List Of Tallest Buildings In Mumbai
Mumbai, the commercial and financial capital of India, has most of the high-rise buildings in India, where land is expensive. More than 2500 high-rise buildings are already constructed in Mumbai Metropolitan Region, in addition to more than a thousand mid-rises existing already. It is the city with the eighteenth highest number of skyscrapers in the world.Most of skyscrapers in Mumbai are residential.
Mumbai is undergoing a massive construction boom, with more than 15 Supertalls, hundreds of skyscrapers and thousands of high-rises under construction.Currently Mumbai is home to largest number of under construction supertalls and skyscrapers in the World.
The original residential skyscrapers in Mumbai were constructed in the 1970s, when Usha Kiran and Matru Mandir were developed and stood at about 250 feet, or 25 floors each. After a significant lull, construction projects since the mid-1990s began taking the skyline upwards, with a major acceleration in the pace of development since 2000, when the Lower Parel area began developing.
Today in Mumbai there are 43 skyscrapers above 150 m and 131 towers above 100 m.
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