CDC Residencia Askari 11 Lahore
Project overview
Ask anyone shopping for an apartment in Lahore Cantt right now and Askari 11 comes up fast — and increasingly, so does CDC Residencia. It's a residential tower going up in D-Block, on the back of a joint venture between Continental Divine Core (CDC) Developers and Hashoo Group, the hospitality company that owns Pearl Continental and runs Marriott properties across Pakistan, together with Askari 11 itself. You'll also see it marketed as Pearl Towers — same project, same developer, just a second name that's stuck in local listings and word of mouth.
What actually differentiates CDC Residencia from the half-dozen other apartment towers rising around Askari 11 isn't size or price — it's the hospitality angle. Hashoo Group isn't a silent financing partner here; the developer's brochure leans hard on "PC Hotel Management" as a selling point, and there's a Marco Polo restaurant (a Pearl Continental brand) built into the amenity mix. In practice, that usually means hotel-standard housekeeping and front-desk conventions applied to a residential building — a different proposition from a typical developer-managed tower, and one that comes with a cost, since hospitality-grade service isn't free to run. Whether that premium is worth it depends on how much you value that layer of management versus a leaner, cheaper building association.
This particular tower sits on an 8-Kanal plot, and it's worth being clear-eyed about scale: independent listings describe the wider CDC Residencia development as spanning over 70 Kanals across 12 towers in Askari 11, so the building you're buying into is one piece of a larger master community rather than the whole picture. The tower itself climbs to 2 basements plus Ground and 18 floors, and — unlike Heaven 20 Heights a few streets over, which spreads across four unit sizes — CDC Residencia has gone all-in on a single configuration: a 3-bed luxury apartment at 2,528.25 sq. ft. That's a genuinely large footprint for a Lahore apartment, closer to a small house in floor area than a typical high-rise flat, and it signals the developer is chasing full-floor-style family buyers rather than investors hunting for a cheaper entry ticket.
The layout backs that up. Inside, you're getting a master bedroom with its own bath and terrace, two further bedrooms, a separate drawing room, a proper lounge-and-dining hall running nearly 29 feet long, a full kitchen, laundry and utility space, a powder room, storage, and — a detail that tells you who this is built for — a dedicated servant's room with attached bath. That's a floor plan aimed at households that already run domestic staff, not first-time buyers stretching for a starter flat.
On price, the developer has set the rate at Rs. 16,500 per sq. ft., which works out to Rs. 4.17 Crore (Rs. 41,716,125) for the 3-bed unit, all-in. That's paid down over a 4-year customised installment plan: 20% at booking, 10% confirmed a month later, half the total spread across 48 monthly installments, and the closing 20% due on possession. Booking is open now, and floor selection is where most of the negotiation room sits — more on that below.
Site visit — video gallery
Unedited clips from a recent Wall.pk site visit to CDC Residencia — construction progress, the tower exterior and the surrounding Askari 11 streetscape. Tap any clip to play.
Unit on offer
Features & amenities
Why Askari 11 apartments are having a moment
CDC Residencia isn't launching into empty ground. Askari 11 has become something of a magnet for high-rise apartment developers over the past couple of years — Heaven 20 Heights and Askari Tower are both going up within a short drive, and more towers are in various stages of planning around the same corridor. That clustering isn't an accident. Askari societies in Lahore carry a specific kind of trust with buyers — controlled access, a resident base that leans toward serving and retired military families plus professionals who value that environment, and a security posture that's harder to replicate in an open commercial scheme. Developers are betting that trust transfers from the villas Askari is known for to the apartment towers now filling in the gaps between them.
The buyer logic is fairly simple once you sit with it. A Kanal-plus villa plot in Askari 11 is out of reach for a lot of households who'd still like the Askari address and the Ring Road connectivity — Dolmen Mall two minutes away, the airport a quick run down the Ring Road, DHA Phase 5, 6 and 9 all within the same general neighbourhood. An apartment tower like CDC Residencia gives them that location at a fraction of the entry cost, with the added convenience of a finished, move-in-ready unit instead of years of construction supervision. It's the same trade every apartment buyer makes anywhere — lower absolute price, a building to share instead of a plot to control — just applied to a part of Lahore that's historically sold on plots and villas rather than towers.
Where CDC Residencia tries to pull ahead of its neighbours is the hospitality layer — the Hashoo Group name, the Marco Polo restaurant, the "PC Hotel Management" positioning. It's a genuine point of difference in a local market where most towers are managed in-house by the developer's own facilities team. Whether it's worth the premium is a judgment call every buyer has to make for themselves, but it's the clearest reason CDC Residencia gets mentioned in the same breath as its Askari 11 peers rather than getting lost among them.
Apartment layout plan
The 3-bed layout is organised around a central lounge & dining hall, with the master suite, two further bedrooms, drawing room, kitchen and utility areas arranged around it — plus two private terraces. Tap the plan to view full size.
Payment plan timeline
4-year customised installment plan. The flow below shows the structure — the official schedule table follows with exact rupee amounts.
Indicative structure — call Wall.pk on 0304-1111096 for the live payment schedule and current availability.
3-Bed Apartment — Official Payment Schedule
Terms & conditions (per developer): Allocation of an apartment should be on confirmation. All terms and conditions mentioned in the booking form shall be applicable.
Bank account details for booking
Official developer bank account for CDC Residencia Lahore payments, as published by Continental Divine Core Developers.
Location & access
📍 GPS coordinates: 31.4389°N, 74.4304°E — D-Block, Askari 11, Lahore.
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Who CDC Residencia is for
Given the single-unit-type strategy and the price point, this isn't really a first-time buyer's project. At Rs. 4.17 Crore with a 20% down payment of roughly Rs. 83 lakh just to book, CDC Residencia is aimed squarely at established families upgrading from a house or an older apartment, professionals who want a Lahore Cantt address without managing a full villa, and overseas Pakistanis looking for a finished, ready-to-occupy unit rather than a plot that needs years of construction supervision from abroad. The servant's-room layout and the 2,528 sq. ft. footprint both point the same way — this is built for households that already run a certain kind of domestic setup, not buyers stretching for their first home.
It's also a reasonable fit for buyers who specifically want the hospitality-managed angle — people who've lived in Pearl Continental-adjacent developments elsewhere, or who simply prefer the idea of hotel-standard building management over a developer's in-house facilities team. If that distinction doesn't matter to you, it's worth comparing the per-square-foot rate against nearby towers that skip the hospitality branding, since that positioning is generally reflected in the price.
Honest read — what to check before booking
Three things we'd want confirmed in writing before anyone books here. First, the GHQ-approval claim — the developer states the project is GHQ-approved, which is a natural claim for an Askari-branded scheme to make, but "GHQ-approved" and "RDA/LDA-approved" aren't the same regulatory box, and the specifics vary project to project. Ask for the actual documentation rather than taking the branding at face value.
Second, construction stage and realistic possession timing. A tower built to Ground plus 18 floors is a multi-year build regardless of how the marketing frames it — get a specific, written possession date tied to your floor and unit, not a general project timeline, and ask what happens contractually if it slips.
Third, what "hospitality management" costs on a monthly basis once you're actually living there. Hotel-standard service isn't free, and service charges on hospitality-branded residential buildings tend to run higher than developer-managed towers. Ask for the projected monthly maintenance fee before you book, not after handover — it's the number that determines whether the Hashoo Group positioning is worth paying for in your specific case.