The Rise of Liveability of Futuristic, Extended Gurgaon - South of Gurgaon, Sohna

Currently Sohna rises steadily on the liveability index, a recent report by Cushman & Wakefield titled ‘A Glimpse of an Evolving Growth Vector: Sohna, South of Gurgaon', says that the location and its vicinity have been showing promising improvement on many of the key parameters of the liveability index & evaluates key parameters like current and potential connectivity to other locations, health and education facilities, location's proximity to hubs of business growth and development, civic infrastructure among others which will help Sohna to come up as an independent self-sustaining city.

Liveability score:

Liveability is defined as the sum of the factors that add up to a community's quality of life— including the built and natural environments, economic prosperity, social stability and equity, educational opportunity, and cultural, entertainment and recreation possibilities.

Estimated liveability parameters - Central Park Flower Valley with category and current assessment.

1. Governance: Good, well administered

2. Identity and Culture: Flower Valley is a premium global township, nestled in the backdrop of Aravallis comprising of various refined residential asset classes amidst lush greenery, exquisite flora and water bodies. The audience profile is cosmopolitan, educated and NCCS A1, A2.

The township is RERA Registered and complaint: HRERA No 95 (2017) for Residential Plotted Colony & No 150 (2017)for Group Housing Colony.

a. Development work at Central Park Flower Valley is in Full Swing.

b. Many amenities are ready to experience for you to enjoy:

a. The Al Capone, Multi-cuisine Restaurant is already serving food.

b.The Foot Spa is available for a relaxing, rejuvenating foot massage.

c.The Children’s Park is already up.

d. The Flora Fountain is operational.

The township proposes to offer many firsts like 9 World Class Academies: Swimming, Fitness, Acting, Dance, Yoga, Golf, Lawn Tennis, Cricket & Badminton.

Also proposed are club facilities that include: Squash court, billiards/snooker, Table Tennis, Bowling alley, Juice bar, Lobby lounge, Multipurpose hall, Specialty restaurant, Reading room, Cards room, Guest rooms, Swimming pools, Mini theatre/TV lounge, Bakery shop, Florist, Spa, Gym, Salon, Business centre, I candy bar and Disco.

3. Education: Many up and running educational institutions are already functional: GD Goenka Education City, K R Mangalam University, Apeejay Satya University, Institute of Information Technology & Management, JK Business School, KIIT College of Engineering, World Institute of Technology.

Plus schools like Ryan International, Delhi Public School, Pathway.

4. Health: In the vicinity: Guri Hospital, Alaska Hospital and Vardan hospital Within 25 km distance: Medanta Hospital, Fortis Hospital, Max Hospital, Paras Hospital, Columbia Asia Hospital, Neel Kanth Hospital, Privat Hospital, Umkal Hospital, Kalyani Hospital, Lal Nursing Home, Sheetla Hospital, Aryan Hospital, Sethi Hospital, Sharma Hospital, General Hospital, Mayom Hospital, Pushpanjali Hospital, Alchemist Hospital, Artemis Hospital, Park Hospital, Sanjeevani Hospital.

Proposed in Sohna: A medical college with a hospital, one 100 bed hospital and one 50 bed hospital in Sohna which would be essential to provide intensive critical healthcare in the heart of Sohna in the years to come.

5. Safety and Security: 3 Tier Security with CCTV, Access Cards and security guards all through the township.

6. Economy and Employment: Sohna’s Proximity to both the service sector’s Evolving hubs of Sohna Road and Golf Course Extension Road coupled with the presence of the Industrial Belt of Manesar/ Bhiwadi and upcoming IMT Sohna in the Vicinity, makes it an attractive location going forward from an employment perspective. Besides, educational institutions, hotels are employment generators. MMTC Pamp Gold Refinery listed among the Top 5 largest refineries in the world is also in the vicinity.

In addition, also coming up is Ascendas OneHub. A 63-acre integrated IT SEZ, AOG is currently developing Phase 1. A multi-tenanted building in IT special economic zone. Once completed AOG Phase 1 will offer 550000 sq ft premium office space.

7. Housing and inclusiveness: With 837.57## acres of current & upcoming projects, 9000- 10000 of them in residential group housing alone, Sohna has many players offering various product formats.

