Palais Royale -- Worli

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Location (view on google maps (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=18.999194,72.820451&spn=0.005569,0.010986&sll=19.017615,72.856164&sspn=0.337738,0.512238&gl=us&vpsrc=6&t=h&z=17)):

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May 2008 Project writeup
Mumbai's tallest proposed skyscraper, Palais Royale, has recently been announced by Shree Ram Urban Infrastructure Ltd. Topping out at a whopping 320 meters (that's the equivalent of 90 stories tall, and is almost 1/3 taller than Mumbai's current tallest, The Legend towers u/c!), Palais Royale will be the crown of the booming Worli skyline.

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^ The above is not a rendering of Palais Royale

According to the developer, Vikas S. Kasliwal of Shree Ram Urban Infrastructure Limited, Palais Royale will be built on the former Shree Ram Mills in Worli.

Unfortunately, a rendering of the tower has not been released yet, so I've created some image marcos in its place, pending its release. But the design is finalized, and we know a host of other juicy details about the project.


According to the developer, Shree Ram Urban Infrastructure Limited:
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· Palais Royale will be built on the former Shree Ram Mills in Worli, which, due to the crazy number of highrise skyscrapers coming up in that area, will likely make it the focal point of Mumbai's skyline, surpassing even Parel.

· Will be LEED Platinum certified, claims to be Mumbai's first and the design has been vetted by the Indian Green Building Council (http://www.igbc.in/). However, with so many LEED Platinum-rated skyscrapers all set to begin construction within the year, who knows if which one will be built first...

· Architects are formally announced: Talati & Panthaky Associates locally, working with Lehr Consultants and RWDI Engineering.

· The building at 320 meters will make it Mumbai's tallest planned building -- significantly taller than the 700 ft (230m) what was announced last year. This is taller than the Mumbai's tallest proposed tower, India Tower/DB Tower (301m) at Marine Lines.

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/8256/image023os3.jpg
^ Not a rendering of Palais Royale


Vikas S. Kasliwal of Shree Ram Urban Infrastructure Limited has given a video interview to Moneycontrol.com (http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/video/stockmarket/18/04/newsvideo/254848) with some more details of the project:
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SSC India Forum member Indiansunite managed to get a hold of the project manager:
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.

This jives nicely from what was released last year (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2668268&postcount=8), when they announced plans for a super-lux 60 story skyscraper of 700 feet and 4m high floors. Obviously, the height has been scaled upwards but nothing certain as to if more floors have been added (podium) or if the absurdly high ceilings were raised even further.

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^ Also not a rendering of Palais Royale


While site prep is apparently ongoing, due to the nature of the tower (which will cater to the super-rich a la Oberoi Skyz (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=610434) (also coming up in Worli)) we are not likely to see details of the tower until nearly the final project milestone (also a la Oberoi Skyz (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=610434).)

When more information comes out, I'll keep you updated. Watch this space!

-Jai

For posterity's sake, here's the post I made last year when the first design of this project came out. Again, it has been redesigned and scaled upwards since then.

Mumbai's skyscrapers add to civic woes (http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?category=National&id=100541)
Anjali Doshi
Wednesday, February 7, 2007 (Mumbai):

Promoted by Vikas Kasliwal of Shree Ram Mills, Palais Royale is all set to be one of Mumbai's tallest and most luxurious skyscrapers.

The 700-feet high building, to be ready in 2009, boasts of indoor heated swimming pools, ample parking space and world-class fire safety norms.
Here is the link to the video report (http://www.ndtv.com/ndtvvideo/default.asp?id=11351) of this story. It has a quick peek at both the construction site (construction seems to be underway) as well as a quck pan on the elevation.

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It took some time to splice the screencaps together. I think it is in correct proportion.
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Vikas Kasliwal of Shree Ram Mills also said this in the video report:
"It doesn't have too many stories, but since each storey has a very good height we've gone to very good heights. It will probably end up being a fairly tall building. We're not aiming to be the tallest building, but I think we may just end up being one of the tallest."

The newsreader also said:
But the title city's tallest is hotly contested. In the next two years three projects will vie for that honor.

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From

http://www.sewconstructions.com/inside/news.html

The following works have been awarded recently.

15.Construction of skyscraper at Mumbai, Maharashtra

Construction of Palais Royale building.

Client : Shree Ram Urban Infastructure, Shree Ram Mills Limited, Worli, Mumbai.

Value : Rs. 600.00 million

^^ after seeing that I had called SEW last month to inquire about the project. The details of the call are quoted in Jai's post. I still have the manager's # and will call him soon.

anyways, as posted in the update thread, this is the architect's website which is u/c at the moment -> http://www.tparch.net/


This could be Shree Ram Urban Infra's website u/c -> http://www.shreeramurban.com/

It looks a bit unprofessional so it maybe owned by some smartass who just bought the domain to possibly sell it off to SRUIL.

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Ankush, read Jai's post again. The old proposal which was unveiled last year called for a 700ft tower. Now the height has been scaled up.

I'll post some site pictures soon, but from what I know, it will be 48floors (Probably the remaining will be parking etc).

Also, the flats will range from a minimum of 8000 to 15000 sqft. Currently quoting 50k/sqft!

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1157916

Mumbai will soon boast of the first green residential building in India.

IGBC (Indian Green Building Council), which is part of CII (Confederation of Indian Industry), said last week that Shree Ram Urban Infrastructure Limited (SRUIL) is building ‘Palais Royale’ at Worli.

The project will also be India’s first residential building aspiring to achieve the prestigious The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum rating.

With the project cost at $200 million, the 320-metre-high tower is designed by the well-known architect firm, Talathy & Panthaky, in association with foreign consultants such as Lehr Associates of New York and RWDI, Canada.

The building will boast of 100% on-site sewage treatment, thus stopping 30 million gallons of waste per year from reaching the city’s overburdened sewerage system.

The building will also have 100% waste management. Most of the waste will be used to generate organic manure to enhance the green ecosystem within the building premises and the remaining waste will be recycled.

“The building will save 30 per cent to 40 per cent energy and 20 per cent to 30 per cent water. Green Buildings also effectively contribute towards reducing carbon emission. For every one million sq.ft of constructed green building footprint, the CO2 reduction is around 12,000 tonnes per annum,’’ S Raghupathy, senior director and head of IGBC, said.

Spread over 25 lakh sq ft at Shreeram Mills in Lower Parel, the luxury building will have 100 apartments with areas of 8,700 sq ft and 14,000 sq ft. With a floor plate of 5 lakh sq ft, the premises will have amenities like a cinema house, spa, cricket pitch, soccer field and three swimming pools.

Company officials said that each of the 12 villas (apartments of 14,000 sq ft) will have an in-house swimming pool.

“The LEED Platinum-rated green building will incorporate the latest engineering and design technologies,’’ Vikas Kasliwal, vice-chairman of SRUIL, said. “The building will be eligible for carbon credits, thus bringing down maintenance costs,” Kasliwal added.

The first energy-efficient commercial office building in India is the Godrej Green Business Centre at Hyderabad, built eight years ago.

m_rajshri@dnaindia.net

Sweet. Now not only do I know all the info about the building, I also know every single non-rendering of Palais Royale!

Found this rendering here (http://picasaweb.google.com/itshuman/GreenBuildingsInIndia)

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wow... let's hope not

Guys, someone wants to contact me regarding Shree Ram Urban Infrastructure by PM...are you guys getting the same request? I'll accept, maybe there's a render in it, unless he's inquiring about it...no need to ask me for that

wow... let's hope not

totally man.

