DLF Arcade 68

Arcade 68 is a commercial offering, and a small one. DLF is selling a limited set of SCO plots in Sector 68 for buyers who want to build and own a shop-cum-office unit in a growing part of the city, and it is a new launch. It is registered under RERA with registration number RC/REP/HARERA/GGM/698/430/2023/42, and you can check it on the state RERA portal before booking.

If SCO is new to you, it works quite differently from buying a shop in a mall. SCO means shop-cum-office: you own the plot and put up your own building on it, usually with retail at ground level and offices or other uses above. That gives you control over design and tenants, but the construction cost and time sit with you, on top of the plot price.

The inventory is worth knowing up front. Across four plot types there are only 16 plots, and three of the types have just one or two each, so choice narrows fast.

The plots are along the Golf Course Extension Road corridor. This side of Gurugram has been filling in with housing, which is exactly what creates demand for everyday retail and offices close to home, and infrastructure work is under way nearby, including internal road widening and fibre cabling. The site links to Delhi and Gurugram via NPR, SPR, NH-48 and CPR. Medanta, The Medicity is about 5.5 km away and Rajiv Chowk about 6.5 km, so this is an established corridor. Millennium City Centre Metro is about 8 km, DLF Cyber City about 13 km, Ambience Mall about 14 km and IGI Airport (T3) about 19 km.

You get standalone ownership of both land and building, and the plot dimensions are clearly published for each type. Type A is 148 sq.yd (19.13 x 9.14), with 12 plots. Type B is 211 sq.yd (22.81 x 11.06), with 2 plots. Type C is 180 sq.yd (19.49 x 11.06) and Type D is 165 sq.yd (17.82 x 11.06), with just 1 plot each.

Prices start around ₹7.5 Cr, with plot-wise quotes on request, and the booking amount is ₹10 lakh for every type. Prices move, so check the current sheet. Building guidelines are also available on request.

If you like a particular size, especially Types B, C or D, you would need to move early, because there are only one or two of each. For an NRI investor, a standalone commercial building in an established corridor can be a solid long-term income asset, provided you have trusted people on the ground to manage construction and leasing.

The thing to check is the maths. Smaller plots at this ticket mean a high land rate, so the case rests on rental demand from the surrounding residential sectors. Put the plot price, your own construction cost and a realistic rent on one page and see whether the yield works for you. Also verify the RERA number on the HARERA portal before booking.

DLF started in Delhi in 1946 building residential colonies, and later put together the land that became DLF City in old Gurugram, with its Phases, Cyber City and Golf Course Road. Projects such as The Camellias and The Aralias set the top of the city's housing market. For a commercial buyer, the relevant point is that DLF plans large parts of the city, so its schemes tend to sit inside an organised layout rather than on a stray plot.