GB Realty Group in 2026: A Ground-Level Read on Mohali and New Chandigarh's Newest Luxury Bet

Most Tricity launches sell an idea before there is anything to see. GB Realty Groupis one of the few names in this cycle where the idea and the site visit hold up against each other and that gap is exactly what this piece is here to test.  

Homziio's field team spends more time on Mohali and Chandigarh">New Chandigarh's construction sites than in any brochure meeting. Filings get pulled from the RERA portal, land parcels get traced back to their GMADA origin and promised amenities get checked against what is physically standing. Most builders don't survive that process intact. In 2026, GB Realty Group has come closer than most.  

The group sits in an interesting middle ground new enough to still be proving itself, disciplined enough that it hasn't chased the volume-over-quality pattern common to this market. Four live addresses, each with a published RERA number, form the entire public portfolio. This review walks through who built GB Realty Group, what stands on the ground today and whether the brand has earned a place on a serious shortlist.  

Who Actually Runs GB Realty Group   

A tower is only as reliable as the signatures behind its approvals and real estate as a category runs on that kind of confidence. GB Realty Group is chaired by Gurinder Bhatti, with Puneet Khanna as co-founder  -   a pairing whose credibility was built well before either of them touched a construction site, through international education, hospitality management and years of cross-border consulting.  

Gurinder Bhatti: Hospitality and Global Business Before Real Estate   

Chairman Gurinder Bhatti's professional grounding came from overseas study of a Business Management degree from Schiller International University in the UKwhich appears to have shaped the international, structured way he has approached every venture since.  

He currently chairs Optas Group, Opulence Education Group, ESS Global and GB Realty.Well before GB Realty Group existed, Bhatti Ji had already built a multi-sector track record spanning global student mobility, international education and luxury hospitality  -   industries where a promise made today only means something if it is honoured years later. That background, confirmed on GB Realty's own corporate profile, is arguably the group's real differentiator: this isn't a first-time developer testing the market, but an operator carrying a trust-first discipline into a new industry.  

As the public face of Opus One, Bhatti Ji has described it as the first GMADA ‘Iconic Certified’RERA-approved project in New Chandigarh, a status tied to the plot's origin as a GMADA-auctioned parcel inside Eco-City 2. He has also spoken about the project's deliberately low-density approach, with close to four-fifths of the land held back as open, landscaped space. Outside the business, he continues to be involved in community and philanthropic initiatives.  

Puneet Khanna: A Decade Building Trust Before Building Towers   

Co-founder Puneet Khanna's route into real estate was even less conventional. His career started in 2005 straight out of an MBA programme and for the following decade his work had nothing to do with construction  -   it was about something harder to build: family trust.  

In 2010, he founded an international education consultancy guiding Indian students through overseas admissions, the kind of business that survives only if it keeps its word to parents entrusting their children's futures to it. That consultancy scaled considerably  -   by 2018, Khanna Ji had co-founded Opulence Education Group out of Toronto,growing it into an 11-institution network across Canada and Australia and enrolling more than 10,000 students.  

In 2024, reading the growth curve of North India's property market, Khanna co-founded GB Realty Group to bring that same transparency-first approach into residential and commercial development across the Tricity. He remains active in social-impact work alongside the business today.  

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan is personally promoting a landmark partnership with Gurinder Bhatti, the visionary founder of GB Realty. Their handshake marks the biggest collaboration ever in Tricity (Chandigarh-Mohali-Panchkula), elevating luxury real estate and regional development to new heights through this high-profile alliance.  

What GB Realty Group Actually Puts on the Table   

Every hoarding in this market claims ‘trust’ and ‘luxury.’ What a buyer actually needs is the paper trail standing behind those words and on that count, GB Realty Group clears more boxes than most regional peers:  

• Construction executed by Suryacon, one of the region's more established delivery partners  
• Interiors designed by Hirsch Bedner Associates (HBA Singapore) - HBA's first residential project anywhere in India  
• IGBC Platinum  certification built into the design brief, not added later  
• GMADA's ‘Iconic Certified’ tag secured on flagship launches  
• RERA numbers published for every live project up front, rather than shared only after a site visit  

For a buyer, that is the difference between a claim printed on a hoarding and a claim that can be checked independently on the Punjab RERA portal before a single rupee changes hands.  

