Unitech comes up with Gardens Galleria in Noida.

Unitech, one of the India’s leading integrated developers of large-scale real estate projects, has launched Gardens Galleria in Noida. It is part of Unitech’s existing 147 acres entertainment-cum-retail destination in Noida.
Gardens Galleria, designed by US-based firm Callihon, is spread over 8.36 acres, is strategically positioned adjacent to sector -18, Noida and Film City. It is minutes away from ITO, East Delhi, South Delhi, and Noida Expressway. The project is in the midst of established residential areas, offices, colleges and other commercial towers.

The destination already comprises of an international standard themed amusement park Worlds of Wonder and The Great India Place, a shopping mall. The mall, a combination of entertainment, retail and hospitality, in Noida will comprise of hyper market, departmental stores, international shops, spa, gymnasium, banks, ATMs, food and fun joints. The project comprises 230 retail outlets and there is also parking facility for 8,500 cars. Unitech has already got over 10 lakh patrons a month in its three operational malls the Metro Walk in New Delhi, Great India Place in Noida and Gurgaon Central.

Commenting on the launch, Munish Baldev, head-retail of Unitech said, “We are happy to launch Gardens Galleria in Noida. Unitech has already developed 1.3 million sq ft of mall area in New Delhi, Noida and Gurgaon since 2006, and is developing another 4 million sq ft of retail space in cities such as Kochi, Gurgaon, Bangalore, Lucknow, Mohali, Bhopal, Bhub­aneswar, and Dehradun. We have always been bullish about the retail development space and have been developing the shopping malls as per our business plan. We have been getting strong traction from retailers for leasing of the mall-space under development.”

Genesis Luxury, Genesis Lifest­yle, French Connection, Nautica, Louis Philippe, Van Heusen, Calvin Klein are among some of the major brands who have their stores in Galleria. The company is also developing another 4 million sq ft of retail space in cities such as Kochi, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Bangalore, Dehradun, Mohali, Lucknow, and Gurgaon in the next 4-5 years.

Greater Noida’s Land Rates Inflated at 12.5% by UP Govt.

Post farmers protests for hightened land reimbursements, authorities of Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway on Monday decided to inflate land rates by 12.5%. To counterweigh the loss, authorities have also inflated land allotment rates by the similar percentage. This was revealed by Chairman Mohinder Singh at a press conference.

Moreover, authorities have permitted for 04 new metro rail projects including City Centre to NH-24 via Sector 71 overpassing, Sector 71 intersecting to Bodaki railway station in Greater Noida via Sector 121 and Noida Extension and Kalindi Kunj to Botanical Garden. The fourth link from Sector 94 to 142 via 124 and 44 will tie the Noida-Greater Noida Line to Kalindi Kunj providing a direct connection to the Sarita Vihar line.

A raised road along the Shahdara drain is proposed from Sector 14-14A to Kalindi Kunj via Noida Sector 95. The line would be 5.8 kilometer long and cost would be Rupees 525 crore. Also, the board has agreed a laser park at Sector 91, a project for municipal solid waste management and other village development projects.