City-based realty group Lodha Developers will collaborate with two New York-based firms to build an over 450 metre residential tower at Worli in south-central Mumbai. Lodha Developers has tied up with New York’s architectural firm, Pei Cobb Free & Parners, and structural consultants, Leslie E. Robertson Associates, for the prestigious project which will be a landmark in Mumbai.The construction work on the project will start in a couple of months and it is expected to be completed by 2014.
“The project has been christened World One and will be built on a 17-acre site at Worli (south-central Mumbai). It will include a 117-storeyed tower, around 1,450 feet, which will be the world’s tallest residential building” said the firm’s managing director Abhisheck Lodha. According to Lodha, a significant aspect of the World One project will be rating of Gold Leed Certified Building by the Green Building Council. It will be the only 100-plus storey building in the world to get this coveted certification for its high-level of environmental care.
The key eco-friendly measures it will incorporate are: 100 percent water harvesting and recycling, using VRV air-conditioning and solar energy for common areas and heating, thus slashing electricity consumption by over 40 percent, and waste segregation and recycling. For the luxurious in-house feel, all the components for the kitchens, bathrooms, living rooms and bedrooms shall come from Germany, Italy, Japan, the US and France.
The project will be world’s tallest residential building and it will include a 117-storeyed tower, around 1,450 feet. It is estimated at a cost of Rs.2,000 crore ($424.67 million) and it is expected to be completed by 2014.The complex will offer world-class amenities for the occupants, including a 3-level club-house and spa. The flat sales/bookings shall start by June-end.
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