The charity sold the land allocated for the purpose of education of underprivileged Khoja children to Antilia Commercial Private Limited, a commercial entity controlled by Mukesh Ambani, in July 2002 for ₹21.05 crore (US$2.8 million).
In 2002, the trust requested permission to sell this land, and the charity commissioner gave the required permission three months later. The orphanage had been founded in 1895 by Currimbhoy Ebrahim, a wealthy shipowner. The 4,532-square-metre (1.120-acre) land on which Antilia was built housed an orphanage called Currimbhoy Ebrahim Khoja Yateemkhana belonging to a charity run by the Wakf board. It is also designed to withstand a magnitude 8 earthquake.Īs of 2014, it was considered the world's most expensive private residence costing between US$1 and 2 billion to build. The top six floors of the building have been set aside as the private full-floor residential area. The architectural design of Antilia has been fashioned along the lines of the lotus and the sun. It is the residence of the Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani and his family, who moved into it in 2012 at 27 stories, 173 metres (568 ft) tall, over 37,000 square metres (400,000 sq ft), and with amenities such as three helipads, air traffic control, a 168-car garage, a ballroom, 9 high speed elevators, a 50-seat theatre, terrace gardens, swimming pool, spa, health centre, a temple, and a snow room that spits out snowflakes from the walls, the skyscraper-mansion is one of world's largest and most elaborate private homes. Sterling Engineering Consultancy Services ( Mumbai)Īntilia is a private residence in the billionaires row of Mumbai, India.
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