Deep-pocketed construction company Kerjaya Prospek Group Bhd is defying concerns over a property market slowdown as it continues to pull in orders. Over the past three months, it has bagged four projects totalling more than RM1 billion.

Living in the London borough of Kingston upon Thames, with its history of crowning seven Anglo-Saxon kings, would certainly make for good dinner conversation. The Berkeley Group’s latest offering — Queenshurst — might give you that opportunity as it launched the first phase in Malaysia on the weekend of July 30.

The property development sector is a good training ground for fresh graduates if they have the passion for it, said chairman and non-independent and non-executive director of Eco World Development Group Bhd (EcoWorld) Tan Sri Liew Kee Sin.

Ho Hon Sang has been appointed as CEO cum executive director of Mah Sing Group Bhd effective today, taking over Ng Chai Yong who has resigned to pursue other interests, the group said in a statement today.

Mah Sing Group’s Cerrado Residential Suites Tower A saw all 404 units taken up during its launch at Southville City’s Sales Gallery and Show Village here over the weekend.

OSK Property Holdings Bhd has teamed up with the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water’s GreenTech Malaysia Alliances Sdn Bhd and Kloth Lifestyle Sdn Bhd to produce its new company uniform using recycled plastic bottles, the developer said in a recent statement.

Bina Puri Holdings Bhd has bagged an RM80 million contract from Arus Sutera Sdn Bhd to provide project management consultancy services for 440 units of walk-up flats under the People's Housing Project in Pitas, Sabah.

Putra Perdana Development (PPD), a green property developer in Putrajaya, Precinct 16 — known for its development of energy-efficient lakefront bungalows — said in a statement on Saturday that it had completed the handover of units to home owners of its Danau Mutiara development project.

The high-rise property market in Johor is going through challenging times at present, but S P Setia Bhd is taking the long-term view and is optimistic about the Johor Bahru property market.

A stay order imposed by the Penang Appeals Board (PAB) on the execution of the planning permission for Ewein Bhd’s maiden property development venture remains after one year.