IndiansUnite
June 16th, 2008, 03:36 AM
About a month ago, I read that axiom estates was going to hold a property show in Central New Jersey about 50 miles south from where I live. Their website said that many big builders were going to come and showcase their properties. I PM'ed vibs89 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/member.php?u=54535) who lives pretty close to the hotel where the show was going to be held. He agreed to come along and our plans were finalized in a jiffy.
I took the bus to NYC at 9am today. It took about an hour to reach the city since only local buses run on sundays. After reaching Port authority I ran 7-8 blocks to reach Penn station but just missed the train to central jersey. After an hour of waiting, 2 cups of coffee and 3 calls to friends in India, I finally boarded my ride which took about 45 mins to reach the intended station in central jersey. There I meet Vibs and off we went to the Ramada hotel.
This banner of Axiom estates was located in the lobby of the hotel. No prizes for guessing what project is shown on it.
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/5390/dscn8730ct6.jpg
Some of the big developers like Unitech, Hiranandani and Shapoorji Palloonji were present there. Shapoorji Pallonji's stall was entirely dedicated to the Imperial towers that are u/c in Tardeo, Mumbai.
here's a 360 degree view of the place. Apologies for the sound quality. My pet woodpecker loves pecking when I record a video.
d8jjCoo5sUU
We stayed there for about 75 mins and spoke with reps from all the developers that were there. To be honest, the event fared below my expectations. They didn't showcase any future projects that will be launched in India and neither did they present any new info on their present projects. At times I found some of the reps to be BSing and I corrected them. We introduced ourselves as members of SSC and the people there were quite delighted to know that I was also part of a skyscraper blog. Some of the reps were amiable and even gave us their own phone numbers/email-ids to get in touch for some pictures from the construction sites.
This is the Imperial stall. Initially there weren't many customers but later on the stall was bustling like a sabzi mandi.
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/9910/dscn8721wc0.jpg
The lady at the Imperial stall told us that the towers are infact 280m tall and not 249m as we thought. She agreed to mail me some new images of the towers soon. She also said that she would correct any wrong info that we had if we mailed her all the info we have. BTW, the imperial towers has it's own website now --> www.theimperial.in
some images of the banners behind the Unitech stall. They were showcasing all their projects right from Uniworld city in Kolkata to Uniworld city in Mohali to Unitech Grande in Noida.
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/552/dscn8723wp8.jpg
I chatted with a representative about Unitech's future plans for India. Their upcoming project in Worli, Mumbai will be a commercial tower. Despite repeated attempts to make him blurt out more info on it, he didn't divulge any info on that project.
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/4752/dscn8722cj1.jpg
Moving on, he said they've conducted soil tests for their convention centre that's coming up in Kolkata. That will become India's largest convention center.
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/1466/dscn8724sh1.jpg
view of the Imperial and Unitech stalls
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/610/dscn8729kg8.jpg
Banners at the Rustomjee stall
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5407/dscn8726jk7.jpg
We also chatted with the rep at the Hiranandani stall about the project that's coming up in Chennai on the OMR. He showed us the masterplan of the project and told us that after all the phases are completed, there will be 25 towers in total. There was a banner there which said that they'll soon be launching a project in Hyderabad.
We collected brochures and CDs from all the developers and Vibs has kept them for now. I got an extra Imperial CD which I still have to check out. If there's something cool in it, I'll post it.
To sum up the event and the meet, I thought it was pretty successful. I do however wish there were more developers present like Kraheja universal, DLF and Brigade. Anyhow, I've made some new contacts and it was great meeting Vibs89 who picked me up from the station, drove us to the hotel and dropped me back to the station. Thanks for coming along man. :drunk:
Cheers
IU
I took the bus to NYC at 9am today. It took about an hour to reach the city since only local buses run on sundays. After reaching Port authority I ran 7-8 blocks to reach Penn station but just missed the train to central jersey. After an hour of waiting, 2 cups of coffee and 3 calls to friends in India, I finally boarded my ride which took about 45 mins to reach the intended station in central jersey. There I meet Vibs and off we went to the Ramada hotel.
This banner of Axiom estates was located in the lobby of the hotel. No prizes for guessing what project is shown on it.
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/5390/dscn8730ct6.jpg
Some of the big developers like Unitech, Hiranandani and Shapoorji Palloonji were present there. Shapoorji Pallonji's stall was entirely dedicated to the Imperial towers that are u/c in Tardeo, Mumbai.
here's a 360 degree view of the place. Apologies for the sound quality. My pet woodpecker loves pecking when I record a video.
d8jjCoo5sUU
We stayed there for about 75 mins and spoke with reps from all the developers that were there. To be honest, the event fared below my expectations. They didn't showcase any future projects that will be launched in India and neither did they present any new info on their present projects. At times I found some of the reps to be BSing and I corrected them. We introduced ourselves as members of SSC and the people there were quite delighted to know that I was also part of a skyscraper blog. Some of the reps were amiable and even gave us their own phone numbers/email-ids to get in touch for some pictures from the construction sites.
This is the Imperial stall. Initially there weren't many customers but later on the stall was bustling like a sabzi mandi.
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/9910/dscn8721wc0.jpg
The lady at the Imperial stall told us that the towers are infact 280m tall and not 249m as we thought. She agreed to mail me some new images of the towers soon. She also said that she would correct any wrong info that we had if we mailed her all the info we have. BTW, the imperial towers has it's own website now --> www.theimperial.in
some images of the banners behind the Unitech stall. They were showcasing all their projects right from Uniworld city in Kolkata to Uniworld city in Mohali to Unitech Grande in Noida.
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/552/dscn8723wp8.jpg
I chatted with a representative about Unitech's future plans for India. Their upcoming project in Worli, Mumbai will be a commercial tower. Despite repeated attempts to make him blurt out more info on it, he didn't divulge any info on that project.
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/4752/dscn8722cj1.jpg
Moving on, he said they've conducted soil tests for their convention centre that's coming up in Kolkata. That will become India's largest convention center.
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/1466/dscn8724sh1.jpg
view of the Imperial and Unitech stalls
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/610/dscn8729kg8.jpg
Banners at the Rustomjee stall
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5407/dscn8726jk7.jpg
We also chatted with the rep at the Hiranandani stall about the project that's coming up in Chennai on the OMR. He showed us the masterplan of the project and told us that after all the phases are completed, there will be 25 towers in total. There was a banner there which said that they'll soon be launching a project in Hyderabad.
We collected brochures and CDs from all the developers and Vibs has kept them for now. I got an extra Imperial CD which I still have to check out. If there's something cool in it, I'll post it.
To sum up the event and the meet, I thought it was pretty successful. I do however wish there were more developers present like Kraheja universal, DLF and Brigade. Anyhow, I've made some new contacts and it was great meeting Vibs89 who picked me up from the station, drove us to the hotel and dropped me back to the station. Thanks for coming along man. :drunk:
Cheers
IU