Nanakramguda - Financial district

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Nanakramguda, The Downtown Of Hyderabad

Introduction

Residential Ventures

Commercial Places

IT Businesses

Educational Institutes

Attractions In The Vicinity

INTRODUCTION

Nanakramguda, once a sleeping suburb of Hyderabad, is now the center of all happennings buzzing with Real Estate activity. The developments have totally shaken up this once sleeping suburb. This is due to the spill-over effects of Information Technology, that originally ignited the spark at Madhapur.

Information Technology Parks at Raidurg Manikonda, Tellapur, Gopanpally are likely to metamorphose these places beyond recognition. The IT zone, comprising Madhapur, Kondapur, Gachibowli, and vicinities have already climbed high on the price ladder and remain beyond the reach of many. 2 Lakh per acre rice fields are now quoting Rs. 15+ Crores per an Acre.

Gachibowli - Manikonda – Raidurg – Nanakramguda - Nallagandla -Tellapur areas are buzzing with new Projects! The silent and empty suburbs of Gopanpalli/Nallagandla have awakened to ‘Gated Bungalows’ costing over 200 Lakhs, and Apartments around 3000/SFT and over!

From the year 1999, the focus of buyers suddenly turned almost 100% towards Madhapur with the announcement of Asia’s largest software technology park, called “Hitec City”. This has entirely changed the Hyderabad Real Estate market, which was totally sleeping until then.

Vijayawada Highway, which was the talk of the Hyderabad Real Estate market till then due to Ramoji Film City, Sanghi etc, was forgotten totally after the arrival of Hitec City, and everyone’s attention turned to a small village called ‘Madhapur’. 1999 to the year 2001 witnessed NRIs and investors buying plots extensively in Hitec City surrounding areas. Apartment and bungalow constructions commenced in full swing in these areas from the year 2000. ‘Hitec City’ became the Buzz word!

By the year 2005, Madhapur and surrounding areas had run out of open space! Several Gated Community Bungalow layouts came up on this stretch. Then the focus slowly spread to the nearby suburb areas Nanakramguda, Gopanapally, Nallagandla, Puppalaguda, Manikonda, Raidurg, Narsingi…

The booming IT industry, caused heavy inflow of professionals into Hitec City area. And the Hyderabad Real Estate blossomed!

Today we can observe many huge IT establishments lined up near Cyber Towers, all the way upto the Secret Lake (Durgam Cheruvu). L&T Infocity, Raheja IT Park, Acendas IT Park, Google, TCS, Dell, Oracle, Satyam, CA, Accenture, Infotech, SQLStar, Softsol, Cognizant etc..

This inflow of professionals necessitiated huge housing requirement in Madhapur surrounding areas, and the Hyderabad Real Estate market took off for never-even-heard-of prices. Premier builders like Jayabheri, Aparna, Aditya, Aliens, Nivee, Myhome, SMR, Shilpa, Golden Gate Properties, Manjeera, IVRCL etc. stormed in with huge projects. Small and medium builders also joined in, building hundreds of apartment complexes all around, turning Hitec City and surrounding areas into a concrete jungle. New Projects with refreshing designs started appearing all over Hitec City Area. Foreign Companies like, EMAAR, JURONG etc have also moved in. Several others are entering the fray. Meanwhile, rapid commercial development also occurred, bringing in Hotels, Hospitals, Convention Centers, Shopping Malls, Multiplexes, Super Markets and major food chains like, Coffee Day, Barista, US Pizza, Pizza Hut, Dominos and usual bars and restaurants etc.

Gachibowli and its neighboring areas like Manikonda, Nanakramguda, Gopanapalli became the darling of NRIs and investors, resulting in land prices to jump from under 10Lakhs to roaring 15+ Crores per acre!!

Today, Nanakramguda has virtually become the “Downtown of Hyderabad” …!!!

Here are the few important places, businesses, residential units, commercial complexes that are around Nanakramguda belt.

RESIDENTIAL VENTURES:

1. Vasantha Valley

• Independent villas near Jayabheri Silicon Towers

2. Aparna Orchids

Fifty-nine tasteful villas created within 10 sprawling acres, Aparna Orchids is testament to the discerning eye of people. Located on prime property in Madhapur, Aparna Orchids is very much in the thick of all the action in Cyberabad.

• Each Villa – 410 Sq Yds 3500 Sq Ft – 3-3.5 Cr

3. Indu Fortune Fields

A 65-acre enclave of gated communities that boasts of world-class facilities and amenities in an oriental ambience, just a whisk away from the HiTech city.

