 37, 44, 45, 46,12, 45, 48, 29.


What they could now do is redevelop all the chawls between Mahalaxmi and Marine lines. That area is 2-3 times the size of Dharavi and a real estate goldmine.

Jai, would you remember the source of these renderings?


K. Raheja Project, Worli: 45 stories
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/7200/01oh5uj1.jpg (http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/9913/01oh5.jpg)http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/9665/02fl1du4.jpg (http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/9527/02fl1.jpg)

Jai, would you remember the source of these renderings?

http://www.rspindia.net/

http://www.rspindia.net/

Thanks for that. Their website says it's going to come up at Pandurang Bhudakar Marg. That's the road which starts next to the Glaxo plot where Oberoi Skyz is going to come up.

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/5342/map1ci9.jpg

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Remember this?

DLF Place, Parel: 25 stories
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/5058/bdlfaa9.jpg (http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/1526/bdlfui2.jpg)

Here's another rendering, from DLF-Liang O'Rourke (http://www.dlflaingorourke.com/)'s website:
http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/7518/ntcmalltz4.gif

The website names it as NTC Mall, Mumbai. It "will be the premier shopping mall in Mumbai which will set new standards for the city" with a built up area of 2,690,000 Sqft.

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La Faberge, Andheri by JK & RI Architects (http://www.jkri.com/2008/index.html):
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/2658/popfabergemn1.jpg

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lol! how original

I spoke with the architect at RSP who designed that tower for K Raheja. He said that the height has been jacked up to 215m from 180m but the# of floors IIRC he said will be 46 (41+5). Here's the biggie - Ground work has already started on it. He's going to mail me the exact the location. He said the updated info and renders will be uploaded soon.

:ohno: Ive never been to bombay in years but from those pics by suncity, it looks like bombays air needs a lot of cleaning up, or maybe the picture quality is just bad. :ohno:

right side of La Faberge looks like copy of Lord Norman Foster designed 30 St Mary Axe ,london ............

Yeah, its a total rip off of the Gherkin.

What I am at the most loss is why anyone in India would conceive modeling a building after the totally culturally irrelevant (and probably totally unknown) idea of a faberge egg??

:ohno: Ive never been to bombay in years but from those pics by suncity, it looks like bombays air needs a lot of cleaning up, or maybe the picture quality is just bad. :ohno:

Those are the chawls I was talking about in my earlier post.

full page ad on Orchid Enclave

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/4295/ad0030014ig2pr2.png (http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4861/ad0030014ig2.png)

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/26/borivaliwf7.png

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/8548/kandivaliqu0.png

great panos & yup the same old line from me.. it looks how shenzen did 20 years ago.Its all a happening, rising from the murk.

Projects that MQA Architects (Mandviwala Qutub & Associates (http://www.mqa.in)) have had a hand in:

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DB Tower, Marine Lines:
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/9248/db01ed9.jpg

This is the highest res high quality rendering we have of the project.

Note that the position of the tower in the rendering is exactly the same as that of India Tower, yet another nail in the coffin for the theory that they may be at different locations:
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/1118/intw01he3.jpg

Speaking of, here is another rendering of the India Tower proposal:
http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/3994/intw02kq3.jpg

And what appears to be another design that was entered into the design competition:
http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/6996/indtw03ux0.jpg

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Orchid Heights, Jacob Circle:
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/9462/orht01dy5.jpg

Another highest res/quality rendering of the project.

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Orchid Views, Jacob Circle:
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/2062/orvws1gx3.jpg

Another highest res/quality rendering of the project.

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Orchid Breeze, Khar:
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/1866/orcbrzecc4.jpg

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And now some new projects!

Mazagoan Towers, Mazagoan: two towers of 55 stories each
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/8461/magtws1mt1.jpg

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Lokhandwala Tower, Mazgaon: 48 stories
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/9055/maz01yj8.jpg http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/1333/maz02oz9.jpg

This would appear to be a tentative name

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The Oasis, Marine Lines: 38 stories
http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/9569/01oh3.jpg

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IT Tower, Rable, Navi Mumbai: 21 stores

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/9413/itrableae4.jpg

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Turf Commercial Tower, Mahalaxmi: 58 stories

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/2829/tfcomwk7.jpg

A note about this one. It was listed as "Turff Commercial", but seeing as there are numerous typos on his website, seeing as he obviously has a working relationship with DB Realty, and seeing as DB Realty already has an "Orchid Turf View" residential project at Mahalaxmi (and seemingly a lot of plots in that area), I'm going with the tentative name Turf Commercial Tower until we get the correct name. (I'm guessing they'll somehow incorporate "Orchid" in the name :|)

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Finally, some background on the projects, from an interview with Qutub Mandviwala (http://www.constructionupdate.com/products/constructionworld/2007/CW-July07/016.html) by Construction World, (Jul 2007):
Orchid Enclave and Orchid City Centre in Mumbai Central is a residential cum mall complex, a rare combination in the heart of the city. The challenge was to segregate the two activities within limited space (5 lakh sq ft of construction to be equally divided) and re-house 270 commercial tenants. We used three dimensions to separate the residential and commercial activity. The shopping mall with its parking facilities were placed at the lower five levels. Where the tenants were re-housed at the sixth level, we created a landscaped podium and, seventh level onwards, residential apartments - two towers of 42 floors were located with separate access and parking levels at the rear. Thus we were able to preserve the privacy of residents whose view of the mall was totally eliminated by the podium garden.

On the anvil: Some key projects are a five-star hotel in Ahmedabad on the banks of Sabarmati river; a nine-floor IT park in Navi Mumbai; 40-storey high-end duplex apartment with a swimming pool per duplex facing the racecourse and sea at Mahalakshmi in Mumbai; a major project in South Mumbai in collaboration with international architects that will have a mall, hotel, service apartments, long-lease apartments and penthouse, and a mix-use project in Kalyan (suburban Mumbai) that will have residential and commercial buildings, a hospital, hotel and mall.


Cheers,
Jai

Aaah so this is the architectural firm that DB realty has roped in. Nice find Jai, do x-post them in their threads also.

:ohno: Ive never been to bombay in years but from those pics by suncity, it looks like bombays air needs a lot of cleaning up, or maybe the picture quality is just bad. :ohno:


I have been 2 mumbai twice... man.. the air sucks....( sundays are better ).
When my grandma visited me here in NZ all her problems with breathing got better..... but she loved mumbai to much to leave......

That comes to a question.... my family own lots of properties all over mumbai.... mainly the fort area ( where all the brit buildings are )... i stayed there 2, is there anything interesting happening there in terms of tidying up the streets???? But in terms of indian standerds it pretty tidy.... and looks better than other areas...

They did start a Clean Mumbai campaign...

But it didn't go that well, because people aren't ready to pay up fines... But instead they are ready to fight the Cleaning Marshal!!!!:ohno::ohno:

Newspaper dailies like HT have initiated clean up campaigns along with NGOs and local schools to clean up the city. Since I usually go through the Mumbai edition of HT to find renders and info on projects :D, I usually come across these articles which show school children (kids from well off families i.e) cleaning up the local streets and beaches. From what I've read, that campaign along with other campaigns started by other organizations with one being the Municipal corporation have largely been fruitful. The marshals that Bhargavsura was referring to have also been fining people for throwing stuff around and spitting pan. Hoardings have been placed in many parts of the city reminding people not to litter. All in all, many parts of the city have become a bit cleaner but there's still a helluva lot cleaning up to do.

Newspaper dailies like HT have initiated clean up campaigns along with NGOs and local schools to clean up the city. Since I usually go through the Mumbai edition of HT to find renders and info on projects :D, I usually come across these articles which show school children (kids from well off families i.e) cleaning up the local streets and beaches. From what I've read, that campaign along with other campaigns started by other organizations with one being the Municipal corporation have largely been fruitful. The marshals that Bhargavsura was referring to have also been fining people for throwing stuff around and spitting pan. Hoardings have been placed in many parts of the city reminding people not to litter. All in all, many parts of the city have become a bit cleaner but there's still a helluva lot cleaning up to do.

True when I was in Bombay I came across a lot of hoarding which says clean-up fine Rs.100 to Rs.20,000.

True when I was in Bombay I came across a lot of hoarding which says clean-up fine Rs.100 to Rs.20,000.

Some days back I saw an image of one on flickr but can't find it now.

Yeah, its a total rip off of the Gherkin.

What I am at the most loss is why anyone in India would conceive modeling a building after the totally culturally irrelevant (and probably totally unknown) idea of a faberge egg??

^^ With so much construction acitvity happening all over clearly even the better known architects are running out of original ideas.

BTW, here are the links to some Mumbai projects I've added to the intl section:
MUMBAI | Raheja Legend | 40 fl | U/C (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624752)
MUMBAI | Planet Godrej | 51 fl | U/C (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624756)
MUMBAI | Orchid Views | 50 fl x 2 | Pro (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624767)
MUMBAI | Sheth Beaumonde | 35 fl x 3 | T/O (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624755)
MUMBAI | RNA 360 | 30 fl | Pro (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624751)
MUMBAI | Orchid Heights | 55 fl x 2 | Pro (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624747)
MUMBAI | Raheja Atlantis | 40 fl | U/C (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624746)
MUMBAI | Orchid Turf View | 50 fl | App (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624742)
MUMBAI | Ahuja Towers | 54 fl x 2 | Pro (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624739)
WORLI | Raheja Atlantis | 40 fl | U/C (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624697)

please help me update those with info from here

Some more updates

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Guys, TAK & Associates has uploaded a better rendering (http://www.takconsulting.net/projectdet.php?pid=5) of Shreepati Group's 77 story Shreepati Heights (http://www.shreepatigroup.in/projectdetails.asp?m_Project_Id=3&m_Disp=Project), designed by Reza Kabul:
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/9438/01ur6.jpg

The rendering shows 76-78 stories, which confirms the height as 76 stories, as listed on both their websites. The 88 stories (http://www.shreepatigroup.in/Projects.asp) seems to be a misprint.

