Sobha City

Sobha City
General information
Location	Thrissur City, India
Construction started	2007
Completed	2011
Management	Sobha Developers Limited
Technical details
Floor count	27
Floor area	23 lakh square feet
Design and construction
Architect	Sobha Developers Limited
Main contractor	Sobha Developers Ltd

Sobha City is an integrated township in Thrissur City of Kerala state of India. It was launched on May 13, 2007 on the Thrissur-Guruvayoor highway. The township is built on a 55-acre (220,000 m²) area.^[1][2][3]

History

The land where Sobha City was situated earlier was a paddy field. Afterwards, Jos Alukka & Sons bought the land and reclaimed it for their new township. But it never materialized. So in 2007, Sobha Developers Limited bought the land and decided to build an integrated township called Sobha City.^[4] The group launched the township project in 2007 by investing Rs 850 crore and to be completed by May 2011. The first stage of the project was completed in 2012 in which Sobha Malachite, Sobha Lifestyle and Sobha Topaz were given to the customers. In the second stage, Sobha Sapphire, Sobha Jade and Sobha City Mall will be completed. The township project is the largest project by the Sobha Developers Limited till date.

Geography

The township is located in 55 acres of land in Puzhakkal, a suburb in Thrissur City. It is the first integrated township in Kerala state to build.^[5]It has a crescent shaped, man made lake covering 6.5-acre (26,000 m²) with a 10 kilo metre walkway around the lake. On one side, it is covered by Puzhakkal River and an irrigation canal and on the other, paddy fields. ^[6]The township has 18 lakh sq ft of residential space and over five lakh sq ft of commercial space.

Villas and buildings

Sobha Malachite

Sobha Malachite contains 2 super luxury Villas with an area of 11.7 cents each. The total area of the project is 289 acres. It has 173 row houses in total divided into two phases. Phase one has door number 1-100 and phase-2 has 101-173. The luxurious Villas are on both the corners of every row where they have an extended lawn along their house and are slightly larger in size.The Sobha office is located in Sobha Malachite. It has one common garden space with benches provided for seating. The Gardens are very well maintained on a regular basis. The security system is strong with 24/7 security guards present.the 173 ville has 21000 squre foot. This is a good place to stay but it feels like a village because of no sense of the builders. the architecture is according to the Mughal History of India. The president of the committee is from 18th century cartoon. This is a place where dogs are allowed to poop and the dogs can lick their poop later on.

Sobha Lifestyle

Sobha Lifestyle contains 40 Super Luxury Villas in 4.582 acres with sylvan landscaping. It has 4BHK and 3BHK villas.

Sobha Topaz

Sobha Topaz contains 216 super luxury apartments in 26 storeys. It is divided into three towers. The project has an area of 3.35 acres. It is tallest residential building in Thrissur City and Thrissur District and second tallest in Kerala State.

Sobha Sapphire

Sobha Sapphire contains 216 super luxury apartments in 26 storeys which are spread across three towers.

Sobha Jade

Sobha Jade contains 216 super luxury apartments in 26 storeys which are spread across three towers. Completion is due in 2016.

Sobha City Mall

This is the first fully air conditioned mall in Thrissur City which will have 600,000 sq. feet of space for retailing, 7 screen multiplex, luxury business hotel, restaurants and food courts.

Famous residents

• Joy Alukkas, Managing Director of Joyalukkas^[7]
• Boby Chemmanur, Chairman and Managing Director of Boby Chemmanur International

References

1. "Sobha City attracting NRIs in big numbers". The Economic Times. 2008-08-31. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
2. "Sobha City in Thrissur by 2011". Projectsmonitor. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
3. "First integrated township launched at Thrissur". BusinessLine. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
4. "Sobha City, Thanisandra, Bangalore North". 99acres. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
5. "First integrated township launched at Thrissur". Businessline. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
6. "Sobha City attracting NRIs in big numbers". Economic Times. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
7. "GCC-based NRIs flock to Kerala real estate". arabianbusiness.com. Retrieved 2013-03-17.

Coordinates: 10°32′55″N 76°11′11″E / 10.5485177°N 76.1863566°E