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Articles & Analysis | Sri Lanka's construction sector sees increased investment and development from The Report: Sri Lanka 2016
The construction industry has been a major beneficiary of Sri Lanka’s rapid economic development over the past six years. Since the end of the country’s civil war in May 2009, the country has rushed to make up for more than two and a half decades of intermittent building activity across most segments, from high-end residential housing to...
Articles & Analysis | Demand-driven growth in Sri Lanka's real estate sector set to support local developers from The Report: Sri Lanka 2016
In 2015 and early 2016 Sri Lanka’s real estate market expanded rapidly, continuing a medium-term growth trend that has been fuelled by an increased appetite for residential property among the nation’s wealthy and middle-class population, growing demand for grade-A office and commercial space from local and foreign corporates, and rising...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Patali Champika Ranawaka, Minister of Megapolis and Western Region Development, on transforming Colombo: Viewpoint from The Report: Sri Lanka 2016
The very proposition of making Colombo a globally competitive city has come to be viewed from a broader perspective, including the entire western province centred around Colombo. This approach was born out of the need to consider not just economic prosperity, but also social justice and environmental sustainability. On the economic front, Sri...