• 325 Sq Yards Villa, 3415 Sq.Ft - Rs 2-2.5 Cr

4. Myhome Navadweepa

• Gated apartment community adjacent to Wipro near Hitec City, in walkable distance to most of the IT offices
• 3BR Apartment rents out for approximately Rs 30000 – 50000 per month
• Venture completed in the year 2002
• Cost of apartment: Rs 4500 per sq feet

5. Jayabheri Silicon County

• Silicon County consists of 3 residential blocks, apart from a clubhouse
• There are totally 14 towers spread over these 3 residential blocks. 6 towers have single level apartments and the remaining 8 towers have duplex apartments.
• Each apartment in Silicon County is a study in elegance
• Cost of each apartment: Rs 4500-5000 per sq feet

6. Lumbini SLN Springs

Lumbini Constructions Ltd, which is well known for quality commercial projects developed over the last 25 years, has come up with a premium residential project, SLN Springs at Gachibowli.

SLN Springs is a 15-acre gated community of independent duplex houses in the most sought after place of Gachibowli, abutting the proposed express highway connecting the old and new Bombay Highway and right next to the famed Botanical Gardens, offering a pollution-free, visual retreat.

• The community offers 95 high-end duplex homes on plots of 400 – 1000 sq yards priced around Rs 3.5 Crore per house

7. Rolling Hills

• A fine gated community of posh bungalows located at Gachibowli close to Hitec City
• Each villa is on a 546 sq yards plot with 4500 sq ft
• Price of each villa: Rs 2.5 – 3.5 Cr

8. Meenakshi “The Bamboos”

• Ultra luxury Villas for up to 4.5Cr per Villa
• HUDA Approved layout
• Located close to Hitec City in Gachibowli

9. QuietLands

• A posh residential colony of independent Duplex-type bungalows in the most serene and peaceful environs at Gachibowli
• QuitLands is right on the Old Mumbai Highway
• Each villa around Rs 1.5 Cr

10. IVRCL HillRidge Apartments and Villas

• A beautiful project right in the middle of the knowledge corridor, near ISB
• Residential 2,3,4 Bedroom Apartments in 36 acres with floating gardens
• 5 bedroom independent Villas - Around 3.5 Cr for 450sq.yds Villa

11. SMR Vinay Technopolis

• “SMR VINAY TECHNOPOLIS” is an ode to design, both inside and outside. The complex is made up of 2 and 3 bed room apartments
• It is located close to Jayabheri Silicon County near Hitec City
• Built on a 2-Acre lot in year 2005, these premium apartments cost around Rs 50-70 Lakhs each

12. Lanco Hills

LANCO Hills, Hyderabad is a unique project being developed by LANCO Group. It is one of the largest mixed developments in India at over 18 million sq. ft. in an 100 acre site With an investment of over US $ 80 million.

LANCO Hills, Hyderabad will become a landmark in India, with its high rise residential towers, office towers, service apartments, hotels, a mall and one of the largest entertainment zones. Another unique feature of LANCO Hills, Hyderabad is its 90 level residential tower - one of the tallest buildings in India.

• A super structure of 90 levels, the tallest in India
• 16 residential towers of up to 30 levels high
• 4 level mall structure with a 2 million sq. ft. mall and a 3 level covered parking
• Entertainment zone with a 12 screen multiplex and a 22 acre lake
• A commercial complex with several retail and business outlets
• Apartments price: Upto Rs 4600/sq ft in the first phase

13. Aparna Shangrila

• APARNA SHANGRILA is a Gated Layout of high-end bungalows just Beside Wipro/Polaris
• 355 SQD (with 3600 SFT), 450 SQD (with 4200 SFT) Bungalows - 3.5+ Cr per Villa

14. Jayabheri Four Seasons

• Gated community of plots located at Gopanapalli close to the Microsoft, Infosys campuses
• CDA Approved Layout with prices upto Rs 30,000 per sq yard

15. Lalitha Bloomfield

• Vasudeva Realtors’ Lalitha Bloomfield is a magnificient 4-acre layout located at Nanakramguda, very close to Oakridge International School and Delhi Public School, and the Financial District
• It is a gated community of 40 beautiful bungalows of world class and state-of-the-art comfort, being developed by Vasudeva Realtors
• Priced around Rs 1.85 Cr per villa

16. Aparna Laketown and Aparna Sarovar

‘Aparna Laketown’ is a joint venture between Aparna Constructions and Morgan Stanley to provide high-end housing and commercial development project at Nallagandla in Hyderabad, overing 12 million square feet. This would include an integrated retail and entertainment complex and a branded hotel.

Aparna is also coming up with lifestyle apartments in the same townshiop, which is named as “Aparna Sarovar”. The apartment prices range from Rs 3300/sq ft. The construction of Sarovar apartments has been progressing well. Jerde Partnership Inc does the whole planning, LA who are also the architects of the Mall of America, Minneapolis and Bellagio in Las Vegas.

