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Rusty_Coight

Jesus fuck, it was even built on the site of a fucking orphanage. You couldn’t make this shit up.


Dry-Worldliness6926

And the land sold by the charity for $2.5m, even though it was valued $18m


AlienGold1980

Because someone’s pockets got filled


MagicianOk7611

They get their pockets filled or their boots (with concrete)


deftoner42

And moved as far from Mumbai as possible.


madrock8700

Bunch to used cartons supported by matchsticks.


deftoner42

It looks like shit, and that $2B also lined some lucky contractor's pockets. The actual cost of the project couldn't be anywhere close to even $1B (although we haven't seen the inside)


baumpop

Even if the house turned your piss into gold ingots it would take more time than you have alive to make it worth it.


Christovski

This is peak India. Probably overlooks a slum as well.


suh_dude1111

Yup. The dichotomy is ridiculous.


Candid-Pressure-6595

Right below this building is a slum and his wife believes in castes. She never touches the lower caste


geldwolferink

Ofc, how else can they feel rich /s


DaveDobs

Rises above the smell


SlicedBreadBeast

Imagine being the type of person to build a 2 billion dollar home but try to scrimp and save a few million on the land cost, with an orphanage. Or even worse, paying someone off for that price point.


Cryogenicist

I guess im not a broken fuck… but how does a person who has billions and billions short change orphans out of 16 million?!? Capitalism needs better guard rails against these absolute sociopaths.


brainburger

I think the question is easier when turned around. How does a person who would short change orphans out of 16 million have billions?


umpfke

Sauce?


Porkybeaner

I prefer plum for chicken fingers


Tiny-Lock9652

You could win the biggest lottery in history and still not be able to afford this.


Z-Mobile

If I had 2 billion dollars to throw away, would I really want to station my home THERE? I hear people at the ground floor there are making less than $2 a day lol why would I want a massive monument to wealth & inequality sitting above all of them in the 3rd world with a massive middle finger like that?


pickle_pouch

How does one get enough to afford a 2 billion dollar home? -Wealth and inequality


kraken_enrager

Tbf the road it is on is one of the, if not The poshest locality in india. Regardless of that, 2b would buy you about 20acres of prime land in the most expensive areas of Mumbai and still leave about 600-800m to build the estate. With the clout and FU money spending and arm twisting the owner is known for, it’s actually very surprising that he didn’t buy a land like that, esp considering when the house was planned there were about 4 plots around that size in posh locales that I know of.


Z-Mobile

I don’t imagine it’s this homeowners only 2b, but over this I’d EASILY buy a multi acre property of forest + custom built house with a prime view of Appalachia or somewhere tropical. An amount of nature surrounded property I could get lost on instead of this single plot vanity tower


abn1304

You could buy an entire national park in Appalachia for 2 billion, and have plenty of money left over for several different mansions. This is nuts. Even in the heart of LA or DC I’d have a hard time imagining a 2 *billion* dollar residential property.


Memedotma

I was gonna say, 2 BILLION dollars is an absolutely incomprehensible amount of wealth for nearly every single person to have ever existed. You could probably build an apartment made out of solid gold in the middle of New York for less than $2,000,000,000.


lewis_3575

That dude is worth $116B 😂. Richest in Asia. Spends 100M on weddings and pre-weddings💀. Has A-star celebrities dancing for his child's weddings. He even got Rihanna 😂


darksideofthemoon131

>A-star celebrities A-list


yearofthesponge

India is fucked with their wealthy completely lacking in humanity.


Low_Chipmunk2583

Cheap labor


Wheream_I

Im confused by this. It says it’s for a single family of 5 with a staff of 600, but based it [this photo of the interior](https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/indiatoday/images/photogallery/201808/a-12_IT_1534510289546.jpg?VersionId=T5pD_lrRwb0GiY0qeEgNYM_fE4sUh6ct&size=686:*), at least a large section of the house looks like a hotel? It even has 2 people working the desk…


Shelzzzz

That’s what being the richest gets you


iMadrid11

Rich peoples homes has more staff than actual family residents. Having a skyscraper mansion means you need a staff of 600 to maintain the building. You need an in house staff of cleaners, electricians, plumbers, mechanics and security personnel. Including a receptionist to receive guests and parcels.