MS, nope

You know, on second glance, this might actually be a rendering of the old design:

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The line drawing on the right seems to be a cut-away view in the plane drawn right down the middle of the flat side facing foreground-right in the rendering on the left. Both renderings imply that the front of the building is the unseen angle in the left rendering (i.e., we're seeing the back of the building), and the front is on the right and side of the right drawing. The building in the rendering also just doesn't look 320m tall


If so, something (better) may yet come of this!

^^ He was asking me for pricing information. Like wtf?? :lol:

and yeah, Jai, I too thought it was a render of the old design. Very similar looking. If it isn't, let's hope this isn't the render.

I'll post some site pictures soon, but from what I know, it will be 48floors (Probably the remaining will be parking etc).

Also, the flats will range from a minimum of 8000 to 15000 sqft. Currently quoting 50k/sqft!

50k Per SQFT is like 40 cr ($10 million) for the 8000sqft flat (minimum). That would make the 15000 flat(maximum) to be 75cr ($18.75 million).....and that is way tooo expensive.
R u sure about the price??

50k Per SQFT is like 40 cr ($10 million) for the 8000sqft flat (minimum). That would make the 15000 flat(maximum) to be 75cr ($18.75 million).....and that is way tooo expensive.
R u sure about the price??

In one of the news video on Feb, the builder said the price of each of 80 flats is approx 30,000 per sq ft - Rs 21 cr. and height to be 700 feet. The height must have changed now though as 320m is around 1000 feet.

Hey,

Here is a link i found which have a rendering of Polais Royale. I don't know whether its posted before in other thread. The news source on this site too is from DNA but this site has a rendering.

http://propertybytes.indiaproperty.com/Images/March08/palais.jpg

http://propertybytes.indiaproperty.com/?p=2121

Mumbaifans, Welcome aboard SSC-India.

That's a render of Raheja Legend also coming up in Worli

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=610742

Thanx for reminding me. After seeing that rendering i too was thinking that i have seen it before.

finally there's some news on the project -

Developers design luxury as competition mounts in realty market (http://in.biz.yahoo.com/080723/203/6vt1w.html)
Competition is hotting up in the $12 billion Indian real estate market with developers building skyscrapers and partnering with worldwide spas and engineering companies.

City-based developer, Shree Ram Urban Infrastructure (SRUI), is planning to partner with worldwide spa companies such as Thailand-based Banyan Tree and Madrid of Hong Kong in order to set up 10,000 sq ft luxurious spa in its Palais Royale 50-storeyed skyscraper complex in Worli, on the lines of One Brand Square, a super luxurious residential skyscraper (also called lung of Manhatten).

Vikas Kasliwal, vice-chairman and CEO, SRUI told FE, "Over 70 apartments in Palais Royale will have an area size of 8,000 to 15,000 sq ft." Similarly, DB Realty is currently talking to worldwide engineering companies in order to provide new technological offerings to flat buyers. Lodha Group too is developing various facility management schemes for flat buyers.

SRUI has started developing the foundation base for Palais Royale at Worli in Mumbai, which will be Mumbai's first residential green building. The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), an industry body promoting green buildings, claims that Palais Royale will have cent per cent on-site sewage treatment and waste management system, bringing in huge savings for residents. Kasliwal said, "The construction cost can be recovered in 3-5 years' time, and the savings could be a 35% cut in power bills. Palais Royale will be ready by 2010-end. We are planning to provide amenities to service providers at Palais Royale which will include medical facilities, among others."

Competitor, Lodha Group's Lodha Bellisimo's (at Mahalaxmi) A and B wing will be ready by 2009-end, and, C wing by 2011 wherein the elevator (with finger print access) opens directly into one's residence. There is also an exclusive private elevator that connects the two levels of one's duplex home. Lodha Group has tied up with Kapadia Associate, Architects, Sitetectonix, Singapore for Landscape and Johnson Controls Inc (JCI),USA for facility management.

Oberoi Woods, a premium residential development with three residential towers of 35 floors each (80 acres project in Goregaon) is offering skating rink, 3 podium level car park apart from open air theatre. Shapoorji Pallonji has started marketing its twin residential tower project whereby flat buyers will be able to avail possession in the next two years, according to its officials.

Darn, the render that Suncity posted was indeed of Palais Royale.

The final nail in the coffin, via Construction World magazine-

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ugly as sin





edit- that's going to be my official CW Reader Response™

there's no way that's gonna be 320 meters tall...

thats is shockingly ugly....the person who designed that should have his hands chopped off....assuming he had hands in the first place

YEa that's definitely less than 320 meters tall.
No way that surpasses 50 stories.
Though the design is mundane, it's very spacious I say.
Not bad for a residential tower, but still mundane for a "skyscraper"

Wait!
Now that I read the article (which we should all do before criticising), the tower might still be 300 meters tall, but because the building itself is 100 meters wide it looks short.
THe amount of floors is still low, but it's very nice that they collaborated with IIT Mumbai to build a safe tower.
It's really good that they actually took into account wind,and the tower's proximity to the TV towers.
These kind of things are neglected in India so we have to laud this effort.
Now only if the building looked better...................
Atleast it's very eco-freindly.

Royale with cheese indeed

thats is shockingly ugly....the person who designed that should have his hands chopped off....assuming he had hands in the first place

:lol::lol:

This project seems like big promises made for us to dream.

We should only talk about it once it takes off. Till then, it is just like another dream for Bombayites!

Site image-
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Related article from Hycrete waterproof concrete system's website (http://www.hycrete.com/site/news/115.html):


Hycrete Sees Boom In Demand For Waterproofing Product
By Sari Krieger

9/2/2008 – Green concrete product maker Hycrete Inc. has seen its business boom recently with nine new projects in India within the last few months and 60 new projects over the last two years, Clean Technology Insight has learned.

"[Companies] are getting a taste of the performance," said Hycrete Chief Executive David Rosenberg in an interview. "They saw some early success in a project and the testing has been off the charts."

The Carlstadt, N.J.-based company makes a solution that waterproofs concrete when added to it, negating the need for a protective membrane on a building. Because membranes are petroleum-based, Hycrete's product provides environmental benefits too. Rosenberg also says the product allows builders to complete a structure faster and cheaper and makes maintenance easier.

Over the last three months, Hycrete has seen its product used in nine new projects in six locations in India. Rosenberg said the damp environment and construction boom in India makes it a good location for this product. "It looks like there is no end in sight [in India]," Rosenberg said. "The whole country is under construction. They're making up for lost time and with the growing middle class and higher wealth in the country, there is construction going on everywhere."

The boom in Indian business includes the Palais Royale in Mumbai, which required 100,000 gallons of the company's product. Before this sale, the company's biggest project had been a U.S. building that needed 10,000 gallons. A typical 30 story building foundation would require 8,000 gallons of the waterproofing solution, Rosenberg said.

While Rosenberg said he couldn't specify the exact value of the Palais project, he said it was worth more than $1 million for the company. The other new projects in India used between thousands to millions of dollars worth of Hycrete's product, Rosenberg said. And he said he expects more big projects to come.

The company started operations in 2003 and expects to hit its 100th project by the end of the year. Rosenberg estimates that the product was used in 30 projects in 2007 and 30 already this year. He expects at least 10 more by the end of 2008.
The first few years were slow, Rosenberg said, because the construction industry was reluctant to change.

"In the construction industry there is the big sense of 'I want to see it to believe it'," he said. "But if you can show them it can be done and it has been done they get comfortable. Somewhere in the past two years ago we crossed that threshold into ‘this works'." Rosenberg said the company's growth will continue to "explode" and it will expand into Europe this year.

Ashley Katz, a spokeswoman for the independent U.S. Green Building Council said green concrete is used by many buildings certified as green by the council.

