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Havelock City
Mixed-use in Colombo, Sri Lanka / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Havelock City is a large mixed-use real-estate project in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Residential component of the project consists of 8 residential towers and the Commercial component of the project consists of a 46-storey office tower and a Shopping Mall built to international standards. It is popular for its clubhouse, 7-acre garden, and the overall size of the project.[1] The first 4 residential towers, namely Park Tower and Elibank Tower (of construction Phase-1), and Layards Tower and Davidson Tower (of construction Phase-2), were completed as at early 2017 with 22 floors each, and is currently occupied by residents. Phase-3 is currently under construction, and will consist of the Stratford Tower and Melford Tower, with 28 floors each.[2][3] Piling for Phase-4 was done with Phase-3 to expedite development. Both phases is estimated to cost over US$130 million.[4]
Havelock City | |
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![]() The four towers of Phase-1 and Phase-2, in March 2017. | |
General information | |
Status | Under construction |
Type | Mixed-use |
Location | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Coordinates | 06°52′56″N 79°52′00″E |
Construction started | May 18, 2004; 20 years ago (2004-05-18) |
Owner | Mireka Capital Land, a subsidiary of Overseas Realty (Ceylon) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 22–46 |
Lifts/elevators | 24+ |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Senaka Dharmatilleke[citation needed] ECADI[verification needed] DGFI[verification needed] |
At a cost of US$ 166 million, the 46-storey commercial skyscraper will have 600,000 sq ft (56,000 m2) of office space and 200,000 sq ft (19,000 m2) for the shopping mall. The ground-breaking ceremony for the commercial component was ceremonially conducted on 29 December 2016 with the auspices of S P Tao, the chairman of Overseas Realty, along with other dignitaries such as ministers Mangala Samaraweera and Champika Ranawaka.[1][5]