KOLKATA: New High In Manhattan-ish Skyline

September 13, 2006	(3 votes, average: 2.67 out of 5)  Loading ...
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A 41-floor residential building is going to be the latest and truly high-priced edifice in the Bengal metropolis, dwarfing such skyscrapers as South City (35 storeys), Hiland Park (28) and Chatterjee International (24). This will be called Diamond Top, a product of the Diamond Group headed by A N Shroff. Construction should take around three years from the starting time.

Going by reports, the 84/86 living units in the proposed super-premium double towers in Gurusaday Road will cost anything between Rs 4.5 crores and Rs 7 crores. The Rs 300-crore towers are being designed like a futuristic spacecraft on a 290-cottah prime plot. Each of the units will be patterned like an exclusive villa, some spread across three levels going up to 10,000 sq. ft., according to the architect. Literally on top of everything, a glass-house, illuminated party lounge on the topmost floor, rightly called The Crown, is the piece de resistance.

Other glittering features? They are — five-star atrium entrance lobby, swimming pool inside apartments, captive capsule lifts opening into lavish living rooms, health club on the 40th floor, double-height terraces, hanging gardens, high-speed elevators and parking plaza for about 300 vehicles. The plan provides for 88% open space on the ground level. This scheme of multiple villas in the sky, to be materialized in the heart of south Kolkata opposite an Army camp, is supposed to add a lot of prestige to the city’s real estate industry and send out the right signals. Moreover, vertical expansion means leaving a lot of room on the ground and is a much better alternative, given the traffic congestion and chaos.

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