SOBHA Limited entered Chennai's villa market with a project in Vengaivasal, a locality on the Mambakkam-Medavakkam stretch of South Chennai where the developer chose to build low-rise, gated villas rather than high-rise towers. The company's main office is in Dubai, its corporate office is in Bangalore, and the business began on August 7, 1995, under P.N.C. Menon. SOBHA is present in 13 Indian states and 24 cities, and since inception has produced 115.93 million square feet of residential and commercial space. The company describes itself as one of the largest and only backward integrated real estate players in the country, combining engineering, quality control and a customer-facing sales structure under one roof. That vertical integration - SOBHA runs its own interiors and contracting arms - is part of why the Vengaivasal project carries the same construction specification the brand uses in Bangalore, its home market.
SOBHA Gardenia is located at Vengavasal, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600073. The project has a total of 86 villas in 2, 3.5 and 4 BHK configurations. It covers 6.85 acres and offers villas from 1334 to 3365 sq. ft. Construction is complete and the project is ready for immediate occupancy, eliminating the wait typically associated with under-construction villa purchases. The RERA Registration Number is TN/01/Building/0043/2018, dated 25/01/2018.
| Attribute | Detail |
|---|---|
| Land area | 6.85 acres |
| Unit count | 86 villas |
| Configurations | 2, 3.5 & 4 BHK |
| Sizes | 1,334 - 3,365 sq. ft. |
| RERA | TN/01/Building/0043/2018 |
| Status | Completed, ready to move in |
Amenities at SOBHA Gardenia include 24-hour power backup, a clubhouse, gym, tennis court, children's play area, a reflexology trail and a multipurpose hall. The villa format, rather than SOBHA's more common apartment-tower product, is a deliberate fit for Vengaivasal's lower-density character on the city's southern edge.
Nanmangalam Reserve Forest sits just 2 km from SOBHA Gardenia, spread over 320 hectares and home to nearly 500 species of flora and fauna, including over 83 species of birds. That green buffer is unusual for a project this close to established IT employment nodes. Many prime areas on GST Road - Tambaram, Chrompet, Pallavaram, St. Thomas Mount - and on OMR - ELCOT, Sholinganallur - can be reached from SOBHA Gardenia. The Chennai Metro Red Line will feature a station at Medavakkam, just 2 km away. Chennai International Airport is about 15 km away via the 200 Feet Radial Road. SH-110, the Mambakkam-Medavakkam Main Road, passes through Vengaivasal, and the locality is also linked by Anjaneyar Kovil Street and Velachery roads. For a villa buyer, this combination - forest-edge quiet, an incoming metro link, and dual access to both the GST Road and OMR job corridors - is the practical case for choosing a low-rise SOBHA address here over a high-rise on the IT corridor itself.
Average flat rates in Vengaivasal stand around ₹6,450 per sq ft. Flat rates in the locality have moved -0.8% over the last one year, 18.3% over three years, and 57.3% over five years. Land rates have appreciated 21.0% in the last year and 111.3% over the last ten years. Medavakkam, Nanmangalam, Perumbakkam and Pallikaranai are the neighbouring areas offering housing in a similar budget segment. Within that micro-market, SOBHA Gardenia's villa product sits at a premium to standard apartment stock, reflecting the larger plot sizes, independent layouts and gated-community specification that come with the format, rather than the compact flat inventory that dominates most of Vengaivasal's listings.
SOBHA Gardenia is not an isolated entry for the developer in South Chennai. SOBHA Winchester, a completed, ready-to-move project of 344 apartments in 1, 2 and 3 BHK configurations, stands on the Thuraipakkam-Pallavaram Radial Road in Kovilambakkam, a short distance from Vengaivasal along the same GST Road-OMR connecting belt. Further along, SOBHA Arbor is a premium eco-luxury apartment project at Senneerkuppam near Porur, with its 3.38-acre master plan devoting over 80% to greenery and open space across 163 units. SOBHA Conserve, a plotted development on OMR at Pudupakkam, covers 10 acres and hosts 124 plots. SOBHA Velachery, positioned in Chennai's IT corridor, is planned across 11.32 acres with 548 apartments. Seen against this spread - villas in Vengaivasal, apartments in Kovilambakkam and Velachery, plots in Pudupakkam - SOBHA Gardenia represents the developer's specific answer for buyers who want a gated villa, rather than a high-rise unit, within reach of both the GST Road and OMR employment corridors.
