Kochi Marine Drive & Skyline pictures - I

[shreyas1684]

ya u r right i guess..

[_GrapeWine_]

Originally Posted by sudheeshnairs

You will see towns with 1 lakhs population having 20+ floor apartment complexes.

Very true. People in Kerala have a higher tendency to go and live in highrises...plus all the major cities have seafront. This is not the case with most of Gujrat or Maharashtra cities. Why to live in apartments when you don't have any added advantage in any terms... plus we have plenty of land.

I always wonder why Chennai doesn't have seafront development when it has such a huge potential...

[chennaidesi]

Looks like most of the Highrises in Kerala are residential apartments with small base plate are there any commercial buildings. If not then any specific reasons for that.

[sudheeshnairs]

As of now, even India doesn't have much commercial highrises over 20 floors, except in Mumbai. Bangalore is getting northstar with 31 levels.

When there are not enough highrises above 15+ floors even in residential for most parts of India, we cannot that expect that in Kerala alone.

Anyway Cochin has a 24 floor commercial building, Express Towers at Kaloor, eventhough the floor plate is small. L& T is planning a 20 floor IT Twin Towers, Signature Towers in Infopark, Cochin.

Leela Infopark, Technopark, Trivandrum is a 14 floor commercial building with 5 lakhs sft. Tejaswini, Technopark, Trivandrum is a 12 level commercial building with 6 lakhs sft. There are several mixed use structures well within 15-20 floors.

On a related note Cochin also has the tallest u/c residential apartment outside Mumbai, Choice Paradise with 40 floors at Tripunithura. Two projects of 36 floors towers are u/c in Trivandrum.

[KMC]

Originally Posted by scorpiogenius

Not exactly the reason. Mysore, Bangalore, Coimbatore etc are located in the same Earth Quake zone as Kerala. The density of population, lifestyle and lack of space have helped in the evolution of apartment culture. Cochin hosts the best skyline in India after Mumbai, especially when it comes to waterfront development.

The long and tall skyline is not just limited to Marine Drive; Chilavannoor lakefront has taller apartments along the lenght of it though not as classy as Marine Drive. The only drawback I could see in Marine Drive waterfront is that the highrises are topped out at 15-16 floor heights because of the presence of Navy Airport in the neighbouring island.

Imagine once Purva Marina and Dewa Project get completed , How the marine drive will look like ?

Also I really wonder why highrises are not coming up on bolghatty , vypeen , vallarpadom, Mulavukad .. That will make the view breathtaking. Its only matter of time .
Btw , seems in Bolghatty , land price is 25lacs per cent . There was an ad in manorama , . The land dont even have road frontage , still owner is quoting 25 lacs / cent . Exorbitanat rates>

[chennaidesi]

One more thing I dont understand why Finance districts have highrises what is the unique advantage for finance and High rises.

Happy Diwali Guys. Have a safe celebrations.

[sudheeshnairs]

There is height restriction in Marine Drive area due to the Naval Airport. I do not remember the exact height, but am told that the limit is the height of crane at Shipyard.

Bolgatty, vallarpadom etc will also fall under this zone.

Originally Posted by KMC

Also I really wonder why highrises are not coming up on bolghatty , vypeen , vallarpadom, Mulavukad

[antriksh_sfo]

KOCHI Skyline, green cover, waters look awesome.
I hope there is no slum development in the main city area.
The autorities should take steps to develop the Kochi Waters for Yatch/Sailing Club infrastructure development, like we see in Singapore, Marseille etc.

I understand that the local population may not own gr8 number of these boats. But the foreign tourists (Who are huge in number) can hire these and likewise affluent locales would follow. A board walk can also developed with a small Amusment Park actvities as in the case of Pier 39, Keemah etc. The authorities seem to be doing things in piecemeal like Volvo Ocean Race and no further action.

An annual Kochi Water Sports Festival on lines of VOLVO Ocean race clubbed with tour package to Munnar, TVM can realy help Kochi being catapulted to the happening tourist destinations.

