# Prestige Kingfisher Towers
**Prestige Kingfisher Towers** is an ultra-luxury residential high-rise development on Vittal Mallya Road in Ashok Nagar, central Bengaluru, India, developed by Prestige Group jointly with the [United Breweries Group](https://www.edgepedia.org/united-breweries-group) on land adjacent to the [UB City](https://www.edgepedia.org/ub-city) retail and office complex.[1](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/164152134/) • [2](https://www.livemint.com/Companies/0uSbvKc58gNZ2JCpitq07I/Prestige-to-hand-over-units-in-Kingfisher-Towers-from-June.html) It is known for full-floor apartments of about 8,321 square feet, one per floor, and for the rooftop "Sky Mansion" penthouse built for [Vijay Mallya](https://www.edgepedia.org/vijay-mallya), which was never occupied and was later attached in money-laundering proceedings.[3](https://www.blratlas.com/projects/prestige-kingfisher-towers) • [4](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/kingfisher-tower-flat-stays-seized-hc-upholds-ed-attachment-of-vijay-mallya-linked-8000sqft-flat-in-bengaluru/articleshow/125475980.cms)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Location | 44 Kasturba Cross Road, Sampangi Rama Nagara, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru, on Vittal Mallya Road next to UB City[5](https://www.squareyards.com/bangalore-residential-property/prestige-kingfisher-towers/1627/project) • [1](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/164152134/) |
| Structure | Three towers of about 34 storeys and roughly 122 m, on a 4.5-acre parcel; completed 2018[3](https://www.blratlas.com/projects/prestige-kingfisher-towers) • [6](https://www.glasswallsystems.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/DRHP.pdf) |
| Residences | 81 full-floor 4BHK apartments of about 8,321 sq ft each, plus the roughly 40,000 sq ft Sky Mansion penthouse[3](https://www.blratlas.com/projects/prestige-kingfisher-towers) • [2](https://www.livemint.com/Companies/0uSbvKc58gNZ2JCpitq07I/Prestige-to-hand-over-units-in-Kingfisher-Towers-from-June.html) |
| Ownership structure | Joint development agreement dated 26 April 2010 between United Breweries (Holdings) Ltd and Prestige Estates; 55% of saleable super built-up area to UBHL, 45% to Prestige[1](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/164152134/) |
| Price history | Launched at about ₹22,000 per sq ft in 2010; an 8,400 sq ft apartment sold for ₹500 million (₹50 crore; ₹59,500 per sq ft) in December 2024[7](https://sadhwani.co.in/blog/branded-residences-in-bangalore-what-the-premium-buys-and-whether-it-holds-on-resale) • [8](https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/narayana-murthy-buys-rs-50-cr-luxury-apartment-in-bengaluru-s-kingfisher-towers-12885183.html) |
| Design team | Architect Thomas Associates; facade consultant Meinhardt; facade contractor Glass Wall Systems; main contractor L&T[9](https://www.glasswallsystems.in/projects/kingfisher-tower/) • [10](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kamlesh-choudhari-772b0b81_construction-india-curtainwall-activity-6634779362120044544-d8yB) |
| Resident rating | 4.4/5 from 15 reviews on Square Yards, with 100% of reviewers recommending the project[11](https://www.squareyards.com/reviews/project/prestige-kingfisher-towers/1627) |
## Site and joint development
In 2010, while declaring United Breweries Holdings' fourth-quarter results, Mallya announced that he had "executed a joint development agreement with a developer on 26th April 2010, for the development of a luxury residential building in the available land in UB City".[12](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/viya-mallyas-white-house-in-the-sky/articleshow/10397262.cms) Under the agreement, Prestige Estates undertook to construct the luxurious residential apartments and to hand over 55 percent of the total saleable super built-up area to UBHL, keeping 45 percent for itself.[1](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/164152134/)
