Exclusive Australian agent
Sri Lanka's first and largest harbour-front development, delivered by Access Engineering PLC, the only Greenfield construction company listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange. Sold in Australia exclusively through Rogers Real Estate International, so you deal with someone in Melbourne, not an office ten thousand kilometres away.
No cost and no obligation. We will not call you unless you ask us to.
Why this one is different
If you have looked at Sri Lankan property before, you have seen the same offer repeatedly: a render, a deposit schedule, and a completion date some years away. Marina Square is a different proposition on six counts, and every one of them matters more when you are buying from another country.
You are not funding a construction programme and hoping it lands. The towers are built, the amenity is built, and the apartment you buy is the apartment you can walk through. The single largest risk in offshore property, that it never gets completed, does not apply here.
Access Engineering PLC is the only Greenfield construction company listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange. Its accounts are published quarterly and anyone can read them. You are not taking a private developer's word for its financial position, you are reading it.
This is the harbour front, two kilometres from the Colombo International Financial City and four hundred metres from the elevated highway. Sri Lanka's first and largest harbour-front development sits on a position that is, by definition, finite.
Rogers Real Estate International holds the exclusive Australian agency. Contracts, questions and the handover of funds are handled here, in your time zone, by someone you can meet in person before you commit to anything.
Kitchens by Häcker of Germany, appliances from Panasonic and Beko, tapware by Kohler, locking by Yale and ASSA ABLOY, lifts by TKE and Siemens. Named brand partners rather than the phrase "premium European finishes".
Five towers around two acres of open-to-sky landscaped gardens, with a clubhouse, function halls, an infinity pool over the harbour and courts and play areas for children. It is built to be lived in year round, not just let out.
The address
Marina Square looks out over the Indian Ocean and the Colombo Port from Colombo 15, on the harbour front. Two kilometres away, the Colombo International Financial City is rising on reclaimed land. Four hundred metres away, the Port Access Elevated Highway connects you to the expressway network and the airport without touching city traffic.
Within five to ten minutes you have Fort Railway Station and the Multimodal Transport Hub, the World Trade Center, Cinnamon Life, Trace Expert City and Orion City, the Hilton, Kingsbury and Shangri-La, and schools including St. Joseph's, Ananda, Zahira and Good Shepherd Convent. Within twenty minutes you reach the National Hospital, Colombo City Centre and One Galle Face.
The residences
Every apartment has a balcony off the living area, air conditioning and ceiling fans through the bedrooms and living areas, a fitted pantry with hob, hood, oven, microwave and washing machine, hot water throughout, porcelain tiled floors and fibre to the home. Selected units include a maid's room.
| Residence | Total area |
|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | 568 to 727 sq ft / 52.8 to 67.5 m2 |
| 2 bedroom | 736 to 1,074 sq ft / 68.4 to 99.8 m2 |
| 3 bedroom | 1,074 to 1,313 sq ft / 99.8 to 122 m2 |
| 4 bedroom | 2,047 to 2,104 sq ft / 190.2 to 195.5 m2 |
| Duplex | 1,708 to 1,824 sq ft / 158.7 to 169.5 m2 |
Duplex layouts include private gardens. Every apartment has dedicated covered parking. Floor plans for all released types are included in the price list pack.
Send me the floor plansLife inside
You may call them indulgences, but we see them as essentials that make life at Marina Square complete.
Two reasons people buy here
Colombo's harbour front is being redeveloped around the Port City project, and completed stock in that precinct is limited. A finished apartment can be tenanted immediately rather than sitting as a construction liability for years.
The other half of it is simpler. It is a place to land when you visit, a base for parents who are still there, and something that stays in the family. That is a different calculation to yield and it deserves to be said out loud.
The developer
Access Engineering PLC is Sri Lanka's most integrated and premier civil engineering and construction enterprise, and the only Greenfield construction company to be listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange. It is a diversified enterprise spanning real estate development, commercial leasing, warehousing, logistics and mechanical engineering, with consolidated assets of LKR 98 billion as at 31 March 2024.
This matters more than any brochure claim. A listed company publishes audited results on a fixed schedule and answers to a regulator and to shareholders. When you are assessing a developer from another country, being able to independently verify what they are worth is worth more than being told.
Specified, not implied
Marina Square publishes its brand partners rather than describing finishes in adjectives. If a specific fitting matters to you, ask and we will tell you exactly what is in the unit you are looking at.
The question everyone asks second
Every Australian buyer asks the same thing once they are past "is it real". If I buy this, can I sell it later and bring the money home.
We are not going to answer that with a paragraph on a web page, and you should be wary of anyone who does. The answer moves depending on your residency and citizenship status, whether you buy in your own name or through a structure, how the funds enter the country, and your position with the ATO. One generic answer would be wrong for most of the people reading this, and getting it wrong is expensive.
So here is what happens instead. Tell us your situation and Rogers Real Estate International will put you in front of the people who handle this transaction every week, on both sides. You get the position for your circumstances, in writing, before you commit to anything.
Take it to your own accountant as well. A purchase this size should be checked by somebody who works for you and not for us, and if your accountant tells you it does not suit your position, that is a good outcome. We would rather you find that out now than after you have paid a deposit.
Ask us the funds questionWhat happens next
Fill in the form below. We email the pack: current pricing by residence type, floor plans for all released types, the payment schedule, and the step by step process for buying from Australia.
One message asking whether you would like to talk it through. If you do not reply, we do not chase you. That is the whole follow up.
A conversation about what you are actually trying to do, which residences suit it, and what the numbers look like. No pressure to decide anything on that call.
Contracts and the reservation are handled in Australia. You will know exactly what is payable, when, and what happens at each stage before anything is signed.
Because the building is complete, handover is a matter of process rather than years of waiting. We can also arrange letting and management if you want it tenanted while you are here.
Your Australian contact
Roger holds the exclusive Australian sales agency for Marina Square through Rogers Real Estate International. He has spent eighteen years in Australian real estate and is based in Melbourne, which means you can sit across a table from the person selling you the apartment before you commit to anything.
That is the part competitors cannot match. An overseas developer's enquiry form cannot meet you in your suburb on a Saturday.
Straight answers
Apartment ownership rules differ from land ownership rules, and dual citizenship changes the position again. We will give you the current position in writing for your specific situation rather than a general answer on a web page.
No. The Australian agency exists precisely so that the transaction can be handled here. Most buyers do visit at some point, and we can arrange for you to see the apartment when you do, but it is not a requirement to reserve one.
Body corporate style management fees, rates and applicable taxes. These are set out in the pack with the price list so you can see the full holding cost before you go any further.
Yes. Because the apartment is complete and fitted out with appliances, it can be tenanted rather than sitting empty. Letting and management can be arranged for you.
Yes, and a significant number of our buyers are doing exactly that. The development has access control, CCTV, lift access, on-site amenity and hospitals within a few kilometres, which is usually why it comes up.
Options differ depending on whether you are looking at Australian or Sri Lankan lending, and on your residency status. Tell us your situation and we will tell you what is realistic rather than guessing.
We email the pack. Then one WhatsApp message asking if you want to talk. If you do not reply, we do not chase you. Your details are not shared with anyone else.
No. If you need the money accessible in the short term, or you want an asset in the same country you live in, this is not it. It suits people who want a long term holding in Colombo, often with a family reason attached to it as well as a financial one.
The Australian buyer pack
One document with everything you need to assess it properly.