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Colombo’s architectural marvel Altair has announced that its 400 apartments will have floors finished in Italian Botticino marble, following a decision by the developer to upgrade from marble sourced from Central Asia or the Middle East, as originally proposed.
The upgrade at the developer’s own volition, represents a significant value addition at no extra cost to the buyers of the apartments, and demonstrates Altair’s commitment to exceed customer expectations wherever possible, the company said.
Towards this end, Altair Directors Pradeep Sureka and Pradeep Moraes recently visited quarries and processing facilities in Vincenza, Verona, Brescia and Chiampo in Northern Italy, the home of the best Botticino Marble, to handpick suppliers for the project.
Botticino Marble has very low porosity and ferrous content and is extremely hard and robust, making it ideal for installation in the humid conditions of Colombo.
“Our commitment to customers was to provide marble from Central Asia or the Middle East,” Moraes said on his return to Colombo. “However, we are constantly looking at ways of improving our offering, because Altair is intended to be the benchmark in luxury living in Sri Lanka.”
He said Altair has already pleasantly surprised buyers of its apartments by over-delivering on several promises by offering them numerous value additions including extensive home automation, chilled water air conditioning, double-glazed windows, Duravit sanitary ware from the Philippe Starck designer range, a concierge-serviced Reception with Quintessentially Lifestyle and free hotwater.
“Although about two thirds of the construction has been completed, it is our intention to continue to upgrade our offering wherever opportunities arise,” Moraes added.
Now at its 57th level on the vertical tower and the 53rd on the sloping tower, Altair will on completion comprise of a 63-storey tower which leans into a taller, 68-storey tower. Acknowledged as a game changer in contemporary living in Sri Lanka, the Altair building has already brought a new dimension in aesthetics to Colombo’s skyline. It is intended to be a one-of-its-kind development in South Asia in terms of architectural design, structural engineering, and living experience. Altair will offer its 400 apartments spectacular views of the Beira Lake, the Indian Ocean and the city of Colombo. The development’s 1.5 million square feet of high-end eco-friendly living space will be supported by 40,000 square feet of supportive up-market retail space.
Taken from – Ceylon Today
The latest images of Altair, soon to grace Colombo’s skyline with luxurious living. Scheduled to open in 2018.
The management of Altair recently hosted an event at the Hilton to felicitate Moshe Safdie, the Altair project’s architect and architect of Marina Bay Sands in Singapore and many other iconic buildings.
Taken from FT.lk
The latest images of Altair, soon to grace Colombo’s skyline with luxurious living. Scheduled to open in 2018.
Indocean Developers Director Pradeep Moraes making a presentation at the event.
California is home to several hundreds of doctors who are of Sri Lankan origin, most of whom are members of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, North America (West).
The Association holds a glittering Ball bi-annually and this year’s event was held at the magnificent Ballroom of the legendary Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. The event, which had over 500 attendees, was sponsored by Indocean Developers Ltd., the promoters of Altair, the iconic development which is changing Colombo’s skyline.
An Altair spokesman said that they were pleased to support this function not merely because of outreach and networking potential among the Association’s affluent membership, but also in recognition of the SLMA’s laudable efforts towards the alleviation of those suffering from cancer in Sri Lanka and the rehabilitation of the Mulleriyawa Hospital.
Taken from Daily FT
A modern-day architectural marvel is taking physical shape before Colombo’s eyes, as Altair’s iconic twin towers rises into the city sky at remarkable speed, a press release stated.
It added that promoter Indocean Developers reports that the building gained six floors in August 2016 — a benchmark given the intricacies of its structural design — and had reached its 32 level by the third week of September”.
“Designed by the celebrated global architectural genius Moshe Safdie, Altair will on completion in 2017 comprise of a 63-storey ‘leaning’ tower and a taller 68-storey vertical tower. It will have 400 luxury apartments that offer spectacular views of the Beira Lake, the Indian Ocean and the city of Colombo”, the release added.
“We are making excellent progress and are on schedule,” said SWA Project Manager and Altair’s Project Management Consultant, J. Domingo.
“Casting six floors in a month while ensuring International Specification Requirements pertaining to quality and safety is a new benchmark in the Sri Lankan construction industry”, he added.
