Two Luxury Apartment Buildings in the Crescat Complex

The Monarch- (http://www.crescat.com/the_monarch/index.asp)

Floors- 30
Construction End-2007
Height - ???

Rendering

http://www.crescat.com/the_monarch/tower_new.gif

Construction Progress (As At September 2006)

http://www.crescat.com/the_monarch/large/255.jpg

http://www.crescat.com/the_monarch/large/252.jpg

Developer - Asian Hotels and Properties Limited

Hmm doesn't seem like it'll be finished by the end of 2007 :)

Mid 2007 infact, so hopefully it will be done..

This is the Crescat Complex:

http://www.keells.com/images/pd_mimg.jpg

So what are your thoughts about the design ?
Personally i think they look great and.... very glassy :)
From the Photos it Seems like the they are up to the 27th floor (including the ground floors where the crescat boulevard is situated), 3 more floors to go and then comes the cladding and interiors :cheers:

the Monarch deisgn is alright but not spectacular. Would have loved to see a bit more glass. There need to be a change in trend in style from building being built now, to those built about a decade ago. This tower ( architecturally speaking.. judging by the exterior renders ) while being decent and tall doesnt really make out a 'statement' especially for a building being marketed as 'luxury' apartments.

The Emporor on the contrary, seems to be more interesting. But then again its not too clever to judge from designs, so lets wait and watch.

October Update (Bad Picture Quality)

http://www.crescat.com/the_monarch/large/269.jpg

http://www.crescat.com/the_monarch/large/270.jpg

thanks for the pics :)

I count about 25 floors in the pic meaning only a few more to go and it will be interesting to see how the glassy viewing room ? at the top turns out. I would have wished it spanned the entire width of the building, but looking by it it only covers the lift area. Wil lbe a crampy space. And which side is it facing ? sea side ?

It should be facing the sea, and i dont think the pictures really show the real size of the building

These guys update very late... So here is the
November Update -

http://www.crescat.com/the_monarch/large/283.jpg

http://www.crescat.com/the_monarch/large/286.jpg

http://www.crescat.com/the_monarch/large/275.jpg

Man when i went to crescat city the emperor was under construction and the monarch looked like the structure was nearly completed. Glass to come, hurrah.

Nice!!!

Man when i went to crescat city the emperor was under construction and the monarch looked like the structure was nearly completed. Glass to come, hurrah.

I saw it from the Liberty Plaza Car Park on Saturday, Looks near complete, I cant wait for those sexy glass :banana:

The Crescat area is really turning Colombo 3 into a miami beach style area. That's the way to go. However would be nice to see more companies have large HQ towers and glassy office towers like in NYC.

Colombo 1 should be that place (Fort), I like what the Crescat area is turning out to be :)

However I think Colombo 2 would also be an adequate place for HQ towers etc.

Yah that's what i meant, i was refering to Colombo in a broad term... However I think Colombo 2 would also be an adequate place for HQ towers etc.

Update - The Monarch
Looks like its getting topped :)

http://www.crescat.com/the_monarch/large/303.jpg

http://www.crescat.com/the_monarch/large/304.jpg

http://www.crescat.com/the_monarch/large/306.jpg

cool, I am dying to see the cladding.

Me too, hope they keep true to the render...

yah, it will be a nice addition to the CMB SKyline...

Any pictures on the Monarch?

Pictures at the top is at the website if thats what you are looking for,

but overall work on the Monach Tower has been rather slow....

The website is boring. Thought maybe someones got some private pictures.

Well, that would be very hard to come by considering that the area around the Construction Site doesn't allow for photographs..

Ah, alright, now I understand. Thanks anyway!

Yeah, Colpetty is very strict in that area, the galle Rd is closed there for about 0.5-1km on the Crescat City side after Crescat...

A picture of the monarch - 27th Jan (Credit DjD_Dublin)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/144/374234278_37b92b8ded_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/136/374234173_011415d58a_b.jpg

Im still wondering how faithful this would be to the render...

fantastic view and great pics. I would love to see 2 other glass scrapers going alongside the blooming skyline :)

Sjinadasa..............fantastic pictures!!! Just the ones that really show the progress. Much better than the ones on the Crescat Website.

"I would love to see 2 other glass scrapers going alongside the blooming skyline"

Yeah, the Dawson Grand, Emperor, Ocean View and Celestial Residencies

"Sjinadasa..............fantastic pictures!!! Just the ones that really show the progress. Much better than the ones on the Crescat Website."

