Cochin highrises, pictures and projects - II

[nisanth]

A good news,
HDIL will go ahead with the Cyber city project
:tup:
http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentType=EDITORIAL&programId=1073753761&articleType=Malayalam%20News&contentId=3531249&BV_ID=@@@

[abhilash]

I heard that Nippon Car Factory is coming at Kalamassery?
Can any one confirm this news?

[Santhosh]

No idea.... please keep this info with you.. do not pass it to asianet

[PLUS]

See this proposal !! BRPSE under the central govt is suggesting exactly
what HMT did. Why have some of the media and political parties not
concerned ?? Obviously because they did not get hold of it.

As of today, only FACT can be revived without selling land. The rest need
monetary support which can come only from land sale. In that way it is a
win-win deal - not only does the public sector is revived but excess
baggage of land is utilised for job generation.
Those who doubt the "legal rights" of HMT are basically
frauds trying to get the land in an underhand deal instead of open bid route
which HMT adopted.


Sick govt firms can get into real estate

Saubhadra Chatterjee / New Delhi February 05, 2008
The booming real estate market in India has caught the attention of the Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises (BRPSE) as a route for reviving sick public sector units.

BRPSE’s new chairman Nitish Sengupta has suggested that at least three ailing companies, which have been referred to the board, hive off some of their land and get into real estate development to become profitable again.

The companies are Bangalore-based Indian Telephones Industry (ITI), Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) Ltd and Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd (FACT) in Cochin. http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?autono=312622&leftnm=3&subLeft=0&chkFlg=

[pramodusnair]

MAYTAS to invest in Kochi!

http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=lmnu1&subLeft=1&autono=312694&tab=r

[PLUS]

Dewa projects starts of with 1.4 million sq ft residential project. 17 floors on 6 towers at
Marine Drive.

Here is their construction tender from Manorama today.

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8850/20080206ag007102pb1.th.jpg (http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=20080206ag007102pb1.jpg)

[elm07]

http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1228863


Demanding a "Golden IT corridor", the delegation has submitted a proposal for connecting Cochin with the IT hubs at Bagalore and Hyderabad. This route will reduce the distance between Bangalore and Cochin by around 120 kms.

"It could become a Golden IT corridor connecting three nerve centres of IT in south India and lead to development move," a member of the delegation said.

[kunjumon123]

vallarpadam land accquisition complete: here's article from the hindu

http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/07/stories/2008020760850300.htm

one question i have is in the article towards the bottom it says the road will have a width of 60 metres- can someone explain this, because 60m seems way too big- i mean its a fantastic thing but it seems too much to be real....

[pramodusnair]

Infopark project to create 5,000 more jobs
Thursday February 7 2008 03:09 IST


KOCHI: Infopark, Kochi, is going to construct a five-and-a-half lakh sqft building `Anugraha’ worth Rs 75 crore on its campus for medium and small scale IT companies. Of Rs 75crore, Rs 50 crore will be taken as loan from the NABARD and the remaining amount will be spent by the State Government.

The new project is expected to create 5,000 IT jobs in a short span of time. K Kuriyan, senior technical advisor of Infopark, told this website's newspaper that three-and-a-half lakh sqft will be earmarked for software developments, 50,000 sqft will be used for cafeteria training, 1,35,000 sqft will be used for multi-level car parking and remaining area will be used for utility services and other purposes.

The construction work will begin next month and it is expected to be completed in one-and-a-half years. C R Narayana Rao Architects, Chennai-based group, is the designers of the building.

Infopark will provide all the plug and play facilities to these medium and small scale IT companies.

“The Smart City project coupled with the projects in Infopark will provide good ambience for the growth of medium and small level companies,” Kuriyan said.

L&T(Larsen & Toubro Ltd) Tech Park, the co-developer of Infopark, completed the construction of `Tejomaya’, three- and-a-half sqft building. Tata Consultancy Services and Arbitron Companies had already started their projects in Tejomaya. WIPRO has completed the nine lakh sqft construction works of its 10 lakh sqft building.

Leela Group completed three-and-a-half lakh sqft construction of its second building. Nishanth Kumar, senior manager (Business Development), Infopark, said that Tata Consultancy Service will conduct `bhoomipooja’ at the 10 lakh sqft for new campus in the 15.72-acre land of Infopark on Thursday.

The construction work will be completed in three years and it will create 8000 job opportunities.

According to the Infopark officials, Infopark will complete the construction works of 42 lakh- sqft building and it will create 40,000 job opportunities by 2011.

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[AbrahamVCherry]

By Joe Leahy in Mumbai

Published: June 8 2007 01:25 | Last updated: June 8 2007 01:25

India’s Cochin International Airport is seeking a foreign partner to take a stake worth at least Rs25bn ($616m) in what would be a rare chance to take part in the country’s fast-growing aviation industry.

India’s fourth largest international airport, which began life a decade ago with contributions from southern Indians working in the Gulf, is considering the sale of about 25 per cent of the company to an outside investor
We’d prefer a tie-up with someone who’s got experience in aviation and who can help us expand in the aviation sector,” S. Bharath, the airport’s managing director, told the Financial Times.

The Cochin facility, which serves the southern state of Kerala, was one of the first Indian airports to be built largely with private-sector funds. The government of Kerala owns 36 per cent. The airport was set up partly in response to a surge in the number of migrant workers from the state going to the Gulf.

With air travel in India forecast to grow 7.7 per cent a year for the next two decades, New Delhi is seeking private sector help to overhaul international airports in New Delhi and Mumbai.

Mr Bharath said he had yet to begin marketing the stake to investors, though the airport had received a number of more general expressions of interest from foreign institutions.

He said these included Deutsche Bank. The German bank declined to comment.

Cochin’s air traffic grew 36 per cent in the year ending March to 2.6m, a figure that is expected to reach 3.5m this fiscal year.

Mr Bharath said the Cochin management was pursuing a plan under which it would invest Rs45bn to build an “airport city”. It would have a maintenance and repair centre, an aviation academy and hotels.

But an industry expert who declined to be named said Cochin needed to speed up its plans before it began to run into competition from new airports being built in the smaller Indian cities of Hyderabad and Bangalore.

He questioned whether the Kerala government, which is controlled by a leftist party, would allow the stake sale.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0cdd018c-154f-11dc-b48a-000b5df10621,dwp_uuid=0da0817c-9c86-11da-8762-0000779e2340.html

[scorpiogenius]

vallarpadam land accquisition complete: here's article from the hindu

http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/07/stories/2008020760850300.htm

one question i have is in the article towards the bottom it says the road will have a width of 60 metres- can someone explain this, because 60m seems way too big- i mean its a fantastic thing but it seems too much to be real....

Kunjumon, 60m is never way too big for a highway designed for heavy load traffic as the Vallarpadam road. This is the standard for any highway built as per international standards. In fact NHAI is recommending a standard width of 60m for all highways in order for scope for future developments also.

If we have a look at the International standards for highways across the world we will recognize the shortcomings of our 4 lane roads. A minimum of 3.5m is adopted as a standard for a single lane in developed countries for highways catering to truck traffic. So a 4 laned road would have a carriageway of 3.5 X 4 = 14m. An outer shoulder of 3m and inner shoulder of 1.2m on both sides would necessitae another 8.4m. A median must be at least 5m. This itself would make the road 27m. Then you would expect an emergency lane and parking lane, drainage facilities, avenue trees and service lanes which would necessitate another 15-20m. This leaves just enough width for extra 2 lanes which could make an 8 lane road. :)

I think they have enough width to make the Seaport- Airport Road 8 laned. Mr.Kuryan who was the RBDC Chairman showed good vision in acquiring land, well enough for future expansion. The new Smart City road is 32m wide which is also commendable. In fact 32m must be the minimum width for any arterial road planned in future, if we dont want to see an MG Road scenario.(MG Road is 21m including footpaths)

PS: Just see this wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Highway_standards) for more details on Highway standards.

[abhilash]

One more BAAAAAAAAD news!!!!!!!

One of the evening newspaper Viz Kairali says that
If HDIL Cyber City comes into reality,TECOM will withdraw from proposed smartcity at kakkanad.
The paper says that TECOM had agreement wiith LDF government that,No IT park should come in Kochi other than smart city.

This is a big blow for Kochilites!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tonapz]

One more BAAAAAAAAD news!!!!!!!

One of the evening newspaper Viz Kairali says that
If HDIL Cyber City comes into reality,TECOM will withdraw from proposed smartcity at kakkanad.
The paper says that TECOM had agreement wiith LDF government that,No IT park should come in Kochi other than smart city.

