Godrej Properties Limited (GPL) has announced that its township project in Ahmedabad, Godrej Garden City has received the Indian Green Building Council-Green Residential Society (IGBC-GRS) Platinum certification. The IGBC-GRS Platinum certification is recognised as the highest rating for residential societies. With this achievement, Godrej Garden City becomes the largest township in India to be GRS Platinum certified.
Garden City is located off SG Highway in Ahmedabad, and is within Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) limits. The project is currently home to over 1,500 families and has a fully-functional international school, a city square retail facility, a 70,000-sq-ft club house, as well as facilities for healthcare, recreation, hospitality and banking. The master plan for the project was created by architects Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM), who have also designed the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.