Recognizing LUXURY REALTY LEADERS An Advertorial & Real Estate Promotional Feature WWM AND OMS INITIATIVE, THE ECONOMIC TIMES, MUMBAI, PUNE AND AHMEDABAD THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2016 Powered By ET Panache EMINENT JURY Eminent leaders in luxury realty were handed trophies Kalhan Mattoo, Director, Planet 3 Studios for their achievements he TRENDS Realty TTitans presented by the Economic Times recognises upcoming real es- tate properties that are set to lead and define the realty sec- tor in India. It acknowledges and applauds influencers in this sector and applauds realty brands that have shown excel- lence in this field. The TRENDS Realty Titans initiative is by Home & Design TRENDS magazine in collab- oration with Economic Times. Raseel Gujral, Owner, Casa Paradox Published by Worldwide Media (Times Group), Home & Design TRENDS is India's premier architecture and de- sign magazine. Aimed at de- sign enthusiasts and the de- sign community,this high-end publication has a pulse on the most contemporary and new trends in architecture, home decor and modern design. The Economic Times, pub- Stage branding at the Economic Times TRENDS Realty Titans Celebrity Guest Sophie Chowdhury graced the evening lished by Bennett, Coleman & Co. is available in over 12 Indian cities and is the world's second most widely read English language newspaper Mrityunjay Kapur, Partner & National after the Wall Street Journal. Head of Risk Consulting, KPMG THE SELECTION Redefining living PROCESS The Indian realty sector was invited to submit upcoming and new projects in the resi- TRENDS Realty Titans, presented by dential sector.These projects were then rated by a stellar The Economic Times, recognises and an eminent jury - leaders spaces and trailblazers of the corpo- extraordinary Realty projects in India rate, architecture & design, and fashion fraternity of India. ABOUT TRENDS: Many thanks to our judges: Abu Jani-Sandeep Khosla Originally a brand from (Fashion Designers), Raseel New Zealand, TRENDS Simone Arora, Founder SIMONE & D’décor Gujral (Owner,Casa Paradox), is published in 15 coun- Kalhan Mattoo (Director, tries across the globe. Planet 3 Studios), Mrityunjay Home & Design TRENDS Kapur (Partner & National was introduced in India Head of Risk Consulting, KPMG), Simone Arora in 2010 by Worldwide (Founder SIMONE & Media (WWM), a part of D’décor), Shashank Jain the Times of India (Partner & India Real Estate Group. With a focus on Deals Leader,PwC India) and architecture and interior Reza Kabul (Director, ARK design, the magazine Architects). stays true to its name and highlights the global as PARAMETERS well as the national sce- nario in design along Keynote address by Kalhan Mattoo Each submission and proj- with presenting the best Reza Kabul, Director, ARK Architects ect was rated on certain pa- of luxury projects across rameters by the jury.These The soon-to-be released TRENDS Realty Titans Coffee Table the world. Kalhan Mattoo speaks were: Book cover on the emergence of the ● Design Innovation: Real Estate Industry n an effort to recognise brands LIST OF FELICITATIONS ❖ Acme Oasis by Acme Group Projects that highlight a di- that are set to define the real- ❖ Rustomjee Elements verse material pallate, design ur industry contributes significantly to Ity sector in India, Home & LUXURY LIVING by Rustomjee “Othe GDP of the country. It’s very close innovation, or an out-of-the- Design TRENDS held a felicita- ❖ Priviera by Oberoi Realty ❖ Kohinoor Square by box or a novel approach, to what IT does, though IT gets much sexier tion ceremony to commend the ❖ Dheeraj Del Sol by Dheeraj Kohinoor news than we ever do. Our industry employs homes that exhibit innovative leaders in real estate. Cited as the Realty and varied use of technology. AMENITIES people in numbers second only to the TRENDS Realty Titans, the prop- ❖ Acme Boulevard by Acme agriculture industry. It has got a lot more ●Amenities: Facilities, recre- ❖ erty was put together Group Rustomjee Oriana by ability in terms of moving the economy. I ational areas designed within by Home & Design ❖ Ariisto Sommet Rustomjee ❖ think its always punched under its weight. It’s the property. For eg: Pools, TRENDS, published by Ariisto Realtors Tara City by Shivtara about time our industry wakes up and clubs, spas, lounge areas, ban- by Worldwide Media, ❖ Raj Grandeur by Properties realises it can really pull the punches when it quets, etc. and presented by The Rajesh LifeSpaces FAMILY FOCUS comes to getting government to look