Kolkata along with its metropolitan area, is the main financial, commercial region of East India. Kolkata metropolitan region is one of the seven cities in India with high number of commercial spaces and offices.
Major office hubs in Kolkata (precisely Kolkata Metropolitan Area or Greater Kolkata) are located at Kolkata CBD areas like B.B.D. Bagh, Park Street and PBD areas like Salt Lake Sector-V and New Town CBD.
The following is a list of notable office buildings, tech parks and business parks present in Greater Kolkata.
Kolkata being the "IT hub of East India", most of the IT and tech parks are located in Salt Lake (officially Bidhannagar) and New Town. Salt Lake Sector-V is the first and prime IT hub of the metropolitan area. Salt Lake Electronics Complex is India's first fully integrated Electronics Complex formed by Webel. [1] The oldest IT building in West Bengal as well as East India was constructed here in 1988 which is the SDF Building, which was planned as Electronics building but later upgraded to IT.
New Town contains some of the biggest IT, AI and business parks in India. Biggest campus of TCS in East India is located here. [2] New Town also contains tech parks which comes under Bengal Silicon Valley Tech Hub and Fintech Hub.
Cluster/ Business district | Complex name | Company | Area | Office space | Location | About | Established/ Operation started | Ref(s) |
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Salt Lake (PBD) | Godrej Waterside | Godrej | 6 Acres | 18 lakh sq. ft. | Sector V | IT Park | 2016 | [3] |
Godrej Genesis | Godrej | 4.29 Acres | 15 lakh sq. ft. | Sector V | IT Park | 2014 | [4] [5] | |
Wipro SEZ | Wipro | 20 Acres | 10 lakh sq. ft. | Sector V | IT Park | 2004 | [6] [7] | |
Bengal Eco Intelligent Park | Techna Infrastructure | 3.5 Acres | 7 lakh sq. ft. | Sector V | IT Park | 2017 | [8] | |
Infinity Think Tank | Infinity Group | 2 Acres | 2.8 lakhs sq. ft. | Sector V | IT Park | [9] | ||
Infinity Adventz | Infinity Group | 2.5 Acres | 8.5 lakhs sq. ft. | Sector V | IT Park | [10] | ||
Millennium City IT Park | Rungta Group | 2.5 Acres | 3 lakh sq. ft. | Sector V | IT Park | 2005 | [11] | |
Imagine Tech Park | Simplex Infrastructures Limited | 1.5 acres | 7 lakh sq. ft. | Sector V | IT Park | 2023 | [12] | |
Infinity Benchmark | Infinity Group | 2.5 Acres | 5 lakhs sq. ft. | Sector V | IT Park | 2009 | [13] | |
Infinity IT Lagoon | Infinity Group | 2.5 Acres | 4.9 lakhs sq. ft. | Sector V | IT Park | 2014 | [14] | |
Merlin Infinite | Merlin Group Infinity Group | 2 Acres | 5.8 lakhs sq. ft. | Sector V | IT Park | 2014 | [15] | |
TCS Delta Park | TCS | 3.5 Acres | Sector V | IT Park: 3 buildings: Delta, Lords and Eden building | ||||
Martin Burn Tech Park | Infinity Group | 1 Acre | 4 lakh sq. ft. | Sector V | IT Park | 2013 | [16] | |
Globsyn Crystals | Globsyn Technologies Bengal Shrachi Surekha Group | 2 Acres | 6 lakh sq. ft. | Sector V | IT Park | [8] | ||
Saltee Tech Park | Saltee Group | 2 Acres | 1.05 lakh sq. ft. | Sector V | IT Park | 2005 | ||
Srijan Tech Park | Srijan Group PS Group | 2 acres | 5 lakh sq. ft. | Sector V | IT Park | 2009 | ||
Cognizant Techno Complex | Cognizant | 3 Acres | 1.2 lakhs sq. ft. | Sector V | IT Park | 2004 | [17] | |
Webel Tower I | WEBEL | Sector V | IT Park | [18] | ||||
Webel Tower II | WEBEL | Sector V | IT Park | [19] | ||||
STPI Kolkata | STPI | 2 acres | 65000 sq. ft. | Sector V | IT Park | 1995 | [20] [21] | |
Magatherm | Megatherm Electronics | 1.5 lakh sq. ft. | Sector V | IT Park | 2015 | [22] | ||
Technopolis | Forum Group | 1.5 Acres | 7 lakh sq. ft. | Sector V | India's first green IT park | 2006 | [23] | |
SDF IT Park | WEBEL | 1.5 Acres | 2.5 lakhs sq. ft. | Sector V | Oldest IT building in Salt Lake Sector V | 1988 | [20] [24] | |
Webel Manibhandar IT Park | WEBEL | 1 Acre | 38,056 sq. ft. | Sector V | IT Park | [25] | ||
Webel STP II IT Park | WEBEL | 0.2 Acres | 54,166 sq. ft. | Sector V | IT Park | [26] | ||
Webel Bhaban IT Park | WEBEL | 0.5 Acre | 6,788 sq. ft. | Sector V | IT Park | [27] | ||
Salt Lake Incubation Center IT Park | WEBEL | 0.5 Acre | 3,456 sq. ft. | Sector V | IT Park | [28] | ||
Merlin The Summit | Merlin Group | 2.2 Acre | 5.25 lakh sq. ft. | Sector V | IT Park | Under construction | [29] [30] | |
New Town (PBD) | Candor Tech Space (Unitech Infospace Hi-Tech park) | Unitech Group | 48 Acre | 30 lakh sq. ft. | New Town Action Area I | SEZ, IT Park | 2005 | [31] |
TCS Gitanjali Park | TCS | 40 Acre | 22 lakh sq. ft. | New Town Action Area II | SEZ, IT Park | 2016 | [2] [32] | |
