Bangalore Update II - project news from Bangalore

[Hindustani]

Commercial Tower - ???-fls - Proposed

[idma]

Hindustani, please provide the website address from where you got this pic.

[IndiansUnite]

Designed by CPG Corp architects -

Shangri-la hotel - opening in 2010

The Shangri-La Hotel, Banglore is a five-Star hotel, strategically located along Palace Road in Bangalore. The guest rooms face one of the oldest Golf Course in Bangalore and the Old Palace building. The hotel is 18-storey tall with a three-storey basement. Surrounded presently by low-rise buildings, the hotel is visible from afar and is destined to be an important landmark in Bangalore.



The hotel’s facilities include food & beverage outlets, a 500-person capacity banquet hall, meeting rooms and boardrooms, a business centre, a health club and spa, and a gymnasium. A landscape deck with swimming pool and jacuzzi sits on the podium roof level while at the top of the tower are a sky lounge and a landscape roof garden terrace offering a panoramic view of Bangalore. A helipad is also available for those who choose to arrive in style.

[world1]

Where is it located??

[IndiansUnite]

^ Palace Road.

[India101]

Dont think this has been posted here before.

Taj ITPL Hotel

[mooktada]

Originally Posted by India101

Dont think this has been posted here before.

Taj ITPL Hotel

this project has been done for quite a while

http://www.tajhotels.com/TajGroup/Vi...RE/default.htm

[sudheeshnairs]

Taj Vivanta was opened in December 08.

Originally Posted by 2Paise

Taj Vivanta,Whitefield (Opened today)

Originally Posted by sudheeshnairs

More long shots..It is just next to ITPL. Shot some three months back. It is having a strange shape

[Arul Murugan]

Tata Business centre in Bangalore



from tata-reality.com

[India101]

Bangalore In Hotel - 26fl?


Copright Architect Reza Kabul

Link

[India101]

Renaissance Hotel


Copyright Architect Reza Kabul

Link

[India101]

Has this one been posted before?

Nitesh Central Park - 8 floors - Located of Bellary Rd National Highway



Link

[OneGlobe]

Bengaluru is still ‘best city’

URL: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/benga...y%E2%80%99-318

Bengaluru is still the best place to live in the country. Though potholed roads and poor infrastructure have pulled down the city by a couple of notches on the best cities list compared with last year, global human resources consultancy firm Mercer still rates it as the best city in India followed by Mumbai, whose ratings fell since last year after 26/11.

The just released Mercer’s Quality of Living Global Cities Ranking-2009 pegged Bengaluru at 142, down by two points from last year, out of a sample survey of 215 cities from across the world.

Interestingly, this year’s rankings also identify cities with best infrastructure based on electricity supply, water availability, telephone and mail services, traffic congestion and the range of international flights from local airports.

According to the Mercer Report, Vienna is the best city in the world and Baghdad at 215 has been rated as the worst and the most unsafe city. The other top cities after Vienna are Zurich, Geneva, Vancouver and Auckland.

Mercer conducts an annual study to help multinational firms and governments to place their employees in the international job market based on the quality of living in the respective cities.

The report is based on an evaluation of 39 criteria for each city including political, social, economic and environmental factors, personal safety and health, education, transport and other public services.

The cities are compared to New York as the base city, with an index score of 100.

In India, New Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai follow Bengaluru in terms of better quality of living for expatriates.

Mumbai’s image in the global positioning fell drastically from last year’s 142 to 148.

However, New Delhi has managed to maintain the same rank this year at the 145th place in the global list, while Chennai has been ranked at the 152nd place, the survey revealed.

According to Mercer’s information product solutions India business leader Gangapriya Chakraverti, when firms relocate executives from one country to another they need clear and objective information establishing quality of living differences between cities.

“Some are perceived to be safer, while others provide entertainment activities or more comprehensive medical services,” he said.

