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Best Business Park — A Landmark with Individual Character

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Netaji Subhash Place (NSP), in Pitampura, New Delhi, is one of the city’s fastest-growing commercial hubs. Among its newest architectural jewels is Best Business Park by Best Group, designed by GPM Architects & Planners.

Conceived as a luxurious commercial cum multi-level car parking building, Best Business Park is more than just another office complex—it is designed to stand out, especially after sunset, with character, functionality, and architectural innovation.

This blog explores its design concepts, architecture, amenities, urban significance, and what makes it a smart choice for businesses, visitors, and urban planners alike.

Overview & Context: Netaji Subhash Place

Netaji Subhash Place (often abbreviated NSP) is a district centre in West/North-West Delhi, located in Pitampura. Over recent years, NSP has emerged as a high-demand commercial zone driven by:

  • Excellent connectivity (metro, ring roads, public transport).
  • Growing demand for premium office and showroom space.
  • A mix of retail, F&B, residential, and commercial developments.
  • Lack of large car parking in some high-density commercial zones.

As commercial pressure increases, new developments are required not only to respond to spatial demand but also to aesthetics, traffic, user-comfort, and identity.

Best Business Park enters this landscape aiming to fill several gaps: high-quality commercial space, sufficient parking, visually distinctive architecture, and after-dark presence.

Image Credit: https://www.bestgroupindia.com/project/best-business-park

GPM Architects & Planners & Best Group — Who Are the Players

  • GPM Architects & Planners (Gian P. Mathur & Associates Pvt. Ltd.) are among India’s notable full-service architectural firms, known for architecture, engineering, project management. Their portfolio includes commercial offices, malls, entertainment complexes in Delhi-NCR.
  • Best Group is a developer with several projects in NSP and surrounding areas. They have delivered multiple commercial properties and are known for creating workplaces and showrooms in desirable locations.

Their joint venture for Best Business Park aims to combine best practices in design, user experience, and landmark architecture.

Site Specifications & Scale

Here are the key data points for Best Business Park:

ParameterDetail
LocationNetaji Subhash Place, Pitampura, New Delhi. Address: Plot No. P-2, NSP, Delhi.
Client / DeveloperBest Group
Architect / DesignerGPM Architects & Planners
Site Area~ 30,570 sq ft
Built-up Area~ 2.50 Lac sq ft (≈ 250,000 sq ft)
Floors2 basement + ground + 7 upper floors (total of 8 above-ground levels; two basements)
Floor PlateApprox ~12,500 sq ft per floor for the upper floors (commercial / office) in some descriptions.

This scale makes it a medium-large commercial development for NSP, particularly notable for combining showrooms, office, banquet, and parking functions in one structure.

Architectural Vision: Form, Function & Character

Best Business Park attempts to merge function with landmark design:

  • Intent: The building is conceived not merely to house commerce, but to impart individual character, especially after sunset. It’s meant to be a destination, not just a place people pass by.
  • Form & Function: It combines various uses:
    • Showrooms (on ground & 1st floor)
    • Office spaces
    • Banquet halls
    • Multi-level car parking over several floors plus basements
  • Urban Vocabulary: Because the surrounding built environment is relatively monotonous (mostly regular commercial blocks), the architects have chosen to create a new architectural vocabulary: dynamic façade, lighting, landscaping.

The challenge here is to balance heavy use (parking, traffic) with elegance, comfort, maintainability, and identity.

Best Business Park seems to try to achieve this through material choices, design of circulation, lighting, and landscaping.

Facade Design & Evening / Lighting Strategy

One of the standout features of Best Business Park is its façade and the way it behaves visually, especially once the sun goes down.

Facade Components:

  • Glass facade: The front façade uses a double layer – a primary glass layer and a second layer installed diagonally behind it. This layering not only adds depth, but allows interesting shadow, light and reflection play.
  • Aluminium composite panels (ACP), stone cladding, textured paint: These provide robustness, variation in texture and appearance, and help break monotony.
  • SS (stainless steel) jali (latticework): Inlaid in shop facades and railings, adding detailing, light-shadow effects, and can filter light.

Lighting & Night Identity:

  • The structural members supporting the glass facade are designed to accommodate lighting such that the whole façade can function like a giant screen. At night, this allows the building to transform into a glowing landmark.
  • The lighting system is described as “international”, “European pattern” — meaning perhaps more disciplined, sophisticated lighting design rather than ad hoc.
  • Reflectivity of the façade gives it a dynamic appeal as sun and clouds move; similarly, at night lighting can highlight contours, recesses, materials.

Thus, after sunset, Best Business Park is not just a functional structure but a visual anchor in NSP.

Internal Layout & Circulation

A building of mixed-use and multiple floors, including parking, showrooms, banquet halls, offices, visitor traffic, requires well thought out circulation. Best Business Park has several design features:

  • Segregation of traffic: Vehicular movement, commercial / showroom visitors, and office visitors are separated to avoid conflict and congestion. Parking zones and commercial zones have different circulation paths.
  • Car lifts: Four ultra-modern car lifts enable owners to park directly in front of their offices on each floor. This is a premium feature that adds convenience and saves time. Two passenger lifts for visitors.
  • Grand reception: Double-height reception lobby with glass façade, self-standing canopy at the entrance. A strong architectural gesture that welcomes guests.
  • Recessed windows: On non-front faces, windows are recessed so interiors get indirect natural light. Guides comfort and reduces heat load.

