Xposting from the international forums for the new SSC India Mumbai section.

Raheja Platinum -- Mumbai

Mumbai's skyscraper boom has almost entirely consisted of residential highrise development. The reasons for these are many, but namely because residential skyscrapers, especially with integrated retail, hospitality, and anemities, produce far less strain on infrastructure than their purely commercial counterparts, whose workers would all need to commute to the tower every day. Secondly, for the longest time, India's banking, service, R&D and IT companies preferred glassy, sprawling lowrise campuses -- more of a college campus look and feel -- than towers.

With infrastructure redevelopment now likewise booming in Mumbai, coupled with a change in corporate culture, the future landmark skyscraper projects proposed in Mumbai are increasingly commercial in nature. Leading this change from the front is one of Mumbai's largest real estate developers, K Raheja Universal, who are actively promoting commercial skyscraper construction as a necessity for Mumbai, and the only way to halt sprawl.

For the last couple years, their company has talked about a "landmark" purely commercial skyscraper that will break the mental/cultural dam holding back corporate skyscraper construction in Mumbai. They called this development "Raheja Platinum".

Designed by JP Parekh & Son architects, conceivably on retainer with Raheja Universal, Raheja Platinum was initially proposed last year with a modest -- but still groundbreaking, in terms of commercial highrise construction in Mumbai -- height of 40 floors:
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/4125/image8ap5.jpg
^ Initial rendering from 2007

But with a slew of commercial supertall construction announced in a number major Indian metros outside of Mumbai, and in the Raheja Universial company habit of suddenly upscaling their projects in height and design right before groundbreaking, Raheja Platinum was redesigned to almost double its height to 80 stories:
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/430/01qp2gv0.jpg
^ Finalized rendering just announced

Raheja Platinum is the flagship of Raheja Universal's commercial skyscraper blitz in Mumbai, with the following commerical, or residential-commerical developments in Mumbai.

-Jai

40 or 80 floors its great knowing that more office towers are coming up in a city with a shortage of office space.

Going vertical is the solution for land starved Mumbai.

Not the innovative of the designs when compared to "folded letter in envelope" or that "rotated block" design for India Tower.

hope they work on this little more.

Yeah the second rendering is rather amateurish & comical as well as poor lol.

I didnt notice the helicopter or helipad until now as I thought that the circle was a cloud or something lol.

Poor renderings let the buildings down until the finished article quite like the Oberoi Commerz. The renderings let down its actual height but in actual fact the building is quite tall.

For what it's worth, here's a much larger rendering of the old version of this tower -- credit to forumer Indiansunite:
http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/7444/01ei5.jpg

Unfortunately, I can't find any larger drawings or renderings of the new (80 floor) design. From the image we do have, it's safe to assume that the glass facade and crown is nearly identical, with only small changes at the base of the tower.

The old design of Platinum seems to be of nearly identical footprint, width, and general shape to the new tower, only differing in scale.

-Jai

From the renderings it just doesn't look like 80-F tower. More like 50-F to be accurate.

HS,

Those are the old proposals. The new (80 fl) one is the second rendering in the first post.

HS,

Those are the old proposals. The new (80 fl) one is the second rendering in the first post.

oh. ok then. :)

Well atleast its 80 floors

Wikipedia said that this tower is 421 metres tall.

Whoops! I forgot to update this thread with the new design!
Yup, just like I called it, the tower was redesigned YET AGAIN

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/3443/image10ts7.jpg

It has now been scaled upwards to 85 floors, and we now know its location to be Upper Worli. This will add yet another supertall to the Worli focus of the Mumbai skyline.

:cheers:


However, as of today, the building cannot be found on K Raheja Universal's website. This means that either the newest iconic design was mistakenly released, or the design is set to change yet again.

Judging from KRU's spastic redesigning of their buildings... I'm guessing the latter

lol! upper worli. love the name. most likely lower parel

85 floors? damn!

ya, that's what they called it on the website

The redesign is much better! I like it & hope it gets constructed.

lol! upper worli. love the name. most likely lower parel

Yeah LP=UW. Upper Worli sounded more posher than the decayed mill laden Lower Parel back when ITC was constructing their Grand Central hotel. The name has caught on since then.


