



Palais Royale clears another hurdle—but completion delays persist
Mint, Honest Shelters has agreed to pay Interscape, a Mumbai-based architecture and interior decoration firm, ₹4.8 crore against total dues of ₹5.21 crore. The developer had already paid ₹1.05 crore prior to the settlement and committed to clearing the remaining amount in instalments by 31 December.The order records that Saloni Sulakhe of law firm Dhaval Vussonji & Associates, appearing for Honest Shelters, handed over cheques worth ₹3.75 crore to Interscape’s counsel in court.The settlement removes one more legal hurdle for a project that has been mired in delays since its inception over 15 years ago.
However, questions over timelines persist.Located in Mumbai’s Worli area, Palais Royale received regulatory approval for construction in 2005. It was originally developed by Shree Ram Urban Infrastructure Ltd (SRUIL), which exited the project after slipping into bankruptcy following years of stalled construction.Honest Shelters paid ₹705 crore to acquire the project in 2019 at an auction conducted by Indiabulls Housing Finance to recover dues from SRUIL.
Under Honest Shelters, the completion deadline was extended three times, with the most recent target set for December 2024.A year after that deadline passed, construction remains visibly incomplete, with cranes still perched atop the tower—a conspicuous marker of delay for Mumbai residents.The project’s registration with the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) has lapsed, according to the regulator’s website.Queries emailed to Honest Shelters remained unanswered. Sulakhe did not respond to Mint’s messages.Even so, prolonged delays and regulatory lapses have not deterred buyers at the very top end of the market.In December 2024, the promoters of Metro
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