17. Aparna Cyber County

Aparna Cyber County is a gated community of over 2.2 lakhs built-up area which nestles 59 superbly-crafted bungalows. It is spread over 11Acres of land. It is located at Gopanapally, 6KM from Gachibowli and other IT parks and replete with every possible modern amenity. Whether it’s the information highway or the road to shopping / life / happiness, you’re never more than a stone’s throw away from the perfect life.

18. Jayabheri Orange County

Jayabheri Orange County at Nanakramguda is high-end apartment community with features such as ‘No common walls’, ‘Centralized cooking gas with individual metering facility’, ‘duplex apartments’, ‘generator backup’ etc. It is at walkable distance to many of the IT offices such as Wipro, CA, Microsoft, Polaris etc. The apartments are priced Rs 4500/sq ft.

19. BHEL Township (MIG Phase I,II,III and Annamayya Enclave)

BHEL Township is a huge residential township located at Nallagandla. These houses are next to Tellapur. MIG is divided into three phases.

Phase 1 - More than 12 years old colony with mostly 230-250 sq Yd independent houses with lots of shops, schools, banks, bus facility etc etc. It is old HUDA layout, so you will have 40 feet and 33 feet roads mostly.

Phase 2 - It is almost 5 years old. A new HUDA layout with 60 ft & 40 ft roads and almost all house are 200 Sq Yards. It is behind Phase 1, separated by some barren land & urban forestry of a stretch of approx 1 km. Since it is a new colony , you do not have too many shops, commericla establishments etc. City bus facility is also not frequent. Also this colony is next to Mumbai rail way line and if they go a head with MMTS phase 2 , mostly likely you will get a station behind this colony.

These are built by IVRCL and has good internal roads & water supply etc. But as the name suggests, the original built up area is only 666Sft , but ample room for expansion.

Phase 3 - under construction after Phase 2 and it almost comes behind BHEL backside gate. After few KM (may be 2-3 km arial) from this, ICRISAT compound starts. You can not directly buy these Phase 3 houses since Society has to allot them to members yet and then members need to convince the society that they can sell to outsiders.

Pros:

• Clear titles & no land litigations
• Good internal roads, water supply & drainage, power etc
• Surrounded by lots of greenary
• Convenience. Almost everything is available within the township. Frequent bus facility and autos facility from the township. Good schools nearby
• Proposed TSI venutre might be around 2-3 kms from MIG2/1
• Very good residential township for all IT folks working at Hitec City area(10KM) or Nanakramguda rea (9KM)
• The new Wipro SEZ being built at Gopanapalli is 6-7KM
• Close distance to ORR and Financial District

Prices:

• Cost of each house in MIG Phase I: Rs 55-65 Lakhs (225 sq yards lot)
• Cost of each house in MIG Phase II: Rs 40-46 Lakhs (200 sq yards lot)
• Cost of each house in MIG Phase III: Rs 25 Lakhs (150 sq yards lot)
• Cost of each house in HIG Phase I(Annamayya Enclave - Gated community): Rs 85-90 Lakhs (300 sq yards lot)

20. Gulmohar Park

• HUDA Approved Residential township
• Price of each house: Rs 80-90 Lakhs

21. Doyens Township

• A decent gated residential township near HCU at Serilingampally
• Each individual house costs around Rs 70-85 Lakhs

22. Secreteriate Colony

• Very good residential colony at Puppalaguda
• Cost per sq yard is around Rs 25000

23. OU Employees Colony

• Very good residential colony near Manikonda
• Most of the houses are on 180 sq yard plots
• Cost of each house: Around Rs 45 Lakhs

24. Journalist Colony Phase III

• HUDA Apprived plotted venture at Gopanapalli
• Price: Rs 23000 per Sq Yd

25. Alkapoor Township

• Price: Around Rs 16000 per Sq Yd
• HUDA Approved venture at Narsingi

26. Anjali Gardens

• A small gated community of villas at Puppalaguda, adjoining the Lanco IT Park border
• Each villa price is around Rs 80-90 Lakhs

27. Bloomfield Elation

• A gated apartment community at Nanakramguda
• Price: Rs 3900-4300 per sq feet

28. Bloomfield Ecstacy

• A gated community of high-end designer villas at Gopanapally
• Close to the proposed APIIC IT Park and Tishman Speyers 400-acre Integrated Township at Tellapur
• Cost of each villa: Rs 1.95 Cr

29. Whisper Valley

• The first gated community in Hyderabad, Whisper Valley was a huge success and was a trend setter
• Located next to Banjara Hills and Jubilee Hills
• A residential township of 83 villas

30. Vision Avenues - Infinity Homes

• Infinity Homes is a 25-acre upper-crest gated community of 120 equisite villas located at Tellapur
• Cost of each villa: Rs 2.10 Cr

31. Aliens Valley

32. APBH Township

• Located at Gachibowli near CMC Ltd and DLF IT Park
• Land price: Upto Rs 40000/sq yd
• Individual houses are priced around 90 Lakhs

33. KPHB Township

34. Nectar Garden

‘Nectar Garden Gated Community’ in Kavuri Hills is a gated community in 6+ acres which is located close to Durgam Cheruvu and many of the MNC IT Companies in walkable distance. All major school buses (Oakridge, DPS, Chirec) pick-up at the gate.