A location map
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/2695/02kl5.jpg

I've gone ahead and added a thread for this building in Mumbai section:
TARDEO | Shreepati Heights | 76 fl | U/C (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=634027)


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Also, Shreepati Group's Shreepati Tower: 40 stories.

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/7474/shreepatitowernightviewlr5.jpg

It seems to share a podium with another, similarly sized tower?


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hey..guys quick question are all the 'tall' building U/C all or mostly concrete? is this an intentional thing that they are doing with MUmbai? Because I would think that tall (60-90) floor..buildings would be all glass..looks better dont u think?

hey..guys quick question are all the 'tall' building U/C all or mostly concrete? is this an intentional thing that they are doing with MUmbai? Because I would think that tall (60-90) floor..buildings would be all glass..looks better dont u think?

there are some stupid draconian laws in mumbai restricting the height of commercial buildings, i think there are some proposals for commercial skyscrapers in mumbai, groups like k raheja universal, i think once one gets built then we will see a snowball effect

Ashok Towers, Parel: 54 storey tower, three 32 storey towers
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/8783/2cw7.jpg (http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8316/ash33da354au8.jpg)[


updates from Peninsula group's website:

MAY 15

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/2329/taun4.jpg

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/6474/tbhx0.jpg

http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/9339/tcle8.jpg

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/954/tdox1.jpg

Great update!!!

Smart lights soon on Mumbai streets



Mumbai will be the second city, after Bangalore, in the country to install ‘smart’ street lights fitted with dimming technology to reduce the electricity consumption.

By the year end, over 5,000 street lights in a 10 sq km area falling under G-South Ward in the Haji Ali, Worli and Prabhadevi areas in central Mumbai will be fitted with the technology as part of a pilot project.

“The lights are fitted with voltage controlling devices which can be programmed as per your requirements. Traffic movement between mid-night and dawn is very sparse when we do not need bright lights,” outgoing Additional Municipal Commissioner Manu Kumar Srivastava said.

It has yielded good results in Bangalore and I am sure that we will be able to save around 20 per cent of power in Mumbai, Srivastava said.

The entire system runs automatically and does not require to be controlled manually.

The pilot project is expected to cost around Rs 2 crore and based upon its results, a decision may be taken to cover the entire city with ‘smart’ lights.

The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai incurs an electricity bill of Rs 90 crore per annum on street lights alone and has also started conducting energy audit by appointing a consultant as per the National Municipal Accounting Manual, Srivastava said.


Source: Mumbai Mirror (http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?page=article&sectid=35&contentid=20080526200805260206434961575890e)

Wow!

Great pics & new projects.

There is a Gherkin rip off also in Barcelona! So other cities are ripping Norman Foster's design which will happen. You could say that it is inspired by that design hehehe.

Mukesh Ambani Wants to start his own airport

Aneesh phadnis

After starting construction of a helipad at his Seawind residence at Cuffe Parade, Reliance Industries Limited chief Mukesh Ambani now wants to build an airport in Raigad district.

Ambani, who has a fleet of private jets including an Airbus 319, is developing the MahaMumbai Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in the district and has identified a site in Uran for the airport.

Although details of the project are not known, an official of the Navi Mumbai SEZ Private Limited, a Reliance Group company, confirmed the development and said the company was examining the feasibility of an airport. "'We are looking at it (an airport) as one of the possibilities. It is in a preliminary stage," the official said, refusing to elaborate.

Indications are that the proposed Ambani airport could be for private use.

The Centre has already given its go-ahead for the Navi Mumbai airport to be developed by the City and Industrial Development Corporation, but the project is still to get an environmental clearance.

Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel told Mumbai Mirror over the phone that the government would permit a private airport (for non-scheduled and charter operations) near Mumbai but added that he had not received any proposal for a private airport.

Sources said the Ambanis owns several planes and helicopters. These planes are parked at the Mumbai airport, which is congested and has little additional parking space.

Recently, a team of officers of the Airports Authority of India and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation inspected the site at Uran to examine operational aspects of the airport. The AAI's no-objection clearance is required from the point of view of air traffic management, and the purpose of the inspection was to examine the feasibility of an airport and aspects such as the required runway length and alignment, air traffic procedures, obstructions in approach path etc. According to government sources, the site in Uran is a marshland and is being reclaimed. However, there are some problems with the site, they said, adding a railway line passes closeby.

"An A-320 requires a minimum of 6500-7000 feet of runway. Although land is available for construction of runway of that length, there are hills surrounding the site. There is an obstruction in the approach path. All the runways have safe landing points, which are marked. However, in Uran, because of the hills, the safe touchdown point will have to be provided much further from the tip of the runway. Thus even a runway with 7000 feet won't be sufficient for landing of an A-320," an offcial said.

Sources said because of these factors, there could be restrictions on the take-off load. However, the AAI is still to give its final report on the feasibility of the Uran site.


Source: Mumbai Mirror (http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?page=article&sectid=2&contentid=20080528200805280205429344ae82198")

Cybertecture’ design offers provocative intelligence systems in India with the Cybertecture Egg office

James Law have been commissioned by Vijay Associate (Wadhwa Developers) to create an office unlike any other in Mumbai, India. The 32,000 sq m egg-shaped build will accommodate 13 floors of offices bringing together iconic architecture, environmental design, intelligent systems, and new engineering to create an awe-inspiring landmark in the city.

The architecture is sleek and computer designed, with engineering that creates a building of high quality and geometric sophistication. It is hoped this building will act like a “jewel” for the new Central Business District of Mumbai, and will be a worthy neighbour to other esteemed buildings in the district. The building is due for completion by the end of 2010.

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/6463/23614egg20620bigxd8.jpg

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/8384/23615egg20520bigts3.jpg

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/2044/23613egg20720bigfa6.jpg

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/6495/23616egg20220bigui6.jpg

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/6665/23611egg201020bigsd9.jpg

Read here (http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=2361)

^^

Looks amazing. Now the authorities have to really work hard to spruce up Bandra Kurla complex.

will be a Must-see building for tourists when it comes up in 2010

really nice, great to see some real designs in bombay. yeah the mmrda should invest quite a bit back in bkc. they seem to be concretising all the main roads (finally), but lots needs to be done

Nice find Euromast. That looks just fantastic.

The 'egg' looks awesome, just what Mumbai and the country needs.

Great find Euromast!

Yup that is fantastic and original.

Would look great and yeah I do agree that BKC does need sprucing up eps. landscaping.

nice one. looks like the gherkin but its been forced to topple over due to the crippling height restriction on BKC. haha

awesome!

nice one. looks like the gherkin but its been forced to topple over due to the crippling height restriction on BKC. haha

:lol:

Horrible! We already have 2 eggs in Pune, why lay another one in Mumbai:ohno:

someone has started a thread on it in the Highrises section:

Mumbai | Cybertecture Egg | 13 Floors | App (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=635833)

Lehman Bros to invest Rs 1,500 cr in Unitech's Santacruz project (http://sify.com/finance/equity/fullstory.php?id=14683228)

Lehman Brothers, among the top 5 investment banks in the world, is set to pick up a substantial stake in Unitech Ltd's joint venture for a project in Santacruz, Mumbai, by investing Rs 1,500 crore, sources familiar with the situation said.

A senior Unitech official, who did not wish to be named, told DNA Money the company was in the final stages of signing the deal.

"Once we sign the deal in the next fifteen days, we will talk about it," the official said, refusing to divulge financial details.

India's second-largest real estate player by market capitalisation entered Mumbai through a joint venture with Rohan Group, a Pune-based developer.

The venture will develop 97 acres in Koliwada, Santacruz into a commercial cum residential hub, and also another project in Worli.

Unitech holds 50% stake in the joint venture for the Santacruz project, which required it to bring in Rs 2,000 crore.

The realtor has already paid Rs 500 crore, but could not muster the balance money.

Therefore, it entered into talks with both Deutsche Bank and Lehman, seeking a stake-for-cash deal. But Deutsche later pulled out of the talks and Lehman decided to go it alone.

nice one. looks like the gherkin but its been forced to topple over due to the crippling height restriction on BKC. haha
ha!

It'd be interesting to see what Unitech puts up in Worli. Their company hasn't shied away from maximizing FSI to get some pretty tall towers in areas you wouldn't expect (Kolkata, NCR) and they use some pretty primo architects to boot.

Seeing as Worli is the most expensive and visible location they've ever attempted to develop real estate, I'm guessing it will have to be something pretty spectacular.

nice one. looks like the gherkin but its been forced to topple over due to the crippling height restriction on BKC. haha

Nice. :) Pretty interesting design.

Panel Recommends That Eight Institutes In Central And Western Suburbs Be Protected

In a bid to preserve the colonial architecture of several of the city’s missionary schools and educational institutes, the state-appointed Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee (MHCC) has for the first time recommended that several of these institutes be protected as heritage structures.
The panel has taken the decision following a detailed survey of eight institutes and schools in the central and western suburbs. Several others from the island city and eastern suburbs have also been notified, including the city’s oldest, Wilson College at Chowpatty.
The institutes notified on the revised list range from those offering education to the blind to those offering vocational training to the weaker sections of society. Among others, Bandra’s elite colonial-era missionary schools run by local churches have also been identified.
Many of the schools were originally constructed for children of Scottish and English descent but after India became independent, they became open to local students.
While making its draft list for additions to heritage sites across Mumbai, the MHCC observed that a large number of students in the institutes were putting a strain on the heritage buildings and, keeping that in mind, institutes should be allowed to undertake repairs and modifications as per the MHCC guidelines.
“We made sure that most of these structures have open spaces required for further construction. Grade one would have restricted their growth, but giving a grade two and three will mean that they will be able to undertake repairs and modifications,’’ said an MHCC member.

