Buying property in Mohali: Airport Road, Aerocity and the newer sectors

The main micro-markets

• Airport Road corridor: high-rise residential and commercial projects with access to the international airport serving Chandigarh.
• The newer residential sectors (broadly the 60s to 90s): a mix of group housing, independent floors and plotted development.
• Aerocity and IT City: GMADA-planned zones with residential plots and commercial activity.
• Established older sectors: mostly resale, with limited new launches.

Who plans Mohali's newer areas

The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) was constituted in 2006 under the Punjab Regional and Town Planning and Development Act, 1995. It lists Mohali, Kharar, Zirakpur, Mullanpur and several other towns as areas under its jurisdiction, and it runs plotted and commercial schemes of its own alongside private development.

GMADA's website carries draw results and notices for IT City (industrial, commercial and land-pooling plots), a land-pooling numbering draw for commercial SCOs and bay shops in Aerocity (August 2025), and a public notice on the Aerotropolis scheme and an industrial park in Sector 101. Several of these notices refer to letters of intent (LOIs) and allotment draws. If you are offered a plot, a shop or an LOI in a GMADA scheme, confirm its allotment and transfer status directly with GMADA before paying anything.

Connectivity: what is confirmed

• The airport serving the Tricity is Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport, Chandigarh. The Airports Authority of India gives its address as Mohali and says it is run by Chandigarh International Airport Limited, a joint venture of AAI and the governments of Punjab and Haryana.
• In April 2025 the Union Cabinet approved a 19.2 km, six-lane, access-controlled Zirakpur Bypass between NH-7 and NH-5. The government's release says it is meant to ease congestion in Zirakpur and Panchkula by diverting traffic from Patiala, Delhi and Mohali Aerocity, and calls it part of a ring-road plan for the Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali area.

An approval is not a finished road. Check the current construction status of any planned link before you count it as part of your daily commute.

What to weigh carefully

Mohali has many projects at very different stages, from long-completed towers to recent launches. Two projects a few hundred metres apart can differ greatly in approvals, construction quality and delivery record. Developer track record, the RERA filing history and the actual unit you are offered matter more than the sector name.

How AV Realtor helps

We compare like-for-like options within your budget, check each project's RERA status and filings, arrange visits to the actual tower and floor where possible, and help you negotiate and document the purchase.