How tall buildings are changing the face of Trivandrum Real Estate

If one where to visit Trivandrum in the early 80s or 90s you would be much likely to spot coconut trees and a majority of one or two storied houses or commercial buildings which ran into a few floors. Come 2012 the face of Trivandrum real estate has changed and has now reached an inflection point where lack of available land in prime locations has forced developers to construct taller buildings which literally touch the sky.

One of these tall residential developments in Trivandrum is the Nikunjam iPark apartments that is coming up near Technopark. It is a 36 story residential building, one of the tallest ones under construction in Trivandrum. When this skyscraper pierces through the Trivandrum skyline by middle of 2014 when the construction is set to get over, Trivandrum is expected to have many more residential buildings which cross 30 stories. If you were approaching Trivandrum by train, the SFS Cyber Palms projects which is a 20 story building will definitely catch your eye at Kazhakootam. The Nikunjam iPark will better that by 180%.

So what's with living in tall buildings that's suddenly caught the imagination of the people. With the duplex apartments in iPark already booked although being in the top most floor and costing in excess of 1.5cr in value, there is a section who will pay a premium for a panoramic view of the city from the sky. The builder has prudently called this duplex unit a sky villa. One of the customers who bought an apartment in iPark told us that the infinity pool on the 28th floor and a dip in water at such a height is truly what drew him to the project. Having served more than 200 customers over the last 2 months we would tend to agree that the mindset of the Keralite is truly undergoing a dimensional change. 

When Trivandrum goes the Mumbai way in launching more tall skyscrapers the Malayalee is slowing realizing that the days of his 2 story building has just taken a 10x leap into the sky!