Lanco Hills SEZ and Lanco Hills Signature Tower, Manikonda, Hyderabad, India
…India’s Tallest Tower, Hyderabad’s first Supertall, and the World’s tallest Residential Tower
Mark my words: the city of Hyderabad, the 6-million people strong IT powerhouse located in the state of Andhra Pradesh in Southern India, will very soon crash into the ranks of major skyscraper cities in a big way. “Cyberabad” (as its popularly called, owing to its huge IT industry) has emerged as the most pro-densification, pro-verticalization metro in the Indian Subcontinent — even more so than Mumbai, and that says a lot
One of the anchor projects of its vast Skyscraper Zone the Lanco Hills SEZ, located at Manikonda village, has broken ground and will feature what is planned to be a beautiful World’s Tallest Residential Tower at over 100 stories stories in height. Groundbreaking of the first phase started July 4th, with expected completion in two phases within 4 years.
Although it is technically not the first approved supertall in Hyderabad, as the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation’s 100-storey/450 meter at Trade Tower at the upcoming Manchirevula CBD was approved sooner, since the APIIC has seen it fit to NOT make public the design, in my view Lanco Hills’s Signature Tower wins by default.
With both groups — Lanco Corp. and APIIC claiming their tower will be “the tallest in Southeast Asia”, and both refusing to disclose exact heights, only stating that they will be over 100 stories in height, there very well may be a skyscraper race shaping up for Hyderabad and India.
So keep on reading to find out more about this mindblowing development originally posted by me on Skyscrapercity.com. So read on!…
I’ll first post an article from 2006, giving some background information about the origins of this project…
A mega techno-residential township
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Tuesday, June 13, 2006The Lanco Group has sewn up plans for a mega techno-residential township of 18 million sq ft that would come up in a 100-acre site near here with an investment outlay of about Rs 3,600 crore.
The company is planning a 90-storey building, which could potentially be the tallest such structure in the country. Since this comes in a special zone, clearances would be formality, the company said……. Apart from developing 16 residential towers each of about 30 levels, this project will host a mega mall complex and two hotels – a five-star and a four-star one.
The Lanco group Chairman, Mr L. Madhusudhan Rao, told that the magnitude of the project was such that this will effectively create a larger capacity than the existing Hitec City area near here, where a majority of the IT companies have set up shop. The project, to be taken up through a strategic partner, would be completed within three years.”We plan to unveil the project in August, and a leading Mumbai-based designer has been roped in for its design.The company expects to tap into other metros following up on their capability to handle infrastructure projects,” Mr Rao said. Giving an overview of the mega office-cum-township project named Lanco Hills, Mr Rao said that this would be a mixed development project that will have a built-up space of about 18 million sq ft, featuring top-notch office space, residential facilities and large recreation zones.With regards to the office space, the company is planning 12 towers each of up to 20 levels that would be custom designed for IT and IT-enabled services (ITES) companies and this would form part of the Knowledge Corridor that the State Government is in the process of developing, he said. Apart from developing 16 residential towers each of about 30 levels, this project will host a mega mall complex and two hotels – a five-star and a four-star one.
The mall will have a built up space of about two million sq ft, with multi-level parking space.In all, the township will have 7.5-million sq ft. of office space and 8 million sq ft of housing facility in addition to the mall and hotel complexes.
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And now this one from April of this year, when the project was given the official go-ahead…
Lanco Hills Park notified as SEZ
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Tuesday, Apr 17, 2007Special Correspondent
The company is poised to be one of the largest `mixed-use’ developer in the world, worth over US $ 1 billion
HYDERABAD: The city-based Lanco Hills Technology Park Private Limited of the Lanco Group has been notified as a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) by the Union Ministry of Commerce with effect from April 10, 2007.A sector-specific Special Economic Zone for Information Technology (IT) and IT-enabled services (ITES) will be set up over 25-acres in Manikonda village, Rajendranagar Mandal of Ranga Reddy district.
The company is planned to be positioned as one of the largest `mixed-use’ developers in the world worth over US $ 1 billion.It constitutes realty sectors like IT/ITES space, mall, ultra modern living spaces, extraordinary entertainment, luxury hotels and service apartments, to name a few. It will be a truly international standard integrated IT park, he said. Chairman L. Madhusudhan Rao said “The sanction is recognition of our credentials and unique track record in creating global-scale landmarks.” He said it would be a trendsetter in destination-building and etch Hyderabad as a signature to India as an emerging global destination.
