Kohinoor Square

Kohinoor square(कोहिनूर स्क्वेअर in Marathi) is a 52-story semi twin, mixed-use skyscraper located on the land previously owned by Kohinoor Mills in Shivaji Park, Mumbai, India. It is situated at the junction of LJ Road and Gokhale Road. It is one of the first skyscrapers in India to achieve a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design gold rating for environmental sustainability. The Kohinoor Square complex comprises a main skyscraper and a residential skyscraper which are for mixed use. Houses, hotels, residences and a high-end shopping mall are being constructed by the Kohinoor Group under Kohinoor CTNL Infrastructure Corporation. The architect and structural engineering company in charge of Kohinoor Square is the Indian firmSSA Architects, in collaboration with Gkkworks (USA). Indian structural engineering company Larsen & Toubro acted as the main structural engineer in collaboration with Siemens. Kohinoor Group had made a contract with various other companies to construct one of India's first skyscrapers to achieve a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold rating for environmental sustainability. It has become the tallest mixed-use building in India as well in South Asia as of 2013.

The main skyscraper is about 52 floors and the residential skyscraper is about 35 floors . The first five floors of the main building will be used for a high-end shopping mall and the remaining 47 floors of the main building will be utilized for a five-star hotel and commercial offices. The first 15 floors of the residential building will be used as a parking garage for both the buildings and the remaining 20 floors will be residences.

The main building will contain the hotel, a 42-suite luxury hotel on the top five floors of the main building which would be operated by the Singapore based hotelier group GHM Hotels under the brand name of The Aayu Mumbai would include restaurant like L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon run by the chef Joël Robuchon and a Japanese culinary restaurant operated by Chef Hide Yamamoto. On lower floors, the shopping mall would be leased to various luxury boutiques by the Group.

History

Kohinoor Square project started when Kohinoor Group Pvt, Ltd. won the bid to develop the Old Kohinoor mills located in Shivaji Park, at a price of , including for the land. It was originally planned to be the tallest office building in India. Construction started in 2009 and in 2013 the plans were changed to making it the tallest hotel building in India due to local market reasons.

Plot history

It is located on the land previously owned by Kohinoor Mills. In 2004 the land was sold to Kohinoor Group.

Location

Kohinoor Square is located on the land previously owned by Kohinoor Mills which is in Shivaji Park, Mumbai, India, at the junction of L.J. Road and Gokhale Road. It is 6 km from Mumbai airport, 3 km from Bandra Kurla Complex, 1.5 km from Eastern Freeway and 3  km from Bandra–Worli Sea Link both from Bandra and Worli.

Construction

Construction of the Kohinoor Square started in early 2009, with a completion date of March 2013, with a construction period of four years. Most of the time the construction remained on schedule. But later in 2012, construction slowed down due to the legation of the Floor Space Index on Car Parks with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and design change from a full Office building to a Mixed use building. In December 2012, Kohinoor Square main building officially topped out becoming The Tallest Mixed use building in India. Later, on 26, July 2013 the issue regarding the Floor Space Index on car parks was resolved in supreme court, and with an estimated completion date of December 2013 the construction resumed again. Construction on Residence building started in late, 2010 and is scheduled to complete in March 2014.

Design

The main skyscrapers is about 52 floors tall and residence skyscraper is about 35 floors tall. The first five floors of the main Building will be used as a high end shopping Mall and the remaining 47 floors of the main building will be used as Five Star Hotel. The residence building will have lower 15 floors will be used as car parking for the both the buildings and the upper 20 floors will be used as Residence floors. It will have 40 Elevator and 12 Escalator in the Main building and 8 elevator in the Residence Building provided by Otis.

Kohinoor Square project is going to cost around , including for the land. The whole complex houses an area of , with the main building housing a total floor space of , with an average area of per floor plate and has an average height of per floor. The whole complex can accommodate more than 2000 vehicles in the Car Parks located in the 1st to 15th floors of Residence Building with the Innovative technology such as efficient driveways and intelligent traffic management system. The main building houses spacious lobby and double height landscaped Sky Gardens and a double height Terraces with floor to ceiling glazing on every alternate floor to act as tranquil and refreshing breakout zones.

Main building

Residence building

Eco-friendly design features

The building design makes it environmentally friendly, using technologies such as floor-to-ceiling insulated glazing to contain heat and maximize NATURAL light, and an automatic daylight dimming system. The tower also features a greywater system, which captures rainwater for reuse. Kohinoor Group Pvt Ltd. states that the building is made largely of recycled and recyclable materials. Air entering the building is filtered, as is common, but the air exhausted is cleaned as well. The Kohinoor Square Building is one of the first Skyscraper building in India to achieve a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Platinum rating for environmental sustainability a Gold (LEED) Certification from Green Building Council.

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See also

• List of tallest buildings in Mumbai
• List of tallest buildings in India
• List of tallest buildings and structures in the Indian subcontinent
• List of tallest buildings in the world
• Shivaji Park
• SSA Architects
• Gkkworks