Shreepati Arcade
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The Shreepati Arcade is one of India's tallest buildings and it was completed in 2002. It is located at Nana Chowk, Mumbai and has a residential usage. It is located in Grant Road in the heart of the city of Mumbai.
The building is 153 meters (500 ft) tall[1] and contains 45 floors. There are six Swiss Schindler's lifts, the fastest elevators in the world, which take only 35 seconds to go from top to bottom. The safety systems within the building are totally automated. It has a sprinkler system, the main and kitchen doors are two hour fire rated and current flows through insulated wires in a 'bus bar' system. It is earthquake resistant.
This building has a residence restriction that all residents must be vegetarian. This kind of practice is not considered unusual in India.[2]
In 2007 many of the flats were still unsold. There is a concern about excess supply.[3]
A twin tower 66 storeyed buildings is being built in Tardeo, Mumbai despite objections from the local people. Shapoorji Pallonji & Co., in joint venture with Dilip Thacker of the Thacker Restaurants chain, is constructing the two-tower residential project.[4]
Despite these developments in Mumbai; Qingdao a small city in China, has more high rise buildings than the whole of India and more than twice as tall buildings.[5]
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