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PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards Managing Director Jules Kay, Chairman of Panel of Judges and Paramount Realty Director and CEO Dr Nirmal De Silva, President Institute of Town Planners Sri Lanka, Senior Lecturer, University of Moratuwa Sri Lanka and Winner 2019 Sri Lanka Real Estate Personality of the Year Dr Jagath Munasinghe, Official Supervisor BDO Sri Lanka and Maldives Chief Operating Officer, Senior Partner, Head of Assurance Review (QAR) and Accounting Outstanding Services (FAO) Sasanka Rathnaweera
On the heels of a successful third edition last year, the PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Sri Lanka) yesterday announced its key dates for the 2020 edition.
The 4th Annual PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Sri Lanka) marks the return of Asia’s esteemed real estate awards program to the island nation, which is in the process of rebuilding after the Easter Sunday attack last year.
A black-tie gala dinner and awards ceremony celebrating the best of the best properties and developers in and around the island nation will take place on Friday 17 July, at the Shangri-La Colombo.
In the lead up to the event, the general public are invited to submit their nominations until 1 May.
Key dates for the 2020 edition are:
Competitive categories for the 2020 PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Sri Lanka) will search for the finest developments in not only the capital Colombo but also the country’s Southern, Central and North Eastern Provinces.
As part of its ongoing expansion in South Asia, the Awards will also take the opportunity to recognise the movers and shakers of the residential property market in the Maldives. The Awards will have competitive categories open for Best Residential Development (Maldives) and Best Residential Development (Malé), the latter celebrating the finest in the small archipelago’s capital.
The 2019 edition of the PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Sri Lanka) rewarded some of the biggest developments in the country. Set to become one of the tallest buildings in South Asia, the 376-metre high project known as The One by The One Transworks Square Ltd. won Best Mixed Use Development at last year’s Awards. The skyscraper comes with luxury residences, a five-star hotel, commercial spaces, a shopping mall, sky bar, and more. The One went on to trounce eight massive projects across the region for the honour of Best Mixed Use Development (Asia) at the 14th PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards Grand Final in Bangkok, Thailand.
Paramount Realty Director and CEO Dr. Nirmal De Silva, who returns as chairperson of the PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Sri Lanka), says he’s confident in the region’s real estate prospects for 2020.
“Per the World Bank, South Asia is the highest-growing region at the moment. We see the region being an emerging tech hub with the ecosystem in every country developing through national-level policies. This is both an encouraging and exciting trend with South Asia now having the potential to be a driving force and a centre for innovation in the future.”
He adds: “Sri Lanka has slowly but surely started focusing on their ecosystem with a national level agenda, policy framework and multi stakeholder engagement. It’s fair to say that what we are seeing in the region is not the end but the beginning.”
The 2020 PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Sri Lanka) is supported by official magazine PropertyGuru Property Report; official PR partner PR Wire Sri Lanka; and official supervisor BDO.
For more information, email [email protected] or visit the official website: AsiaPropertyAwards.com.
Pic by Shehan Gunasekara
