Category: Real Estate & Construction

May 13, 2014 (LBO) – India’s TATA Housing has started a 400 million US dollar mixed development in Colombo with state-run Urban Development Authority, as part of a regeneration effort, officials said.In the first stage which started Monday the firm will build a four-tower apartment block with 650 units which will house 582 families and […]

May 13, 2014 (LBO) – India’s Krrish which has been given city centre land in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo is expected to settle its balance payments in three months, an Urban Development Authority official said.Perera said Krrish had recently signed an agreement with a construction contractor, which had been shown to them, they he was […]

May 8, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Telecom Plc, the island’s only wireline operator said, it was looking for local and foreign investors jointly develop its property holdings scattered across the country. It will also look at opportunities to lease or hire out existing facilities for workshops, recreational and other business activities. The company has […]

Mar 19, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Telecom group said it had set up a separate company to develop its “extensive property portfolio” around the country which was unused or or under-used.In 2013, SLT Property Management (Pvt) Ltd (SLTPM) had been incorporated to develop its property holdings. “Given the growing demand for property in Sri […]

Mar 11, 2015 (LBO) – Lee Hedges Plc, a unit of Sri Lanka’s Pioneer group of companies will build a 1.2 billion rupee, 15-floor office complex, the state investment promotion agency said. The project is implemented through Lee Hedges Investments Ltd, a unit of Lee Hedges Plc which is in the pioneer group. The building […]

Feb 27, 2014 (LBO) – Equity One Plc, a unit of Sri Lanka’s Carson Cumberbatch group said it sold a six acre land in a suburb south of Colombo for 571.2 million rupees. The land in Mount Lavinia had been sold on February 24, the firm said in a stock exchange filing. The funds will […]

Feb 11, 2014 (LBO) – A 68-storey lakefront apartment tower tipped to be tallest residential tower in South Asia when completed in 2017 will be built by Shapoorji Pollonji International, a Dubai based construction firm, its promoters said. The ‘Altair’ luxury condominium project by the Beira lake in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo will be 240 […]

Jan 28, 2014 (LBO) – A 1.3 billion US dollar sea reclamation project by the main port in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo by a Chinese firm has been given sweeping tax breaks, a government notice said.The Chinese firm will build the city and will give a part of the land to Sri Lanka’s ports agency. […]

Nov 21, 2013 (LBO) – High income earnings professionals who combine in small groups to build housing complexes for themselves will be given a 50,000 tax deduction a month for mortgage payments, the budget for 2014 said.It will apply to doctors, lawyers, engineers, architects and business executives. Profit tax on banking and financial institutions which […]

Nov 14, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is to sign up 2.0 billion US dollars of property development deals for which tax concessions will be given, investment promotions minister Lakshman Abeywardene said. China Communications Constructions Company will reclaim the sea near Colombo port in a 1.3 billion US dollar project. The 8-year project will be […]

Nov 01, 2013 (LBO) – Organizers of India’s Excon 2013, touted as South Asia’s largest construction equipment fair say Sri Lanka’s construction industry and component makers can benefit from taking part.The show will have 900 exhibitors including 200 construction equipment makers from outside India. “We would like Sri Lankans who are in the construction industry […]

Oct 08, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s John Keells Holdings has awarded a consortium led by South Korea’s Korea’s Hyundai Engineering and Construction, a 522 million US dollar contract to build an integrated resort, a media report said. Hyundai E&C has a 65 percent stake in the construction consortium (339 million US dollars), Keangnam Enterprises, […]