Mukesh Ambani’s Mumbai mansion Antilia: a snow room, ice-cream parlour, 3 helipads, 168-car garage and 600 staff – but is Buckingham Palace worth more?
The richest man in Asia lives in a US$2 billion, 27-floor skyscraper complete with 3 helipads, a private temple, ballroom, ice cream parlour, cinema, snow room, spa, yoga centre, dance studio, 168-car garage … and needs 600 staff to keep it all ticking over
They’ve got more money than most people could even comprehend. They hang out with the Clintons and had Beyoncé perform at a family wedding. So, what does the Ambani family home look like? Just another mansion like those other rich folks have? Nah. It’s so much better than that.
Their 27-floor skyscraper has been valued at US$2 billion, making it the second most valuable property in the world, with only Buckingham Palace worth more. And with all that room, you can bet that the Ambani residence is a lavish palace in its own, bling-tastic way. Here’s what you need to know about what has become one of Mumbai’s biggest attractions …
It has its own name
The skyscraper is called Antilia and was named after a mythical island in the Atlantic Ocean.
Design
The size
Antilia has 27 floors but some ceilings are double height or more. The building’s overall height of 178 metres is equivalent to that of conventional buildings with more than 60 floors. It has more than 400,000 sq ft of floor space and has been built to withstand an earthquake of magnitude 8 on the Richter scale.