Bengal

Kolkata: A once-familiar corner of Hyde Road—earlier home to the British-era Shaw Wallace & Co. Ltd.—is now headed for a fresh lease of life as Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMPK) has invited bids to lease the plot for 30 years and develop it into a modern commercial office complex, part of the port’s wider plan to draw new business activity into its estate.

Sources said the land parcel spans roughly 6,055 sq m, including an old godown and verandah that still stand on the site. The plot belonging to the port was earlier occupied by the British-era company. Although the area has long been known for warehouses and industrial units, SMPK now wants the plot to support a more contemporary mix of business uses.

Under the permitted commercial category, companies can set up corpo

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