One of Bengaluru's largest business parks — served with a resident project team.
Manyata Embassy Business Park sits at Nagavara in north Bengaluru — an ~ 130-acre business campus hosting several dozen enterprise tenants including global lifescience, technology and financial-services organisations. Pencil Sketch's largest single client engagement to date lives here: a 1.4 lakh sq.ft multi-floor renovation at MFAR Manyata across the 9th, 10th and 5th floors for Bayer Science & Innovation and Bayer Pharmaceutical (2025–2026).
Manyata operates an internal approval cycle on drawings, finishes and MEP tie-ins. Approvals typically add 2–4 weeks to the design-development phase; we treat the approval calendar as part of the delivery programme from day one.
Base-build operations run around occupied tenants; loud construction work (chipping, cutting, coring) is restricted to after-hours windows negotiated per tenant. This is priced into every proposal we share for a Manyata engagement — it is not a mid-construction surprise.
Park-level fire, safety and material approvals require contractors to be on the approved-vendor list for specific categories (fire, low-voltage, MEP). We hold the relevant approvals in-house or route through pre-approved vendor partners we have worked with at other tenants.
Material logistics run against freight-elevator windows and dust-control protocols. Long-lead item procurement is scheduled against the elevator calendar, not just against manufacturer lead times.
Manyata Embassy Business Park operates a tenant fit-out approval cycle covering drawings, material specifications, MEP tie-in coordination and life-safety compliance. Approvals typically add 2–4 weeks to the design-development phase. Pencil Sketch treats the approval calendar as part of the delivery programme — every proposal for a Manyata engagement builds the approval cycle into the timeline commitment.
Base-build operations run around occupied tenants at Manyata. Loud construction activity (chipping, drilling, coring, cutting) is restricted to after-hours windows negotiated per tenant floor. Nights and weekends are the usual construction windows. This adds construction cost (overtime labour, expedited logistics) and time overhead, both of which we price into the fixed-price contract before construction starts.
Our largest single client engagement to date is at MFAR Manyata — a 1.4 lakh sq.ft multi-floor renovation for Bayer Science & Innovation and Bayer Pharmaceutical across the 9th, 10th and 5th floors (2025–2026). It is a joint two-entity engagement covering Agri R&D and pharma workspace under a single integrated contract. Photography is restricted per Bayer's confidentiality policy.
Manyata engagements typically add 10–15% to construction costs vs standalone buildings in Bengaluru. The premium covers: restricted construction hours (after-hours labour), approved-contractor list compliance (constrained vendor selection), tenant fit-out approvals (design-development timeline overhead), and material logistics against freight-elevator windows. Every Pencil Sketch proposal for a Manyata engagement documents these premiums upfront.