The project was developed as an extension of UB City, the luxury retail and office complex built under an earlier joint development between the two companies.[2](https://www.livemint.com/Companies/0uSbvKc58gNZ2JCpitq07I/Prestige-to-hand-over-units-in-Kingfisher-Towers-from-June.html) Prestige's filings around its 2012 stock listing listed Kingfisher Towers with a developable area of 1,094,957 square feet, a saleable area of 492,731 square feet, 83 units, construction commencing August 2010, and expected completion in June 2015.[13](https://www.sebi.gov.in/sebi_data/attachdocs/1358506481302.pdf) [Excavation](https://www.edgepedia.org/excavation) began with L&T only in late 2011, after a 6-to-9-month delay in site possession.[14](https://www.motilaloswal.com/site/rreports/634599687420825067.pdf) Handover of units to buyers began from June 2017.[2](https://www.livemint.com/Companies/0uSbvKc58gNZ2JCpitq07I/Prestige-to-hand-over-units-in-Kingfisher-Towers-from-June.html)
## Design and construction
The development consists of three glass-clad residential towers rising to about 122 meters, completed in 2018.[3](https://www.blratlas.com/projects/prestige-kingfisher-towers) • [6](https://www.glasswallsystems.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/DRHP.pdf) Published figures differ on the details: Prestige's own brochure described "82 fully automated apartments in a three-tower compendium of 35 floors", with each floor having one independent occupant and separate services,[15](https://housing-is-01.s3.amazonaws.com/6a32315a/1ca9e1bb216659ef679bf0dc26d9163a/original.pdf) while the SEBI prospectus table counted 83 units[13](https://www.sebi.gov.in/sebi_data/attachdocs/1358506481302.pdf) and [El País](https://www.edgepedia.org/el-pais) described a 33-storey, 120-meter tower.[16](https://elpais.com/icon-design/2024-10-08/helipuertos-piscinas-infinitas-y-bodegas-a-120-metros-del-suelo-la-nueva-fiebre-de-construir-mansiones-en-las-alturas.html) The commonly cited configuration is 81 full-floor 4BHK apartments of about 8,321 sq ft each, one per floor from the sixth floor up, plus the Sky Mansion, giving 82 residential units in total.[3](https://www.blratlas.com/projects/prestige-kingfisher-towers) • [2](https://www.livemint.com/Companies/0uSbvKc58gNZ2JCpitq07I/Prestige-to-hand-over-units-in-Kingfisher-Towers-from-June.html)
The facade was a substantial engineering exercise: Glass Wall Systems supplied and installed about 65,000 square meters of facade works, including a fully unitized curtain wall of roughly 200,000 sq ft, aluminum sheet cladding, stainless steel railings, [stone cladding](https://www.edgepedia.org/stone-cladding), and spider glazing, designed for a wind load of 2.75 kPa.[9](https://www.glasswallsystems.in/projects/kingfisher-tower/) • [10](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kamlesh-choudhari-772b0b81_construction-india-curtainwall-activity-6634779362120044544-d8yB) The facade contractor's project record highlights a floating rooftop mansion illusion, achieved through terrace cladding and facade detailing, that makes the penthouse appear to hover above the towers.[6](https://www.glasswallsystems.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/DRHP.pdf) Each apartment has an exclusive lift lobby, and the building features an earthquake-resistant structure.[11](https://www.squareyards.com/reviews/project/prestige-kingfisher-towers/1627)
## The Sky Mansion
Mallya recounted the origin in a 2025 podcast: Prestige chairman [Irfan Razack](https://www.edgepedia.org/irfan-razack) approached him to develop the high-value land, and Mallya replied, "If you lift this building and put it on top of the tower, I'll agree", a reference to recreating his family bungalow at the summit.[17](https://www.financialexpress.com/life/lifestyle-inside-vijay-mallyas-bengaluru-kingfisher-towers-rs-66-cr-sky-villa-has-82-ultra-luxury-apartments-4233864/) • [18](https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/bengaluru-news/vijay-mallya-reveals-story-behind-iconic-bengaluru-penthouse-atop-kingfisher-towers-101749380600141-amp.html) The residence, styled after the White House with Ionic columns, includes a helipad, an infinity pool, and a garden; Spanish press valued it at around €17 to 20 million and reported it practically complete by 2016 after construction beginning early in the decade.