[idma]

Apr 01 2009

Bangalore-based real estate group Ozone Developers is all set to launch an integrated project, Urbana, on a 187-acre site on the Devanahalli Road, five km from the Bangalore International Airport.
The mixed-use project would house residential, retail, hospitality, education, IT and R&D segments, with a total built up area of 20-30 million sq ft. The company plans to invest between Rs 2,500 crore and Rs 3,500 crore in the project, slated for completion
by 2016.
Sudarshan K S, chief operating officer of Ozone Group told FC Estate that the venture would be flagged off in three months’ time. “We plan to begin initial work on the residential section of Urbana by June this year,” he said.
The residential section would comprise entry-level, mid-level and luxury-level residential units. A hospital has also been planned as part of the project.
Sudarshan said the project would be self-sufficient with its own water management system, which would reduce dependence on municipal supply for drinking water .
Sudarshan said, “the entry-level or affordable housing segment would be the main revenue driver in present market conditions. “Market corrections have helped us understand customers. The speculator-investor has been eliminated and we see only genuine home buyers now,” he added.

[idma]

Source: www.thehindubusinessline.com

Bangalore, May 1

If this developer manages to set a trend, homes in Bangalore could well go the Mumbai way – small and compact. And in these times of recession, when a genuine buyer is not able to loosen his purse strings for that prized home, a product in the Rs 4 lakh to Rs 19 lakh category is indeed a blessing. At least that’s what this new real estate developer hopes it would be.

CSC Constructions has launched three projects in Bangalore – at Attibele near the Electronics City, Devanahalli, and Sarjapur Road – hoping to make “home buying within the reach of one and all.”

All the projects will have apartments in the studio, single bedroom, two bedroom and three bedroom categories. The target customers include senior citizens, ex-Servicemen, young couples, first-time buyers, government employees and all those who would want to move from rentals to EMIs without any difficulty.

Mr P.C. Sukanand, Managing Director, CSC Constructions, said, “We cater to all income levels. We would provide what other developers have been providing all these years, but at realistic prices. We have cut down on our margins instead of loading our profits on to the cost of construction.”
More projects

The company also plans to launch six more projects in the city in the next six weeks. “Depending on how we do here, we plan to go to Mumbai also,” he said.

The company would be investing about Rs 20-35 crore in each project towards development, with the landowner being the joint developer.

“We are not over-exposing ourselves to a single location, and we are going across multiple locations, thus offering customers a choice of location,” said Mr Rohit Chugani, Executive Director of the company. The company is also in talks with private equity players for funding for future projects.

“We hope to close in on few deals soon,” he added.

CSC Belle at Attibele will have 1,400 units ranging from 253 sq ft to 850 sq ft, with prices starting at Rs 4 lakh. Phase 1 of this project would see 860 units developed. CSC Boulevard at Devanahalli would have 480 units ranging from 290 sq ft to 1,000 sq ft, with prices starting at Rs 5 lakh. CSC Belva at Sarjapur Road would have 840 units in the 350-950 sq ft range, with prices starting at Rs 5 lakh.

“There will be no compromise on quality or cutting short of amenities in our projects,” said Mr Sukanand.

The residential complexes will come with amenities including swimming pool, kids’ play area, a Hospice centre, crèche, 24-hour security, supermarket/shops, gym, party hall, club house, etc.

[Babji]

Date:08/05/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/05/08/s...0855871600.htm

Honeywell opens new R&D centre

UPBEAT: David M. Cote (left), Chairman and CEO, Honeywell, with Krishna Mikkilineni, President and Managing Director, Honeywell Technology Solutions, at a press conference in Bangalore on Thursday.

BANGALORE: Diversified U.S. engineering company Honeywell International said it remained committed to India as a manufacturing, engineering and R&D location even as President Obama proposed reductions in tax benefits to U.S. companies investing in subsidiaries outside the country.

Speaking at the inauguration of Honeywell’s new $50 million R&D and engineering facility in Bangalore, Chairman and CEO Dave Cote said India was an integral part of the company’s global growth strategy. The company would continue to grow and build capabilities in India.

“I get worried when I hear about protectionism. It is certainly worrisome and harmful,” said Mr. Cote. “It would cause people to believe in things that would be harmful in the long run. I am a big fan of creating jobs everywhere,” he added.

Mr. Cote said anything that prevented globalisation would be harmful to standards of living around the world, even in the country that initiated it.

Honeywell expects sales of about $600 million in 2009 from India, which is slightly higher than what it earned in 2008. China and India would grow at double the pace than in the developed economies, he said, terming the two economies as bright spots in the world.

