Hyd sees high-rise boom,197 approvals in 2025

Property Pulse

Hyderabad’s skyline is changing rapidly as high-rise development gathers pace across the city’s western and southern corridors. Locations such as Kokapet, Neopolis, Financial District, Puppalaguda, Tellapur and Osman Nagar are seeing a growing concentration of tall residential projects.

In 2025, 197 high-rise projects received approvals across the erstwhile GHMC limits and the non-GHMC areas within the Outer Ring Road under HMDA. The figure was nearly double the roughly 100 approvals recorded across the two jurisdictions in 2024.

103 approvals within erstwhile GHMC

Within the erstwhile GHMC limits, 103 high-rise buildings received permissions in 2025, compared with 64 in 2024. Another 94 high-rise projects were approved in non-GHMC areas within the ORR under HMDA.

The increase reflects a broader shift towards vertical development as land values rise and developers seek to maximise the potential of large urban parcels.

HMDA’s approval activity also recorded a sharp increase. Between January and September 2025, the authority received 3,677 applications and approved 2,887, taking the approval rate to 79 per cent. During the period, 6,079 applications were disposed of and 2,904 building permissions were granted.

60 and 70 floors enter the skyline

Hyderabad’s high-rise development is moving beyond the 50-storey range. Projects approved in and around the city include towers of 60 floors and more, with a 70-floor project in Osman Nagar and developments of up to 63 floors in Kokapet among the approvals reported by authorities and media.

The rise in building heights is particularly visible across the western corridor, where large residential developments are being planned around major employment centres.

Land costs drive vertical development

Rising land values in locations such as Kokapet, Neopolis and the Financial District are making vertical development increasingly attractive to builders. Higher permissible development potential allows developers to accommodate more homes on a given parcel while spreading land and project costs across a larger number of units.

The demand side is also changing. IT and corporate professionals with higher purchasing power are driving demand for larger apartments and premium communities with clubhouses, swimming pools, gyms, sports facilities and other amenities.

Premium homes come at a price

The vertical shift is also changing the economics of apartment ownership. Premium residential projects in western Hyderabad are increasingly being quoted at more than ₹10,000 per sq ft, with some luxury developments reportedly reaching ₹15,000–20,000 per sq ft or more.

At ₹12,000 per sq ft, a 2,000-sq-ft apartment would cost ₹2.4 crore before other charges. Maintenance is another recurring expense, particularly in large high-rise communities with extensive common facilities and services.

At a monthly maintenance charge of ₹6 per sq ft, the same apartment would attract ₹12,000 a month, or ₹1.44 lakh a year.

The expansion of high-rise development is also putting greater focus on the supporting infrastructure required for dense residential clusters, including roads, traffic management, water supply, power, drainage and fire-safety systems.

HMDA’s own approval data shows the scale of development being cleared. In the first nine months of 2025, 77 multi-storeyed building applications covering 78.71 lakh sq metres of built-up area were sanctioned.

VERTICAL SHIFT.

• 103 approvals came within erstwhile GHMC.

• 94 approvals came under HMDA.

• High-rise approvals nearly doubled year-on-year.

• Towers now cross 60-storey heights.

• One Osman Nagar project reaches 70 floors.

• Premium homes cross ₹10,000 per sq ft.

• 77 MSB applications cleared by September.