Propertyguru Asia Property Awards Sri Lanka 2019 to kick off in July
The third annual edition of the Propertyguru Asia Property Awards Sri Lanka (2019) is set to take place on July 26 at the Shangri-la Hotel, Colombo.
The awards act as a platform to recognise the year’s most outstanding developers, projects and design in Sri Lanka.
Online submissions to take part in the awards are being accepted at ‘www. asiapropertyawards.com’ and nominations are open to the industry and the public.
This year, Open categories include Best Condo, Housing, and Residential Development in Colombo, North East, Central, and Southern Sri Lanka. There are also Commercial categories for Best Retail, Office, Mixed Use, Industrial, Hotel Development, and Boutique Hotel Development.
A new category for Best Residential Development (Maldives) has been added due to strong interest from residential developers on the island.
A few special awards are lined up for entrants with exemplary track record in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Sustainable Development, Design and Construction, Customer Care, and Building Communities initiatives.
In addition, a new Sri Lanka Real Estate Personality of the Year awardee will be named; it was presented for the first time last year to Indocean Developers (Pvt.) Ltd Director and Condominium Developers Association of Sri Lanka (CDASL) Chairman Pradeep Moraes.
The highest honours will go to the Best Developer and Best Boutique Developer. The main category winners of the local competition will then be eligible to compete at the regional Asia Property Awards Grand Final to be held in Bangkok, Thailand in late November where finalists from more than 15 markets from Sri Lanka to Australia will vie for regional accolades.
The 2019 Propertyguru Asia Property Awards Sri Lanka will be independently judged by a respected panel of experts led by Paramount Realty Director and CEO Dr. Nirmal de Silva. The judges will also conduct supervised site inspections for long-listed nominees.
“Our site visits, which are done as part of the process, is absolutely crucial to understand key elements such as design ethos, compliance, market positioning and overall quality. It definitely makes my job as head judge and my fellow judges on the panel rather tough but equally interesting,” Dr. Nirmal de Silva said.