News by Lam Jian Wyn

The gala dinner saw guests – comprising real estate agents, negotiators, developers, bankers and other representatives from the relevant industries – trade skirt and suit for tuxedo and evening gown.

The awards’ organising chairman and MIEA deputy president Eric Lim said this year the awards received a record 38 submissions for 19 categories, including seven new ones.

UEM Sunrise Bhd has sold 60% of its Conservatory apartments in Melbourne during its worldwide marketing roadshow which started a month ago.

The Shihlin Paper Mill in Taiwan and the Cros Cultural Centre in Spain show how crumbling walls and abandoned buildings can be made beautiful again.

The bungalow’s current owners bought the property in August 2011 for RM3.1 million in a deal brokered by the same agent. Its built-up then was 2,500 sq ft.

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.