Hycrete in July closed a Series C round of financing, raising $15 million for international expansion and hiring new staff. Rosenberg said at the time that the company planned to use the money to hire new personnel and break ground on two new manufacturing facilities -- one on the west coast of the U.S. and one at a yet-to-be-determined international location.

The company also plans to hire new personnel to direct its marketing and manufacturing operations.

Updates ?

January 3
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so this thing is going to be the tallest skyscraper in mumbai and as the widest? i guess that makes the boring design justifiable

I guess it is. DB tower hasnt stated construction yet so this one is. Great update IU.

What the current scenario about Shree ram mills Palias royale?

Is the construction halted as all others constructions has !!!

In Pune all the constructions works are halted ....

IF any body has any updates please let everybody know.

Thanks
Amol

^^ At SSCI, we like knowing all the information about construction and then withholding it. Now that you asked, we at SSCI would like to tell you that Palais Royale has been completed and was occupied by tenants last month.

^^ At SSCI, we like knowing all the information about construction and then withholding it. Now that you asked, we at SSCI would like to tell you that Palais Royale has been completed and was occupied by tenants last month.

I am gonna visit mumbai next month... Will update here anyways ...
Meanwhile any mumbaikar living near by can update..

Thanks

sorry to be dull but what is that pic of?
O wait i get it site prep.And the cores rising.
Sorry im a bit slow .aye aye .
Ok ,whats the 2 biggies in the distant murk? S D?
and does that mean that as we speak there are 3 near 1000 footers goin up ?
maximum.

The two biggies in the distant murk you are referring to are Legend & Mirage.

The other twin towers on the left are Kalpataru Horizon in case anyone were wondering.

Ya that is Mirage and Legend infront of the TV Tower.

Palais Royale will be Bombay's first Corian cladded tower.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is good news.

Even if its Corian cladded it is ugly! :puke:

Its going to ruin the Worli skyline. I hope it gets redesigned soon.

So its 50 floors with 320m? Dont look like its got 50 floors or even gets close to 320m.

Its going to ruin the Worli skyline. I hope it gets designed soon.

I'm guessing you meant, 'redesign'. That's not going to happen, I'm afraid.

IMO, Corian is surely better suited to Bombay's weather, and will ensure that the building looks as good as new even after years of use. I think this is a much better (although much more expensive) alternative to the run-of-the-mill alluminium finishes we've seen over the past decade.

Expect the building to have interesting details (Talati & Panthaki is a stickler for perfect detailing). Hopefully, this detailing will take the edge off the overall uninspiring design (from up-close, atleast).

Unrelated to Palais Royale, but related to Talati and Panthaki Architects & Worli:
The ground floor (road level) of Ceejay House in Worli (TPA office), will soon be home to one of Jaguar's (JLR) few corporate showrooms around the world. :cheers:

^^Ye oops

posted by Zhiemi in the cityscape thread-


February 26
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^ the building behind the site is Raheja Atlantis.

The next morning -

February 27
Copyright DixonBaxi
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Time to update the thread title to U/C? looks considerably past site prep to me now..

So it is the hexagon shaped building after all, eh?

^^ octagon, u meant?

has the height really been verified to be 320 mt.?

The next morning -

February 27
Copyright DixonBaxi
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what a beautiful photograph!

March 30 - U/C on the right
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March 30 - U/C on the right
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Nice update IU, btw this one is going up real fast - 5 floors per month if you compare the latest with the 27/2 photograph. That's impressive anywhere in the World!:cheers:

:banana:here we have something massive in the making....it simply looks holy moly in the pics...

March 30 - U/C on the right
Copyright Deven
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Ya know it might not look that bad.

Nice update IU, btw this one is going up real fast - 5 floors per month if you compare the latest with the 27/2 photograph. That's impressive anywhere in the World!:cheers:

Infact I see no substantial work done when we compare picture. Is the work in progress or stalled or slow progress ???

thanx for great pics people

The elevator core can now be seen from Haji Ali-

May 19
Copyright Mehul Prajapati
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for those who couldn't spot it, it's right infront of the left most Beaumonde tower.

^^

Thanks for pointing that out.

:cheers:

Wow the towers gonna ruin that nice area. To balance it out we need few more towers over 200 metres.

I hope it turns out good in the end.

Ad in Construction World magazine (June ed)-

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any new update on this one guys?

No. If we did it would be posted here.

view from the BWSL:

Jul 5
Copyright Renjumat
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.........^^

^^ Cool. Almost done.

good to see 300 meter plus building u/c in mumbai but the design of the building is rediculous. they could've been more creative.

^^ Cool. Almost done.


No it's not. I think you have the wrong building in mind.

^^ Cool. Almost done.

I suppose you are mistaken here. There is no 300m+ tower anywhere in the pic yet. IU posted pic of Raheja Legend and RNA Mirage. The pic only shows the partly constructed elevator shaft of Palais Royale(check the left corner).

No it's not. I think you have the wrong building in mind.

I suppose you are mistaken here. There is no 300m+ tower anywhere in the pic yet. IU posted pic of Raheja Legend and RNA Mirage. The pic only shows the partly constructed elevator shaft of Palais Royale(check the left corner).

Yup.

Six new floors since last post. Seems like good progress...

I suppose you are mistaken here. There is no 300m+ tower anywhere in the pic yet. IU posted pic of Raheja Legend and RNA Mirage. The pic only shows the partly constructed elevator shaft of Palais Royale(check the left corner).

There is.....the DD TV Tower

Update from LiveMint.com (http://www.livemint.com/2009/07/16225119/Skyhigh-plans.html).

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/3521/909c0694c04846bbabc8ff8.jpg

this ones rising quick. so looks like this would be indias first 300 meter+ building.

^Yup.

India's first official Supertall is underway.... , I hope it's just the start in terms of many more to come

Im already begining to see how ugly this thing will be once finished.

The guys who are building it should be penalised for their audacity to build such a monster.

:bash:

Im already begining to see how ugly this thing will be once finished.

The guys who are building it should be penalised for their audacity to build such a monster.

:bash:

Once it starts rising you'll see several SSCi members here(including you & me) sucking to it. All will be forgiven then.

I don't know. I think it might not look that bad.

well we have to wait and see how it turns out but if you look at the rendering it is disgusting its like a very cheap version of SD tower which we all know arent that good anyways.

According to reliable sources in the industry, the height of Palais Royale will be increased from the current 320 metres. The installation of some sort of radar system (can't elaborate further) at CSIA will afford the builders a considerable height increase.
90 + floors for this one is CERTAIN!

At about a 100 crores a pop, most of the flats have already been sold. CRAZY!

Wow. If that's the case, the iconic tower should come up then.

According to reliable sources in the industry, the height of Palais Royale will be increased from the current 320 metres. The installation of some sort of radar system (can't elaborate further) at CSIA will afford the builders a considerable height increase.
90 + floors for this one is CERTAIN!

At about a 100 crores a pop, most of the flats have already been sold. CRAZY!

100 crores? thats crazy for that location. its surrounded by chawls and off a congested 2 lane road

According to reliable sources in the industry, the height of Palais Royale will be increased from the current 320 metres. The installation of some sort of radar system (can't elaborate further) at CSIA will afford the builders a considerable height increase.
90 + floors for this one is CERTAIN!

At about a 100 crores a pop, most of the flats have already been sold. CRAZY!

honey thats not true 100 crores get your facts right. it would be like the world most expencive flat ever, even SRKs bunglow was only 50 crores and its in front of beach.

you can buy million times more with 100 crore rupees in India, where did you get that from?

honey thats not true 100 crores get your facts right. it would be like the world most expencive flat ever, even SRKs bunglow was only 50 crores and its in front of beach.

you can buy million times more with 100 crore rupees in India, where did you get that from?

