Anna Salai

Bus / BRTS

Inter-city Road

BFSI & Financial Services

Global Technology Corporations

Consulting & Professional Services

Pharma & Healthcare

Media & Government

Retail / Consumer

Talent Pipeline

Regulatory & Government Proximity

Nearest Metro Stations (Blue Line / Line 1, operational)

• Thousand Lights, ~0.5 km (northern stretch), AG-DMS (Gemini), ~1 km, Teynampet, ~1 km (mid-stretch), Nandanam, ~0.5 km (southern stretch, near Prestige Polygon), Saidapet, ~1 km (southern end) The Blue Line metro runs directly along Anna Salai's median, making it arguably the best metro-served commercial road in South India.

Nearest Railway Station

• Chennai Central, ~4 km (northern end), Chennai Egmore, ~3.5 km

Airport

• Chennai International Airport (MAA), ~13 km

Major Highway / Expressway

• NH-45 (GST Road), accessible via Kathipara Junction at the southern terminus (~0 km at junction), Inner Ring Road (Jawaharlal Nehru Salai), connects at Kathipara

Key Feeder Roads

• Nungambakkam High Road (Uthamar Gandhi Salai), branches north at Gemini Flyover, Greams Road, connects to Nungambakkam, Teynampet and RK Salai, branch roads into the CBd's professional cluster

Nearest Mall / Amenity Hub

• Express Avenue Mall, ~2 km (Royapettah), Chennai Citi Centre, ~1.5 km (Nungambakkam High Road)

Bus / BRTS

• MTC (Metropolitan Transport Corporation), extensive routes along the full Anna Salai corridor. High-frequency services to all major suburbs. Anna Salai carries approximately 14,000 passengers/hour/direction via MTC.

Inter-city Road

• City Centre (Parry's Corner / Fort), ~5 km north, Guindy, ~6 km south (via Anna Salai itself) Anna Salai is Chennai's Central Business District in the truest sense, not an IT park corridor, but a genuine mixed-use commercial spine where government, corporate, BFSI, healthcare, and hospitality intersect. The road itself is maintained by Tamil Nadu Highways Department and has carried commercial traffic for over 400 years, giving it an institutional permanence that no IT park can replicate. The metro infrastructure here is exceptional. The Blue Line (Line 1) runs directly along the road's median, and four stations serve the commercial stretch between Thousand Lights and Nandanam, giving every employee on Anna Salai direct metro access. The road is also home to Chennai Metro Rail Limited's own headquarters at Nandanam. Major Grade A developments anchor both ends: Prestige Polygon (G+13 floors, 12.27 acres, 45,000 sq ft floor plates) sits at the southern end near Nandanam, while Raheja Towers anchors the northern CBD cluster. The LIC Building (177 feet, the first skyscraper in Chennai), sitting on the northern stretch of Anna Salai near the Woods Road and General Patters Road intersections, remains a historic commercial landmark on the corridor. New supply is under development, with approximately 600,000 sq ft of additional Grade A space in pipeline across the CBD cluster (Savills, 2025). Anna Salai's primary appeal to occupiers is brand address, client-facing presence, and access to government/regulatory clusters. It is less suited to large IT campuses (for which OMR is preferred) and better suited to professional services, BFSI, headquarters, consulting practices, and sales offices.

BFSI & Financial Services

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC, Southern HQ), HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, Standard Chartered, Citibank, Yes Bank

Global Technology Corporations

Microsoft (India presence), Oracle (sales office)

Consulting & Professional Services

PwC, KPMG, EY (offices and satellite teams), Deloitte, McKinsey (India teams)

Pharma & Healthcare

Pfizer (India office), Apollo Hospitals (HQ), Fortis Malar

Media & Government

Doordarshan (Chennai Kendra), Tamil Nadu Government Secretariat-adjacent offices, DMK Anna Arivalayam

Retail / Consumer

Coca-Cola India (office), Amalgamations Group, TVS Group (corporate heritage address)

Grade A Buildings (Strata / Campus Lease)

• Prestige Polygon, G+13 tower on 12.27 acres, ~45,000 sq ft floor plates, landmark Anna Salai address at Nandanam, Raheja Towers, Premium Grade A tower on Mount Road, iconic corporate address, LIC Building, 15-storied, 177 ft, Southern Regional HQ of LIC; historic anchor building, RK Swami Centre, 270,000 sq ft across Anna Salai + OMR + Guindy, operated by WorkEZ

Managed Offices

• WorkEZ (RK Swami Centre), Enterprise-grade managed workspace with tailored private office configurations, The Executive Zone (Shakti Towers), Premium CBD address with private cabins, dedicated desks, valet parking; described as the most prestigious CBD address in Chennai

Coworking Spaces

• IndiQube Wave (Thousand Lights), Dedicated desks + 4/6-seater private cabins; CBD's most complete coworking configuration, WorkVilla (Nungambakkam-adjacent), Open desk coworking in the CBD belt

Power & Connectivity

Anna Salai is part of Chennai's core urban grid with uninterrupted power supply in Grade A buildings. High-speed fibre connectivity is standard across all major office towers.

Talent Pipeline

• Loyola College (~1.5 km), Arts, Science, Management programs, Madras School of Social Work (~1 km), Proximity to Anna University (Guindy, ~6 km) and numerous management institutes in the wider CBD

Grade A & ESG Assets

Prestige Polygon is a landmark Grade A commercial building on Anna Salai. New supply under development across the CBD is designed to Green/LEED standards.

Regulatory & Government Proximity

Anna Salai's proximity to Tamil Nadu Secretariat, High Court (via Blue Line), and major PSU clusters makes it uniquely suited to businesses that require regulatory engagement.