Karle Town Centre

Hebbal, Bangalore

About Karle Town Centre

TOWN HUB (RETAIL AND ENTERTAINMENT)

• The retail precinct is a planned development of over 2 million sq. ft. and includes a high street shopping experience, a traditional mall, a hotel, service apartments and smaller offices. This precinct offers a unique entertainment centric experience and features a wide variety of fine dining restaurants, food plazas, civic amenities such as banks and post offices, entertainment zones that include multiplexes, amphitheaters and galleries. Apart from this, the town hub will also offer attractions ranging from workshops and book readings, to extreme sports, concerts and performances.
• A green spine of five acres adjacent to this precinct draws in the greenery with cleverly planned "water bodies" and luscious landscaping. The Nagawara lake located directly opposite the property brings a sense of serenity into the development and the sunset over the water is a perfect ending to any day spent here.

IT SEZ

• The office precinct of Karle Town Centre consists of 3.65 million sq. ft. of IT SEZ space consisting of seven towers and capable of accommodating over 40,000 people. 2 million sq. ft. of this precinct has already been gazetted. Each building is designed keeping its tenants in mind and is planned in detail for efficient usage of resources.

ACCESSIBILITY

• Signal free corridor from Hebbal Junction.
• 20 kms. from International Airport.
• 12 kms. from city centre-MG Road.
• Adjacent to 'The Manyata Embassy Business Park.
• Close to reputed schools, hotels, hospitals and enduring residential communities.

THE CONCEPT OF MIXED USE

• Karle Town Center (KTC) is a mixed used development designed and planned based on the concept of creating a community. Given that today's lifestyle is one where time is spent on commuting rather than communicating, KTC is a self sustained environment where life is in total control. Traffic is taken out of the equation and distances are planned to offer people the opportunity to interact in a relaxed and enabling setting. Spaces are engineered for leisure and tranquility, predictability is introduced where it counts and conveniences are designed into every interaction.

THE MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES

• Drawn up by one of the most experienced master planners in the world, Ross Bonthorne Architects and Woods Bagot, Sydney, Australia, our master plan provides for optimal use of water, electricity and sustainable living. The focus is on providing a quality of life that is on par with the best developments around the world, whether it is work, living or leisure.
• In spite of have a built up area of 10 million sq. ft., there is ample open spaces, sparkling waterfronts and places to enjoy long walks without the roar of traffic. Something that is absent, and even forgotten, in today’s urban lifestyle.

ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS

• Karle Town Centre is developed to parameters meeting the Leeds Gold Certification requirements in every aspect of the overall development, keeping environmental impact to the minimum. The project sets high standards in environmental design and application in the use of materials and available local resources, architecture, consumption of electricity, precinct planning and traffic flow.
• Our impeccable design captures maximum natural light. The cooling roof gardens and green roofs serve as natural temperature regulators, and shading devices such as louvers will help drastically bring down energy consumption.

SAFETY AND SECURITY

• We have studied and implemented the best practices in safety from around the world to make Karle Town Center secure. Our security practices for residents are minimally intrusive, yet supremely effective. Access control points divide residential, retail and work environments.
• Our effective layout plan makes for easy navigation and access for residencies and workplaces. Access to spaces which encounter significant visitors, like retail environments are clearly defined to only specific areas.

PREDICTABILITY

• Feeder roads, gated entries and exits at crucial points ensure traffic flows smoothly during peak hours even with significant inflows from Outer Ring Road and other routes.
• Traffic management creates a movement system that appropriately responds to the needs of different users on the site, minimizes congestion caused by the development on the adjacent and surrounding road network and provides adequate facilities for all modes of transport - cars, freight, bicycles or public transport within and adjacent to the site. It also creates a legible road network hierarchy, vibrant and attractive streetscapes & enables linkages across and through the site.

WORK-LIFE BALANCE

• By providing a workplace close to home and schools in the neighborhood, a family gets more time for bonding and shared activities. With the retail and entertainment zone just as close, residents have more time to catch the latest movies, plays, an art exhibition or simply enjoy the glitz of the retail district before making their way back to the quiet, secluded residential zones.

WATER MANAGEMENT

• Water supply is a major sustainability issue. The key is to appropriately integrate a water supply management system that is innovative but appropriately responds to Indian conditions.
• Hence, while, the solutions at Karle Town Centre are inherently site specific, and respond to Indian infrastructure conditions, innovative solutions such as integration between storm water management and landscape architecture establish a new benchmark for Bangalore and India.
• Excess storm water runoff is designed to be harvested for reuse appropriately with minimal wastage.

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

• Feeder roads, gated entries and exits at crucial points ensure traffic flows smoothly during peak hours even with significant inflows from Outer Ring Road and other routes.
• Traffic management creates a movement system that appropriately responds to the needs of different users on the site, minimizes congestion caused by the development on the adjacent and surrounding road network and provides adequate facilities for all modes of transport - cars, freight, bicycles or public transport within and adjacent to the site. It also creates a legible road network hierarchy, vibrant and attractive streetscapes & enables linkages across and through the site.

SECURITY

• We have studied and implemented the best practices in safety from around the world to make Karle Town Center secure. Our security practices for residents are minimally intrusive, yet supremely effective. Access control points divide residential, retail and work environments.
• Our effective layout plan makes for easy navigation and access for residencies and workplaces. Access to spaces which encounter significant visitors, like retail environments are clearly defined to only specific areas.

PARKING

• There is one car-park per 50 square meters of built up area in the IT-SEZ, one of highest provisions made. Since vehicle densities will rise exponentially in future, simulations of traffic and the availability of parking spaces has been modeled and planned for.
• Parking is staged and phased along with the development to plan for adequate parking facilities as the site grows. During the earlier phases this may mean accommodating some parking in temporary surface parking lots, which makes way as new buildings and parking structures come online.

COMMUNICATION

• A full-fledged communication network that residents, retailers and the offices plug into for all their communication needs has been planned for. Whether it is a health crisis or a pang of hunger, residents can access a comprehensive set of services.
• Given the density and complexity of development on site, the integration of infrastructure presents a significant opportunity to streamline and make efficient servicing of the site. Strategies for power, communications, sewer, water and other infrastructure elements are essential to achieve a coordinated and holistic development. The project combines microwave links, WIMAX, WiFi and mobile communications and the establishment of an on-site fibre optic backbone.
• The proposed communications infrastructure has the capacity and capability to accommodate future projected expansion.