KOLKATA | The Westin & The V Residences | 150m | 36 fl x 2 | U/C
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Kolkata is slowly but surely undergoing urban transformation. For years stifling under democratically-elected communist government, now not even they can stave off the Indian urban development phenomenon. Malls, multiplexes, townships, highrises and commerical towers are starting to sprout up in the city, slowly but surely getting a little bit taller with each project. It's where Mumbai was 8 years ago. Now, while the change isn't as visibly dynamic as in other cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad or Bangalore, it's certainly there, and, owing to its large population size and economic inertia, Kolkata has the potential to become a a true skyscraper city. Most Kolkata developers try to keep out of the limelight, fearing the Red Party's red tape, but there are several significant/tall tower proposals that have been announced. Probably the farthest along of any of these capital projects is Shristi Infrastructure/InterContinental Hotels's hotel project, to be branded "Vedic Hotels", located at the major "New Town Kolkata" development. http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/5853/28193427xm7.jpg The principal architect is Delhi-based C.P. Kukreja Associates. The team of international architects includes Cervera & Pioz, Spain; King Roselli Architetti, Italy, and Ruben Anderegg, Switzerland. The project will comprise of two towers of 150m in height and will be a state-of-the-art, green "biostructure", designs of which are Cervera & Pioz's specialty. The taller will be the hotel, the smaller will be residential, and will be surrounded by a major shopping and entertainment arcade that is modeled on the Universal Studios CityWalk concept, featuring an eclectic mix of live entertainment, fun and fine dining establishments, specialty shops and state-of-the-art cinemas. Those are the other buildings you see surrounding the towers in the rendering. Also worth noting are the residential buildings in the background of the rendering, which comprise other projects in the New Town development. ---------==--=--==--------- Here are two articles that give a good overview of the Vedic Hotel project Shrishti, InterContinental to set up 5-star hotel in Kolkata Quote:
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From this and other articles on the project, it is known that the cost of the building is Rs 400 crore. It's not clear whether this is the land, construction or total cost. The built-up area will be 9 lakh square feet on an eight-acre land and will provide employment for 5000 people. While the the symbolic foundation/stone-laying ceremony has already taken place, the project hasn't actually broken ground yet, though there has been some site prep and grading. The hotel will "start to take customers" by the end of 2008, though that doesn't necessarily imply that construction will be totally finished by then. Most likely, we will get more word on this project this year. Cheers, Jai |
Looks great! Glad to see Calcutta getting in on the boom.
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Should look great if executed well.
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After that failed proposal for Sao Paulo, I've been skeptical of any towers called "Vedic". :lol:
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This is the most recent pic I could find, from Sept. https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...28925601_o.jpg By Suncity on SSC |
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