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Construction and Real Estate

Sri Lanka telecom regulator to strengthen its position as property developer

4 acres to be given for offices, foods stalls and car park

October 7, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka property price disinflation in the capital Colombo ends

Near double digit growth

August 7, 2021 2 min read

Cinnamon Life office tower to be Sri Lanka hub of India's HCL Technologies

HCL says the deal matches its growth plans in the island

August 4, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka's John Keells Properties say Tri-Zen project on track

Construction progressing amid Coronavirus challenges

July 19, 2021 1 min read

Singapore's Keppel Land exits Sri Lanka venture

ECONMYNEXT - Singapore-based Keppel Land Plc said it had exited a joint venture with Sri Lanka Ceylon Theatres group for...

February 26, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka Megapolis plan downsizes China Port City

ECONOMYNEXT - A structure plan to expand Sri Lanka's capital into a 'Megapolis' of nine million people by 2040 has propo...

February 17, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka Access Engineering Dec quarter net flat

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Access Engineering said December 2015 quarter net profit rose 2.6 percent to 545...

February 9, 2016 1 min read

Most Sri Lankans looking to buy property: survey

ECONOMYNEXT - About 72 percent of respondents to a survey were looking to buy property in Sri Lanka, Lamudi.lk, an onlin...

January 28, 2016 4 min read

Construction seen remaining Sri Lanka growth driver

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s booming construction sector will remain a key driver of economic growth with gov...

January 21, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka says China Port City to be re-started by March

ECONOMYNEXT - A suspended sea reclamation project that will expand Sri Lanka's capital Colombo is likely to go ahead in ...

January 18, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka govt construction firms get first ‘Megapolis’ contracts

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan government construction firms will get the first contracts for selected projects under t...

January 15, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka ‘green buildings’ rules to reduce energy, water use

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has decided to adopt ‘green building’ guidelines from this year in the const...

January 15, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka land prices rising faster: Jones Lang LaSalle

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's land prices which used to go up by 3 to 7 percent a year has started accelerating, rising 10 p...

January 14, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka luxury apartments sales may slow: Jones Lang Lasalle

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's pipeline of luxury apartments in Colombo is at a historic high which may make it more difficul...

January 14, 2016 2 min read
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Sri Lanka retail, office space rents sharply up amid strong demand: Jones Lang LaSalle

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's commercial property rents have risen sharply on the second half of the year, with retail space...

January 13, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka should end price floor on Colombo hotels: Jones Lang LaSalle

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka should end price controls on 5-star grade hotels in the capital Colombo and allow market forces ...

January 13, 2016 1 min read

Indian housing project in northern Sri Lanka nears completion

ECONOMYNEXT – A project to build 46,000 homes for people displaced by war in Sri Lanka’s north and east fu...

January 1, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka may merge two state-run cement firms

ECONOMYNEXT - A re-structuring committee has recommended the merger of two state-run cement firms, one of which is a lis...

December 28, 2015 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Millennium Housing to launch 7 projects in 2016

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Millennium Housing Developers said it has set up two subsidiaries with plans to ...

December 14, 2015 1 min read

Financial and business district at Sri Lanka's China port city: Prime Minister

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka will have a 'unique financial and business district' in Colombo when a sea reclamation project b...

December 2, 2015 1 min read

Sri Lanka to crackdown on state land, marsh encroachment

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka will not allow anymore encroachment on state land or illegal filling of marshland that ha...

December 1, 2015 2 min read

Disaster risk overlooked in Sri Lanka expressway project

ECONOMYNEXT – A section of Sri Lanka’s first expressway gets flooded during heavy rains as disaster risk r...

November 29, 2015 2 min read

Sri Lanka tile monopoly hit by loss of import tariff protection

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has removed import tariff protection for highly profitable domestic ceramic tile manufact...

November 22, 2015 2 min read

Sri Lanka ceramics industry presses for anti-dumping duty laws

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s ceramics industry has urged the government to introduced long-delayed anti-dumpi...

November 18, 2015 1 min read