As Chennai expands beyond its traditional urban core, the Outer Ring Road (ORR) has rapidly evolved from a peripheral stretch into a defining growth corridor. CASAGRAND presents ‘The Hindu Outer Ring Road-Chennai Advantage: Where Smart Investment Begins’, a high-impact, closed-door roundtable on Wednesday (May 6, 2026) from 5.00 p.m. at Taj Coromandel.

Designed in a boardroom format, the event aims to move beyond surface-level conversations to actionable insights that can shape Chennai’s next phase of growth. The roundtable is structured across two discussions. The first panel, ‘Chennai’s Next Expansion — Why ORR Will Define It’ will be moderated by Prince Fredrick, Civic Affairs Editor at The Hindu, and will feature insights from Jerry Kingsley, head of research India and city lead-capital markets (Chennai) at JLL, Karthik Bhatt, historian and author, Janakarajan, president of SaciWATERs, and Diptakirti Chaudhuri, chief marketing officer at CASAGRAND. Together, they will examine how the ORR is shaping Chennai’s spatial and economic trajectory through the lenses of infrastructure, sustainability, and urban evolution.