I'll not be surprised at all. Remember, Mr Vinod Khanna paid 30 crores for a 3bhk (2500 sqft) apartment at Malabar Hill more than a year back!

http://www.indianrealtynews.com/real-estate-india/at-rs-12lsqft-vinod-khanna-sets-realty-record-in-mumbai.html

there's a difference between malabar hill a year ago and a patli gully in worli today. unless the flats are 20-30,000 sq. ft. each i cant imagine it being anywhere near 100 cr

honey thats not true 100 crores get your facts right. it would be like the world most expencive flat ever, even SRKs bunglow was only 50 crores and its in front of beach.

you can buy million times more with 100 crore rupees in India, where did you get that from?

Why must we make some piece of Bollywood cheese the benchmark for anything at all, including the supposed cost of his rather tacky looking suburban mansion (IMO, that old bungalow looked MUCH better before he laid his filmi-esque hands on them)? :nuts:

Like I said, got that info from a reliable source, so whether you believe it or not is up to you.
I think the 100 crore figure is a bit outrageous as well, but then each apartment has a small pool and a host of other facilities. Not that the inclusion of a pool hikes up the cost to the ridiculous 100 crore figure, but you never know nowadays.

WOW man. How big are the apartments then, any ideas? I am guessing at least 2000 Square feet?

would have to be 20,000 to be even half-way believable. 2,000 would mean Rs. 5 lacs/sq ft

Ok, I checked again, and I was the penthouse was sold for that much, and its huge, about 15,000 + sq.ft.

That makes sense now.

would have to be 20,000 to be even half-way believable. 2,000 would mean Rs. 5 lacs/sq ft

The reason I said 2000 because I think 20,000 would be a huge number for all the apartments in the building. But now KB said it's for the penthouse for around 15,000 sqft which makes sense.

The reason I said 2000 because I think 20,000 would be a huge number for all the apartments in the building. But now KB said it's for the penthouse for around 15,000 sqft which makes sense.

Initially when the plan for palias royale put... I heard and read that each appratment will be 8000 to 10000 sq ft... If take 100 crores that would be 1 lakh per sq ft. that huge ...

Coffman Engineers are the structural engineers of this project. Info on their website:


Mumbai Residential High-Rise Tower (http://www.coffman.com/projects/project_details.asp?id=80)

Upscale residential super high-rise tower (80+ stories tall) in Mumbai (Bombay) India, a city where real estate prices are among the highest in the world. The building, which will offer super luxury apartments with all amenities for residents, is claimed by some to become the tallest building in India when the structure is completed in late 2009. The structural system consists of high strength concrete shear walls, columns, beams and slabs supported by a mat foundation pinned by rock anchors. There will be four to five basement levels, used mostly for parking. Coffman Engineers has been selected by the owners to evaluate and optimize the lateral force resisting system, including the introduction of damping devices, to enhance the performance of the building in earthquakes and in response to wind loading.

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Nice. 80+ Floors. Wow.. Its going to be fantastic...

the structure is completed in late 2009

really? doesnt look like it. would be impressive if its completed by next year

I saw this structure when the foundations were being made, had posted here too. The penthouses/duplex (multiple) are around 12,000 sqft and 8,000 for the regular flats. Penthouses will have a private pool etc.
Kasliwals were expecting 50,000/sqft, I know someone who bought a flat for 40cr. It's similar to what another guy paid for a 40+ floor duplex at the Imperial Towers.

I think its silly though, you can get an apartment at Buckley Court for 32cr, and the apartments and location are FAR better.

I'll check the details for the Royale again, my information is around a year old.

Although at the prices they are claiming to have sold the apartments, buy some Shree Ram Urban. Ridiculously under priced :) edit:it's 100 bucks more than I remember ... but still decent

40 crores??? Holy ...... can't believe the rates are so high man.

mumbai is the 8th most expencive place so dont be surpriced.

mumbai is the 8th most expencive place so dont be surpriced.

Hey where are you getting that number from? Kinda curious. After seeing some of the posts here I thought Mumbai real estate market would be among the top five expensive markets in the world but I was surprised when I saw this list.

"On March 23, Knight Frank released the Wealth Report 2009, a survey of high-end, prime real estate around the world."

Here is the list: http://www.cnbc.com/id/29862382

Hey where are you getting that number from? Kinda curious. After seeing some of the posts here I thought Mumbai real estate market would be among the top five expensive markets in the world but I was surprised when I saw this list.

"On March 23, Knight Frank released the Wealth Report 2009, a survey of high-end, prime real estate around the world."

Here is the list: http://www.cnbc.com/id/29862382

If i am not mistaken, the number 8th (or whatever) is for commercial properties....not residential....the list above is for residential....

Why this building doesnt have a thread on international forums?

I'm surprised about how many things are being built in Mumbai... I had not idea

Why this building doesnt have a thread on international forums?

We don't want the world to know that is a freakin ugly building rising in Mumbai. It would be ok for a highrise, but a supertall :doh:

Oh come on... is not as ugly as you say

Anyone else want a thread for it in the international forums?

Anyone else want a thread for it in the international forums?


NO :ohno:

^I thought so :D

We don't want the world to know that is a freakin ugly building rising in Mumbai. It would be ok for a highrise, but a supertall :doh:

@320m, even a plain wall would be an object of admiration. Wait till it starts rising!! I am damn sure, you'll be the first one to open a thread in International forum & start posting pictures.

Still, if you are not satisfied there is always 530m iconic tower & 600m Signature tower to fall upon.

June construction diagram from Meva's highrise portfolio brochure (www2.meva.de/wMeva/download/referenzmappe/09-high-rise-buildings-Portfolio-GB.pdf)

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Why people are hating this thing so much? Yes, consediring that this is going to be the first supertall structure in the city they should have been a bit more innovative on the design front,nevertheless it is quite a standard design for a residential building. On any given day it is far better than some of the pencil thin or some of the supposedly better looking buildings with 18th cetury lattice work or any other art work for that matter. It has a simple and clean design and if the finish is good it, thanks to it height will look quite good. So come on let us welcome it to dominate over the mumbai skyline.:)

Why people are hating this thing so much? Yes, consediring that this is going to be the first supertall structure in the city they should have been a bit more innovative on the design front,nevertheless it is quite a standard design for a residential building. On any given day it is far better than some of the pencil thin or some of the supposedly better looking buildings with 18th cetury lattice work or any other art work for that matter. It has a simple and clean design and if the finish is good it, thanks to it height will look quite good. So come on let us welcome it to dominate over the mumbai skyline.:)

its hated due to one simple reason. Its one ugly concrete rectangular box just like Resident Anthilla & everything else coming up around Bombay.

its residential, so thats hardly a surprise

Anyone else want a thread for it in the international forums?

I do. Please wait while it comes up and we have more better and clear pictures of it.

its hated due to one simple reason. Its one ugly concrete rectangular box just like Resident Anthilla & everything else coming up around Bombay.

Don't expect anything revolutionary with a residential tower.

^ Exactly. I wouldn't want to live in a shiny glass and steel tower. It's hot enough in Bombay as it is

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@320m, even a plain wall would be an object of admiration. Wait till it starts rising!! I am damn sure, you'll be the first one to open a thread in International forum & start posting pictures.

Still, if you are not satisfied there is always 530m iconic tower & 600m Signature tower to fall upon.

It is rising, and I will open a thread. We won't be able to hide it once it's 300m high. I'm sure we will all learn to like it eventually...

edit: I was just about to start a thread, but then I realised we don't even know how many floors it will have.

I was just about to start a thread, but then I realised we don't even know how many floors it will have.

Likely to be around 80

^They said each floor would have increased floor hieght so I'd think it would be around 50-60. I tried to count in the render and only got 49.

There might be some parking floors as well which might take at least 40-50 meters.