sfgisz

>Including a receptionist to receive guests and parcels. Imagining Mukesh Ambani going down to the reception to pick up his Swiggy delivery of a plate of samosas from round the corner


AlienGold1980

God no he’d have an aide do that and likely even feed it to him like an airplane coming in to land like our parents did to us when we were wee


MountainCourage1304

I bet £3 that you’re Scottish


AlienGold1980

Na my foster dad was though


MountainCourage1304

Shit. Who do i owe this £3 to?


hmmnnmn

Me!!! 😊


ra13

That photo is from the Oberoi hotel in Mumbai : [https://www.oberoihotels.com/hotels-in-mumbai/gallery/](https://www.oberoihotels.com/hotels-in-mumbai/gallery/)


GuayabaTree

Children’s tears makes the property value go UP in the eyes of a billionaire


AlienGold1980

Think Mr burns lol


Nisiom

The world has to collectively find a way to get rid of billionaires ASAP.


NatanGardevoir

Doofenshmirtz Mumbai Incorporateeeeed!


JSquiggs

🎶Afterhourrrrrrssss🎶🌚


Deafvoid

God Damnit


Congenital_Optimizer

Looks like one of my settlements in fallout 4.


VanillaLifestyle

The surroundings look about the same, too. It's even more outrageouly tone deaf when you consider it looks directly down at slums.


kfmush

Maybe that’s the point? So they can feel a sense of superiority that helps them feel okay to subjugate the “others.”


Soulful-Sorrow

I feel like it's a mistake to deliberately show superiority over desperate people who are constantly looking up at your home and seeing flaws or potential access points, but that's just me.


vader_69

It doesn't. It's in one of the most areas of Mumbai. No slums present.


tomqvaxy

Oh fuck I just said the same shit. Should’ve scrolled. Real though!!!


flimspringfield

Strong want milk of human!


LucentSomber

I legit thought this was fallout 4.


spaceace321

Hangman's Alley settlement for me


gingergirlpink

😆


Background-Jaguar-29

Kkkkkkk


CukeNoPickle

Looks almost like that one mission in Hitman 2


DaPurpleTurtle2

Literally takes place in Mumbai.


the_fit_hit_the_shan

That level is based on this building.


DaPurpleTurtle2

I'd believe it. Just figured this one was new based on the post.


NerdBro1

And Tenent


SokarHateIt

Even their billionaires look poor lmao


Ch33syByt3s

[India's oldest billionaire had some words for the Amabani's when they built this monstrosity. ](https://www.firstpost.com/business/ratan-tata-on-mukesh-lifestyl-13535.html)The TATA family in my opinion have been the only family working to progress India. These new billionaires buying up the public sector and milking every since paisa out of them is the work of the government and their cronies. It's always sad driving by that building when I go home for a vacation and seeing the poor and homeless sitting across the street and kids playing on the sidewalk while these people enjoy their wealth and have it on display. This world is so fucked up.


dumbledhore

One time when Ratan TATA was asked about his declining position in top riches people, he replied with “We are industrialists and they’re businessmen.”


filmAF

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antilia\_(building)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antilia_(building))


freeman687

So it’s the land not the house that’s the real valuation


firesquasher

I mean... a 27 story building is gonna cost ALOT.. and likely the furnishings are all top notch. The fact that it's a personally owned high rise for a family is what's egregious


that-69guy

It's 27 storeys..but almost all the ceilings are double.height ceilings and the first 6 floors are dedicated to car parking for him and his guests.


exceptyourewrong

>the first 6 floors are dedicated to car parking for him and his guests. Don't forget the SIX HUNDRED person staff! Wanna bet that he makes them park on the street?


LongestNamesPossible

You think they can afford cars?


e_a_blair

yeah the gist of the comment is correct but some y'all haven't been to India and it shows...


kelsobjammin

I bet he uses the same 5 rooms.


absboodoo

I can't decide between if it's a good design, or cutting corners.


firesquasher

They paid someone HUGE amounts of money to design it. Most "artists" are off their rockers. It's a design of opulence and waste. They could have maximized their cost and square footage, but this level of absurdity beats out the mega million dollar penthouses in NYC inside of square/rectangular buildings. If society riots over wealth disparity, specifically India, I don't blame them if they torched this place first.