And now this one from early this month, when the project was officially launched…
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Lanco eyes realty pie with Rs 5,500 crore
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INFRASTRUCTURE BUREAUPosted online: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 at 0005 hours IST
HYDERABAD, JUL 2: The $500 million Lanco group has entered realty business with a bang through its SPV christened Lanco Hills Technology Park Private Ltd. The company proposes to develop about 30 million sq ft for IT-SEZ, ITeS and residential zones with an estimated investment of Rs 5,500 crore.Speaking to mediapersons here on Monday, Lanco Infratech Ltd managing director G Venkatesh Babu said the property will be developed in two phases on a 108-acre plot at Manikonda village, about 18 km from the upcoming international airport.
It will have 12 IT towers including an SEZ and 15 residential blocks besides two hotels and malls, he added. The project is scheduled to be completed in the next four years excluding the signature block, which will be the tallest in the world.“We cannot reveal the number of floors at this point of time, but it will be definitely be over 100 floors and become a centre of attraction,” Babu said.
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Below are the official renderings of the project, with the larger images clickable
^ View from one of the parks towards one of the office towers surrounding the mall. Hotels, office and IT buildings surrounding.
^ Detail of the IT buildings complex
^ The mall and commercial tower, and hotel
^ View towards hotel and IT park from lake
^ Detail from one of the parks towards the residential buildings
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And finally, below are some initital pre-renderings made public early this year, some now inaccurate. You can see how the general design was finalized, but not all the details:
Skyscraper fans of India, rejoice!
Cheers,
FeloniousVindaloo
This is absulutely fantastic project we will orally full support you lanco hills, They r very professional and leader of construction field. The hyderabad project dream of us, thank -you verymuch lanco hills. We really appreciate you for a desighn very good towers and buildings. We hope you will defenetly successful of this project.
thanking you,
zafar.
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Though I am very excited about this development, is LANCO so big into Development to pull off such a huge venture on their own? I am currently in the US, can any update me about the buzz in Hyd regarding this?
dabbulu kattakandroy maddagudisipotharu
Why did Gov gave Lanco Such a Huge Project…!
With out considering the City Roads and population.
I think Gov should raise a project for Roads, highways, subway. high speed trains.
then they can consider these sort of things.!
I am a frequent visitor to Hyderabad. I was born and lived in Andhra Pradesh for 24 years. I am totally disgusted with the traffic problems the city has. The infrastructure is rather rudimentary. seldom traffic rules are observed or enforced. I wonder if the people who approve such mega projects ever think of the multitude of problems these projects bring in. I think that this type of development reminds me of the US invasion of IRAQ and the subsequent head aches the Bush administration and the magnanimous people of US are facing now. Proper planning and execution of development is mandatory . I doubt that such a thing is happening with these projects. I am sorry that I have to be so cynical about things in Andhra Pradesh.
Choudari Kommineni, M.D., Ph.D.
West Virginia, USA
I totally agree… whold you really be happy to walk into a plush 100 storey building if it take an hour and half of dirty jammed ride?? I like the approach here in the US, they first ensure there is road and Rapid transport connectivity before building such huge fancy structures…..
Unfortunate its vice versa there….
that was really a dream coming true because we never except this growth like newyork,now i think hyd is going to shape into a manhatten.
my home is infront of the lanco hills manager in jubliee hills .
Do we have sufficient water and power resources in hyderabad besides roads
How about crime rate. I am sure it will increase. Already the crime rate in cyberabad is more than hyderabad. Now with this new township there will lot of threat from terrorists, naxals and local gangsters. Did Lanco or government thought about this?
i am excited but where is the connectivity and other aspects of environment things been considered
this is with refrence about the new mega projects coming up in hyderabad,and i think this is what hyderabad really deserves and more.well,This is for one ajnabi who wrote about naxal,local gangster,terrorists,and thefts…well ajnabi ppl like ur mindset can only think like this,u r used to live in little places and with fear,so u dont bother about even thinking of such projects,wat is to happen will happen,but such projects like lanco hills,and onother project anil ambanis will really bring hyderabad in real shape and its going to make india proud.thanx for what u guys r trying to do and all the best
syed muzaffar
i am very very very excited with this developments my dreamz comes true i am really appreciate you for this upcoming beautiful cities like new york i proud of my hyderabad is best in the world
but before you make this gold and daimond city please i advise you stop the crimes and corruption and make clean and green city and please develop old city so every one can proud for hyd
thx lanco
thx andhra pradesh govt.
now i hear that this project in stuck in land controversy. all land developers in hyd face this problem from these sources:
wakf board
nizam land
commies
poor and jobless
and variious other corrupt unmentionables
HYD WILL NEVER GET GOOD PROJECTS OFF THE GROUND. TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. THE PEOPLE DO NOT DESERVE THEM BECAUSE THEY ELECT IN COMPETENT GOVERNMENT.
i am very happy after hearing the mega projects from lanco, development credits goes to the past and present ruling govt for there positive approach towards happening city, there are many comments about this happening, brothers visit hyderabad after inaugration of airport, you will feel proud to see hyderabad and new development of greater hyderabad is absolutely great i have been to hyderabad recently iwas shocked .