This is a big blow for Kochilites!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


The information is just a misquote. Because, TECOM had put this condition before the UDF government and the government agreed to this, but the project never took off. And then came the LDF Government, they took off the two major claus in the TECOM agreement with UDF the first was that the government is not ready to give Infopark to TECOM, and the second was that they cannot assure TECOM that no other IT city would come in kochi. That is becuase you cannot stop a city from going forward. And after all its just an evening daily that reported the news, it is just to stop HDIL from coming. Pouring oil into the burning fire, a typical malayali style.:D

[thunderboltz]

The information is just a misquote. Because, TECOM had put this condition before the UDF government and the government agreed to this, but the project never took off. And then came the LDF Government, they took off the two major claus in the TECOM agreement with UDF the first was that the government is not ready to give Infopark to TECOM, and the second was that they cannot assure TECOM that no other IT city would come in kochi. That is becuase you cannot stop a city from going forward. And after all its just an evening daily that reported the news, it is just to stop HDIL from coming. Pouring oil into the burning fire, a typical malayali style.:D

Moreover, even the pact made with the previous govt only spoke of not allowing the government to set up IT parks. TECOM cannot make the government stop other private companies from investing in the state.

[kunjumon123]

Kunjumon, 60m is never way too big for a highway designed for heavy load traffic as the Vallarpadam road. This is the standard for any highway built as per international standards. In fact NHAI is recommending a standard width of 60m for all highways in order for scope for future developments also.

If we have a look at the International standards for highways across the world we will recognize the shortcomings of our 4 lane roads. A minimum of 3.5m is adopted as a standard for a single lane in developed countries for highways catering to truck traffic. So a 4 laned road would have a carriageway of 3.5 X 4 = 14m. An outer shoulder of 3m and inner shoulder of 1.2m on both sides would necessitae another 8.4m. A median must be at least 5m. This itself would make the road 27m. Then you would expect an emergency lane and parking lane, drainage facilities, avenue trees and service lanes which would necessitate another 15-20m. This leaves just enough width for extra 2 lanes which could make an 8 lane road. :)

I think they have enough width to make the Seaport- Airport Road 8 laned. Mr.Kuryan who was the RBDC Chairman showed good vision in acquiring land, well enough for future expansion. The new Smart City road is 32m wide which is also commendable. In fact 32m must be the minimum width for any arterial road planned in future, if we dont want to see an MG Road scenario.(MG Road is 21m including footpaths)

PS: Just see this wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Highway_standards) for more details on Highway standards.

thanx a lot for explaining this- i was a bit confused- not any more- i didnt realise about the trees planted coming into equation- anyway its a good thing- i just hope more projects like this maybe even better take form

[AbrahamVCherry]

Cochin needs schools having European and American syllabus for children of NRK' & NRI's.


NRK's ,PIO'S and NRI's children along with being able to readjust DESPERATELY need INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS or else how would they be able to cope with ICSC, CBSC, SSLC etc? Since the syllabus OVERSEAS is very easy, they would find it very hard to be on par with students back in Kerala. At the moment the nearest school having European syllabus is in Vazhakulam and it’s called the Bethlehem International school. It’s around 45 Kilometres from Cochin in Muvattupuzha. There are who have this issue of not having a European , American and other International syllabus schools in COCHIN( Kochi). NRK's , NRI's and PIO's need more incentive to return home and invest in COCHIN's economy. So far this issue hasn't been adressed by own politicians or developer. IT IS TIME WE DO!!! The AEROTROPOLIS being built by CIAL is an ideal place for a international school. CIBER City a megacity concept that I came up with would be another ideal location for International Schools. For more info on CIBER CITY please refer to this link http://cibercitycochinindia.blogspot.com/ The younger generation residing abroad also need to be catered to and their needs also need to be taken care of.
http://cochinoverseasfundsociety.blogspot.com/

[Subin]

Cochin needs schools having European and American syllabus for children of NRK' & NRI's.


Athentha NRIs-nte makkal Indian school-il padikille? :rolleyes:

[pramodusnair]

Subin!!!!!

If you don't have anything worthwhile to say, simply buzz off.
This is not a forum to publish your drivel.

[pramodusnair]

Land acquisition included in Fast Track Scheme
Friday February 8 2008 08:20 IST


KOCHI: The land acquisition for Angamaly-Sabari railway line has been included in the Fast Track Scheme following an order from the government, said District collector A P M Mohammed Hanish at a press conference here on Thursday.

As part of the first phase of the land acquisition, the land from the Angamaly railway station to the northern side of the Periyar river will be acquired, he said. The District-Level purchasing Committee(DLPC) will decide the compensation for the land owners who will be evicted for the project under the fast track scheme.

The Collector also said that a review meeting on the construction works of the Edappally railway bridge will be held at the Collectorate on February 9.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEX20080207215838&Page=X&Title=Kochi&Topic=0&

[elm07]

This is great news for the CIAL area ... now they should also widen the road from Aluva/Perumbavoor to Kothamangalam, so that by extension Aluva will be connected (via NH49) to Madurai giving good transportation connectivity all around to/from CIAL.


Land acquisition included in Fast Track Scheme
Friday February 8 2008 08:20 IST


KOCHI: The land acquisition for Angamaly-Sabari railway line has been included in the Fast Track Scheme following an order from the government, said District collector A P M Mohammed Hanish at a press conference here on Thursday.

As part of the first phase of the land acquisition, the land from the Angamaly railway station to the northern side of the Periyar river will be acquired, he said. The District-Level purchasing Committee(DLPC) will decide the compensation for the land owners who will be evicted for the project under the fast track scheme.

The Collector also said that a review meeting on the construction works of the Edappally railway bridge will be held at the Collectorate on February 9.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEX20080207215838&Page=X&Title=Kochi&Topic=0&

[PLUS]

Metro Rail alignment inspection on Feb 15, 16

DMRC and Dist revenue officials will conduct a join inspection of
land in the alignment of Metro on Feb 15, 16.

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9270/dmrcgb7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[viperpaul22]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2188/2252260552_e4f08d02b3_o.jpg BCG Mall

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2414/2252260572_4bc3426551_o.jpg Arya Bhangi, Alwaye

J & I Architects


Engineering research centre

KOCHI: Education Minister M.A. Baby said here on Friday that the government would set up a Centre for Engineering Research which would coordinate all other engineering institutions in the State. The government had sought the help of Central agencies for setting up the centre. He said there was no confusion regarding the conversion of the Cochin University of Science and Technology into an Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST). Various processes regarding the conversion were progressing, he added.

Source: The Hindu


Digital Liberty Group takes over Kochi-based IT firm

Kochi (Kerala), Feb 8: California-based IT major Digital Liberty Group (DLG), Friday announced it taking over 55 percent stakes in the Kochi-based Comprehensive Software Solutions and Services (CS3).

link- http://www.indiaenews.com/business/20080208/96587.htm

[AbrahamVCherry]

The biggest bane of most developing cities in the country is disorderly growth.
Kochi too has been facing this problem and can learn some lessons from the experience of other cities such as Bangalore, perhaps. It was considered one of the best places to be in some years ago, and now it is very much a chaotic city.
Suddenly, Kochi too has become a prime destination for many a venture. The list of such projects has been growing - the Vallarpadam international container terminal, Smart City, the Indian Institute of Technology project of the Cochin University of Science and Technology and Metro Rail.
It is perhaps in this context that the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewable Mission (NURM), launched on December 3, has particular significance for Kochi. One of the 27 cities selected in the category of population between 10 lakhs to 40 lakhs, Kochi would get assistance from the Union and State Government to raise the bar of infrastructure facilities, which are grossly inadequate as of now.
Choking roads
The population explosion and migration has put the city under strain, and it is unable to cope with burden of such a large number of people. "Within a couple of years Kochi's roads will be choked," said senior architect A.K. Jayachandran of Jayachandran Associates. "The city is developing left and right." Housing projects have grown exponentially, which alone shows the demand, said Mr. Jayachandran.
According to the note on NURM, cities and towns contribute over 50 per cent of the country's Gross Domestic Product and are central to economic growth. These cities can realise their full potential only when focussed attention is given to improving infrastructure.
NURM with a corpus of Rs.1 lakh crore intends to recharge these cities and help them cope with the massive growth.
Making available such substantial funds for urban facilities will bring in innovative infrastructure development with private-public partnership, said P.M. John, Secretary, Kerala State Housing Board.
The mission covers the viable risks in a project. Private players will be interested in planning projects under the mission, as the Government will provide a buffer for the initial losses, which are inevitable in infrastructure projects, said Mr. John. The payback period for these projects is usually long, he added.
Major problems of Kochi are perhaps water-logging, transportation and water supply, said Mr. John. The funds can be utilised to tackle these problems.
A sound master plan with the help of satellite services will be required to make zoning changes, said Mr. John. A number of projects that have been envisaged by private players can be realised through the mission by bringing in more transparency.
Guiding force
There is a need for a guiding force to implement the mission's aim in a city's perspective, said Mr. Jayachandran. A group of experts or a social organisation will be needed to implement the projects the right way.
More open areas have to be found and the development of the city has to be spread there, Mr. Jayachandran said. As far as Kochi is concerned, it has a limitation on the West side, so development should be pushed to the eastern side, he said. "There is also more land available there," he added.
Framework
The mission framework is for a period of 20 to 25 years with five-yearly updates. Each city has to identify projects and strategies, which will be vetted by a Central sanctioning and monitoring committee in the Ministry of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation.
A national steering group chaired by the Minister of Urban Development will consider the requests from the States for inclusion under NURM. These will be scrutinised by the sanctioning and monitoring Committee. At the State-level, a steering committee chaired by the Chief Minister will decide and prioritise projects under the mission.
The Centre, State and the local body in the ratio of 50:25:25 will finance projects in the case of Kochi, it being in the category of a city with a population of over 10 lakhs.
The States and the urban local bodies need to undertake certain reforms too to be able to get their projects sanctioned. Kochi Corporation will be able to meet most of the reforms, said C.K. Manisankar, Deputy Mayor of the Corporation. Some of them are already in progress, he said.
The council will form an expert committee and decide what projects will be submitted under NURM.
* * *
Reforms at the local level
Certain reforms at the State and municipal levels are mandatory for the implementation of the JNNURM. The State-level reforms required are:
Effective implementation of the decentralisation initiative as envisaged in the Constitution (seventy-fourth) Amendment Act, 1992.
Repeal of Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976.
Reform of Rent Control laws, by balancing the interests of landlords and tenants.
Rationalisation of stamp duty to bring it down to no more than 5 per cent within 7 years.
Enactment of a public disclosure law.
Enactment of a community participation law, so as to institutionalise citizens' participation in local decision-making.
Association of elected municipalities with the city planning function.
(In respect of schemes for basic services to the urban poor and schemes for water supply and sanitation, the two mandatory reforms - repeal of the Urban Land Ceiling Act and reform of rent control laws will be treated as optional).
* * *
Activities admissible under JNNURM
Urban Renewal - that is redevelopment of inner (old) city areas (this would include items such as widening of narrow streets, shifting of industrial and commercial establishments from non-conforming (inner-city) areas to `conforming' (outer-city) areas to reduce congestion, replacement of old and worn-out water pipes by new/higher capacity ones, renewal of sewerage/ drainage/ solid waste disposal systems, etc). Land acquisition cost will not be financed under this component of the programme.
Water Supply, including setting up desalination plants, where necessary.
Sewerage and solid waste management.
Construction and improvement of drains/ storm water drains.
Urban transport.
Laying/ improvement/ widening of arterial/ sub-arterial roads and bridges to remove transport bottlenecks.
Laying of ring roads and bypasses around metro and mega cities, provided certain cost recovery measures such as toll charges are built-in.
Construction and development of bus and truck terminals.
Environmental improvement and city beautification schemes.
http://www.thehindu.com/pp/2005/12/10/stories/2005121000580100.htm
http://cochinoverseasfundsociety.blogspot.com

