India Tower (previously known as the Park Hyatt Tower; also known as the Dynamix Balwas Tower or DB Tower) is an upcoming 126-story, megatall
skyscraper
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that began construction in the city of
Mumbai, India
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second-m ...
, in 2010. The tower was originally planned for completion in 2016, but construction work was put on hold in 2011 due to a dispute between the tower's developers and Mumbai's civic authorities.
Planning and construction
The Dynamix Balwas
realtor
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Group first proposed the project, under the name of ''Park Hyatt Tower'', in 2008. The Dynamix Balwas proposal would have been an 85-story tower with a height of .
The project was subsequently dropped, before being revived and amended in 2010 as a much taller building. In January 2010, the
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC; IAST: ), also known as the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), is the governing civic body of Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra. It is India's richest municipal corporation. The ...
authorised the tower's construction on a site located at
Charni Road
Charni Road (Marathi pronunciation: ͡ʃəɾniː ɾoːɖ is a neighbourhood in the southern part of Mumbai. It is served by Charni Road railway station.
History
It is believed that when the British Government raised a grazing tax on peopl ...
in
Girgaon, southern Mumbai, just north of Mumbai's historical CBD (Central Business District).
Site preparation work commenced in late 2010. However, in May 2011 Mumbai's civic building proposals department issued a stop-work order due to a payment dispute with the developers, halting the tower's construction indefinitely. The tower was cancelled on 16 October 2015.
See also
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Legacy Tower
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World One
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Overview
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References
India Towers in South Mumbai
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Proposed skyscrapers in India
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