Well, Thank you :) But I just found them, Credit all goes to the photographer and taking his time to upload to flickr :)

Brightened these photos...

Is that the monarch in the background?

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/6733/picsj1.jpg

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/7223/pic2xx1.jpg

Source: flickr, Ya Man

fantastic view and great pics.

Agree. The Gangaramaya temple looks neat too.

January 2007 Update -


Topping up ceremony was held on 25/01/2007.
Tower crane was dismantled and was sent to the Elephant house yard.
A new derrick crane was installed on roof slab after dismantling tower crane.


http://www.crescat.com/the_monarch/large/308.jpg

http://www.crescat.com/the_monarch/large/309.jpg

http://www.crescat.com/the_monarch/large/323.jpg

http://www.crescat.com/the_monarch/large/324.jpg


Now Lets await the Cladding..

http://www.crescat.com/the_monarch/large/308.jpg



An interesting photo that shows the Colombo skyline from the top of the Monarch. The WTC doesn't look that taller from this angle. The Monarch I think is a lot taller than what the photos make out of it. :cheers:

Yeah that is true and it is also much broader than the WTC

Monarch is quite tall, but Im guessing that WTC is taller unlike what that picture's perspective makes it out to be.

yeah, 156 metres is quite tall...

The architect behind this project is SURATH WICRAMASINGHE ASSOCIATES, He was the key person to implement Dambulla ground reality with in 155 days, however they did have a web site before!

Monarch, can't be taller than the WTC.... it looks even shorter than JAIC!

Maybe because JAIC looks very slim and boxy ? And of course it won't be taller than the WTC :P

the one in the background is the iceland apartment building i think....some 30 odd floors tall!!

Ah yeah, isn't that supposed to be near the holiday inn or something ? now to find more info about it

yeah Iceland is quite tall already 10-15 storeys however not enough public attention has been created for the project...

Location,
http://i18.tinypic.com/34ez1xl.jpg

http://www.icelandresidencies.com/

thats an old map, it still says Colombo Plaza...

:lol: Cinnamon Grand sure went through a series of renaming during a very short period of time..

yeah but that shouldn't happen because it is CInnamon Grand for nearly a year now...

Monarch is really close to finsihing...

Has the glass come up yet ? Haven't been anywhere near the Central Colombo Area Lately. Exams are evil !

naah not as yet...

So the Monarch update is finally here.

Feb 2007

http://www.crescat.com/the_monarch/large/361.jpg

Nothing much seems to have changed outside, but they must be doing the interiors.

March 2007


The pix will be uploaded to the site shortly.

Hope they will finish soon...would add to the skyline nicely....

http://i16.tinypic.com/2ldf247.jpg
http://i16.tinypic.com/4godf85.jpg

http://i12.tinypic.com/2hxuebl.jpg

That U/C building in the south end would be Icelandresidencies wouldn't it?:)

yeah...

Wow, they should really consider having observation decks on tall buildings since it is fricking awesome. Or we could have our own Space Needle/KL Tower type Tower right smack in the middle of the future skyline :)

I heard that Celestial Residences going to set up an observation deck! By the way that high-rise is massive, check out the up-dates!

The camera is way too bad,
http://i7.tinypic.com/5xt57q0.jpg
http://i15.tinypic.com/5yip34j.jpg
http://i8.tinypic.com/4zu7o7q.jpg
http://i7.tinypic.com/523qdrp.jpg
http://i13.tinypic.com/67sugdf.jpg

Come On ! Tell me that white stuff is Glass ! Or atleast the glass's green :P

Was thinking on the same lines Sjinadasa- thought the exterior was supposed to be mainly glass...

Looks like some kind of packaging for the glass? :D

Gah double post.

Looks like some kind of packaging for the glass? :D
Lets hope so:nuts: :lol:

http://i14.tinypic.com/4py9h1e.jpg

Monach coming along^^

IMO anyone caught posting posters in the downtown colombo area should be arrested and fined heavily....

IMO anyone caught posting posters in the downtown colombo area should be arrested and fined heavily....
Yep, due to security situation:ohno:

Uh.. that too and they are ruining the downtown area. Who wants to see politicians staring at you with their creepy smiles when you are walking down the Galle Face ?

http://i16.tinypic.com/5x7df1t.jpg
http://i17.tinypic.com/537vt50.jpg
http://i14.tinypic.com/661m0c2.jpg
http://i15.tinypic.com/52g9clu.jpg
http://i17.tinypic.com/4yjd4t4.jpg

It is glassy :banana:

The big question is whats going to happen with all the white. They look fugly. Also, yeah, the Front part is very glassy. Hooray for that !

