Bandra East MHADA 33(5) society redevelopment; dense, view-poor, leasehold. · RERA P51800079537
MahaRERA P51800079537 · Promoter Keysky Realtors Pvt Ltd (Rustomjee / Keystone Realtors) · MHADA IOA 09.01.2025
Overall Score5.5/10as of 09/26
Rustomjee-branded, sold as premium Bandra-East living, but on the record a very dense three-wing society redevelopment on MHADA-leased land - the homes are large and well-built, yet they look into their neighbours and the ground is on the clock.
Flags none
A Mixed read. The fundamentals are sound - the whole building is approved, the marketed floors match the sanction, and the builder is a real listed group - but the ground is MHADA leasehold on three clocks with an unsigned pre-occupancy lease and a finance-disclosure gap to close, the outlook is walled on every side but east/north-east, and the plot is very dense with rehab mixed into Wing A. Nothing here is a walk-away; several things are worth verifying before committing.
The five things that decide it
1The homes themselves are large and well-built - about 111-115 sqm in the main wings, with decks, a clean kitchen air path and comfortable self-park.
2Not a view project - ringed by co-height and taller towers (Agami clips the NE); only the east aspect is open, and only those units carry a premium.
3Very dense - 82 homes in three slim 26-27-storey wings on a 1,872 sqm plot, with 16 rehoused society families sharing Wing A and no on-plot open space.
4MHADA leasehold on three clocks - one share expires around 2036, a pre-occupancy supplementary lease is still unsigned, and a renewal premium will fall on the future society.
5The developer's own filing says 'no loan' while a Rs.75 crore charge sits registered against the land - a disclosure gap to clear, though the title opinion is clean.
Livability
5.3/10MixedPillar score is the average of the scored attributes below; some attributes are qualitative and carry questions rather than a number.
Compound Density4.0/10
Very dense, and Wing A mixes rehab with sale
- Eighty-two homes sit in three slim 26-27-storey wings on a 1,872 sqm plot - a floor-space index around 5 - sharing one podium and amenity deck, with no recreation ground on the plot.
- Wing A rehouses 16 existing society families in the same building as its sale homes, so buyers there share their building, not just their compound, with the rehoused members.
Wings B and C are cleaner sale wings (plus a few landowner-share homes). The whole thing is a tight, high-occupancy compound.
Understand “Compound Density” on the X-Ray page ↗Neighbourhood4.5/10
A dense colony redeveloping on the BKC edge
- Kalanagar/Gandhi Nagar is a MHADA colony redeveloping to towers all around, right on the BKC edge, with a 24.4 m district road to the south.
- It is central and well-connected, but crowded and getting denser; how the neighbourhood reads by 2032 depends on the surrounding pipeline (an Adarsh Nagar redevelopment among them).
Understand “Neighbourhood” on the X-Ray page ↗Peak-Hour Connectivity4.0/10
About 18 minutes to the nearest arterial - moderate
- At 11am on a weekday, roughly 18 minutes to the nearest arterial or coastal-road entry - the same as the adjacent Raymond Invictus.
- The highways and BKC are close, but the colony roads and the Western Express Highway slow the last stretch.
Fixable? Builders like to sell connectivity as kilometres from a landmark — but the real test is time, not distance: how long you would actually be stuck, at peak hour, just getting to a fast arterial like a Sea Link or Coastal Road on-ramp. The access route and the on-ramp are municipal and outside the developer's control, so there is no fix to offer — only an honest read of the peak-hour reality today and the area's trajectory by 2032, once the surrounding pipeline has built out.
Understand “Peak-Hour Connectivity” on the X-Ray page ↗Kitchen Ventilation9.0/10
Kitchens breathe - exterior air path, passes
- Every kitchen sits against the outer wall with a chajja and a dry balcony, giving a real exterior air path rather than a sealed internal kitchen.
- This one passes clearly.
Understand “Kitchen Ventilation” on the X-Ray page ↗Lift Wait5.0/10
Two lifts a wing - a middling wait for the price
Each wing runs two lifts (one passenger, one fire) for two homes a floor, which works out to a B-to-C grade - fine off-peak, a little tight at the morning rush, and modest for a home at this price.
At the morning peak the two-lift core gives a wait in the region of 45-50 seconds.
Understand “Lift Wait” on the X-Ray page ↗Water Adequacyqualitative
Water adequacy not yet scored
- The sanctioned water count against the sold unit count is not in the file, so this stays open.
- The building is MHADA-serviced with a sewage-treatment plant and rainwater harvesting per the approvals; the HE No-Objection Certificate water figure is the missing piece.
What to ask the builder- What is the sanctioned water provision against the number of homes sold?
Understand “Water Adequacy” on the X-Ray page ↗Parking5.5/10
Self-park by ramp, with a mechanical stack on top
- You can drive to your own bay: 6 m two-way ramps run down three basements and up the podium decks, so this is a self-park building, not a lift-dependent one.