• 4400 sq.ft Townhomes: 2.70Cr - 3.5Cr (shared walls but, independent compound walls)
• 2500sft Luxury Apartments: 1.15Cr - 1.3Cr

35. Dews Ville

• HUDA Approved plotted community at Bandlaguda

36. Westend Meadows

37. Greenlands

38. Malaysian Township (IJM Raintree Park)

39. Manjeera Diamond Towers

40. Aditya’s Eden Woods

41. Trendset Builders

• Trendset Winz
• Trendset Residency

42. Magadha Village

43. Asian Township at Shankarpalli

44. Villa Greens

45. Nagarjuna Residency at Gachibowli

46. Aparna County - Hafeezpet - with about 120 villas

48. Nectar Garden Gated Community in Kavuri Hills to the list. 4800 sq.ft triplex townhomes and 2500 sq.ft apartments. Right next to Durgamma Chervu and the first layout outside hitec area.

49. Bachupally area surroundings, Maytas Hill County is the jewel

50. Emmar Golf Course (Inc. Villas and Apts) on 250 acres which is the the the most premium and huge venture and DivyaSree SEZ in Raidurg

Nagarjuna Residency is from the NCC Urban, a subsidiary of Nagarjuna Construction Company, located at the most happening location - Gachibowli, in a very close proximity to Hitec City.

The project has 460 units comprising two, three and four bed room apartments with plinth area of 2,340 sft, 2,690 sft, and 3,170 sft respectively.

• 30% Total Built up area ,70% open space
• Provision for car parking area accomodating upto 950 cars
• With 3 Lifts one Dedicated for material Movement

Price: Starting from Rs.4,250 per sft
Website: www.nccurban.com

46. Alien’s Space Station at Tellapur

47. Ramky Towers

This mega project is from Ramky Group conceived in partnership with Andhra Pradesh Housing Board (APHB), located just 1/2KM from the Botanical Gardens and in close distance from the IT hub and HITEC City.

This project has in it to offer 13 lakh Sq ft of residential space, 1.2 lakh Sq ft of commercial space and also equipped with 20,000 sq ft of club house with all modern amenities.

Prices:
Regular: Starting from Rs 3900 per sft
Duplex: Starting from Rs 5000 per sft

Website: http://www.ramkyestates.com

48. Meenakshi’s Sky Lounge

49. AMSRI Brain Storm at Nanakramguda

50. Dhatri Cygne at Narsingi

51. Maple Town

52. Legend Harmony

53. L&T Infocity

54. Narne Elite at Manikonda

This venture has a very good location advantage, located very close to Delhi Public School, Lanco Hills and Lanco Mantri IT Park. This venture is developed by Narne.

55. Agarwal’s Fortune Homes

56. Bhanu Township

57. Casa Rouge at Kondapur (Srinivasa Hatcheries Group www.shgroup.in)

58. Laxmi Vihar Phase II

A psuedo gated community in Nallagandla. It is right next to Nallagandla HUDA layout and 1/2 KM from Aparna Sarovar venture. It is right next to the Railway Line(you can see this as disadvantage) and it is in walkable distance to Lingampally MMTS station(This is big advantage for regular commute to office).

Prices: I could not get any info on prices yet

59. Dream Valley

One of the first few gated communities in Hyderabad - It is in the Manikonda area near OU Employees Colony and there are 300, 400 and 700-800 sq yd villas with elevators from 2.5+ crores per Villa. The surrounding locality is rated low by few though.

Website: http://ourdreamvalley.com/

60. Aparna County at Hafeezpet

Aparna County at Hafeezpet is a gated community of 125 luxury villas lavishly spread on 23 acres. Each villa is on 350 sq yds plot with 3000-4000sft of constructed area.

Price of each villa: Rs 2.5Cr roughly
Website: www.aparnaconstructions.com

61. Bharat Iconia at Kondapur

The ICONIA by Bharat is a unique collection of future ready luxury condominiums in a 21 acre area, located at Kondapur near the Gachibowli stadium close to the Hi tech City in Hyderabad.

It is designed by the world renowned architects Atkins who are the creators of the worlds tallest all- suite hotel – the Burj Al Arab, Dubai.

The ICONIA offers 1908 sqft. and 2322 sqft. 3BHK apartments, 2925 sqft. 4BHK apartments and 5004 sqft. 5BHK apartments. The master plan comfortably accommodates eighteen, 20 storey high apartment towers, and includes a club house and recreation zones.