The GB Realty Group Portfolio, Mapped   

Some developer portfolios are padded out with loosely connected land parcels to look bigger on paper. GB Realty Group's list runs the other way - deliberately compact and every entry is a live, visitable, under-construction site:  

Opus One, New Chandigarh: Does the Height Justify the Attention?   

Opus One  is GB Realty Group's flagship project. Spread across 8.75 acres inside Eco-City 2, it comprises high-rise towers rising to G+32 storeys, with roughly 688 ultra-luxury residences planned at full delivery - placing it among the tallest addresses this stretch of New Chandigarh has produced.  

What stands out more than the height, from a site-visit perspective, is the land-use split. Close to 79 percent of the plot is reserved as green, landscaped open space, leaving only about 21 percent for actual construction footprint  -   an unusually generous ratio for a project this dense and one that is written into the approved site plan rather than promised as a future add-on.  

Unit sizes run across 3+1, 4+1 and 5+1 BHK formats, starting near 3,000 sq. ft. and extending past 5,500 sq. ft. for the larger layouts. Interiors carry the HBA Singapore signature 

The firm behind some of the world's most recognised luxury hospitality interiors, marking its first residential assignment in India.  

• RERA Registration: PBRERA-SAS81-PR1267  
• Indicative pricing: around ₹10,500 per sq. ft. (rates shift with construction stage  -   reconfirm before booking)  
• Payment structure: Iconic 1% Plan  -  20% at booking, followed by fixed monthly instalments of up to 1% across 42 months, covering roughly 40% of total value  
• Certifications: IGBC Platinum; GMADA ‘Iconic Certified’ status  
• Construction partner: Suryacon  
• Current status: under construction, with a full-size show apartment open for buyers to inspect finishes and layouts in person  

Whether Opus One earns the landmark status its early campaigns claim will come down to execution over the next few years. But on the standard of full, public disclosure, very few 2026 Tricity launches match it.  

The Pinnacle, Sector 83A Mohali: Height, Penthouses and a Sky-Walk   

Where Opus One competes on scale, The Pinnacle competes on height and exclusivity. Rising 36 storeys in Sector 83A, Mohali, it offers penthouse units alongside standard 3, 4 and 5 BHK layouts-  a penthouse category rarely available outside metro price brackets in this region.  

Its standout feature is a sky-walk positioned near the 36th floor, connecting towers with sweeping Tricity views, alongside landscaped green decks, dedicated sports zones and smart-home automation built in as a standard fitting rather than a paid add-on.  

• RERA Registration: PBRERA-SAS81-PR1166 (Towers T1-B and T1-C)  
• Land parcel: approximately 8.02 acres  
• Signature feature: elevated sky-walk connecting towers  
• Amenities: landscaped decks, dedicated sports zones, integrated smart-home systems  

For buyers chasing penthouse-grade prestige without leaving the Tricity, The Pinnacle currently occupies one of the very few developments in this specific niche.  

First Avenue, Aerocity Mohali: Watching the Airport Road Belt Closely   

As Chandigarh's planned sectors run out of room, development has pushed outward and the PR7 Airport Road belt in Mohali has become one of the corridor's most closely tracked micro-markets. First Avenue occupies close to 9 acres of GMADA-approved land inside this Aerocity zone.  

Rather than stacking units into a dense high-rise, First Avenue is planned around low-density living, with 2+1 and 3+1 BHK independent floors and apartments designed to feel closer to a private villa than a typical apartment block, while still sitting inside a secured, gated layout with landscaped avenues and clubhouse access.  

