File:20160122 Sri Lanka 3617 Colombo sRGB (25744868726).jpg

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The former main store of local retail giant—and owner of the KFC franchise for Sri Lanka—Cargills (Ceylon) dates back to the founding of the House of Cargills in 1844. The covered, colonnaded sidewalk was typical of colonial architecture to provide protection from sun and monsoons.

Today the building is largely empty, although part of the ground floor does contain a supermarket and a KFC. In 2012 it was announced that Singapore-based Raffles Hotels was in negotiation to convert the store into a hotel, but it does not appear that anything has come of that.

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Cargills Main Store 6°56'8.55"N, 79°50'41.01"E
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Dan Lundberg at https://flickr.com/photos/9508280@N07/25744868726. It was reviewed on 24 March 2016 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0.

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