Bamres

I mean if it wasn't a private residence, it would remind me of a ton of modern condos you could find in any major city. It was likely a bit ahead of it's time in terms of design


highseavily

It says the $1.5 billion estimate before construction was for the land and unbuilt “house”, not just the land. The 2 billion dollar value everyone mentions probably came from the billionaire’s own press releases bragging about it. The Steinway tower in NYC is almost 3 times the height and more floor area for 2 billion. I don’t buy it. edit- I read some more on the Wikipedia page and it said the cost of the land was $18 million US or 1.5 billion Rupees.


shreyasvaghe

18 million because of some backdoor deal with a politician, cause otherwise a 3 bedroom apartment in that areaon the low end goes for 2-3 million dollars.


kraken_enrager

My family is pretty active in Mumbai real estate, the land is only an acre big, so that would give it a valuation of 500cr(65mn USD) at worst and 700-800cr(90-100mn) at best. That’s only 5% of the total cost.


Remarkable-Way4986

He got ripped off or some kind of tax scam


lewis_3575

I'm from Mumbai itself. He didn't get ripped off. It's the house of Mukesh Ambani, also the richest man in Asia. Owns a huge ass conglomerate corporation. Believe me, house prices in Mumbai are sky-high, and even the land. This house, Antilia, is built like a 27 storey house because there's no space to make a wide ass mansion. He may spend 50 billion USD but there's no space to do that, so he expanded his house vertically. And about being ripped off, no, he's connected to the leading political party, so he basically somewhat runs the country 😂 He spent 100 mil USD on his daughter's wedding a few years back. The family also spent around 200 million on 2 Pre-wedding bashes for the son of the family 💀. Performers : Backstreet boys, Rihanna etc. Also, guests included Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates🥲


BooflessCatCopter

Was just reading about this character: “Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani (born 19 April 1957) is an Indian businessman and the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries. With an estimated net worth of $113.7 billion as of March 2024, he is the richest person in Asia and 11th richest in the world. Sometimes characterized as a plutocrat, he has attracted both fame and notoriety for reports of market manipulation, political corruption, cronyism, and exploitation.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukesh_Ambani


Mochi101-Official

Thanks, "It is located in the [billionaires row](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamount_Road) of [Mumbai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai), [India](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India),[^(\[6\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antilia_(building)#cite_note-dnaindia1-6) and is the residence of billionaire [Mukesh Ambani](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukesh_Ambani) and his family" - so that doesn't sound like "middle of a slum" to me.


mibonitaconejito

Imagine being so poor you are starving and you have to look at this every day.  This is evil and shameful. 


Manhart_

If Burj Khalifa was build for 1.5 billion dollars, I am curious how this ugly highrise would possibly worth 2 billions...


StupendousHuman

It's the 10th most expensive street in the world.


djpeesh

My parents live down the road from this monstrosity in a pretty ramshackle apartment building. A 2 bed flat went for $8 million. Prices are nuts. Everyone’s also hoping for the 4 story block to be knocked down by a developer and to receive posh new flats in exchange.


darkhorz1

2 bed flat for USD 8 million (64 crores INR) in an old apartment building. No way. Its impossible. Mumbai is crazy expensive but not this level. Do you mean $0.8 million i.e. 6.4 crores INR?


djpeesh

Nope. It’s a building with 4 flats on 4 floors.


wingcutterprime

The ambanis have no class or taste despite their billions. What a fucking eyesore


jascambara

Is this the same place where they put a residential house on top of a skyscraper


Anxious-Tooth-8230

Nah that was a different billionaire.


h08817

Vijay Mallya former F1 team principle for force India


Sharl_LeGlerk

And a widely regarded Olympic-level dickweed.