3BHK 1908 Apt: Rs 3799 per sft
3BHK 2322 Apt: Rs 3999 per sft
4BHK 2925 Apt: Rs 3999 per sft
5BHK 5004 Apt: Rs 5299 per sft

Website: www.bharat.co.in

COMMERCIAL PLACES

1. IVRCL Towers

2. 7 Star Hotel Ista

3. Lanco - Mantri IT Park

• Located at Puppalaguda in 100 acres

4. Financial District

Hartford-like Financial District is being developed in 130 acres near Nanakramguda with an estimated cost of Rs 200 Crores - which will cater exclusively to financial and insurance related services sectors. The Financial District will focus on insurance sector, financial research institutions, financial markets, commodities exchange, banking, law & secretarial firms, consulting firms, etc.

5. Wipro SEZ at Gopanapalli
Wipro had received formal approval for 100 Acre Special Economic Zone at Vattinagulapalli (1Km from Gopanpalli T Junction). Wipro has done quick work and is going ahead with Construction of Vattinagulapalli Campus.

This is Wipro’s second SEZ near Guchibowli. Part of the Wipro Campus (limited to 16 Acres) at Manikonda beside Polaris is a Notified Operational SEZ. The SEZ site is right beside the road from Gopanapalli to Vattinagulaplli. The road cuts ORR at Vattinagulapalli and proceeds to Gandipet -Shankarpalli Road.

Wipro has awarded Phase1 construction work covering 40 Acres which will have 2 Large IT Park Blocks, to Mumbai based Shirke Group. Construction activitiy has been going on. 2 Large Blocks are coming up. Foundations are completed and Reinforcement work for Columns are in Progress. Together with construction of Buildings other infrastructural activities like Compound Wall, Street Lighting, Road Works etc are in progress. As per the site engineers, the First Blcok is to be delivered in 6 Months (May2008).

* Distance from Gopanpalli T Junction to SEZ -1 Km
* Distance from Kanbay Circle(Financial District) to SEZ - 5.5KM
* Distance from SEZ to ORR Junction at Vattinagulapalli - 2.5KM

6. Computer Associates SEZ at Nanakramguda - 12.34 hectors

7. Sathyam Computer Services SEZ at Serilingampalli - 12 hetors

8. A.P.Techno Projects SEZ at Serilingampalli - 10 hetors

9. J.J IT Park in 4 acres

10. D.L.F IT Park
DLF is developing SEZ for information technology in a 26.3-acre plot in Gachibowli. DLF is investing over 750 crore in it. The first complex will be ready in next few months.

11. Prajay Autopolis

The Autopolis is a first-of-its-kind automobile mall in India. It will be spread out in an area of 35 acres. Prajay Autopolis will combine mega automobile showrooms with administrative, servicing and warehousing area across more than 18,00,000 sq feet. Prajay Autopolis also envisages three towers comprising an Information Technology Park at the same venue. The IT park will have a total constructed area of 15,08,000 square feet. The Prajay Autopolis is expected to open in the second half of 2008.

12. Waverock

TSI Ventures, a Tishman Speyer and ICICI Ventures joint venture, unvield it’s first world class office facility named “Wave Rock” in Hyderabad located at Gachibowli next to the Financial District.

“Wave Rock” is a unique signature building designed by world renowned architect Pei Cobb Freed & Partners known for landmarks like “the Grand Louvre Pyramid, Paris” and “the Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong”. Tishman Speyer is looking at making the “Wave Rock” an iconic landmark in Hyderabad. It will provide 2.2 million sq.ft. of class A office space.

The first phase of Wave Rock will be completed by the fourth quarter of 2008 and the entire project will be ready by the third quarter of 2009. When completed, it will have the capacity to seat 20,000 people.

13. Techno City At Tellapur

The consortium of Tishman Speyer, ICICI Venture and Nagarjuna Constructions is building the 400-Acre “Mixed UseTownship” at Tellapur.

The project, which will include approximately 20 million SFT of primarily Class A residential and office components and complementary retail, civic and cultural amenities, is expected to cost the partnership US$2 billion to develop. When completed, the development will be home to over 30,000 people and will provide office space that will generate over 35,000 jobs. The project is, by far, the first publicprivate partnership of its size for township development in India.

This will be located strategically just 3 miles from Hyderabad’s Central Business District on a direct route to the area’s new international airport. The CBD already is seeded by a cluster of companies such as Microsoft, UBS, Computer Associates, Franklin Templeton and Infosys.

The consortium will complete 70 per cent of the project in the first phase by 2010 and the remaining by 2014. The consortium put the entire project cost at Rs 5,330 crores including the land cost. This is the highest single residential project in the country surpassing the one in Noida where the authorities had put a project of Rs 1,550 crores for open auction. The consortium already paid Rs 444.26 crores as first installment of land cost for the Tellapur integrated township on 10 Aug 2007.

