During recent times, Kothrud has seen rapid expansion as well as development in commercial and residential real estate.

[1] Several prominent citizens of Pune who are active in Bollywood, Marathi cinema, media, cricket, and politics reside in Kothrud.

[citation needed] The major localities in Kothrud are Anand Nagar, Rambaug, Ideal, Wanaz, Chandani Chowk,Area near Karve statue, near Shivaji statue, Thorat baug, Tejasnagar, Dahanukar Colony, Gananjay, Gujrath colony, Bharti Nagar, Sutardara and Jaybhawaninagar; the last two are slum areas.

[3] Kothrud is home to a minor manufacturing facility by Kirloskar Group and the Automotive Research Association of India.

[4] Many new age startups like StomatoBot Technologies, which automates CCTV Surveillance[5] for proactive mobile alerts in near real-time, using Computer Vision and Deep Learning,[6] have also appeared in Kothrud.