Brigade Group, one of South India's most established developers, is reportedly planning a major high-rise residential development at Budigere Cross on Old Madras Road in East Bengaluru. The proposed project will feature five towers rising up to 50 floors with a total of 1,930 apartments, marking one of the largest upcoming residential communities in the corridor.
According to details currently available, each of the five towers has been designed with a substantial vertical footprint. The proposed development will feature five residential towers, each designed with 4 basements plus ground plus 50 floors, with every tower planned to reach a height of around 160 metres, well within the 200-metre maximum height permitted in the area under current planning norms. This suggests Brigade has room to build even taller here if future plans evolve, but for now the 160-metre mark appears to be the working target.
Interestingly, this isn't the original version of the plan. Brigade Group had initially proposed around 45 floors per tower when the project was first conceptualised, and the revised proposal now increases the height to 50 floors, indicating a shift toward taller vertical residential towers in the updated development plan. Such upward revisions are becoming more common in Bengaluru's eastern suburbs, where land is limited but demand for housing near IT corridors continues to climb.
The scale of the proposal reflects the broader momentum building around Budigere Cross. The scale of the project reflects growing housing demand in East Bengaluru, particularly in areas that offer connectivity to Whitefield, KR Puram, and the Old Madras Road corridor. This stretch has steadily transformed from a quiet outer suburb into one of the city's more active residential micro-markets, helped along by its proximity to Whitefield's IT parks and the improving road network.
Brigade already has a strong footprint in this exact micro-market. Its Brigade Belvedere project, located just off Old Madras Road near Budigere Cross, is a comparable five-tower community that has already launched. Brigade Belvedere is spread across a generous 10.75 acres of prime land in Budigere, Bengaluru, with five elegantly designed residential towers creating a well-planned community with ample open spaces, green courtyards, and landscaped zones. That project features 1,750 exclusive residences across its five towers, with a variety of 1 BHK, 2 BHK, 3 BHK, and 3.5 BHK apartments catering to a wide spectrum of homebuyers in East Bengaluru. The new 50-storey proposal, with its taller towers and higher unit count, points to Brigade doubling down on the corridor rather than treating Belvedere as a one-off.
For homebuyers, it is worth noting that this is still a proposal rather than a launched project. Further details about the development are expected once the developer releases official announcements and obtains the necessary regulatory approvals. That means pricing, exact configurations, RERA registration, and possession timelines are yet to be finalised. Buyers who are tracking this corridor closely would do well to keep an eye on Brigade's official channels for the formal launch, rather than relying on early estimates.
In the meantime, East Bengaluru continues to see a wave of high-rise activity from Brigade and other developers, with Old Madras Road and Budigere Cross emerging as a genuine alternative to the more crowded Whitefield core. For anyone weighing a home in this belt, the combination of improving connectivity, metro plans, and a deepening pipeline of quality projects makes it a corridor worth watching over the next few years.