I do. Please wait while it comes up and we have more better and clear pictures of it.

I don't think we will get better renders. I'll let IU or Jai have the honor of starting the international thread.

You just found a reason to add another post, didn't you? You replying me after a month or so when the talk has already died down, mer101?

^Well everyone forgot about it. So when are we gonna start a international thread? We can't hide our first supertall project from the world when it's already started rising.

No we should just hide it. People will notice it when they see it in the skyline. And we can pretend like we knew all along, wow what a great building.

here's a new render from Vigyan Technologies' website (http://www.vigyantech.com/major-projects/81-palais-royale-worli-mumbai.html) -

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/6059/palaisroyale.jpg

Their scope of work is - Analysis & design of Post Tensioned flat slab & transfer PT beams & Girders including submission of shop drawings.


some project details:

Number of floor levels: Basement + Ground + 66 upper + Terrace

Building dimensioning: 75m x 80m

Floor height : 4.2m at Parking Level ; 8.4m at Amenity level

more details of the design can be found here -> http://www.vigyantech.com/major-projects/81-palais-royale-worli-mumbai.html

Ah, great work as always IU. Your always digging out some good info or renders.

Anyway, guess it looks alright.

Nice.

September 28 - view from Raheja Atlantis
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Beautiful sky... where'd all the pollution go?!!!

ya its irony that mumbai is the least polluted city in india

ya its irony that mumbai is the least polluted city in india

not really , considering that it's so close to the sea and 88% of the population uses public transport.

^^still wat i said was pretty much true..

Beautiful sky... where'd all the pollution go?!!!

Couple of possible reasons - or a combination of the two

1. Post rains in the monsoon, the haze clears because the suspended particulate matter precipitates with the rain + sea breezes change direction and sweep the haze out

2. A clever use of a UV filter on the fish-eye lens - just cuts thru the grey hues and enhances the blue region of the spectrum

Am a Mumbaikar, but even I could never claim that Mumbai is a lo-pollution city. That day aint dawning anytime soon

the sky is clearly worked on, the light is totally different compared to the foreground

but we do get some extremely clear days in bombay, especially after the monsoons. the last month or so has seen more than their fair share of such clear skies

^Really. Widh it was like that clear more often.

Anyway, got a request (kinda) from a few people for a thread on this. And noonw in the internation forum seems to think this ones ugly. So I'm starting a thread.

If that's the latest rendering, it seems hard to believe the tower is actually 320 m. By my count there are 50 or fewer floors, and I doubt the many floors of parking will have extra high ceilings. I suppose the mechanical penthouse makes up for some of that, but still, the rendering doesn't make it look like a supertall.

not really , considering that it's so close to the sea and 88% of the population uses public transport.

Being close to the sea reduces air pollution. But still Mumbai is not the least polluted among Metros. I think Chennai is the least polluted followed by Hyderabad. Ahmedabad is the most polluted followed by Delhi. I will post the source, if I get it. I saw it somewhere in the pollution control board or some other authentic website

The supertall thread has some choice words about the project and rightly so , only hope is that the thread sinks into oblivion and spares Mumbai the embarresment and "how crap is this" comments cause lets face it , thats all this thing is going to get.

So much for the bright idea of the Intl. thread.

^Yee, its real ugly according to the world. Well now we know what every one thinks of it. I so badly hope that the thread sinks to the back of the forum but people won't stop posting in it. I've never seen a supertall thread with 98% of the comments saying its ugly. Must be the worst looking supertall on earth.

Lets wait for a few more floors to come up and then some paint and see.

^Yee, its real ugly according to the world. Well now we know what every one thinks of it. I so badly hope that the thread sinks to the back of the forum but people won't stop posting in it. I've never seen a supertall thread with 98% of the comments saying its ugly. Must be the worst looking supertall on earth.

Lol... are you actually surprised, i mean, you've seen the renders right?

This beast gives Planet Godrej competition in the ugly stakes. Like a Multi-Storey Car-Park on Roids.

Sods law says it will probably get built ahead of schedule and look exactly like the render!

Lol... are you actually surprised, i mean, you've seen the renders right?

This beast gives Planet Godrej competition in the ugly stakes. Like a Multi-Storey Car-Park on Roids.

Sods law says it will probably get built ahead of schedule and look exactly like the render!

Even though Planet Godrej is no better than this(Maybe worse), the international thread had better comments.

Palais Royale (u/c) and Raheja Atlantis (t/o)

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^Hey, what's that rising next to it?

you just had to post that update in Intl section , didnt you.

You know the tower is disgusting and a sample of how poor supertall design can get and you've also seen the response Intl section. Then why bother updating there India 101

I know, the only posted it because some guy bumped the thread. I was hoping it would just sink to the bottom of the forum.

The wost "piece of shit" skyscraper I have ever seen. Sure, it's 320 mts. Good. But its uglier than my face and thats never really a good thing now is it? ;)

I like this building.

lets wait till it gets finished till we pass final judgement. The renders are horrendous though. This can potentially turn out to be the Porsche of skyscrapers - great in functionality but as lame looking as a duck!!:lol:

The wost "piece of shit" skyscraper I have ever seen. Sure, it's 320 mts. Good. But its uglier than my face and thats never really a good thing now is it? ;)

then i will like to see ur face post it

haha

most 1000 footers look alright once they're up, unless they get the floor plan size all wrong..Unlikely though.
Is this till gonna be 320mtrs?and when is it due to top out?
And just off the top of yer 'eads, how many 100mtr plus buildings- thats 30 stories- gone up in mumbai in the last 4 years.
Am i gonna get a shock wen i arrive next month?
Cheers D

Hope we don't get shock when you go next month and come back w/o any pictures. :)

It will hopefully be ready by 2011.

Hope we don't get shock when you go next month and come back w/o any pictures. :)

It will hopefully be ready by 2011.

I resemble that remark.I posted quite a few last time...
I can take 'em but it takes me about 10 years of messin about to learn how to post em..:nuts:

its a beautiful building. i don't know why you guys think its ugly.
ever heard of the 'pentagon' in the usa? now imagine a building with a few more sides and 10 times larger in size. that's what we are looking at. mumbai should be proud of itself.

its a beautiful building. i don't know why you guys think its ugly.
ever heard of the 'pentagon' in the usa? now imagine a building with a few more sides and 10 times larger in size. that's what we are looking at. mumbai should be proud of itself.

No. If this building were to be demolished tomorrow, its rubble would look better than the actually constructed thingy.

No. If this building were to be demolished tomorrow, its rubble would look better than the actually constructed thingy.

:rofl:...and then some!

Guys. Just wait for a few more months.

Looks like the Palais (u/c) will have a big footprint

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^Its a monster. Like a fortress. terrible.

Yeah!!!! That does look like its going to be huge. 320 metres was it? Great

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^^ Just look at the girth of the structure. At 320m, the building would look overwhelmingly massive:nuts: It is going to make a dwarf out of everything in its surroundings

Is it only me or does anybody else think that the pace is a little slow here? Below is the pic from january 3 and in nearly 11 months later it has barely risen to 11 floors. Compare this to Viviera that are more than 1/2 way through and 3 towers instead of just 1.

January 3
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^^ Just look at the girth of the structure. At 320m, the building would look overwhelmingly massive:nuts: It is going to make a dwarf out of everything in its surroundings

it a blue whale ..........just size and nothin else.....we want a dragon or a godzilla here

enormous and ugly to boot. Shudder to see the final product. Hopefully it may not turn out as ugly as we think - given that our expectations are essentially none!

I actually like this building for once.

