Martin Burn Ltd

Martin Burn Limited was incorporated in 1946 resulting the merger of of two civil engineering company i.e. Martin & Co. and Burn & Co. The Company is mainly engaged in civil engineering, real estate development and and the execution of turnkey projects in Kolkata. It is involved in all activities across the product value chain from acquisition of land, obtaining approvals, project planning and execution, to launch, sales & marketing and final delivery of the developed property to customers. The Company has been one of the most preeminent and iconic developers of Kolkata delivering some high-quality residential, commercial and historical space to the city. It lent name and services to some of the most iconic and heritage monuments of the city including Victoria Memorial, Esplanade Mansion, Shahid Minar etc. It further created the most identical public and private spaces in Kolkata. It advanced the concept of premium gated community-living with developments such as Shreeram Gardens (Belvedere Road), Shreeram Nagar (VIP Road) and Shreeram Estates (Behala). Later on, the Company gave the city its first truly world-class shopping complex in Shreeram Arcade. It engaged with civic authorities and local governments to develop public spaces like Eden Gardens Club House, S.S. Hogg Market - Phase II, Martin Burn House, New Secretariat Building, General Post Office, Hong Kong Shanghai Bank H.Q. Then, the Company opened Tata Centre, Asutosh College, Virginia House, Shriram Kunj. The core strength of the Company is the people for the real estate experience in various domains including engineering, design, construction, procurement, planning, etc. It worked with high-quality consultants i.e. architects, structural engineers, MEP consultants, electrical etc. In 2017-18, the Company commenced construction on its 400,000 sq.ft affordable housing project in Sonarpur. The Company was handed a contract to renovate in-part a major five-star hotel in the city in 2019. The Company needed to promote new mass housing construction technologies such as prefabricated, pre-engineered buildings (PEBs), modular homes and tunnel formwork technologies in 2022. In 2025, the Company launched approximately 5,400 new residential units in Kolkata across India's top 7 cities.