Note:
I had same views about Kolkata in 1998/99 seeing the pics of Victoria Hall, Maidan, Salt Lake, Vidyasagar Setu, Metro but when I reached Kolkata I found it was utterly opposite, the unclean stink around all the places in particular Howrah/Alipore, the Unionist attitude of Taxiwallahs to Household maids, the shabbiness of the Metro, Pathetic state of Road Transport within Kolkata (Wooden small privates buses Red & yellow) & South Bengal (105 Kms distance took 5 Hrs from Kolkata to a place called Haldia which is an Industrial Town with investment worth Rs. 30K Cr), a stagnation in ideas to demand for a better life. All in all it seemed like stagnation of developmental process from some 2 decades. I attributed this to the laidback attitude to the unopposed election of Communists for decades. Considering, Kerala is also a strong Communist bastion, hope this is not true and what we see in pix may be the same in real.

Any way Kochi has a gr8 opportunity to convert itself to be a Marseille, Singapore or Casablanca, Its the destiny of Kochi in the hands of its locals.
All the best KOCHI.

[KMC]

Originally Posted by sudheeshnairs

There is height restriction in Marine Drive area due to the Naval Airport. I do not remember the exact height, but am told that the limit is the height of crane at Shipyard.

Bolgatty, vallarpadom etc will also fall under this zone.

already a 23 floor structuire is coming there ,

[scorpiogenius]

An attempt at Marine Drive pano from the Kochi backwaters

[India101]

Originally Posted by KMC

already a 23 floor structuire is coming there ,

Cool, but what project is this?

[sudheeshnairs]

Where? Bolgatty or Vallarpadom? Is it an u/c one or proposal? any links?

Originally Posted by KMC

already a 23 floor structuire is coming there ,

[India101]

Oh, thats Pearl Kochi. I think its comming up in Vallarpadom.

[India101]

Went on it's website and found a location map. Here it is -

[ihsanmia]

Dear Friend,

THis is Sargam Builder's Pearlkochi project, which is going to launch by end of November, 2009.
The proposed plan is to build 21 floors, for that Naval has approved for 21 floors, but panachayat approval has got only for 10 floors.

Presently Naval has no restriction to build apartments upto 22, near to Baslica chruch. The mentioned area is not coming under fly path of Naval airplanes. .

Ihsan

Originally Posted by India101

Went on it's website and found a location map. Here it is -

[ihsanmia]

[great india]

Cant see pic...

[Kochi2010]

Any thoughts on the Desai's project at Marine Drive called Samdura darshan.? Also, anyone have any idea about the commercial and residential "so called ranking" of the all projects in Marine drive. Like most sought after commercial space and residential place etc.

My layman thought would be like
Commerical -> Abad's (Bay pride)[1],
Residential -> Presitge Neptune[1], Purvankara Grandbay[2], Abad bay pride[3], Abad Marine Plaza [4], Desai Samdura Darshan [5] etc

Any thoughts about these.? Thanks all for sharing you ideas.
Thanks

Appreciate

[India101]

Samundra Darshan



I like how most developers I sticking to one form of architecture

[Business Bay]

Originally Posted by Kochi2010

Any thoughts on the Desai's project at Marine Drive called Samdura darshan.? Also, anyone have any idea about the commercial and residential "so called ranking" of the all projects in Marine drive. Like most sought after commercial space and residential place etc.

My layman thought would be like
Commerical -> Abad's (Bay pride)[1],
Residential -> Presitge Neptune[1], Purvankara Grandbay[2], Abad bay pride[3], Abad Marine Plaza [4], Desai Samdura Darshan [5] etc

Any thoughts about these.? Thanks all for sharing you ideas.
Thanks

Appreciate

Good .

Only matter is the view from Abad Bay Pride and Desai Samudra is much better, being a long distance Sea view, upto Vypeen.

With the other Projects (near High Court), the view is more restricted ( Backwater view till Bolgatty).

Also, the supply in Marine Drive proper (Bay Pride and Desai) is limited, as no more open land is available.

In New Marine Drive (Abad Marine Plaza, Neptune etc) , there are many Projects in various stages of completion and in planning.

There will be too much supply coming in that area.

So, in my opinion, Bay Pride and Deasi are better than the others, although Neptune seems to be a sophisticated project.