[KMC]

It looks like Muthoot's Five Star Hotel is coming at Kakkanad

http://www.themuthootplaza.com/php/showCareer.php?career_id=102&linkid=295

[KMC]

Parsvnath's Five star hotel location

1. Near Airport

2. Kochi beach ? - where is this , Fort Kochi , cherai or islands ?

http://www.parsvnath.com/Presentation.pdf

[KMC]

Another 4 star Hotel ,

http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20080109/865626.html

I guess , we are heading to an oversupply in hotel rooms .

[KMC]

400 Bed Hospital coming at Kochi

sadly no name written

http://www.careerage.com/cgi-bin/showad.cgi?file=/20080124/97afda194b575ffe3e9fbd79811d19ff.html&kwd=,

[PLUS]

It looks like Muthoot's Five Star Hotel is coming at Kakkanad

http://www.themuthootplaza.com/php/showCareer.php?career_id=102&linkid=295


Fine discovery !

See http://www.dewaprojects.com/ Their residential project
construction is about to start. Their work tender has been posted earlier.

Green Vistas have announced another huge project in Kakkanad, in less than one year after their first project Prakriti.

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/8464/retreatbannerqj3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[PLUS]

Piling works for L&T Signature tower at Infopark starts. Ir will be formally
launched on March 15 when CM inaugurates Tejomaya. Construction
works of TCS campus has also started according to news reports.

[PLUS]

Smart City construction to start in March !!



SmartCity enters India; to develop 246-acre IT/ITES SEZ

New Delhi, Feb 7 (PTI) Infrastructure development firm SmartCity is foraying into India's booming property market with plans to develop a 246-acre IT/ITES Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Kochi at an initial investment of Rs 1,500 crore.

Dubai-based SmartCity, which has formed a 84:16 joint venture with the Kerala government for the SEZ project, has already received the in-principle approval from the Centre.

"We will create offices and infrastructure technologies in the SEZ. Initial investment has been estimated at Rs 1,500 crore but as we want to expand the project up to 400 acres, so eventually the cost will also increase," SmartCity Executive Director Fareed Abdulrahman told PTI.

The company has already acquired the 246-acre land for Rs 95 crore and holding discussions with the state government for expansion of one of the largest IT/ITES SEZs, he added.

Abdulrahman further said the final investment picture would be cleared once the master plan is ready.

The company expects to receive the formal approval from the Central government during the next Board of Approval meeting. "Once the formalities are done, we will start the construction in the first quarter of the next fiscal and expect it to complete in 10 years," he said.

http://www.outlookmoney.com/scripts/ptifile.asp?pti_news_id=5509

[abhilash]

Smart City construction to start in March !!



SmartCity enters India; to develop 246-acre IT/ITES SEZ

New Delhi, Feb 7 (PTI) Infrastructure development firm SmartCity is foraying into India's booming property market with plans to develop a 246-acre IT/ITES Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Kochi at an initial investment of Rs 1,500 crore.

Dubai-based SmartCity, which has formed a 84:16 joint venture with the Kerala government for the SEZ project, has already received the in-principle approval from the Centre.

"We will create offices and infrastructure technologies in the SEZ. Initial investment has been estimated at Rs 1,500 crore but as we want to expand the project up to 400 acres, so eventually the cost will also increase," SmartCity Executive Director Fareed Abdulrahman told PTI.

The company has already acquired the 246-acre land for Rs 95 crore and holding discussions with the state government for expansion of one of the largest IT/ITES SEZs, he added.

Abdulrahman further said the final investment picture would be cleared once the master plan is ready.

The company expects to receive the formal approval from the Central government during the next Board of Approval meeting. "Once the formalities are done, we will start the construction in the first quarter of the next fiscal and expect it to complete in 10 years," he said.

http://www.outlookmoney.com/scripts/ptifile.asp?pti_news_id=5509

Atlast the great project is becoming a reality!!!!!!!!!!!!

Marine too starts in march 2008,as per home minister.

[viperpaul22]

Kochi, Feb 12 : The foundation stone for the country's first full-fledged marina to house around 50 yachts will be laid at Bolgatty Island here March 1 by Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan. It will be the world's only marina with a golf course.


A marina provides docking, storage, maintenance and other facilities for boats.

Compared to marinas elsewhere in the world, the Kochi marina is billed to be a unique one in more ways than one.

Speaking to IANS, Cheriyan Phillip, chairman of state-owned Kerala Tourism Development Corp (KTDC), which will build and operate the marina, said this would be the only marina with a golf course.

The marina, between the Kochi Marine Drive and Bolgatty Island, can accommodate close to 50 luxury yachts.

"We plan to develop this in two stages with the first phase to be completed in less than 18 months at a cost Rs.80 million ($2 million). Of this the central government has given Rs.40 million," Phillip said.

K.G. Mohanlal, managing director of KTDC, said that the proposed marina would be eco-friendly in keeping with the ambience of Bolgatty Island.

"At other marinas in the world one sees more of concrete structures and less of greenery. But in Kochi it would be more greenery and less of concrete."

There will be a marina house built in traditional Kerala architectural style with nearly two-dozen state-of-the-art rooms and recreation facilities.

"This marina, when complete, is going to give a huge boost to tourism in the state because this will be a stopover for all yachts that go from the Middle East to the Far East and vice versa," Mohanlal pointed out.

The marina will be built jointly by KTDC and another state-owned organisation KITCO, which will look into the engineering aspects.

The Marina's got a golf course??

[thunderboltz]

The Marina's got a golf course??

There already is a small golf course on the island. They'll be upgrading it to international standards.

[elm07]

There is lot apartment activity further norht of Kakkanad nowadays, in the Pukkattupady region.

From Tulsi developers ... between Pukkattupady and Vazhakulam/Chembaraky to the north.
http://www.tulsidevelopers.net/available_properties.html


From Confident group (they call the region "Upper" Kakkanad) ...

Confident Auriga
http://www.confident-group.com/infra_auriga3_overview.html

Confident Atria
http://www.confident-group.com/atria3_kochi_overview.html

Confident Orion
http://www.confident-group.com/infra_orion_kochi.html

[KMC]

Out of the Total Tax collection of 7400 Crore , Kochi contributes 3600 crore

http://www.mathrubhumi.com/php/featureDetails.php?general_links_id=8&feature_category_id=1211&general_ns_dt=2008-02-13&general_archive_display=yes&Farc=

[PLUS]

Dewa projects comes out with plans

Design : CPG Singapore
Consultants : Jones lang la Salle

Residential tower, 17 floors each
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/937/dewa1kf1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Commercial towers
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/8095/dewa2zy0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/1799/dewa3er7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/2034/dewa4wy2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

These must be their star hotels - the schematic rendering on the left is that of Prestige Neptune courtyard

May be somebody can do a better stitching operation of the last two.

