In a desperate effort to provide accommodation for foreign delegates of the November Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Colombo, re-construction of the state-acquired Celestial Residencies, better known as Celestial Towers at Kollupitiya has been expedited on a Government directive, officials said.

The building at the former Ceylinco Group-owned property is being fast-tracked to be completed by October 2013 against the earlier schedule completion date of July 2014