The origins of Neopolis lie in a 2007 master planning exercise by the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA, later restructured as HMDA). Planners identified a 1,500-acre government land parcel in Kokapet — just across the Outer Ring Road from the Gachibowli Financial District — as the ideal location for a purpose-built extension of Hyderabad's IT and residential corridor. The land had historically been used for agriculture and was largely unencumbered. HMDA's master plan designated it as a Special Planning Authority zone, allowing the authority to develop the area with a comprehensive layout that included reserved commercial cores, high-density residential sectors, open green spaces constituting 35% of total area, and a dedicated institutional zone. The name "Neopolis" — derived from the Greek for "new city" — was formally adopted in HMDA's Integrated Development Plan (IDP) published in 2012. The plan envisaged a mixed-use township housing 1.5 lakh residents alongside over 20 million sq ft of commercial space within a 20-year horizon. Infrastructure-first planning was central to the vision. HMDA committed to laying internal arterial roads, a water supply grid, underground drainage, and 33 kV power substations before offering land parcels to the private sector. The ORR's Exit 22 was identified as the primary access point, and the HMDA-HMWSSB joint master plan flagged the area for priority water supply treatment capacity. The first phase of land auctions, conducted between 2015 and 2018, attracted investment from leading Indian and multinational real estate developers, validating the planned-city model and setting the stage for the explosive growth that followed.