[thunderboltz]

Dewa projects comes out with plans

Design : CPG Singapore
Consultants : Jones lang la Salle

These must be their star hotels - the schematic rendering on the left is that of Prestige Neptune courtyard

May be somebody can do a better stitching operation of the last two.

Another biggie that has been in the pipeline for long has been unveiled. Awesome! Great find, PLUS!

I've photoshoped the two images together:
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/7559/dewaly7.jpg

[KMC]

Dewa projects comes out with plans

Design : CPG Singapore
Consultants : Jones lang la Salle.

Waaww what should one say now , <
Are we begining to challenge to the Queen's necklace ?:banana:

[PLUS]

Another biggie that has been in the pipeline for long has been unveiled. Awesome! Great find, PLUS!

Dewa projects comes out with plans

Design : CPG Singapore
Consultants : Jones lang la Salle

Residential tower, 17 floors each
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/937/dewa1kf1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Commercial towers
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/8095/dewa2zy0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I've photoshoped the two images together:
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/7559/dewaly7.jpg

Thanks Boltz :) It looks better to watch them together

[abhilash]

Bangalore heads Hotel projects in South India with 31 Hotels and 7371 Rooms ,followed by Hyderabad with 27 Hotels and 5407 Rooms.

Can any one tell how many our Greater Kochi has?
I think Kochi too has 20+ Hotel Projects?

[thunderboltz]

Cochin Shipyard plans IPO. Many private shipyards are being planned elsewhere in the country. This is a good time for CSL to make this move.

Cochin Shipyard is in the process of seeking an approval from the government to launch an initial public offering (IPO). The shipyard is looking at raising the amount so as to set up a new dry dock, reports Business Standard.


The shipyard has submitted a concept paper to the government. It is looking at launching an IPO before the end of this year, sources said. It is believed that, the new dry dock complex will require an investment of about Rs 8 billion, and will have a capacity of 175,000 DWT, sources added.

http://www.myiris.com/newsCentre/newsPopup.php?fileR=20080215100418124&dir=2008/02/15&secID=livenews

[PLUS]

Metro rail joint inspection to be complete today



DMRC officials start inspection
Saturday February 16 2008 00:04 IST

ENS
KOCHI: Finally, the Metro Rail Project is taking wings. Officials from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) arrived in the city on Friday and along with the district revenue officials began the inspection of land for fixing the alignment of the rail.

DMRC chief project manager Kumar Keshav, executive engineer V.C. Koshy,, District Collector A.P.M. Mohammed Hanish and special tahasildar (Land Acquisition)T.K. Baby started the inspection from the Aluva railway station to Edappally.

The inspection is expected to be completed in two days. It will help to identify the land needed for the project and to lay the boundary stones.

‘The land acquisition will be completed within 7 to 8 months and the total cost is estimated to be between Rs 75 crore to Rs 100 crore,” said Mohammed Hanish.
http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEX20080215134241&Page=X&Title=Kochi&Topic=0

[PLUS]

Originally Posted by KMC View Post
Recruitments starting for a Banglore based Real estate company which is launching a 1000 Crore project in Cochin ... Who is this builder ?


I think its Purvankara builders,Bangalore.They have a 18 acres big project at Edapally.:banana:


This old post... Is it Salarpuria ? They have a tie up with Elbit for Kochi project
which has over 7 million sq ft space. But their projct will certainly be over
Rs.2000 cr

[KMC]

Maradu, Kochi’s own luxury village

"The already announced mega projects surrounding Maradu include a hi-tech city project from Sobha Developers, Multiplex by Dubai based Thomson Group in association with the Prestige Group of Bangalore and a mall each by Unitech of Delhi and the Kochi based Abad Group called Nucleus. This apart, numerous other apartment projects and commercial projects including business class hotels and star hotels are also coming up here."

http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/16/stories/2008021651040200.htm

[KMC]

Its 2 Luxury Hotels in Kochi by Hampshire group:banana:


""Of the 10 hotels in first phase, two each will come up in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kochi, and one each in Noida and Jaipur. "


http://www.livemint.com/2008/01/14234811/8216We-will-set-up-25-hotel.html

http://www.dnaindia.com/mobile/report.asp?n=1144293

[AbrahamVCherry]

http://cochinoverseasfundsociety.blogspot.com/2008/02/after-toll-project-nod-kerala-wants.html
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 8: Less than a month after the Kerala Government finally signed the state support agreement for four-laning the two major national highways in the state, the state PWD is set to revive a Rs 10,000-crore mega expressway project connecting the northern and southern tips of the state. The 520-km expressway connecting Thiruvananthapuram with Kasargode will cut down travel time from the 12 hours at present to just over five hours. Incidentally, the expressway— the biggest-ever infrastructure project in the state— was initially proposed by the previous A K Antony Government, but had run into stiff opposition from the LDF which was then in the Opposition. "We are trying to revive the North-South expressway project and trying to build a consensus to sort out all issues of concern. The project will mean a lot for the state as it will cut down travel time and give a boost to the economy. Various financial models like Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT), annuity, institutional funding through international agencies, like the World Bank, are being considered. We are looking at a timeframe of five to six years to plan, construct and operationalise the project," Kerala PWD Minister Mons Joseph told The Indian Express.
The minister was in New Delhi for an even more surprising appointment. He met the Union Minister of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways T R Baalu to get more of the state's national highway stretches expanded. While earlier attempts by the minister to persuade Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan and even interventions by the PM failed to make the LDF Government agree to a toll-based expansion of its national highways, the state has now approached Baalu's office with a wishlist.
"We have asked the Union Minister to also help expand NH 220 connecting the Periyar Tiger Reserve besides upgradation of roads to the famous pilgrim centre at Sabarimala. Under NHDP VII we have requested that decongestion plans for Kochi also be covered along with four-laning of the NH 213 between Palakkad and Kozhikode," Joseph said.
Baalu promptly agreed to expedite four-laning on NH 47 & 17, institute a feasibility study for NH 213, include NH 220 and NH 49 in NHDP IV and also allow decongestion measures for Kochi. The minister has also assured to look into improving roads to the Nedumbassery airport and the Vallarpadam container terminal.
Joseph explained his Government's sudden turnaround on the larger perspective of public interest. "We have just signed the state support agreement for expansion of NH 17 and NH 47 with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). Once these two highways are four-laned people will be able to understand why it is important for the state's development. The Government's initial stand was against toll-based project as it will burden the common man, but it is not a bad idea keeping in mind long-term benefits, besides in a tourism dependent state like ours, good connectivity is crucial. Hence, the decision was taken in the larger public interest," he said.
The change of stance also has much to do with the Centre's final threat to the state. After having failed to dissuade the LDF Government from its anti-toll stand, it had warned that Kerala would lose out on infrastructure development while other states, including Left-ruled West Bengal, would sprint ahead if they did not agree to the model. Kerala has just 33.6 km of four-lane highways. Of the 1523 km of highways in the state, just 411 km are two-lane.
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/259300.html

[thunderboltz]

-

[thunderboltz]

Kerala ranked the most investor friendly state in the country!

Kerala leads in the overall investor friendliness parameters followed by Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, according to the latest study by KPMG.
....
The state that has just 3.5% of the total population accounts for around 12% of the non-farm jobs generated in India during the last decade.
...

Unemployment in Kerala declined from 19.1% in 2002-03 to 9.4% in 2006-07 and the state has generated 560,000 new jobs during the same period, shattering the myth that the state remains to be a money order economy supported by its huge population of overseas workers.


Full article: http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=202025&version=1&template_id=40&parent_id=22

Link to survey report:
http://www.in.kpmg.com/pdf/TiE08.pdf

[PLUS]

Advocate General clears HMT-HDIL land deal

You should have seen today's Asianet !! They were struggling
for a cover up, accusing AG for not toeing their lies. AG on Friday
gave the legal opinion that the exemption given to HMT entitles
the PSE with right for sale. Govt of Kerala has decided to back the
land deal that happened through open bidding in which 11 companies took part.
Asianet was giving wide publicity for the report of secretaries of various
depts which suggested cancellation of the deal. But final legal opinion
from Advocate General who is taking up the case in HC on behalf of govt
has has held the land deal legal. Asianet now wants govt to go into court
and lose the battle.

Anyway, its real intention will never work. The land will not come for
a rebid, which some of its backers want to have a go.

Here's a report from Manorama
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/9783/20080216aa001101010ne7.jpg

[PLUS]

Once the PIL in High court is sorted out favorably, HDIL will be free to go
ahead with Cyber City. Since the govt has agreed to the land sale, there
are no outstanding issues. Only thing to watch is how long its going to take.

HDIL has put up huge billboards of Cybercity all over the city. I could count over half a dozen in between Nedumbassery and Palarivattom.
There are innumerable smaller ones too. Wonder why these ooth congress
and bada congress left them untouched :) Also, congress MLA KV Thomas took part in the foundation stone function

Now its interesting what happened to Bangalore land sale of HMT. This was
done under Congress govt in Karnataka. Why are they silent on it.
This is just competitive race to destruction. When LDF rules cong whines
and vice versa. Better save their energy for something creative.

