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Dubai’s leading real estate company enters Sri Lanka

DAMAC Properties will be launching for the first time in Sri Lanka, making their magnificent properties available to the Sri Lankan market. DAMAC is presently changing the landscape of Dubai.

Its mission is to provide more than just properties. DAMAC delivers the latest concepts in state-of-the-art living. Driven by a passion for excellence, DAMAC is one of the UAE’s leading providers of waterfront luxury projects, as well as the name behind some of the most acclaimed residential and commercial developments in Dubai.

DAMAC will be launching three new exclusive developments in Sri Lanka with their agents Hot Property Real Estate in December 2007. DAMAC Heights, Lincoln Park and Surburbia, three magnificent residential buildings will be available to the Sri Lankan market, giving Sri Lankan citizens access to the ever growing Dubai Real Estate market.

Hot Property Real Estate, is the sister company of Hot Property Sri Lanka – the real estate magazine. Hot Property Sri Lanka the magazine was successfully launched to the market in October this year, focusing on every buyer’s property needs, from purchasing a home to Interior features.

The magazine takes pride in its layout and design so it can sit beside any international magazine. Hot Property Sri Lanka was developed to cater to any buyers property needs and to attract Sri Lankan’s living abroad to invest in property on our shores, hence the magazine is distributed in the UK, Melbourne, Brisbane and the Maldives. The directors of Hot Property Sri Lanka Lara De Soyza, Natalie Jayasuriya Atilla, and Minoli Ratnayake, envisage the magazine being a positive impact and a boost to the property arena and look forward to revolutionizing the real estate industry in Sri Lanka. Hot Property Real Estate will be welcoming the heads of DAMAC to a grand launch to be held in December this year.
DAMAC commands the professional expertise to manage projects from end to end including land purchase, appointment of award-winning architects, execution and monitoring of projects with contractors and follow-up to final handover. The processes and practices that are followed are in line with world standards. Being a part of an ISO 9002 certified company, DAMAC is renowned for its ability to provide superior product value.

With a paid-up capital of 300 million dirham, and over 6 billion dirham worth of projects in the making, DAMAC is probably the only developer that has registered its presence in every upcoming development in Dubai. Some of the notable projects are Dubai Marina, Palm Island Jumeirah, Palm Island Jebel Ali, Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Dubai Land and Dubai international Financial Centre (DIFC). Each of these projects are landmarks in their own right with all modern amenities and are built to world standards with the objective of catering to a global audience.
DAMAC has a comprehensive Customer Care Program that provides solutions through its vast regional network with offices in the UK, UAE, Iran, Russia and now Sri Lanka.