L&T Tech Park at Infopark Kochi Inauguration

The Hon’ble Chief Minister of Kerala, Shri. V.S. Achuthanandan, will inaugurate ‘Tejomaya’ – phase I project of L&T Tech Park and will also launch the work for its proposed phase II project – ‘Signature Tower’.Both the projects are located in the Infopark campus at Kakkanad, Kochi. , L&T Tech Park is set to catalyze the IT boom in Kochi by providing world-class workspace for companies having expansion plans in tier-2 cities. Several IT majors like TCS, IBS, Arbitron Inc., L&T Infotech, etc. have already booked space in Tejomaya. Over 3500 technocrats are expected to be working out of the facility.



L&T Tech Park will come up on a 4-acre plot in the picturesque campus of Infopark Kochi, a Government of Kerala organization. Located 25 km from the Cochin International Airport and 12 km from the heart of the city, L&T Tech Park will be an ideal destination for IT and ITES companies.

L&T Tech Park will have a total built-up area of 1 million Sq.ft and a multi level car park of 1.29 lakh sq.ft. . The project will be executed in three Phases: 0.4 Million Sq.ft in Phase one Tejomaya, 0.5 Million Sq.ft in Phase 2 - SIGNATURE TOWER for Infopark & 0.18 Million sq.ft in Phase 3 - Swapnalaya.

Here is a list of other projects in Infopark campus.

HDIL Cyber city Kalamassery, Kochi - May Happen

After all the controversies , it is reported that, LDF and Govt has taken a stand that the HMT – HDIL land transaction is not in violation of any agreements between Govt and HMT .

This probably gives a new breath to the Cyber city project. Even though not much details are known on the Cybercity, following is some comparison of the same with smart city

Comparison between HDIL Cyber City and Smart City Kochi

	Cyber City	Smart City
Company	HDIL (Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited) Mumbai	TECOM Investments Dubai
Total Area	~70 Acres	~246 acres
Type	INTEGRATED IT Township (Kerala’s first!)	Information Technology Township
Build Area	?	8.8 million sq ft
Investment	Rs.4000 Crores (in 4 yrs)	4,200 crore
Expected jobs	60,000 direct 1,50,000 indirect jobs	90,000 direct