Construction on ‘The Heights’ at Edmonton to commence

By Gayathri Kothalawala

The Heights is the brand name of a high-rise apartment complex by MC Urban Developers Ltd., a fully-owned subsidiary of Sri Lanka’s leading township developer Millennium Housing Developers PLC. 

The Heights at Edmonton Rd, Colombo 5, is the first project of MC Urban Developers and construction of its civil work has been awarded to Nawaloka Construction Company Ltd. following the evaluation of five quotations from reputed contractors.

This BOI-approved project will have a ground floor and five storeys containing 30 units which have already been sold out. The piling work of the project has already been completed and the civil construction work will commence in June with the projected completion deadline being set for June 2017. The architecture, facilities offered and features this apartment unit consist of makes it different to other apartment projects on the same scale.

Nawaloka Construction Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nawaloka Holdings. Since its inception in 1948, the company has built up a reputation for excellence. With over 68 years of longstanding and first-hand experience, Nawaloka Construction Company was awarded the ICTAD grading C1 as a contractor. The company has an impressive track record as a contractor and has been responsible for a number of projects, catering to a clientele that consist of both the government and the private sector. 

The Heights project will be monitored and supervised using high-tech modern project management techniques by a team of professionals. The essence in mixtures to the material used, workmanship and timeline will all be addressed using modern technology. Due to this strict monitoring and rigid supervision, the stages of construction will be reached as per the milestone plan and customers will be able to get exactly what they were promised at the pre-construction stage, because all 30 units were sold out before commencement of construction.

The combination of experience of the Millennium City team and the Nawaloka Construction team is put together here in order to give the best quality, on agreed timeline, to the customers.

The apartments at The Heights are designed in such a way to offer ample spacious and practical living spaces and adequate natural lighting and ventilation. The apartment units are provided with well reputed brands of fittings and fixtures such as tiling bathroom fitting, hot water facilities, pantry units, etc. All fixtures and fittings will be from the highest quality brands such as American Standard sanitary-ware, Grohe taps and fittings, Orange brand switches, KDK fans, ELBA cookers, branded pantry, Toshiba air conditioners and other associated leading brands, forming a value based construction. 

Most of these items are imported using tax concessions applicable as per the laws set for BOI approved apartment projects, hence passing on the price advantage benefits to the end buyer, as intended by Millennium Housing Developers PLC when formulating the selling price of this apartment project. 

The Heights will make use of solar power to provide electricity for use in the common areas. Yet another feature is rainwater harvesting, through which, water will be provided for maintenance of common landscapes and gardens. This project offers a rooftop jogging track, a fully equipped gymnasium, library, indoor sports/meditation facility and kids’ play area that will be offered to the residents. Furthermore, due to its location at Edmonton Road, The Heights will allow the residents easy access to the commercial area of the city.