Surat Diamond Bourse

Surat Diamond Bourse is a nine-tower diamond-trading campus in DREAM City at Khajod, on the southern edge of Surat in Gujarat, opened on 17 December 2023. With about 660,000 square metres of floor space, it is among the largest office complexes in the world and was built to bring together the city's diamond cutters, polishers and traders, who process the great majority of the world's rough diamonds, under one roof. The design consists of nine interconnected rectangular towers arranged around a central spine, with long corridors linking the blocks and a large central atrium, and the scale of the complex is its most striking feature when seen from the surrounding approach roads. The building is not a tourist attraction in the usual sense: entry is for business members and approved visitors, and no public visiting hours are published, so casual visitors cannot walk the interior. Most travellers view the exterior from the road, taking in the massed towers and the sheer scale of the development, which is set in the largely open DREAM City site. About 30 minutes is enough to see the facade and photograph it from outside the perimeter. Morning light flatters the glass and stone exterior and avoids the harsh midday glare, and the site is quiet outside business hours. For visitors interested in the diamond trade, the Surat Science Centre diamond gallery offers a public introduction to cutting and polishing. The bourse is about 15 km from the city centre, reachable by app cab in 30 to 45 minutes via the Hazira-Sachin bypass road. Anyone wishing to enter for business should arrange access in advance through the bourse or a member.