Weaker market sentiment as demonstrated by fewer enquiries for space as well as in some cases the easing of rents, and a cautious stance towards new developments best sum up the present mood in the commercial property market.Even property players would concede that while the sluggish market sentiment as a result of the global financial crisis has been felt across all sectors of the property mar

Boustead Properties Bhd’s Mutiara Damansara township in Petaling Jaya will soon see the establishment of Curve NX, a 7-storey car park building, that comprises 625 parking bays, a McDonald’s drive-thru restaurant and an education theme park.The RM80-million building will be built on two land parcels totalling 1.5 acres, including the site on which the current McDonald’s outlet (beside Wisma Ben

We are going for a football match later,” Previndran Singhe, CEO of Zerin Properties, says gleefully when City & Country drops in at his office. Team Zerin is going for a game in the evening. “We’re standing on the lower rungs of the Kuala Lumpur Social Soccer League, but it doesn’t matter. The most important thing is the team having fun and working together,” he laughs.

Many people have described the current global financial crisis as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to invest in not only the equity markets overseas but in the property markets as well, where prices have taken a beating. David Lye, an agent with Chester Properties, cites Trump SoHo, a five-star, 45-storey hotel condominium in New York, as an example.

It is not surprising that Malaysians are becoming target investors for properties Down Under.

For almost four decades, the Urban Development Authority, or UDA, has been the government’s flagship vehicle for the redevelopment of cities and towns in the country. Set up by the federal government in 1971, the national property development agency’s mission was to launch and undertake various urban development projects.UDA was incorporated in 1996 and became UDA Holdings Sdn Bhd.

Sunway City Bhd (SunCity), which first made its foray into property development two decades ago, has in recent years reinforced its reputation as an integrated property development player.

Consider this scenario: You have just set up your own company and all you need is some space to work or have meetings a few times a month.

Award-winning scientist environmentalist Dr David Suzuki said: “We are in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone is arguing over where they are going to sit.” If this is so, and if we continue damaging our environment and the earth with the effects clearly showing, instead of focusing on consciously saving it, surely there would not be much left for our children?Imagine this — ev

The high intensity of human activity in cities around the world, brought about by rising urbanisation, spells a world that’s becoming increasingly unsustainable.