LOWER PAREL | One Avighna Park | 266 m | 64 fl | U/C

[Savz]

Awesome!!!!! Have u guys noticed the crown of "Sunshine Tower" lit up in this picture???? It looks good....isnt it?

[India101]

Yep, someone mentioned that in the Sunshine Tower thread that it was lit up. Looks great.

[deekshith]

Scale model of One Avighna park from Dawn Digital's facebook account.

[Jai]

If it's really going to be lit up like that, it looks quite nice

[hshah]

There's something that is different about this tower, cant really figure exactly what. in the scale model above, it seems to be excessively lit. Seems like too much LED lights. Also there seem to be too many window blocks on the building. But if you look at the tower as a whole, it looks pretty nice.

[Coolguyz]

One can see monorail work happening near the railway tracks

[Cov Boy]

This tower is going up fast too!

What monorail tracks? I cant see any?

[IndiansUnite]

Cov Boy - You see that yellow board? Work is going on there for the viaduct which will run parallel to the curry road bridge.

CG - This was much needed. Thanks man

[Cov Boy]

Oh I see!

Gotcha!

Thank you.

[deekshith]

Mar 8 2012.
Photo copyright: thomastabraham

One Avighna is rising at the back..... in front its Marathon futurex.

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image hosted on flickr

[Savz]

9th Mar 2012
Copyright:Savz

[amhrpi]

I somehow have a feeling that this is going to be a cracker of a building! Cheers to you Savz for taking all this time and effort!

[Coolguyz]

[ubermeow]

Most definitely this one will top out before the end of the year, but I can't say the same thing about Ahuja Towers, which seems to have stagnated or is going up at a very very slow speed.

[Ashbaggins]

Originally Posted by ubermeow

Most definitely this one will top out before the end of the year, but I can't say the same thing about Ahuja Towers, which seems to have stagnated or is going up at a very very slow speed.

One wing may TO, but the other hasn't even started yet.

[India101]

Yep, the other wing far behind the first.

btw, cheers Coolguyz for the updates.

[ubermeow]

Originally Posted by Ashbaggins

One wing may TO, but the other hasn't even started yet.

With modern construction technology, buildings can top out structurally at a very rapid speed (Burj Dubai at 800 mts was done in 3 yrs or so). More time is consumed by the interiors, landscaping and other ancillary functions that make these buildings liveable. I however agree, that commercial skyscrapers do go up at a much rate than residential ones, but that is purely a commercial issue and not something separated by technological disparity.

[Coolguyz]

[deekshith]

May 6 2012.

Photo copyright: firoze shakir

[sumant]

Residents of first cluster project move into new homes
MUMBAI: Till last week, Sudhir Tendulkar was living in a 135-sqft room in a chawl. Today, the 60year-old is mesmerised by the view of the Mahalaxmi racecourse and the sea visible from his new home on the 23rd floor.
KALPAK PATHAK / HT

Homemaker Anjali Chavan is also proudly showing off her new 440-sqft house in Vignaharta CHS to her relatives. “I don’t have to worry about my son’s marriage anymore. Now, I have a big house which has toilets inside,” she said.
Tendulkar and Chavan are among the 565 residents of the Hazi Kasam Chawl at Lalbaug who have moved to their new homes under the ambitious Cluster Redevelopment Scheme by the state government.
Nish Developers were the first to secure permission to redevelop their seven acre property under the cluster scheme.
According to Nishant Agarwal, executive director, Nish Developers, the residents have been provided with the best facilities. “We have a constructed green building and also installed water recycling plants for the residents,” he said, adding that this would ensure uninterrupted water supply and reduce power bills by 35%. Other amenities included are a health club, garden and community halls.
According to Agarwal, the state government needs to do more to encourage the scheme. “We need more incentives. Securing hundreds of consent letters [from residents] is a big headache,” he said.
However, residents who have spent decades in matchbox sized leaky rooms and crumbling structures are looking forward to living in new swanky apartments. “Now I can proudly call my friends over,” said Krishna Parab, 35, who lives with eight of his family members. “I won’t have to sleep outside the house anymore.”

The cluster redevelopment scheme, which gave incentives to anyone undertaking revamp for more than 1 acre, plot has been a slow starter. Till now just five projects have got the green signal while work has started only in one.

source : HT