PETIT BANDRA MUNICIPAL SCHOOL, BANDRA
Style: The structure was built in 1905 as a school but now houses the activities of the Committed Communities Development Trust. The building is an E-shaped block, symmetrical along the central axis. No specific stylistic references. Building type must be one prevalent for small schools with a central main hall. The complex roofing and careful carpentry put this building in a colonial vernacular idiom of the craftsmen era.

M N BANAJI INDUSTRIAL HOME FOR THE BLIND, JOGESHWARI
Style: Built in 1908, the institute is stylistically a Parsee building with a characteristic porch water fountain, Tuscan columns, floor bands in stucco and cast-iron grills.

ST ANDREW’S HIGH SCHOOL, BANDRA
Style: The school was built in 1926 and is made of exposed stone.

ISMAIL YOUSUF UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE, JOGESHWARI
Style: A typical institution type building in stone finish with cornices, chhajjas, indo-Saracenic stylised jalis and crenellations above the stair block.

M F CAMA ATHORNAN INSTITUTE, ANDHERI
Style: Eclectic building with an entrance porch in Persian style, an arcaded verandah, a stone colonnade and stone work in relief on cornices.

MOUNT MARY CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL, BANDRA
Style: Institutional typology, has typical elements with arcaded verandah, stone plinth, concrete jalis, band around the window and sloping roofs.

GANDHI VOCATIONAL TRAINING INSTITUTE, VILE PARLE
Style: Owned by Mumbai Upnagar Sewa Mandal, the institute was built in the 1930s. The structure has an arcaded verandah on the ground floor and a wooden one on the first floor—this gives the building a vernacular aesthetic.

ANDHERI GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL, ANDHERI
Style: Built in the 1920s, the institute is like a colonial vernacular cottage with sun breakers and cast iron railing at the verandah, along with brackets and stucco work at cornices.


source timesofindia epaper

Horrible! We already have 2 eggs in Pune, why lay another one in Mumbai:ohno:

Mumbai needs to get laid too man... :lol:

Slightly clearer but smaller rendering of Ahuja Towers, Worli
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5287/02zc4.jpg

A clearer rendering of Raheja Exotica
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/6169/200712101339562ay2.jpg

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6018/200712101343142xi2.jpg

Better rendering of Raheja Reflections, which according to the architects will be the largest green development in Mumbai (so how many projects do we have claiming that title?):
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/5522/03sm1.jpg

Clearest rendering yet of Raheja Legend:
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1843/01pr0.jpg

Good job Jai. On a side note I can't wait for KRaheja to unveil its updated website :D

I hope it will be as good as Hafeez Contra-- Oh wait.

Mumbai: Walking through roads dotted with hawkers will soon be a thing of the past for Mumbai pedestrians as the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation has planned to construct a 1.5-km-long “skywalk” between Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and Churchgate stations.

“The pedestrian skywalk from CST to Churchgate has received permission from the environment and archaeology departments,” Minister of Public Works Department Anil Deshmukh said.

Anil Deshmukh, Minister of Public Works Department, said the work for the skywalk will start after monsoon

“The work for the skywalks will start after monsoon and the surveys, investigations, planning, designing and pre-tendering activities for the construction are in progress. The MSRDC expects to complete the project by June next year,” he added.

As per the plan, the skywalk starts at canon shop near CST subway and goes to MTNL, VSNL then ends at subway of Churchgate station.

This skywalk will have an elevator to climb and a broad walkway for comfortable walking. The minister said the skywalk will not have single hawker and security will be provided to pedestrians.

Deshmukh said the skywalk would have few shops, toilets and public phone booths but won’t create any hurdle for people. The skywalk would be closed in the night and open in the morning to avoid any misuse.

A polycarbonate roofing would be provided for weather protection. It is planned to keep the sides of the skywalks partially open or transparent so the inside of the walkway is visible from surrounding areas.

Along with this, 16 other skywalks at various railway stations and one subway at CST to GPO have also been announced by the MSRDC. In phase I, the skywalks will be built at Nalasopara(W), Vasai Road(W), Ambernath(W), Goregaon(W), Kandivali(E), Vile Parle(W),Lower Parel(E), Masjit(W).

The cost of the entire project is estimated to be Rs 225 crore and the MMRDA is the main funding agency for the project. The MSRDC had conducted a pre-feasibility survey in 2005 about the need of skywalks and 50 places were identified.



Source: Mumbai Mirror (http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?page=article&sectid=2&contentid=2008060220080602033332476616847b4)

skywalk from VT to churchgate? on dn road and veer nariman road? thats a heritage area, have they gone mad?

how about clearing the bloody hawkers from the streets instead. oh yeah right, thats too simple, no kickbacks from contracts and loss of votes

Yeah exactly!

Money can be spent better elsewhere.

But what do skywalks do when pavements or the lack of pavements dont do in the first place? If the sky walks are over a busy roads, junctions then I understand.

and by skywalks, all they mean is an elevated bridge about a mile long.... not only it will look ugly, but its a more stupid way to waste money...
Just as Bombay Boy (BB) said, why not remove the hawkers, cleaning the streets and making the area more organized for the people to walks...

Shivaji statue in Arabian Sea off Mumbai (http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1168149)

MUMBAI: An ambitious project to instal an imposing statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji one km into the Arabian Sea overlooking the Malabar Hill and Nariman Point in south Mumbai, was Monday cleared by the state government.

The decision to install the statue of the 17th century Maratha warrior king at this site, along with other tourist attractions, was taken at a high-level meeting presided by Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh.

The Shivaji statue will be visible from the entire 'Queen's Necklace' - the Marine Drive - and the promenade from Nariman Point to Malabar Hill.

Details of design, dimensions and other aspects of the project were not disclosed.

^^ That would be really cool. Hope it materializes.

Statue of Liberty: New York City : : Statue of Shivaji....

Anyways, here's also an addition from rediff.com regarding the Statue.


According to Rediff.com, the statue is going to be 300-ft high!

A 300-feet high statue of Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji will be erected in the Arabian Sea, facing the Marine Drive, in south Mumbai.

Though there are several statues of the revered Maratha king, this huge statue surrounded by a garden and with a museum, will be unique and aims at making it a landmark in the country's financial capital.

The statue will depict Chhatrapati Shivaji mounted on a horse, like other statues of the warrior dotting the city.

Soon after clearing the proposal, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said that global tenders will be invited for the ambitious project, which will be constructed along the lines of the Statue of Liberty in New York.

The clearance came when the Maharashtra government on Monday reviewed the implementation of the electoral promises made by the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party coalition in 2004. The statue was one of the promises made in the manifesto.

"The site for the statue has been finalised, a kilometer in the Arabian Sea, between Malabar Hill and Nariman Point," Deshmukh said.

The chief minister also visited the proposed site.

The city already has its international airport, museum and its historic rail terminus, originally the Victoria Terminus, named after the Maratha warrior king.

The king, who used guerilla warfare to establish the Maratha empire in the Sahyadri mountain range in the 17th century, already has statues dedicated to him at the historic Gateway of India, the international airport and the suburban Juhu seafront.

The 300-feet high statue will be a major tourist attraction in the city. A museum is also being planned by the state government to explain the Maratha history.

The plan also includes a mini theatre near the statue to screen short movies on the life of Shivaji Maharaj, an official from Mantralaya said.


Source: Rediff.com (http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/jun/03shivaji.htm)

groan!! not shivaji again. cant we have a more abstract representation of bombay as the statue? what does shivaji have to do with bombay anyways?

I know man!!!

What the heck?!!!

More waste of money!

Oh please. There are more than enough monuments to British hubris in Mumbai already. Those are celebrated, but an equally extravagant monument to India is something to be looked down on?

The plan sounds awesome, they got their heads right with this one. Can't wait to see what becomes of this proposal. Since it is already approved and an open tender, doubtless it'll generate a lot great proposals... and doubtless none of them will be released to the public. Once architects are mentioned, we should start monitoring their websites.

Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC), a much-sought-after business district in Mumbai, is all set to see frenetic action after Maharashtra state authorities doubled the space developers could build in certain blocks, thereby releasing an additional 8.5 million sq. ft of premium commercial space.
A notification released by the state government on Friday raised the floor space index (FSI) from the existing 2 to 4 on 178ha in G Block in BKC. FSI is the amount of construction allowed on a plot. The higher the FSI, the taller a building can rise.

With the the central business district of Nariman Point nearly saturated, BKC has become popular with large firms.
By some estimates, the rise in FSI will allow the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), appointed to develop BKC in 1977, to sell land at a better price and thereby earn revenues of nearly Rs 20,000 crore.
Milind Mhaiskar, joint metropolitan commissioner, MM-RDA, said: “Those who are interested to benefit this additional FSI can approach MMRDA and it (will) execute the process.”

Among the projects in G Block that will benefit from this move is the commercial complex and convention centre of Reliance Industries Ltd on an 18.5 acre plot. G block is at the heart of the finance centre, which also has Citibank, Nabard, ICICI Bank and the Bharat Diamond Bourse.


http://www.livemint.com/2008/05/13000223/BandraKurla-Complex-can-build.html

India Plans a ‘New Colossus’ of Its Own (http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/04/india-plans-a-new-colossus-of-its-own/index.html?hp)

When a proposal emerged to build an immense statue on an island off the coast of one of India’s largest cities, there was no point in denying a nod to New York: “It is true that the Statue of Liberty was perhaps an inspiration a little bit,” one official told Reuters.

