Tall Expectations
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Tall Expectations

Mumbai’s World Trade Centre Tower 1, completed in 1970, marked the start of tall building construction in India, going by the Council on Tall Buildings & Urban Habitat’s definition of tall buildings as structures with a height of at least 150 m. More than half a century later, the country has barely 273 tall buildings by the same definition, according to the CBRE report Sky is the Limit: Rise of Tall Buildings in India.

Mumbai remains the centre of tall building construction in India, notes Sailesh Mahimtura, Chairman & Managing Director, Mahimtura Consultants, a fact corroborated by the aforementioned CBRE report. The city has over 100 completed tall buildings and an additional 90 under construction, accounting for about 77 per cent of India’s tall buildings, according to CBRE. Hyderabad has 8 per cent of the country’s tall buildings. Kolkata comes in a close third with a 7 per cent share, and Noida contributes 5 per cent more. Gurugram, Bengaluru and Chennai each are home to just 1 per cent of the country’s total tall buildings...

Mumbai’s World Trade Centre Tower 1, completed in 1970, marked the start of tall building construction in India, going by the Council on Tall Buildings & Urban Habitat’s definition of tall buildings as structures with a height of at least 150 m. More than half a century later, the country has barely 273 tall buildings by the same definition, according to the CBRE report Sky is the Limit: Rise of Tall Buildings in India.Mumbai remains the centre of tall building construction in India, notes Sailesh Mahimtura, Chairman & Managing Director, Mahimtura Consultants, a fact corroborated by the aforementioned CBRE report. The city has over 100 completed tall buildings and an additional 90 under construction, accounting for about 77 per cent of India’s tall buildings, according to CBRE. Hyderabad has 8 per cent of the country’s tall buildings. Kolkata comes in a close third with a 7 per cent share, and Noida contributes 5 per cent more. Gurugram, Bengaluru and Chennai each are home to just 1 per cent of the country’s total tall buildings...To read the full story Click Here

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