[kunjumon123]

http://cochinoverseasfundsociety.blogspot.com/2008/02/after-toll-project-nod-kerala-wants.html
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 8: Less than a month after the Kerala Government finally signed the state support agreement for four-laning the two major national highways in the state, the state PWD is set to revive a Rs 10,000-crore mega expressway project connecting the northern and southern tips of the state. The 520-km expressway connecting Thiruvananthapuram with Kasargode will cut down travel time from the 12 hours at present to just over five hours. Incidentally, the expressway— the biggest-ever infrastructure project in the state— was initially proposed by the previous A K Antony Government, but had run into stiff opposition from the LDF which was then in the Opposition. "We are trying to revive the North-South expressway project and trying to build a consensus to sort out all issues of concern. The project will mean a lot for the state as it will cut down travel time and give a boost to the economy. Various financial models like Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT), annuity, institutional funding through international agencies, like the World Bank, are being considered. We are looking at a timeframe of five to six years to plan, construct and operationalise the project," Kerala PWD Minister Mons Joseph told The Indian Express.
The minister was in New Delhi for an even more surprising appointment. He met the Union Minister of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways T R Baalu to get more of the state's national highway stretches expanded. While earlier attempts by the minister to persuade Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan and even interventions by the PM failed to make the LDF Government agree to a toll-based expansion of its national highways, the state has now approached Baalu's office with a wishlist.
"We have asked the Union Minister to also help expand NH 220 connecting the Periyar Tiger Reserve besides upgradation of roads to the famous pilgrim centre at Sabarimala. Under NHDP VII we have requested that decongestion plans for Kochi also be covered along with four-laning of the NH 213 between Palakkad and Kozhikode," Joseph said.
Baalu promptly agreed to expedite four-laning on NH 47 & 17, institute a feasibility study for NH 213, include NH 220 and NH 49 in NHDP IV and also allow decongestion measures for Kochi. The minister has also assured to look into improving roads to the Nedumbassery airport and the Vallarpadam container terminal.
Joseph explained his Government's sudden turnaround on the larger perspective of public interest. "We have just signed the state support agreement for expansion of NH 17 and NH 47 with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). Once these two highways are four-laned people will be able to understand why it is important for the state's development. The Government's initial stand was against toll-based project as it will burden the common man, but it is not a bad idea keeping in mind long-term benefits, besides in a tourism dependent state like ours, good connectivity is crucial. Hence, the decision was taken in the larger public interest," he said.
The change of stance also has much to do with the Centre's final threat to the state. After having failed to dissuade the LDF Government from its anti-toll stand, it had warned that Kerala would lose out on infrastructure development while other states, including Left-ruled West Bengal, would sprint ahead if they did not agree to the model. Kerala has just 33.6 km of four-lane highways. Of the 1523 km of highways in the state, just 411 km are two-lane.
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/259300.html

o please let this come true- the expressway would be an amazing achievement nt only for the state bt also for the whole country- if it comes true the rest of the country would truly admire kerala and its achievements.....besides it is extremely necessary for continued strong economic growth...

[PLUS]

Kitex Apparel park ready on 1.4 million sq ft space at Kizhakkambalam.
10000 new jobs right now. Walmart to source from here !! This is
unquestionably the biggest in Kerala and the biggest in country under
single company.

This is a good beginning as Kizhakkambalam is close to Kakkanad and
can easily rise as next industrial destination. Govt must ensure availability
of accomodation facilities at low cost for the large number of people landing here soon.


http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/8189/20080217ae007101zk5.th.jpg (http://img120.imageshack.us/my.php?image=20080217ae007101zk5.jpg)

[AbrahamVCherry]

This will be a boon for pilgrim coming to Sabarimala and relieve Cochin city of alot of traffic congestion during that time of year!!!!http://cochinoverseasfundsociety.blogspot.com/2008/02/angamali-azhtha-linksabarimala-rail.html#links

[kunjumon123]

proposed route of kochi metro rail-

There will be a station after each kilometer.Aluva, Pulinchode, Companypady, Ambattukavu, Muttom, Apollo Tyres, St.Mary's Church, Kalamassery, Pathady palam, Edappally Toll Junction, Edappally, Palarivattom, International stadium, Kaloor, Lissie Junction, Madhava Pharmacy, Maharaja's Ground, Ernakulam South junction, GCDA Junction, Fathima Church, Elumkulam, Vyttilla, Thykoodam, Poonithura and Pettah. The proposed speed for Cochin metro train is 36 Km per hour, which is almost equal to the city buses which have a limit of 35 km per hour.The Cochin metro will be expanded in the future adding places like Kakkanad,Fort Cochin,Vypeen,Cherai Beach,North Parur,Angamaly including the COCHIN AIRPORT AREA OR AEROTROPOLIS.

[AbrahamVCherry]

proposed route of kochi metro rail-

There will be a station after each kilometer.Aluva, Pulinchode, Companypady, Ambattukavu, Muttom, Apollo Tyres, St.Mary's Church, Kalamassery, Pathady palam, Edappally Toll Junction, Edappally, Palarivattom, International stadium, Kaloor, Lissie Junction, Madhava Pharmacy, Maharaja's Ground, Ernakulam South junction, GCDA Junction, Fathima Church, Elumkulam, Vyttilla, Thykoodam, Poonithura and Pettah. The proposed speed for Cochin metro train is 36 Km per hour, which is almost equal to the city buses which have a limit of 35 km per hour.The Cochin metro will be expanded in the future adding places like Kakkanad,Fort Cochin,Vypeen,Cherai Beach,North Parur,Angamaly including the COCHIN AIRPORT AREA OR AEROTROPOLIS.
Kochi Metro Rail project. The project will be executed on BOT basis. The two-way metro rail will be 25-km long and will run from Alwaye and go through Kalamassery, Edappally and Palarivattom to Kaloor, and from MG Road via Madhava Pharmacy Junction, Kadavanthra and Pettah to Tripunithura.. It will have 22 stations and would be built on a raised platform on pillars in 25 acres of land including 10 acres of private land. This 3000 crore project will get 40 per cent funds from the state and the Centre will take off in April and be completed within the stipulated three years and be implemented by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. Actual work is expected to take three years after the government acquires the land. It will also be underground like the Delhi Metro in the future.The train coaches will be lightweight with a stainless steel body, fully air conditioned, vestibuled with pneumatic suspension.

http://cochinoverseasfundsociety.blogspot.com

[ktm_boy]

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[ktm_boy]

Asianet is arguing against 3 important projects of kerala. Valarpadam, Metro and HDIL...

[Santhosh]

Asianet like to move all projects to Tamil nadu as the channel itself try to promote tamil in kerala.

[kunjumon123]

Kochi Metro Rail project. The project will be executed on BOT basis. The two-way metro rail will be 25-km long and will run from Alwaye and go through Kalamassery, Edappally and Palarivattom to Kaloor, and from MG Road via Madhava Pharmacy Junction, Kadavanthra and Pettah to Tripunithura.. It will have 22 stations and would be built on a raised platform on pillars in 25 acres of land including 10 acres of private land. This 3000 crore project will get 40 per cent funds from the state and the Centre will take off in April and be completed within the stipulated three years and be implemented by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. Actual work is expected to take three years after the government acquires the land. It will also be underground like the Delhi Metro in the future.The train coaches will be lightweight with a stainless steel body, fully air conditioned, vestibuled with pneumatic suspension.

http://cochinoverseasfundsociety.blogspot.com

do you think the train coaches they will be putting on the kochi metro would be of the same quality as delhi metro or would it be less because kochi is a smaller metro??

[PLUS]

do you think the train coaches they will be putting on the kochi metro would be of the same quality as delhi metro or would it be less because kochi is a smaller metro??

Quality will be the same. Important difference for Bangalore, Hyd, Chennai and Kochi metro
is that they are all standard gauge - while Delhi metro is broadgauge, something not
prevalent among Metro.

[kunjumon123]

Quality will be the same. Important difference for Bangalore, Hyd, Chennai and Kochi metro
is that they are all standard gauge - while Delhi metro is broadgauge, something not
prevalent among Metro.

thanx for clarifying about the quality- good to hear the excellent coaches of delhi metro would be in kochi- whats the difference between standard and broad gauge- ive heard of it before but i dont know what they are- which one is better??

[PLUS]

thanx for clarifying about the quality- good to hear the excellent coaches of delhi metro would be in kochi- whats the difference between standard and broad gauge- ive heard of it before but i dont know what they are- which one is better??

Standard gauge is the most widely used 1.430 mtr wide track. Broadgauge
is slightly bigger, in India it is 1.670 mtr wide. So Delhi metro will be
about one ft wider than others.

Here is a great news on Metro.

Metro will be extended to Airport City

Survey to extend metro rail to airport

Staff Reporter

Plan will not delay the project: Collector

Rs.300-crore additional expenditure envisaged

KOCHI: A team of officials and people’s representatives undertook a survey of the four-km route from Aluva to the Kochi international airport on Monday to explore the possibility of extending the proposed Aluva-Pettah elevated metro rail project.

