BDA

The Bangalore Development Authority has finalised land for a 250-metre skydeck in Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout in west Bengaluru. It has started preliminary work to seek design proposals for the project.

The project received Cabinet approval in August 2024 and had been estimated to cost up to ₹500 crore.

The selected 46.25 acres cover Bheemanakuppe survey numbers 104 and 75, and Challaghatta survey numbers 13, 58/3 and 49. BDA considered more than five locations before reducing the choice to two.

BDA Commissioner P. Manivannan said the authority is preparing an Expression of Interest process to obtain several designs and associated cost estimates. It will then assess cost and feasibility under either a PPP or EPC model.

The authority has appointed a transaction adviser and cleared matters including land possession. About five acres of the site had already been allotted, and BDA is arranging alternative plots for those beneficiaries.

The site is close to S.M. Krishna Main Road, which will form part of the Bengaluru Business Corridor, and is a few kilometres from Challaghatta Metro station. Its selection avoids the land acquisition and technical issues that affected a previously considered site near Kommaghatta.

BDA sources expect values of corner sites in the layout and plots around the project to more than double after work begins. That could also increase the financial burden on prospective buyers.

BDA plans to invite design proposals, compare their costs and decide whether the project can be delivered through a PPP or EPC route. The authority is also progressing the Hebbal Short Tunnel project and the Bengaluru Business Corridor.