From interiors to full structure
In 1986, I decided to be a full time builder. What I did was backward integration: from architecture to structural engineering to designs. We are probably the only backward integrated company of this size and type in the whole world.
From factory-building, we went to construct houses, and then to large commercial buildings. We also did private palaces in the Middle East.
I became a citizen of Oman a decade ago. From Oman, I moved to the United Arab Emirates.
Doing business in India
When I came to India to do business 14 years ago, it was to diversify the geographical spread. I chose Bangalore as our destination in India. I started Sobha Developers in my wife’s name. Because I had done even the palaces in the Middle East, I came with top-end knowledge. That was why we succeeded here too.
We have completed more than ten commercial projects on turnkey bases, covering 1.85 million sq ft. Forty residential projects have been completed and about 32 are in the process of completion.
Under contractual projects, we have built office buildings for Infosys, Timken, Taj, Mico, HP and Dell.
We went public in 2006. Now we are a Rs 1,500-crore company.
Image: A new residential building by Sobha.
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