from being just a suburb on the outskirts of delhi to the miraculous millennium city gurgaon is today regarded as a city of opportunities and investments in india prabhakar sinha writes gurgaon gurgaon houses a large number of fortune 500 companies making it a financial outsourcing and commercial hub this exponential growth in its commercial and industrial profile has led to an ever increasing demand for worldstandard housing gated communities and apartment complexes cutting across all segments of income level the burgeoning demand and the robust nature of development especially residential have fuelled the need for a dynamic exercise on its master plan the gurgaon master plan2021 unveiled by the government in 2007 was a step in that direction the major infrastructural projects unveiled in the master plan were the southern peripheral road spr and the northern peripheral road npr the focus of the master plan is on the development of new sectors which are collectively labelled as new gurgaon today with locations like golf course road and the mg road getting saturated developers are now focusing their attention on the next big destination in gurgaon the southern peripheral road under the new gurgaonmanesar master plan 2021 the availability of land for development and avenues for new growth corridors has opened up the new master plan allocates 14930 hectares of land for residential use this is good enough for over 58 new sectors most of the new developments are taking place in these sectors records show that 35 of the proposed residential land is under the process of licensing the major new growth corridors in gurgaon include the extended golf course road sohna road pataudi road manesar and jaipur highway complemented by a concentrated growth in bhiwadi and dharuhera the sectors of new gurgaon like 37 37d 80 81 82 85 86 90 92 93 95 and 99 around the nh8 are registering a tremendous response developers like dlf unitech mgf emaar chintels ansal orris antriksh assotech raheja developers chd etc have major projects that are riding the real estate market the southern peripheral road is a 150meterwide road which will connect golf course extension road with nh8 and also has a proposed metro connectivity in the pipeline it is expected to decongest central gurgaon and boost connectivity with delhi it is also close to the established residential retail and commercial developments on sohna road the advantage of its rapid connectivity to the rest of the city is the main reason for the rapid price appreciation in this part of gurgaon it is also regarded as the next highpotential destination for realty investment there is a surge in quality living spaces along the spr with projects like south park and nirvana country 2 by unitech south park has spacious 2 and 3bhk apartments set amidst serene environs modern design and worldclass facilities makes it one of the most desirable places to stay the apartment prices start from rs 79 lakh nirvana country 2 is an integrated 100 acre township