Mangalore: Foundation Stone Laid for City's First 5-Star Hotel 'Deepa Grandeur'
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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (VM)
Mangalore, Nov 29: The foundation stone was laid for ‘Deepa Grandeur’, the city's first five star hotel and for ‘Divya Deepa Heights’, commercial-cum-residential apartments by Janatha Constructions at MG road, opposite to TMA Pai Convention Center here on Thursday November 29.
P Jayaram Bhat, managing director of Karnataka Bank and M Jagannath Shenoy, MD of Mangalore Ganesh Beedi Works laid the foundation stones along with the other dignitaries.
The foundation stone laying ceremony was followed by a stage programme wherein Ramesh Kumar, MD of Janatha Constructions, Urmila R Kumar, managing partner, P Jayaram Bhat, M Jagannath Shenoy, Ananthkrishna, non-executive chairman, J Krishna Palemar, former district in-charge minister, AJ Shetty, chairman of AJ group of companies, A Sadanand Shetty, chairman of Shree Devi Education Trust shared the dais.
Jayaram Bhat also released the project brochure on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Ramesh Kumar briefed about the two upcoming projects ‘Deepa Grandeur’ and ‘Divya Deepa Heights’.
He said the two projects were being developed on 3.43 acres of land. ‘Divya Deepa Heights’, commercial-cum-residential apartments will be built on 1.83 acres and rest of the land will be utilized for ‘Deepa Grandeur’, the five star hotel. Ramesh Kumar said the project is expected to be completed within four years.
Jayaram Bhat in his address said that the project will take Mangalore to greater heights and it would emerge as a landmark in the city. He lauded Ramesh Kumar for his brave initiative and capabilities.
He also wished for many such projects to be setup in the city.
Ananthkrishna said that Mangalore provides various facilities as compared to other cities, and thus this project will be adding charm to the city.
“I am sure this project will be a huge success,” he said, and urged the builders to cultivate greenery along with developing property.
Jagannath Shenoy, Krishna Palemar and Sadanand Shetty also spoke on the occasion and wished good luck.
Harikrishna Bantwal welcomed the gathering while Manohar Prasad and Sahil compered the programme.
About the Projects
Deepa Grandeur
Deepa Grandeur will be a world-class lifestyle hotel rising up to 25 floors. The basement will stretch across a 400 covered car parking area while the ground floor will have an exquisite 24-hour coffee shop.
The 5-star suites will have an entrance lobby spread across 6250 sq ft.
The premium star hotel will have an exclusive vegetarian restaurant covering 1750 sq ft with a separate kitchen. The hotel will have 9 lifts with a 16 passenger capacity, while on the first floor the hotel will have an exclusive non-vegetarian restaurant of 6200 sq ft, a specialty restaurant of an area of 3,250 sq ft and a lounge bar of 1750 sq ft.
The hotel will accommodate a business and meeting room on the second floor. It will have three conference rooms of 1500 sq ft, a business centre of 1000 sq ft, a boardroom of 900 sq ft and 2 boardrooms of 700 sq ft. It will also enclose a banquet hall of 30 ft high covering 12,000 sq ft which will have a separate dining hall of 3,250 sq ft. The hotel brings in the best in class for recreational and sports activities on the fifth floor. The hotel consists of 169 luxurious rooms.
It will have a massive swimming pool and an open terrace of 9000 sq ft with a separate gym, health club and spa. The first-class establishment will comprise three types of luxurious rooms, the suites, premium and a deluxe room to a total 169 rooms. As a cherry on the cake the 5 star Deepa Grandeur will accommodate a roof top open sky restaurant covering 1900 sq ft and a lounge bar of 3,250 sq ft. The star hotel will consist of seven separate hotels.
Divya Deepa Heights
Adding to the charm of the 5-star Deepa Grandeur is Divya Deepa Heights, a commercial cum luxurious apartment complex rising to 30 floors, to be built and promoted by the Janata Construction Company.
The apartment will have a heavenly sea faced lavish flats with four high speed personalized elevators and all the bedrooms have attached toilets and a separate powder room for guests.
All living, dining and bedrooms will be open to the exteriors for proper light and ventilation.
Each apartment also consists of a multi-apartment video door phone while the complex will have surge and lightning protection devices. It will also have a fully equipped club house inclusive of a health club and spa.
The club house will include table tennis, gym, yoga room etc., and adjacent to the club house on the podium level will be the swimming pool, lawn garde, outdoor sports and children play area. The apartment will have a standby generator to operate pumps lifts and light points.
The apartment will set up with cable TV network, Reticulated Gas System, toilet door frames made up of granite, main door with decorative melamine polish and all doors are flush doors (treated marine ply).
It will have vitrified tile flooring in the flats, marble flooring for the lobby, passage and staircase. Fire hydrant systems are installed.
There will be six levels of parking. A neat interlock paving for the driveway and parking area will be constructed.