While the technical specifications differ just a little — the new statue is to be clad in bronze, not copper, and to rise about 4 feet higher — there are big differences in theme and posture.

Lady Liberty welcoms the tired, poor and huddled masses, but the new statue off Mumbai will feature Chhatrapati Shivaji, a 17th-century warrior king who has lately been embraced by nativist parties who oppose to immigration. And where Liberty stands on her own feet, Shivaji will be depicted riding a horse, the International Business Times reports.

Of course, there is symbolism and there is policy. New York has its own nativist political history, as a historian wrote in The New York Times in 2006. More recently, Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, has been fighting uphill to increase the number of visas the United States grants for skilled workers from India, China and elsewhere.

Since scrapping the British colonial era name for their city, Bombay, municipal leaders in Mumbai have also renamed the airport, the main railway station and a major museum for the same king, and not to universal applause. Indeed, The I.B.T. reported that the political overtones of the statue are leaving some citizens cold:

The government’s plans has not gone down well with the people of Mumbai who feel that the move is merely aimed at winning votes with the local assembly polls round the corner. Some people have also criticized the government for being wasteful, as the money could have been used for developing the infrastructure of the city, which becomes submerged under water every monsoon.

Others believe that the statue will spoil the aesthetic beauty of Mumbai’s most famous promenade - the Marine Drive.

If America’s experience in erecting the Statue of Liberty is any guide, India will have more problems than negative public opinion, although there was plenty of that here as well. In 1880, the American Catholic Quarterly tied the statue to “heathenism.”

Lady Liberty, a gift from France, had been shipped in sections to New York by 1884, but the statue wasn’t completed and unveiled until two years later, because of problems financing the construction of the pedestal on Liberty Island, known as Bedloe’s Island at the time. A nationwide fundraising drive, heavily backed by Joseph Pulitzer’s newspapers, finally collected enough money from wealthy Republicans and working-class families to finish the job — about 10 years late: the original goal was to have the statue in place in time for America’s centennial on July 4, 1876.

On Tuesday, an Indian official predicted that the Mumbai statue would be finished in two years, but he was smart enough to add a caveat: “… if things go smoothly.”

there is a thread about SHivaji-statue in Chaibar. The debate about the statue will continue there.

So no Shivaji-statue debate in this thread

TENANT TROUBLE FOR FIVE NTC MILLS - Major mill land projects in central Mumbai stalled
Source: http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/default.aspx

NEARLY RS 20,000 crore worth of redevelopment projects across five National Textile Mills (NTC) in the city are likely to be stalled.

On Wednesday, the Mill Monitoring Committee, led by retired High Court justice B.V. Chavan, issued orders directing the civic body to hand out stop work notices to these mills all of which have mega redevelopment projects underway, from high-end residential towers to swanky commercial offices. The mills include Kohinoor Mill, Bombay Textile Mill, Elphinstone Mill, Jupiter Mill and Apollo Mill.

The order was issued for not complying with its earlier order pertaining to housing of existing tenants on the NTC mills. NTC had been asked to de-seal premises of one of the tenants, Shobha Lotankar, on India United Mills and comply with the undertaking of housing existing tenants within the mill land. Nearly, 6,000 families reside within the existing 17 NTC mills in the city.

The orders could affect work on Lodha Bellisimo, a premium 57-storey residential building being developed by Lodha Builders at the defunct Apollo Mills plot. At Kohinoor Mill in Dadar, the shopping mall being developed by senior Sena leader Manohar Joshi's CTN Kohinoor is likely to be affected. The high-end commercial towers to be developed by India Bulls on Elphinstone Mills will also face a slowdown.

Municipal Commissioner Jairaj Phatak said, "We will comply with the orders. The committee is set up under the textile ministry and is a government body."

"It's a big victory for us," said Nimesh Mehta, the counsel for Girni Bhadekaru Sangharsh Samiti or the Federation of Mill Tenants.

NTC is likely to challenge the order in high court.

Oh please. There are more than enough monuments to British hubris in Mumbai already. Those are celebrated, but an equally extravagant monument to India is something to be looked down on?

The plan sounds awesome, they got their heads right with this one. Can't wait to see what becomes of this proposal. Since it is already approved and an open tender, doubtless it'll generate a lot great proposals... and doubtless none of them will be released to the public. Once architects are mentioned, we should start monitoring their websites.

it's stupid because mumbai city is going to lose to other cities by the end of the century because this is sort of thing. mumbai has no infrastructure, but they have a shivaji memorial. all the other cities (especially delhi and cities of gujarat and now hopefully now karnataka) are focusing on infrastructure, but mumbai? a statue for a dictator (monarchy = inherited dictatorship, for all practical purposes). you'll see, by the end of this century mumbai will NOT be nearly as important to india's economy as it is today (obviously relative to other cities), partially because of this crap.

and shivaji is not a symbol of india, shivaji is a symbol of feudalism and non-democracy...

will reply to your post in the thread in the Chaibar

I called up KRaheja corp yesterday. Vivarea in Mahalaxmi is u/c right now:


Vivarea, Mahalaxmi: three towers of 45 stories each
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/2761/vivareandevadigajb3xp2.jpg (http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/4592/vivareandevadigajb3.jpg)



The project at Worli still has to be given a name (2 folks said that it's still unnamed as of now) and will be launched sometime after 3-4 months.


K. Raheja Project, Worli: 45 stories
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/7200/01oh5uj1.jpg (http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/9913/01oh5.jpg)http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/9665/02fl1du4.jpg (http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/9527/02fl1.jpg)

FSI of 6 :banana:

http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/1124/clipboard01fk6.jpg

wow this would probably completely change the face of the city...if it were in china. too bad all the people are going to demand 400, 500 sqft houses and start another chain of vote-bank politics

wow this would probably completely change the face of the city...if it were in china. too bad all the people are going to demand 400, 500 sqft houses and start another chain of vote-bank politics

What? I'm sick and tired of the China comparison. Its not a democracy. STFU. Pack up and move. Hope you get violated.
And since when have the new constructions been building 400-500sqft flats?


wrt to the 6 FSI, I believe DB Tower was trying for ~6.5. So they must be close to 70 odd floors now.

FSI of 6 :banana:

http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/1124/clipboard01fk6.jpg

HAHAHA!! i just made a post a couple hours back about how mumbai needs mass demolitions and planned neighborhoods and it wont happen because of democracy...but this is GREAT news.

amazing news. and the move comes just at the right time as well. the boom has started and the higher FSI would sustain it!

If someone could be bothered to register at HindustanTimes.com epaper, check the Mumbai edition for the 5th of June. Page 3.

Redevelopment of BIT Chawl at Bombay Central.
I know one of the builders who are interested in the site (not mentioned in the article). They are keen on building 6 buildings of 14 floors each!!!

AS you said, its democracy.. so everyone has the right to express. Lets not fight here. Its true things work very slowly in India for reasons known to all of us. Lets accept that fact and see how better we can improve this. Rather how better our peanut brained politicians can improvise is the question. There are numerous examples of wonderful projects in India, mentioned in this forum itself, which are tied up in stupid litigations, the real cause being some local politician doesnt gain enough money from it, or because of the fear of loosing local votes. It happens in Maharashtra, Bengal, Karnataka, everywhere.. Democracy is excellent provided its used in its true essence; its not for illiterate masses whose decision to vote and choose a leader depends how much these leaders pay you in cash, or what gifts they give you in return. Democracy doctrines are build upon principles of education, respect, tolerance, open mindedness and genuine people who are interested to serve the country. Neways, I am happy to see these changes happening, although slowly. We have a LOT to catch up and should move fast enough to make up for the lost time. Go India Go...

What? I'm sick and tired of the China comparison. Its not a democracy. STFU. Pack up and move. Hope you get violated.
And since when have the new constructions been building 400-500sqft flats?


wrt to the 6 FSI, I believe DB Tower was trying for ~6.5. So they must be close to 70 odd floors now.

If someone could be bothered to register at HindustanTimes.com epaper, check the Mumbai edition for the 5th of June. Page 3.

Redevelopment of BIT Chawl at Bombay Central.
I know one of the builders who are interested in the site (not mentioned in the article). They are keen on building 6 buildings of 14 floors each!!!

I read that article the other day. It's surprising that even with all sorts of free goodies and a much bigger house thrown into their platter, the chawl residents refuse to vacate the chawls and have even put up signs telling builders to hold their horses.

AS you said, its democracy.. so everyone has the right to express. Lets not fight here. Its true things work very slowly in India for reasons known to all of us. Lets accept that fact and see how better we can improve this. Rather how better our peanut brained politicians can improvise is the question. There are numerous examples of wonderful projects in India, mentioned in this forum itself, which are tied up in stupid litigations, the real cause being some local politician doesnt gain enough money from it, or because of the fear of loosing local votes. It happens in Maharashtra, Bengal, Karnataka, everywhere.. Democracy is excellent provided its used in its true essence; its not for illiterate masses whose decision to vote and choose a leader depends how much these leaders pay you in cash, or what gifts they give you in return. Democracy doctrines are build upon principles of education, respect, tolerance, open mindedness and genuine people who are interested to serve the country. Neways, I am happy to see these changes happening, although slowly. We have a LOT to catch up and should move fast enough to make up for the lost time. Go India Go...

i guess it beats the alternative where the masses are kicked off their land whenever a rich man comes in with a tower or factor or whatever (china)

theres no comparrison bewtween the 2 countries.its just 25 years difference.
But in 20 years which will be the nicer place to live?
A partially developed but 'democratic' india or a developed but partially democratised China?
only time will tell.