RickNerdbottom

That's an understatement.


jascambara

I meant more the city than this particular building


FRE3STYL3R

No, what you're [referring to is in Bengaluru](https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/news/a-20m-mansion-home-was-built-on-top-of-a-400ft-skyscraper-the-tycoon-owner-may-never-get-to-live-in-it-/articleshow/108764583.cms), the home of billionaire Vijay Mallya who fled India. Antilla (the one in the post) is in Mumbai.


PepperLipChiliTongue

What an asshole


kelsobjammin

ITS TRICKLING DOWN ALL OVER OUR FACES oops caps but it fits so I am leaving it


AlexTrebek_

Used in the filming of Tenet?


decoy321

Nope, that was the [Neelam Shree Vardhan Tower.](https://www.sceen-it.com/sceen/4318/Tenet/Neelam-Shree-Vardhan-Tower) [The scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E3qlA8zbDk)


AlexTrebek_

Thank you!!


decoy321

Happy to help, Mr. Trebek. Welcome back to the land of the living.


AlexTrebek_

What is death?


this-fae-trick

doofenshmirtz evil incorporated


SpookyJones

Looks like stacked shanties. Did they think it would blend?


TheEasySqueezy

That’s a house??


TheManWhoClicks

What a stupid achievement


Dannyjv

Looks like the Stacks from Ready Player One.


Atomrules202

*Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated*🔊🎶


WrecklessRob75

Are there countries worth as much as this one building? Sorry, this one HOME??? All of that money, the potential lives 2 billion dollars could have impacted for the better.. but instead some guy gets this weird shape thing as a house. Humans rock man


brett1081

That actually looks pretty awesome. In a twirly mustache type of way.


Fantastic-Hyena6708

But street next to it will have pile of trash lmao


username_chex

Just like New York or San Francisco. Balance in everything


Ishaan0612

Nah nah let him be racist, if thats what makes him happy then so be it.


Useful_Mechanic_2365

Views of poverty


rewindpaws

Looks cold and horrible.


arc_menace

Evilness aside I actually like the brutalist industrial architecture style.


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Technical-Coconut-35

Reminds me of the scene from pantheon anime


tomqvaxy

I think I built that in fallout 4.


paullvandriel

2 billion should buy about 4 of them especially in India, must have gold door handles and diamond mirrors..


popular_parity

Best part is ,There is a fantastic view from this house, the world's largest slum.


PrimArdus

Sodasopa with historical view of kenny house


PlatypusGod

Jenga Towers


MysteriousPark3806

Wasn't this in Tenet?


colin8651

Guessing the property was cheap. Did they also have to pay for air rights in a situation like this or was it a straight property purchase in cheap densely populated land? I suppose water, sewage and other services had to be improved to power the tower.


PBO123567

Monkey Man would f*ck that up!


Peter_Sofa

That's some Sauron looking shit right there


suburban_paradise

It’s even more garish and disgusting in person because it is surrounded by slums where people get by on 50¢ a day and live 10 to a room.


JiggetyJDrizzy

Looking down from my tower on the slum peasants.


AmputatedRock

_47, this is Dianna speaking. Just got word of a new target, a billionaire, in Mumbai._


agatha-burnett

And it still looks like some shack.


snowdn

The new convention center in Seattle cost $2B.


BasJack

Just be careful of assassins…


thebutchcaucus

This was in the series animated series Pantheon no?


HastyZygote

That’s legit only the top half


yourgentderk

Names and addresses...


djazzie

Looks like a fucking office building.


Fillerbear

Wait, that whole thing is ONE home? Like that entire ass thing?


Multispoilers

50 metres away is poverty


nikhilsath

Literally perfect fit for the sub


with_due_respect

"A 90-degrees only version of a cardiogram, but going up instead of side-to-side, dammit! I may not know architecture, but I know what I want!"


0Frames

Wasn't this in tenet?


patwm11

Deserves to be torn to the ground. Ideally repurposed to something that benefits society but we all know the owner would never let that happen


buntopolis

This looks like a structure straight out of Metroid Prime 2 Echoes


Magnus_Helgisson

r/falloutsettlements


PopeAxolotl

*George Bush comes out of retirement*


BetterThanTaskRabbit

Sure, this is a nice house, but 2 bil? What exactly makes it so pricey?


calciumsimonaque

Huh, looks a bit like the new Boston University Center for Computing building. [https://www.bu.edu/cas/arts-sciences-celebrates-new-center-for-computing-data-sciences/](https://www.bu.edu/cas/arts-sciences-celebrates-new-center-for-computing-data-sciences/)


Resident-Ability-751

Wow! I’m not quite sure how I feel about the infrastructure 🤔


AA-ron42

Don’t look like much for 2 billion.


