News by Lam Jian Wyn

Affordable green development in Oakland, the US; and a green oasis in Shenzhen, China.

In some cases, as development makes it unfeasible to continue running these factories and their addresses become prime areas with the passage of time, it only makes sense to repurpose these structures.

theedgeproperty.com’s Home Sweet Home fair pops up in Penang today on a mission to help homebuyers make better decisions.

Its first project is Agile Mont’Kiara, which will comprise 813 units of condos across 11 high-rise and low-rise blocks, with built-ups from 1,200 sq ft to 5,000 sq ft and prices are tentatively at RM950 psf.

The Architectural Association of London (AA)’s Streetware Southeast Asia visiting programme for Kuala Lumpur unveiled proposals to breathe new life into 40-year-old Wisma Central, following an intensive 10-day workshop.

The six projects are Sunway Geo Residence 3 in Sunway South Quay (SSQ) at Bandar Sunway, Sunway Gandaria at Bangi, Casa Kiara 3 at Mont’Kiara, new office and retail units in Sunway Velocity at Cheras, landed homes in Sunway Cassia at Batu Maung, Penang, and Sunway Emerald Residence landed homes in Sunway Iskandar, Johor

Setia EcoHill 2 has a net sellable area of 501 acres, with 215 acres set aside for strata-titled landed properties. In total, 382 acres will be allocated to residential properties and 119 acres for commercial developments.

Prices of homes on Johor Baru’s secondary market remained firm in 1Q2015, according to The Edge-KGV International Property Consultants Johor Baru Housing Monitor for the period.

Data collated by theedgeproperty.com as at June 1 showed that transactions of high-rise homes fell drastically from 4Q2013 onwards