News about Iskandar

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 10): Iskandar Waterfront City Bhd (IWCity) announced yesterday that it has inked a conditional alienation-cum-development agreement for a land swap deal with the Johor state government.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 9): Iskandar Waterfront City Bhd (IWCity) shares dropped 2.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 9): House prices in Malaysia will not go down despite current economic uncertainties, due to higher land prices and compliance costs, and increased cost of construction, said Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda).

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 8): Industry players say the perceived slow demand in low-cost housing units is mainly due to difficulty in securing financing, unsuitable location of projects as well as a shift in demand towards better quality projects.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 4): Country Garden Holdings will find it hard to match last year’s home sales at its Forest City development in Johor following China’s curbs on outbound investment, a top executive told Reuters today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 3): Iskandar Waterfront City Bhd (IWCity) rose as much as 18 sen or 15% on renewed investor interest amid speculation that the Malaysian Government may soon announce Bandar Malaysia's master developer.

JOHOR (July 31): Medini Iskandar Malaysia Sdn Bhd has opened a 22km cycling path in Medini City in Iskandar Puteri, Johor last Thursday.

PETALING JAYA (July 26): Astaka Holdings Ltd has announced that Johor’s upcoming administrative and commercial hub One Bukit Senyum has been granted node status by the Ministry of Finance and the Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA).

KUALA LUMPUR (July 26): Ekovest Bhd shares rose by as much as 5.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 26): Dalian Wanda Group has abandoned its bid for the Bandar Malaysia project just three months after being considered a front runner, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday.