The Calcutta/Kolkata projects thread
 

Here are some highrise and non highrise projects that are taking place in Kolkata/Calcutta, India.

1) South City

Four 35 storey towers
Under Construction

http://www.southcityprojects.com/images/index.jpg

2) Hiland Park

Five towers - 28 - 21 floors - completed
Four Towers - 17 floors- under construction

http://img170.exs.cx/img170/1426/hil...mplete18xr.jpghttp://img170.exs.cx/img170/8291/hiland5nv.jpg


3) Greenwood Sonata

Several 12-15 storey towers.
Under construction.

http://img74.exs.cx/img74/6789/greenwoodsonata6zl.jpg


4) Westwind

6 blocks of 14 storeys
Under construction

http://img165.echo.cx/img165/2222/westwindcal8vg.jpg

5) Ekta Heights

4 buildings 10-12 storeys
Under construction

http://www.axiomestates.com/img/ekta.../elevation.jpg

6) Merlin Residency

3 Towers of 14 floors completed
1 Tower of 24 floors to be started shortly

http://img170.exs.cx/img170/3213/mer...idencyb4cg.jpg

http://www.merlinprojects.com/images/mer_resi_2.jpg

7) Greenfield Heights, New Town Kolkata

Four towers G + 17 - Shrobona, Sandhyatara, Suktara and Saptarshi.
Status: Under construction

Rendering

http://img75.exs.cx/img75/4171/greenfieldheights4np.jpg

8) Akankha

3 Towers of 23 storeys
Status: Under construction

http://img7.exs.cx/img7/9171/akansha...shelter1rl.jpg

9) Sunrise Point
Status: Under construction

Saffron - Three Towers of 20 storeys

http://www.surekaproperties.com/imag...rk-flatten.jpg

Crimson

Two towers of 17 storeys

http://www.surekaproperties.com/images/crimson_b.jpg

10) Sunrise Towers

One tower of 23 storeys and one of 13 storeys
Status: Launching soon

http://www.surekaproperties.com/images/home2.jpg

11) Rupashree

Three towers of 14 storeys
Status: Under construction

http://www.bengaldcl.com/Welcome%20t...es/rupaone.jpg

12) Rukmani Parasmani

2 towers of 12 storeys
Status: Under construction

http://www.mani-group.com/parasmani/...b_theme_09.jpg

13) Manikarn

2 towers of 12 storeys
Status: Under construction

http://www.mani-group.com/karn/images/new_04.jpg

14) The Silver Spring

8 Towers 15-19 storeys
Status: Under construction

http://img31.exs.cx/img31/5116/benga...rspring6oh.jpg

http://www.thesilverspring.com/images/current/06.jpg

15) Utsa

4 Towers of 15 storeys
1 tower of multiple interconnected blocks of 12 storey
Status: Completed April 2005

http://img165.echo.cx/img165/417/utsaluxury3xq.jpg

http://img165.echo.cx/img165/9122/utsa27bp.jpg

That's over 50 buildings!!! I will add some more later.

16) Metro Heights

19 Storeys
Status: Under Construction

http://www.belanis.com/images/ongoin...ldg_bottom.jpghttp://www.nkrealtors.com/image/metroheight.gif

17) Sunflower Garden

Two towers of 14 storeys
Status: Under Construction

http://img90.exs.cx/img90/8748/kolka...wergarden3.jpg

18) Hiland Sapphire

15 storeys
Status: Under Construction

http://www.hilandparkcal.com/hilands...apphire001.jpg

19) Hiland Woods

Status: Bookings started
Renderings not released yet {what's the secrecy?); Floor plans have been released.

Hiland Birch - 23 storeys
Hiland Maple - two towers 17 storeys


20) Coral Isle

17 storeys
Status: Under Construction

http://www.shrachi.com/images/conten.../body_nook.jpg

21) DLF IT Park

14 storey tower
Under construction

http://img200.exs.cx/img200/1691/dlflarge7ho.jpg

22) Infinity

Tower I - 13 storeys (completed)
Tower II - 17 storeys (topped out)

23) Infinity Benchmark

18 storeys
Under construction

24) Bengal Intelligent Park

1 Tower of 18 storeys
Under construction

25) Mani Square

14 storeys
Approved; To be launched soon

http://img184.exs.cx/img184/4941/big...ionplan5wn.jpg

Wow, unreal stuff.

Keep us updated!

Diamond City West

18 Ho Chi Minh Sarani, Behala, Kolkata-700 061 (Near Behala Chowrashta)

10 blocks of 14 storeys

http://img243.echo.cx/img243/9159/di...itylogo6ia.jpg

Rendering

http://img243.echo.cx/img243/9889/di...itywest1iq.jpg

Bengal DCL's second condominium project Uttara in Rajarhat

Like all other joint venture projects this too will have LIG, MIG and HIG buildings

Uttara Layout

http://img242.echo.cx/img242/1914/uttralayout9sr.jpg

Prathama - 48 LIG apartments in 3 attached blocks each 4 stories high.

http://img242.echo.cx/img242/9703/prathama1xl.jpg

Dwitiya 184 MIG apartments in 4 identical towers each 12 stories high - 46 apartments in each tower.

http://img242.echo.cx/img242/9636/dwitiya8wd.jpg

Tritiya 218 HIG Apartments in 5 towers.

http://img242.echo.cx/img242/6717/tritiya1hf.jpg

Hi SunCity-

I have a general question: Are all of India's major cities growing quickly, or some more than others? Where would you rank the major cities as far as grownth in population? What about growth in economic/wealth terms?

When thinking of major cities I'm wondering about:
Calcutta/Kolkata
Bombay/Mumbai
New Delhi
Madras/Chennai
Hyderabad
Bangalore
Gangetic Plain (Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, etc)

Also, what is your perception of growth in Pak & Bangl?
Lahore
Islamabad
Karachi
Dakka
Chittagong

Thank you for your time and attention!

Are a lot of these new towers in Kolkata being built along the route to Boral?

Sorry for the delay.

WOW that's several questions...

I am no expert nor have I visted all cities in the recent past. So information is based on what I read on the net or at other forums.


There has been an economic boom in all major cities but it is not even across all of India nor is it even across any particular city.

We may have to wait till 2011 to get a correct picture. A problem that I have noticed is that none of the cenuses or projections mention the area of a city/metro area. So comparison is not often apples for apples. Plus many cities expand by adding outlying areas and show a big population surge which not may not be true. The core city of Kolkata or the old core city of Mumbai showed little growth between 1991-2001. The suburbs showed big growths.

It's not even.

From what I have read and heard, they are registering good economic growth/boom also. Dhaka seems to be booming when it comes to highrises.

Well many of them are along Eastern Bypass which stretches from Garia to Ultadanga. A lot of the projects are coming up in the new town being built in Rajarhat.

You know, Kolkata really needs to upgrade its airport. It serves all these international carriers, Yet, it has very few skyways to those planes.

The volume of air traffic and number of international airlines serving Kolkata is not much. The number of skyways is just 4 and annual passenger traffic was 3.44 million in 2004.

But it is probably going to rise with growth in air traffic.

There are plans to replace the old building (international terminal) with a new modern terminal.

Old Terminal (International)
http://img87.exs.cx/img87/7021/ccu3stimir3af.jpg

Here's a report from Times of India:

It's a symphony in steel and glass. Even at first glance, the structure is striking enough to keep anyone's attention rivetted. Towering 50 feet over the ground, the two-and-a-half level building is beautiful in its simplicity. Gigantic reinforced glass panels make for the walls. The roof comprises an intricately designed steel mesh that is supported by large spans. The effect is stunning; conjuring up a sense of expansiveness.
That is the futuristic terminal at Kolkata's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport -- a far cry from the clumsy brick-andmortar structure that lacks in visual appeal or architectural purpose. Though still on the drawing board, the dream project is inching closer to reality. French consultant Airport de Paris has just submitted provisional drawings of the Rs 100 crore terminal to Airports Authority of India. The computer generated images are based on the shortlisted entries to a design competition that was organised by the French firm for the purpose.

As per plans the domestic terminal will also see the addition of four more skyways.

Domestic Terminal

http://img156.exs.cx/img156/9159/ccu1stimir2kz.jpg

http://img156.exs.cx/img156/7382/ccu2stimir5bi.jpg

South City projects which has started construction of four 35 storey towers in Kolkata has now put forward plans for two more highrise projects - South City Alipore (which looks like a 30 storey project) and South City Garden.

Renderings:

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/2...rojects6sr.jpg

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/8...ygarden3tp.jpg

Project update for South City

Rendering:

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/7...ectsnew4tz.jpg

Tower 1 status

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/5...ytower15rd.jpg

Tower 2 status

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/2...ytower25mt.jpg

Tower 3 and 4 - piling in progress

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WestWind project is almost complete

WestWind

78 Raja Subodh Chandra Mullick Road, Kolkata 700 084

One building, (13 + 1) storey, 7 blocks, 360 apartments.

454,000 sq ft development; Rooftop = 25,000 sq ft (largest in Cal?)

Status: Structure completed. Internal work going on.

Photos

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/8...indview4nz.jpg

http://tinypic.com/6tfs4m.jpg

There are so many projects u/c in India that we have no renders or images of :( Like this one we (well, Sun) stumbled across only because it was a thumbnail picture in a newspaper article.

Globsyn Crystals
http://www.telegraphindia.com/105062.../24crystal.jpg

Wonder how many others we don't know about.

Some more random ones chanced upon the web

Alaktika Housing Complex
http://www.bengalpeerless.com/images...ka_project.jpg

Bengal Peerless Multi Complex
http://www.bengalpeerless.com/images/axisp2.jpg

http://www.bengalpeerless.com/images/axisp1.jpg

Srishti
http://www.bhuwalka.com/srishti/elevation.jpg

Narayani Towers
http://www.bhuwalka.com/narayani/elevation.jpg

Highland Sapphire
http://www.bhuwalka.com/sapphire/ele.jpg

Sagar Trade Cube
http://www.bhuwalka.com/sagar/ele.jpg

RDB Boulevard
http://www.bhuwalka.com/rbd/encla.jpg

Infinity Towers 1 & 2
http://www.bhuwalka.com/infinity/towersele.jpg

Infinity Waterside
http://www.bhuwalka.com/infinity/waterele.jpg

Infinity Benchmark
http://www.bhuwalka.com/infinity/ele.jpg

I'm going to Kolkata this winter. Sun City, or anyone, do you know when the metro extension to Gariahat will be completed?

Winter 2007 probably for Garia. Gariahat is different. There will be no metro to Gariahat. Gariahat is about 1 mile from Kalighat Metro station and is easily accessible.

Another highrise project

Oasis by the Fort Group

Three towers of 25 storeys each

http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/1...olkata14qf.jpg

Meanwhile the Uniworld City first phase of 400 apartmets was sold out completely as announced today by Bengal Unitech Universal. The project will have 4000 apartments to be built in several phases. The project is located in Rajarhat New Town.

nice renders sun:)