Ashok Towers
Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marg, Parel, Mumbai 400012

Total area: 11,00,000 sq. ft.
3 Towers of 31 storeys and one tower of 49 storeys
Basement car parking for 1200 cars

Developers

Peninsula Projects

Architects & Consultants
Kapadia Associates Pvt. Ltd.
Sanjay Razdan & Associates
M/S B. E. Billimoria & Co. (Civil)
Vakil-Mehta-Sheth (Structural)

Render:

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Google Map Location:


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Photos:

First week of July 2008

Copyright David Gwinn (http://picasaweb.google.com/david.gwinn/IndiaTrip20080710DG)

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Cool! Thanks, Sun :cheers:

Sun

good find. thanks.

photos copyright Burson-Marsteller

1 - looks like one of the towers is topped out

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superb! looks classy

great pictures

Looks cool and yeah one other tower is topped out.

Sept update from Peninsula projects (http://peninsula.co.in/)

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Two of the four towers of Ashok Towers

photo cc right Alexbefree

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Courtesy of Suncity.

From the website:

Layout

http://www.peninsula.co.in/images/ashoktowers-layout.jpg

Key Plan: Towers A, B, C

http://www.peninsula.co.in/images/atowerakeyplan_a.jpg

Location

http://www.peninsula.co.in/images/ashoktowers-location.jpg

December update from Peninsula's website -

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Nice updates! They looks great.

Possibly the ugliest, Its year 2009 for god sake. They look like the 'sidey' buildings near Hiranandani Powai. Absolutely no imagination...Plain Jane. I hope this site is the epicenter of a small earth quake and they get demolished.

Possibly the ugliest, Its year 2009 for god sake. They look like the 'sidey' buildings near Hiranandani Powai. Absolutely no imagination...Plain Jane. I hope this site is the epicenter of a small earth quake and they get demolished.

yeah.. they're not the most, elegant buildings around but I think if you look at the painted ones Ithink they are quite nice. Let them paint it and finish it up nicely before wishing them an earthquake.:lol:

However there are several buildings in navi mumbai that I really would want to wish an earth quake or maybe a missile of some sort. It's the skinny on one side fat on the other side with a big fugly greek/roman classical style balcony smack dab on the top middle part.

Yeah most residential skyscrapers in Mumbai aren't visually appealing at all!

May look okay once done.

ashok towers tonight.

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^^
nice photo Kalyan.

nice development. I just wonder why they had to stop at 49-fls exactly instead of 50-fls.

ashok towers as on 06.02.2009


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another view

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^^Great photo! Thanx for the updates!:cheers:

to suncity/ other mods,

i am not able to directly post the photographs, hence i have given the link after uploading the photographs in imageshack. kindly do the needful.

Heres the photo you posted.

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This thread here shows you how to upload your images.:)

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=600498

^^

thanx bro,

pls make the photo in the second link also visible. thanx again.

^^Your welcome and here is the other pic
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March 31 -view from Mahalaxmi
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Nice update. Not much change from Feb. Also whats that U/C next to the ITC Hotel? Looks around 25 - 30 fls.

Nice update. Not much change from Feb. Also whats that U/C next to the ITC Hotel? Looks around 25 - 30 fls.

the building has topped out since Feb 09, no further rise in height after that.

the building next to ITC has been like that for the last 4 years. yup, close to 30 floors. but no work has been happening since 2005. may be some legal issue.

i have to upload quite a few updates. will do it tomo.

ITC grand central between Ashok towers 'C' & 'D'

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construction activity in Ashok towers. photographed on 17.04.09

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^^ Awesome updates Kalyan. Thanks!

Do we still use wooden scaffholdings for skyscrapers?

Nice pics Kalyan

^^ Awesome updates Kalyan. Thanks!

yes. nice update. :)

Great pics Kalyan...

though apart from the height factor the project isn't very aesthetically pleasing to the eyes.:ohno:

thanx for all the appreciation, my bros.:)



though apart from the height factor the project isn't very aesthetically pleasing to the eyes.:ohno:

i agree to that, nothing great about the design. also making all the 4 blocks stand in a straight line wasnt a gr8 idea at all. they could have easily done away with one tower and made three towers of 50-55 storeys each without compromising much on the FSI and the construction time.

Is it just me or does every new high rise in Mumbai look like 30 years before it's time?

agreed ^^
but thats because of all the concrete that goes into our skyscrapers... and also because most of them are residential.

I love it how buildings are constructed so fast in India, in Pakistan there are only a few projects underconstruction in a speed like these.
Congrats to India on your fast development!

^^Thanks Menec3. These arent as fast as Lodha Bellisimo. That beauty is rising fast!

del

this building is like amitabh, tall and ugly, but does carry some personality.

LOL!

this building is like amitabh, tall and ugly, but does carry some personality.

thats hilarious!!! :lol:

I guess Planet Godrej must be Ganesh Acharya...

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edited for those with a "sense of humour deficiency"

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^^^ if the man himself can have a sense of humour about such things, then surely even his most die-hard fans should do the same!!!

this building is like amitabh, tall and ugly, but does carry some personality.

Lowest form of joke:ohno:... inappropriate...and extremely offensive to everyone who believe in respecting others....

lol jodhpur2 don't take it so seriously. I thought the joke was original :lol:

but c'mon there has to be a limit... i think it's becoming fashionable in ssc India to bash famous people for no reason.. and it hugely upsets me when i see people making fun of important Indian people who have contributed to India in their own manner...there has to be a limit to jokes... and it is not at all cool to bash or make fun of people for no reason...!

Well this tall ugly man did have almost the entire nation's women go weak in the knees during his hey days.

this building is like amitabh, tall and ugly, but does carry some personality.

