An Emerging Landmark Off Old Mahabalipuram Road
There is a particular kind of promise that land holds before the first road is laid or the first gate installed — the promise of possibility. It is this promise that Godrej Properties has chosen to invest in, off the Old Mahabalipuram Road in South Chennai, where the company has acquired a sprawling 47-acre parcel through an outright purchase to shape into a plotted residential community. This is not a hurried venture but a considered one, born from Godrej Properties' reading of a corridor that has quietly, steadily, become one of the city's most closely watched residential micro-markets.
The development is envisioned as a predominantly plotted residential project, with an estimated developable potential of about 1.2 million square feet and a projected revenue potential in the region of ₹500 crore. Godrej Properties' MD & CEO, Gaurav Pandey, spoke of South Chennai's changing character, noting that the belt has emerged as one of the most promising residential micro-markets in the region, supported by improving infrastructure and growing end-user interest. It is a philosophy that runs through the choice of plotted development itself — a format that hands homebuyers the rare freedom to design and build at their own pace, on land they can call entirely their own.
What makes this parcel compelling is not simply its size, but its position within a corridor that has matured from a peripheral stretch into a genuine employment and residential destination. The site sits within reach of the Siruseri-Kelambakkam technology corridor and SIPCOT, while also connecting outward to Vandalur, Guduvanchery and the wider Mahabalipuram belt — a geography that ties together IT employment, established social infrastructure and the coastal charm that OMR has long been known for.
As the plans for this 47-acre canvas take clearer shape in the months ahead, the project stands as an early but significant marker of Godrej Properties' expanding intent in Chennai — a city the developer continues to view as central to its southern growth story, alongside its existing communities in Padur, Chembarambakkam and Oragadam.