These features contribute to usability, comfort, maintainability and elevate the user experience.

Amenities & Landscaping

To compete among premium commercial projects, amenities and outdoor spaces are increasingly as important as interior features.

  • Showrooms & banquet halls: Ground and first floors host large showrooms. Upper floors offer office space and banquet/service areas.
  • Landscaping and water bodies: Beautifully landscaped areas surrounding the building, with lush green trees and ponds or water features. A plaza in front of shops gives space for pedestrians, casual seating, gatherings.
  • Plaza & public spaces: The front shop area has a plaza: helps in human scale, visual relief, and street-level interaction.
  • Lighting & amenities: International lighting system (European patterned). Good passenger lifts. Elevated maintenance and finish qualities.

These features improve work-life comfort for users, attract footfall to shops, and help ensure the building remains an appealing destination rather than just a workplace.

Urban Impact & Sustainability Touches

While I did not find detailed published data about green certifications or full sustainability ratings, there are a number of features and impacts worth highlighting that reflect care for environment, users, and urban context.

Urban Impact:

  • Fills in a gap: Lack of multi-level parking in NSP’s commercial cluster makes vehicular traffic an issue. Best Business Park addresses this by embedding parking within the building.
  • Landmark potential: Its façade, lighting, and distinctiveness can help uplift the architectural quality of NSP.
  • Footfall & economic activity: Shop-fronts, banquet halls, offices bring usage across day and evening. This helps with safety in after-dark hours, more vibrant street life.

Sustainability / User Comfort:

  • Natural light: Recessed windows to allow indirect natural light in interiors, reducing dependency on artificial lighting during day.
  • Durable materials: Materials chosen (glass, ACP, stone cladding, SS jali) are not only aesthetic but selected for maintainability. Public spaces need easy maintenance.
  • Landscaping: Green trees, water bodies help micro-climate (shade, cooling), psychological comfort.

If Best Business Park or GPM decide later to publish specifics (water conservation, energy efficiency, waste management, LEED/IGBC rating), that would further enhance its sustainability credentials.

Why Best Business Park Stands Out in NSP

Compared to many other commercial buildings in NSP, Best Business Park has several advantages:

  1. Integrated Parking: Many buildings struggle with external parking constraints. Having 2 basement floors + multiple levels for car parking, plus car lifts, gives it an edge in usability.
  2. Evening / Nighttime Character: Its lighting design, façade that doubles as a visual element, ensures that the building is not “dead” after sunset but becomes part of the night-scenic cityscape.
  3. Variety of Use: Showrooms, banquet halls, offices, retail—all in one hub. This mix helps create more continuous usage, footfall, and economic viability.
  4. Modern Architecture and Materials: Use of dynamic façade elements, jali work, ACP, glass layering, etc., gives it visual appeal beyond the typical glass-box commercial towers.
  5. User-Centered Design: Car lift convenience, segregated circulation, landscaped plazas all reflect attention to comfort, not just profit or area maximization.
  6. Location Quality: NSP is already a high-demand area because of connectivity and visibility. Best Business Park’s plot, access, and branding make it an attractive pick for tenants.

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Considerations for Tenants, Investors & Visitors

If you are considering leasing, investing in, or using space in Best Business Park, here are things to consider (both strengths and what to watch out for):

Strengths:

  • Prestige & Branding: Being located in a landmark building helps with company image, retail exposure, and attracting customers or employees.
  • Convenience & Amenities: Parking, lifts, landscaped surroundings, banquet halls, etc., make it easier to host events, manage logistics.
  • Visibility: Shops at ground & first floor face public roads; façade lighting helps visibility at night.
  • Flexibility: Different sizes of spaces (from large showrooms to offices), possibility of customization.

What To Check:

  • Operating Costs: Maintenance of glass façades, lighting installations, landscaping, and lifts can be heavy. Tenants should estimate these costs (CAM / maintenance charges).
  • Electricity / Energy Efficiency: Glass façades can cause heat gain—dependence on AC. Query about glazing specs, insulation, cooling systems, energy usage.
  • Traffic & Access at Peak Hours: Despite parking capacity and lifts, ingress / egress in dense traffic zones like NSP can still get congested.
  • Lease Terms & Floor-Wise Usability: For example, are there restrictions on signage on the façade? Can showrooms get high visibility? How comfortable are upper floor spaces?
  • Sustainability Measures & Certifications (if any): For ESG-aware companies, inquiring whether there are green building certifications, rainwater harvesting, solar panels, waste-management etc.

Conclusion

Best Business Park in Netaji Subhash Place is more than a commercial building—it is an architectural statement.

Designed by GPM Architects & Planners for Best Group, it combines functionality (showrooms, offices, banquet halls, parking) with visual drama, especially visible after sunset.

In a district where many structures compete in visibility and utility, Best Business Park differentiates itself via lighting strategy, façade design, circulation, and attention to landscaping.

For businesses looking for prestige, for architects seeking new benchmarks, for investors seeking demand in NSP, and for visitors wanting comfortable amenities, Best Business Park promises much.

Its strength lies in offering not just space, but an experience—day and night.