Those present included Minister for Fisheries and Registration S Sarma; Collector A.P.M. Mohammed Hanish; executive engineer of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation(DMRC) V.C. Koshy; and district panchayat president P.S. Shyla.

Mr. Sarma said that the DMRC would arrive at a decision after considering the technical and financial feasibility of extending the rail to the airport. “This proposal will not delay or hamper the prospects of the 25-km metro rail already mooted between Aluva and Pettah,” he said. http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/19/stories/2008021960930300.htm

[PLUS]

Which is this building ?

http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/3867/screenshot2bv5.png (http://imageshack.us)

This building between Tarangini apartments and Abad Marine plaza is under construction. It is not marked in wikimapia. (In front of NIO)
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=9.986861&lon=76.272025&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2



You can see it in this photo, a tower crane is at the site

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/3127/2271504684caa0c1db84bhg9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Photo source Adarsh_BlueSpace (http://www.flickr.com/photos/blueinfos/)

[kunjumon123]

Standard gauge is the most widely used 1.430 mtr wide track. Broadgauge
is slightly bigger, in India it is 1.670 mtr wide. So Delhi metro will be
about one ft wider than others.

Here is a great news on Metro.

Metro will be extended to Airport City

excellent idea- i think extending metro to airport would significantly increase the profits once the metro is completed and running.....

[PLUS]

LuLu Mall project at Edappally is progressing. I could see about 15 to 20 pilings going on
at the same time. Its gonna be a massive structure. There are huge flexboards barricading
the site.

[PLUS]

Land acquisition for Vallarpadam ICTT rail link complete.

By Saturday all the land for rail link will be with administration as only about
17 more people need to give consent which also will be acquired in any case.


ICTT rail link: land allotted to evictees

Staff Reporter

56 families receive plots of three cents each

Two acres identified for rehabilitating evictees at Thuthiyoor near Kakkanad

Families evicted from Edappally north, south villages benefit

KOCHI: More than 50 families of Edappally north and south villages who were displaced for the rail link of the proposed Vallarpadam International Container Transhipment Terminal (ICTT) were allotted plots through a draw of lots on Monday.

Twelve families from the Edappally north village and 44 families from the Edappally south village received plots of three cents each. Two acres have been identified for the rehabilitation of the displaced at Thuthiyoor near Kakkanad.
Draw of lots

Mayor Mercy Williams drew the first lot and councillor Anil Kumar drew the second lot at a function held at the collectorate.

Collector A.P.M. Mohammed Hanish drew the remaining lots. Deputy Collector (Land Acquisition) R. Ramadevi and special tahsildar for land acquisition for the rail link Babychan were also present.

With this, the path has been cleared for the completion of the land acquisition process for the rail link.

The Collector had announced last week that documentation and sale of the land acquired in Edappally North and South villages and Vaduthala for the rail link would be completed by Saturday. http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/19/stories/2008021961160300.htm

[elm07]

Here is a great news on Metro.

Metro will be extended to Airport City

That is a very sensible thing to do ... the metro doesnt have much significance unless the Airport is part of it. Wonder if they will eventuallly have a parallel metro line from aerotropolis to Tripunithura via the seaport-airport route or will there just be a line from Kakkanad westwards to the planned route probbaly meeting at Edapally?

[PLUS]

LDF fully support HMT-HDIL land deal

LDF directed govt to support HMT-HDIL land deal as legal experts have opined that
HMT was well within its right. It is also heard that Central govt also has the same
opinion. With this now, the matter can be handled in court without any confusion.

Some NGO which is a puppet of a shady real estate company has filed a PIL
in HC. Now this stand to collapse. Alas these frauds who pretend to be "justice
seekers" may escape, even after the case collapses. People should not let
these criminals and their aides in Asianet go scot free.

There is also a funny writ petition saying that Rs.130,000/cent bid by HDIL
in 2005 is less than the present market price which is Rs.700,000/cent.
This is a very weak case which will collapse because the Rs.130,000/cent offered by
HDIL is the highest till 2005 to be registered in Kalamassery !! If there were a
Rs.700,000 offer then he/she could have taken part in the bid process and won the land.


LDF discusses HMT land deal

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The LDF State committee met here on Tuesday to discuss the position the State government should take when the public interest litigation questioning the validity of the Kochi land deal between the HMT and a Mumbai-based company comes up for hearing in the High Court.

The LDF State committee meeting was in the context of conflicting views within the front, as well as the officialdom, on whether the HMT could sell the land (40 hectares) given to it by the government specifically for industrial purpose. A committee headed by the Chief Secretary had proposed invalidating the sale, while the Advocate General had given the government the opinion that the HMT was well within its rights in executing the sale.

The LDF State committee meeting was not followed by the usual media briefing by its convener. According to informed sources, the meeting decided to direct the State government to go as per the Advocate General’s opinion while filing its affidavit in the High Court, keeping aside the views expressed by the committee headed by the Chief Secretary. — Special Correspondent http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/20/stories/2008022055550400.htm

[PLUS]

Now, that is a positive trun of tide for HDIL CyberCity. Right from the
first moment one was sure of a foul play in the Asianet frenzy.

After HC decides on it there may be one more round at SC if the mafia are that
ambitious. But it looks like way is clearing up for CyberCity. It may not have been
for nothing that HDIL had waited for facts to come out, but was firm to go ahead with
Cyber City. As of now HDIL has applied for Environmental sanction for a IT park
campus with Union Env Ministry and building sanction for the same with Kalamassery
municipality.

Project No:21-1116/2007-IA.III
Project Name: EC for proposed HDIL cyber city at resurvey at thrikkakara north village, kanayannur taluk ernakulam district
District:xx
Village:xx
Company:Blue Star realtors Pvt. Ltd. 15/11/2007

http://164.100.194.13:8080/allied_envclr/displaypending1994.do

[nisanth]

The foundation stone for the country's first full-fledged marina to house around 50 yachts will be laid at Bolgatty Island in Kochi on March 1 by Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan. It will also be the world's only marina with a golf course, and is coming up on five-acre land.
The marina, when complete, will give a huge boost to tourism in the state because it will be a stopover for all yachts that sail from the Middle East to the Far East and vice versa. The eco-friendly marina, between Kochi Marine Drive and Bolgatty Island, will accommodate close to 50 luxury yachts, and provide docking, storage, maintenance and other facilities for boats.
The prospects for the project are bright: several luxury yachts travel from the Gulf region with the Far East as destination passing through Kochi. At present, there is no intermediate berthing place for them once they leave Dubai. The marina will exploit this opportunity.
Although the project was announced last May, it could not take off due to technical hassles. Now that all the technical hitches have been resolved, Kerala Tou-rism Development Corporation has appointed Kerala Industrial & Technical Consultancy Organisation as consultant. KTDC will build and operate the marina.
They plan to develop it in two stages with the first phase to be completed in less than 18 months at a cost Rs 8 crore. Out of this, the Central government has given Rs 4 crore.
The complete pontoon (small boats) jetty will be made in marine quality glue laminated yellow agathis for docking cross-ties, rotational moulded polyethelyne pontoons filled with expanded polysterene, dock cleats, etc. The marina will have a wet dock and machines for carrying out repairing works, two luxury cruisers and five jet skis.
A marina house will be built in traditional Kerala architectural style with nearly 24 rooms and recreation facilities.
"There won't be any new concrete structures that will destroy the greenery and heritage architecture of the surrounding buildings, since it is coming up on a heritage precinct, near the Bolgatty Palace. The marina house is designed to complement the existing Dutch style palace," said Cyriac Davies, Joint GM, Kitco. He added that a major part of the project would be complete within six months and launched in later this year.

Courtesy : projectmonitor.com

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Panel discussion on `Kochi Alive'
Wednesday February 20 2008 12:25 IST

ENS

KOCHI: Kerala Management Association is organising a panel discussion on ‘Kochi Alive’ as part of the Management Day celebrations on February 21 at Hotel Abad Plaza at 6 p.m.

The discussion will be about a road map for making Kochi, a world class city - the infrastructure aspects and challenges.

District collector A. P. M. Muhammed Haneesh will moderate the discussion. http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEX20080220020415&Page=X&Title=Kochi&Topic=0.

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Tallest Building of South India - Choice Paradise - to be ready by year end

News from today's Manorama
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/3994/20080220ag007102012kg0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

This is 40 floors, coming up at Tripunithara !!

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/6748/choiceviewfinalbigzy7.th.jpg (http://img206.imageshack.us/my.php?image=choiceviewfinalbigzy7.jpg)

This is the webpage of the company that executes the work
http://www.kunnel.com/present.htm

[KMC]

This old post... Is it Salarpuria ? They have a tie up with Elbit for Kochi project
which has over 7 million sq ft space. But their projct will certainly be over
Rs.2000 cr


Can this be Nitesh Estates?

http://jobs.monsterindia.com/details/4910821.html

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This is their project Wimbledon Gardens at Kakkanad.

According to present plans, there is a 900,000 sq ft residential complex a
500,000 sq ft IT park and a 100,000 sq ft mall. These have been scaled up
later. The total built up space is over 2,000,000 sq ft.

http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/2638/niteshgardennx6gi4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

See http://www.niteshestates.com/

[thunderboltz]

This is their project Wimbledon Gardens at Kakkanad.