I am very much happy to to see & here that lanco hill brought the developement in hyderabad city as mega projects & high rise buildings near to the new upcoming air port.
i wish all the sucess to u to bring up ur dream in reality,
thanks
Mohammed Azmathullah
Doha
Nice to hear that hyderabad is going to be tower city, but before that they have to workout on reglular needs like water problem and electricity and jobless people and they have to cleanup crimes and corruption from the root.
Glad to see such an amazing project is happening. Can anyone kindly provide further information about this development? Such as schedule, contractors, designer etc?
Thanks in advanced and wish this development a great success!!
Hai, this is sanjeeva reddy,
I was amazed that i saw the Lancohills proposrd elevations . I lived three years in Dubai as a Civil Engr. Lanco hils elevation is great that dubai is not even compared to this really. its a great oppertunity for indians.
awesome
hyd is one of the cultural city and now it is also becoming commercial now hyd is better than dubai
Assalmualikum,
Well I do believe the words which says “The secret of getting ahead is getting started” but the Govt. should simultaneously work out on other aspect of developed city, with out which it can only fill one more hillarious example for the famous hyderabadi saying’s “Shiek Chlli ke khaba hai”…….. Nothing more to Pen.
All the best Hyderabad if u r known as a PEACEful city to the World its enough for me..
WellWishingly yours
kaleem hyderabadi
Hey guys its great man, development in any sector would take us lead in all other sectors, dont waste time in blaming the govt to develop other sectors,this change is very very great it will make the govt mandatory to change its infrastructure, its vice versa
i love and proud to be a hyderabadi
Initially I thought its a bogus but when I visited Hyd recently, I asked a sales guy to take me to the site. To be perfectly honest, I was impressed. I’m almost convinced but not totally.
Some of the findings:
Work on residential towers have already started. The lake in front of all the buildings is not the same as what you see in the pictures. I would call it a large pond. So, don’t dream of lakeside views like I did if you want to invest here. Moreover, Lanco doesn’t own that lake so its possible that it will be gone when Lanco finishes the project to build apartments the way it happened with other lakes in Hyd in the past.
They are not telling much about the signature tower. I’m leaning towards the suspicion that it may never happen but I may be wrong. Delhi Public School is not as big as I thought earlier when I saw on the way. So, don’t get carried away by what you see on the Internet and the maps. Go and have a look at the location. You may have to travel a lot to take your kids to a decent school.
There is investment potential in this but at almost 5000+ per sft in Hyd doesn’t sound right! Only time can tell. But if they deliver what they are promising, it will definitely be a place to live in Hyd if you have a couple of crores as pocket money. I’m pretty sure that the prices have gone beyond reach and they will come down very soon with other ventures but Lanco may stick to that price.
Hope this helps..
Hey lets say hats up to lanco hills, this is the time of fluctuation in development, soon i see me as working in India inshallah.
although i hve never been to Hydrabad but i this project and bldgs look completely alien in the indian context and unbalanced in terms of environment and energy specially with all that glass on the facades.In terms of infrastructure and revenue it mght do wonders for Hydrabad but culturally and ecologically this project looks pretty insensitive towards local factors specifically climate.I just hope before implementation a thorough evaluation of such factors should be carried out otherwise this scheme look only like a mindless imitation of west to me.
Hai everybody,
LANCO HILLS, its GREAT, its proud of HYDERABAD, isn’t it, the upcomings of Hyderabad is praised by one and all and ofcourse, Lanco’s Share in praising is higher, I really appreciate Sri Madhusudhan Rao of his braveness, dareness and a huge investment in the project, initially there was Banjara Hills, later JUBILEE HILLS and now the known township LANCO HILLS, when compared to Bjr Hills and Jub Hills, lot of difference, LANCO is not only the pride of Hyderabad, a pride of INDIA too, INDIA-HYDERABAD competitively equally in the run, isn’t? I wish ALL THE SUCCESS.
Ahmed.
such projects shold not be confined to hyderabad alone. It shoul spread all over the state besides providing basic amenities that are suffuicient for many years to come. Such projects also should be designed in such a way that even common man can afford living there.
What’s the use of constructing such tall buildings in Hyderabad which has a large area. It’s better to construct buildings with not more than 50-60 floors.
HE{Mr L. Madhusudhan Rao} CONVERTED THE IMAGE OF HYD…..
