Sheltech

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Sheltech (Pvt.) Ltd.
Industry Real estate development
Founded1988 (1988)
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Website www.sheltech-bd.com

Sheltech (Pvt.) Ltd. is a real estate company based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which was founded in 1988. It is a multi-disciplinary firm engaged in various activities, including real estate development, consultancy. It has three chains of boutique hotels named Platinum Suites, [1] Platinum Residence [3] and Platinum Grand. [4] It has constructed over 3700 apartments in Dhaka. [5]

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History

Sheltech was founded in 1988 by Tapan Chowdhury, Samuel Chowdhury, Kutubuddin Ahmed, and Taufiq M Seraj who started the company. [6] The Chowdhury brothers sold their shares in 2008 as they wanted to focus on their family business, Square Group. [7]

In May 2015, the chairman and managing director of Sheltech were designated as commercially important persons by the government of Bangladesh. [8]

In January, Sheltech completed construction of Sheltech Bithika, the largest real estate project of the company with 184 apartments and 12 commercial spaces in Mirpur Thana, Dhaka. [9] The managing director of Toufiq M Seraj died on a flight of Qatar Airlines flying from Dhaka to Doha on 21 June 2019. [10] Tanvir Ahmed was appointed the new managing director of Sheltech in August. [11] Sk Bashir Ahmed was appointed vice-chairman of the Group in October. [12]

Chairman of Sheltech Group, Kutubuddin Ahmed, is also the chairman of Envoy Group. [13]

In March 2022, Sheltech Brokerage Limited signed an agreement with United Arab Emirates based ZagTrader PLC to improve its IT infrastructure. [14]

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