Guys i would suggest just wait & watch. i have seen the same thing happened for Delhi's civic center building as well but finally when it got over every one had to eat their words. It won't look that bad once it gets over, i hope. Mumbai badly needs a good skyline with highrises like this. Lets hope the final product will really turn out well. And i also agree with ab041937..the progress seems to be really slow :(

congrats india, you're developping your cities a lot, some day preetty soon i'll pay a visit to your beautiful country....greetings from panama...!!!

Guys i would suggest just wait & watch. i have seen the same thing happened for Delhi's civic center building as well but finally when it got over every one had to eat their words. It won't look that bad once it gets over, i hope. Mumbai badly needs a good skyline with highrises like this. Lets hope the final product will really turn out well. And i also agree with ab041937..the progress seems to be really slow :(

You may well be right Stranger. And I hope you are and that the final product truly turns out to be nice. It would be easier to say I was wrong compared to having what currently looks like a monstrosity inflicted upon the skyline. Fingers are crossed! Cheers

slow progress means money problems. Be prepared 4 for not 320mtrs...

slow progress means money problems. Be prepare 4 for not 320mtrs...

Its gonna be 300 mts, 60 fl.. not much difference, but still............ There will be some kind of an international "tall buildings" conference in Mumbai (really don't kn ow the details yet) and will be a presentation on this monster there. This is the official figure quoted.

slow progress means money problems. Be prepare 4 for not 320mtrs...

Its gonna be 300 mts, 60 fl.. not much difference, but still............ There will be some kind of an international "tall buildings" conference in Mumbai (really don't kn ow the details yet) and will be a presentation on this monster there. This is the official figure quoted.

good prediction dreadathecontrols.......

I really dont think its a money issue.

Skyscrapers take time to build(2-3 years atleast). So by the time it opens the financial crunch will be over and india will be back to 9% growth.

Maybe they delaying it for that very reason

Its gonna be 300 mts, 60 fl.. not much difference, but still............ There will be some kind of an international "tall buildings" conference in Mumbai (really don't kn ow the details yet) and will be a presentation on this monster there. This is the official figure quoted.


Check the Times of india todays edition on 3rd page there is a one page adv. for the same. Palias royale finds mention and there will be discussion on it. Pune edition of TOI the adv. is there... I dont know about Mumbai.

Check the Times of india todays edition on 3rd page there is a one page adv. for the same. Palias royale finds mention and there will be discussion on it. Pune edition of TOI the adv. is there... I dont know about Mumbai.

Yes GreyCells, that is correct. I picked this stats up from today TOI.


good prediction dreadathecontrols.......

Yupp... dreadthecontrols in maah main man... him 'n' me... we gonna plan some kinda political coup to overthrow democracy in this country... ain't that right buddy!!!!!!!! :banana: :banana: :banana:

Yupp... dreadthecontrols in maah main man... him 'n' me... we gonna plan some kinda political coup to overthrow democracy in this country... ain't that right buddy!!!!!!!! :banana: :banana: :banana:
we are?
I mean
WE ARE.
sounds like fun
only if youre the boss man.
iman only control the dreads.
give me the army oif jutta'd juna arcara and i shall delivery you maha bharat...


erm i think thast the plan .Aint it?:nuts:

Okay I have to get this straight dreads... are you a rapper?

I always read your responses in an indo-brit rapper accent, and it's starting to get a little bit annoying! :bash:

W O W

Lol it's Jay Sean in disguise

This building has a simple uncomplicated design and it is the simple designs that look elegant. Hopefully this supertall would look good if the finishing is good.

no im not a rapper. i try to post in a slightly 'poetical' style to entrtain.if its annoying then , oh well.my posts are rarely so interesting due to - probably needed- modding on SSC that you have to read them at all. I think im on some 'unseen' list, with others, in other country sections.you can always do that !!
-Forgot how to but im sure a mod can fill you.A persons name comes up but not there post-clever stuff..

I was kidding dude... u rock ;)

I always try to read your posts like a rapper would. It's fun... but its hard when im in the office... and people can see my head bobbing up and down. :lol:

I was kidding dude... u rock ;)

I always try to read your posts like a rapper would. It's fun... but its hard when im in the office... and people can see my head bobbing up and down. :lol:

:cheers: !!

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Indias-tallest-home-tower-rises-in-Worli/articleshow/5302520.cms

India’s tallest home tower rises in Worli
Nauzer Bharucha, TNN 5 December 2009, 02:27am ISTText Size:|Topics:Mumbai
Worli
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building is coming up.

With sanctions already in place for a height of 298 metres, Palais Royale, the ultra-luxury skyscraper, is almost at par with the 300-metre-tall television tower nearby. When completed, the building will be a good 48 metres higher than Shapoorji Pallonji’s twin towers, Imperial Heights, in Tardeo’s MP Mill compound.
Work on the Palais Royale (so named because of the developer’s fancy for the Palace of Versailles in Paris) began almost two years ago on a six-acre portion of the mill plot and is being undertaken by Shree Ram Urban Infrastructure. Designed by Talati & Panthaky, the building will go up to only 65 floors, because the developer plans to give imposing ceiling heights in the apartments, each of which will be about 10,000 square feet in size.

In contrast, the Imperial towers, which rise to only 250 metres, have up to 60 floors each.

Palais Royale is located in a traditionally low-income area with low-rise buildings and the decrepit BDD chawls not very far away. The entire zone is now being gentrified with plush skyscrapers. “Palais Royale will be the tallest platinum-rated (highest ranking) green residential building in the world when completed,’’ claimed Vikas Kasliwal, VC & CEO of Shree Ram Urban Infrastructure.

According to skyscrapernews.com, the UK-based tall building database, the upcoming tower has an octagonal floor plate that dictates the overall appearance of the tower and follows Vastu philosophy. “The scheme has a white Corian-clad frame with balconies and recessed floor-to-ceiling glazing behind it.’’

Kasliwal said the tower will take another two years to complete. Incidentally, there are several developers who have announced plans for buildings of over 300 metres in the city, but the projects have so far remained only on paper. Shreepati Skies, an 80-plus-storey residential tower planned behind Bhatia Hospital, Tardeo, is still on the drawing board because a section of the tenants living in the old chawl have refused to move out.

The city’s tallest, occupied building is the 45-storey Shreepati Aracade at Nana Chowk. At almost 160 metres, the skyscraper was completed in 2002 and is more than twice as high as the 73-metre-tall Qutub Minar. The Imperial Heights towers at Tardeo are almost ready for occupation. Work on them started in 2002, but had stalled for a while because of a slew of controversies and protests against the project.

Mumbai’s first high-rise building was the 25-storey Usha Kiran on Altamont Road, which was constructed in the mid-1960s. When Usha Kiran came up, bookings commenced at just about Rs 65 a sq ft or just under Rs 2 lakh for a sprawling 3,000-sq-ft apartment. Today, the building commands a price in excess of Rs 85,000 a sq ft with a flat being worth over Rs 25 crore.

A few years later, the 20-storey Sterling Apartments came up at Pedder Road, constructed by Shapoorji Pallonji. In 1970-71, it was considered one of the premium residential towers in south Mumbai. Bookings started at barely Rs 375 to Rs 400 a sq ft. A buyer must have paid a little over Rs 11 lakh for a 2,800-sq-ft flat in the building in the early 1970s.

When completed some time in 1970, the 30-plus-storey Samudra Mahal at Worli was the most expensive building in Mumbai. In 1975, in the 25-plus-storey Prithvi Apartments on Altamont Road, flats were available for about Rs 175 a sq ft. Today, the building commands a price of around Rs 80,000 a square foot.

Around 1989-90, when the Tatas started work on the 22-storey NCPA at Nariman Point, rates were about Rs 8,000 a sq ft. By 1996, they touched Rs 35,000 a sq ft. A few years ago, an apartment on the 7th floor was sold for a phenomenal Rs 97,842 a sq ft.

