Mumbai real estate: According to the Maharashtra government, the 5-lakh-square-feet-space will be used for housing different government departments which lie scattered far from the state secretariat ever since a fire broke out in Mantralaya about a decade back.
The building, designed by well-known architect John Burgee, was constructed in 1974 on reclaimed land that the state government had leased to Air India. It is among Mumbai's well-known landmarks.