The consortium has formed an SPV, namely Tellapur Technocity (P) Ltd.

14. Trident Hotel Hyderabad

VBC Group of Hyderabad has joined hands with hospitality major East India Hotels Ltd (EIH) that owns Oberoi group of hotels and a city-based infrastructure player, My Home Group, to set up a five-star deluxe hotel with an investment of Rs 600 Cr at Madhapur. The project is expected to be completed in 36 months by 2010-11.

15. APIIC Knowledge City at Raidurg

The Knowledge City will come up beside Old Mumbai Highway between Guchibowli and Raidurg, 2Km from Guchibowli Junction. The Knowledge City would be virtually an extension of Hitec City in character and business.

The Location is extremely good. The development here will result in transformation of the stretch of land between Whisper Valley Junction and Gachibowli Junction. With Knowledge City Coming Up the Tech Corridor behind Cyber Tower (Madhapaur) will expand to Old Mumbai Highway.

In the recent auction for Knowledge City plots, APIIC generated a revenue of Rs.1,296 crore for 2 plots of 30-acres each. Against the upset price of Rs.20 crore per acre, the first plot, located at vantage point got the highest bid price of Rs.22.2 crore per acre from BPTP of Delhi. The second plot was taken by Bangalore-based company, Purvankar, at Rs.21 crore per acre.

Out of 414-acre Knowledge City, the APIIC so far auctioned 140 acres. While the first 30 acres about an year ago was bid for at Rs.16 crores per acre, DLF after few months acquired 25 acres at Rs.18.81 crores per acre. ‘My Home’ had bid for 10 acres at Rs. 20.01 crores per acre and ITC acquired five acres at Rs.25.5 crores per acre.

16. Novotel

• Five-star luxury hotel located at Kondapur

17. IVRCL Mall

The mall is part of the HillRidge Springs township near the Infosys and ISB campuses, which will also have an IT Park. The five-floor mall will have 12 multiplex screens and parking for approximately 2,000 cars.

18. Inorbit Mall

The Inorbit mall will overlook the Durgam Cheruvu. Spread across 7 lakh sq ft area, it will have multilevel parking for 1000 cars. The Rahejas (Ishaan UK) plan to invest Rs 120 crore-Rs160 crore in the Inorbit Mall.

19. Kokapet Golden Mile

20. HUDA ELIXIR CITY

The 200 acre Medical City at Ameenpur is being planned by HUDA with a focus on medical tourism. Elixir City will house medical institutes of national and international repute with up-to-date medical facilities. The city will have extensive landscaping, water bodies and plantations to create a healing atmosphere. Besides medical institutions, Elixir City would also have resorts for the health conscious.

21. CALIBRE SEZ

22. Apollo Hospital

23. AMSRI Brain Storm at Nanakramguda

24. AMSRI Summit at Nanakramguda

25. DivyaSree SEZ at Raidurg
DivyaSree NSL Infrastructure Private Limited is coming with an IT/ITES SEZ at Raidurg. The SZ is being developed on 37.93 acres in a 50:50 Joint Venture with Shyamaraju & Co Private Limited.

IT BUSINESSES

1. Raheja IT Park
2. Acendas IT Park
3. TCS ePark and DeccanPark
4. Satyam ePark
5. Dell
6. Computer Associates
7. Accenture
8. Infotech
9. SQLStar
10. Softsol
11. Microsoft
12. CMC
13. Infosys
16. Polaris
17. Franklin Templeton

Franklin Templeton, one of the largest financial service groups based in the US that has $417.3 billion in assets under management globally, has been allotted 15 acres of land in the Financial District.

18. United Bank Of Switzerland (UBS)

UBS, one of the largest banking and financial services group in the world, has been alloted 11.66 acres in the Financial District.

19. ICICI
20. Kanbay
21. Wipro Technologies
22. Hyundai R&D Center

The high-tech research and development centre being constructed by Hyundai Motor India Engineering Private Limited (HMIEPL) in Madhapur will be ready to commence operations by the end of the year 2009.

23. Computer Science Corporation

24. Sierra Atlantic
25. Honeywell
26. HSBC
27. IBM
28. Oracle

29. Nvidia Design Center

NVIDIA Corporation, a leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, opened its 3rd design center in Gachibowli.

