Havelock City

Havelock City
The four towers of Phase-1 and Phase-2, in March 2017.
Havelock City is located in Colombo Municipality
Havelock City
Location in Colombo municipality
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeMixed-use
LocationColombo, Sri Lanka
Coordinates06°52′56″N 79°52′00″E / 6.88222°N 79.86667°E / 6.88222; 79.86667
Construction startedMay 18, 2004; 20 years ago (2004-05-18)
Estimated completion2004-2023
OpeningApril 2009 (Apartment)
21 October 2022 (Mireka Tower)[1]
27 May 2023 (Havelock City Mall)[2]
CostUS$ 166 million (Mireka Tower only)[3]
OwnerMireka Capital Land, a subsidiary of Overseas Realty (Ceylon)
Technical details
Floor count22–50
Lifts/elevators24+
Design and construction
Architect(s)Senaka Dharmatilleke[citation needed]
ECADI[verification needed]
DGFI[verification needed]
Main contractorSingapore Piling & Civil Engineering (Phase 1)
SCG (Phase 1)[4]

ICC Construction (Phase 2-4)
[[China Harbour Engineering Company

|CHEC]] (Mireka Tower & Havelock City Mall)

Havelock City is a large mixed-use real-estate project in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Residential component of the project consists of eight residential towers and the commercial component of the project consists of a 46-storey office tower and shopping mall built to international standards.[5] It is popular for its clubhouse, 2.8 ha (7 acres) garden, and the overall size of the project.[6] The first four 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.[7][8] Piling for Phase-4 was done with Phase-3 to expedite development. Both phases is estimated to cost over US$ 130 million.[9]

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.[6][10]

  1. ^ "Havelock City's commercial building 'Mireka Tower' opened | Daily FT". www.ft.lk. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Sri Lanka's ultimate shopping destination Havelock City Mall to open in August | Daily FT". www.ft.lk. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Havelock City breaks ground for $ 166 m commercial development | Daily FT". www.ft.lk. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Milestones | Overseas Realty (Ceylon) PLC". 1 October 2009. Archived from the original on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  5. ^ admin (20 March 2008). "Havelock City: New Urbanism in Colombo". The Architect. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Havelock City breaks ground for $166m commercial development". Daily FT. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Havelock City Phase 3 construction begins". Daily Mirror. 2 July 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Havelock City launches sales of phase 3 apartments". 18 March 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Havelock City accelerates Phase 3 and 4 development". Daily FT. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Havelock City breaks ground for US$ 166mn commercial development". Daily Mirror. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2017.