“We are changing the plans”, Krrish says
To find out what the status of the Krrish project in Fort, I made a beeline to their World Trade Centre office on 35th floor on Wednesday morning around 10.30 am. As I entered the office I saw an open area with an empty board room onto the left and on the other side a woman was reading the daily newspapers one by one on a table which had around 10 computers sans users. There was a receptionist staring at a computer just as I walked in.
“Could I get information on the apartments and the prices?” I asked her. She looked petrified probably wondering who I was maybe because the office has seen few strangers (potential buyers) in recent months. Staring at me and checking me out from top to bottom, she phones another woman named Ann and asks whether she could come and handle the query.
I wait for Ann after the receptionist told me to sit down and assess the environment. The place is quiet, unlike any busy real estate office, barring the sound of the air conditioner and the female employee turning the pages one at a time. It does not look like an office, there is no activity.
A short while later two security guards from the Hilton Colombo rush into the Krrish office and ask for someone from the receptionist. A woman in a saree comes from inside and talks to the guards. From the conversation I gather that she is from the Urban Development Authority and has got permission from the Hilton to park her vehicle for 10 days. The guards verify this information and leave. I notice a man, probably a worker, in another room, who goes out of the office and returns.
Ten minutes later, Ann walks up to me and asks, “Where are you from?” I respond saying I want information regarding the apartments and the prices just like a normal investor. She says, “For the moment we are doing some changes in the plan of our project. We cannot give any information to anyone. That is what we have been told from our senior officials.”
She says the minimum price of an apartment is Rs. 80 million while noting that there are no pictures to show of the apartments. She also says that there are foreign as well as local investors who are involved in the project. I thank her and leave the office.
(The writer is attached to the Business Times editorial)
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