Bandra Reclamation MHADA-leasehold redevelopment; sanctioned 20 levels but marketed ~30; 46 of 76 homes rehab; on programme to Oct 2028 · RERA P51800078233 (The Marque)
MahaRERA P51800078233 (Active) · Bandra Reclamation, H/West 400050 · amalgamated MHADA-society redevelopment · podiums complete, superstructure 38% · completion 31.10.2028
Overall Score5.7/10as of 09/26
The brochure sells an 'exclusive luxury' ~30-floor Bandra tower; the record is a MHADA-leasehold society redevelopment sanctioned for 20 levels, rehab-majority, running to programme - marketed materially above its sanction, with the governing development agreements still missing from the file.
Flags none
A fully-sanctioned, on-programme redevelopment that scores Fair; the headline is the composite score and that there are no deal-breaker flags, only diligence items - the missing development agreements and lease term, the re-endorsed certificate above plinth, the unsearched encumbrance, the rehab-majority community and OC-gating, and the out-of-corridor view - a buyer must close.
The five things that decide it
1Sold above sanction: marketed/rendered at ~30 total (~24 habitable) floors against a 20-level / 66.40 m sanction; the registered sale was priced as the topmost floor, but ~10 more floors are reachable on unconsumed sanctioned+fungible floor area (FSI) via an amended IOA - so a top-floor home here may end up neither topmost nor beside the amenity deck.
2The land is a 99-year MHADA lease held by an amalgamated society and developed under power of attorney; the three agreements that set the area split and rehab entitlement (Development Agreement 31.03.2024 + two supplementaries) are named in the title report but absent from the file.
3Rehab is the majority: 46 of 76 in-building homes rehouse returning society members, sharing one lobby and lift core, behind an 'exclusive luxury' brand.
4Nil-encumbrance position is clean but UNSEARCHED (only a CERSAI undertaking, not a search), and the re-endorsed Commencement Certificate above plinth is missing from the record though podiums are complete and the superstructure is 38% up.
5NOTE - Genuine strengths: on the original Oct-2028 date, ~10 min to the Sea Link, drive-to-bay parking with no stackers, and a real registered sale ~Rs.5.25 Cr sitting above reckoner.
Fundamentals
5.4/10MixedPillar score is the average of the scored attributes below; some attributes are qualitative and carry questions rather than a number.
Clear Title6.0/10
A MHADA lease, cleaner than the sibling but with the key agreements missing
- The land is not owned - it is a MHADA lease held by the two co-operative societies, now merged into one, and the developer builds as their constituted attorney under a power of attorney, so ownership runs three layers deep: MHADA, then society, then developer.
- Two things here are genuinely better than at the neighbouring tower: the two-society amalgamation is complete (a final registrar's order, not just an in-principle one), and there is no charge on the project.
- What holds it back are the paperwork gaps.
- The three agreements that actually fix the area split, the rehab entitlement and the conveyance timetable - a development agreement of March 2024 and two supplementaries - are described in the advocate's title report but are not in the file, and that report is itself expressly qualified as subject to incomplete records.
- Because the land is a lease rather than freehold, a renewal premium also falls due at expiry, which the future society inherits; its size can only be put once the lease term and the reckoner rate are in hand.
The completed amalgamation and the absence of any charge are real strengths over the sibling tower; the open items are the three missing development agreements, the qualified title opinion and the leasehold renewal cost - not the developer's basic right to build, which the advocate has opined on.
Understand “Clear Title” on the X-Ray page ↗Delivery5.5/10
Fully sanctioned, and actually being built to programme
- This is the strong suit.
- The whole twenty-level tower is sanctioned under a single, never-amended approval, and the building rights are not even fully used up - so unlike the neighbouring tower, nothing is being sold above what is approved.
- And it is genuinely moving: the podiums went from nothing to complete and the superstructure to 38% within twelve months, about a third of the cost is spent, and the completion date is still the original October 2028, with no revision filed.
- Two things to close.
- The only certificate in the file is the plinth one, which must be re-endorsed for work above plinth - and with the podiums done and the frame rising, a re-endorsed certificate must exist but is simply not in the record, so ask for it so the approval visibly covers the upper floors.
- And because this rehouses the former society members in the same building, the occupation certificate will depend on handing those homes over.
- Neither undoes a delivery posture that is well ahead of an excavation-stage project.
Understand “Delivery” on the X-Ray page ↗Developer Compliance5.5/10
Current on the essentials, sloppy in the naming
The registration is substantively in order - the project is registered, the statutory forms are filed and refreshed through 2026, the parking table is real and no litigation is hidden.
- The housekeeping is where it slips.
- The merged society's name appears three different ways across the portal, the certificate and the approval; the latest architect's certificate calls the developer 'Infrastructure Developers' rather than the registered 'Infrabuild LLP' and describes the plot as number 19 alone; the certificate field shows twenty floors while only a plinth certificate is filed; and the no-encumbrance declarations are two years old and backed only by a CERSAI undertaking, not a search.
