And now, a last-minute change in traffic plan

Sunday 28 June '09

With less than a couple of days left for the opening of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link, the traffic department has made last-minute changes to their initial plans.

Exit low building clusters, enter skyscrapers at Girgaum and Parel

Friday 26 June '09

The skyline is set for a drastic change with the high-power committee for cluster redevelopment giving the go-ahead to two projects at Girgaum and Parel each.

Govt sits on proposals to secure multiplexes and public transport

Thursday 25 June '09

In a city that has always been a soft target for terrorists, two crucial security-related proposals are gathering dust in the state home department.

Builders jack up rates with market handle

Monday 22 June '09

The real estate price graph has moved upward once again with developers in Mumbai having started to jack up their rates, capitalising on the recent stock market recovery.

Incentives to protect heritage properties

Sunday 14 June '09

In a bid to rein in the steady metamorphosis of bungalows into highrises...

3 architects shortlisted for Shivaji statue

Friday 12 June '09

Following the state government making a provision of Rs 50 crore in its budget for the equestrian statue of Shivaji off Marine Drive...

Highrise: Sanction likely soon for five-star hotel, which could also be tallest building

Wednesday 10 June '09

In a step that could alter the skyline of the Queen’s Necklace, the state government is likely to sanction a proposal for a highrise five-star hotel that is being constructed by DB Realty at Charni Road.

FSI hike for hotels in three more cities

Tuesday 9 June '09

After Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, the state government is set to allow an increase in the vertical limit of luxury hotels in three other cities in the state.

After Sena outcry, rental housing plan out of bounds for migrants

Friday 5 June '09

Reacting swiftly to the political brouhaha over allotment of public rental flats to migrants, the state government had decided to make domicile a compulsory eligibility criterion in the new rental housing project.

An effort to heal 26/11 scars, a petition to fix responsibility

Friday 29 May '09

An architect has placed a proposal to restore the iconic wing of Taj Mahal Hotel after the damage caused during the 26/11 siege.

Heritage panel says no to Yash plan for highrise at Birla House

Thursday 28 May '09

Industrialist Yash Birla has proposed to convert the landmark Birla House at Malabar Hill into a 44-storey highrise, but the heritage panel will have none of it.

‘Won’t be possible for anyone to hoodwink us

Thursday 21 May '09

We will dispatch provisional allotment letters to the winners over the next 10 days while deposits of the remaining 4.25 lakh people will be couriered to them within 20 days.

Slowdown catches up, home loan defaults on rise in city

Monday 18 May '09

Over the past few years, Atul Kadam was using up about half his salary to pay the equated monthly instalments on his three-bedroom flat in the Mumbai suburb of Kharghar.

‘My greatest support was keeping my mouth shut when required’

Friday 15 May '09

For Owen Roncon, donning the mantle of wife Priya Dutt’s campaign manager was just an extension of his backstage job as an event manager....

Realty check: High prices see steep fall

Sunday 10 May '09

Just about a year ago, a flat in Malabar Hill was sold at a dizzying rate of Rs 1.2 lakh a sq ft while a few blocks away Altamount Road became the world’s tenth most expensive residential address.

Poll Stars

Monday 4 May '09

This little library tucked away in a corner of CD Marg at Khar has seen Jawahar Prajapati (25) through his class X, B Com, LLB studies and continues to be his sanctuary for his oncoming Solicitor’s exams.

Many opt for no-vote to make their voices heard

Friday 1 May '09

There are those who do not take the trouble to vote as they claim that they do not consider any candidate worthy of their vote and then there are those who do not vote for anyone and yet make their votes count.

Slum swing in glamour seat

Monday 27 April '09

Sixty-two-year-old Radheshyam Dubey is among the 80,000 families bracing for impending relocation from the shanties on airport land at Sahar.

New electorate, newer planks for this Sena MP

Sunday 26 April '09

“Today he stands in front of you in an extended constituency with new ideas and plans to make your life a better one.

First bid made to redevelop a cluster

Friday 24 April '09

More than a month after the state government issued the final notification on the cluster redevelopment policy for buildings constructed prior to 1960 in the island city, the state housing department has received its first proposal under the new policy.

Poll deals: City builders major donors for political parties

Sunday 19 April '09

The relationship between builders and political parties has now got numbers to substantiate all the talk.

Housing Expo: high footfalls, few takers

Wednesday 15 April '09

Going by footfalls — around 50,000— at the four-day property exhibition of the Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI) that concluded on Sunday, it was a success.

Architecture Council in nominee war

Monday 13 April '09

The Council of Architecture, a regulatory body constituted by the Centre, is facing allegations of arbitrary functioning and keeping the government out of the loop.

Commercial rental rates dip with relocation of companies

Thursday 9 April '09

Less than a year ago, the landmark Ceejay House in Worli, owned by Aviation Minister Praful Patel, saw the country’s highest commercial rental deal when Barclays Bank signed a deal for a staggering Rs 725 per sq ft per month.

Plot deal not stale, as Jet, Starlight seek more time

Tuesday 7 April '09

It has been over a year since Jet Airways and Starlight Systems clinched the deal for prime plots of land in the Bandra Kurla Complex.