[Jai]

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.

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:

A high-rise building is lit up during construction in Mumbai in this December 22, 2006 file photo

Agency:Reuters

Photographer: Arko Datta

In mid 2007 Humayunn N A Peerzaada @ flickr:

And a more recent update:

photos copyright Bishal]

Planet Godrej

From March, 2008:

Cheers,
Jai

 

[Jim856796]

The old mill looks like crap. It needs to be torn down soon.

Anyway, the tower is being constructed in five pieces?

 

[Ni3lS]

Massive tower

 

[Jai]

The old mill looks like crap. It needs to be torn down soon.

Anyway, the tower is being constructed in five pieces?

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:

First week of July

photos copyright David Gwinn

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[India101]

Isnt the building now t/o?

 

[Eric Offereins]

what a strange, yet fascinating tower.

 

[Jai]

The old mill looks like crap. It needs to be torn down soon.

Anyway, the tower is being constructed in five pieces?

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:

 

[Hed_Kandi]

Commie Blocks for Mumbai?

 

[Middle-Island]

If so, those are nicest Commi-Blocks I've ever seen.

 

[India101]

Update

pic by Tejas Dangre

 

[India101]

Update October

update from MPE

October 8

 

[skyscraper100]

i really dont like this one, it looks weird IMO

 

[The other Dude]

its just way too massive... i hate such wall-like buildings. they extremely spoil the view of everyone who doesnt live in it!
build it with some free spaces and holes in it. or at least put some greenery on it.

 

[Get Smart]

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:

And a more recent update:

From March, 2008:

Cheers,
Jai

those building look very outdated and typical commie block.

 

[Jai]

Dude, I dunno where you're from, but I aint never seen a commie block like that.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not singing its praises, but most residential buildings look like that during construction. Once the painting and exterior finishings are done, the building will look pretty unique

 

[Get Smart]

^^ sorry that does look like commie block, efficeint houising for low income people, the buildings are without style. however lets wait and see what it looks like when its finished, so far its nothing special,

 

[FIDEL CASTRO]

I really don't think they look like commie blocks.

 

[f.e.s.b.r.]

it looks to be a huge complex.. with so many apartments..
nice

 

[India101]

copyright Dedgod

 

[f.e.s.b.r.]

it looks nice the design... but i dont really like this.. i dont know.. it is nice
huge
cool
but not nice