Elan Empire

Elan Empire is a high-street commercial building on Golf Course Extension Road in Sector 66, under construction on a 1.46-acre plot that is open on two sides for visibility. Instead of sticking to one retail format, it mixes three income formats, namely shops, food and beverage, and office space, spread over five levels. It is registered under RERA with registration number GGM/469/201/2021/37. You can check it on the state RERA portal before booking.

Each floor is designed around how its tenants actually operate. Shops get double-height fronts with wide frontage at street level, the F&B floor gets a proper food court, and the offices higher up open off their own double-height lobby. The building is designed by UHA London, with architecture by Arcop.

Sector 66 sits right on Golf Course Extension Road, inside a dense residential catchment that is already lived in and directly adjacent to the site. For retail, that matters more than almost anything, because the customers are already next door. The established social infrastructure around it helps both daytime footfall and weekday office traffic.

You get direct access to Golf Course Road, Sohna Road is about 2 minutes away and NH-8 about 5 minutes, and the Southern Peripheral Road is nearby. The Rapid Metro (Sector 55-56) is about 10 minutes, Cybercity and Udyog Vihar are about 20 to 25 minutes, and IGI Airport is about 35 to 40 minutes.

On the public side there is a high-street shopping arcade, fine dining restaurants and dedicated food courts designed with plenty of seating. Behind the scenes you have high-speed escalators and lifts, ample structured parking for visitors and tenants, power backup for common areas, 24x7 security with CCTV and professional facility maintenance. Retail levels have double-height shops with wide, two-side-open frontage, common areas and lobbies get vitrified or premium flooring, and there is central air-conditioning provision in the retail and office areas.

Pricing varies by floor. Shops on the lower ground and ground floor range from 300 to 3,000 sq.ft at about ₹34,750 per sq.ft, and first-floor shops from 300 to 2,500 sq.ft at about ₹20,750 per sq.ft. Second-floor retail units are 300 to 1,500 sq.ft at about ₹15,750 per sq.ft, third-floor F&B units are 500 to 1,500 sq.ft at about ₹18,750 per sq.ft, and fourth-floor offices are 500 to 1,500 sq.ft at about ₹13,750 per sq.ft.

That makes for a smaller entry ticket, with prices starting around ₹80 lakh depending on floor and frontage, though rates move, so check the current sheet. The payment plan is 30:30:40, which means 30% within 30 days of allotment, 30% on construction milestones and 40% near possession. Elan also advertises a 12% per annum assured return until possession. Treat that as a contractual promise to read carefully, not a guarantee.

Empire brings Golf Course Extension Road commercial space within reach of smaller investors, and for NRIs a small leased shop can be a manageable way to hold income-producing property in India. The ground floor commands the highest rate for a reason, since visibility drives rent.

The thing to weigh is floor choice. Small units on upper floors tend to depend on how well the whole building gets leased, so ask how leasing will be handled after handover, and read the assured return clause, the possession date and the exit terms before paying.

Elan is a Gurugram developer that built its name on retail and commercial projects, and only later moved into big-ticket housing such as Elan The Presidential and Elan The Emperor in Sector 106. Commercial space is its home ground, which is worth knowing when you are judging a retail scheme from it.