The landside development of BIA is visualized as a microcosm of ‘structure of a city’. The development is visualized as flow of activity, density from the ‘CBD of development, i.e. near the Terminal centers’ radiating outwards ‘representing the suburbs of city’. The concept envisages flow of high density development from the terminal area to low density development as moved away from the central area and the terminal, which represents the hub of the business district. There is a transition (of activities, density, etc.) between the two centers with other link spaces/areas visualized as concept.

The illustration below represents the concept underlying the proposed landside development at BIA as visualized to be by end of 2020 for Airport City

Broadly, the proposed preliminary development mix envisages 4 separate concepts as described below:

Broadly, the proposed preliminary development mix envisages 4 separate concepts as described below::

1. Center of Excellence: The Center of Excellence is expected to catapult the development into a knowledge based hub with a focus on the aviation industry. Proposed thought leadership positioning would strengthen and showcase knowledge base in line with the Bangalore global brand and create a brand for the Airport city.

2. IT-ITES SEZ: The proposed IT-ITES SEZ will cater to the IT-ITES SEZ space demand of the occupiers. This is proposed to be integrated in concept with Business District and continue the green building and energy-efficiency concept. This is envisaged to provide choice to the occupiers/developers ranging from low-density campus type of development to multi-tenanted flatted development.

3. Business District: The Business District is visualized to house the headquarters of the corporate offices. This is envisaged as a high density development integrated with green building and energy-efficiency concept. The development is envisaged as a semi enclosed areas comprising walkways with plazas on ground connecting pedestrian walkway into the Central area. The development is also envisaged to have a roof canopy with continuous membrane, energy conservation, utilize photovoltaic panels to supplement electricity and thus reduce energy consumption.

4. Central Area: The Central Area is proposed to house a multi-modal hub and a parking zone. This high flux area will have maximum movement of people and visualized to have varying activities at different levels catering to both commercial activities focusing airport passengers and passenger amenities. This area will essentially have mixed development with transit at ground level and upper levels catering to retail, F&B and transit hotels to maximize revenues. The multi-modal hub is also expected to integrate proposed high-speed rail link, also known as Bangalore Airport Rail Link (BARL), internal and external transportation hubs.

The concept for the overall development is to house the high-end occupiers under aviation, precision engineering & technology sectors and the subsidiary link-up offices.