BLOOMING CALICUT

Blooming Calicut Projects getting completed.
Calicut is a historic city which has survived many centuries, it once held prominent place among other ancient Indian cities in trade & economics. Zamorins of calicut had trade relations from Europe to middle east and reached even far east China.
Blooming Calicut is a project from corporation to transform the traffic islands and round abouts inside the city to show case its rich history. Some of these projects are getting completed. The pictures posted below are from Beach road and Silk street traffic islands respectively.

An Anchor which symbolizes maritime history of Calicut.

A Chinese Trader selling Silk in front of Silk Street.

MEGA PROJECTS & HIGHRISES

Satra Galleria [20f] Mavoor Road as on 07/12/09.

Hilite Metromax [20x4 f] NH-17 Bypass, as on 07/12/09

Seiken Retreate [20F] Mavoor Road, as on 07/12/09

Ellizium court [20F] Red cross Road, as on 07/12/09

INFRASTRUCTURE

Arayidathupalam Flyover getting ready!!!

Keeping all the questions unanswered, the newest landmark in Calicut is getting ready and will be inaugrated by this month. The flyover, if works out as planned, is going to revolutionize traffic movement inside Calicut city. Critics still believe that this flyover is not wide enough to handle the heavy traffic on 4 lane Mavoor road, they still believe that, only a 4 lane flyover can solve the traffic problem here!! I personally beileve that, with the rate at which calicut traffic is growing this flyover is inadequate to handle the traffic, when we think about the future of our city. The number of vehicles registered from calicut is one of the highest in whole of kerala and we are not going to see any decline in this growth in the near future, so they could have planned a wider one keeping the future developments in mind!!! its so simple to define this one, i would call it, a Bottle Neck Flyover!!!!!

Reality unplugged!!!

IT PARKS

UL-CYBER PARK

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Perspectives

Work site on NH-17 Bypass.

ULCCS have proved it again!!!!!!!!!! The perspectives of UL Cyber park is out and they have already started working on this project. It is going to be 22 lacks sq/ft of space with an inetial investment of 600 crores on 27 acers of land, the project when complete will provide jobs upto 22000 proffessionals. All these are happening when our government has not yet finalised any thing about the proposed CYBER PARK on the lines of Techno park & Info park. From the perspectives it is clear that the project is going be a mega project which includes futurestic office spaces and shopping malls of international standards, and i am exited to see how they are going to develop the land which is an exotic location, so guys another Gods own IT Park is under constrution!!!! Keep your fingers crossed!!!!!

SKYLINE GROWTH

Growing Calicut Skies!!!!

Picture courtesy-Dinakar Viswanath

Kochi skyline is always considered as one of the best not only in Kerala but also whole of India, Kochi had highrises right from mid 80's when Choice group built their 17 storied apartment complex there. Calicut also had some cool midrises even during 70's like LIC building which was built in the year 1972, and after that there was many more like Paramount towers etc. which i used to admire with, while i was in school. Then came the apartment culture with Pankaj apartments, which was built in the year 1990. After that there was no turning back for calicut, with rise in the land value, common man started thinking about flats instead of buying land & then built a house there, flats came at half the price, so this made the rise in the number of highrises growing tall inside the city, which is evident from the above picture.

Kochi!!!!!! meet your rival from North, Calicut skies are really becoming denser these days, with the completion of all proposed projects its going to look more good, like the 26 storied Galaxy project etc which is right now under construction. With the upcoming IT Parks and educational institutions Calicut will be in focus in the years to come. Quality infrastructure and housing will make a city livable, Calicut is developing in a better way when you come on to this regard. With all those KSSUDP projects on the way calicut will be a much better place to live in.

Calicut!!!! the future is yours, go get it!!!

IT PARKS

Cyberpark Appoints Binu Pazhoor as CEO

The new IT park and center of excellence being developed by the Government of Kerala has appointed Binu Pazhoor as CEO of Cyberpark. As Chief Operating Officer of Cyberpark, Pazhoor will lead initiatives towards the development of the 'cyberparks' planned to be built in the Malabar region -- namely, Kozhikode, Kannur and Kasargode. He will be responsible for the development of infrastructure, marketing and promotion of the three parks and the development of other initiatives supporting the implementation and functions of the parks.Pazhoor comes with experience as director in board for the Academy for Excellence, which is a non-profit organization geared towards building an education system that connects children from around the world. Commenting on his role at Cyberpark, Binu Pazhoor said, "...coming from this background, I am looking forward to this challenging task. Also being quite an environmentally conscious person, I intend to bring an eco-friendly state-of-the-art facility with all the modern amenities promoting a greener Kerala preserving the traditions and purity of the state."