• Location: Aerocity, Airport Road (PR7), Mohali  
• Land parcel: roughly 8-9 acres  
• Configurations: 2+1 and 3+1 BHK independent floors and apartments  
• Connectivity: a short drive from Chandigarh International Airport and major IT and business hubs  
• Status: recently launched phase  -   verify current RERA status and rate card before committing  

Early-phase pricing in a corridor this well connected rarely stays put for long, which is exactly why activity around Airport Road has picked up pace this year.  

Eco City-1, Sector 5 New Chandigarh: The Commercial Layer That Ties It Together   

Not every relevant address in this portfolio is residential. Eco City-1, GB Realty Group's commercial project in Sector 5, New Chandigarh, covers about 1 lakh sq. ft. of office and retail space, built to give nearby clusters - including Opus One  -   the everyday retail frontage and workspace residents would otherwise have to drive out for.  

A residential tower without a commercial anchor nearby forces daily commutes for basic errands. Eco City-1 reads as neighbourhood-level planning rather than an isolated commercial launch - the kind of groundwork that quietly determines how liveable a residential address actually turns out to be.  

A Morning Inside a GB Realty Group Address   

It's 6:45 in the morning. Instead of sector traffic and honking horns, there's a landscaped green deck and a first cup of tea, with early light hitting the Shivalik foothills in the distance. Children walk to a play area inside the same gated community instead of being driven across a congested city to reach one.  

That is the everyday experience GB Realty Group appears to be building toward - not one flashy amenity, but a set of small, human conveniences: a lift that doesn't break down, a guard who knows residents by name, a clubhouse people actually use rather than photograph once and forget. For a generation that watched its parents build a house room by room over decades, a move-in-ready address built around daily life rather than status alone is a real shift.  

The GMADA Infrastructure Story GB Realty Group Is Building Into   

No developer builds in isolation and GB Realty Group's projects are no exception. They sit inside a larger infrastructure story authored by GMADA - the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority - which has spent recent years converting New Chandigarh and its surrounding belt into a planned urban extension of the Tricity.  

It was GMADA's own land-pooling and auction process that brought sites like Opus One's Eco-City 2 parcel to market in the first place - auctioned, zoned and released under the authority's regional masterplan. That matters because roads, drainage and civic services around these sites are planned at a city-wide level rather than negotiated project by project.  

It also explains the pace of change. Aerocity, once a quiet stretch off Airport Road, is now one of Mohali's most actively marketed micro-markets and Eco-City 2 now anchors GB Realty Group's flagship launch.  

Why Mohali and New Chandigarh Are the Corridor Everyone Is Watching   

For years, the Tricity luxury conversation revolved almost entirely around Chandigarh's own sector grid and a cluster of Zirakpur high-rises. That has shifted. New Chandigarh and Mullanpur have become GMADA's flagship planned expansion, built around wide roads and dedicated green corridors, while Mohali's Airport Road and Aerocity stretch carries one simple advantage: it sits 15 to 20 minutes from Chandigarh International Airport, major IT parks and educational institutions.  

That proximity is why buyers who once compared only Gurugram and Noida now put Mohali and New Chandigarh on the same shortlist. A few forces are pulling both end-users and investors toward this belt right now:  

• Direct, minutes-away connectivity to Chandigarh International Airport  
• GMADA-led planned infrastructure, including dedicated green belts and wide arterial roads  
• Proximity to established educational and healthcare institutions across Mohali and Chandigarh  
• A clear shift of premium launches away from congested older sectors toward New Chandigarh and Aerocity  
• Growing interest from NRI and outstation buyers seeking a quieter, greener alternative to Delhi-NCR's density  

What ‘Luxury’ Actually Means Inside This Portfolio   

The word ‘luxury’ gets stamped on so much real estate marketing that it has nearly lost its meaning. Across its portfolio, GB Realty Group tries to anchor the word in specific, deliverable features rather than vague adjectives:  

• Clubhouse and wellness spaces designed for daily use, not just show-flat photography  
• Landscaped green decks and open-air walkways, most visible at The Pinnacle's sky-level connector  
• Smart-home automation included in base specifications at select projects  
• Sports and recreation zones planned into the masterplan rather than added on later  
• Independent servant quarters and extra utility space in larger configurations  
• Sustainability-first design, backed by IGBC Platinum certification and generous open-space ratios

None of this replaces fundamentals like natural light, sensible layouts and honest build quality - but it does suggest a developer thinking past the lobby marble toward what daily life in the building actually looks like.  