Anyways, KRU's Solaris tower's (45fl) location page (http://www.krahejauniversal.com/Commercial/Solaris/solaris_location_map.html) gives the location of the Platinum tower -

http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/7664/19990562lf2.jpg

on google maps (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=mumbai&ie=UTF8&ll=19.003191,72.823756&spn=0.004595,0.006909&t=h&z=17):
http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/8915/80240519sx3.jpg


The location of the tower is simply A....wait for it.... MAZING! Here's the location of all the skyscrapers coming up in the Worli-Parel area-

http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/9701/ss1btf3.jpg

damn. thats a single lane road its on. 85 floors on that?. chaos

KU, the first was a builder map, so its proof strait from the horses mouth that this project is in the pipeline, whatever design it may be. The second one was added to by IU :) We need to make a detailed map of all of Mumbai, listing the projects we know about... hmm.. there's an idea for the future...

IU, great catch! The design shown in the maps is that of the 80 floored iteration. Shows they are most definitely thinking at least 80 floors, regardless of what design they finally go with.

nice design.
Is it approved yet?

damn. thats a single lane road its on. 85 floors on that?. chaos

Aren't these usually the luxury class duplex apartments? That could mean just 40 apartments and 5 floor of parking. Or eighty apartments and 5 floors of parking.

considering pretty much no one else on that road has cars thats an addition of between 160-250 cars. the road has it entrance at the peninsula corporate park, which generates huge traffic by itself and leads on to ganpatrao kadam marg which is a connector between worli and parel, is a 2-lane road and ridiculously over-crowded already

buildings like oberoi skyz make sense as they are on a wide main road. putting these super-talls on basically patli gallis is ridiculous. unless all the chawls in that area get demolished and those people are relocated it makes no sense

The redesign is heaps better!Is the thread title going to be changed?

Which Raheja is this building by? I cant find it in any.

^ KRaheja Universal. They're updating their website atm.


Suncity, can you please change the title to "UPPER WORLI | Raheja Platinum | 80 fl | Proposed" ?

TIA

oh thanx!

Shouldnt it be 85 floors.

I spoke to a PR rep in KRU on Saturday. He said that KRU hasn't yet finalized the % composition (whether to go entire commercial or a mix of commercial and resi) of the tower.

On being asked about who the architects of their projects were, he said that their design team headed by Kamal Khemani designs pretty much all of their projects.

Hmm, so they gave you their architectural design coordinator? Shrewd of them.

Doubtless he farms out the work to different architects, as we have seen several of their towers designed by several different firms.

IU did they say that the design was finalized? Did they give a timetable as to when the building will break ground?

IU, thanks for the update.

This is totally OT, but Jai, just curious, I had glanced at your sig. Are you a Marine? A big thanks to our servicemen in India and in the United States who stand guard on our borders and shores everyday so that towers like the Raheja may come up.

Jai - the PR dude said they haven't finalized the design yet. But given how sly these specimen of people are, I'd reckon that the design has been finalized and they're waiting for the necessary approvals. I'll call them soon to ask about the latest scoop.

The location of the tower is simply A....wait for it.... MAZING! Here's the location of all the skyscrapers coming up in the Worli-Parel area-

http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/9701/ss1btf3.jpg

And now Skylark Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=799644) (300m - 60 fl ) and Palais Royale (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624711) ( 320m ) are comming up in that area too.

An interesting pdf on Raheja Universal's various projects....

Its seems Raheja Platinum is a project that is indeed still on, however looks like it will be capped at 231m above sea-level (pg483), otherwise it seems it has it has got most of the approvals neccessary.

http://www.sebi.gov.in/dp/rahejauni.pdf

An interesting pdf on Raheja Universal's various projects....

Its seems Raheja Platinum is a project that is indeed still on, however looks like it will be capped at 231m above sea-level (pg483), otherwise it seems it has it has got most of the approvals neccessary.

http://www.sebi.gov.in/dp/rahejauni.pdf
Please tell me Mumbai is 70m below sea level. :bash:

Please tell me Mumbai is 70m below sea level. :bash:
:lol:

Please tell me Mumbai is 70m below sea level. :bash:

Haha, it's actually a few metres above.

