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Majestic City

Shopping mall in Bambalapitiya, Sri Lanka From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Majestic City, traded as C T Land Development PLC, is a seven-storey commercial and shopping complex, located in Bambalapitiya, a suburb of Colombo, near the Bambalapitiya Railway Station.

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The complex is owned by C T Land Development PLC. The founding chairman of the complex was Albert A. Page. Majestic City incorporates a diverse range of shopping outlets (240), including a food court, supermarket, children's amusement centre, banks and the Majestic Cineplex.

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The complex was designed by Gemmu Fernando of the Design Group Five International (Pvt) Ltd[2] and constructed by Tudawe Brothers Limited. Construction of the three-storey 13,000 m2 (140,000 sq ft) shopping complex, with 88 tenancies, developed around a central atrium was completed in 1991 and formally opened on 4 April.

The second phase of development, comprising a cinema, food court, amusement centre and additional tenancies commenced in May 1993 was opened on 4 December 1994. It was designed by Design Group Five International and constructed by Sanken Construction (Pvt) Ltd at a cost of Rs 171 million.[3]

An LKR176 million renovation of the building was undertaken in 2008, which included modifications to the Galle Road entrance and the atrium, together with a refurbishment of the basement food court.[4]

In 2010 the fifth level of the complex was refurbished, and three new cinemas were added, with the cinemas opening on 4 December that year.

In 2019 the owners of the centre announced that they would be commencing a Rs 450 million refurbishment of the complex, which is expected to be completed by June 2020.[5]

Majestic Cineplex

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Majestic City Platinum Cinema

Majestic Cineplex includes four cinemas managed by Ceylon Theaters (Pvt) Ltd, [6]

  • MC – Platinum Cinema – 445 seats (located on level four, built in 1990 as a 2D cinema and refurbished/upgraded in 2013 to a 3D cinema using Dolby® 3D technology[7]
  • MC – Ultra Cinema – 150 seats (located on level five, built in 2012)
  • MC – Gold Cinema – 50 seats (located on level five, built in 2012)
  • MC – Superior 3D Cinema – 170 seats (located on level five, built in 2012. Sri Lanka's first 3D cinema)
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