Guys this is probably a discussion for the Chaibar. However, on that note, who cares about the development of China or other countries. We lay way too much emphasis on comparisons.

We need to focus on development of India based on the country's unique characteristics. Democracy is one of them. We can certainly learn from other countries around the world but I don't think we should model ourselves after any one in particular because the mix of the challenges we face are certainly going to be different from the ones they faced.

FSI of 6 can easily make way for some more supertalls... hope somebody's listening :)

Good news, at the right time. The boom comes in and the higher FSI will be more incentive for it to heighten

Remember this?

Project at Goregaon West, Goregaon (West): 40 storeys
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Here are some new renderings:
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http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/6141/02sh6.jpg

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/6452/03gh5.jpg

^^ Looks fantastic!

any slated completion date?

Nope... not sure who the builder is either.

But it seems to be a real project as MPE got a hold of it. They added it in an update with several other funky towers including what we've later identified as RNA 360.

Several months ago, the only images were the prerenderings we've had, but now the architect's obviously fleshed out a final design. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that RNA 360 may be designed by Ott, or that this particular building is for RNA Builders?

Raheja Xenon, Mumbai: 35 stories
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It got featured in a KRaheja ad in this month's Construction World magazine. A sign that it's going to be launched soon?

http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/1022/35360130qb9.jpg



Ad:
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This one looks marvelous !. nice overall architecture.

Remember this?

Here are some new renderings:
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/8258/01zo0.jpg

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/6141/02sh6.jpg

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/6452/03gh5.jpg

Mumbai's going for very unique buildings!

Excelente!

That is a nice building.

proposed complex in BKC designed by HC for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India -

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/2765/icaizb7.jpg

Looks like we have another egg shaped building coming up

proposed complex in BKC designed by HC for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India -

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/2765/icaizb7.jpg

Looks like we have another egg shaped building coming up

Man..HafCon has gone nuts!! How many times is he going to repeat the same design. Is he taking inspiration from Bollywood, where regurgitation is the IN Thing in all seasons :bash: He hasn't done anything pathbreaking for many years now since last he designed the buildings for DLF in Gurgaon. He should run his firm with better standards, lest is starts to tick like a factory.

Citizens already put off by the skyrocketting prices of residential properties in the state will have another headache to deal with - Value Added Tax (VAT) amounting to 5 per cent, which was introduced in 2006 but has been made applicable from this year. Last week, the sales tax (ST) department issued a circular asking personnel to keep track of projects begun after the proposal was moved.

However, though VAT is levied on builders, we all know that eventually buyers will be made to pay from their pockets.

So, let's see what this 5 per cent VAT will work out to. If you purchase a flat costing Rs 10 lakh, you will end up paying Rs 50,000 as VAT. Now we all know that, in Mumbai, you can't get even a 1BHK for Rs 10 lakh, which means your budget for that dream home will just have to go up by a sizeable amount.

http://cms.mumbaimirror.com/portalfiles/1/15/200806/Image/110608/01-01a.jpg
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THE VAT STORY

The ST department proposed VAT on purchase of new flats in 2006. It was to apply on under-construction projects or where occupation certificate had not been issued. The ST circular states - the transfer of property in goods (whether as goods or in some other form) involved in the execution of a works contract, namely, an agreement for carrying out for cash, deferred payment or other valuable consideration, the building, construction, manufacture, possessing, fabrication, erection, installation, fitting out, improvement, modification, repair or commissioning of any movable or immovable property."

In layman's terms, it means a new flat must be treated as a manufactured product, like a car or a TV set.

However, if you bought a flat after 2006 and do not remember paying VAT, it was because it was applicable only on under-construction projects and those which had been booked but for which occupation certificate had not been issued.

BUILDERS OPPOSE VAT

Builders opposed the proposal tooth and nail, not out of concern for flat-buyers but fearing a decrease in sales due to the increase in the cost of a flat.

"Sale of a flat has two components. While one part comprises the cost of the land, the other is construction cost. While it is legal to levy VAT on building material and steel, sale or purchase of land does not fall under the purview of sales tax," said Anand Gupta, general secretary, Builders' Association of India, Mumbai centre.

The Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI) moved the Bombay High Court in December 2007. The HC restrained the ST department from collecting VAT from the 550 members of MCHI.

However, the government is in no mood to give up.

However, a ST official told Mumbai Mirror, "We are hopeful of bringing MCHI members into the VAT net soon, as the Supreme Court has already settled the issue in the K Raheja vs Karnataka government case."

While presenting the state budget for the year 2008-09, Finance Minister Jayant Patil had on March 19 said, "It is a ruling of the courts that if a building is under construction, the work of construction will be a works contract liable to tax. The tax will be attracted so long as the individual agreements are entered into before the construction of the building is completed. It is necessary to ensure that the cost of land on which the building is constructed does not get taxed. I propose to make suitable provisions in this regard."

READ THE FINE PRINT

Builders who have not yet charged VAT from flat-buyers have included a clause in the sale deed that if the government insists on VAT, then the customer has to pay from his pocket. Ajit Marathe, Nirman Constructions, says, "While MCHI members have got a stay order, we have incorporated an escalation clause in our sale deeds."

Sunil Mantri, vice-president, MCHI, says, "We are requesting our members to ask buyers to put their money in an escrow account. We will take a call on how to use the money based on the outcome of the HC judgment." In simple words, brace yourself for a further escalation in the cost of a new flat. -

With inputs from Nirmal Menon

Source: Mumbai Mirror (http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?page=article&sectid=15&contentid=200806112008061102124783531770627)

A ‘floral delight’ for Dadar (http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?page=article&sectid=2&contentid=2008052020080520174621275afbaed7f)

http://cms.mumbaimirror.com/portalfiles/1/2/200805/Image/dadar%20garden1.jpg

Here's a post from last year with some more renderings:
Beauty before utility for BMC
Naresh Kamath

Mumbai
HT Epaper
26 May 2007

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RESIDENTS MAY be complaining of inadequate and contaminated water supply, but the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is spending crores of rupees beautifying pumping stations and lakes instead of paying more attention to plugging the problems.

On Friday, the Standing Committee of the civic body passed a resolution giving a green signal to the beautification of the Dadar pumping station at a cost of Rs 40 crore and the Powai lake for Rs 43 crore.

It is a cause that saw the ruling Shiv Sena and the opposition Congress team up to pass the proposal. Stringent opposition from the BJP, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) did not matter.

"Since the BMC has surplus money in its coffers, spending such an amount is justified," Congress cor porator Sameer Desai said. "The place will be the pride of the city."

In case of Powai, the BMC will also develop the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Udhyan, spread over 40 acres. While the strengthening of the Powai dam is also part of the project, money will also be spent on construction of gates, compound walls as well as landscaped gardens.

"Citizens have to face a daily battle for water and instead of increasing water supply, the BMC is only interested in beautifying," MNS corporator Rajendra Lad said. "This only shows where their priorities lie."

In case of the Dadar pumping station, the plan entails creation of a garden zone, which is to hold an amphitheatre and murals, complete with illumination. BJP corporator Bhalchandra Shirsat is opposed to the idea of the BMC spending taxpayer money on such projects.

"Sponsors should be roped in for the project. We should spend BMC money on other priority works," Shirsat said.

Additional Municipal Commissioner Manukumar Srivastava defended the plan, saying sponsorship would mean the sponsor's name would figure at the site rather than that of the BMC.

"Our aim is to beautify the place," said Srivastava. "Other works like increasing the water supply or changing pipelines will continue unhindered."

naresh.kamath@hindustantimes.com
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It's been slow lately, so I decided to look for some updates on past news

Remember this project?
Satra IT Park, Vashi: 25 stories
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/2161/satraitparkvashikj6mo5.jpg (http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/1046/satraitparkvashikj6wq8.jpg)
Here are some more projects from the same developer...

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Dreams the Mall, Malad
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/8373/01ry4.jpg

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Satra Corporate Park, Kalina: 30 stories
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/1216/02gh2.jpg

There are also several residential projects less than 25 stories in height

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Orbit Corp has redesigned their website (http://orbitcorp.com) and added new renderings! All of these buildings have been designed by architect Hafeez Contractor

Larger rendering of Orbit Grand, Lower Parel: 25 stories
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A new rendering of Orbit Arya, Napeansea Road: 25 stories
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Some prerenderings posted before
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New project, Orbit Haven, Napeansea Road: 25 stories (19 floor tower + 6 floor podium)
http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/7134/orbithavenlz5.jpg

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A small but nice commercial project, JSW House, Bandra-Kurla Complex:
http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/6369/jswhqzj8.jpg

There were reports that Hafeez Contractor House was renamed JSW house. This confirms they are separate projects.

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Hafeez Contractor House, Lower Parel: 35 stories, has been significantly redesigned...
...from this:
http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/3666/hafeezcontractorhouse3jz.jpg (http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/3830/hafeezcontractorhousecj9.jpg)

...to this:
http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/4408/hafeezhousedy4.jpg http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/9769/01zf8.jpg

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Finally, Rajesh Builder's has added some better renderings for Raj Grandeur, Powai, 40 stories:
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-Jai

Finally, Rajesh Builder's has added some better renderings for Raj Grandeur, Powai, 40 stories:

-Jai

This project looks great. :cheers:

Hey, i visited mumbai in 2006-2007 stayed with family there for about 10 weeks. I went and visited the mumbai zoo. There was stuff about doing up the zoo.... has anything happened??

