Zirakpur is Tricity’s new commercial hub in Punjab

30 Jan 2013 Editorial Team

After being the hub of affordable housing, Zirakpur in Punjab is on the road to becoming a bustling commercial capital with several retail and office complexes coming up here. Zirakpur which till some time back was a hub for C&F agents of big conglomerates has turned into a “commercial capital” of the tricity region in the state.

You name a brand and it is there. Even the brands which are not there in Chandigarh, have registered their presence in Zirakpur. You have Big Bazaar operating with a Cineplex; Wal-Mart is there and then you have the new incumbent in the name of Metro Cash and Carry. Even the hospitality front is bustling. Best Western Maryland is operational, Park Plaza would be thrown open to public in 2013, Marriot Fairfield is in the offing, with Hotels Aloft and Golden Tulip already operational.

How did this happen? What are the factors which has lead to this commercial boom in Zirakpur? As GPS Waraich of BN Habitat remarks, as we have moved on from Fiats and Ambassadors to Mercs and Audi’s, so has Zirakpur leapfrogged from being a settlement of marriage palaces to a swanky commercial hub.

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