In a recent development, M Pallonji Group bought Turner Morrison Building in Fort’s Kala Ghoda area, sources said.
The M Pallonji group is known for operations in construction, shipping and finance and various other sectors. The group bought Turner Morrison building owned a Kolkata-based company for nearly Rs. 150 crores. This building has G+4 floor structure and covers an area of 54,000 sq.ft.
The sources close to the development also informed that all formalities of this freehold property have been completed.
This building has offices of two reputed companies that are Cox & Kings who are the tour operator and a legal company named Crawford Bayley. Turner Morrison also holds some space in the building. The M Pallonji has reportedly paid Rs. 28,000 per sq ft.
A few years back, in 2016, the biggest such transaction took place when a Spanish fashion chain Zara leased 50,000 sq ft carpet area in South Mumbai’s prime location known as Flora Fountain, i.e. near to Fort House.
M Pallonji & Co. Pvt. Ltd. is a reputed firm in the Indian business arena that operates in multiple fields such as power generating stations (hydroelectric and thermal), chemical and fertilizer factories, petroleum refineries, offshore oil and gas platforms and more.