Bangalore based Century Building Industries Pvt. Ltd, the real estate arm of Century Group, has recently announced its foray into construction with the launch of their first residential project-Century Corbel, situated on Bellary Road.



Contribution to Bangalore

The Group has contributed significantly to the development of Bangalore by providing land for various landmarks such as the Taj Residency, Manipal Centre, Diamond District, Manipal Hospital and IBC Knowledge Park among others.

Century Group currently has over 5 million sqft of development under-progress with various leading builders in Bangalore city, which include townships, malls, commercial complexes, residential developments and SEZ.

Century Corbel is a range of 2 & 3 bedroom apartments located on a 2 acres property and the total project cost will be Rs 24.00 crores.

In the reckoning

Century Group has identified land parcels from within its portfolio for development and has plans of developing around 1.5 million sqft amounting to Rs 250 crores in the next 18 months. Other projects in the immediate pipeline are a residential project on an 8 acre property on Mysore Road with around 650 two and three bedroom apartments, a built-to-suit complex for a leading retail chain on Tumkur Road, a 80 room boutique hotel on Race Course Road and ultra-luxury apartments in Palace Orchards and Koramangala.

Century Group has also forged an alliance with award winning Handel Architects, New York for the development of its ultra-luxury apartment buildings.

Handle Architects are the leading architects of luxury buildings in the world and have to their credit the design of renowned buildings such as Ritz Carlton, Washington DC, The Millennium Place, Boston and Four Seasons Towers, San Francisco.

Speaking on the occasion, P Dayananda Pai, Managing Director-Century Group said, ?Construction is not a new business to us. We are involved in large-scale real estate for over thirty years now and construction is a logical extension to our current business activity.

We have large land holdings in and around Bangalore and have partnered various leading builders in the development of these properties in the past?. Century Building Industries Pvt. Ltd. is one of the few companies in the country with ISO 9001:2000 certification for land acquisition and sale.

Century Group has also recently developed an innovative format in the hospitality segment called ?Century Nester? which was opened in July 2006 situated on Bannerghatta Road.