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ABCD building
The ABCD building is the Administrative cum Business Centre for Dholera, the city's administrative hub in TP Scheme 2. It houses the Integrated Command and Control Centre, authority offices and the single-window clearance facility, and is designed to LEED Gold standards.
Last checked 2026-08-11 · every figure below carries its source
What the ABCD building is
ABCD stands for the Administrative cum Business Centre for Dholera. It is the flagship administrative building of the city, located on a plot of about 9 hectares in the Knowledge and IT zone of TP Scheme 2. It houses the Integrated Command and Control Centre, the smart-city control room, together with authority offices and the single-window clearance facility. The building is designed to LEED Gold green-building standards. Reported built-up figures differ between sources, cited at about 14,000 sq m in one phase-one document and about 36,000 sq m by a developer for the full building, a discrepancy the fact base flags rather than resolves.
Why the ABCD building matters
The ABCD building is effectively the operational and administrative anchor of the Activation Area (the first phase of Dholera to get roads, water, power and drainage). Its function is durable and well documented, it is where the city is monitored and where investors interact with the authorities. Its exact status is described more carefully, it is reported to be structurally complete and operational, but a precise inauguration date is not confirmed in the sources. For anyone gauging how far Dholera has moved from plan to reality, the ABCD building and the ICCC inside it are among the most concrete pieces of the smart-city vision that have been delivered, which is why they feature so prominently in progress claims.