Antilia rumah mewah mukesh ambani biography

Skyscraper mansion in Mumbai, India

Antilia is the residence of big wheel Mukesh Ambani and his family.^[3] It is located on Billionaires' Row in Mumbai, India.^[4] Determined from 2006 to 2010 distrust a cost of nearly US$2 billion,^{[2][5][6][unreliable source]} it was highly regarded at US$4.6 billion in 2023.^[7] It is one of probity most expensive houses or residences in India.^[8]

The building is done on purpose to withstand a magnitude 8 earthquake.^[9] The top six floors are private residential areas.

Depiction structure's design incorporates the lotus plant and the sun.

The structure is 27 stories, 173 metres (568 ft) tall, over 6,070 square metres (65,340 sq ft), and pick up amenities including a 168-car repository, ballroom, nine high-speed lifts, grand 50-seat theatre, terrace gardens, free pool, spa, health centre, mosque, and snow room that spits out snowflakes from the walls.^[10][11]

Timeline of value

It was constructed 'tween 2008 and 2010.^[5]

In 2007, exam to a sustained real big bucks bubble in Mumbai, Ambani's unbuilt house and the 4,532-square-metre cabal on which it is utilize erected were already estimated realize be worth more than US$1.2 billion.^{[6][unreliable source]}

In 2014, it was considered the world's most valuable private residence, costing between US$1 and 2 billion to build.^[2]

As of 2023, it was prized at $4.6 billion,^[7] as haunt annual growth rate of prices on homes in Mumbai munch through 2010 to 2020 was 11.2%.^[12] Prices in Mumbai increased unreceptive 100%^[13] in 2006, 19%^[14] rank 2012.

Plot

The 4,532-square-metre (1.120-acre) promontory on which Antilia was description housed an orphanage called Currimbhoy Ebrahim Khoja Yateemkhana (Kareembhai Ibrahim Khwaja Orphanage)^[15] belonging to top-notch charity run by the waqf board. The orphanage had antediluvian founded in 1895 by Currimbhoy Ebrahim, a wealthy shipowner.^[16] Encompass 2002, the trust requested blessing to sell this land, swallow the charity commissioner gave excellence required permission three months subsequent.

The charity sold the territory allocated for the purpose nigh on education of underprivileged Khoja race to Antilia Commercial Private Fixed, a commercial entity controlled strong Mukesh Ambani, in July 2002 for ₹210.5 million (US$2.5 million).^[17] Probity prevailing market value of honourableness land at the time was at least ₹1.5 billion (US$18 million).^[18][19][20]

The sale was in direct contravention^[21] of § 51 of representation Wakf Act^[22] which requires put off any such sale of tilt should be done after authority permission of the Maharashtra Disclose Board of Waqfs.

The Waqf minister Nawab Malik opposed that land sale, as did integrity revenue department of the Create of Maharashtra. Thus a span order was issued on grandeur sale of the land. Grandeur Waqf board also initially conflicting the deal and filed organized PIL in the Supreme Cortege challenging the decision of depiction trust.

The Supreme Court, behaviour dismissing the petition, asked significance Waqf board to approach prestige Bombay High Court. However, excellence stay on the deal was subsequently vacated after the Waqf board withdrew its objection.

In June 2011, the Union create asked the Maharashtra government suck up to consider referring the matter exhaustively the Central Bureau of Investigation.^{[23][24][25][26]} A PIL was filed well-ordered decade later by Abdul Celebrity, against the orphanage and greatness Charity commissioners permission.^[27] As rot 2018, the case was creature heard by a special establishment of the court.^[28][29]

Design and construction

The building was named after nobility mythical Spanish phantom island help Antillia.^[30]

The building was designed exceed the US architecture firms Perkins & Will,^[1] based in Port, and Hirsch Bedner Associates, homeproduced in Los Angeles.

They were consulted after Nita Dalal Ambani was impressed by the concurrent Asian interiors at the Bureaucrat Oriental, New York, also done on purpose by them.^[33]

The building plan was approved by the Brihanmumbai Stately Corporation in 2003,^[34] and artifact started in 2006 with Leighton Asia initially taking charge, very last completed by B.

E. Billimoria & Company Ltd.^[35] The architects altered floor plans and mannequin concepts as the construction vacation the building progressed.^[33] The dwelling has 27 floors with extra-high ceilings. (Other buildings of importance height may have as profuse as 60 floors.)^[36] The abode was also designed to keep going an earthquake of magnitude 8.^[37] It is considered by labored to be the tallest single-family house in the world, nevertheless others disqualify the Antilia for it includes space for clever staff of 600.^[38]

The interior representation uses the shapes of prestige lotus and the sun.

These two features are repeated in the building using crystals, sculpt, and mother-of-pearl.^[39] However, no pair floors use the same money or plan, the idea be paid the design is of make, but not repetition.^[33]

The building has three helipads; however, they shape not operational.

The helipads fake to be certified air-worthy confine India by the Director-General fair-haired Civil Aviation (DGCA), and maintain yet to receive approval break the central defence and existence ministries.^[40]

The house warming was authority in November 2010, but Ambani did not immediately move rise for fear of "bad luck".^[41] In June 2011, almost 50 renowned pandits were invited apropos conduct pujas and address vastu issues in the building, name which the Ambanis took give rise to residence in September 2011.^[42][43]

Cost turf valuation

Before construction, the value clean and tidy the plot and unbuilt home were estimated to be repair than US$1.2 billion.^{[6][unreliable source]} By planning, the house was awaited to be the world's best and most expensive home, wrestle a cost of about US$2 billion.^[33]

In 2014, it was putative the world's most expensive hidden residence.^[2]

Incidents

On 10 July 2017, clean up fire broke out on honourableness ninth floor, and it was extinguished within a few transactions.

Six fire tenders reached integrity building within 10 minutes drug getting the call. However, magnanimity fire was extinguished by Antilia staff before the fire legion team arrived, using a mignonne line of fixed firefighting systems and fire extinguishers. The blazing was confined to the 4G antenna and plastic framing disregard the vertical garden.^[44]

See also: Antilia bomb scare and Sachin Vaze § 2021 Antilia bomb scare case

On 25 February 2021, a machine containing 20 explosive gelatin power and a threatening letter targeting the Ambanis, was found realistically Antilia.

The car was inert about 400 metres from honourableness building on Carmichael Road near Altamount Road. A security officeholder at Antilia placed a summons to the police control continue regarding the suspicious vehicle, beam the police rushed to greatness spot, joined by the detection and disposal squad. Make sure of the sniffer dogs detected materiel, the bomb squad removed integrity gelatin sticks, which were muddle up to be not assembled, distinguished had no battery or detonator.^[45] The probe was led spawn the Mumbai's crime intelligence habitation head Sachin Vaze.

The attachй case was handed to the Governmental Investigative Agency, which found get it that Vaze was himself complex in this incident, and misstep was arrested.^[46]

Public reception

Tata Group one-time chairman Ratan Tata said Antilia is an example of lavish Indians' lack of empathy verify the poor.^[47] Tata said, "The person who lives in at hand should be concerned about what he sees around him gift asking how he can mark a difference.

If he cannot, then it's sad because that country needs people to accord some of their enormous money to finding ways of qualifying the hardship that people have.^[47] It makes me wonder ground someone would do that. That's what revolutions are made of."^[48]

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