TCS Sanchayita Park | 2 lakh sq. ft. | 2023 | ||||||
DLF IT Park 1 | DLF | 9.5 Acre | 13 lakh sq. ft. | New Town Action Area IA | IT Park | 2005 | [33] | |
DLF IT Park 2 | DLF | 25 Acre | 25 lakh sq. ft. | New Town Action Area II | SEZ, IT Park | 2015 | [34] | |
Mani Casadona | Mani Group | 13 Acre | 14.79 lakh sq. ft. | New Town CBD | Business Park | 2016 | [35] | |
Webel Rajarhat IT Park I | WEBEL | 0.5 Acre | 20,700 sq. ft. | New Town Action Area ID | IT Park | [36] | ||
Webel Rajarhat IT Park II | WEBEL | 1 Acre | 22,000 sq. ft. | New Town Action Area ID | IT Park | [37] | ||
Rishi Tech Park | Rishi group | 0.64 Acre | 8284 sq. ft. | New Town Action Area ID | IT Park | 2011 | [38] | |
ITC Sanskriti Infotech Park | ITC Limited | 17 Acre | 30 lakh sq. ft. | New Town Action Area IIIG | IT Park | Under construction | ||
Wipro IT SEZ Rajarhat | Wipro | 50 Acre | TBD | New Town | SEZ, IT Park | Under construction | [39] | |
Infosys Software Development Centre | Infosys | 50 Acre | 5.25 lakh sq. ft. (1st phrase) | New Town Action Area IIIG | Under construction | [40] [41] | ||
TCS Campus | TCS | 20 Acre | TBD | New Town Action Area II | Under construction | [42] [43] | ||
LTIMindtree Innovation Campus | LTIMindtree | 19 Acre | New Town Action Area II | Under construction | [44] [45] | |||
Webel IT Park | WEBEL | 5 Acre | TBD | New Town Action Area II | Under construction | [46] | ||
Firstsource Solutions IT Park | Firstsource Solutions | 4 Acre | TBD | New Town Action Area II | Under construction | |||
Others | Cognizant Tech Park | Cognizant | 21 Acres | 5.5 lakhs sq. ft. | Bantala | SEZ | [47] | |
Webel IT Park Taratala | WEBEL | 1.5 Acre | 29,000 sq. ft. | Taratala | One tower with five storeys | [48] | ||
Webel IT Park Howrah | WEBEL | 1 Acre | 30,000 sq. ft. | Ankurhati, Howrah | One tower with four storeys | [49] | ||
Webel IT Park Kalyani I | WEBEL | 1 Acre | 21,500 sq. ft. | Kalyani | One tower with four storeys | [50] | ||
Webel IT Park Kalyani II | WEBEL | 1 Acre | 28,000 sq. ft. | Kalyani | One tower with four storeys | [51] |
Cluster/ Business district | Complex name | Company | Area | Office space | Location | About | Established/ Operation started | Ref(s) |
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CBD | Keventer One | 2.7 Acre | 10 lakh sq. ft. | Strand Road | Business park | Planned | [52] | |
Park NX | Gini Realty | Park Street | Business park | Under construction | [53] | |||
SBD | Biowonder | Somani Realty | 2.5 Acre | 4 lakh sq. ft. | EM Bypass | Business park | Operational since 2017 | [54] |
Rudramani | Somani Realty Mani Group | EM Bypass | Business park | Operational | [55] | |||
South City Business Park | Shrachi Realty | 2.5 Acre | 2.5 lakh sq. ft. | Park Circus | Business park | Operational | [56] | |
Active Business Park | Ruchi Realty | Tangra | Business park | Operational since 2012 | [57] | |||
Intellia Business Park | Srijan Realty | 5.5 Acre | 7 lakh sq. ft. | Park Circus | Business park | Under construction | [56] | |
Primarc Chambers | Primarc | 1.2 Acre | Ruby | Business park | Under construction | [58] | ||
PBD (Salt Lake) | Ecostation Business Tower | Ambuja Neotia Group | 1 Acre | Sector V | Business Park | 2013 | [59] | |
PBD (New Town) | Synthesis Business Park | Shrachi Group | 15 Acre | 6.5 lakh sq. ft. | New Town CBD | Business Park | 2010 | [8] |
Ecospace Business Park | Ambuja Neotia Group | 20 Acre | 20 lakh sq. ft. | New Town CBD | Business Park | 2013 | [60] | |
Ecosuite Business Tower | Ambuja Neotia Group | 1 Acre | New Town CBD | Business Park | 2015 | [61] | ||
Ecospace Business Towers | Ambuja Neotia Group | 5 Acre | New Town CBD | Business Park | 2013 | [62] |
Cluster/ Business district | Name | Company | Area | Office space | Location | About | Established/ Operation started | Ref(s) |
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CBD | Jeevan Deep | Life Insurance Corporation of India | Maidan | Office building | Operational since 1980s | |||
Industry House | Aditya Birla Group | Camac Street | Office building | Operational since 1980s | ||||
Chatterjee International Center | Chatterjee International | Maidan | Office building | Operational since 1970s | ||||
Everest House | Chatterjee International | Maidan | Office building | Operational since 1970s | ||||
Salt Lake (PBD) | SLS Tower | Multicon realty | 1.4 lakhs sq. ft. | Sector V | 2016 | [63] | ||
Ambient | 44,000 sq. ft. | Sector V | 2011 | [64] | ||||
Shaila Tower | 1 Acre | 80,000 sq. ft. | Sector V | Commercial office tower | 2010 | [65] |
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