According to present plans, there is a 900,000 sq ft residential complex a
500,000 sq ft IT park and a 100,000 sq ft mall. These have been scaled up
later. The total built up space is over 2,000,000 sq ft.

http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/2638/niteshgardennx6gi4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

See http://www.niteshestates.com/

Just lovely! Any idea where exactly on seaport-airport this beauty is going to come up?

[kunjumon123]

hi- does anyone know if the 25 kms of kochi metro rail is going to be implemented in multiple phases or in just one phase??

[KMC]

Cochin export processing zone revenue touches whopping 2000 Crores.

http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentType=EDITORIAL&programId=1073753761&articleType=Malayalam%20News&contentId=3602019&BV_ID=@@@

[elm07]

hi- does anyone know if the 25 kms of kochi metro rail is going to be implemented in multiple phases or in just one phase??

Phase I is from Tripunithura to Aluva (or Nedumbassery if that is approved). The next phases will be (only conceptual at this stage) extension to Angamaly and another line from Kakkanad to Kochi.

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Phase I is from Tripunithura to Aluva (or Nedumbassery if that is approved). The next phases will be (only conceptual at this stage) extension to Angamaly and another line from Kakkanad to Kochi.

Phase II is extension to Kakkanad and Matanchery according to DMRC's
plans. Angamaly has not appeared in the scheme of things as of now.

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Oceanarium Complex at Kochi

In the fisheries/marine sector, the Government plans to open a Rs 300- crore Marine Biological Research Institute and Oceanarium Complex in Kochi for strengthening advanced research and study on ocean life.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEO20080221020656&Page=O&Title=Thiruvananthapuram&Topic=0

[kunjumon123]

Phase I is from Tripunithura to Aluva (or Nedumbassery if that is approved). The next phases will be (only conceptual at this stage) extension to Angamaly and another line from Kakkanad to Kochi.

so is phase 1 from tripunithura to aluva the 25 kms people are talking about???

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so is phase 1 from tripunithura to aluva the 25 kms people are talking about???

Right now tripunithura is also not htere. Metro line stops at Pettah abruptly. It is only just to include
tripunithura rlwy station 1.5 kms away.

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CUSAT becomes IIEST.

Kerala's tech university set for upgrade

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 20: The central government is set to take over the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) and upgrade it as an Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST).

"At today's (Wednesday) cabinet meeting, we decided to inform the central government to take over CUSAT and to upgrade it as an IIEST," Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan told reporters after the weekly cabinet meeting here.

"We have also asked the central government to see that the reservation system presently followed is kept intact," he said.

IIESTs are proposed by the central government to meet the growing demand for setting up highly rated Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) by every state in the country.

The central government has selected seven universities for upgradation as IIESTs.

The Kerala IIEST is expected to reserve 50 percent seats for domicile candidates and rest will be open for students from other states.
http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=24619

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See this from wikimapia


VEEGA Hitech Amusement City

Veegaland, one of India’s premier amusement parks, is planning a Rs. 770 crore Tourism Township `Veega Amuse City’ at Pallikkara near Kakkanad in Ernakulam district. This mega project spanning 64 acres will come up right next to Veegaland and have industrial and commercial complexes, ultra-modern residential complexes, convention centres, star hotels and a new hitech amusement park. Estimated to cost Rs. 770 crores, the project will be executed in different stages. A 30 crore 3-star theme resort is expected to be ready by the end of 2009.This sprawling resort, set in 2 acres, will have 126 rooms and all modern facilities.

The proposed new amusement park will be totally different from the Veega Land. It will have imported hi-tech thrillers and world-class rides, mostly indoor ones, so that visitors can enjoy them throughout the entertainment centre for children, making learning a fun experience. This centre will help them to easily understand different branches of Science, made simple through interesting practical applications. Apart from the amusement park, this project also offers shopping malls, IT-business space, convention centres, high-end apartments and luxury hotels with state-of-the-art facilities. The world class convention centres will be suitable for all events – big or small. Everything from international conferences to the tourism affairs to business meet can be conducted here. The hotel complex which will have 500-plus rooms with different star ratings, will offer the ultimate in hospitality and luxury.

The Veega Amuse City’ will be self-sufficient in terms of water and electricity as it will have large-scale rain water harvesting systems and high-capacity generators capable of generating enough power for the entire project. The `Veega Amuse City’, on completion, boasts of being the biggest tourist spot in South India. It will also, as a commercial project and tourist destination, put Kochi on the global platform and help further its business and industrial sector growth. The future development of Cochin city will be focussed towards the eastern region. Besides, this project will also generate substantial amounts for the State Government as tax revenue.

Veega Land, which has committed itself to the cause of protecting nature, plans to dedicate 10 per cent of the project area to this cause by planting rare trees and herbs, which will act as a Green Belt for the project. This mega project which will employ 1,700 people directly and around four times the numbers indirectly, is expected to boost the tourism industry in Kerala. Besides being strategically located next to the proposed Smart City, Veega Amuse City will definitely make Kochi a much sought-after destination, attracting visitors from across the world.

The first venture of Veega Holidays was Veega land which was opened to the public in 2000.To date, over 55 lakh people have visited Veega Land, of which 20 per cent were from other states. The Park provides employment to over 200 people directly and 500 people indirectly. Veega Holidaya is also planning to set up a new amusement park at Mumbai, which is estimated to cost around Rs 150 crore. Around 150 acres of land has already been identified near Panvel on the Mumbai-Pune Highway for this ambitious project.

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=10.031591&lon=76.397274&z=16&l=0&m=a&v=2

[elm07]

Right now tripunithura is also not htere. Metro line stops at Pettah abruptly. It is only just to include
tripunithura rlwy station 1.5 kms away.

thats true, it stops at Pettah as of now.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/15/stories/2007121560780300.htm


The DMRC had submitted a detailed project report in July 2005 for the metro rail connecting Aluva and Pettah, near Thripunithura. As the city expands, the rail can be extended up to Thripunithura in the east, Fort Kochi in the west, Angamaly in the north and Aroor in the south.

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HUDCO chairman calls to remove FAR restrictions in Kochi. DMRC chief
Sreedharan has also raised this demand. Despite FAR restrictions
most of the tallest buildings in state like Choice Paradise are still
coming in Kochi, so we should try to make optimum use of land by raising FAR.

But certain restrictions like requirement on the width of the road
are a must for sustainable development.

And how does these bonds work. Generally, bonds of Kerala govt
are not valued well. Will it work for Kochi ?


Development bonds for Kochi mooted

Staff Reporter

KOCHI: A greater Kochi region consisting of Kochi city and several adjoining towns will require funds of the order of Rs.20,000 crore for major infrastructure development projects in transport, housing and other sectors.

The funds could be raised through a process similar to the one adopted for building the Nedumbasserry airport or by issuing greater Kochi development bonds. This was one of the suggestions put forth by V. Suresh, former Chairman and Managing Director of Housing and Urban Development Corporation (Hudco), at a discussion on ‘Kochi alive’, organised by the Kerala Management Association to mark the management day celebrations on Thursday. Mr. Suresh said Kochi had no master plan and called for preparation of a Kochi 2021 master plan this year itself. The floor area ratio (FAR) restrictions enforced on Kochi were not conducive to the growth of the city. He said Hyderabad which had recorded high growth, did not have FAR restrictions.

http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/23/stories/2008022359010300.htm

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Rs.2000 cr Sky City project at Kochi


UAE-Kerala in Dh1.8bn Sky City plan
By VM Sathish on Saturday, February 23 , 2008

(SUPPLIED)

UAE officials are working with the Government of the Indian state of Kerala to develop a Dh1.8 billion Sky City project at the coastal city of Kochi. The proposal involves building an eight kilometre-long elevated highway above an existing 4.2km bridge that carries traffic over water.

The new road would be lined on both sides with 20,000 square metres of residential and commercial space.

Kochi is a booming commercial city in the southwest of the state flanked by the Arabian Sea on one side and hills on the other.

Sky City has been proposed as a solution to the city’s growing traffic congestion problems, which would not put pressure on the limited land resources in the area.



Three-storey apartments, shopping centres, leisure facilities and other amenities such as pedestrian paths and car parks would be built on the highway platform. There could also be helipads and marine transport.



“The UAE Government is currently studying the Sky City project in Kochi,” said Ashok Lal G, general manager of projects at the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation.



“The project involves the construction of a bridge up to eight kilometres long over an existing bridge and will use the space above it to build shopping complexes, offices and residential buildings.



“There is an acute shortage of land in Kochi to develop new roads and people are reluctant to give up their land for road development.



“Last December, a UAE delegation led by Younis Al Khoori, secretary of the UAE Ministry of Finance and Industry, and other senior government officials visited Kerala to boost UAE investment.



During their visit it was announced a new investment company, a joint venture involving the governments of the seven emirates, would invest in Kerala projects.”



The UAE has experience of reclaiming space for construction through projects, such as Dubai’s Palms and the World and Abu Dhabi’s Breakwater and Al Raha Beach development.



