The House of Abhinandan Lodha (HoABL) was founded in 2020 by Abhinandan Lodha, with its earliest projects concentrated in the Konkan coast of Maharashtra—Dapoli, Anjarle, and Alibaug—before the company expanded into Goa, Ayodhya, Nagpur, Amritsar, Shimla, and Vrindavan. Alibaug, in other words, was not an afterthought. It was the ground floor of the HoABL story.
That origin matters for a buyer evaluating HoABL's presence in Munawali today. The developer did not enter this market after land prices peaked; it accumulated experience, local relationships, and product knowledge here from the start. By its own reporting, HoABL had delivered over 352 acres of developed land nationally within four years of founding, with another 900 acres under active development—and Alibaug sites account for a meaningful share of that portfolio. The company's national capex plan of ₹11,000 crore, announced in January 2023, and an additional ₹3,000 crore commitment reported in late 2024 signal that this is a developer deploying genuine capital, not just marketing.
HoABL's current offering in the Thal Beach Corridor is HOABL Château de Alibaug, a gated development on 20 acres at Munawali, off the Revas Road. The project is a limited-edition collection of fully-serviced 4BHK duplex VillaPlexes, with pricing starting at ₹4.99 crore. The name references the grandeur of European estate architecture, applied to a coastal site in North Alibaug.
The architecture is by Talati & Partners, a Mumbai-based practice with more than 50 years of built work. Talati & Partners designed HoABL's earlier Sol de Alibaug project on the same Munawali land parcel, giving the architect direct site familiarity. Inside each VillaPlex, the configuration includes a double-height living room, private plunge pool, alfresco terrace, and a spa-inspired master suite—a unit type positioned at what market observers classify as the premium estate tier in Alibaug's villa rental and ownership hierarchy.
Hospitality management within the gated community is handled by Miros, which provides concierge, housekeeping, maintenance, and gourmet dining services to residents. The project also includes a clubhouse with a grand infinity pool, an international fitness centre, squash courts, and a multipurpose recreational zone spread across approximately 70,000 sq ft of indoor-outdoor area. An Indigo Delicatessen outlet operates exclusively within the development—a tie-up that HoABL formalised with Indigo Hospitality for the Alibaug site in June 2023.
The project is registered under MahaRERA in two phases: Phase I as P52000049721 and Phase II as P52000052368, both in the name of Splendour Arcade Pvt. Ltd., the development entity, headquartered at Lodha Excelus, NM Joshi Marg, Mahalakshmi, Mumbai.
Munawali sits on the northern arc of Alibaug's beach geography, positioned between Mandwa Jetty—the main ferry terminal connecting to Mumbai's Bhaucha Dhakka and Colaba—and the Thal, Kihim, and Varsoli beach belt to the south. The proximity figures that matter for an HoABL buyer here are: 18 minutes from Colaba by speedboat to Mandwa, roughly 20 minutes from Mandwa Jetty to the Munawali site by road, 10 minutes to Kihim Beach, and 8 minutes to Thal Beach. That geography—close to the ferry but not immediately adjacent to the tourist bustle of Alibaug town—is precisely the profile that attracted HoABL to Munawali in the first place.
The Thal Beach Corridor has been identified in market analysis as one of Alibaug's ultra-private villa belts, alongside Awas and Sasawane, distinct from the more commercially active Zirad–Chondi stretch closer to Mandwa. Land in this corridor carries CRZ compliance requirements—floor-area ratios, coastal setbacks, and high-tide-line rules all apply—which constrains new supply and has historically supported value retention in existing, cleared, NA-residential parcels.
Alibaug's residential property market recorded approximately 13.8% year-on-year appreciation in 2024, with average values crossing ₹10,000 per sq ft in 2025. Branded ultra-luxury in the segment where Château de Alibaug operates has transacted in a range of ₹25,000–₹70,000+ per sq ft built-up. The property market in Alibaug overall has grown roughly 150% over the past decade, driven by a combination of constrained land supply under CRZ rules, consistent demand from Mumbai-based high-net-worth buyers, and accelerating infrastructure delivery.
Three infrastructure projects are structurally relevant to a Munawali land-holder's investment horizon:
The RORO ferry—which carries passengers with their vehicles from Mumbai to the Rewas jetty in approximately 50 minutes—already functions as a practical commute option for Munawali residents, and the RoRo jetty network is being expanded.
Buyers evaluating Château de Alibaug are not HoABL's first Alibaug investors. The company's earlier projects in Alibaug—including Sol de Alibaug (also at Munawali, MahaRERA P52000049721) and The A Alibaug—established HoABL's model in this specific market before Château de Alibaug was conceived. The developer has reported that price growth of over 100% was delivered in earlier projects at Dapoli and Anjarle in Maharashtra, markets where HoABL entered at similar stage relative to infrastructure delivery timelines.
HoABL's investor base spans over 6,000 buyers from 27 countries, with the company reporting that more than 50% of its customers are professionals in their 30s—a demographic profile consistent with Alibaug's second-home demand, which is driven primarily by Mumbai-based executives, founders, and returning NRIs rather than retirement-age buyers. HoABL has also formed a joint venture with HDFC Capital Advisors involving ₹1,500 crore directed at plotted and low-rise developments across India—a partnership that adds institutional oversight to the company's land acquisition and development process.
Every HoABL project undergoes multi-level legal due diligence, with verified NA-residential title, encumbrance-free documentation, and RERA registration prior to sales. At Château de Alibaug, the MahaRERA numbers for both phases are publicly accessible on the MahaRERA portal under the developer entity Splendour Arcade Pvt. Ltd. HoABL's platform also provides a digital transaction trail—from booking through to possession—designed to give out-of-city and NRI buyers the same documentation clarity as an on-ground buyer.