The city of Cochin is now the cynosure of all eyes in the country due to the booming construction industry owing to the continuous flow of foreign investments along with relocation and return of a large number of the expatriate population over the past few years. Real estate in Cochin is attracting the best of builders and investors across the length and breadth of the country.

The builders in Kochi are continuously experimenting with the high rise apartments which were first seen in by keralites in this city of Kerala. The concept of living in apartments was a novelty for the locals, who were only interested in constructing their independent houses all these years. In the early years the apartments mostly were only five to seven storied but of late some of the builders have come up with huge apartment complexes which boast of as many as twenty storeys. The salaried middle class has taken to the idea of this community living very well which explains the sudden surge in demand for apartments in the city. The people in high rise apartments appreciate the view of the channel and the city from the height. The builders in Kochi deserve being applauded for their venture into multistory living because it become impossible for a common man to shell out the kind of money that is required to own a land in this city. Owning an apartment in Cochin is somehow a status symbol for the average Keralite and this mindset has contributed tremendously to the spurt in Real estate in Cochin.