[1] Spread over a 8.1-hectare (20-acre) plot, the complex is home to some 2,500 small and large diamond traders in addition to the Custom House, banks and other service providers who cater to the gems and jewelry trade.

Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority gave 8.1 hectares (20 acres) on an 80 years lease.

But disputes between the BDB committee, its architects and contractors and payment defaults by members during the 1995–99 property slump put the project on hold in 1998.

The larger Cutting and Polishing of Diamonds (CPD) units have relatively better work and employment conditions and even provide for elaborate benefits.

The whole diamond cutting and polishing industry is largely community oriented, where most of the owners and workers are Kathiawadis.