Ahmedabad is witnessing a significant rise in skyscraper construction, particularly along SG Road and its surrounding areas. The city is on track to see its tallest commercial building, at 150 metres, opposite Nirma University in the Gota ward.
This new skyscraper, which is expected to have more than 45 floors, will surpass the current tallest structure in the city, a 147-metre, 43-floor commercial building near Rajpath Club. The proposal for this new tower has already been submitted to the state government's special technical committee for approval and, once granted, will mark a new milestone for Ahmedabad's urban landscape.
The city has already set a precedent in Gujarat's vertical growth. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has approved 23 buildings over 100 metres tall, including 18 residential and 5 commercial buildings. The Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) has also approved six such high-rises, with five more still in various stages of approval. This growth has been facilitated by introducing the Gujarat Comprehensive General Development Control Regulations (CGDCR) in December 2014, which raised the Floor Space Index (FSI) for areas like Ashram Road, allowing for taller buildings. Ashram Road was allocated an FSI of 5.4, while areas within a 200-metre buffer of the Metro and BRTS routes were designated an FSI of 4.
Before these regulatory changes, buildings were typically approved for a height of 22 floors, mostly not exceeding 70 metres. However, after the 2017 and 2018 amendments to the CGDCR, the city has seen approvals for much taller buildings.
The regulations increased the FSI to 3.5 and 4 for roads wider than 30 metres, which opened the door for buildings exceeding 100 metres in height. This policy shift was part of a broader move by the state government, starting in 2021, to approve buildings taller than 100 metres in major cities across Gujarat, including Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, Vadodara, and Gandhinagar. As of September 2024, data from the state government shows that Surat and Gandhinagar have received approvals for two buildings over 100 metres, while Vadodara has seen one such approval.