The big question is whats going to happen with all the white. They look fugly. Also, yeah, the Front part is very glassy. Hooray for that !

I presume that those white things are Alcobond stickers, they remove em after certain days, preferably after all the external completion:)

Hope so but it might be paint lets hope that im wrong, the glassy parts look awesome as well as the building in general, respect JKH...

Yeah, pass the site frequentely, currently the construction work has progressed further maybe finished with the lenghty ground work and just starting on the lower levels of the structure...

i like to see emperor coz that glass structure is nice,it will make colombo shine

i like to see emperor coz that glass structure is nice,it will make colombo shine

Yep, It is awesome, OceanView also similar, but no signs yet:ohno:

http://i12.tinypic.com/2hxuebl.jpg

That U/C building in the south end would be Icelandresidencies wouldn't it?:)

Umm.. No. That building would be the Premier Pacific Topaz building being built next to the Carnival Ice cream place. Iceland residencies is to the North. Hope that helped:)

Whoah! Carnival is still there? Cool. What about the "White Horse"? It was a nice little pub on the Chatham street. Is it still there?

Umm.. No. That building would be the Premier Pacific Topaz building being built next to the Carnival Ice cream place. Iceland residencies is to the North. Hope that helped:)

yup still rolling away last time i checked!!:)

Good to know !! :banana:
yup still rolling away last time i checked!!:)

In the LBR the video saraprobe linked in the other thread, the JKH Deputy Chairman says about Monarch and Emperor,

First tower (monarch) sold out very quickly. Second tower (emperor), which is under construction is almost 80% sold out.

The monarch was kinda behind schedule but that is because what gamarala said. But like everyone says JKH is a highly trusted company and if they promise to build something, they will build it... even if it is not on time :P

Thanks, sjinadasa and Gamarala. But what about the installments? Are they linked to progress of the project? IE do you still have to pay the installments even though the project is not progressing as planned? And how do we know that the developed has reached a certain milestone of completion?

The Emperor related posts have been moved to a separate Emperor thread :)

U/C? Isn't the Monarch already completed?

Yeah it is...

is it ? then why have they painted it with that horrible white colour ? It looks nothing like the render.

There are a bunch of "for sale" listing for apartments at the monarch (here's one for a 5th floor apartment for Rs.130 mil: http://www.realitylanka.com/sisil774%20col03%20301107/07aptscol03774.htm :nuts:) so I'm pretty sure it's complete.

Any chance you can snap a few pics sjinadasa? This is the only one i've found, taken from the Crescat next door

http://www.realitylanka.com/vigneswaran803%20col03%20080108/1.JPG

$3000 per month, u got to be joking:nuts:

Balcony

http://lh4.ggpht.com/alanjsloan/R8gffA6zWzI/AAAAAAAAAMw/wkUjhP3_7Dc/P2220126.JPG?imgmax=512

http://lh3.ggpht.com/alanjsloan/R8gfXw6zWyI/AAAAAAAAAMo/Wl3MLvELtFs/P2220125.JPG?imgmax=512

http://www.johnkeellsland.com/the_monarch/large/469.jpg

http://www.johnkeellsland.com/the_monarch/large/468.jpg

http://www.johnkeellsland.com/the_monarch/large/467.jpg

http://www.johnkeellsland.com/the_monarch/large/466.jpg

http://i37.tinypic.com/rus9kg.jpg

It looks really really bland. Is it occupied or still U/C ? If its completed, then an idiot decided on that colour scheme..

I heard its having weather proofing issues. how much did a 3BR sell for?

ya horrible colour!! would have been really nice with some other colour!! at least lets hope that when they give it a paint job a few years down the line, they'l decided on another colour!

Property brought in profits of 108 million rupees, up 21 percent with more apartments in the 'Monarch' project being completed and handed over to buyers. The 'Emperor' project was behind schedule.

Full story,

Sri Lanka JKH profits flat in Sept quarter (http://www.lbo.lk/fullstory.php?nid=990114714)

Interesting, thought that the Emperor was behind schedule...

Any new pictures of the Emperor?
Which floor are they by now?

I hope to see more of these kind of buildings in Colombo.

looks a little plain.... but i guess we cant complain.... the more the skyline of colombo changes the better i guess... whats happening with the monarch

i meant the emperor

Emperor's at the 6th floor I think, Looks like it'll take some time to get completed...

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-1o3OhdQAz94/TgHoikD1m9I/AAAAAAAAAGE/wmMBTB-THao/s771/100_1125.jpg