SOBHA's association with Chennai's Old Mahabalipuram Road did not begin with a single project launch, it began with a decision to build a base in the Egattur-Kelambakkam-Siruseri micro-market and stay there. Sobha Meritta, the Company's first residential project in Chennai, is a gated community spread across 6 acres of greenery, consisting of 556 apartments divided into 5 blocks, on Old Mahabalipuram Road at Pudupakkam, pin code 603103, the same postal zone that covers Egattur. Close to Asia's largest IT hub, SIPCOT IT Park in Siruseri, SOBHA Meritta was positioned for buyers wanting to live near that employment base. That first project set the template SOBHA has since repeated and scaled up with Sobha Belvedere and Sobha Wisteria, both sited directly in Egattur.
SOBHA's Egattur portfolio now spans two current projects at very different unit scales, giving buyers a choice between compact configurations and larger low-density living within the same locality.
| Project | Land Parcel | Units | Configurations | Unit Sizes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOBHA Belvedere | 10 acres | 906 units | 1, 2, 3, and 4 BHK apartments | 665 sq. ft. to 2,300 sq. ft. |
| SOBHA Wisteria | 8.5 acres | 650 homes | 3 & 4 BHK | 1,750 to 2,700 square feet |
SOBHA Belvedere is a pre-launch project with possession expected by mid-2029, giving early buyers a longer runway to plan finances against a fuller-scale, mixed-configuration community. SOBHA Wisteria, by contrast, is built around fewer, larger homes, with a pre-launch price of ₹1.69 Cr onwards, positioning it toward end-users and investors seeking spacious 3 and 4 BHK layouts rather than entry-level units.
Egattur sits on Old Mahabalipuram Road, a rapidly developing suburb in the southern outskirts of Chennai, roughly 33 kilometres from the city centre, with proximity to Siruseri, Kelambakkam, and Navalur. The locality's pull for a developer like SOBHA comes down to one factor above others: the SIPCOT IT Park sits almost at its doorstep. SIPCOT IT Park lies less than 1 km away, boosting local demand, and the broader OMR belt hosts offices for major technology and services firms, which is why SOBHA has chosen to build across multiple price points here rather than a single project.
Connectivity has also matured around Egattur rather than remained static. The locality benefits from its position on the OMR, often called the IT Corridor, with Chennai Metro rail links expanding and key arterial roads including GST Road and proximity to ECR diversifying travel options. Chennai Metro's Corridor 5, running from Madhavaram to Sholinganallur, is among the lines with 128 new stations being built, with properties within 1 km of stations experiencing 20 to 30 percent price appreciation, and neighbouring areas such as Navalur and Sholinganallur set to benefit most, a tailwind that extends into the Egattur micro-market SOBHA has invested in.
A SOBHA buyer in Egattur is not choosing an isolated address. Prominent schools such as PSBB School, Hiranandani Upscale School, Mount Litera Zee School, and St John's Public School are all within a 5 to 10-minute drive, while nearby hospitals include the Centre for Vision and Eye Surgery, Chettinad Health City, and Supreme Speciality Hospitals. For everyday retail and leisure, residents can eat at OMR Food Street and reach both the Marina Mall and Vivira Mall in about five minutes. This density of schools, hospitals, and malls around a single OMR stretch is part of why SOBHA has treated Egattur as a repeat address rather than a one-off launch.
Property prices in Egattur currently range from Rs. 8,250 to Rs. 12,300 per square foot, placing it within the premium band of the wider OMR corridor. Across the broader OMR stretch, major tech parks and metro rail expansion have kept demand sustained, with property prices rising 8 to 10 percent in the current cycle. This pricing trajectory is the backdrop against which SOBHA Belvedere and SOBHA Wisteria are positioned, both entering the market at a stage when land and construction costs in Egattur are climbing rather than static.
The Egattur developments sit within a much larger national platform. Mr. P.N.C. Menon founded SOBHA Limited in 1995, and today SOBHA is described as the most trusted brand and only backward-integrated real estate player in the country, meaning it controls interior manufacturing and construction inputs in-house rather than outsourcing them. In 2006, SOBHA went public through an IPO that got oversubscribed a record 126 times, an early signal of the market confidence the brand had built. That scale now extends well beyond Chennai: SOBHA maintains a strong presence across Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai, Gurgaon, Noida, Greater Noida, Kochi, and Ahmedabad, giving buyers in Egattur the assurance of a developer with parallel delivery experience across several of India's largest residential markets.