- A mechanical stack carries some of the load as well, and the agreement asks buyers to accept the risk of that system failing.
- The ratio is comfortable - about 1.85 covered bays a home, with visitor parking provided - and electric-charging spaces are marked.
- Which bay, on which level, and whether it is owned or licensed are still to be pinned down; push for the lowest basement level nearest the lift core.
What to ask the builder- Is the allotted bay self-park or on the stack, deeded or licensed, and wide enough for an SUV?
Understand “Parking” on the X-Ray page ↗Build Planning & Qualitynot yet scored
A checklist to verify with the builder — Rexray will score this attribute as the field database grows.
Rexray's database will, over time, be enriched with the attention to detail and quality ethos of each builder. For now, below is the checklist you should verify with the builder before you decide.
What to ask the builder- Who's the architect, and what comparable have they delivered?
- Do the lobbies need lights during the day?
- Gym/pool/lobby sized for how many residents? (gym sqft / residents)
- Does this unit's layout meet your Vastu requirements (entry, kitchen, master)?
- Can a fire tender or an ambulance reach the lobby?
- Who is actually building it?
- Mivan or conventional — and how are the tie-holes grouted and cracks controlled?
- What's the realistic floor-cycle, and how does the monsoon factor in?
- Which steel/cement? Facade glazing spec? MEP contractor? STP/solar?
- Which marble/fittings exactly? Which window system? VRV brand?
- Deck/bathroom waterproofing system? How's the facade sealed into the structure?
- Gypsum or block internal walls — and are the party walls insulated?
- Does the back-up generator power my whole flat, or only the common areas?
- Is the parking solo, tandem, or a mechanical stack — and how wide are the bays?
Understand “Build Planning & Quality” on the X-Ray page ↗Community5.0/10
A mixed community - sale homes alongside rehoused families in Wing A
- In Wing A, sale buyers share the building with 16 rehoused society families - a real mix of economic strata under one roof, with the sale homes on the larger, HNI-leaning side.
- Wings B and C are cleaner sale wings, but the podium and amenity deck are shared across sale, rehab and landowner-share residents.
What to ask the builder- What is the ticket-size range in the building — the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive home?
- Is the building vegetarian-only, or skewed to a single community?
- Is it owner-occupied, or investor- and tenant-heavy?
- What is the pet policy?
Understand “Community” on the X-Ray page ↗
Findings register
14 findings · severity-ranked
Every marketed claim set against the documented fact, sourced. Critical and high first.
MED-HIGH
MHADA leasehold with three lease clocks; a pre-OC supplementary lease is still unexecuted
Marketed'Freehold-like' ownership implied by marketing
DocumentedAll land is MHADA leasehold: Vivekanand 90/99yr from 1981 (~2071-2080), Sagar Darshan 30yr from 2006 (~2036, short), and a MHADA-owned tit-bit (R5) with NO lease yet - a supplementary lease of 843.24 sqm must be executed before OC and remains unexecuted.
The land is MHADA leasehold on three clocks, and part of it is not yet leased - a supplementary lease must be signed before occupancy.
Source: registered documents, government filings
MED-HIGH
Encumbrance contradiction: promoter declares 'no finance' while a Rs.75 cr Axis charge is live on CERSAI (C10)
MarketedClear title
DocumentedThe portal + CERSAI show a Rs.75 cr charge to Axis Trustee Services (a debenture trustee), registered 23.04.2025. The promoter's own finance disclosure declares lender/amount 'NA' (no finance) and that identical file was re-filed on 09.11.2025 - seven months AFTER the charge (C57).
The developer's own filing says 'no loan' while a Rs.75 crore charge sits registered against the project.
Source: registered documents
MEDIUM
Same-building rehab + sale co-habitation in Wing A (16 of 30 units are rehab)
MarketedPremium sale residences
Documented16 of Wing A's 30 flats rehouse the existing Vivekanand society members in the SAME building as the sale flats (not a separate rehab tower). Wings B/C are sale + landowner-share.
In Wing A, buyers share the building with 16 rehoused society families.
Source: registered documents, government filings
MEDIUM
Very high intra-plot density: 82 units on 1,872 sqm (floor area (FSI) ~5.1), 3 thin wings on one podium
MarketedBoutique / exclusive
Documented3 wings of 26-27 storeys and 82 units share a 1,872.40 sqm plot (floor area (FSI) ~5.1) and one podium/amenity deck, with recreational open space = 0.
A very dense three-wing tower on a small plot, with no on-plot recreational open space.
Source: government filings
MEDIUM
Building deficient in open space + buyer pre-waives objection to neighbours' deficient development (C19)
Marketedn/a
DocumentedThe MHADA IOA (D-18) mandates the agreement clauses that (a) the building is deficient in open space and (b) the buyer gives advance NO-OBJECTION to future neighbouring development with deficient open space - i.e. pre-waives standing to resist adjoining towers that could close light/air/view. Writes to View and SRD.