How many floors does the tallest building have.
by this building hyderabad will be most popular city in india and many of the people will come and visit hyderabad for most amazing buildings in india most of the people want to buy this buildings
can i have the video of building
how many floors are on the building
the project progress pics are showing almost same status as about one year ago!
see the progress pic of the so called signature tower. even the trucks floating around in the dug up pit havent changed!
its good to be constructing a scyscraper in hyderabd. More people can be accommodated in a lesser space. does any one know the cost of the flats
hey guys all u out there come on man ring up the bell its high time to be optimistic towards the development i accept its not so easy to over come the hurdels but let just say some one should take the initiative for putting the bell in the cats neck so let us be hsppy that LANCO has made the move let us all support the thought. keep up the good work and make hyderabad the place to be good-luck LANCO-dumu lepaye.
ASSALAM WAILEKUM TO LANCO HILLS AND APIIC FOR MAKING HYDERABAD TO TOUCH THE HEIGHT OF THE SKY…
I LOVE HYDERABAD AND PROUD TO BE HYDERABADI.
HYDERABAD ROCKS….
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That is a good thing that hyd will have skyscrapers now and now hyd can be seen on the world map for having them.
Good luck hyd. Good going and keep it up.
ITS NICE TO SEE OUR HYDERABAD FINDING ITS PLACE IN WORLD MAP BY THESE TALLEST BUIDINGS WE ARE PROUD TO BE INDIAN AND PROUD TO BE HYDERABADI, THANKS TO OUR EX-CHIEF MINISTER MR. N. CHANDRA BABU NAIDU WHO HAS BROUGHT THE FOREIGN INVESTERS IN HYDERABAD.
Hyderabad it`s great ….
simbol of good love charminar
simbol of good kings golkonda kota
simbol of good human being pople
simbol of good godisum tamples
simbal of good inidanisum pople
its very safe liveing place in india
lanco is very great big venture they are doing
they will creat histary
simbol of good venture lanco hills
Ab aayega asli maza
Maa ki kirkiri hum bhi kisi se kum nahi aur Mumbai ,delhi , aur baki sab states se HYD aage rahega kyun ki it was one of the worlds richest city while nizam was ruling this city.
Do you know that .I Wish is to make HYDERABAD CITY as KOhinoor Diamond which belongs to HYderabad.
Inshallah my dream comes ture
It is very good that this kind of projects come up in Hyderabad.
But I think it is foolish to have such projects despite of water and traffic and population problems of Hyderabad.
To begin with, the Government of Andhra Pradesh should take neccesary steps to control the city’s population.
Secondly, the water problems must be solved in order to pave a way for this kind of projects.
Thirdly, traffic must be controlled in the city by passing certain laws which restrict the number of vehicles on the road.
The environment should also be taken into consideration.
Deforestration should not be done to set up these kind of projects.
Only if these things are taken into consideration, and also are implemented, these kind of projects can prevail and withstand in a city like Hyderabad.
I expect the above mentioned things to take plac as soon as possible.
This is a good step for the country. It will give us a better image in the world. Let us us hope these projects come to reality. may the lord help us.
REALY HYD IS THE BEST AND IN FUTURE HYD IS BETTER THEN DUBAI I AM HYDERABADI AND I LOVE HYD
its really amazing to see the buildings Constructed… My Home is just 1-2 Km far from lanco hills.. the development near by Lanco Hill is in the boom….
Well all i can say is…
I LUV HYDERABAD & AM PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN…
GOD BLESS TO INDIA AND TO ALL OVER THE WORLD…
1 LOVE FOR YA’LL…
I want to develop my birth place but gov should focus in this mater we have good man power than any other country in world more than 60% are young population we are powerfull and we have brain drains like they are studying in india working for other country only just because of improper system and rules so i request to take young generation in ruling system of india this is the only we to achieve success my brothers and systers
Hyderabad rockzzzzzzz
this is nice to see this project.but when it will be completed???/??
u know all the buldings except the tall one is not completed all the buldings are already started getting design work
First-rate blog. You have won a brand-new fan. Please keep up the good writings and I look forward to more of your interesting writings.
Really lanco is very good company
its really amazing to see the buildings Constructed
this is nice to see this project.but when it will be completed???/??
Only two of the buildings have nearly topped up. Altogether it’s probably less than 10% of this mammoth project. Signature tower is not gonna happen any sooner.
Well traffic is an issue… poor infrastructure is one thing and public is doing its part well to make it worse 😀
here’s my 2 cents… there’s a thing called ‘right of way’ that’ll fix half the traffic problems in India 😀
It was a great thought of Lanco Hills to build a large IT park in Hyderabad. I have previously worked as site supervisor in this authorization. Iam proud to be a previous employee in this company.
I WISH ALL THE BEST TO THE MANAGEMENT TO DO THE SAME BETTER THAN BETTER..
metro city Hyderabad with 72 kms of metro