That place needed to be done up....

Fantastic projects, many of them are the glassy architecture Mumbai needs:cheers:

Hi,

I've updated the International Forums's MUMBAI | Projects & Construction (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=360628) with the following buildings:

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Added new rendering for Dynamix-Balwas (DB) Tower (Formerly India Tower), Marine Lines: 65 stories (including service foors, has height of 90+ storied tower)
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/1044/db01ed9qb5.jpg (http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/9248/db01ed9.jpg)

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New Project! - Shreepati Heights, Tardeo: 76 stories
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/10/01ur6zg5.jpg (http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/9438/01ur6.jpg)

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New Project! - (Orchid) Turf Commercial Tower, Mahalaxmi: 58 stories
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New Project! - Mazagoan Towers, Mazagoan: two towers of 55 stories each
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/730/magtws1mt1es1.jpg (http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/8461/magtws1mt1.jpg)

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New Project! - Ahuja Towers, Worli: two towers of 54 stories each
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Added new rendering Sarvodaya Heights, Mulund: one tower of 52 stories, one tower of 45 storeys
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Added new renedring of Orchid Views, Satrasta: two towers of 50 stories each
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New Project! - ICICI Prudential, Worli: 50 stories
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/3994/01er0.jpg (http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/2825/01jm9.jpg)

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New Project! - RNA Grande, Kandivali: 50 stories
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New Project! - Lokhandwala Tower, Mazgaon: 48 stories
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New Project! - Vivarea, Mahalaxmi: three towers of 45 stories eac
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New Project! - South Ward Project, Parel: 45 stories
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Added new rendering and corrected height information for Shangri-La Hotel, Phoenix Mills: 45 stories
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Added new renderings of Raj Grandeur, Powai: 42 storeys
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New Project! - Shreepati Tower, Mumbai: 40 stories
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Added new rendering for Raheja Exotica IV and V, Mumbai: three towers of 40 stories each
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Added new rendering Project at Goregaon West, Goregaon (West): 40 storeys
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Added new rendering for Raheja Legend, Worli: 38 stories
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New Project! - The Oasis, Marine Lines: 38 stories
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New Project! - Ozone Towers, Byculla: several towers of 35 stories each
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/1913/02ak1.jpg (http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/4852/02bf1.jpg)

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Added new rendering for Raheja Reflections, Mumbai: one tower of 35 stories, one tower of 25 stories
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Added new rendering for Hafeez Contractor House, Parel; 35 stories.
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/6056/hafeezhousedy4pn1.jpg (http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/4408/hafeezhousedy4.jpg) http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/5889/01zf8uz8.jpg (http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/9769/01zf8.jpg)

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Added new rendering and updated height information for Rustomjee Elanza, Malad: three towers of 30 stories each
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Added new rendering for Orbit Arya, Nepeansea Road: 30 stories
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New Project! - Lotus Acropolis, Navi Mumbai: 30 stories
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New Project! - Orbit Grand, Lower Parel: 25 stories
http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/8422/orbitgrandpg8nj4.jpg (http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/1949/orbitgrandpg8.jpg)

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New Project! - Orbit Haven, Napeansea Road: 25 stories
http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/5787/orbithavenlz5po8.jpg (http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/7134/orbithavenlz5.jpg)

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Cheers,
Jai

Thanks, Jai. Awesome work :)

Lehman bros have picked up a 50% stake in the Western Expressway JV through which Unitech will develop 18 million sq. ft of commercial space in Santa Cruz -

Lehman invests $175m in Unitech (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Business/India_Business/Lehman_invests_175m_in_Unitech/articleshow/3135158.cms)

NEW DELHI: Lehman Brothers Real Estate Partners will invest $175 million (Rs 740 crore) in Unitech's realty project in Mumbai. Lehman will acquire a 50% stake in the domestic realty firm's project.

The special purpose vehicle, in which the foreign fund would invest, will develop one million sq ft. on the Western Expressway of Mumbai," Unitech said. The construction cost for the initial phase would be borne by Lehman Brothers Real Estate and the Western Expressway JV, a joint venture of Unitech and its local partners, the company added.

The total area being undertaken by the company in the area is about 18 million square feet. The value of the developed area at which Lehman Brothers has invested in the special purpose vehicle (SPV) is around Rs 14,750 crore. At this rate, the total value of the project with 18 million sq. ft is Rs 26,000 crore. As Unitech owns 50% of the total project and the rest by its local partners, the entire project would contibute Rs 13,500 crore in the company.

The project would be designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The JV aims to create one of the most high profile realty developments in state, it said. Both the companies intend to expand the relationship in the future.

from another source (http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Lehman-Brothers-acquires-50--in-Western-Expressway/323750/):

Architecture firm, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) has been hired to design the master plan for the broader project which envisions over 100 acre mixed-use development containing office, retail, residential and hotel components in Mumbai.

The JV aims to create one of the most high profile developments in Mumbai, with a character and management along the lines of Roppongi Hills in Tokyo, Canary Wharf in London, and Battery Park in New York.

The Master Project has over one kilometre of frontage on the Western Express highway and is bordered to the west by the Western Railway Line.

^^^ Great news...:cheers:

18 MILLION sq feet is quite something! :banana:

Speaking of planned development,here is an interesting bit in the New York Times on Rappongi Hills that we can all relate to:laugh:


The Builder Who Pushes Tokyo Into the Clouds (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/business/worldbusiness/27mori.html?pagewanted=1&fta=y)

Real estate specialists say the Moris succeeded by reading the future better than their rivals, and putting up buildings that fit the needs of a fast-developing Japanese economy.

The family business attracted global tenants by constructing some of the city’s first modern office buildings; the first 45 had numbers instead of names. In the 1980s, Mr. Mori steered the family toward building high-rise complexes, helping earthquake-prone Tokyo overcome its fear of skyscrapers.

Projects can move slowly in Japan, and Roppongi Hills and Mr. Mori’s first big high-rise complex, Ark Hills, which opened in 1986, each took 17 years to complete. Much of that time was spent cutting through red tape and persuading hundreds of reluctant residents to move.

Its good to know that we are in good company:)

And its a sign of things to come.

18 million sq ft ??? :O how much does that amount to ?? I mean if you consider an area say andheri .. how much of 18 million will fit in it ??????

isnt santa cruz where the airport is?? if thats so im not too sure anything with any height will come up. its just gonna be another BKC

IS their any realestate projects of suncity from borivali to vasai

http://www.axiomestates.com/mumbai-property.htm

New Property Developments in Mumbai:

Offers a diverse portfolio of Prime New Real Estate developments like apartments, penthouse, duplex, condominiums and lifestyle enclaves to the global NRI community.

We know some of these projects already know but this gives alittle more information as well. Some of them are already sold out & built which I didn't know. It has the old design of Raheja Atlantis.

There are sub pages to other cities in India & proved to be very interesting.

Interesting Article in todays Economic Times... food for thought.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Features/Special_Pages/The_Big_Story/Shanghai_seems_to_be_too_far_for_Mumbai_to_catch_up/articleshow/msid-3150416,curpg-1.cms

http://www.axiomestates.com/mumbai-property.htm

New Property Developments in Mumbai:

Offers a diverse portfolio of Prime New Real Estate developments like apartments, penthouse, duplex, condominiums and lifestyle enclaves to the global NRI community.

We know some of these projects already know but this gives alittle more information as well. Some of them are already sold out & built which I didn't know. It has the old design of Raheja Atlantis.

There are sub pages to other cities in India & proved to be very interesting.It's been in the link list (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=200438&page=2) for a while. Used to be a good source of info, but their Mumbai page hasn't been updated in ages :(

^ Even their brochure at the property show carried the old render of Raheja Atlantis.

The Lavasa project under construction at the foot hills of the Sahayadri mountains in Maharashtra.
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/06/22/images/2008062251270101.jpg

clicky (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/06/22/stories/2008062251270100.htm)


an all-new town in the making, encompassing 11 villages and 25,000 acres. Nearly 12,500 acres hugging the 20-km long Warasgaon Lake have been earmarked for a high-end urban canvas called Lavasa. A good three-hour drive from Mumbai, Lavasa could rank as the empress of all hill stations by 2020.

Lavasa’s design has already bagged two international awards — from the Congress for New Urbanism, US, for the ‘Best Master Plan’; and an ‘Award of Excellence’ from the American Society of Landscape Architects.

Given the scale of development at 2,000-plus ft above sea-level, the promoters are in a hurry as they anticipate the town to host 20 lakh tourists and a resident population of 1.5 lakh a decade ahead.

The residential area comprising villas and studio apartments will have 40,000 units, while office space will account for 10 per cent. Eighteen hotels with 4,000 to 4,500 rooms have been planned. Serviced apartments are scheduled to open sometime next year, as also a budget hotel.

Lavasa currently has six hotels under development in various categories, including properties managed by leading hotel chains Accor and ITC Group, with a combined capacity of about 1,000 rooms. A convention centre with a plenary capacity of 1,500 persons is to be commissioned in 2009.

Tourism and water-based sports, along with multiple theme parks, are planned for rollout in 2010.

Apollo Hospitals is setting up a 200-acre health and wellness centre, including hospitals, and centres for R&D and long-term care.

Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, a hospitality school in Switzerland, will also offer expertise and the first student intake is planned for 2009. Symbiosis, Pune, and Christ University, Bangalore, which are both deemed universities, are setting up campuses in Lavasa.

at Lavasa it is ‘live, work and play’ in harmony with nature. As many as 20 streams empty into the lake.

Lavasa project is fantastic. Maybe I'll live there one day.