Spoke to a sales guy from KRU. He said the tower is still in the planning stage but should be launched after they hit the stock market and are flush with cash.

Till then here's the location of Prakash Cotton Mills where the tower will come up

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/6991/pcmills2.jpg

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/8908/pcmills.jpg

IU any word on what the design has been finalized as? Is it this?
http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/3443/image10ts7.jpg

thats a nice one ^^

IU any word on what the design has been finalized as? Is it this?

I didn't get a chance to talk about the design since the guy was reluctant to even talk about the project basics. But what I gathered is that the project is ON which is confirmed by the IPO prospectus that they filed in march. We just have to wait till around they hit the stock market because KRU seems to be short on cash. No wonder Legend and Excelsior are stalled and Walace mills (Solaris' site) was sold off for a net loss of 20 crore during the GFC.

Legend stalled? I thought work resumed?

It did for a couple of weeks but then stopped. Legend has seen no progress on its facade since February.

Raheja IPO ad in Today's TOI.

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getimage.dll?path=TOIM/2010/07/31/11/Img/Ad0110075.png

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/8297/getimage1c.th.png (http://img441.imageshack.us/i/getimage1c.png/)

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Where does that say anything about Raheja Platinum.

this is likely never going to be built right?

IndianGangsta, are your actually reading anything posted on the forum of just asking questions randomly? If just went a few posts back you would have seen -

Spoke to a sales guy from KRU. He said the tower is still in the planning stage but should be launched after they hit the stock market and are flush with cash.


I didn't get a chance to talk about the design since the guy was reluctant to even talk about the project basics. But what I gathered is that the project is ON which is confirmed by the IPO prospectus that they filed in march. We just have to wait till around they hit the stock market because KRU seems to be short on cash. No wonder Legend and Excelsior are stalled and Walace mills (Solaris' site) was sold off for a net loss of 20 crore during the GFC.

Nothing is confirmed so the designed could be changed dramatically like its other projects.

Raheja renderings are not reliable as they always change. Take Raheja Legend, the designs changed many times and the final design was abit of a anti-climax.

Dont hold hold your breath although I am hoping they surprise us all with their final design & prove me wrong.

^
lets wait for the Raheja IPO

it seems every builder in mumbai now wants an IPO. Ironic for a business like building in Mumbai.


It seems everybody had a collective moment of "seeing the light" after DLF.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/real-estate/news-/Will-upcoming-real-estate-IPOs-succeed/articleshow/6169416.cms

Yeah and dont forget Raheja dont have the money so dont expect anything so soon.

Hopefully this will be built... :(

Project launched 4 years back.. Still no work started on site.. Looks like this one will miss the realty boom in this cycle.. Are they lost ??

Some bad news here folks. The Rahejas have joined the luxury residential developer bandwagon. Platinum is now a resi tower:

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/8738/rahejaplatinum2.jpg

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/2531/rahejaplatinum.jpg

Site Plan
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/7054/rahejaplatinum3.jpg


Link to website (http://www.rahejauniversal.com/Residential/Platinum/Platinum.html)

As if Upper Worli/Lower Parel doesn't have enough luxury residential towers already coming up. But I must say that looks sleek ;)

Is it still 85Fl? (Btw does anybody have the height in metres?)

this is real bad news. commercial or resi, they should've atleast kept the original design which was futuristic. the new design is garbage.

yeah new design sucks

Alright compared to some other designs.

I think the design is alright (though I liked the old one more). I'm more concerned about the height...

i hv da same concern...allz acceptable, but can somebody confirm on the height..hope its 85F, and is this glassy as it appears???

what a surprice.

I am only about starting to sketch this and realizing how huge this is... this cud well be bigger than Palais Royale... unless i m looking at something incorrectly...

Well no surprise there.

Raheja dont have a good track record and always change their designs....guess I was right again.

Raheja is not even finished yet.

I don't think I could be bigger than Palais Royale. As per a PDF file, it said it will only stand 231m above sealevel.

An interesting pdf on Raheja Universal's various projects....