The building is short of open space, and buyers sign away the right to object to equally dense development next door.
Source: government filings, registered documents
LOW-MED
Structured Rs.75 cr debenture-trustee capital, not a plain bank loan (C05)
Marketedn/a
DocumentedThe charge holder is Axis Trustee Services (a debenture/NCD security trustee), which points to structured credit rather than a bank construction loan. Whether the instrument is convertible / carries control triggers is unread.
The project's Rs.75 crore is held through a debenture trustee, suggesting NCD/structured financing - worth reading for control terms.
Source: registered documents
LOW-MED
Hybrid parking: self-park ramps + a mechanized stack; buyer waives liability for its failure
MarketedAmple covered parking
DocumentedParking is self-park to basements/podiums via 6.0 m two-way ramps PLUS a mechanized stack (IOA D-18 discloses a mechanized system + extra stilt height); the buyer waives all liability for mechanical-parking failure and related mishaps.
Some parking runs on a mechanical system whose failure the buyer agrees not to hold anyone liable for.
Source: government filings, registered documents
LOW-MED
Leasehold renewal premium (C03) - two clocks, one short (~2036)
Marketedn/a
DocumentedMHADA leasehold renewal premium (land-basis): ~Rs.9-11 lakh/flat today (25-30% x RR land ~Rs.1.59L/sqm x ~1,872 sqm / 82 flats), ~Rs.30-37 lakh/flat at the Vivekanand lease expiry (~2071-2080). The Sagar Darshan 30-yr lease (~2036) is the short clock. Borne by the future society.
A MHADA-lease renewal premium (~Rs.9-11 L/flat today, ~Rs.30-37 L at expiry) will fall on the future society; part of the land is on a short lease to ~2036.
Source: registered documents, government filings
LOW-MED
Second-row/internal outlook with a live redevelopment regime around it (C20-adjacent)
MarketedOpen/skyline aspect (upper floors)
DocumentedOut-of-corridor: mostly open to N/E today, but Wadhwa Artek Park (28fl) already walls a SE/S slice at every floor, the Kalanagar colony clips low floors, and the SW is exposed to the Adarsh Nagar redevelopment pipeline; the 3 wings also block each other's internal arcs (C15).
The outlook is open today but sits in a colony actively redeveloping to towers, and the three wings face each other.
Source: Rexray analysis, marketing
LOW-MED
Modest 2-lift-per-wing provision at a ~Rs.3cr price (EWT B-to-C)
Marketedn/a
DocumentedEach wing runs 2 lifts (1 passenger + 1 fire) for 2 units/floor over ~15-19 residential floors; the EWT engine returns Grade B-to-C (interval ~47-51 s conservative).
Two lifts per wing give a middling lift-wait for a premium building.
Source: government filings, Rexray analysis
LOW
Portal prints the sanctioned count as 'Commencement Certificate issued up-to'; Commencement Certificate is actually phase-wise (plinth in dump)
MarketedConstruction well advanced
DocumentedThe Commencement Certificate is issued phase-wise by design; full floor approval (27/26/26) is confirmed by the master layout + RERA table. The dump holds only the plinth Commencement Certificate - a documentation gap, not a delivery risk. Note the portal prints the sanctioned count in the 'Commencement Certificate issued up-to' field.
The certificate is issued in stages; the floors are fully approved - only the current stage-Commencement Certificate is missing from the file.
Source: registered documents, government filings
LOW
Undisclosed MahaRERA order against the promoter (portal says 'litigation: No')
MarketedNo litigation (portal 'Is there any litigation: No')
DocumentedA MahaRERA suo-moto complaint SM12600089 (23.01.2026) ended 'Order Approved' - most likely a marketing-representation matter with a ~Rs.25k fine (Rexray field). Note it; not a critical/deal-defining item.
MahaRERA passed a minor order (likely a marketing-representation fine ~Rs.25k), though the portal answers 'litigation: No'.
Source: registered documents
LOW
Brand (Rustomjee/Keystone) != registered promoter entity (Keysky SPV)
Marketed'Rustomjee'
DocumentedMarketed as Rustomjee (Keystone Realtors Ltd), sold by the SPV Keysky Realtors Pvt Ltd (2021). Standard SPV structure; the parent is a listed, established developer.
'Rustomjee' is the brand; the contracting company is a single-project subsidiary, Keysky.
Source: registered documents
LOW
Aviation height-cap regime (Bandra East airport funnel)
Marketedn/a
DocumentedThe IOA conditions a Civil Aviation No-Objection Certificate (Bandra East sits under the airport approach). The ~70 m / 22-storey height is modest; whether the cap constrained the envelope is unread.
Airport height rules apply here; the tower's modest height likely sits within them.
Source: government filings