Review of Maker Maxity, BKC, Mumbai
                     Review of 
Maker 
Maxity, BKC, 
Mumbai

Having worked in 
two buildings in 
Maker Maxity from 
2011 to 2017, at 
Macquarie & BNP 
Paribas, I write the 
review of Maker 
Maxity, BKC below 
from personal 
experience & 
updates from 
those that 
currently work 
there. 
Here are some 
stats about the 
building:
Owned by 
Ambani & 
Maker Group. 
Spread across 
1.2 million sq ft 
area. 
Four buildings 
with one entire 
building is 
taken by BNP 
Further phases 
of the Maker 
Maxity project 
in Mumbai will 
likely be 
completed in 
2020 – and will 
be one of the 
largest projects 
in BKC.
All & all, 
Maker Maxity 
is a top tier 
commercial 
building and 
was the 
Queen of 
commercial o
ffice space in 
Mumbai
 and remains 
one of the 
best, but as it 
ages and 
other 
competition 
emergences 
for 
office space in
 BKC
… will it retain 
its title as the 
most sought 
after 
office space fo
r rent in Mum
bai
?
Below is personal experience 
from Otis Critchley – let’s 
start with the pros of Maker 
Maxity:   
Pros: 
1.Within BKC, closest walking 
distance to Bandra Station 
2.Amazing walking grounds 
that are perfectly kept & 
green! 
3.Eacih building s only 10 
stories with 4 lifts so no issue 
with congestion in any 
building (one of the negatives 
of the Capital Building in 
BKC) 
1.Right at the edge of BKC so if live 
in westerns suburbs don’t have to 
hit the rush leaving G Block in BKC 
because you are already at BKC’s 
edge! To boot, very close to the 
Sealink that will bring one to Lower 
Parel, Worli Area, SOBO.
2.Higher-end, feel-good crowd – the 
cost of Maker Maxity ensures only 
the top corporates in the world & in 
India are located there. There is a 
level of classiness that I would say 
to this day, still can’t be met in 
other office complexes in BKC, let 
alone Mumbai, Thane or Navi 
Mumbai.   
3.Perhaps a strange number 6, let’s 
call it a bonus point! There is a gym 
in building #2! Not many gyms in 
BKC, so having such easy access 
was wonderful and really missed it 
after moving to G Block.  

Cons: 
1.Rat infestation, yup. You read it 
correctly. To be fair not the only 
commercial building in BKC to have 
this issue, but for such a fine 
building would expect a way for 
them to fix it. And this was the case 
for me at BNP for the entire time 
basically and it’s confirmed as of 
this writing in building #2 as well.    
2.Grabbing a drink or food in the 
immediate area, is rough – you will 
only have a few options on the 
ground floor of buildings 2 & 3, but 
it pales in comparison to being in G 
Block. Having said that, by next 
year, the upcoming Maker project 
that will wrap around Maker Maxity 
will provide an abundance of more 
options. And in fact, may turn out to 
be the best spot to wine & dine in 
BKC. 
1.Security & the entrance … trying to 
communicate with Uber or Ola to 
enter the Maker Maxity complex, is a 
pain and it’s beyond silly (mind you 
I’m a foreigner so perhaps even more 
challenging for me)…. Drivers can’t 
figure out which side to come in, then 
when they do they call you from 
security to ask you which company. 
You could literally say anything, 
pointless and beyond annoying. Don’t 
get me wrong, the security guards are 
lovely and just doing their job, but a 
small daily annoyance, I do not miss. 
2.Doesn’t have massive floor plates, if 
you are a large company that needs 
30,000+ square feet, you would have 
to take several floors of office space, 
not that bad, but many firms prefer 
one to two floors. 
3.Upkeep inside the buildings started to 
fade, I hate to say it, but the 
bathrooms largely haven’t been 
changed or updated. Perhaps it’s up to 
the firms themselves that occupy, but 
worth the investment – there were 
complaints about this when I was at 
BKC. Not to mentioned, cramped 
bathrooms!  
1.Parking a bit more limited, they 
should have dug one more level down 
for each building. There is a very good 
chance if you work here you won’t 
have a parking spot and will have to 
park across the street & if you don’t 
get parking there you will be in bad 
shape.  
2.It’s not cheap! The highest office rent 
in Mumbai, might have gone to my old 
firm, BNP Paribas, who took an entire 
building and still has it, building #1. I 
can’t blame them as it was the BEST 
when they moved in about 7 years 
ago, but not sure if it’s the best still?  
Hope this write up on Maker Maxity 
was helpful to those looking for the 
best of the best. At this time, we are 
only reviewing the best 
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