30. PortalPlayer Inc

PortalPlayer, Inc. (Nasdaq:PLAY), a leading supplier of semiconductor, firmware and software solutions for personal media players and secondary display-enabled notebook computers, has it’s design facility on a 5-acre land at Nanakramguda.
31. AppLabs
32. Deloitte
33. Keane
34. Cognizant
35. Convergys
36. Vanenburg IT Park
37. Baan
38. C3i
39. Invensys
40. Surgical Information Systems
41. Cordys
42. SSA Global
43. Motorola
44. Xiotech

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES

1. IIIT

2. India School Of Business

3. Hyderabad Central University

4. Delhi Public School

5. Oakridge International School

6. Chirec Public School

7. JNTU Campus

8. Kendriya Vidyalaya

9. EuroKids

Eurokids, a part of Egmont International, is a Denmark-based company that has branches in 29 countries. The company, which was initially into publishing books and making educational toys, now runs India’s largest chain of international pre-schools. The advantage of this is whether your child is in the Chennai, Bangalore, Bhilai, or Nagpur branch, the education standard is maintained as the curriculum, equipment, and toys, used are the same everywhere.

There are 17 Eurokids schools in the City - at Basheerbagh, Kukatpally, Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills, Chandanagar, Madhapur etc etc.

Eurokids admits children in two categories - playschool and nursery - and follows a well-researched curriculum designed by Egmont. The curriculum is so well planned and developmentally correct that it ensures the child does not do any activity that is not right for his age. The curriculum also gets renewed every term where Egmont representatives keep the teachers updated with the new techniques in teaching.

As this unique school believes that a “child’s learning is enhanced when he is seated on the floor”, one does not find chairs and tables here.

10. Kidzee Pre-School

“Zee Education” was formed as a devision of Zee Telefilms Ltd. in 1994 to focus on IT education. In order to bring in the required focus, “Zee Education” was converted into “Zee Interactive Learning Systems Ltd” in Oct 1999, to create a learning network and deliver variety education content and solution for range of careers and vocations through multiple delivery platforms. Zee Interactive Learning Systems Limited (ZILS) ventured into pre-primary education under the brand name “Kidzee”. ZILS is an ISO 9001 certified education provider.

Early childhood learning is viewed as a stepping-stone to gain admission to senior schools and also fulfil higher educational aspirations, making families allocate more resources for education. This pre-school offers education to kids from play group to upper kindergarten. it is very well-furnished and has trained faculty. There are 12 branches of Kidzee in Hyderabad.

Kidzee curricula include multiple activities to encourage learning through creative teaching methods. Kidzee centres believe in teaching methods that encourage learning through play. The concept of associating education with play is the requirement of the day. At a tender age kids cannot be bound to books. KidZee curriculum includes multiple activities to encourage and expand the child’s hidden potential. The learning environment has been designed to nurture the growing sense of aesthetics and to inspire better performance from young minds, special attention is given to safety and hygiene.

Kidzee has a network of more than 250 centers in India and abroad, across 110 cities. Singapore, Dubai, Sharjah, UAE, Bahrain are some of the countries that have a KidZee presence.

11. Meridian School

Meridian School is a high school, started in the year 1996 and is located in Hyderabad, India. The Correspondents of this School are Mr.Neelkanth Reddy and Mrs. Renuka Reddy. The Principal of Meridian School for Boys and Girls, Hyderabad is D. Usha Reddy. Meridian School has a branch in Madhapur, as well as Banjara Hills. It offers CBSE as well as SSC and is recognised by the Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. It is amongst the best schools in Hyderabad and the school focusses on overall development of students.

12. P.Obul Reddy Public School

13. Jubilee Hills Public School

14. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan School in BHEL Township

15. Indus International School at Mokila

Indus International School will come up in the city by August next year, considering the global movement of IT and other professionals. The school follows the curriculum of International Baccalaureate (IB), a Geneva-based organisation that prescribes syllabus for international schools across the world.

The school is being set up by Kumar Malavalli, a member of the Silicon Valley Hall of Fame and founder of Brocade Communications and Nandini Ramalinga Raju of Satyam Foundation with an investment of Rs. 50-80 crore in next four years.

The annual school fee from pre-primary to ninth grade ranges between Rs. 1 lakh and Rs. 3.2 lakh, while it is Rs. 4.5 lakh for classes from X to XII. The school expects to become the first Asian institution to provide laptops to all its students by 2009, according to CEO of Indus Trust Arjun Ray, a retired Lieutenant General. The school in Hyderabad would be the third one after Bangalore and Pune.

The focus of the Hyderabad school would be mathematics and sciences with a special emphasis on nanotechnology. The Hyderabad campus would be located on 20 acres at Mokila close to the financial district. The teacher-student ratio would be 1:7 in case of lower classes and 1:9 for higher classes.

ATTRACTIONS IN THE VICINITY

1. GMC Balayogi National Stadium
Highlights of the GMC Balayogi Stadium, Gachibowli

• Seating Capacity of 30,000
• 8-lane 400 Mts running synthetic athletic track
• 10-lane 100 Mts sprinting track
• 4-lane synthetic warm up track
• Latest Highmast lighting
• Ideal for disciplines such as Athletics, Football etc

2. Botanical Garden

Botanical Garden is on 200 Acre land of undulating landscape filled with a dazzling array of colours. Vast stretches of green grass get dotted with carefully nurtured thickets, tall trees and pristine water bodies. Tread softly in the neatly manicured lawns and lose your path into a world of some rare plants, aromatic plants and also medicinal plants. It is located at Kothaguda near Hitec City.

