For Chemical and Water intensive industries, estates are under development at Vilayat, Jhagadia and Dahej near Bharuch.  A similar mega estate for Engineering and non-water intensive industries is under way at Savli near Baroda.

STP - Gandhinagar is established by the Department of Electronics, Government of India in GIDC Gandhinagar Electronic Estate which is a pollution-free city with peaceful work culture unique to the state of Gujarat.
 

A GIDC estate can be notified as a "Notified Area", to function as an independent body, thereby avoiding multiple taxation problems. Notified Areas do not come under the jurisdiction of local self-governing bodies. Some industrial estates converted into Notifies Areas include Vapi, Ankleshwar, Petrochemical Complex in Baroda, Umergaon, Sachin, etc.

GIDC is developing a state of the art Petrochemical Complex at Dahej located at about 45 kms. from Bharuch city.  The Dahej Industrial Park will have facilities like private airstrip, effluent collection and disposal, etc. with a liquid chemical port and railway line.

Moreover, GIDC has planned setting up of chemical estates at Moti Khavdi, Bachau and Mundra in Kutch, Pipavav in Amreli, Vansi Borsi in Navsari, Khambhat in Anand, Dholera in Bhavnagar, Pinjarat in Surat, Padra in Vadodara and Kalgam-Maroli in Valsad districts of Gujarat.