CPG Corporation (CPG Corp) has been appointed by Canadian-based Royal Indian Raj International Corporation (RIRIC) to master plan Phase 1 of Royal Garden City, India’s largest private real estate fully integrated township development. CPG Corp would also be designing the transportation, utilities, environmental and other infrastructure of this 20-square kilometer, USD$791 million (S$1.4 billion), township in Bangalore.

Phase 1 of the Royal Garden City, strategically situated just 25 km from downtown Bangalore and 5 km from the new Bangalore International Airport, is approximately 6 square kilometers in size, equivalent in size to Pasir Ris town in Singapore. Comprising 7,500 residential units, a central business district, industrial and entertainment districts, parks, educational and civic facilities, and amenities, catering to an estimated 400,000 people, it is slated to be the new model for Indian townships.

Chairman and chief executive officer, Mr. Manoj C Benjamin of RIRIC, said, “I am confident that CPG Corp’s Singapore style of planning and design would make the Royal Garden City a wonderful place for our people to live, work and play in.” 

Said Mr. Khor Poh Hwa, president & CEO of CPG Corporation, “This project marks a significant milestone for CPG Corp as it is one of our largest private development projects in India.”

Taking up the Singapore government’s suggestion to firms to form alliances, Mr. Khor added, “With this project, we also see opportunities for collaboration with Singapore firms to work with CPG Corp to tap on the vast growth potential in India.”

Project Title: Royal Garden City Masterplan and Infrastructure Development

Client (& Partner):

The Royal Indian Raj International Corporation, (RIRIC), is an Overseas Corporate Body (OCB) as defined by the Government of India. Thus, allowing it permission to own lands in India, a previously closed market. RIRIC was incorporated in Nevada, USA in March 1999 with offices in Vancouver, Washington, DC, London, New Delhi, and Bangalore, India. The firm has a country-specific, 5-sector heavy infrastructure orientation, focused on the free world’s largest emerging market, India. The Urban Infrastructure & Housing sector concentrates on the development of prime lands in and around the four largest cities of India addressing the severe housing shortage and the lack of quality commercial and industrial building product. The lands are then improved through planned Integrated Township Developments and built out using advanced, vertically integrated building systems in conjunction with National and International collaborations providing maximum cost efficiencies.

Scope of Works:

Phase 1 of the project include the following:

  • Description: Preparation of master plan for the 600-hectare Royal Indian Raj Integrated Township (Phase 1) at Devanahalli Road, Bangalore.
  • The total land area for the entire township is approx. 2023 hectares.
  • Transport & environmental engineering planning, as well as, M&E works for the 600-hectare Township (Phase 1).
  • The integrated township will be planned and designed with the latest modern and technologically advanced facilities to suit the highly educated community of Bangalore, the “Silicon Valley” of the east.
  • Design work would start in December 2003 and the project is expected to complete in 8 – 10 years.