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India’s tallest home tower rises in Worli
Nauzer Bharucha, TNN 5 December 2009, 02:27am ISTText Size:|Topics:Mumbai
Worli
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MUMBAI: At the junction of congested Worli Naka, in the compound of the defunct Shree Ram Mills, the city’s — and India’s — tallest residential

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building is coming up.

With sanctions already in place for a height of 298 metres, Palais Royale, the ultra-luxury skyscraper, is almost at par with the 300-metre-tall television tower nearby. When completed, the building will be a good 48 metres higher than Shapoorji Pallonji’s twin towers, Imperial Heights, in Tardeo’s MP Mill compound.
Work on the Palais Royale (so named because of the developer’s fancy for the Palace of Versailles in Paris) began almost two years ago on a six-acre portion of the mill plot and is being undertaken by Shree Ram Urban Infrastructure. Designed by Talati & Panthaky, the building will go up to only 65 floors, because the developer plans to give imposing ceiling heights in the apartments, each of which will be about 10,000 square feet in size.

In contrast, the Imperial towers, which rise to only 250 metres, have up to 60 floors each.

Palais Royale is located in a traditionally low-income area with low-rise buildings and the decrepit BDD chawls not very far away. The entire zone is now being gentrified with plush skyscrapers. “Palais Royale will be the tallest platinum-rated (highest ranking) green residential building in the world when completed,’’ claimed Vikas Kasliwal, VC & CEO of Shree Ram Urban Infrastructure.

According to skyscrapernews.com, the UK-based tall building database, the upcoming tower has an octagonal floor plate that dictates the overall appearance of the tower and follows Vastu philosophy. “The scheme has a white Corian-clad frame with balconies and recessed floor-to-ceiling glazing behind it.’’

Kasliwal said the tower will take another two years to complete. Incidentally, there are several developers who have announced plans for buildings of over 300 metres in the city, but the projects have so far remained only on paper. Shreepati Skies, an 80-plus-storey residential tower planned behind Bhatia Hospital, Tardeo, is still on the drawing board because a section of the tenants living in the old chawl have refused to move out.

The city’s tallest, occupied building is the 45-storey Shreepati Aracade at Nana Chowk. At almost 160 metres, the skyscraper was completed in 2002 and is more than twice as high as the 73-metre-tall Qutub Minar. The Imperial Heights towers at Tardeo are almost ready for occupation. Work on them started in 2002, but had stalled for a while because of a slew of controversies and protests against the project.

Mumbai’s first high-rise building was the 25-storey Usha Kiran on Altamont Road, which was constructed in the mid-1960s. When Usha Kiran came up, bookings commenced at just about Rs 65 a sq ft or just under Rs 2 lakh for a sprawling 3,000-sq-ft apartment. Today, the building commands a price in excess of Rs 85,000 a sq ft with a flat being worth over Rs 25 crore.

A few years later, the 20-storey Sterling Apartments came up at Pedder Road, constructed by Shapoorji Pallonji. In 1970-71, it was considered one of the premium residential towers in south Mumbai. Bookings started at barely Rs 375 to Rs 400 a sq ft. A buyer must have paid a little over Rs 11 lakh for a 2,800-sq-ft flat in the building in the early 1970s.

When completed some time in 1970, the 30-plus-storey Samudra Mahal at Worli was the most expensive building in Mumbai. In 1975, in the 25-plus-storey Prithvi Apartments on Altamont Road, flats were available for about Rs 175 a sq ft. Today, the building commands a price of around Rs 80,000 a square foot.

Around 1989-90, when the Tatas started work on the 22-storey NCPA at Nariman Point, rates were about Rs 8,000 a sq ft. By 1996, they touched Rs 35,000 a sq ft. A few years ago, an apartment on the 7th floor was sold for a phenomenal Rs 97,842 a sq ft.


Space is being sold at such premium rates still builders shying away from building skyscrapers?

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Indias-tallest-home-tower-rises-in-Worli/articleshow/5302520.cms

India’s tallest home tower rises in Worli

image in TOI:

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/5972/getimagesx.jpg

nice update IU
much same as rendering
will get better with time

its 320 mts or 298??
trust me it wont look bad once it up....

CTBUH Conference 2010 will be held in the City, Technical Tours of Palais Royale are an optional extra

CTBUH 2010 Website (http://ctbuh2010-india.com/index.html)

On their brochure the height of Palais Royale is listed at 300m, is it time to adjust the thread title?

CTBUH Conference 2010 will be held in the City, Technical Tours of Palais Royale are an optional extra

CTBUH 2010 Website (http://ctbuh2010-india.com/index.html)

On their brochure the height of Palais Royale is listed at 300m, is it time to adjust the thread title?

Yup. This is confirmed. 300 m | 60 FL

Congratulations guys!! India's first supertall is now officially underway.

:cheers:

what i dont get is, why are residential skyscrapers coming up? Mumbai has to be the oddest place on earth.

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what i dont get is, why are residential skyscrapers coming up? Mumbai has to be the oddest place on earth.

That makes the two of us. There are really no commercial projects announced... None!!!!! The Elphinstone Mills tower is scrapped. Raheja Platinum.. Scrapped. Dunno WTF is going on.

Is office space not needed for an economically growing city? If the country's growth is 8+ for several years, there HAS to be SOME kind of projects announced right? Does this point to a lack of demand or a difference in preferences..... point to ponder.

I can only HOPE to see some high quality 400+ commercial tower coming up (apart from GIFT, which is a long time away).

There is commercial space being developed in Bandra-Kurla Commercial Complex and also in the suburbs, also near the Airport abeit low rise buildings/innovative buildings.

We just not hearing about them on here as much.

Raheja had commercial towers planned, dunno the status however I do think its alot to do with the world recession/credit crunch.

well if this continues the day will come when south mumbai travels to central or suberban mumbai.

Commuters follow the buisness

The Elphinstone Mills tower is scrapped. Raheja Platinum.. Scrapped. ).

Both of those projects are not scrapped. I think Elphinstone Mills is not fully scrapped yet and nobody said Raheja Platinum was scrappped...

Raheja have been quiet for awhile now and they still haven't got their new web-site up and running.

CC: Deepak Nair 83@Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nairds/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2650/4165933373_43914204a8_b.jpg

Palais Royale (u/c) and Raheja Atlantis (t/o)

photo copyright tam2hongkong

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/5091/mumbaiviewtam2hongkong.jpg (http://img252.imageshack.us/i/mumbaiviewtam2hongkong.jpg/)

Is that Dhobi Ghaat in the center? I hope they clear that area and put a couple more super tall there. It would be such a disgusting sight to look at for the Palais Royale residents.

Is that Dhobi Ghaat in the center? I hope they clear that area and put a couple more super tall there. It would be such a disgusting sight to look at for the Palais Royale residents.

That isn't the Dhobi ghaat, that is the famous BDD chawls.

Is that Dhobi Ghaat in the center? I hope they clear that area and put a couple more super tall there. It would be such a disgusting sight to look at for the Palais Royale residents.
i would make the argument that Palais Royale is a disgusting sight to look at from dhobi ghat

i would make the argument that Palais Royale is a disgusting sight to look at from dhobi ghat

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

It is get tiring to listen people harp on and on how ugly this building looks!

i would make the argument that Palais Royale is a disgusting sight to look at from dhobi ghat

Do you belong to Dhobi community of what? :nuts: j/k.

Thanks Coolguyz for answering.

It is get tiring to listen people harp on and on how ugly this building looks!

its a fact though. cannot be denied. & plus. that water tank on the top made the tower even more uglier. :nuts:

It is get tiring to listen people harp on and on how ugly this building looks!
It's a truth that cannot be understated.

