India, April 17 -- The Taraporevala Aquarium, once a jewel of Mumbai's waterfront and now a fading icon, will be reborn as a modern, multi-story complex - home to more than just exotic fish. A final design will be chosen soon, but, broadly, here's the plan: The new, 12-storey building will house an aquarium floor measuring 6,500 sq m and main tank with the capacity of 3.5 million litres of water. It will also include a restaurant, office space for the state fisheries department, private offices that will be rented and parking space for 140 vehicles.

The aquarium occupies a 4,393-sq m plot and the new structure will occupy 20,000 sq m of built-up space. Sources said a design will be chosen soon and the deadline for completion is two years...