Mumbai's Kanjur West to Welcome State-of-the-Art Cultural Centre on 3 Acres Along LBS Road

Mumbai's eastern suburb soon is expected to have a state-of-the-art Art and Cultural Centre on a sprawling 3 acres of land along Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS) Road, Kanjur West. A proposal has been submitted by Anthurium Developers Ltd, an entity of the Mahindra Group, to the municipal commissioner. "Once the commissioner approves the proposal, Mahindra Lifespaces will build an Art and Cultural centre on the lines of Chembur's Fine Arts Society and Sion's Shanmukhanand Hall. The estimated project cost is Rs 175 crore, and the centre will be big enough to accommodate more than 2,000 people at a time," said a person privy to the project.

Mahindra Lifespace is the real estate and infrastructure development arm of the Mahindra Group.

The proposal follows the advance possession of around 13,000 sq mt of land to the BMC along LBS Road in Kanjurmarg, which has a reservation for a Cultural Centre/drama theatre as per the city's Development Plan. Documents accessed by the Free Press Journal show that a total of 5.5 acres of land owned by M/s GKW Ltd, for which Anthurium Developers Ltd is constituted as attorney, is being handed over in lieu of Transferrable Development Rights (TDR).

The remaining land parcels have reservations for a garden, municipal school, amenity open space, etc., which the BMC will develop. For the cultural centre reservation, the policy decision of whether the BMC will develop or Mahindra will undertake the project is yet to be taken. A public notice on the same was published in September 2025.

As per sources, the 5.5 acres is part of a larger 37-acre plot in Kanjurmarg, where a massive residential project is coming up. In November 2024, Mahindra Lifespaces made a joint agreement with GKW Ltd to develop the land parcel, for which the developer has received the commencement certificate.

Civic activist Zoru Bhathena said, "It is good that Mahindra is handing over 5.5 acres of land, free of cost to the BMC against TDR benefits. And that land is to be used for a school, playground, garden, and cultural centre. But will Mumbai practically get this open land or will it remain only on paper, similar to several other land parcels, is the real question."