Hotel-office development proposed at Residensi HELP building

KUALA LUMPUR (July 24): Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) has received a proposal to convert the institutional land status of the former HELP University student accommodation to commercial, which would pave the way for the development of a mixed-use commercial building.

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Ideas: Malaysia needs to be ready for the property bubble to burst

KUALA LUMPUR (July 24): The Malaysian government needs to be ready for the nation's property bubble to burst and the risk that this could lead to an economic crisis, following spectacular growth in the high-end property segment, according to the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas).

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FT minister wants KL MPs to monitor contractors

KUALA LUMPUR (July 23): Kuala Lumpur’s lawmakers have been asked by Federal Territories Minister Khalid Abdul Samad to monitor contractors employed by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) for general cleaning, road sweeping, tree and grass cutting work in their constituencies, The Star reported today.

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Is this Malaysia’s most expensive office suite?

PETALING JAYA (July 23): Amid Malaysia’s soft office market, luxury serviced office and co-working space provider Colony Space Asia Sdn Bhd revealed a prototype for its future luxury office suites called Jamestown Suite today.

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