3. EmaarMGF Boulder Hills

Emaar’s Boulder Hills is spread over 500 acres, which is a leisure and residential community featuring an 18-hole championship golf course, villas, apartments, and a five star resort style hotel.

It would be set up in Manikonda village opposite to the Indian School of Business. It is being built with an investment of Rs 308.6 crore.

Price: Rs 5300 - Rs 8310 per sq ft

4. Ramanaidu Cine Village

5. HITEX

HITEX is the state-of-the-art venue for international exhibitions, conferences, trade shows and corporate events. This magnificent facility spread over nearly 100 acres is the star attraction of Hyderabad.

6. Shilparamam

This stadium has a capacity of 4000 spectators, As one drives down Madhapur road, one faces an impressive gateway with huge terra-cotta horses that leads to a village with festive looking precincts. This is Shilparamam, the arts and crafts village of Hyderabad - where a series of cultural event take place throughout the year. A centrestage of cultures. A melting pot of Traditions. An endeavor to preserve our dying arts forms. This precisely sums up Shilparamam.

Shilparamam is spread over 50 acres of land nestling by the hillside with natural slopes and wild vegetation studded by unique rock formations. It showcases various art forms and handicrafts of various artists from all over the State. Shilparamam plays host to myrid traditions of arts and crafts of the country.

Shilparamam is a perfect place to take a day off from the busy city life. Located at Madhapur, it is few feet away from the HITEC City.

7. Secret Lake (Durgam Cheruvu):

Popularly known as ” Durgam Cheruvu”, the secret lake is situated close to Shilparamam craft Village. The reason behind the intriguing name is ambiguous but many says that for many years there were no roads to reach the lake and it was well kept secret for twenty years.

The Durgam Cheruvu lake is spread over an area of 63 acre and is surrounded by hills of the Deccan Plateau.This secret lake is now a haven for visitors with boating facilities, quietitude and fishing activity with a Restaurant. This lake is one best place for the film shootings and it is recommended for the picnic spot.

The shields of granite rocks around here are said to be only one of its kind in entire Asia that date back to more than 2,500 million years and attract nature and rock lovers from all over. The Lake has been developed as a major tourist attraction in the Hyderabad city by the AP Tourism Department.

8. Padmalaya Studios

9. American Consulate

10. Gachibowli Indoor Stadium

Gachibowli Indoor Stadium is an indoor sporting arena. The capacity of the arena is 4,000 people.

It is fully air-conditioned, and a multi purpose stadium. It has wooden flooring which is approved by International Federation and is up to DIN standards.

11. Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC)

HICC is India’s first purpose built convention facility located in the emerging business hub of India - Hyderabad. It is a world class, state-of-the-art venue - the first of its kind in South Asia.

Built across a 15-acre landscaped environment, HICC is a pillar-free internal hall of net 6,480 sq. meters which can be partitioned into six halls in an open capacity, which can hold up to 400 tables in Banquet setting and 6000 in cocktail.

12. Shilpakala Vedika

Shilpakala Vedika is a Government owned privately managed multi-functional center located at Shilparamam. This 60,000sq.ft. convention center is a unique setting for special events that require bespoke attention. Shilpakala Vedika is an outstanding venue for all types of events - local, national and international.

13. Night Safari Park

The Night Safari Park is proposed to be developed at Kothaguda Reserve Forest alongside the Hyderabad Botanical Gardens and is aimed at providing a glimpse of the Fauna of various Zoo-geographical regions of the World in a simulated natural conditions, like the African Savannahs, the Amazon region, the Australian region, Indo-malayan region, etc., with a thrilling night experience in jungles with safari drives.

The APFDC has entered into an MoU with Trac India for developing the Night Safari Park and sent the Rs.60 crore proposal to the Central Zoo Authority.

14. National Academy of Construction (NAC)

NAC is a distinctive institution and one of its kind for providing training and development of all types of construction resources, technologies and methodologies for fast track completion of projects.

Spread over 62 acres of primeland in Cyberabad, NAC conducts all construction related training programmes under one “umbrella”.

Registered as a “Society” and incorporated as a “Public Charitable” institution in September 1998, it is managed by a Board of Governors with the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh being its Chairman.

15. National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)

National Institute of Fashion Technology was set up in 1986 under the aegis of the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. It has emerged as the premier Institute of Design, Management and Technology, developing professionals for taking up leadership positions in fashion business in the emerging global scenario.

The Institute is a pioneer in envisioning and evolving fashion business education in the country through network of seven professionally managed centres at New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai.

NIFT Hyderabad was established in the year 1995, located at Madhapur opposite to Hitec City.