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KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 22): Unsold stocks of serviced apartments, small office home offices (SOHOs) and small office virtual offices (SOVOs) in the Klang Valley will take only one year to clear, instead of five, according to a real estate agency.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 16): The Malaysian property market will continue to be flat this year, according to CBRE | WTW managing director Foo Gee Jen at the launch of the CBRE|WTW 2020 Asia Pacific Real Estate Market Outlook Report today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 16): The industrial sector represents a bright spot in the current Malaysian property market, according to CBRE | WTW managing director Foo Gee Jen.

For many years, office landlords have charged rents for the provision of standard office space on fixed terms.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 9): The owner of KL33, KL33 Properties Sdn Bhd, is currently looking for a buyer for the building after significantly upgrading it, The Edge Malaysia reported in its latest issue.

  PETALING JAYA (Oct 11): Real estate consultancy CBRE-WTW Managing Director Foo Gee Jen has mixed feelings over the government’s proposal to lower the foreign buying threshold for condominiums and apartments in urban areas from RM1million to RM600,000 in 2020.

CBRE研究在《2019年首季亚太区零售趋势》报告中指出，今年首季，亚太地区的零售产业租赁市场依然疲弱。由于大环境充满挑战，为了防止销售进一步下滑，零售商们需要重新审视自己的运营策略。 该机构表示，消费减少将影响2019年零售空间的出租表现。零售商或将暂停扩张，转而专注于提升消费者的购物体验，而商场则可能乘机装修或借机进行重新定位活动。 该机构称，零售空间租赁将主要受餐饮、美妆、生活方式品牌和体验式消费推动。相对而言，预计时尚产品和奢饰品的销售将较为淡静。“这主要因为消费者情绪谨慎，以及来自电商的激烈竞争。” 2019年首季，美妆和个人护理商家成为更受商场业主欢迎的租户，主要因为它们销售强劲和有能力吸引人潮。餐饮业者的扩张速度依然稳定，主力包括咖啡馆、甜点店和休闲餐饮店。 按地域趋势来看，在2个人口最多的国家——中国和印度，蓬勃发展的电子商务正在影响零售空间租赁市场。以下是CBRE研究对亚太区几个国家的零售趋势的观察：   中国：O2O风潮延烧 电商不断开设新的实体店，使线上到线下的趋势延续。今年首季有开设实体店的电商包括下厨房APP、社交圈APP和唯品会。CBRE研究表示，未来几个季度的需求可能来自全渠道（omni-channel）超市。 另一方面，主要发展商的高素质商场依然维持良好的出租表现。根据有涉足商场发展的大型上市公司的年报数据，去年的租金收入按年成长14.

PETALING JAYA: Retail leasing markets in Asia Pacific have been quiet through the first quarter of 2019 and retailers will have to reconsider their operating strategies amid potential economic headwinds that might lead to slower sales, according to real estate market research firm CBRE Research in its “Asia Pacific Retail Trends Q1 2019” report released recently.

  PETALING JAYA (March 11): The goal of reaching RM3bil in sales during the course of the six-month Home Ownership Campaign 2019 (HOC 2019) may be difficult to attain, despite the discounts and initiatives offered by government and and developers, say property consultants.

PETALING JAYA (March 8): Real estate veteran Colin Harold Williams (pictured), who founded the WTW real estate valuation and consultancy companies in Malaysia, passed away at the age of 92 on March 5.