The country’s outstanding developers will be honoured, together with the best in India, at the exclusive gala dinner of the PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Sri Lanka) as we celebrate the best projects, designs, and innovations in South Asia throughout the past year.
The PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Sri Lanka) is the most respected and most sought-after real estate industry awards programme. The event is part of the regional PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards series established in 2005. With a professionally run and supervised judging system, the Asia Property Awards is the gold standard in real estate.
With a broad-based knowledge of the Real Estate industry, Dr. Nirmal De Silva is a business professional with over 15 years of senior management experience. He was instrumental in setting up operations for Regus PLC, the world’s largest flexible workspace provider in Sri Lanka. Dr. De Silva recently started his new venture Paramount Realty and is serving as the Director/CEO of the company. His success is built by his outstanding results and experience by working for a number of Multi National and Fortune 500 companies. Not only is he a well-respected thought leader in his area of expertise, he is also a much sought after Strategy Consultant & Start up Mentor
Having Studied at Royal College Colombo 07, Nandike pursued education in Architecture at City School of Architecture, obtaining his Charter from the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects in 2005. His experience working under Murad Ismail includes among many other projects, Water’s Edge Golf Course and Club, the Four Seasons Resort at LandaaGiraavaru, Maldives, and Local Architectural Consultancy for Shangri La on Galle Face and Hambanthota.He founded ACS Integrated in January 2008as a partnership with the practice becoming Limited Liability in 2012. To date, the Company has completed prestigious projects such as the Marriott at Weligama Bay, and are currently working on Destiny Towers and Mall, NIIBS University Complex among many other projects, and the highly innovative M2M Verandah Offices in collaboration with the World renowned architects MVRDV of Netherlands.
Stephanie Balendra
Director, Homes N Spaces Lanka Properties (pvt) Ltd.
Stephanie Balendra has worked in the UK in Fund Management, Insurance and Financial services for over 25 years. Stephanie’s extensive experience in the financial sector gives her an unique insight into the financial aspects of banking, development and investment. This includes working within a highly regulated and audited environment, following due
diligence and KYC procedures, strict frameworks and timelines, customer confidentiality and ethics. Stephanie moved to Sri-Lanka and identified the changing landscape in the Real Estate sector and the requirement for a well-regulated and managed corporate entity within it. With this in mind she Co-founded SB Realtors (Private) Limited and HomesNSpaces (Private) Limited. She believes in leveraging her experience to ensure that each client receives the highest quality advice in Real Estate investment and ensuring that the related customer experience is a rewarding and memorable one.
Roshan Madawela
Founding Director / CEO, RIU Real-Estate Intelligence Unit
Roshan Madawela is the founding Director of the RIU with its offices in London, Colombo and the Maldives. In Advisory and Consulting, Roshan has headed many research teams, authored many dozens of international publications and produced multifarious Country reports for emerging and developed markets, specializing in real estate related investments. He has also served as Consultant, Macro-Economics at the Asian Development Bank, consultant to the World Bank, Sri Lankan Government Ministries and several international major banks. He is also a Director and Chief Editor of the Big Issue Sri Lanka magazine and a founding Director of the Real-estate Intelligence Unit. Formally he was a consultant at the Office of the Advisor to the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Consultant at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London and Editor at Pennwell Corporation in the UK.
Prof. Chitra Weddikkara’s contribution to the construction sector is remarkable and counts well over 40 years of experience in the design and the construction industry both in Sri Lanka and abroad. Her professional experience encompasses fields of Architecture, Quantity surveying, International construction Management Dispute resolution, Construction auditing, Loop hole Engineering, Risk management, Value Management, Project management and Claims Preparation & Management as well as works as an Arbitrator, Adjudicator and also a member of National Procurement Commission. Apart from the academic & professional expertise, Prof. Weddikkiara is the President of Women In-Construction Forum Sri Lanka Chapter, to discuss issues relating to women in construction sector in Sri Lanka. Furthermore, giving them education, networking, leadership training, public service for women.
The PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Sri Lanka) luncheon and awards presentation ceremony will be held on Friday, 12 December 2025 at The Athenee Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Bangkok Thailand
Shortlisted developers, sponsors, and partners — comprising of C-level and senior industry figures in real estate development, property consultancy, construction, marketing, property technology, legal, finance, and architecture and design — will be present at the exclusive gala event, with safety measures in place. Select members of the media will also be present to cover the illustrious night.
Consumers and real estate agents from all over the globe are invited to watch the livestream.
