From left: Home Lands Group General Manager Operations Vimukthi Karunarathne, Apartner Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Deshan Dias Bandaranayake, Home Lands Group Executive Director Amaya Herath and Home Lands Group Director Operations and Administration Lanka Jayasinghe
Colombo, October 2026 — Home Lands, Sri Lanka’s number one and most innovative real estate developer, is taking a broader view of property ownership. It has launched a hospitality arm and a fully digitalised approach to property management, both focused on enhancing the long-term value of a property beyond its physical construction.
The value of an apartment is increasingly shaped not only by its location, design and amenities, but by how it is managed, maintained and experienced after completion. Home Lands is extending its focus beyond delivering homes to delivering a lifestyle that continues long after handover.
At the centre of this vision is Home Lands’ new hospitality arm. It brings refined hospitality offerings into the residential experience, so owners can enjoy the warmth and attentiveness of hotel-style living at home. Selected resort apartments will also be positioned as luxury hotel-suite experiences, giving owners an additional way to earn income from them, subject to the structure of each development and prevailing market conditions.
Complementing this is Digital Property Management, which places every aspect of community living at residents’ fingertips. From settling dues and booking amenities to approving visitors and tracking service requests, everyday needs can be managed from one app. A key part of this digitalisation is Home Lands’ collaboration with Apartner, Sri Lanka’s leading smart community platform, which powers a more structured, accessible and connected approach to post-handover living.
“At Home Lands, handover is not the end of our journey with a customer; it is the beginning of their lifestyle with us,” said Amaya Herath, Executive Director, Home Lands Group. “Our hospitality arm brings the warmth of thoughtful service into everyday living, while our digital ecosystem places every convenience at our residents’ fingertips. Together, they create communities where people live better and their investments continue to grow in value.”
Hospitality and digital management address different aspects of ownership, but both reflect a common direction: creating greater value around the property after it has been built. This investor-centric approach recognises that the future of residential real estate will be shaped by more than the quality of the asset at purchase. It will also depend on the ecosystem that supports the asset throughout the ownership journey.
As the pioneer of resort-style living in Sri Lanka, Home Lands has long believed that innovation extends beyond architecture and amenities. It also covers the systems, services and partnerships that enrich the lives of those who own its homes. As technology and hospitality continue to shape real estate, Home Lands remains focused on looking beyond building property to enhancing its long-term potential.