Its seems Raheja Platinum is a project that is indeed still on, however looks like it will be capped at 231m above sea-level (pg483), otherwise it seems it has it has got most of the approvals neccessary.

http://www.sebi.gov.in/dp/rahejauni.pdf

^^ Anything beats getting rid of those ugly mills and putting in a shiny new towers. How many floors is 231 m? 55 ?

Went down to the site, looks like work will start soon, there materials and other stuff around the site. Was trying to get pics, but almost got run over by the trucks entering the site. Wasn't much there anyway, there is still a bit of the old mill/building that is being demolished.

Site preparation is officially ON. The excavation is being carried out by SNB Infra (http://www.snbinfra.com/ongoingprojects.htm):

Mass Excavation works for “Raheja Platinum Lower Parel”
Raheja Universal Ltd
Cost: Rs.1100 Lakhs
% completed as on 31.07.2010: 1%
Expected date of completion: Dec 11

how many floors raheja palatinum. is it 85 or 30 floors.

link http://www.mumbaipropertyexchange.com/new-project-search/?curpage=12&ordBy=project_buildings.rating_building%20desc&Construction_Stage=Still%20to%20Begin

The work has just started. Had gone to check out the India one site, and stumbled upon this one and didnt know it until now.Long way to go.
Also happened to see Equifax's India office, its built on Madhusudan das mills compound alongwith HDFC bank. There are 2 cranes on the remaining land of mills compound, dont know what is being built there.

^^ Have they demolished the mills?

They demolished them a while ago.

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/2531/rahejaplatinum.jpg

New render from Raheja Universals website -

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/4083/screenshot20110612at554.png

very nice & pleasing to the eyes. Mumbai architects still needs to get rid of the boxy design. times have changed.

New render from Raheja Universals website -

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/4083/screenshot20110612at554.png

Not bad at all. Liked it.

cool design...

very innovative...

Site Prep is underway, from the pic below......One or more tractors were at the site.

9th, July 2011

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/9227/img0523bs.jpg

Oh man Savz! I can't thank you enough for all the the updates in all the threads :cheersL

The tree was bloacking the full billboard, but is that Raheja Legend is the right last and second from right "Raheja Platinum"???

July 10th, 2011

http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/7484/img0548o.jpg

Raheja Platinum is not on that billboard. The first on behind the tree looks to their project in Mangalore, the second last is Raheja Legend (Worli) and the last is Raheja Excelsior (Tardeo).

Raheja Platinum is not on that billboard. The first on behind the tree looks to their project in Mangalore, the second last is Raheja Legend (Worli) and the last is Raheja Excelsior (Tardeo).

Hmmm....thanks..Hope those crowns come out well like the pics once they r fully complete.

The design of the crowns were changed and made disappointingly smaller.

Doesnt look like there's much happening

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/4822/20110828124.jpg

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/4124/20110828130.jpg

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/3113/20110828128.jpg

Thank you hshah :cheers::cheers:

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/4822/20110828124.jpg

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/4124/20110828130.jpg

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/3113/20110828128.jpg

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/2967/20110828126.jpg

Nice shots hshah. Did you go into the site itself?

Looks like these pics are taken from a double decker bus.

I just realized the pictures are level with the lampposts. My bad :lol:

Nice shots hshah. Did you go into the site itself?

thanks..

just requested a friend who lives close to the site to take a few shots...

Cool. Can you ask him to take a few shots every month if its not a hassle as it would be greatly appreciated. Or can you ask him to join SSC? :)

Cool. Can you ask him to take a few shots every month if its not a hassle as it would be greatly appreciated. Or can you ask him to join SSC? :)

sure...have already asked him to join SSC...even if he doesnt, he will keep sending pics...;)

13th Nov, 2011
Copyright@Savz

Project Updates:

Image#1: Not much of a change, but the Site looks alot cleaner now.
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/5903/rahejaplatinum131120111.jpg

Image#2:
http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/2763/rahejaplatinum131120112.jpg

Image#3:
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/6379/rahejaplatinum131120113.jpg

Image#4:Main Entrance
http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/5411/rahejaplatinum131120114.jpg

10-1-2012
Copyright:Savz

Due to the setting sun, the pic looks dark
http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/1239/20120110162842.jpg