The prime residential areas in the city are Shahibaug (in the northern part of the city), Satellite, Bodakdev, Vastrapur, Prahladnagar, Thaltej (in the western parts of the city), Maninagar and areas around Kankaria and Chandola Lake in the southern eastern parts of the city.
The growth corridors for real estate development are the SG Road (Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Road), Sardar Patel Ring Road, Maninagar and on the north side of the Inner 132 ft Ring Road in areas like Nirnaynagar and Ranip. SG Road and Sardar Patel Ring Road in particular have witnessed a lot of residential bungalow/farm house type developments in the recent years.