- None is serious on its own, but the entity and society named in the sale agreement are what bind, so they are worth reconciling.
Understand “Developer Compliance” on the X-Ray page ↗Brochure-vs-Reality4.5/10
The 'exclusivity' is oversold; the hard facts hold
The brochure sells 'luxury that transcends beyond the ordinary'. Where the claims can be checked against the record, they are honest - and that is worth saying, because it is not always so.
- Floors and scale - marketed floors equal sanctioned floors; there is no inflated floor or unit count and nothing is sold above sanction.
- Developer - the company on the brochure is the actual registered promoter; there is no borrowed brand.
- Address - the premium Bandra Reclamation location is real.
- The overstatement is of character rather than of figures: an 'exclusive luxury' framing over a MHADA-society redevelopment in which the majority of homes rehouse the former society, sharing one lobby and lift core, at a mid-band rate.
- A buyer should correct that picture before paying an exclusivity premium.
Understand “Brochure-vs-Reality” on the X-Ray page ↗
Livability
6.3/10FairPillar score is the average of the scored attributes below; some attributes are qualitative and carry questions rather than a number.
Compound Density4.5/10
Moderate density, but a shared, mixed building
- Seventy-six homes sit on a 0.45-acre plot with no recreational open space and a net-holding building density of about five and a half - roughly half the neighbouring tower's, and moderate for a MHADA redevelopment.
- It is a single tower rather than a crowded cluster.
- The catch is that the majority of the homes rehouse the former society members, so the density a buyer experiences is a shared-core, mixed one, with all amenity confined to the seventh podium and the twelfth part-floor.
Understand “Compound Density” on the X-Ray page ↗Neighbourhood5.5/10
Between the bay and BKC, in a redeveloping colony
- The setting is Bandra Reclamation - a MHADA layout under tower-by-tower redevelopment, between the bay to the west and the BKC office cluster to the east, with the north road due to be widened.
- How the surrounding plots redevelop over the next few years, and on what timeline, is a field question in this out-of-corridor location.
Understand “Neighbourhood” on the X-Ray page ↗Peak-Hour Connectivity7.5/10
Well-placed for the Sea Link, but the access metric is a field value
Bandra Reclamation sits close to the Bandra-Worli Sea Link and BKC, so day-to-day connectivity is strong; the specific coastal-road-access time we score is a field input and is not yet supplied.
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 open to the outside
- On both the typical floor and the twelfth-floor plate, the perimeter apartments' kitchens sit on the external wall with adjacent balconies, so the kitchen has a proper exterior air path.
- It is read off rendered sheets, so worth confirming against a crisp plan - and any inner-unit kitchen should be checked specifically.
Understand “Kitchen Ventilation” on the X-Ray page ↗Lift Wait7.0/10
A generous lift core for a short stack
- Roughly four passenger lifts, with a stretcher and a fire lift alongside, serve about twelve habitable floors and seventy-six families.
- On a stack this short with this many lifts the morning wait is very brief - about twenty to twenty-five seconds, an A grade - so vertical transport is a genuine strength rather than a caveat here.
Lift speed and capacity are not stated in the documents, so this is scored across the plausible range; even on the conservative end it holds an A-to-B grade.
Understand “Lift Wait” on the X-Ray page ↗Water Adequacy6.0/10
Water is a next-stage item, not yet a concern
- Nothing points to a water shortfall, but nothing can be sealed mid-construction either: the water supply, sewerage and storm-water works read at zero and are due to complete by occupation, drawing on the municipal line with no on-site treatment plant, and the detailed count check cannot be run cleanly yet.
- It is a condition to track, not a red flag.
Understand “Water Adequacy” on the X-Ray page ↗Parking7.0/10
You drive to your bay - and there are no stackers
- Parking is genuine self-park: a gentle ramp climbs all seven podium decks and you drive to the deck your bay is on - no car lift, no valet, and crucially no puzzle rack or mechanical stacker anywhere in the sanctioned set - with 110 car bays for 76 homes plus scooter bays.
- That is a materially cleaner arrangement than the part-mechanised stack at the neighbouring tower.
- It is held off the very top only by the seven-deck climb on a ramp, by the portal showing no visitor bays earmarked separately, and by no private electric-vehicle charging shown in the record.
- Worth fixing a lower, ramp-served bay near the core in writing, since the allotment is deferred.
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 ↗Community4.0/10
A rehab-majority building
- This is a society redevelopment, and here the rehoused members are the majority: 46 of the 76 homes rehouse returning members of the two former societies, and only 30 are sale flats, sharing one lobby and one lift core.
- A sale buyer is therefore joining a building whose majority is the former society - a real social and economic mix that is exactly what the 'exclusive luxury' line leaves out.
