MUMBAI | Weekly Roundup | 22 July, 07 -- 29 July, 07

This is Mumbai’s first City Weekly Roundup posting!

I. Mumbai’s tallest — India Tower beings construction!
II. Rahjea Legend Redesigned
III. Has Palais Royale become taller (70 stories)?
IV: More FSI Approved!: Mumbai’s gonna go even more vertical!
V: New projects Vijay Associates (Wadhwa) Developers
VI: New projects and updates Dynamics Developers

For this Mumbai Roundup, garnered from Skyscrapercity.com, read on!…

I. Mumbai’s tallest — India Tower beings construction

First off, the biggest news this week, of course, is that Mumbai’s tallest skyscraper, the 74 storey/301m India Tower (formerly known as Park Hyatt Tower) has officially begun construction, with estimated completion by 2010.

Rather than repeat myself, I’ll just point you to the post I already made about this major news:
MUMBAI | India Tower | 74 floors | 301m — Mumbai’s tallest skyscraper begins construction!

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II. Rahjea Legend Redesigned

K Raheja Universal, through their website, has unveiled a new design for their tower Raheja Legend, at Worli. We estimate the height at around 38 stories.

Apparently keeping in sync with the whole new K Raheja Universal “swoosh!” type of architecture, Raheja Legend has changed from this:

to this:

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III. Has Palais Royale become taller?

Here’s an update on the proposed Palais Royale, to be built by Vikas Kasliwal on his Shree Ram Mills property, Worli.
Hindustan Times Epaper: Builders have designs to segregate ‘classes’

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HT Epaper
25 July, 2007

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Vikas Kasliwal’s proposed 70-storey luxury apartment in Shriram Mill off Worli Naka would also have to house 1,000 erstwhile millworkers in the same compound. Real estate sources say each flat would cost around Rs 5 crore with construction cost at Rs 8,500 per sq ft.

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So looks like the tower has been upscaled from 700 ft/50 stories to 70 stories. This is the design that he presented of the 700 ft building from way back when:

I guess it’s implied the design of the tower has changed as well?The older article made it pretty clear that he wanted Palais Royale to be the most upmarket of upmarket housing. With some awesome architecture by his competitors, this building would have to look damn good to stand out. Of course, the quality of reporting in India is terrible, and it could also be simply misreported or outright speculation from the reporter.

On a side note, the whole concept of “separating the classes” makes me physically ill.

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IV: More FSI Approved!: Mumbai’s gonna go even more vertical!

HT has a nice explanation of the new housing policy in Mumbai. In short: Mumbai’s gonna go vertical!
Hindustan Times Epaper: Vertical City: Mumbai’s fishing villages, old houses and slums can now be razed and rebuilt as highrises

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HT Epaper
24 July, 2007

ALREADY HOME to the largest number of highrises in India, Mumbai is set to see even more vertical development.

A look at the state housing policy’s fine print reveals that private real estate developers can now raze dilapidated buildings, old government colonies, chawls, villages and slums which occupy a major chunk of city land – and build high-rise towers in the plots freed up.

More specifically the government, which tabled the policy in the assembly on Monday plans , to increase the “floor space index” it gives to builders for redeveloping these areas. FSI stipulates how high a builder can go on a particular plot. An expert group will work out the exact FSIs for various schemes.

“FSI was not being used optimally, especially in MHADA colonies,” said Swadhin Kshatriya, principal secretary, housing. “But it will be mandatory for developers to create infrastructure if more floors are added to buildings.”

The policy aims to increase housing stock via redevelopment as there are few open spaces left. Some highlights:

* Dilapidated, old buildings and chawls, especially in south and central Mumbai: these will be divided into clusters, and developers will get extra FSI.

* Gaothans, or old villages: builders will get FSI up to double the used area in Chembur, Malad, Versova and Worli.

* Bombay Development Division chawls: builders can construct towers in place of these, with units for existing tenants, and extra ones for sale.

* MHADA colonies: builders will get extra FSI.

* Builders will get incentive FSI if they reserve over a fifth of a new layout’s units for lowand middle-income groups. They will also get an incentive if they build units only for rent.

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So why do they have a pic of a building in Gurgaon?

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V: New projects Vijay Associates (Wadhwa) Developers

Vijay Associates (Wadhwa) Developers advertised some new (to us) projects

Anmol Prestige, 32 stories:

Anmol Pride, 30 stories:

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VI: New projects and updates Dynamics Developers

Some other new residential and commercial projects by Dynamix Group:

Ascot Center II/, Andheri:
Designed by the architect Hafeez Contractor

DB Towers, Bandra Kurla Complex:

Orchid Tec-park, Goregaon (East):

Orchid Turf View, Mahalaxmi: 48 stories:

Also check out the slick walkthrough presentation (SWF)
Orchid West View, Goregaon: two towers of 35 stories each:

Orchid Heights, Jacob Circle: two towers of 55 stories each:

Orchid Views, Jacob Circle: two towers of 50 stories each:

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Well, that’s this week’s update from the SSC India forum!

Cheers,
VindalooFelon

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