Homziio's View: Who Should Actually Consider a GB Realty Group Home   

No single developer suits every buyer. Based on what is publicly built and disclosed today, GB Realty Group's portfolio appears to work best for:  

• End-users relocating into Chandigarh, Mohali or New Chandigarh who want a RERA-verified, professionally managed community rather than a self-built independent plot  
• NRI investors who want a transparent, publicly documented project with RERA numbers they can verify remotely  
• Growing families wanting green, low-density living without giving up proximity to the airport, IT parks and schools  
• Long-horizon investors comfortable riding out under-construction timelines in exchange for early-phase pricing in a GMADA growth corridor  
• Business owners seeking commercial space, such as Eco City-1, close to a captive residential customer base  

Equally worth saying plainly: buyers who need immediate possession, a fully ready-to-move address, or decades of developer track record may find GB Realty Group's current under-construction portfolio isn't the right fit today  -   and it's better to know that before falling for a rendering.  

GB Realty Group Against the Typical Tricity Developer   

Every brochure uses the words ‘luxury’ and ‘trust.’ The real question is what's verifiable behind them. Here is how GB Realty Group's disclosed practices measure up against the region's typical approach:  

Is a GB Realty Group Investment in 2026 a Sound Bet?   

What can be said with confidence: GB Realty Group's flagship projects are RERA-registered, meaning buyer payments carry legal protection under Punjab's RERA framework, project timelines are publicly tracked and the developer faces regulatory consequences for missed disclosures.  

Beyond that regulatory layer, the underlying location thesis holds up. New Chandigarh and Mohali's Aerocity belt sit squarely inside GMADA's active infrastructure push and Tricity corridors that received early GMADA attention  -   from IT City to Sector 82-91  -   have historically seen meaningful price appreciation over five-to-eight-year horizons. That is not a guarantee for any specific launch, but it is the broader pattern this corridor has followed.  

Before booking with any developer, GB Realty Group included, a buyer should check:

• The RERA registration number on the official Punjab RERA portal (rera.punjab.gov.in)  

• Current per-square-foot pricing directly from the sales office, since rates shift with construction milestones  
• Actual on-ground construction progress through a site visit, not just brochure renders  
• Payment plan terms confirmed in writing before any booking amount changes hands  

How Homziio Verifies Every Developer It Covers   

This review didn't start with a press release. Over more than two decades tracking Tricity's property cycles, Homziio has built a standing process for evaluating any developer: cross-checking RERA filings against the Punjab RERA portal, confirming land-parcel origin through GMADA's own records and, wherever possible, visiting the site rather than relying on renders.  

Claims that cannot be independently confirmed - unverified pricing, or connectivity claims that don't hold up geographically - are flagged rather than repeated as fact. That discipline is why buyers keep coming back for a second opinion before they sign anything.  

Final Verdict: Does GB Realty Group Belong on Your Shortlist?   

Buying a home is never purely transactional - it's a decision about the mornings someone wants to wake up to and that is the territory GB Realty Group has chosen to compete in. Whether it's the high ambition of Opus One, the sky-walk exclusivity of The Pinnacle, the low-density calm of First Avenue or the commercial groundwork of Eco City-1, every address in the GB Realty Groupportfolio rests on the same foundation: disclosed design intent and RERA-backed transparency.  

For buyers watching Mohali and New Chandigarh transform in real time, GB Realty Groupstands out as a rare thing in this market right now - a developer whose story can actually be checked. If 2026 is the year to stop renting and start owning, this portfolio is worth an unhurried look, paired with a personal site visit and a second opinion from Homziio's team  before signing anything with GB Realty Groupor any other builder in this corridor.