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[Suncity]

Okay from the Ecoomic Times epaper 14th Dec, 2006

Found that the Oberoi commercial project in Goregaon is called Oberoi Commerz



and the Satra IT Park in Vashi is 24 storeys.

[Jai]

Originally Posted by Bombay Boy

jai, you may not be wrong, if they are indeed duplexes throughout the building. many new buildings are coming up offering only duplexes

it would seem silly to have linear structures spoiling the view from every window

Ok, so I may not be blind, but am now thoroughly confused... do builders call duplexes one "storey" in India?

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Look at the floors:


If each 'box' in the facade is two stories, it puts it at around 65 stories. If not, than it puts it at around 30.

I am once again changing my mind back to 65. Consider the rendering itself. The buildings just look far larger than 30 stories, when you see the perspective of the buildings. They just look far too massive, or else the perspective is all wrong.

Secondly, look at the stilts:


In the rendering, the each 'box' is twice the height of the stilts. Unless this building has 1/2 storey stilts, which would befit entry for only ponies and small children, each box has to be at least two stories tall.

I'm going to re-recorrect my original post

Originally Posted by Suncity

Okay from the Ecoomic Times epaper 14th Dec, 2006

Found that the Oberoi commercial project in Goregaon is called Oberoi Commerz

Mad Propz 2 da Oberoiz 4 snazzy towerz like "Commerz" and "Skyz", but why the hell do they think using so many "z"s make their buildings more hip??

Cool building though. Looks to be confirmed as 32 stories. Nice find'z' Sun!

-Jai

[Suncity]

Hmm..

Well hopefully more information will come in about this project.

There was an article about duplexes in yesterday's HT epaper.

[gyrations95]

What is the status of Mithi River Development Phase 1? It was in full swing before the rains. Was Supposed to be widened to 50m with retaining walls, jogging trails and restaurants etc. Any action on ground?

[Suncity]

six months old news from DNA

City's big builders square up on tall claim

Builder, builder on the block, who is the tallest of them all?
This is no fairy tale. Its the reality of two real-estate developers who say their building is the tallest in India. Three years ago, when the Shapoorji Pallonji- and Dilip Thacker-owned SD Corporation began building the 60-storey Imperial Tower at Tardeo, the building was touted as Indias tallest at 819ft (252m).

But now, the Lodha Group is challenging the Imperials claim to fame.
Next month, the group will begin constructing the 57-storey Bellissimo at Apollo Mills, which it bought from the National Textile Corporation for Rs180 crore. The group claims that the 648ft (202m) building will be Indias tallest.
Whats confusing the magic mirror, according to the Lodha Group, is that SD Corporation has included the height of the antenna and 10 levels of car parking while calculating the Imperials height. If one calculates the height of the liveable floors alone, then the Imperial has a height of about 550ft, say Lodha officials.

“The height of Bellissimos liveable floors is about 600 ft. This is also because of the higher floor to ceiling height of 11.9ft,” the officials say. Also, only three of the Bellissimos 57 floors are for parking.

Upset with the Lodha Groups claims, Amit Thacker of SD Corporation, said: “It is inappropriate and seems nothing more than a marketing gimmick. I do not know why Lodha is making such claims as Mangal Prabhat Lodha, the local legislator, is very much aware of our project. I would not, however, want to get into a mudslinging match.”

Thacker pointed out that the civil aviation ministry only gave clearance to the Imperial. He added, “The height of floor to ceiling blends between 10 and 12ft.

Even if the height is measured from the 12th floor, where the liveable floors begin, our building will be the tallest at 710ft." He is planning to voice his grievance in a letter to Lodha Developers.

When contacted, Abhiseck Lodha, director of Lodha Developers, did not seem keen to pursue the matter. "I am not in the race to build the tallest building," he said. "I have no objection if Shapoorji claims to be constructing the tallest building in the country."

[Jai]

Originally Posted by Suncity

Hmm..

Well hopefully more information will come in about this project.

There was an article about duplexes in yesterday's HT epaper.

Sun, MPE lists this as under construction.

They seem to be star shaped:


...which looks nothing like the flat looking rendering:


Perhaps meaning the design isn't finalized?


Also, project completion is to be a rather late 2010

Oh well, a small sign of things to come in the next several years!

[Jai]

Thane’s Biggest IT-oriented Township

Mumbai-based Rustomjee Developers are planning to develop Thane’s biggest IT-oriented integrated township, for which the company has already acquired approximately 130 acres of land off the Mumbai-Nashik highway near Thane. The company has entered into a joint development deal with the owner of the land, Rajasingh Verma.

This development, totaling seven million sq ft, will be among the biggest in Mumbai and will contain residential, commercial and recreational facilities. With construction scheduled to begin by the end of this year, the project is expected to be completed in about seven years at a total estimated cost of Rs. 1,200 crores, according to Boman Irani, director of Rustomjee Developers.

Rustomjee's Website only has the following blurb

Other upcoming projects:

In Thane
Sprawling over 100 acres, our upcoming project in Thane will be a one-of-its-kind property in this fast-developing suburb. A residential and commercial complex that promises a universe of comfort and luxury.

[Jai]

I updated the thread:
The tip of Mumbai's Tallest: 59 towers approved/construction of over 40 stories

[Suncity]

Originally Posted by Jai

I updated the thread:
The tip of Mumbai's Tallest: 59 towers approved/construction of over 40 stories

Great job! I have posted a few u/c pics in the cityscape thread.