MEGA PROGECTS

Hilite Metromax [ 20 f X 4 ], NH 17 Bypass.

Updates September 2009, 3 out of the 4 towers almost topped out!!!!

Picture courtesy: Coolclt

HIGHRISES

Satra Galleria, mixed use, Mall + Multiplex + Hotel [ 20+f ] , Mavoor Road, Calicut.


Update as on August 2009.


Picture courtesy- Deewana-Calicut.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Arayidathupalam Flyover, Updates August 2009.

Picture courtesy-Deewana, Calicut.

HIGHRISES

Al-hind Sea Fort, [18f] , Near Tagore hall, Red Cross road.
Calicut, to add yet another highrise to its skyline, Al-hind- Sea Fort, is going to come up very near to beach, near Tagore hall, on Red Cross road. There is nothing much to bragg upon the design of the proposed one, a normal 18 storied structure, but the height matters, as it may add upon to the highrise density of the area. The new project from the reputed Al-Hind builders is almost 30% booked on the launching day itself, showing the eagerness of Calicutites to live in highrise buildings!!!!!!!

MEGA PROJECTS, UPDATES.

Hilite Metromax, 20 f x 4, NH-17 Bypass.

Update on August 2009.

Hilite Hills, 20 f X 3 + Hilte Plaza (commercial), NH-17 Bypass.

Update on august 2009.

COMMERCIAL STREETS

Cherooty road.
Cherooty road can be called as the commercial street of calicut, where u get almost all world class brands, u can see some of them in the above uploaded picture, and adding to it a lot of highrises are also popping up, as the one u can see in this picture, the 20 storied Galaxy Ellizium court, a slight face lift can do wonders on this road. Another main road which crosses this one is Redcross road which is also commercially rich with a lot of restaurants and cofee shops like, Cofee beans, EFC, Cafe cofee day, Reliance Fresh store etc.

INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTS

Arayidathupalam-jn flyover updates.

Picture courtesy-Anil calicut.

Flyover at Arayidathupalam jn, on mavoor road will be inaugrated in the month of september, work on the final span above the circle is under progress, works on appraoch roads from both sides are on their final stages. Once completed this flyover will serve to ease congestion on mavoor road-mini bypass junction.

CITY BEAUTIFICATION

K. Kellappan Park, Nadakkavu will look like this very soon.

Beach road-corporation office road jn, will look like this in the near future.

CITY BEAUTIFICATION

A project on the beautification of Calicut with a view to give the city a face-lift. Calicut is a city at the crossroads. A city known for its rich heritage and traditions, Calicut today is a vibrant, modern center in Kerala with the scope to be a favored IT and tourist destination. Given this scenario the city must be spruced up to vie with other leading cities in the State. The most obvious change must be reflected in the outward appearance. The roadside parks, traffic islands and medians certainly could do with a face lift. The design parameters are in keeping with the traditional framework of the city through a combination of edifices, sculpture etc. in a natural setting with a predominance of flower beds and lush green plants, hedges etc.

Locations

• Beach Road Island in front of calicut corporation office.




• K.Kellappan memorial park.




• Connecting mavoor road to waynad road.




• Over bridge to corporation(there r two old islands )

HIGHRISES

Malabar Royal Empress [20f] Jawahar Nagar. Alliance Empire [20 f] Minibypass Road.

HIGHRISES

Galaxy Ritz Marina [26f] Beach Road Seiken Retreat [20f] Kotooly. Crescent vatiad [2of] Mananchira.

IT PARKS

Once the capital of the powerful Zamorins and a prominent trade and commerce centre,Kozhikode was the most important region of Malabar in the days gone by. Today ,lush green country sides,serene beaches, historic sites, wild life sanctuaries ,rivers,hills, a unique culture and a warm, friendly ambience make Kozhikode a popular destination.
Malabar’s potential is immense,Tourism,Agricultural and Marine exports and inward remittances which have kept Kerala Economy alive. Now the destination is the development of IT/ITES industries in the region.
Presence of large number of Engineering colleges and other technical institutions to provide easy manpower resource will be an attraction for the growth of IT/ITES industries in the region.
Cyber Park, a Government of Kerala organization planned in the lines of Technopark at Thiruvananthapuram and Infopark in Kochi to build, operate and manage ITparks for the promotion and development of investment in IT and ITES industries in Malabar region of Kerala has been registered under the Societies Act 1860 on 28-01-09. Cyber Park is in the process of setting up IT parks at Kozhikode, at the SEZs approved at Kannur and Kasargode and may set up other such parks planned in future.