“We are trying to use Dubai’s expertise in growth and infrastructure development. Part of Dubai is reclaimed from the sea and we are confident Dubai companies will be actively involved in the development of the 20m to 30m high bridge above the existing Maradu-Thevara bridge and the development of residential and commercial buildings.”


The official said the Kerala chief minister’s office had approved the Sky City proposal.

Once the feasibility study is completed a memorandum of understanding would be signed by the two governments setting out details of the project’s structure and financing.



“The Government of Kerala will have to grant rights to build over the existing bridge and the Coastal Zone Authority will have to approve the project.”


The proposed development would have supermarkets, community halls, entertainment centres, restaurants, hotels, garment and jewellery shops, car showrooms, offices and business centres.

The plan also involves provisions for amusement centres, healthcare facilities, water sports, an oceanarium and a theme park.

The state government is working with Tecom to develop Kochi SmartCity, an information technology infrastructure project. Original News : http://www.business24-7.ae/ (http://www.business24-7.ae/cs/article_show_mainh1_story.aspx?HeadlineID=2748)

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Here is link to the project

http://yasoramskycity.com/.
It has got a Gold Rating from Expert Committee under the Environmental
Ministry of India. There is no land acquisition needed for this project.
and it does not obstruct Metro Rail which crosses the route.

[AbrahamVCherry]

Kochi: Waste disposal has been posing problems for the civic authorities. The issue had generated much heat and dust recently when the garbage got piled up in city corners. There was even a threat of outbreak of epidemics arising out of the unhygienic conditions prevalent in the city.

Treating the waste to make products that are beneficial to the population has been a pet theme for planners and authorities. The Cochin Chamber of Commerce and Industry, as part of its 150th anniversary, has launched a novel project for waste management. The project named Cochin Waste 2 Energy is estimated to cost Rs.15 crore.

It is being implemented by the chamber with technical assistance from W2E USA Inc., an American firm promoting energy diversity.

The waste treatment process involves gasification which is environment-friendly, according to Renee L. Comly, president of the firm. The process helps suppress harmful emissions and reduce the impact of global warming unlike incineration and other ordinary methods for disposal of non-biodegradable waste, she says.

The municipal waste and industrial waste are collected and fed into the gasifier.

Agro and animal waste, e-waste, biomedical waste can be processed without any sorting. The gasification converts the waste into a clean fuel, known as syngas. This fuel can produce electricity without creating harmful emissions.

The project is to be set up in one acre area in Wellingdon island, according to Jose Dominic, president of the Cochin Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

The capacity of the project would be 48 tonnes per day. The chamber proposes to collect waste from hotels and industrial establishments. The electricity generated from the project would be provided to the grid of the Kochi port.

http://cochinoverseasfundsociety.blogspot.com/2008/02/cochin-waste-2-energy-project-to.html

[manusmad]

Is the UAE Sky City and the Yasoram Sky City plan the same?

Here is link to the project

http://yasoramskycity.com/.
It has got a Gold Rating from Expert Committee under the Environmental
Ministry of India. There is no land acquisition needed for this project.
and it does not obstruct Metro Rail which crosses the route.

Please check
http://yasoramskycity.com/html/route_map.htm

UAE officials are working with the Government of the Indian state of Kerala to develop a Dh1.8 billion Sky City project at the coastal city of Kochi. The proposal involves building an eight kilometre-long elevated highway above an existing 4.2km bridge that carries traffic over water.

From the website:
Yasoram Skycity extends from the NH Byepass near Kundannoor in the south east towards Subhash Chandra Bose Road in the north west spanning a distance of 4 kilometers.

Also, according to the map, the Yasoram SkyCity is planned perpendicular to the Kundannoor bridge whereas from the post, the UAE SkyCity goes along above the bridge.

[AbrahamVCherry]

Is the UAE Sky City and the Yasoram Sky City plan the same?



Please check
http://yasoramskycity.com/html/route_map.htm



From the website:


Also, according to the map, the Yasoram SkyCity is planned perpendicular to the Kundannoor bridge whereas from the post, the UAE SkyCity goes along above the bridge.

Yasoram's Skycity was a project that was written of
by one and all, admit, this blog too. It looks like we
have been proven wrong by Yasoram when the got
their project a Gold rating by Env. Clearance Committee.
Now, they have found entrenched investors for their
project and also looks to take off with this Rs.2000 cr
project soon.


One more aside about the business24-7 story
below. The nice photo below is by an author of
this blog Deepak. This also appears in Skyscraperpage
http://skyscrapercochin.blogspot.com/
No from what I understand is its a totally different project with UAE AND KERALA GOVT as promoters. I don't know if Yasoram group is involved too. It seems like they are. I need some clarification also.

[PLUS]

Is the UAE Sky City and the Yasoram Sky City plan the same?



Please check
http://yasoramskycity.com/html/route_map.htm



From the website:


Also, according to the map, the Yasoram SkyCity is planned perpendicular to the Kundannoor bridge whereas from the post, the UAE SkyCity goes along above the bridge.


Oops. I overlooked it. Probably your are right. Actually, there is no existing
4.2 km bridge, is there ? So may that is Yasoram's project. I agree
this is confusing.
Yasorams project was initially of the order of 1000 cr. It was supposed to go from
Kundanoor to Elamkulam (4 km). It may be the same project, but extended to Edappally.
That makes it 8 km. This is just my guess.

[manusmad]

Maybe... We'll just wait for more details to come out.

[KMC]

ELBIT , ELBIT , ELBIT

17 TOWERS .

India-Cochin
Overview:
􀂄Location: Island of Cochin ,Kerala, India
􀂄High-end residential apartment buildings, office space, shopping & entertainment center, hotel complex and a marina;
􀂄Our share: 50%;
􀂄Total build up area of approximately 800,000 m²;􀂄Total project cost US$ 404 m (100% share);
Some one please post the pic , as I dont know how to post .

http://www.elbitimaging.com/Sip_storage/FILES/3/493.pdf

[thunderboltz]

ELBIT , ELBIT , ELBIT

17 TOWERS .

India-Cochin
Overview:
􀂄Location: Island of Cochin ,Kerala, India
􀂄High-end residential apartment buildings, office space, shopping & entertainment center, hotel complex and a marina;
􀂄Our share: 50%;
􀂄Total build up area of approximately 800,000 m²;􀂄Total project cost US$ 404 m (100% share);

Some one please post the pic , as I dont know how to post .

http://www.elbitimaging.com/Sip_storage/FILES/3/493.pdf

Great find, KMC!! But how I wish we had better renderings of these..:(

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/9044/elbit2gz0.jpg

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/1512/elbit1yd3.jpg

[viperpaul22]

Great find, KMC!! But how I wish we had better renderings of these..:(

here's the best i could do..

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3250/2292314642_88c442a7ce_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3236/2292314550_fc0ca74d3f_o.jpg

where is this comin up?

[elm07]

ELBIT , ELBIT , ELBIT

17 TOWERS .

India-Cochin
Overview:
􀂄Location: Island of Cochin ,Kerala, India
􀂄High-end residential apartment buildings, office space, shopping & entertainment center, hotel complex and a marina;
􀂄Our share: 50%;
􀂄Total build up area of approximately 800,000 m²;􀂄Total project cost US$ 404 m (100% share);
Some one please post the pic , as I dont know how to post .

http://www.elbitimaging.com/Sip_storage/FILES/3/493.pdf


Great find KMC - there news about 6 months ago that construction on this would start "within a year" (as of then). Any updates after on the time frame after that?

[AbrahamVCherry]

Great find KMC - there news about 6 months ago that construction on this would start "within a year" (as of then). Any updates after on the time frame after that?

Cochin Island ProjectThe site is located on a back water island overlooking and a minute drive from the administrative, commercial and retail hub of the city of Cochin. The proposed project will be comprised of a high-end residential apartment buildings, office space, hotel complex, and a marina with a total built up area of approximately 800,000 square meters. The project will be executed and equally held by our Company and a local partner, who is a leading property developer in India.


Project Status: Final design stages

Estimated Opening Date: 2010-2011

http://www.elbitimaging.com/186-en/Elbit-Imaging.aspx
Sound like Vypeen or one of the Goshree Islands

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ELBIT , ELBIT , ELBIT

17 TOWERS .

India-Cochin
Overview:
􀂄Location: Island of Cochin ,Kerala, India
􀂄High-end residential apartment buildings, office space, shopping & entertainment center, hotel complex and a marina;
􀂄Our share: 50%;
􀂄Total build up area of approximately 800,000 m²;􀂄Total project cost US$ 404 m (100% share);
Some one please post the pic , as I dont know how to post .

http://www.elbitimaging.com/Sip_storage/FILES/3/493.pdf


Best find yet. Forget Queens necklace, this is next Marina of Asia after Dubai - literally or otherwise

[abhilash]

Great find, KMC!! But how I wish we had better renderings of these..:(

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/9044/elbit2gz0.jpg

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/1512/elbit1yd3.jpg

What an Idea Boss !!!!!
Residential complex with Hotel,Malls and Marina.
May be India's first or Asia's first

What a design!!!!!
Good going Kochi