at policy ● Luxury Quotient: Factors Economic Times. ❖ Eternia by in a different way. ❖ Shashank Jain, Partner & India Real or spaces that take the overall The felicitation cere- Kakade Group Rustomjee Paramount by It’s important for the industry to wake up Estate Deals Leader, PwC India living experience a notch mony was held on Thursday, Rustomjee and know what it is about, and not really be higher. March 17, 2016 at the Four QUALITY OF LIFE pushed around by every government that Seasons Hotel in Mumbai. ❖ HIGH RISE ● Family Focus: Spaces or Esquire by Oberoi Realty comes and gives a new set of rules. Frankly, Actress and singer Sophie ❖ ❖ Siesta at Ariisto factors that allow for a better Dheeraj Equest by I’m amazed that large projects that could be Choudry and a senior represen- Heaven by Ariisto Realtors and enhanced family living. Dheeraj Realty significantly important to the development of tative of Worldwide Media, un- ❖ For eg: jogging tracks, play ar- Acme Ozone by the country are stuck for some reason or the veiled the first look of the cover Acme Group DESIGN INNOVATION eas for children, community ❖ other… We talk about smart cities when our of the soon-to-be-launched Voyage to the Stars basic needs are not fulfilled… So that’s the park, etc. TRENDS Realty Titans coffee VALUE FOR MONEY by Acropolis Purple Developers ● Quality of life: Extra problem. We’ve not understood what we’re table book in the presence of real ❖ Dheeraj Liv Smart by dealing with here, and I hope that this room, spaces like balconies, estate leaders such Rustomjee, Dheeraj Realty INTEGRATED TOWNSHIP storage spaces, dry areas, ❖ which has so many accomplished and capable Shapoorji Pallonji, Lodha Group ❖ Tara Athena by DSK Dream City by people sitting here, understands the context which add to the experience of and Oberoi Realty. With key Shivtara Properties DSK Group the living quarters. in which we are doing this and that this room speeches by a senior representa- ❖ Mantra Moments by becomes an echo chamber for the concerns ● Green Living: Green and tive of Worldwide Media and Mantra Properties LIFESTYLE ICONS ❖ that I’ve raised. I hope that in celebrating environment-friendly fea- Director of Planet 3 Studios, The Imperial Edge by architecture, in celebrating construction in tures in a project. Kalhan Mattoo, the evening DESIGN INNOVATION Shapoorji Pallonji ❖ its present form, we also celebrate our ability culminated with cocktails and ❖ Acme Avenue by The World Towers by to get things done our way.” Abu Jani, Fashion Designer dinner. Acme Group Lodha Group ET Edge View >> The TRENDS Realty Titans honours excellence in Indian real estate – An overview the Indian real estate sector. In Greek mythology the he real estate industry occupies The residential segment in India con- about 18.7 million in 2012. Thus, India dential accommodation. titans were immensely a position of prime importance tributes to about 80 per cent to the real needs to develop almost 45-50 million The sector has been a major benefi- powerful and influential Tin the story of India’s develop- estate sector. Reports also suggest that housing units by 2028. ciary of the strong economic growth beings of prodigious size, ment. The skyrocketing urban popu- Indian cities need to develop at-least After agriculture and manufactur- witnessed in India since the year 2000. strength and achievement. lation is already equivalent to the two million houses annually to meet ing, the construction industry is the The growth in the sector, supported Through this initiative, we combined populations of USA and the growing population. The actual third largest contributor to the coun- by series of reforms, has not only re- applaud such real estate UK, with 10 million people moving in number could be much higher as it does try’s GDP,and still growing. It is be- sulted in significant residential and brands whose power and to Indian cities each year.This leaves not include push in demand from re-de- lieved that by 2020, the Indian real es- commercial real estate, but also com- influence has pushed growth India poised to become a leading des- velopment and shrinking size of house- tate market will touch the 180 billion plemented the development of physi- in the realty sector. tination for real estate globally in the holds. It should be noted that there was USD mark, complementing the grow- cal and social infrastructure of the Sandeep Khosla, Fashion Designer coming years. a housing shortage in the country of ing demand for office space and resi- country..