Omkar Realtors & Developers

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Omkar Realtors & Developers
Company type Private
Industry Real Estate & Construction
Founded2003
FoundersBabulal Varma [1] [2]
Headquarters
Mumbai
,
India
Area served
Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Key people
Babulal Varma (Managing Director) [3] [4]
ProductsResidential, Commercial
Number of employees
400 and growing

Omkar Realtors is a company that was started by Babulal Varma in 2003. [1] They work in the construction and redevelopment industry. [3] Over the first 10 years, they redeveloped 2.5 million square feet of space in Mumbai. [5] [6] Some of the projects they have worked on include Omkar 1973, Omkar Vive, Sereno, and Omkar Alta Monte. [3] Their goal is to make Mumbai a slum-free city as soon as possible because it is one of the most crowded cities in the world, according to a UN report. [6]

Omkar Realtors bagged various awards for their work in different areas and projects like Sword of Honour Award for 2016 by the British Safety Council for its flagship project Omkar 1973, Worli, India's Best Luxury Project of the Year, Slum Rehabilitation Developer of the Year 2016 and Super Luxury Project of the Year 2016’ for Omkar 1973, Worli. [7] [4] [8] [9] [10]

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