^^ lol yea me too

Face of city’s makeover quits (http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/ArticleText.aspx?article=25_06_2008_001_003&kword=&mode=1)

THE MAN IN charge of Mumbai’s Rs 43,000-crore makeover has resigned.
Sanjay Ubale, who, as secretary (special projects) in the General Administration De partment, was overseeing the city’s transformation for the last five years, is the latest in a long line of bureaucrats to have chucked up government service for the private sector.

“I have put in my papers, but it would be premature to speak about my future plans since the government is yet to accept my resignation,” Ubale told Hindustan Times. “I enjoyed working with the Maharashtra government, but it’s time to move on.” “Ubale has opted for voluntary retirement and we are processing the request,” Chief Secretary Johny Joseph confirmed.

An officer of the 1987 batch, Ubale had for the last year also headed the Maharashtra Urban Infrastructure Development Company, which facilitates private investments for public projects. He has been associated with the city’s makeover since consultancy firm McKinsey first drafted a blueprint in 2003.

Sources in the state secretariat said Ubale would probably join one of India’s largest private sector business groups.

ONE WHO DIDN’T GET AWAY Six months after reportedly resign ing, MHADA chief T. Chandrashekhar seems to have changed his mind. Chief Secretary Johny Joseph said Chandrashekhar was on leave and had not resigned. Sources said he was convinced to stay on after a long counselling session with Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh.

Source: Hindustan Times
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lol i've been reading about VT's renovation for 5 years now

Mumbai is on today's banner!
The Bandra-Worli sealink looks fabulous!

^^^^

Actually just saw that when i woke up this morning... Its great news for Mumbai!!!

:cheers:

Read in TOI today that government is strongly considering going ahead with the cluster building development in C & D ward. They are planning to increase FSI from 1.3 to 4 (builders can get FSI of more than 4 after getting permission from the authorities) . They have also filed a petition to ease CRZ regulation. Great news for SoBo. :banana:

MULTIPLEXES: THE SECOND COMING

Going to the neighbourhood multiplex may become a more complicated affair in the future. You may have to spend some time, deciding on which of the 15 movies to watch, and then choose which wine to use to wash down the cheese that is on the menu in the adjoining lounge-bar.
Mumbai’s multiplexes are growing bigger and better and working towards transforming themselves into complete entertainment zones. A couple are working towards having 14 or 15 screens — to give you a much wider choice than ever before — and some others are trying to get liquor licences so that you can wash down your movie experience with the choicest of liquor. And, if your kids are bored with the movie, you can also leave them out in the children’s play area or, better still, book a ticket for them in the theatre where the screen is dedicated to kids’ films.
Reliance Adlabs is one of the firms that is planning a double-digit number of screens in one of its megaplexes; its Kurla plex will have 15 screens. Besides, it plans to have the Ebony Lounge where there will be an attendant waiting only on you as you wine and dine while watching the movie of your choice.
The firm is investing Rs 30 crore on what will be India’s largest megaplex. Spokesperson Tushar Dhingra said: “It will have 15-16 screens, including an IMAX 3D digital screen, food and beverage lounges, special screens for kids and sports screens.’’ Adlabs is also opening a nine-screen multiplex at Ghatkopar.
D B Realty Orchid Zone Mall will match Reliance Adlabs with a 14-screen multiplex at Dahisar. Nabil Patel, one of the directors of the company, said: “The multiplex will accommodate 2,786 people and be ready by early 2010. A visit here will be a global experience. It will have laser lights and water fountains similar to the ones you see in Sydney and Las Vegas. We, in fact, have the same companies doing it for us.’’ D B Realty is now talking to three major multiplex owners for a possible tie-up. Patel added: “We have shortlisted three of them and will finalise the deal with one of them early next week.’’ D B Realty will have a 300,000-sq-ft food court.
PVR Cinemas, one of the pioneers in multiplex culture, is planning a PVR Premiere at Lower Parel. This will have a “stadium-type’’ seating arrangement. PVR Goregaon has just been launched with six screens and a seating capacity of 1,700. It has a kids’ play area with leather-cushioned seats furnished with toys and has tied up with kids’ channel Pogo. PVR has also installed 2K digital cinema that allows you to see films on a bigger screen.
PVR vice-president (marketing) Ranjan Singh said: “We already have an 11-screen multiplex in Bangalore which is doing wonderfully well. We are planning a seven-screen multiplex in Mumbai.’’
Fun Cinemas, too, will soon get a facelift but vice-president (marketing) Vishal Anand is not ready to disclose details. It has one of the best gaming zones and food courts in Mumbai. Cinemax already has the Red Lounge with reclining and massage chairs and introduces karaoke sound and television monitors during cricket and football matches. Marketing head Dewang Sampat said: “We are planning to add more gaming zones and food courts at our existing properties in Mumbai.’’
Fame Cinemas, not to be left behind, has introduced the Gold-Class Lounges at their Thane and Vashi plexes.

source timesofindia epaper

Remember this prerendering?

Project at Goregaon West, Goregaon (West): 50 stories
http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/3851/50s2991mainyw3cm0.jpg (http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8561/50s2991mainyw3.jpg)

MPE labels this as RNA Lapiz, presumably from RNA builders

cross posting from the Media and Entertainment thread


Phoenix Mills, Adlabs in pact for India's largest multiplex

A Phoenix Mills-led consortium has inked a deal with Anil Ambani Group company Adlabs Cinemas for the country's largest multiplex cinema here.

The 1,40,000 sq ft multiplex will have 15 screens and over 4,000 seats. Besides showing the latest releases, it would screen popular sports events and live concerts, a release said here on Friday.

It will house two luxury screens with adjoining Ebony Lounges which would have live band performances round the year, the release said.

The Adlabs multiplex will come up at the Phoenix Market City complex, which is spread over 4.5-million sq ft, in suburban Kurla.

The Rs 1,100-crore Phoenix Market City will house the city's largest hypermarket departmental stores, food courts, entertainment zones and over 400 branded stores.

Phoenix Market City Management Chief Operating Officer Tony Ward, said "the Kurla project is planned to become a complete consumer destination and a must-see for Mumbai populace and tourists. This is going to be a world-class destination with retail spaces, offices, hotel and multiplex."

Adlabs Cinemas' Chief Operating Officer Tushar Dhingra said "we believe that the new Adlabs megaplex will set world benchmarks in terms of design and ambience, technology and overall consumer viewing experience."

Market City Management is developing large Market City complexes, spread over 2-4-million sq ft, in 20 other cities, including Chennai, Bangalore, Pune, Kolkata, Raipur, Indore and Udaipur.


source economictimes.com (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Media__Entertainment_/Phoenix_Mills_Adlabs_in_pact_for_Indias_largest_multiplex/articleshow/3223249.cms)

Nariman Point to Borivali in 45 mins (http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/jul/12mumbai.htm)

Mumbaikars will have some relief from the growing traffic snarls and crowded local trains.

In two years, they will be able to take the waterway, forking out Rs 70 for a 45-minute journey between the city's commercial centre Nariman Point and its suburbs in Borivali, while enjoying the Arabian sea breeze.

The high power committee chaired by Maharashtra chief secretary Johnny Joseph, in a meeting on Thursday, has finalised the bidding criteria for the ambitious passenger water transport project along the western coast of Mumbai.

The project will be implemented on a build, own, operate and transfer basis for a concession of 30 years, and will pan out in a phased manner. In the first phase, the service will be available between Nariman Point and Borivali, with six stops at Borivali, Marve, Versova, Juhu, Bandra and Nariman Point.

"The cost of the project (phase one) is Rs 700 crore (Rs 7 billion). The viability gap will be met by the government through its resources or by MMRDA," said Satish M Gavai, vice-chairman & managing director, Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Limited.

The bids for the first phase will be floated by August-end. The work is expected to begin by December-end and end in two years, he added.

MSRDC plans to use hovercrafts initially till the catamarans are brought in. The capacity of the hovercrafts will be a minimum of 200 seats.

The service will be in operation at least 300 days in a year with around 30 trips per day with a frequency of 15 minutes during peak hours and 30 minutes during non-peak hours.

Passengers will have to shell out Rs 2 per km, which implies that a ride from Nariman point to Borivali will cost between Rs 70 and Rs 80 since the distance between Nariman point and Borivali is estimated to be 35 to 40 km.

Guys,
does anyone have any idea about the prevailing rates in the new constructions around worli?
specifically - Kalpataru Horizon, Beau Monde, RNA Mirage and Raheja Legend?

beaumonde is 40,000 a sq.ft. mirage and legend should be similar. sumer trinity is around 30,000 a sq.ft.

wait for a bit, it should come down

Jet looks to pull out of BKC deal

IT WAS touted as one of the largest land deals in the country and one that reflected the sharp surge in Mumbai’s property rates. But it has been learnt that winning bidders—Jet Airways and Starlight System—have asked for more time to make the final payment on the Rs 1,322-crore Bandra-Kurla Complex land deal.
Jet and Starlight, an Ajay Piramalpromoted real estate firm, had won the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority land deal in March in an auction that saw Jet winning the commercial plot bid, while Starlight bagged the bid for residential plots in G Block of the Bandra-Kurla Complex. Both Jet and Starlight have so far only paid the earnest money to MMRDA.
Sources said Jet Airways now does not want to go ahead with the idea of developing its plots in G Block and has roped in international real estate consultant Coldwell Banker to find out a third party and exit from the deal. Jet Airways did not reply to an email query sent by ET.
When contacted, Suntech MD Kamal Khetan said, “So far, MMRDA did not put any demand for the final settlement. We will pay the remaining amount as and when the demand comes. However, compared to few months back, the market has changed dramatically.”
A senior MMRDA official said, “We are in the process of taking the bids for the final approval. I cannot comment anything further. “ Sources said MMRDA may give more time to the bidders for final settlement because the authority feels that in a changed market scenario, a rebid process may not find any bidders. Even during the G-Block bid, MMRDA could not sell two plots due to absence of bidders.

source economictimes epaper

MUMBAI: Several highrises in the city are violating fire safety norms blatantly. Even the development control (DC) rules, framed by the state government to streamline the construction of highrises, are relaxed by the BMC to such an extent that fire safety norms are often overlooked. This was revealed in a Right to Information application filed by a panel of civic activists. Developers of every highrise, defined as any multi-storey over 24 floors, are supposed to follow special fire safety provisions .