Come on its not that ugly. Though its quite plain with no glass.

Its not ugly but definately very 70s looking (the Amitabh era)

but c'mon there has to be a limit... i think it's becoming fashionable in ssc India to bash famous people for no reason.. and it hugely upsets me when i see people making fun of important Indian people who have contributed to India in their own manner...there has to be a limit to jokes... and it is not at all cool to bash or make fun of people for no reason...!

Agreed. I see that go on in other threads too. Anytime someone says anything even slightly nasty about say a particular politician... you have these people come out of nowhere and continue to bash the guy further and derail the discussion. At best, those comments should just be ignored.

I love it how buildings are constructed so fast in India, in Pakistan there are only a few projects underconstruction in a speed like these.
Congrats to India on your fast development!

Yea the grass is always greener on the other side. We think otherwise about our "fast" pace of development. But all's good.

Cheers

I love it how buildings are constructed so fast in India, in Pakistan there are only a few projects underconstruction in a speed like these.
Congrats to India on your fast development!

Imperial twin towers has taken like 6-8 yrs to top off. did you know a highrise called Legend has now become a never ending legend. Things in India are very slow due to opposition, burocratic red tape & environmentalists filing a case. Things are no different in India compared to pakistan in highrise construction.

its all relative. things in india seem faster than pakistan, bombay has dozens of buildings taller than pakistan's tallest. things in china seem faster than india, shanghai has dozens of buildings taller than india's tallest

and Ldn town? The slowest of all.
What does it all mean ?
Fucked if i know.
Anitcha . Anuta . Dhuka

Here are the ASHOK TOWERS as on 7th june 2009

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss283/indianpatriot/ASHOKTOWERS.jpg

Indianpatriot

thanks again. Right now looks like they're working on the 49th flr on the tallest one. this is also almost topped off. look out for this one. :)

Indianpatriot

thanks again. Right now looks like they're working on the 49th flr on the tallest one. this is also almost topped off. look out for this one. :)

no bro, the building had already topped out. 49th floor was constructed as early as Feb 2009. now they are constucting 3 floors (non residential) on the top of each tower (apart from the scheduled 49/31/31/31 floors), may be for some amenities like spa, community hall, bar etc.

I dont know whether this is a part of the original plan or because of the increased FSI.:ohno:

so if u count these (non residential) floors too, then the buildings will have a total floor count of 52/34/34/34 respectively.:cheers:

to Indianpatriot,
gr8 photos bro! both here and the other threads. expecting more from u :cheers1:

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Mumbai needs to get rid of the pollution or at least reduce it.

accidentally i pressed delete button in photobucket which removed the above photo.
so i am posting again.
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The view is great! Though the air looks laden with pollution.

Thanks for the compliments mates.
Actually the photo was shot in the early morning when the sunshine was not that bright.Thats what made it a bit blurred.Though i cant disagree with u in regards to the air pollution.

Builder has given Possession of the first three towers. Some people have moved in already. The fourth tower will take at least another 6 months if not more.

BombayPG, why don't you take some nice pics & post them here? You seem to be living close to the area. If you can spare some time? do us a favour.

^^

Will do the next time I'm in Bombay!

June update from Peninsula group's website -

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Hummmm, am I liking these buildings now that they are nearly completed?

I like the height but the facade could have been alot better I think.

photo copyright Mukund Madekar

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June 19
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Ahhh.. Looks nice.

I don't think these look bad. Thanks IU.

I'd rather see all of them painted beige as opposed to the present colour combination. OR, they could have stuck with the colours in the renders. Brown??...wth :puke:

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Ok so far...

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FWIW, from AP Images-

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Indian Hindu devotees crowd in front of a large statue of the elephant-headed Hindu God Ganesh as it is paraded through the streets on the final day of the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. Every year millions of devout Hindus immerse Ganesh idols into oceans and rivers marking the end of the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival that celebrates the birth of Ganesh.

from their website-

November 1
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Yay!

At last they are completed.

The final product does look good despite my apprehensions at he begining.

April 19
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Finally an update after 7 months. They look good next to the ITC hotel complex.

btw, Who is Sbaliga? No one has ever taken so many pics of buildings.

Nice finish. Ashok sahab has done a good job. nice to see promises made in rendering are promises kept in reality. :cheers:

April 19
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btw, Who is Sbaliga? No one has ever taken so many pics of buildings.

Some guy who uploaded his images on picassaweb. I think his business provided fittings (metalic and wooden) to all the buildings he took images of.

photo cc rights unlisted sightings

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looks really tall.....:)

Is there something u/c in front of the towers? Any ideas?

:banana: Nice!

Finally a non glass tower (appart from Imperial) that looks good on the skyline.

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April 19
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what is yellow barricade and the pillars for ?^^

flyover under construction

The Ashok Towers look good.

The finish is to a high quality.

Is there a shopping mall or something u/c in front of the towers? Any one know about it?

^Looks like it may be a small office/commercial building.

flyover under construction

I hear I was thinking the monorail was coming up there :S

More Updates (http://peninsula.co.in/projects/residential/ashoktowers/atowers_visit.php)

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I visited the site couple of weeks ago. The buildings are up. They are just finishing the landscaping. Must say it is a very good complex with good amenities. The apartments are also good. However, I also visited the Dosti Group in Sewri, their complex is much better but the apartments are smaller.

Is there a shopping mall or something u/c in front of the towers? Any one know about it?

That is part of the ITC Hotel complex & the barricades are for a fly-over u/c.

^^

Thanks CB!

April 19
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nice slim n trim buildings....like hongkong buildings....... however, coloring of building is not good.... not international level...