Trent Towers

Tata’s retail business company Trent is in the process of constructing Trent Towers at Bombay’s Bandra-Kurla complex which houses many of the country’s top corporate headquarters.

Expected to be ready between January and March 2007, the building may also house Trent’s joint venture with Woolworths of Australia, states the Hindustan Times (HT) of August 30, 2006.

Westside store display

Trent, which is headed by Noel Tata, comprises the Westside department store, the Landmark bookstore and Star India Bazaar discount store divisions.

Noel Tata: building Trent

Consolidation of company headquarters is a recent trend in the fast moving consumer goods and textile sectors, notes HT. The Wadias of the Bombay Dyeing group as reported in this issue have also shifted.