But the application, filed by Krishnaraj Rao, activist and crusader of the pedestrian satyagraha movement, found that most highrises do not leave the mandatory open space. In many cases, there is hardly any distance between the building and the compound wall, making it very difficult for fire safety measures to be implemented in case of emergencies.

Besides, many buildings do not implement the mandatory active and passive measures. “Senior fire officials explained that passive measures, like having a clean stairwell and a passage way, are ignored. It is also necessary to have a 'refuge floor' after every eight floors or 24 metres. The idea is that in case of an emergency, people can run up or down and land on the refuge floor,'' said Rao.

He added that it was also necessary to have a firewall in the parking space of buildings. “The firewall ensures that the fire does not spread but it is almost never included.'' Also, the biggest hazard is the presence of two basements, which make evacuation difficult. “Ventilation at such times is also nil, making it easier for the flames to spread quickly,'' Rao said.

According to a fire official, a basement parking is a serious threat as cars operating on inflammable fuels come together here. “There is petrol, diesel, CNG—all under one roof, without necessary safety measures. A small trigger can cause a big explosion,'' he said.

Another big drawback is the height of the gate. “A building gate should be 4.5 m wide and if there is an arch, it is 4.5 m. But they are much smaller. Also, the distance between two highrises is rather small. Fire officials said that there are two buildings near Prarthna Samaj—one is a ground plus 28 and the other ground plus 32—both at the distance of merely three metres. There are many such buildings in the city,'' said activist Gaurang Vora.

Source: Times of India (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/newreply.php?do=postreply&t=482638)

Foreign cos in race for aquarium at Mumbai (http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1178137)

MUMBAI: Four foreign companies have come up to give a modern look to Taraporewala aquarium situated at Girgaon choupaty in south Mumbai, on the lines of Singapore aquarium.

Minister for Fisheries Anees Ahmed said on Thursday that four companies including Eden from Malyasia, Hawper from Singapore and two branches of Oceanis from Austarlia have qualified expression of interests.

He said the fisheries department is also demanding FSI of 3.5 from the State Government to have a tunnel shape structure for the aquarium. The aquarium can be seen from inside the tunnel, he added.

The total cost of the project is expected to be Rs 200 crore, Ahmed said.

The department has also kept an option of Worli dairy land near seaface for the aquarium if permission is not granted for extra FSI.

yay! worli dairy would be perfect!

wrong thread :) !!!

Does anyone have more pics of the new egg shaped structure coming up in BKC?

Sorry if this is a repeat post

Link (http://projectsmonitor.com/detailnews.asp?newsid=16542)


A 32,000 sq. m, 13-storey egg-shaped structure is fast taking shape in Mumbai's Bandra-Kurla Complex. This new form of architecture is called Cybertecture and designed by Hong Kong-based architect James Law. The building will combine iconic architecture, environmental design, intelligent systems and new engineering to create an awe-inspiring city landmark. Known as the 'Intelligent Egg,' the concept was inspired by the earth's ecosystem which allows life to evolve. The building is due for completion by the end of 2010.
It will be constructed of glass and steel. At present, the skeleton is clearly visible, with its striking geometric pattern. Well, not exactly Faberge (Russian jeweller famous for gilded Faberge Easter eggs), but quite distinct all the same.
"In the 21st century, buildings will be different," says Law, the principal architect of Cybertecture International, "They are no longer only about concrete, steel and glass, but also the new intangible materials of technology, multimedia, intelligence and interactivity. Recognising this will bring a new form of architecture to light, namely Cybertecture."
The building was commissioned by Mumbai-based Vijay Associates (Wadhwa Developers) who wanted to create an iconic office space. The oblong office building incorporates passive solar design to decrease heat gain and lower energy load. An elevated garden moderates temperature by using natural vegetation to cool the building.
The oval tower will use solar photovoltaic panels and rooftop wind turbines to generate onsite electricity. Water conservation will be managed with a grey water recycling system that will harvest water for irrigation and landscaping. The 'egg' will also nurture office workers’ health with interactive features that monitor vital statistics like blood pressure and weight.
Far from punctuating the skyline, the unique design and features will make it one of the best known in the metropolis.

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Mumbai to have exclusive site for dumping e-waste

Mumbai, which tops the list in generating the highest amount of electronic waste in the country, is all set to have an exclusive site for dumping e-waste.

Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) and Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) officials would be meeting this week to finalise a site exclusively to treat and dump e-waste, MPCB sources said.

Since e-waste management doesn't come directly under the purview of the municipal corporations, MPCB and MMRDA have come forward for this pilot project, the sources said.

A recent study has revealed that Mumbai is not just the leading generator of electronic waste in the country, but also that the rate at which the commercial capital is throwing away electronic goods is far higher than believed so far, the sources said.

The study shows that besides generation of 19,000 tonnes of electronic waste annually - inclusive of computers, televisions, refrigerators and washing machines- Mumbai receives a good amount of it through clandestine imports from the developed world.

The study also indicates that Delhi and adjoining areas are receiving a substantial part of Mumbai's electronic discards, both internal as well as imported, particularly computer printed circuit boards (PCBs) that are too dangerous to be handled in congested areas of Mumbai.

Besides officials of the two organisations, experts on waste management will also attend the meeting, which will dwell on finalising a site for treating e-waste for the entire Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).

MMRDA has also mooted a site for construction and demolition wastes generated through projects implemented by the MMRDA, which is the biggest generator of construction and demolition waste due to its several infrastructure projects.

As there is no separate site for dumping such wastes, the sheer volume of waste generated overburdens the existing landfill sites, the sources said.

source timesofindia.com (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3255834.cms)

Does anyone have more pics of the new egg shaped structure coming up in BKC?

Yup, posted earlier, though I don't think I've seen that first rendering you posted. Here's a thread also with some more renderings, taken from Threads in International Forums (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=614323):

• MUMBAI | Cybertecture Egg | 13 fl (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=635833)
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You know, we should create a thread on all the amazing lowrise projects coming up in the city. From malls to office buildings, there're some unique looking structures planned.

If I get some time tomorrow, I'll start it off. Ideally, I'll trawl through the two Mumbai Update threads and cross-post.

That way, we can have all of these buildings listed in one resource.

looks like the town hall proposals for london.And we ended up with a bit of a lemon...

Remember architect Reza Kabul's Shreepati Heights, Tardeo: 76 (maybe 88) stories?
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Seems Shreepati group is pretty serious about its construction. Pranav Merchant, Vice President Shreepati Group, India gave a 40 minute presentation at the 2nd Annual 2008 International Tall Buildings Conference (https://www.buildingtechnologies.siemens.com/NR/rdonlyres/CA7CCB36-6BCB-493C-831D-A9DA3B7D30DC/0/tallbuildingsconferenceprogram08.pdf)in Seoul, RoK. His topic:
• Cluster development in Girgaum the heart of south Mumbai
• Proven track record of Shreepati developers in experience , expertise and resources
• A path breaking case of public - private partnership
• A systematic and planned approach towards re-development of old and dilapidated buildings
• Re-habilitation of existing tenants living in sub standard conditions with improper sanitation and civic amenities
• Creating Socio economic benefits with the cluster approach to re-development
• Construction of one of the tallest residential buildings in the world at Tardeo Mumbai - Shreepati Heights

THE BRIHANMUMBAI Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to develop seven gardens as Baludyan (playareas for children) and nine as theme gardens in the next two years.

The Garden Department proposal will be put up at Wednesday's standing committee meeting. While the island city will have two baludyans and four theme gardens, western suburbs will have three playareas and theme parks each and the eastern suburbs will have two of each.

The BMC has appointed a contractor for the 24 wards and earmarked an annual budget of up to Rs 5 crore for their development and beautification.

"We have appointed a consultant who will decide the theme for the gardens so that there is no delay in its implementation," said Ravindra Waikar, chairman, standing committee. "We will pass the proposal at Wednesday's meeting." The contractor will also beautify and maintain traffic islands and dividers within the allotted ward, he added. sujit.mahamulkar@hindustantimes.com
THE BRIHANMUMBAI Mu- nicipal Corporation (BMC) plans to develop seven gardens as Baludyan (playareas for children) and nine as theme gardens in the next two years. The Garden Department proposal will be put up at Wednesday's standing commit- tee meeting. While the island city will have two baludyans and four theme gardens, west- ern suburbs will have three playareas and theme parks each and the eastern suburbs will have two of each. The BMC has appointed a contractor for the 24 wards and earmarked an annual budget of up to Rs 5 crore for their de- velopment and beautification. "We have appointed a con- sultant who will decide the theme for the gardens so that there is no delay in its imple- mentation," said Ravindra Waikar, chairman, standing committee. "We will pass the proposal at Wednesday's meet- ing." The contractor will also beautify and maintain traffic islands and dividers within the allotted ward, he added. sujit.mahamulkar@hindustantimes.com



Source: HT

WOW!!all these buildings look great:)