Century Midtown Review: Chikkajala Township, 1, 2, 3 BHK and Plots

Drive north along Bellary Road past Chikkajala on a weekday morning and the stretch tells you exactly where North Bangalore is heading. Metro piers for the Blue Line sit over the carriageway, trucks queue for the KIADB Aerospace Park, and farmland that ran to the horizon five years ago is now a wall of township hoardings. In the first week of October 2026, Century Real Estate added another name to that skyline: Century Midtown, a roughly 135 acre township at Chikkajala where a buyer can pick an apartment or a plot inside one master plan. It is also, as of today, a project with no Karnataka RERA number attached to it.

Short answer: Century Midtown is a pre-launch, roughly 135 acre integrated township at Chikkajala on Bellary Road (NH 44), in the Devanahalli catchment of North Bangalore, from Century Real Estate. Entry pricing is quoted from about Rs 82 Lakhs for a 1 BHK and Rs 98 Lakhs for a plot, with 1, 2 and 3 BHK apartments of roughly 680 to 1,626 sq ft and plots of 1,200 to 2,400 sq ft. Possession is quoted as December 2032. The biggest trade-off: no K-RERA registration exists yet, so none of those numbers bind the builder.

Who is Century Midtown actually for?

Century Midtown suits a patient buyer with a long horizon, not someone who needs a home in the next two or three years. The format is a self-contained township with residential, commercial and institutional zones in one plan, attractive if you want amenity depth and the choice between an apartment and a plot without changing developer. The developer cites more than 45 amenities, including a clubhouse, pools, sports courts, jogging tracks, co-working spaces and senior citizen zones. Against that, the quoted December 2032 possession is more than six years out: if you are buying to live in, you are committing capital now for a home you cannot occupy until the next decade. The full specification sheet sits on the Century Midtown project page.

What does Century Real Estate's track record actually show?

Century Real Estate carries genuine history and a genuine delivery problem, and a buyer needs both halves of that sentence. The firm dates to 1973, holds a reported land bank of over 3,000 acres and more than 50 completed Bengaluru projects, a deeper bench than most developers selling in this corridor. But independent trackers reading Karnataka RERA filings paint a harder picture on schedule discipline. Quietlist's developer RERA record and BLR Atlas both report that a substantial share of the group's RERA registrations ran past their declared completion dates, with an average slip measured in roughly 21 months and around eleven projects past their RERA deadline. These are third-party readings rather than builder disclosures, so verify them on the K-RERA portal, but the direction is consistent enough to price in: a 2032 date from a developer with documented slippage deserves a buffer.

Why does Chikkajala matter right now?

Chikkajala matters because it sits on the one infrastructure story Bengaluru is actually building this year. The page quotes roughly 15 to 20 minutes to Kempegowda International Airport, about 10 minutes to Devanahalli Business Park, and about 25 minutes to Nandi Hills. Treat those as marketing estimates and drive them at peak hour. The more consequential item is the Namma Metro Blue Line, the 58 km corridor that will connect Central Silk Board to the airport. The airport to Hebbal section was targeted to open between June and September 2026 with Hebbal to KR Pura by December 2026, per reporting on the two-phase plan. As of October 2026 the line is still under construction with station finishing tenders incomplete. The metro is real and funded, but the opening date has moved before and may move again.

What do the homes and plots look like?

The mix is unusually wide for a township at this price point. The page lists 1 BHK at about 680 to 750 sq ft, 2 BHK at about 950 to 1,150 sq ft and 3 BHK at about 1,300 to 1,626 sq ft, plus plots of about 1,200 to 2,400 sq ft. Tower count, floor levels and total units are not confirmed, and aggregator listings quoting near 2,000 units are not sourced to the builder, so treat unit count as unknown. At this scale, phasing is what actually decides your experience: ask in writing which amenities land in phase one and what the master plan commits to if later phases slip.

What will Century Midtown really cost?

