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For other places with the same name, see Kandivali#Lokhandwala Township. Kandivali or Kandivli ( Marathi कांदिवली is the name of a suburb of Mumbai, India.

Lokhandwala Complex, also known as Lokhandwala is a large residential and commercial area in Andheri, Mumbai, India. Andheri (अंधेरी is a Suburb of Mumbai city It is also a railway station on the Mumbai Suburban Railway, Western line Mumbai ( Marathi:,, IPA: formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country It is located approx 5 km from Andheri Station (Andheri (w)). The name 'Lokhandwala' refers to the construction firm Lokhandwala Constructions Pvt. Ltd. [1], who were the primary developers of the suburb of Versova which was basically a marshland. The official name for the area, Shri Swami Samartha Nagar, is less well known.

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Gentrification

When Mr Siraj Lokhandwala, proprietor of Lokhandwala Constructions, spotted the vast marshland in the area of Versova in 1978, he was discouraged by every broker in town to buy the land simply because they felt that no one would want to live so far away. However, Lokhandwala did go ahead with his vision and sources say that he had to deal with a lot of difficulties on the way. For one the entire Marshland was one big pit of Quicksand and Lokhandwala had send out an army of camels to fill up that area with mud. Another anecdote from a broker back then says that when investors wanted to see where the building will be built, Lokhandwala use to throw a stone into the distance and say 'There' because there was still no path to the plot through all the quicksand. But true to his word, Lokhandwala delivered and set new standards for middle class living through swimming pools and landscaping.

What most people get confused about is that today there is another firm in the area of Worli that is passing off the name of Lokhandwala Construction and calling themselves Lokhandwala Builders and creating a lot of confusion in the mind of consumers when they are not related nor do they have any affiliation with the Lokhandwala Group or family except for the fact that even their last name is Lokhandwala. For other uses of this and related terms please refer to the " Pass " disambiguation page

Initially a middle class suburban area, the area has gone upscale along with nearby Andheri neighbourhoods. Andheri (अंधेरी is a Suburb of Mumbai city It is also a railway station on the Mumbai Suburban Railway, Western line Residential Housing costs valued in the early 80s at approximately Rs. 125-225 per sq. ft. are now valued at nearly Rs. 15,000 per sq. ft (residential). Residents include many Bollywood film personalities, Non-Resident Indians, and others. Bollywood (बॉलीवूड بالی وڈ is the informal term popularly used for the Mumbai -based Hindi-language Film industry in India A non-resident Indian (NRI is an Indian citizen who has migrated to another country a person of Indian origin who is born outside India or a person of Recently the restaurant Rhythym at the start of the main market road was offered Rs. 21 crores by the Citigroup.

There are two gardens in Lokhandwala which reserve a green patch in the middle. They also serve as venues for a Yoga club, Laughter club, Senior citizens activities, various sports meets for children etc. There is a jogging track adjoining the Lokhandwala back road.

Lokhandwala Complex also has a dedicated website by the name [2] for the lokhandwalaites which has complete business and other details. user can log on to it and get a complete business directory .

Lokhandwala Complex has a roughtly pentagon shape, as can be seen in this Google Earth image[1]. Google Earth is a Virtual globe program that was originally called Earth Viewer and was created by Keyhole Inc, a company acquired by Google in 2004

Lokhandwala vicintiy

Lokhandwala has transformed from a largely residential suburb to one of the busiest markets (like Linking Road in Bandra), boasting complexes like the Infiniti shopping mall, Citi Mall as well as Cinemax, Fame Adlabs and Fun Republic Multiplexes. Bandra (वांद्रे is a suburb of Mumbai (formerly Bombay) popularly nick-named "Queen Of The Suburbs" Adlabs Cinemas is the largest cinema chain in India. Adlabs was founded in 1978 by Manmohan Shetty as a film processing unit Fun Cinemas is a cinema chain in India, owned by the Essel Group and promoted by E-City Ventures It also has the choicest of restaurants, ice-cream and gelato parlours and fast - food joints. Some of the oldest businesses in the area include Rajpoot Dairy, Sasural Restaurant, Food Inn and High Point.

Every Diwali, this street is lit up with lights. Diwali, or Deepavali, (also called Tihar and Swanti in Nepal (Markiscarali is a major Indian and Nepalese festival and a significant

Nearby housing areas include Shastri Nagar and Tarapore Gardens. Nearbyneighbourhoods include Four Bungalows (1 km) Seven Bungalows (1. 5 km), and the Versova Telephone Exchange (1 km).

The dreams of Mr. Siraj Lokhandwala never stopped there and Lokhandwala Construction Ind. Pvt. Ltd. started building a new township in Kandivali, popularly known as Kandivali Lokhandwala.

Mr. Siraj Lokhandwala passed away in the month of February 2008. He was a One Man Army.

People Who Make Lokhandwala

Some of the members still Striving hard for uplifting Lokhandwala Construction*** are:


References

  1. ^ Google Earth image
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