One Galle Face is a mixed-use complex of buildings currently being built near the

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, Sri Lanka. It is also Sri Lanka's first internationally and developed and managed mixed use project and was officially opened on 8 November 2019. The facility consists of four skyscrapers, one which will be open for businesses to set up offices, two for the residential component, and the fourth as part of a

hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a re ...

. A shopping mall is also part of the project. The premises in its entirety is owned by

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. The twin towers of the residential component are tied as the 4th-tallest structures in the country, at . The towers are 51 storeys each, with two-, three-, or four bedroom apartments of , , and , respectively. They will also contain 16 penthouses.

Shangri-La Colombo Shangri-La Colombo is a 5-star hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Owned by Shangri-La Hotels, the property is part of the larger One Galle Face development project at the site of the Old Army Headquarters. It is the second Shangri-La hotel on the ...

opened on 16 November 2017, as the first of the four project components to do so. The hotel has 500 rooms and 41 serviced apartments.

Shopping mall

The

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consists of of lettable commercial space distributed among seven floors, scheduled for a June 2019 opening. It is planned to contain a

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(operated by PVR Cinemas), a food court (operated by Food Studio), a supermarket, and a planned capacity of 300 units of retail, entertainment and dining outlets. Softlogic became one of the first confirmed tenants of the mall in July 2017, with

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slated to open a multi-level department store with a floor space of .

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will also operate a gourmet supermarket within the Mall. The mall was opened to the public on 8 November 2019 by

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Maithripala Sirisena Maithripala Yapa Sirisena ( si, පල්ලෙවත්‍ත ගමරාළලාගේ මෛත්‍රීපාල යාපා සිරිසේන; ta, பல்லேவத்த கமராளலாகே மைத்திரி� ...

which also marked his last inauguration ceremony as the President of the country.

References

Buildings and structures in Colombo Residential skyscrapers in Sri Lanka Apartment buildings in Colombo Twin towers Skyscraper office buildings in Sri Lanka Residential skyscrapers {{SriLanka-struct-stub