GIFT City sits directly on the highway corridor linking Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, 15 km from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, 12 km from Gandhinagar Capital Railway Station and 20 km from Ahmedabad Junction.

A branch of the Ahmedabad Metro's Violet Line, opened in 2024, runs into GIFT City from Gujarat National Law University via Pandit Deendayal Energy University, and further metro extensions toward Shahpur and a loop within the city are approved.

GIFT City is becoming a hub for global-standard higher education inside a business district. Deakin University and the University of Wollongong opened campuses here in November 2023, among the first foreign university campuses of their kind in India, offering postgraduate programmes in business, technology and finance aimed at the district's own banking and fintech employers.

Gujarat National Law University and Pandit Deendayal Energy University sit close by, connected to GIFT City along the same metro corridor.

GIFT City is a special economic zone built around India's International Financial Services Centre, spanning banking, capital markets, fund management, insurance, bullion trading, aircraft and ship leasing, and fintech. More than 1,000 entities are operational across its towers, generating over 20,000 jobs and a banking asset base above 100 billion US dollars.

HSBC, Bank of America, Standard Chartered, Google, IBM and Oracle all have a presence here, alongside a Domestic Tariff Area covering IT and engineering services.

GIFT City itself draws business travellers for finance summits, fintech expos and investment forums, along with guided tours of its planning and architecture. Its riverfront setting on the Sabarmati, with promenades and cafes, adds a leisure dimension to what is primarily a working city.

Gandhinagar's Akshardham Temple, Adalaj Stepwell and the Dandi Kutir Museum sit within easy reach, giving residents and visitors cultural and heritage attractions beyond the business district.

Planned as a self-contained lifestyle hub, GIFT City combines residential towers with hotels, clubs, shopping and recreational zones so residents can unwind without leaving the district.

Cafes along the Sabarmati promenade and landscaped walkways offer an evening alternative to its daytime business rhythm, and its clubs and parks form part of the same walk-to-work master plan as its offices and homes.

GIFT City runs several urban systems built for the first time in India: an underground utility tunnel carrying power, water, ICT and district-cooling lines beneath its roads, India's first district cooling system, and an automated waste collection network.

A city command and control centre monitors power, water and security across the district around the clock, backed by dedicated power and water infrastructure built specifically for the development.