CONTENTS List of Figures List of Tables Abstract 1. INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................1 1.1. Aim 1.2. Objective 1.3. Methodology 1.4.

Scope and limitation 1.5. Project Background 1.5a Case Study 1 - Legends Dubai

2. COIMBATORE - AN OVERVIEW..........................................................................5 2.1. Location and connectivity 2.2. Geography and Demography 2.3. Social infrastructure facilities 2.4. Economic Factors 2.5. Highlights of Coimbatore

3. REAL ESTATE IN COIMBATORE......................................................................15 3.1. Residential 3.2. Social Infrastructure 3.3. Industrial 3.4. NRI in real estate 3.5. Location attractiveness

4. SITE ANALYSIS.....................................................................................................25 4.1. location 4.2. on site and off site factors 4.3. swot Analysis

5. MICRO MARKET STUDY...................................................................................28 5.1. South Coimbatore 5.2. Site and Surrounding(1-20km) 5.3. Market survey report

6. CASE STUDIES.......................................................................................................41 6.1. Case study 2 : Dubai Lifestyle City 6.2. Case study 3 : Songdo IBD (Jack Nicklaus golf course)-South Korea

7. PRODUCT MIX.......................................................................................................52 7.1. Comprehensive analysis 7.2. product mix - Justification

8. MASTER PLANNING ...........................................................................................55 8.1. Concept Plan 8.2. zoning plan 8.3. land use plan 8.4. master plan 8.4a Road Network Plan 8.4b Infrastructure plan 8.5b Landscape plan

9. PROJECT FINANCIALS......................................................................................67 9.1. Project cost 9.2. Cash outflow analysis 9.3. Project receivables 9.4. Project feasibility analysis

10. CONCLUSION.........................................................................................................72 10.1 Implementation approach 10.2 Recommendations/Conclusions

11. Annexures................................................................................................................74 12. References................................................................................................................83

LIST OF FIGURES

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Name 3d Model of legends Dubai Master plan - Legends Dubai coimbatore location and connectivity Project site location Proposed western bypass road on site and off site conditions satellite view of the site Master Plan of Dubai Lifestyle City Themed villas Apartments-DLC Location of Golf course in Songdo IBD Fairway Villa Golf course and fairway villas Club house 3d view of Golf Development

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LIST OF TABLES

Fig.No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Name Highlights of Coimbatore Zones of coimbatore Site and Surrounding Land development cost Construction cost Cash outflow Sale price Revenue analysis IRR

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ABSTRACT The thesis has been studied in various real estate aspects of which chapter 1 explains the background of the title that is lifestyle city , which will create world class real estate projects in India. Chapter 2 explains the city of Coimbatore highlighting its importance, chapter 3 examines the city of Coimbatore in various real estate sectors like residential, commercial, institutional and etc., Chapter 4 aims at find the strength, weakness, opportunities and threats of the development by studying the onsite and offsite factors, Chapter 5 is the micro market study which gives a fair idea of southern region of Coimbatore city as the site is located along with survey reports and study of site surrounding examining the reach within twenty kilometres from the site. Chapter 6 is the case study of lifestyle city in foreign countries giving importance to how to develop and run this theme in a successful manner. Chapter 7 is the product mix , the requirements of the project is framed from the study of macro, micro level study and also the case studies. Chapter 8 deals with the design created for the lifestyle city that is the master plan , along with the concept, zoning plan and land use plan explaining the area used for different zones and the infrastructure plan explaining the services provided for the sustainability of the site and landscape plan explaining the usage of open spaces and golf area. The chapter 9 is project financing which analysis the project feasibility in terms of its returns. Chapter 10 is implementation , that is how the project can be applied for development on site and what are the precautionary steps applied and finally the

recommendation stating that this thesis can be used as a lifestyle city model for application anywhere in India with geographic importance with slight modification according to the real estate need.