[16](https://elpais.com/icon-design/2024-10-08/helipuertos-piscinas-infinitas-y-bodegas-a-120-metros-del-suelo-la-nueva-fiebre-de-construir-mansiones-en-las-alturas.html) • [19](https://as.com/actualidad/sociedad/levanta-un-rascacielos-ordena-construir-una-casa-blanca-en-lo-mas-alto-y-nunca-visita-su-obra-de-17-millones-de-euros-f202609-n/)
Mallya never occupied it. He left India in March 2016 amid financial scandals and fraud and money-laundering accusations he denied, and remains subject to an extradition order from the United Kingdom.[16](https://elpais.com/icon-design/2024-10-08/helipuertos-piscinas-infinitas-y-bodegas-a-120-metros-del-suelo-la-nueva-fiebre-de-construir-mansiones-en-las-alturas.html) In September 2016 the [Enforcement Directorate](https://www.edgepedia.org/enforcement-directorate) attached ₹66.3 billion (₹6,630 crore) of Mallya-linked properties in a money-laundering probe, including flats in Kingfisher Towers.[2](https://www.livemint.com/Companies/0uSbvKc58gNZ2JCpitq07I/Prestige-to-hand-over-units-in-Kingfisher-Towers-from-June.html) The Karnataka High Court later upheld the ED's attachment of an 8,000 sq ft flat in the tower linked to Mallya.[4](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/kingfisher-tower-flat-stays-seized-hc-upholds-ed-attachment-of-vijay-mallya-linked-8000sqft-flat-in-bengaluru/articleshow/125475980.cms) The Sky Mansion itself has been seized by the [Government of India](https://www.edgepedia.org/government-of-india) and remains unoccupied; the regular floor apartments trade normally.[3](https://www.blratlas.com/projects/prestige-kingfisher-towers)
## Market performance and residents
The project set repeated price benchmarks for Bengaluru housing. Prestige sold its share of 41 luxury apartments in the towers, a joint development with Mallya dating to 2010.[20](https://naredco.in/sites/default/files/2022-08/Karnataka%20leader.pdf) In December 2024, Infosys founder N. R. Narayana Murthy bought a second apartment in the towers for ₹500 million (₹50 crore), about ₹59,500 per sq ft, described as one of the highest rates in the city's commercial center; the seller was a Mumbai-based businessman who had owned the flat for nearly a decade.[8](https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/narayana-murthy-buys-rs-50-cr-luxury-apartment-in-bengaluru-s-kingfisher-towers-12885183.html) Read as a rate, the project moved from about ₹22,000 per sq ft at its 2010 launch to ₹59,500 per sq ft in 2024, roughly 2.7 times over fourteen years, or about 7.4 percent a year.[7](https://sadhwani.co.in/blog/branded-residences-in-bangalore-what-the-premium-buys-and-whether-it-holds-on-resale)
Residents rate the project highly but note costs and traffic. Square Yards records a 4.4/5 rating from 15 reviews with 100 percent recommending the project, praising the clubhouse, pool, spacious layouts, and central location, while flagging expensive maintenance and peak-hour congestion around Vittal Mallya Road.[11](https://www.squareyards.com/reviews/project/prestige-kingfisher-towers/1627) Housing.com rates the project 4/5, with construction scoring 4.4/5 and maintenance 3.8/5.[21](https://housing.com/in/buy/projects/page/45094-kingfisher-towers-by-prestige-projects-pvt-ltd-in-lavelle-road) The building has also drawn design attention: [Wallpaper](https://www.edgepedia.org/wallpaper)* featured an apartment in the towers by Studio Prakruthi, describing the glass-clad high-rise as a contrast to the city's traditionally modest architectural language.[22](https://www.wallpaper.com/design-interiors/interior-design/bangalore-apartment-studio-prakruthi)
## References
1. [Deputy Director vs Rajendra Kumar Jain, 14 November 2025, Indian Kanoon](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/164152134/)
