REAL ESTATE

DEVELOPERS
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT
• Real estate development, or property
development, is a business process, encompassing
activities that range from the renovation and re-
lease of existing buildings to the purchase of raw
land and the sale of developed land or parcels to
others. Real estate developers are the people and
companies who coordinate all of these activities,
converting ideas from paper to real property . Real
estate development is different from construction,
although many developers also manage the
construction process.
DLF
• DLF Limited (Delhi Land & Finance) is the largest commercial real
estate developer in India. It was founded by Chaudhary Raghvendra
Singh in 1946 and is based in New Delhi, India.

• DLF developed residential colonies in Delhi such as Shivaji Park

(their first development), Rajouri Garden, Krishna Nagar, South
Extension, Greater Kailash, Kailash Colony, and Hauz Khas. DLF builds
residential, office, and retail properties.

• With the passage of Delhi Development Act in 1957, the local

government assumed control of real estate development in Delhi
and banned private real estate developers.
• As a result, DLF began acquiring land at relatively low cost outside
the area controlled by the Delhi Development Authority, in the
district of Gurgaon, in the adjacent state of Haryana.

• In the mid-1970s, the company started developing their DLF City

project at Gurgaon. Its plans include hotels, infrastructure and
special economic zones-related development projects.

• The company is headed by Kushal Pal Singh. Kushal Pal Singh,

according to the Forbes listing of richest billionaires in 2009, was
the 98th richest man in the world and the world's richest property
developer.
• The company's US$2 billion IPO in July, 2007 was India's biggest IPO in
history. In its first quarter results for the period ending 30 June 2007,
the company reported a turnover of ₹31.2098 billion (US$480 million)
and profits after taxes of ₹15.1548 billion (US$230 million).

• As of March 31, 2012, the Company had a 1,380 square feet of leased
retail space across the country. In 2013–14, it leased out 3 million sq
ft of office space in India.
AR. HAFEEZ CONTRACTOR
• BORN -Mumbai 19 June 1950.
• FAMILY- Parsi / Zoroastrian lineage included his
mother Roshan , who was a teacher and his father
Sorab Contrator , a business man.
• EDUCATION - He did his Graduate Diploma in
architecture from Mumbai in 1975 and completed
his graduation from Columbia University New York
(USA) on a Tata Scholarship.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
• Hafeez Contractor commenced his career in 1968 with T. Khareghat as
an Apprentice Architect and in 1977 he became the associate partner in
the same firm
• Between 1977 and 1980 Hafeez has been a visiting faculty at the
Academy of Architecture, Mumbai. He is a member of the Bombay
Heritage Committee and New Delhi Lutyens Bungalow Zone Review
Committee.
• His practice had modest beginnings in 1982 with a staff of two. Today
the firm has over 350 employees including senior associates, architects,
interior designers, draftsmen, civil engineering team and architectural
support staff.
PHILOSPHY
• The architects believes that a company’s beliefs, visions, and values
can be epitomized in a 3-D built form and its interior ambience.
• His designs are provocative and unpredictable.
• Hafeez is full of surprising and revolutionary ideas. His uncanny ability
to change his architectural style from one commission to next is also a
significant reason why his work is sought after by so many.
• He explains “architecture can give form
to beliefs, and can make building into a real
and arresting symbol of brand intent.”
• Extensive use of glass and metallic panels
on the facades confirms to the high tech
expressions business seek to achieve.
• Never fixed plan
• Have axis but not always.
• Give stress on landscaped terrace.
• He picks elements from various typologies
and use them as adornments for the
exterior skin of the building.
• He always treats the the corner of the
building.
 LAKE CASTEL – POWAII, MUMBAI
• Lake castle a residential apartment • The architectural form is mean to symbolize a city
building ,nested in green surrounding silhouette that is made of a varying shapes and sizes.
of powaii,just a few miles away from • The building is almost like a mirror reflecting the
main Bombay is one of the most densely layered profile of the city itself.
spectacular product of eighties
boom. • Lake castle is especially interesting because of a
• The dominant feature of Lake castle combination of ‘POP’ aesthetics, with
is its massive scale. 183 m. linear conventionalized classical stylistics .
length ,strikes you as an ocean ship • Large French windows are repetitive features on the
going linear of a building with facades.
multiple decks anchored on the
banks of powaii lake.
• Tower block is surrounded by large
garden and 8 acre forest park, all the
flats faces the lake.
• Creating a stepped mass profile
,which compliments the hills in the
backdrop.
 THE ARALIAS, GURUGRAM
• Aralias, an upscale residential development is set opposite
the DlF Golf Course in Gurugram.
• It includes 3 linear blocks that flank a well-landscaped
garden.
• The concept of large linear residential blocks creates a
central recreational area for the entire complex . The linear
design of the blocks also offer panoramic view of
landscaped ground and the picturesque golf course of all
the apartment.
• The mere enormity of these blocks set amidst the • Project Type: housing,
landscaped garden creates aa spectacular effect. The pale master planning project
background of the exterior hues articulates the elegant
appearance of a few fragments of glass. • Location: sector 42. DLF
• The 250 flats in the residential complex have area ranging city v , gurugram
from 465 sq. m apartments to 836 sq. m penthouses. The • No of appartements:252
apartments are endowed with picturesque views of the
surrounds. • Total no. of storey:18
 THE IMPERIAL(SD TOWERS)
• The Imperial located in Tardeo, Mumbai, designed bby
Mumbai architect Hafeez Contractor as his most
recognizable project to date, were designed as Mumbai’s
tallest towers.
• The Imperial twin tower are built on former slum land were
the current re- development model of builders providing
free land and rehabilitation of slum dwellers in exchange
for rights for property development , was first put into
practice on a large scale.
• The Imperial offers sea views by virtues of its height, and a
resort like gardens and fountain on the top of the parking
structure podium with hanging gardens that mask the
structure itself.
• While shortly onto construction , it lost the “India's tallest”
tag to the Loadha Bellissimo (though only in the
comparison of roof height vs. highest liveable floor, Sears
Towers did the Petronas)
DLF ,GURGAON
• Dlf infinity towers complex constitutes uhuj interconnected
towers(A,B,C) scaling between 1-12 stories.
• Spread across 1.2 million square feet of space,the complex is designed
to provide unmatched flexibility with scalability option.
LE MERIDIAN,PUNE
• Situated at the heart of PUNE,the architecture of LE MERIDIAN pays
homage to India’s rich heritage.
• The hotel features arched windows,jharokas and classic detailsthat
are reminiscent of the impressive wadas of Pune.
• The basic concept is classical with contemporary interior elements.
• One of the most fascinating elements of the interior are
carpets,inspired by the traditional Maharashtrian Paithani Sarees.