That the developers had no sense of civic responsibility toward Mumbai by allowing such a monstrosity of function over form in a building that by its sheer size and presence will dominate the its part of the skyline is reprehensible.

In any other city planning committees and civic bodies would fight tooth and nail to ensure its integration into the cityscape. That they don't is both a failure of civic government as well as a failure of responsibility on the part of the developers.


I can't wait until taller buildings cover it up.

CC: Deepak Nair 83@Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nairds/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2650/4165933373_43914204a8_b.jpg
Nice view...the sky line is slowly slowly getting shaped. Down the line 10-12 years later Mumbai skyline would definitely look much better if not world class.:cheers1:

http://img31.imageshack.us/i/11064794.jpg/

the palais royale might be elongated version of these apartments in gurgaon

http://img31.imageshack.us/i/11064794.jpg/

oops!! here is link of the pic

http://img31.imageshack.us/i/11064794.jpg/

Nice pics, Ankit.Pokes!! I can already see the resemblence with those cross marks.:lol:

"X" clearly marks the spot

oops!! here is link of the pic

http://img31.imageshack.us/i/11064794.jpg/


Those buildings look more like those huge Sintex Water Tanks entirely.

apologies for posting three times actually i d some problems while posting//////

It's a truth that cannot be understated.

That the developers had no sense of civic responsibility toward Mumbai by allowing such a monstrosity of function over form in a building that by its sheer size and presence will dominate the its part of the skyline is reprehensible.

In any other city planning committees and civic bodies would fight tooth and nail to ensure its integration into the cityscape. That they don't is both a failure of civic government as well as a failure of responsibility on the part of the developers.


I can't wait until taller buildings cover it up.
:lol: +1

It's a truth that cannot be understated.

I can't wait until taller buildings cover it up.

yep indeed brotherman, cant wait for them decent 'commercials ' to get going.
its taking a while; something to do with the lower FSI allowed ?

Snowed under here, looks just like hawai !! :)

the rendering look good to me.

took these on Jan 3 & 4.

view from parel-
http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/4176/img1178.jpg

I passed the site during dusk and took a couple of pics. Here's one of them..more coming up later.
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/5414/img1157.jpg

That the developers had no sense of civic responsibility toward Mumbai by allowing such a monstrosity of function over form in a building that by its sheer size and presence will dominate the its part of the skyline is reprehensible.


You do realize that this is Leed Platinum Certified !!

It's one of the first supertalls in the world to achieve such a high rating on environmental sustainability.
http://www.inhabitat.com/2006/04/01/the-worlds-most-sustainable-skyscraper/

Part of the reason it is aesthetically challenged, is that given the choice between form and sustainability (eg glass vs corian cladded ) the developers have a little too much civic responsibilty not too little.

It actually is a very innovative building.

a couple more -

the light was clearly not helping me
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/955/img1154xc.jpg

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/1126/img1155b.jpg

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/9917/img1160l.jpg

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/483/img1158d.jpg

Thanks IU!

Any photo is welcomed here.

absolutely..

On the 21st of February...

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2161/img0380qd.jpg

My attempt at getting closer to the building site had me drive through streets I'd never been on before...
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/579/img0390a.jpg

Can't wait to see India first supertall completed. :cheers:

^^ The actual height is 298 metres. Will need to stack up some bricks and sandbags on top to cover up the deficit.

^^ The actual height is 298 metres. Will need to stack up some bricks and sandbags on top to cover up the deficit.

What?!!! The thread title says it 320m and why would they not just add 2m to make it a supertall? That's just stupid. :bash:

What?!!! The thread title says it 320m and why would they not just add 2m to make it a supertall? That's just stupid. :bash:

The plan is for a 320m tower but they're received a sanction to build only till 298m. SRUIL will definitely pull some strings so that they build the tower to its original intended height.

so near yet so far....we 'll make it..

On the 21st of February...

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2161/img0380qd.jpg

^^ - Superb shot. Interesting to see a hammerhead type tower crane being used here. Wonder if it has to do with the AAI height constraint?

what is a hammerhead type tower crane ?

On the 21st of February...

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2161/img0380qd.jpg



I hope the Mumbai fired department gets ladders that can reach those height along with other hi tech equipment they are getting soon.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Rs-195-cr-shot-in-the-arm-for-fire-dept/articleshow/5597918.cms

MUMBAI: The Mumbai fire department is finally looking to begin its long-awaited revamp, all thanks to the BMC's Rs 195 crore budgetary allocation.

The British-era uniforms (1887 vintage) worn by fire officials will soon be replaced by ultra-modern polyamide-imide clothing. The new uniform, that will come with personal protective equipment (helmets with face shields, hoods, gloves and boots) has been sanctioned, and will be ready for use in two months.

"There has been a delay all this while, but it will come soon. We have already given out work orders," said chief fire officer Uday Tatkare. "The new uniforms can resist flames even during sudden explosions, will have thermal conductivity and will be more breathable," he said.

The city's fire brigade will also get six new command centres: Two each in the island city, eastern and western suburbs. These centres will will help to drastically reduce the response time during an emergency, said an official.

Also, there are plans to procure fire fighting and rescue equipment such as aerial ladder platforms, fire engines, water tankers, turn-table ladders, rescue vans, thermal imaging camera, mobile compact crane and cardiac ambulance.

For the first time, it has been proposed that a wireless centralised monitoring system be set up in A ward on a pilot basis to cut down on human error and response time in case of an emergency.

Last year, the BMC had hiked the firemen's risk allowance from Rs 50 to Rs 500. Though this is a welcome move, firemen do not think this would solve all their problems. "We do not get any state insurance. We have been fighting for it for a long time, but don't know when it will happen," said a senior fire official.

what is a hammerhead type tower crane ?

Hammerhead cranes have fixed jibs, meaning that their arms cannot be raised. This crane is not a typical hammerhead crane; it is in most ways a regular old tower crane or self-erecting crane, but it is possible that this crane is in fact not capable of raising its arms.

This as gonna be one hell of a fat building.

Starting to make it's mark on the skyline.

Feb 17
Copyright lia
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/5319/43892196892d54e45dd4b.jpg

This as gonna be one hell of a fat building.

You're right, we're not going to have a problem spotting it. :lol:

March 18
Copyright Horia
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/2271/horiamar18.jpg

A closer look -

March 19
Copyright Roland
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/56/roland3mar19.jpg

That's rising up quickly.

wonder which tops out first,the shard (london)or palais R ??
i gotta say, that when i took the a/c bus to borivali and back i realised how bloody big mumbai is.(never been up there b4)
not just sth/nth but east/west visible from the elevated bits of road.
seriously maximum.
---and to fuel the nth/sth battle,well its just like ldn, IE the bit that came first is its vortex, the rest ; an add on..... -- - - -

from the mumbai update thread:


Palais Royale...some close ups of that ugly beast
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/1497/palais1.jpg (http://img101.imageshack.us/i/palais1.jpg/)

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/9604/palaisclose.jpg (http://img510.imageshack.us/i/palaisclose.jpg/)

http://tparch.net/

If the glass was cladded around this building, it would look majestic.

but then it would probably not be a great place to live in

Why?

Is the 67 floors completed? If yes, anyone have complete building picture?

^^
This thing is no where near completion. Scroll back a few pages for pics taken in Feb 2010.

Why?

who'd want to live in a building in bombay without balconies and with floor to floor glass windows that are harder to open individually. its not an office, its a residential building

it is really that ugly?

seems ok to me

who'd want to live in a building in bombay without balconies and with floor to floor glass windows that are harder to open individually. its not an office, its a residential building

No balconies?

it is really that ugly?

seems ok to me

Yeah its pretty nice for a residential tower.