surat if things go as planned the city of flyovers could also become the city of skyscrapers hundredstorey buildings would come up in the ambitious diamond research and mercantile city dream city a project proposed in surat on the lines of gujarat international finance techcity gift in gandhinagar sources said that government may consider granting floor space index fsi of up to 7 and height up to 300 meters for commercial buildings in the dream city the city is proposed on 2000 acres land in khajod according to the plan not one or two but 10 iconic skyscrapers would be built these are proposed to be interconnected with mono rail like facility all these buildings would mainly house offices of diamond dealers and manufacturers from the country and abroad said mathur savani of surat diamond association sdas 1000 members are ready to invest rs 1 crore each for setting up their offices in the dream city dara shaw company of mumbai is working as consultant for the project and preparing the final report the gujarat infrastructure development board gidb will launch a special purpose vehicle spv for this threephased project whereas surat diamond bourse will be the anchor company the stone laying ceremony of the project is likely by january 2015 we have completed the soil testing at 12 places for checking the load bearing capacity said milind torwane municipal commissioner of surat municipal corporation smc gr aloria additional chief secretary urban development department said as this site is near the airport the feasibility of having 100storey structures is being checked initially 450 acres land would go for common facilities like roads 100 acres for diamond bourse development 250 acres for residential development and 100 acres each for other businesses hotels schools and colleges