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GreenSpaces looks for hotel companies to manage acco facility, spa
First USGCB LEED-certified, Platinum-rated SEZ in the world
to have heliport
Sanjeev Bhar - New Delhi
Kamal Meattle
CEO of Paharpur Business Centre, Software Technology Incubator Park (PBC-STIP) |
GreenSpaces, the erstwhile Haryana Technology Park, spread
across 1,60,000 square metres, is actively looking fto enter into partnership
with hotel companies to manage the accommodation facility and spa that has been
planned in the GOI-approved SEZ expected to be operational by May 2011.
This is the flagship project of Buildings & Appliances
Task Force (BATF) for Policy & Implementation Committee (PIC) of Asia Pacific
Partnership on clean development and climate. Talking about the project, Kamal
Meattle, CEO of Paharpur Business Centre, Software Technology Incubator Park
(PBC-STIP), said, "It will be viewed as a case study for the world's most
energy-efficient commercial building with an investment of US$ 300 million.
In this SEZ, we will have duty-free recreation centres, food courts, health
club, gym and spa, overnight residential rooms, sick bay, meditation centre,
travel agencies, banks, educational facilities, daycare centres and so on."
PBC will own 51 per cent stake in the project with the remaining financing being
accrued through foreign institutional funding and debt equity.
The SEZ will be the first one to be USGCB LEED-certified Platinum-rated project
(apart from having TERI's Green 'Griha' building rating). This will be the first
time when an existing building will be given this rating, Meattle said. GreenSpaces
will be a health-oriented SEZ and will be managed by various companies with
expertise in various domains. "We are in talks with certain hotel management
companies to manage the residential accommodations having 100 rooms for business
travellers. I don't refer to it as a hotel since the accommodation will be availed
by people who are working within the SEZ. Also, we would like to have an operating
company to manage the health club and spa," he said. PBC is also going
to set up a helipad that will be used for charter services.
| The Paharpur Business Centre or PBC claims to provide
clean indoor air environment for the entire building, which encompasses
various commercial offices. The Indoor Air Quality of PBC meets the specified
ASHRAE (American Society for Heating Refrigeration & Air-Conditioning
Engineers) standards. A full-fledged Indoor Air Quality division equipped
with a lab has been set up to continuously monitor and improve the indoor
air quality.
PBC, as a one-stop shop, has also established itself
as a modern-day hospitality concierge. It offers 26 consolidated services
of different kinds, including CleanAir for HVAC solutions, CuisineArt
for F&B, HappiGreens for horticulture needs, SpringClean for housekeeping
and maintenance, ReLocate for realty needs where wide range of services
are offered for real estate brokers, and TravelSpider Tours & Travels.
"We recently withdrew our eCar (rent a cab) service as it was becoming
unviable, but we would continue to put efforts in enlarging the business
horizon of other services in Delhi NCR," informed Meattle.
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