Green and futuristic

A leading developer of corporate and IT business parks is coming up with its first residential project in Noida – and is pulling out all stops to give end users a green ambience and futuristic lifestyle. Krishna Kumar Mangalam reports
Blossom County, coming up in Sector 137, Noida is the first residential project of Logix Group, which has raised some very fine IT parks and corporate buildings in Noida. Hardly 1km from FNG Expressway, all the 800 units in Phase-1 of the project have already been booked, even days before the formal launch.
Shakti Nath, chairman and MD of Logix Group, is excited about the project, especially at the public response for a first-time residential project of the corporate-address developers. “Brand matters. As a company, we have raised 4 million sq ft of international-class corporate buildings in Noida since 1997. We have 250 top-notch IT/MNC clients occupying our buildings. The goodwill will naturally carry over, and many of our corporate clients have booked into our residential project as well. We have also incorporated many of the features present in our IT parks into Blossom County, to give a futuristic lifestyle to our customers,” says Nath.
Blossom County is well connected and is on a 7-minute drive from Sector 18 of Noida, with a good shuttle service. The proposed Metro line is adjacent to this project. Talking about the USP of the project, Nath says: “We had the common man in mind while planning Blossom County. Everything that he can dream of has been provided for. Room sizes are the largest in their class. Each flat has a 360-degree view of greens. The site is spread over 25 acres and only four acres are built-up – rest 21 acres have been devoted to open spaces, trees and water bodies. There is a one-lakh-sqft world-class clubhouse, Dezire, on the premises, with every conceivable amenity and recreational facility including a beach pool, and even a business centre, where residents can avail the latest office facilities and conduct their business here itself. We even have a 300-seat banquet hall and service apartments where residents can host any special event and put up their guests. For working couple, there are crèches and day schools to care for their infants and kids.”
There will be 17 towers in the project, each 20 floors, barring two towers, which will be 25 floors each. The site is quadrangular and the towers will be raised in a circle with the centre being an 11-acre green expanse interspersed with water bodies and the club swimming pools. Units will be 2, 3 and 4BHKs, and 50-odd penthouses. The flat sizes will vary from 920 sq ft for a Type-1 2BHK to 2,375 sq ft for a Type-8 4BHK. Prices of these units will start at Rs 24 lakh, with the basic selling price at Rs 2,875/sq ft. There are 2,500 units in the entire project. Possession for Phase-1 of the project will be given in the next 18 months. The entire project is slated for completion in three and a half years, and with the Metro line to Sector 137 set to open in two and a half years, residents will have an assured, hasslefree connectivity to the whole of NCR when they take possession of their flats.
Blossom County has 45-metre-wide roads on two sides and 24-metre-wide road on the third side. En route to F1 racing track, it is close to the corporate and commercial districts of Noida. There are several leading public schools and hospitals within a radius of 5km of the project.
Registered with the Indian Green Building Council as a green building, the project promises to incorporate the latest technological innovations to bring down the carbon footprint of its residents and has roped in UK-based architectural firm HKR & DFA to design its inaugural residential project. The project promises broadband wi-fi connectivity throughout the complex. Other features include private lap pools and Jacuzzi, vaastu-compliant master plan, free inhouse consultancy by leading interior designers, and provision of RO system and CNG supply in every kitchen. As for fixtures, high-quality vitrified tiles would be laid in the house with branded ant-skid ceramic tiles for toilets, kitchen and balconies.
But, the most customer-centric feature will be what Nath describes as “periodic customer-audits”. “We will invite customers, who have booked into our project, every three months to our project site where our technical team will take them round the construction site. And, over high tea, customers are free to tally the progress of the project on site with the promised sectoral deadlines, and pull up my staff for any delay. I have told my team to be up front and not hide anything. This way, they will be on their toes and adhering to project deadlines will be easier.”
Courtesy times property dtd. 19/02/2010
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