The House of Abhinandan Lodha (HoABL) was founded in 2020 by Abhinandan Lodha and is headquartered in Mumbai. Founded in 2020 by Abhinandan Lodha, the company develops residential plotted land projects, and as of 2024 reported operations across 16 locations in India, including Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh. Unlike developers building high-rise apartments, HoABL's stated model is narrower and more specific: acquire large land parcels in locations where infrastructure is being upgraded, and convert them into master-planned, RERA-registered plotted developments rather than towers. Sahyadri Hills within Khopoli, on the Mumbai side of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway corridor, fits this pattern of a land parcel positioned ahead of a visible infrastructure cycle rather than inside an already-built city.
HoABL initially focused on land developments in the Konkan region of Maharashtra, then between 2022 and 2023 expanded into Goa and North India, acquiring 51 acres in Ayodhya, and in January 2023 announced a capital expenditure plan of ₹11,000 crore over four years. That expansion pattern, a base in Maharashtra's Konkan belt followed by scaling into named growth pockets, is consistent with how HoABL frames Khopoli: as an infrastructure-linked pocket of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region rather than a standalone hill-station address. Among the major projects the group lists for buyers to know are Nagpur Marina, The Sarayu in Ayodhya, Chateau de Alibaug and AeroEstate in Khopoli, alongside other branded land developments across Goa, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. Placing Khopoli in that list situates it within HoABL's broader national footprint rather than as an isolated bet.
Khopoli sits at the base of the Sahyadri range, historically known as a halt on the old route to the Lonavala-Khandala hill stations rather than a destination in its own right. Khopoli, a once-sleepy industrial town nestled between Lonavala and Navi Mumbai, was a lesser-known stop on the way to hill stations like Lonavala and Khandala before the Mumbai-Pune Expressway. That changed once the expressway opened in 2002 and travel times shortened. Today, with seamless access to Mumbai in about 1.5 hours and Pune in about an hour, Khopoli has become an attractive residential and commercial hub. For a buyer evaluating HoABL's presence here, the appeal is the combination of a genuine hill-foothill setting, forest trails and seasonal waterfalls in the surrounding Sahyadri terrain, with a location that is no longer disconnected from the metropolitan economy.
The specific reason HoABL and other branded developers have gravitated to this stretch of Khopoli is the layering of transport projects around it. Khopoli's strategic location near Navi Mumbai, combined with connectivity through the Mumbai-Pune Expressway and the upcoming Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link, positions it as a real estate destination, with the anticipated Navi Mumbai International Airport set to further boost property values. Khopoli is also connected by rail, with Khopoli Railway Station on the Central Line providing direct access to Mumbai and Pune. A road-and-rail town gaining an international airport in its catchment, plus a sea-link upgrade to South Mumbai, is precisely the kind of setup HoABL has targeted with its plotted-land format elsewhere, where land value is tied to visible public infrastructure rather than only to a building's finish.
Pricing in Khopoli remains a fraction of the metros it now connects to. Residential plots in the area start from around ₹2,500 per sq ft, while gated communities offer apartments at ₹40-50 lakh for 2 BHKs, a fraction of Mumbai's pricing. Compared to its higher-profile neighbours Lonavala and Karjat, Khopoli remains significantly more affordable while offering comparable scenic beauty and infrastructure advantages. Demand drivers beyond housing include industrial activity along the expressway. Industrial estates and warehousing facilities are growing rapidly along the expressway, and rental yields are increasing on the back of upcoming industrial hubs, tourism growth, and weekend home demand. For a branded land developer, this combination of an under-built price base and multiple simultaneous demand sources, residential, industrial-linked rental, and leisure or weekend-home, is the setup that justifies acquiring and formally laying out land parcels rather than waiting for organic subdivision.
Given HoABL's national model, prospective buyers in this micro-market should read Sahyadri Hills, Khopoli, as one node in a company-wide strategy of land banking ahead of infrastructure completion, alongside its Konkan, Goa, Ayodhya and Nagpur holdings, rather than as a one-off resort project. The area's own fundamentals, expressway access, a functioning railway station, proximity to industrial estates, and the approach of the Navi Mumbai airport corridor, are what make a branded, RERA-registered plotted layout in this specific stretch of Khopoli relevant to that strategy.