ODEL joins Burger King at spacious new location in Wattala

Redesigned department store and popular restaurant offer an all-new shopping experience

The bustling suburb of Wattala was granted bragging rights to a new dimension in fashion and lifestyle retail when ODEL and Burger King came together at one spacious location to offer residents and passers-through better access to some of the global brands represented by the Softlogic Group.

The relocation today of the ODEL store which opened in Wattala in September 2011 to an address across the Colombo – Negombo Road results in a wider range of products in a completely re-designed 9,000 square feet of trendy retail space on two floors and the added attraction of a Burger King outlet in the same premises.

Softlogic Group Chairman Ashok Pathirage formally declared open the new ODEL Department Store at No. 385, Negombo Road, Wattala.

With the move, ODEL shoppers in Wattala benefit from extra parking space and the most popular ODEL departments – Ladies, Men’s, Kids, Luv SL, Backstage, Shoes and Bags, Sports and Luggage, Perfumes and Delight – in a carefully designed layout that enhances the shopping experience, as well as a wider choice of international brands to choose from.

“The opening of the relocated and redesigned ODEL department store at Wattala with a Burger King restaurant at the same location is a good example of the new phase of expansion that is underway, consequent to the acquisition of ODEL by Softlogic,” said Ashok Pathirage, Chairman of Softlogic Holdings PLC. “As a group, we own the largest portfolio of international fashion and lifestyle brands in Sri Lanka, and we believe that ODEL stores must be representative of our unique positioning. Our focus therefore, is on larger, better-designed department stores in key locations with complementing facilities like Burger King.”