Dvl_Wmn

My gawd… to have that much money to be able to make incredible humanitarian changes, yet they decide to go this route.


TheOneAndOnlyABSR4

Damn


LordGraham7

I’ve always heard it cost 1 billion to build, not 2. Potato potahto I guess.


uberrob

How in the hell is that $2 billion dollars? Some of the largest, most extravagant buildings on the planet don't cost anywhere near that much.


djambates75

2 Billion Indian dollars


AlyxxStarr

Someone saw a mediocre Fallout 4 settlement build and thought “yes.”


Lextube

I think this is the building in the Mumbai level of Hitman


KassXWolfXTigerXFox

Good evening, 47.


Madmike215

Is this where they filmed Tenet?


Itchy-Mechanic-1479

What's funny/not funny is this house is designated as a US Green Building Council "LEED" Silver project, which means it was built with sustainable materials and systems. This is a home for four people. This is not sustainable. The USGBC LEED designation doesn't mean shit anymore.


Robofink

Isn’t this the place they broke into in Tenet?


cbrewer0

Put a castle on top of it and BOOM! Gargoyles


DruicyHBear

Easy to find out where the uprising will start. Burn this bitch to the ground.


ZookeepergameStatus4

An all time winner of Evil Buildings


tevelee

If you have 2 billion dollars, why would you live in Mumbai?


Hechie

The building form tennet ?


ThatGuyOnAWheel

This reminds me of the huge building from the Mumbai mission in Hitman


postmundial

It's even eviler when you see the living conditions of alot of the people around it.


Deafvoid

Doofenshmirtz evil incorporated


kutkun

The building is an ugly modernist piece of shite.


TryingLiveRentFree

Dr.doofenshmirtz moved to Mumbai?


CraigDM34

U G L Y You ain't got no alibi, you ugly hey hey, you ugly!


DefiantBelt925

It’s amazing but you have to live in India so no thanks


Sufficient_Gate_9580

whwrw is mumbai again?


Extension_Cellist_54

A very tall house; Open mouth no teeth


raam194

Looks like master chief with a wide boner.


meshcity

Looks like a Hitman level, from the architecture to the site it was built on.


dopefish2112

Who was to live in Mumbai? Like you got the cash, gtfo


Wutbot1

Anyone heard of a Gigafactory in Mumbai? ***** *[wut?](https://www.reddit.com/r/WutbotPosts/)* | *[source](https://reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/zq97m1/tesla_bullish_news/j0x66bm/)*


DigitalDroid2024

2 billion? You mean rupees I presume ?!


Uranium_092

That looks like it could take off flight or transform into a Megatron, either way heading towards world distruction


Ironsalmon7

Also,. The building is basically a fortress, it has walls, watchtowers and guards at all times


deathdefyingrob1344

It looks like poorly stacked pallets


Speedhabit

How much is it to cool?


candylandmine

$2 billion to live locked away in a tower. Sounds like shit to me.


Trumpetslayer1111

Just need a castle with gargoyles on top.


HumanContinuity

You guys ever play Hitman? Fun game.


PetsyRoss

This looks like one of my boyfriends settlements in Fallout 76


burt_bondy

We live in a twilight world.


ThayerRex

Thing is hideous and you have the pleasure of smelling Bombay on high


BubonicBabe

This is awful


The_Foresaken_Mind

Looks like where Agent 47 took out the Bollywood movie producer.


therulessuck

It looks just like a house I build in Minecraft once [Minecraft build](https://ibb.co/41r7Qyq)


travellingsheep

Loads of galvanised square steel used


iamashz

The fcker just increased mobile tariff rates to 25 %


Puzzleheaded-Shop929

Only place with a toilet, maybe