Entertainment scene set to change
M L Kapur - TIMES NEWS NETWORK
21 Dec, 2006 2305hrs IST
HUBLI: People of this once sleepy commercial hub of north Karnataka can look forward to an altogether new shopping and entertainment experience with a number of shopping malls, multiplexes and retail chain stores becoming a reality.
Though BDK Group was the first to start a super bazaar here some four years back, off late a few branded stores have also come up on Koppikar Road.
But these developments did not help Hubli much in shedding its tag of an overgrown village. But two factors that made investors sit up and act were the fast development of the organised retail sector country-wide and projection of Hubli as a Tier-II destination for IT/ITeS companies which were finding Bangalore too over-crowded and costly for future expansion.
In the retail sector, a well-known retail chain offering household durables is set to open on Club Road. A Delhi-based retailer is also planning an outlet here and another mall is under construction on Club Road.
On the entertainment front, Raikar Exhibitors took the lead in planning a multiplexcum-mall in Hubli.With over 10 cinema halls, they are leading exhibitors in north Karnataka.
But their proposed mall-multiplex will have space for branded stores and food courts. Mall-multiplex promoter Ramesh Raikar said permissions from half-a-dozen agencies are required before getting the building plans approved by the municipal authorities.
"I have already obtained NOC from four of them. The two remaining are on the way and I hope to start construction
within a month,"he said.
A leading business house, which has presence in petrochemicals, telecom, textiles and recently entered the retail business, is now coming up with its first fruits and vegetables outlet in the city on Station Road in a couple of months.
So, no more jostling in overcrowded cinema halls and weekly vegetable markets for those looking for a complete shopping and entertainment experience.
And also no more jaunts to Mumbai or Bangalore for those trying to keep up with the Joneses.
M L Kapur - TIMES NEWS NETWORK
21 Dec, 2006 2305hrs IST
HUBLI: People of this once sleepy commercial hub of north Karnataka can look forward to an altogether new shopping and entertainment experience with a number of shopping malls, multiplexes and retail chain stores becoming a reality.
Though BDK Group was the first to start a super bazaar here some four years back, off late a few branded stores have also come up on Koppikar Road.
But these developments did not help Hubli much in shedding its tag of an overgrown village. But two factors that made investors sit up and act were the fast development of the organised retail sector country-wide and projection of Hubli as a Tier-II destination for IT/ITeS companies which were finding Bangalore too over-crowded and costly for future expansion.
In the retail sector, a well-known retail chain offering household durables is set to open on Club Road. A Delhi-based retailer is also planning an outlet here and another mall is under construction on Club Road.
On the entertainment front, Raikar Exhibitors took the lead in planning a multiplexcum-mall in Hubli.With over 10 cinema halls, they are leading exhibitors in north Karnataka.
But their proposed mall-multiplex will have space for branded stores and food courts. Mall-multiplex promoter Ramesh Raikar said permissions from half-a-dozen agencies are required before getting the building plans approved by the municipal authorities.
"I have already obtained NOC from four of them. The two remaining are on the way and I hope to start construction
within a month,"he said.
A leading business house, which has presence in petrochemicals, telecom, textiles and recently entered the retail business, is now coming up with its first fruits and vegetables outlet in the city on Station Road in a couple of months.
So, no more jostling in overcrowded cinema halls and weekly vegetable markets for those looking for a complete shopping and entertainment experience.
And also no more jaunts to Mumbai or Bangalore for those trying to keep up with the Joneses.
2 comments:
it is nice to see hubli getting some changes
coming up of it companies,TATA ,factory,TCS sez,MA
HAINDRA sez.let us see what growth will be in another some years
still y hubli is lacking behind the start of multiplexes,shooping malls,finally private fm radio stations,y only bangalore,mysore ,mangalore are having having private fm radio stations,y this type of partiality for hubli.wats the reason for not starting of multiplex,shooping malls in hubli.
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