A $20m mansion home was built on top of a 400ft skyscraper. The tycoon owner may never get to live in it.

Tycoons and business moguls are known for their extravagant and often eccentric housing choices. But one controversial business tycoon has taken luxury mansions to new heights — 400 feet, to be precise.

Sitting on top of a 33-story luxury apartment complex in Bengaluru, India, this sky mansion is over 40,000 square feet with two floors, a helipad, lush gardens, an infinity swimming pool, and a 360-degree viewing deck.

Irfan Razac, the chairman of Prestige Estates Projects, which is part of a joint development agreement to construct the tower, previously said of the project: "It was a challenge to construct the mansion on a huge cantilever at that height, but we have ensured we build it exactly the way it was conceived."

The house has an estimated value of $20 million.

Another spectacular home owned by India's superrich is the Ambani family's Mumbai tower, Antilia. It cost an estimated $1 billion to build. It includes nine elevators, a 50-seat cinema, a full-service spa, a 168-car garage, and three helipads.

The Ambani residence is 27 stories high, although its many double-height ceilings mean it's closer in height to a traditional 40-story building.

The sky mansion in Bengaluru, though, was designed for Indian businessman Vijay Mallya and is entirely separate from the apartments below.

The apartment block, known as Kingfisher Towers, was built on a 4.5-acre plot of land that once housed Mallya's ancestral home.

There's a real possibility that Mallya won't ever get to live in the sky mansion.


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