2. [Prestige to hand over units in Kingfisher Towers from June, Livemint](https://www.livemint.com/Companies/0uSbvKc58gNZ2JCpitq07I/Prestige-to-hand-over-units-in-Kingfisher-Towers-from-June.html)
3. [Prestige Kingfisher Towers, BLR Atlas](https://www.blratlas.com/projects/prestige-kingfisher-towers)
4. [Kingfisher Tower flat stays seized: HC upholds ED attachment, Times of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/kingfisher-tower-flat-stays-seized-hc-upholds-ed-attachment-of-vijay-mallya-linked-8000sqft-flat-in-bengaluru/articleshow/125475980.cms)
5. [Prestige Kingfisher Towers project page, Square Yards](https://www.squareyards.com/bangalore-residential-property/prestige-kingfisher-towers/1627/project)
6. [Kingfisher Tower project record, Glass Wall Systems DRHP](https://www.glasswallsystems.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/DRHP.pdf)
7. [Branded Residences Bangalore: Worth the Premium?, Sadhwani Real Estate](https://sadhwani.co.in/blog/branded-residences-in-bangalore-what-the-premium-buys-and-whether-it-holds-on-resale)
8. [Narayana Murthy buys Rs 50 cr luxury apartment in Kingfisher Towers, Moneycontrol](https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/narayana-murthy-buys-rs-50-cr-luxury-apartment-in-bengaluru-s-kingfisher-towers-12885183.html)
9. [Kingfisher Tower project page, Glass Wall Systems](https://www.glasswallsystems.in/projects/kingfisher-tower/)
10. [Kingfisher Towers facade completion post, LinkedIn (Kamlesh Choudhari, Glass Wall Systems)](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kamlesh-choudhari-772b0b81_construction-india-curtainwall-activity-6634779362120044544-d8yB)
11. [Ratings and Reviews of Prestige Kingfisher Towers, Square Yards](https://www.squareyards.com/reviews/project/prestige-kingfisher-towers/1627)
12. [Vijay Mallya's white house in the sky, Times of India (2010)](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/viya-mallyas-white-house-in-the-sky/articleshow/10397262.cms)
13. [Prestige Estates Projects Limited Red Herring Prospectus, SEBI (2013)](https://www.sebi.gov.in/sebi_data/attachdocs/1358506481302.pdf)
14. [Prestige Estate Projects update, Motilal Oswal (12 December 2011)](https://www.motilaloswal.com/site/rreports/634599687420825067.pdf)
15. [Prestige brochure featuring Kingfisher Towers](https://housing-is-01.s3.amazonaws.com/6a32315a/1ca9e1bb216659ef679bf0dc26d9163a/original.pdf)
16. [Helipuertos, piscinas infinitas y bodegas a 120 metros del suelo, El País (2024)](https://elpais.com/icon-design/2024-10-08/helipuertos-piscinas-infinitas-y-bodegas-a-120-metros-del-suelo-la-nueva-fiebre-de-construir-mansiones-en-las-alturas.html)
17. [Inside Vijay Mallya's Bengaluru Kingfisher Towers, Financial Express](https://www.financialexpress.com/life/lifestyle-inside-vijay-mallyas-bengaluru-kingfisher-towers-rs-66-cr-sky-villa-has-82-ultra-luxury-apartments-4233864/)
18. [Vijay Mallya reveals story behind iconic Bengaluru penthouse, Hindustan Times](https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/bengaluru-news/vijay-mallya-reveals-story-behind-iconic-bengaluru-penthouse-atop-kingfisher-towers-101749380600141-amp.html)
19. [Levanta un rascacielos, ordena construir una 'Casa Blanca' en lo más alto, AS.com](https://as.com/actualidad/sociedad/levanta-un-rascacielos-ordena-construir-una-casa-blanca-en-lo-mas-alto-y-nunca-visita-su-obra-de-17-millones-de-euros-f202609-n/)
20. [Prestige has sold its share of 41 luxury apartments in Kingfisher Towers, Economic Times via NAREDCO](https://naredco.in/sites/default/files/2022-08/Karnataka%20leader.pdf)
21. [Prestige Kingfisher Towers in Lavelle Road, Bengaluru, Housing.com](https://housing.com/in/buy/projects/page/45094-kingfisher-towers-by-prestige-projects-pvt-ltd-in-lavelle-road)
22. [At the top of a Bangalore high-rise, a minimalist sanctuary, Wallpaper*](https://www.wallpaper.com/design-interiors/interior-design/bangalore-apartment-studio-prakruthi)
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