[MYSTIC]

Hsg group eyes 2,000 old buildings

MUMBAI: Dilapidated buildings in the island city are a virtual goldmine for builders, given their potential for redevelopment. For the past seven months, Lok Housing has been pushing its proposal in Mantralaya to redevelop 2,000 decrepit buildings in different clusters in a joint venture with the Maharashtra housing and area development authority (Mhada).

Lok Housing chairman and managing director Lalit Gandhi says the proposal, which will change the face of the island city, entails the "mandatory eviction" of tenants living in dangerous buildings so that entire clusters can be redeveloped.

This comes in the wake of a recent Bombay high court order which says that only pre-1940 dilapidated buildings which are beyond economical repair can be taken up for redevelopment. There are over 17,000 cessed properties in the island city, of which less than 2,000 fall in the category described by the court. "We have seen, tenants ganging up to demand unreasonable benefits and to stall the project. There should be mandatory eviction of tenants and landlords based on the agreed, reasonable policies," Gandhi told TOI.

Gandhi's proposal has been discussed at various meetings in Mantralaya, including at chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh's level, but has found few takers in Mhada as well as the state housing department.

As part of its plan, Lok Housing has offered its 55 acre plot in Mankhurd to construct 25,000 tenements for transit accommodation for tenants whose buildings will undergo redevelopment.

"To accomplish this task of demolition and reconstruction of old buildings, we should form a joint venture company between Mhada and Lok Housing. It will have a board of directors comprising NGOs, ex-bureaucrats, etc," says Gandhi, who has the backing of Jockin Arputham, who won the Magsaysay award for his work with slumdwellers.

According to the plan, the joint venture will redevelop 2,000 unsafe cessed buildings and surrounding non-cessed buildings of more than 80 years old to make a cluster/block in south Mumbai along with upgrading and augmenting the surrounding basic infrastructure to cater to the enhanced and concentrated population in the newly constructed buildings. At present, the island city of Mumbai has the largest population density of 45,000 people per sq km. Lok Housing's proposal seeks permission to construct four times the area of the dilapidated building to be redeveloped.

However, Mhada chief Iqbal Chahal has objected to this proposal. A copy of Chahal's note procured by activist Shailesh Gandhi under the RTI Act, raises questions as to why Mhada should enter into a joint venture with only Lok Group and not with a large number of such developers.

"It is not clear as to why a monopoly should be created only for Lok Group where ultimately no other developer shall be eligible to carry out redevelopment without prior consent of Lok Group, which seems prima facie objectionable," says Chahal, in his note.

Housing secretary Swadhin Kshatriya said, "The government can't pick and chose people in this manner. We will have to wait for the new housing policy before we consider such proposals."

However, Gandhi is confident. "The proposal is before the CM, awaiting his approval.

Builder Pujit Agarwal, who represents the Property Redevelopers Association, says any project of this scale should be through a transparent and tendering process as various developers would be interested in pursuing it. Any single party who gets the contract of this sort in a non-transparent way can always be challenged," he adds.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/N...how/828232.cms

[Cov Boy]

This is very good news above.

I hope the Housing Group is successful as many buildings need development in Mumbai.

[Suncity]

In this photo posted by Jai in the cityscape thread, is that the Shreepati Tower?

[Suncity]

Lake Homes (some of these buildings are complete/nearing completion)

[Jai]

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V.G. Western, Malad: 3 towers of 20 storeys each


Architect Ajit Bhuta and Associates
Planning Stages. More information needed.

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Bela Vista Complex, Andheri:


Architect Ajit Bhuta and Associates
Planning Stages. More information needed.

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Mahavir Universe, Bahndhup: 5 towers of 25 stories each



Architect Ajit Bhuta and Associates

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Neelkanth Kingdom, Vidyavihar:




Architect Ajit Bhuta and Associates

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S. A Megacity, Eastern Express Highway (Thane?)


Architect Ajit Bhuta and Associates
Planning Stages. More information needed.

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Mahavir Platinum , Chembur: 2 towers of 20 stories each


Architect Ajit Bhuta and Associates

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A. C. Patel College, Kharghar


Architect Ajit Bhuta and Associates

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Tata Vadali, unknown location (in Mumbai?): 10 towers of 20 stories each


Architect Ajit Bhuta and Associates

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SEZ Projects, unknown location (in Mumbai/Navi Mumbai?)



Architect Ajit Bhuta and Associates

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[Suncity]

Global Vipassana Centre - dome under construction
photo copyright cornflex

[itsmevishal2k4]

these designs/renderings are sweet but all i know is that the maintainence fees are gonna be really high

[Hindustani]

Jai...............your update show so much glass & that good. Bombay needs to look more glassy & less concrete.

[Cov Boy]

Soooo many projects it hard to keep up!

Some of these look great and hope they are built.

So many towers now going up in Mumbai we need another list and better cofirmation of what is being built like Shreepati Tower.

[Jai]

Here's a construction update of The Imperial, from a very recent pic I'd posted in the cityscapes thread. I have edited the contrast, etc. for clarity. Its on the far right side:

^ Looks like they have restarted construction post-monsoon. If my eyes don't decieve me, it seems taller.

[Cov Boy]

The Imperial Towers

Its coming on well and due for completion Dec 2007