Brigade Enterprises plans to launch a major residential project in Saravanampatti, Coimbatore, marking its entry into the city’s real estate market.

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari promised a flyover at Saravanampatti junction after meeting Coimbatore MP Ganapathi P. Rajkumar in New Delhi on August 12, 2026. The junction was identified as an accident black spot; the Centre approved a ₹80.48 crore flyover proposal on March 9, 2022, but dropped it when a Coimbatore Metro line on Sathyamangalam Road was planned. At-grade improvements were proposed instead, at ₹12 crore. The Centre has since rejected the Coimbatore Metro project, while the National Highways Authority of India plans work on Sathyamangalam Road. Rajkumar said the junction’s colleges and IT companies generate heavy traffic.

The State Highways Department’s National Highways wing has dropped the proposed flyover at Saravanampatti Junction on Sathyamangalam Road because Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has not issued a no-objection certificate. The project was previously shelved over the proposed metro alignment, then revived after a stakeholders’ meeting chaired by former minister V Senthil Balaji.

The planned four-lane flyover would have stretched 1,415 metres from Amman Kovil to Saravanampatti. CMRL proposed a two-tier structure on the same stretch, with road traffic on the first tier and metro rail on the second. The department has instead proposed junction improvements and road widening costing ₹13 crore, compared with ₹80.48 crore for the flyover; its proposal is awaiting Ministry of Road Transport and Highways approval.

NHAI is taking control of the full 329.4-km NH 948 stretch from Coimbatore to Bengaluru and may reconsider the flyover after the transfer. Activists and motorists criticised the decision, saying the proposed works would not provide a lasting congestion solution.

Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) will build the flyover at Saravanampatti junction on Sathy Road, part of Coimbatore’s proposed metro corridor. The National Highways wing of the State Highways Department had planned a four-lane, 1.4-km flyover from Amman Kovil to Saravanampatti, 7.5 metres wide, with 31 piers, at a cost of ₹80.48 crore. That plan was put on hold after CMRL proposed a two-tier structure: vehicular traffic on the lower deck and metro rail above. The NH wing agreed to CMRL’s takeover; it will release its share of funds after the final design is approved.

As metro work is expected to be delayed, the NH wing will remove encroachments and widen the road near the junction. Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation has begun a land survey from Textool Bridge to Surya Hospital; the NH wing will then widen Sathy Road from Textool to Saravanampatti. The work is intended to ease traffic bottlenecks in the growing IT and residential hub.

A CII Coimbatore–EY report says Coimbatore has 75 GCCs and targets 200 by 2032. The city has 3.8 million residents, over 300,000 technology workers, 137 engineering colleges and more than 30,000 annual STEM graduates. Office rents are ₹55–70 per sq ft monthly, compared with Bengaluru’s ₹75–125; senior-engineer attrition is 8%–12%, versus 18%–22% in Bengaluru.

Existing business locations include TIDEL Park near Peelamedu; KGiSL SEZ IT Park (CHIL SEZ) in Saravanampatti; India Land Tech Park; ELCOT SEZ & IT Park in Vilankurichi; SVB Techpark in Kalapatti; and Rathinam Tech Park. Tamil Nadu’s payroll incentive for high-paying jobs offers 30%, 20% and 10% of costs in years one, two and three, from April 2024 to March 2027; Coimbatore is one of three priority cities.

The airport expansion is worth over ₹2,000 crore and will quadruple terminal size; a ₹9,000 crore metro has been approved, and the Avinashi Road Elevated Expressway is being built. SNS iHub aims to support 1,000 startups over ten years and works with over 300 mentors and 50 investors. Coimbatore has 8–10 million sq ft of office stock; property prices average ₹5,918 per sq ft, while 2BHK rents range from ₹6,000 to nearly ₹45,000 monthly, with high rents around CHIL SEZ and other IT parks.