The quoted entry price looks sharper than it first reads once you convert it to a rate. At about Rs 82 Lakhs for a 1 BHK of roughly 680 to 750 sq ft, you are paying somewhere between about Rs 10,900 and Rs 12,100 per sq ft on the quoted built-up area. For context, market trackers put Devanahalli apartment rates at roughly Rs 6,500 to Rs 11,000 per sq ft in 2026, which places this pre-launch entry at or above the top of the band for a location that is still pre-metro. The plot maths reads better: about Rs 98 Lakhs for a 1,200 sq ft plot is near Rs 8,200 per sq ft, below the Rs 11,000 to Rs 13,000 quoted for established Devanahalli plots. Pricing for 2 BHK and 3 BHK is on request, itself a signal the sheet is not final. The plan is construction linked (10 percent on booking, 10 percent on agreement, 75 percent across construction, 5 percent on possession), and on top of the headline you budget GST at 5 percent, registration at 1 percent, stamp duty of 2 to 5 percent, and a 12 month maintenance deposit.

Is Century Midtown RERA registered, and when is possession?

No Karnataka RERA registration number exists for Century Midtown as of 7 October 2026, and approval is described as awaited. That is the most important fact in this review. Without a K-RERA number there is no filed completion date, no filed specification and no escrow discipline on your money, so everything quoted here is indicative. There is also a live inconsistency: several aggregator listings quote possession around October 2030, while the project page records December 2032. Neither is a builder filing, and they cannot both be right. Until a PRM/KA/RERA number appears, the honest answer to "when do I get the keys" is that nobody can tell you.

How does Century Midtown compare with nearby options?

Against registered Devanahalli projects, Century Midtown trades regulatory certainty for a lower entry ticket. Birla Trimaya is the closest comparison on configuration breadth and carries a registration number; Brigade Orchards sits in a different bracket. For land rather than an apartment in the same micro-market, Prestige Plots Chikkajala is the direct alternative on plot rates.

What are the honest risks of buying here?

The risks here are concentrated in timing and paperwork, not location. First, the absence of RERA removes your main legal lever: a booking amount paid now buys a promise, not a filed obligation. Second, the developer's K-RERA history shows meaningful slippage, which argues for treating December 2032 as a floor rather than a date. Third, pre-launch pricing in North Bangalore routinely resets once registration lands. Fourth, the airport belt carries heavy concurrent supply from Brigade, Birla, Prestige and Lodha, which can cap resale depth and rental yield until social infrastructure catches up. Fifth, the specification figures come from a listing source rather than the builder or the regulator. None of these make the project unbuyable. Together they make it one to watch rather than book this week.

Seven checks to run before you book

Run these in order. Do not pay a booking amount until the first three are cleared.

Is Century Midtown RERA approved?

No. No Karnataka RERA number could be found for Century Midtown and the project is described as awaiting approval. Until a PRM/KA/RERA number is published and verifiable on the K-RERA portal, there is no filed timeline, no filed specification and no statutory protection on a booking amount.

What is the starting price at Century Midtown?

Entry pricing is quoted from about Rs 82 Lakhs for a 1 BHK and about Rs 98 Lakhs for a residential plot, with 2 BHK and 3 BHK pricing on request. These are pre-launch figures from a listing source, not a builder price sheet or a RERA filing, so confirm them directly with the developer in writing.

When is possession at Century Midtown?

The project page records December 2032, but several aggregator listings quote possession around October 2030. Neither figure comes from a RERA filing, so both are indicative. A binding completion date will only exist once Karnataka RERA registration is issued and the promoter's declared timeline is published.

Who should consider Century Midtown?

Long horizon buyers and investors who want township scale near the airport belt, are comfortable choosing between an apartment and a plot, and can wait out both the build cycle and the approvals process. It is a poor fit for anyone needing a near-term move-in or regulatory certainty before committing capital.

The verdict: should you book at Century Midtown?

Not yet, but it belongs on your shortlist. The location logic is sound, the township format gives genuine optionality between an apartment and a plot, and Century Real Estate is an established name rather than a first-time promoter. What is missing is the one thing that converts a pitch into a commitment: a RERA registration fixing the price, the specification and the date. Add a developer record showing roughly 21 months of average slip, a 1 BHK rate already at the top of the Devanahalli band, and a possession horizon two sources cannot agree on, and the disciplined move is to wait. Set a reminder for the quarter after the Blue Line airport section opens, check K-RERA then, and compare the registered price against Birla Trimaya and the Chikkajala plot options before writing a cheque.

This review reflects information available as of October 7, 2026.

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By PropNewz Team