Kandy gets facelift with City Centre
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Mega project: Chairman of Property Finance and Investment Kandy,
Thusitha Wijayasena shows a model of the project to Minister Dr.
Sarath Amunugama.
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Minister of Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion, Dr. Sarath Amunugama visited the Kandy City Centre project.
This commercial centre is a BOI flagship project, which includes an
international standard shopping mall and a modern car park.
It will be completed in a few months and will be one of the landmarks
in the Kandy City. The project is on a 12-acre land, which was earlier
occupied by Walkers.
The Kandy City Centre has been designed to blend in with the local
buildings, combining modernity with the traditional Kandyan style of
architecture.
While this was not a formal opening, the unveiling of the board that
showed the different stages of the development of the project was an
eye-opener to all present of the impact this project will have on the
City of Kandy.
The investor, Thusitha Wijayasena who described the various stages of
the construction, briefed Dr Amunugama. Thereafter a visit to the Centre
followed where Wijayasena showed the Minister and a visiting delegation
from the Ministry and the BOI, a model of the completed project.
Dr. Amunugama said that it was the single most important addition to
Kandy since the times of the last dynasty of kings who ruled in the
city. It was important that there are investors such as Wijayasena
willing to take risks to get projects done in spite of many hurdles they
face.
“Private sector initiatives often produces results. A project of this
nature will encourage travel from Colombo to Kandy and with better
roads, the travel time will be reduced.
As Kandy becomes even more attractive and better equipped with modern
facilities, the potential for tourism, especially Conventional Tourism
will also be greatly enhanced”, he added. |
