The old mill looks like crap. It needs to be torn down soon.![]()
Anyway, the tower is being constructed in five pieces?
MUMBAI | Planet Godrej | 181m | 51 fl | Com
Planet Godrej -- Mahalaxmi, Mumbai
An iconic series of residential towers coming up in Mahalaxmi, Planet Godrej, developed by Godrej Construction, is one of Mumbai's first towers breaking the 50 story mark.
The tower is actually five towers of 51 stories connected together, and are marketed as Celesta, Strata, Electra, Aqua and Terra -- which I presume are being named after what the developer feels modern day subjects of the Roman Empire would presumably call the base elements, if they could.
The project is designed by DP Architects, Singapore, and are is of the first towers to come on former mill land -- in this case Simplex Mills.
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Some u/c pics from 2006 by mobile_geographies @ flickr, taken from former India United mill:
Late 2006:
In mid 2007 Humayunn N A Peerzaada @ flickr:![]()
A high-rise building is lit up during construction in Mumbai in this December 22, 2006 file photo
Agency:Reuters
Photographer: Arko Datta
And a more recent update:
From March, 2008:photos copyright Bishal]
Planet Godrej
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Cheers,
Jai
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Anyway, the tower is being constructed in five pieces?
Massive tower 
I agree. Most construction in Mumbai is coming up on former Mill Land. Something like 1/5 of developed land in Mumbai Central is mill land. :cheers1:
Yeah, the tower is coming up in 5 parts. The developers are actually selling the tower as five towers connected by skybridges.
Here are some construction updates:
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Yeah, the mill lands are developing into skyscrapers or being restored and turned into malls. This tower was also built on old mills.
They do seem to be constructing the tower one 'piece'/'tower' at a time
More recent updates have already been posted, but for fwiw, heres a pic taken by me in early Aug:
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those building look very outdated and typical commie block.Planet Godrej -- Mahalaxmi, Mumbai
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An iconic series of residential towers coming up in Mahalaxmi, Planet Godrej, developed by Godrej Construction, is one of Mumbai's first towers breaking the 50 story mark.
The tower is actually five towers of 51 stories connected together, and are marketed as Celesta, Strata, Electra, Aqua and Terra -- which I presume are being named after what the developer feels modern day subjects of the Roman Empire would presumably call the base elements, if they could.
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The project is designed by DP Architects, Singapore, and are is of the first towers to come on former mill land -- in this case Simplex Mills.
--------==--=--==--------
Some u/c pics from 2006 by mobile_geographies @ flickr, taken from former India United mill:
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Late 2006:
In mid 2007 Humayunn N A Peerzaada @ flickr:
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And a more recent update:
From March, 2008:
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Cheers,
Jai
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