For the first quarter of 2009, the company reported a drop in profit and cut full year earnings forecast on the back of slower sales in its key business divisions comprising aerospace, automation and control solutions, transportation systems and speciality materials.

In India, Honeywell expects business to grow in all the four divisions. The company is collaborating with Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) to produce TPE331 aircraft engines in India, as well as pursuing a programme to re-engine the Indian Air Force’s strike aircraft with its F125IN turbofan engines. At present, Honeywell has 10,000 employees in India, compared with 1,000 in 2002. It has five manufacturing facilities in the country.

The new 6.90 lakh sq. ft. facility, the largest in the company, can accommodate 3,000 people, and it would move in people from its temporary locations in Bangalore, it said.

Mr. Cote said a majority of U.S. companies was saying that the recently proposed measures were bad not only for the U.S. economy but also for the global economy.

[vidya]

DLF's Bangalore project caught in trouble : Read More

I dont understand why such reputed companies behave in such a way

[dis.agree]

what exactly was terribly wrong there? there is probably more to it than meets the eye with media paying too much attention to bbmp without getting into details. perhaps lost opportunity for kickbacks from the dlf satellite city prompted bbmp to do this?

i am sure reputed companies such as dlf would like to first get approvals before lauching projects if we have a more responsive bda's and bbmp's.

[OneGlobe]

Stage set for B'lore's largest power plant
Source: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/...est-power.html

The State government had promised an exclusive 5,000 megawatt mw) plant to the City. Now, the 2,100 mw CCBPP, the first in the State and the closest to Bangalore, is finally happening.


Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL)’s much awaited Combined Cycle Bidadi Power Plant (CCBPP) is all set to be a reality, with the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) agreeing to supply Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) required for the plant and the Yelahanka diesel plant, which KPCL intends to convert to a gas-based plant.

In the run up to the Lok Sabha elections, the State government had promised an exclusive 5,000 megawatt (mw) plant to the City. Now, the 2,100 mw CCBPP, the first in the State and the closest to Bangalore, is finally happening.

A top KPCL official, on condition of anonymity, told Deccan Herald that frequent meetings were held by the State Government with several companies including GAIL, Reliance and Malaysia based Petronas, since April to supply LNG .

Entering into pact

“We had totally stopped pursuing the gas deal due to several reasons. Now the situation has changed a lot. GAIL has come forward to supply the required fuel. Due to the initiative of the Secretary, Infrastructure Development, we are expecting the MoU to be inked within the next two to three months,” the official said.

The Bidadi plant requires an estimated 14 million metric standard cubic meter per day (MMSCMD) of gas. The Yelahanka diesel unit, which is to be converted into a gas plant with a capacity of 720 mw, requires about 4 MMSCMD of gas, he said.

Accordingly, GAIL will be storing the LNG at Mangalore before it is transported via pipeline to the outskirts of Bangalore, where it is regasified and used.

“This process requires three years, but before that, our boilers will be kept ready to generate power. It requires less than two years because the readymade gas boilers in a package of 700 mw capacity each, just needs re-assembling,” explained the officer.

Sources in KPCL also said that one more pipeline from the East coast is also on the cards. This, according to the officials, will bridge the gap of demand and supply in the State.

Yelahanka diesel plant

On the Yelahanka plant, he said that it is inevitable to convert the plant to gas considering the non-availability of low sulphur high speed diesel (LSHSD) to run the plant.

“The plant being within the City limits, needs clean fuel where the sulphur emission is less than eight percent. But even the low sulphur high speed diesel which meets the requirement is beyond the reach considering the cost factor as well as the availability,” he said. The Yelahanka plant currently contributes up to 1.6 million units per day, but is put to use only during the days of crisis.

“We have been utilising it since 2007 during scarcity. But it was operating full time during this year because of the crisis. Converting the plant to gas would bring down the generation cost and another plant with a capacity of 600 megawatt will be installed here to meet the city’s requirements,” said the official.

[barrykul]

I don't understand why Planners are not thinking about Solar. Everyone seems to think that India has the highest potential to reap Solar energy since the all year sun shine is highest. Clearly solar has only an 8-10 hr window, but then conventional based plants can be used during the lean sun hours. India needs to think along the lines of reducing its carbon footprint. Gas/oil is still being imported and the only ones who benefit are oil sheikhs.