“Altair’s local structural engineer Deepal Wickramasinghe commended the project’s contractor Shapoorji Pallonji Lanka Limited for the feat of building six floors in a month, despite the inherent structural complexities and composite nature of the construction that requires involvement of multiple trades” it added.
“Achieving completion of six floors a month in a masterpiece of its kind, while overcoming the logistic challenges and managing the cultural change involving various stakeholders is indeed a hard task,” Shapoorji Pallonji Lanka Limited, Project Director Baiju Ramakrishnan added. “Our commitment, dedication, hard work and international expertise in high rise construction are the factors that have made this possible”.
“Designed to be a game changer in contemporary living in Sri Lanka, Altair will bring a new dimension in aesthetics to Colombo’s skyline. It is intended to be a one-of-its-kind development in South Asia in terms of architectural design, structural engineering, and living experience. The development’s 1.5 million square feet of high-end eco-friendly living space will be supported by 40,000 square feet of supportive up-market retail space”, the release added.
“Breaking new ground in the local property development market, Altair has installed a 24-hour live stream from its construction site, enabling anyone to monitor progress. The live feed can be accessed via the Altair website www.altair.lk from anywhere in the world. It provides a real-time view of construction work from five different angles, with the views switching every 12 seconds’ it further added.
Extracted from Ceylon Today
Otis has been selected to provide high-speed elevators to the prestigious Altair project in Colombo, Sri Lanka, which when complete will be the tallest residential building in Sri Lanka and will have the country’s fastest elevators. Otis, the world’s largest manufacturer and maintainer of people-moving products, is a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). Elevators Private Limited, a JV entity between Otis and Aitken Spence, will install the elevators.
Altair will reach 240 meters — 68 floors — consisting of two towers with one tower leaning against the other. Indocean Developers (P) Limited, a venture of South City projects (Kolkata) Limited, chose Otis to supply a total of 19 elevators, including Sri Lanka’s fastest elevators with a travel speed of 5 meters per second.
“Altair is a unique project with requirements that stretch beyond the ordinary – it is exclusive. Otis’ technical know-how and credentials gave us the confidence that would be the right fit” said Pradeep Sureka, Director, Indocean Developers (P) Limited.
“Otis’ worldwide experience in delivering vertical transport solutions in tall buildings, coupled with their strong local presence, made them the right choice to provide us with elevators for Altair,” said K. M. Sathian, Director (Projects), Indocean Developers (P) Limited.
Extracted from The Daily Mirror
Sri Lanka’s showpiece high-rise project Altair has broken new ground in the local property development market by installing a 24-hour live stream from construction site, enabling anyone to monitor progress.
A new dimension in transparency, the live feed can be accessed via the Altair website www.altair.lk from anywhere in the world. It provides a real-time view of construction work from five different angles, with the views switching every 12 seconds.
“Approximately 45 percent of our customers are overseas buyers,” Altair Director Pradeep Moraes said. “This first-of-its-kind facility enables them to watch the building rise and take shape whenever they want to. It’s a simple and convenient way to track its progress.”
“Because of the iconic stature of the project and its unique architecture, there is also a great deal of public interest in the building, which is why we have made the live feed accessible to anyone who visits our website,” Moraes added.
By end-May, the twin towers of Altair had risen to the 16th level. On completion in 2017, the building will comprise of a 63-storey ‘leaning’ tower and a taller 68-storey vertical tower, with 400 luxury apartments that offer spectacular views of the Beira Lake, the Indian Ocean and the city of Colombo. The building is designed by the legendary global architect Moshe Safdie.
Visitors to the Altair website can go also follow the rise of the building over the past one year through a series of still images that depict monthly progress by clicking on the ‘News’ tab and selecting ‘Development Progress.’
Designed to be a game changer in contemporary living in Sri Lanka, Altair will bring a new dimension in aesthetics to Colombo’s skyline. It is intended to be a one-of-its-kind development in South Asia in terms of architectural design, structural engineering and living experience. The development’s 1.5 million square feet of high-end eco-friendly living space will be supported by 40,000 square feet of supportive up-market retail space.
