Havelock City first phase ready by June

SHANAAZ CARINA

One of Sri Lanka’s newest residential complexes, Havelock City, the largest single mixed development will complete its first phase by mid 2008.

“By now we have been able to sell 100 apartments,” COO of Overseas Reality and DGM Marketing of Havelock City Remaz Ghouse said at Havelock City yesterday.

He said Havelock City will soon redefine Colombo’s sky line and offer customers the convenience of being in

 the heart of Colombo with facilities beyond what other apartment complexes offer. This project has been designed by Chinese architects and constructed by them.

The whole project area is on 19 acres.

Massive in its scope and construction, at a value of USD 250 million, Havelock City is developed by Mireka Capital Land (Pvt) Limited. Mireka Capital Land is a joint venture of Overseas Reality (Ceylon) PLC and the Bank Of Ceylon.

“With Havelock City, Overseas Reality’s objective is to create an environment that is completely new to Sri Lanka,” Ghouse said.

Havelock City will afford residents a one stop residential living concept with parks and recreational areas, restaurants and shopping malls. Havelock City offers high rise condominium units designed to combine the resort within a stylish city location.

They also hope to provide walk areas, jogging tracks, a well equipped club house and gymnasium as well an infinity edge swimming pool.

“Havelock City residential tower blocks are designed in such way to give our residents maximum privacy as well as the perfect view they seek from their home offering the natural breeze that only nature can provide” Ghouse said.

He also said they have reserved nine acres of property is reserved for a landscape which will provide lakes and boulder gardens and hope to get massive trees and plant them so that they could have more greenery around the area.

The Havelock City apartments will end by 2010 and by the end of the project, the concept of the Havelock City “city within a city” to suit a definitive lifestyle is expected.

When fully completed, there would be eight luxurious residential apartment towers, 300 room hotel, 200 serviced apartments and retail space, dining and recreational space, which will ensure privacy and a sense of seclusion, Ghouse said.