Today, Central Park Resorts sells at Rs. 15000 psf (AI) and Central Park Flower Valley at Rs. 8000- Rs. 9000 psf (AI)- almost half. In 2-3 years, the horizon for Flower Valley looks like setting a benchmark on quality of life and value appreciation.

For Price sensitive, young working professionals (especially with offices in Gurgaon), Sohna provides the opportunity to plan a house in a strategic location that suits their future space and current budget requirements. It offers the buyers to enter in the housing market of Gurgaon, at present at the weighted average entry price of paying as low as Rs. 12 lac as booking amount for a Flamingo Floor as an example. Payment plans and bank loans are making more and more people realize their dream of owning a home.

8. Location & Accessibility:

Nearest Railway Station: Gurgaon: (44-45 minutes, approx. 28 km)
Nearest Airport: IGI Airport : (46-48 minutes, approx.. 39 km)
Nearest Bus Stand: Sohna Bus Stand : (Centre Point of Reference)
Nearest Industrial Model Township: IMT Sohna: (8-9 minutes, approx. 6 km)
Nearest Metro Station: HUDA City Centre : (25-26 minutes, approx. 26 km)
Nearest Rapid Metro Station: Sector-55/56 Gurgaon: (30-32 minutes, approx. 24 km)
Nearest Central Business District: Gurgaon CyberCity: (42-45 minutes, approx. 32 km)
Nearest Office Hub: Sohna Road (20 minutes, approx. 15 km)

9. Public Open space: Open expansive garden, flower lanes, water bodies, play areas, walking/jogging tracks, green open spaces dot the landscape of Central Park Flower Valley.

10. Mixed Land Use and Compactness: Yes. A mix of plots, low rise, mid rise, group housing, commercial (retail & office) all in a global, premium integrated township.

11. Power supply: 24 X 7

12. Transportation and Connectivity: Transportation: Shuttle service will be provided to Central Park Resorts and key landmark locations like HUDA Metro Stations, Cyber hub, Ambience Mall, Fortis/Max/Paras/ Medanta Hospital.

Connectivity:

1. The region is set to benefit from its proximity and good connectivity with the prime locations of Gurgaon. In fact, this location is expected to cater to the spill-over demand from Gurgaon in addition to the local demand. The region should also benefit from the existing and planned industrial developments such as IMT Sohna and Ascendas IT SEZ

2. The area enjoys proximity to Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) and Kundli-Manesar- Palwal (KMP) corridors. The Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) linking Delhi to Mumbai passes close to the southeastern side of Sohna will give a boost to the overall development of the area

3. Proximity and a good connectivity to the prime Southern Peripheral Road/Golf Course Extension Road belt in Gurgaon make it an attractive investment destination. The region is also well- connected to the NH-8.

4. Sohna will be provided with better and faster connectivity to Delhi and Faridabad. In this regard, the master plan proposes a 150 meter-wide Gurgaon Extension Road which will directly connect to the existing Golf Course Extension Road, from Sectors 63 / 64, Gurgaon.

5. NH-248A highway originating from Rajiv Chowk provides seamless connectivity traversing through Badhshahpur Chowk to Sohna, southwards of Gurgaon. Current Status - The highway status is in enforce since 2015, with the Badshahpur Chowk-Sohna section having been upgraded from 2-lane to a 4- lane stretch in recent years.

•Impact

The widened highway, passing across the length of Sohna has provided seamless connectivity of the former to Gurgaon’s southern areas, especially to Golf Course Extension Road and Southern Peripheral Road.
The improved connectivity with a reduction in travel time has in turn positively impacted South of Gurgaon till Sohna.

7. Proposed Flyover on NH 248A over Badshahpur Chowk / Elevated Corridor: Once completed, the flyover is expected to decongest the existing bottleneck at Badshahpur Chowk, which in turn would result in a signal-free travel between Rajeev Chowk till Sohna. With this Central Park Flower Valley will be almost as an extension of Central Park Resorts.

8. Highways authority to construct 22.5 km elevated corridor on Sohna Road, 2nd to the longest Panipat elevated corridor.

13. Water supply: Yes, 24 X 7

14. Waste Water Management: Rain Water Harvesting Pits, STP

15. Solid Waste Management: Composting pit/making of organic compost

16. Reduced Pollution: Lots of trees and Flowers being planted. It is proposed that the group housing be ‘Zero’ Vehicles on Ground surface leading to lowering of traffic, air and noise pollution.

Extended neighborhood (25km radial distance)

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