When Lim Chap Huat listed Soilbuild Group Holdings in 2005, he emphasised the group’s property development business rather than its construction division. “I was advised that contractors were in trouble, so I didn’t list as a contractor,” he tells The Edge Singapore during a recent interview.

MELBOURNE: We all love success stories. Continuing S P Setia’s prime success story with Battersea in London is its much-talked-about exclusive Parque apartment, which is seeing brisk sales in Melbourne, Australia.

KUALA LUMPUR: Bina Puri Holdings Bhd has won another package of the Sabah Ammonia Urea (Samur) project in the state valued at RM67.23 million. The latest contract pushed the company’s order book to RM1.52 billion.

In June this year, Bina Puri was awarded Package 3 of the project valued at RM22.35 million.

THE Glades is a premium gated residential enclave in Putra Heights, which is adjacent to Sime Darby Property's (SDP) other thriving and hugely successful developments, Subang Jaya and Subang Heights. The 1,800-acre township has a gross development value of RM1.2 billion.

THE imposing white chimneys of the Battersea Power Station (BPS) have dominated the skyline of south London for over 80 years. Designed by the late architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, BPS was completed in two stages and is considered a masterpiece of the Art Deco era.Battersea A Station was completed in the early 1930s, with the B Station added to its east more than a decade later.

THE sleepy town of Pagoh in Muar, Johor, will see some exciting changes in the coming years.

SIME Darby Property Bhd has always prided itself on its ability to build sustainable developments.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) has called on the government to monitor buyers of affordable housing, saying there is no mechanism for this at present.

KUALA LUMPUR: The tussle between the Selangor State Development Corp (PKNS) and Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) over the PJ Sentral Development project seems to be over following the appointment of Datuk Mohamad Salim Fateh Din as the latter’s group managing director yesterday.

TO many a commuter exiting London’s Liverpool Street station, Broadgate is yet another office and retail complex in the British capital’s financial district.

In recent weeks, however, this 32-acre development has been the focus of much attention as it is the subject of potentially one of the UK’s biggest property deals since the onset of the financial crisis.