Global City is a state-led “city within a city” of about 1,000 acres on the western edge of Gurugram, in Sectors 36, 36B, 37, 37A and 37B along the Dwarka Expressway. The Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) is building the roads, water, power and utility networks and auctioning land to private developers. In August 2026 the state reported about 80% of basic physical work done, with completion targeted for December 2026.

Updated 13 October 2026. We read ThePrint's August 2026 long-form account, Construction World's report on the Chief Minister's review, Swarajya, the 2023 auction notice coverage and the main ranking explainers. Several popular figures could not be traced to an official source, and we have left those out.

Where is Global City Gurgaon located?

Global City sits along the Dwarka Expressway, on land near Garhi Harsaru that was originally acquired for a special economic zone. ThePrint describes it as about 20 minutes from Indira Gandhi International Airport and 20 to 30 minutes from DLF Cyber City, traffic permitting.

Its neighbours include the residential Sectors 36A, 37C and 37D. That matters for buyers, because Global City itself is mostly commercial and mixed-use land sold to developers; the homes most people can actually buy in the near term are in the sectors around it.

What is in the Global City master plan?

According to ThePrint, the plan combines office towers, residential blocks, retail, hotels, hospitals and schools with a dedicated water treatment plant, a green lake, common underground utility corridors, dedicated bus corridors and an internal transit system. A Namo Bharat (RRTS) link is planned to serve the area.

In June 2026 Swarajya reported that HSIIDC had earmarked a 6.7-acre plot for a mixed-use tower of 620 to 700 metres, which would be India's tallest by a wide margin. In August the Chief Minister asked officials to prepare a separate plan for a “world-class iconic tower”. This is a plan, not an approved building.

  • Area: about 1,000 acres (ThePrint).
  • First-phase investment: ₹1,000 crore (ThePrint; Construction World gives Rs 10 billion).
  • First-phase infrastructure contract: about ₹940 crore, awarded in 2023, covering roughly 570–587 acres (ThePrint).
  • Overall investment potential: about ₹1 lakh crore across all stages, an estimate rather than committed money (ThePrint).

What is the Global City Gurgaon completion date?

There are two different dates, and explainers often blur them. The first is the basic infrastructure: on 21 August 2026 Construction World reported that Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, at a state Pragati Portal review, directed officials to complete electricity and water within three months, with physical progress at 80% and the rest due by December.

The second is the city itself, meaning the offices, homes and hotels that developers build on auctioned land. That will take many years and depends on each developer's own approvals and launches. We found no official, dated completion year for the full township. Ranges such as 2031–2035 that circulate online come from aggregator pages, not from HSIIDC.

Why has Global City taken so long?

  • 2006: HSIIDC acquired about 1,383 acres near Garhi Harsaru for a special economic zone that later proved commercially unviable (ThePrint).
  • 2012–2014: the land returned to HSIIDC.
  • 2016–2019: the idea of a global city was revived, investor meetings were held in Mumbai and Dubai, and the project was announced as Global City, Haryana in 2019.
  • 2023: relaunch, with the first major e-auctions in November–December. The October 2023 notice offered four plots: 86.05 acres and 23.76 acres (65% commercial, 35% residential), 58.11 acres (50:50), and 4.84 acres for a school.
  • 2026: infrastructure push, with the December target set after the August review.

ThePrint also points to prolonged land litigation as a cause of delay. Reported developer interest includes Signature Global, M3M India, DLF, Godrej Properties, Sobha, Smartworld, Whiteland and Elan Group, which have shown interest in or acquired parcels through the auctions.

Can you buy a home inside Global City?

Not directly from HSIIDC. The corporation sells large parcels to developers through e-auctions, and some of those parcels allow a residential share; in the 2023 notice, for example, two plots were 65% commercial and 35% residential and one was split 50:50. Any homes inside Global City will therefore come as projects launched by the developers who win those plots, each with its own RERA registration.

Be cautious with listings that sell “Global City plots” to individuals. We did not find any HSIIDC scheme offering small residential plots to retail buyers in the material we read. If someone offers one, ask for the HSIIDC allotment or the developer's licence and RERA number, and verify them independently.

Global City at a glance

  • Developer of infrastructure: HSIIDC, a Haryana government corporation.
  • Land: about 1,000 acres in Sectors 36, 36B, 37, 37A and 37B, originally part of a 1,383-acre acquisition from 2006.
  • Status: about 80% of basic physical work done in August 2026; electricity and water targeted within three months of the 21 August review.
  • Money committed so far: about ₹940 crore first-phase infrastructure contract (2023) within a ₹1,000 crore first phase.
  • Planned links: Dwarka Expressway (open), Namo Bharat RRTS (planned).
  • Headline idea: a 620–700 metre tower on a 6.7-acre plot, at proposal stage.

Does Global City justify paying more in Sectors 36A, 37C and 37D?

Honest answer: nobody has measured it. We found no published study isolating Global City's effect on home prices in the surrounding sectors, and we will not invent a premium. What can be said is that the project is a long-dated employment and amenity story, and its value to a homeowner depends on what actually gets built and when.

A useful reference point is what the neighbouring sectors cost on their own merits. In Sector 37C, for example, Square Yards lists mostly ready projects, with apartment rates on its project pages from about ₹5,250 to ₹11,400 per sq ft. If a seller in this belt is pricing in Global City as though it were finished, compare that ask with similar ready stock nearby before you agree.

Three common misreadings of the Global City story

  • “Global City is almost finished.” The 80% figure refers to basic infrastructure such as roads and utilities, not to buildings. Offices and homes come later, developer by developer.
  • “The metro is coming.” What is planned is a Namo Bharat (RRTS) link, with no construction date in the reports we read. The Dwarka Expressway is the connection that exists today.
  • “Prices nearby will double.” No source we read makes or supports that claim, and we found no study measuring Global City's effect on surrounding prices.

What should a buyer near Global City check?

  • Distance to the actual Global City boundary and its entry roads, not just “near Global City” in a brochure.
  • Whether the home relies on infrastructure that already exists, such as the Dwarka Expressway, or on future links such as the planned RRTS.
  • Water and power arrangements for your own society today, independent of Global City's new plant.
  • RERA registration and possession history of the specific project, and the occupation certificate for ready homes.
  • Rental demand now: if the investment case depends on Global City offices filling up, model a scenario where that takes much longer than planned.

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