- Which floors the rehoused homes sit on is not disclosed in the marketing.
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
12 findings · severity-ranked
Every marketed claim set against the documented fact, sourced. Critical and high first.
HIGH
Sold above sanction - the tower is marketed at ~30 floors (~24 habitable) against a 20-level / 66.40 m sanction
Marketed~30-floor tower; unit 1202 = topmost 12th floor beside the pool/amenity deck
DocumentedIOA sanctions 20 levels / 66.40 m / ~12 habitable floors; ~10 more floors reachable on unconsumed sanctioned+fungible floor area (FSI) via an amended IOA (not yet filed)
Marketed/rendered ~30 total (~24 habitable) floors vs a sanctioned 20 levels / 66.40 m; unit 1202 is sold as the topmost 12th floor.
Source: registered documents, government filings, marketing, Rexray analysis
MEDIUM
Rehab is the majority - 46 of the 76 in-building units rehouse former society members, sharing one lobby and lift core
MarketedExclusive luxury address
Documented46 of 76 in-building units are rehab (returning society members); 30 are sale flats
Rehab is the majority - 46 of the 76 in-building units rehouse former society members, sharing one lobby and lift core
Source: registered documents, government filings
MEDIUM
Leasehold MHADA land, and the governing Development Agreement plus two supplementaries are named but absent
MarketedNot addressed in marketing
DocumentedLeasehold MHADA tenure; DA 31.03.2024 + two supplementary agreements described in the title report but absent from the record
Leasehold MHADA land, and the governing Development Agreement plus two supplementaries are named but absent
Source: registered documents, government filings
MEDIUM
The re-endorsed commencement certificate beyond plinth is not in the record
MarketedPortal shows 'Commencement Certificate issued up to 20 floors'
DocumentedOnly a plinth Commencement Certificate (26.08.2024) is in the dump; the portal '20 floors' is the promoter's data entry, not a certificate
The re-endorsed commencement certificate beyond plinth is not in the record
Source: government filings, registered documents
MEDIUM
Zero declared finance, and no CERSAI search to confirm it
MarketedNot addressed
DocumentedNo charge declared (lender 'NA'); CERSAI item is an undertaking, not a search; encumbrance docs never refreshed since 06.11.2024
Zero declared finance, and no CERSAI search to confirm it
Source: registered documents
MEDIUM
The bay view is unverified - open above the podium, but the south arc faces the sibling Bay Heights tower
MarketedImplied premium Bandra outlook
DocumentedDeep podium clears low neighbours; south arc faces the ~99 m Bay Heights tower ~170 m away; surrounding plots redevelopable taller
The bay view is unverified - open above the podium, but the south arc faces the sibling Bay Heights tower
Source: marketing, Rexray analysis
LOW-MED
The developer holds only as constituted attorney - landowner is not the developer
MarketedNot addressed
DocumentedIOA / Commencement Certificate addressed to the LLP as 'C.A. to Mayur Vandan CHS Ltd'; society is the area-share landowner
The developer holds only as constituted attorney - landowner is not the developer
Source: registered documents, government filings
LOW-MED
A large slice of the sanctioned building envelope is left unbuilt, with no fungible taken
MarketedNot addressed
DocumentedProposed gross BUA 10,038.86 vs permissible 18,724.70; fungible taken 0.000 (sheet 1/11 Proforma A / Fungible Area Statement)
A large slice of the sanctioned building envelope is left unbuilt, with no fungible taken
Source: government filings
LOW-MED
A leasehold renewal premium falls due at lease expiry
MarketedNot addressed
DocumentedExecuted MHADA lease deeds for Plots 18 & 19 (registered 2024); term/expiry not extracted; reckoner not obtained
A leasehold renewal premium falls due at lease expiry
Source: registered documents, Rexray analysis
LOW
Naming inconsistencies across the record
MarketedNot addressed
DocumentedSociety named three ways; 'Infrastructure Developers' vs 'Infrabuild LLP'; 'Plot 19' alone on the Form 1
Naming inconsistencies across the record
Source: registered documents, government filings
POSITIVE
Running to programme - a full structure moved in twelve months, on the original completion date
MarketedOn-time delivery
DocumentedPodiums 100% + superstructure 38% (Form 1, 30.06.2026); 30.32% cost incurred; original completion 31.10.2028, no revision
Running to programme - a full structure moved in twelve months, on the original completion date
Source: government filings, registered documents
POSITIVE
Drive-to-your-bay parking, ramp-served with no mechanical stackers
MarketedNot detailed in marketing
DocumentedSelf-park, 1:22 ramp, 110 four-wheeler + 53 scooter bays across 7 podium decks; no mechanical parking (sheets 2/11 & 3/11)
Drive-to-your-bay parking, ramp-served with no mechanical stackers
Source: registered documents