News about Kuala Lumpur

KUALA LUMPUR (April 13): Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru both remained outside the global top 100 list of most liveable locations for Asian expats in the 2017 Location Ratings Survey conducted by international knowledge, information and software provider ECA International.

STRATA RESIDENTIAL CATEGORY — SILVER MADGE MANSIONS AS a luxurious low-density residential strata development situated in the heart of Kuala Lumpur city, Madge Mansions has been a sanctuary for those who treasure privacy and exclusivity.

NON-STRATA RESIDENTIAL CATEGORY — SPECIAL MENTION RIVERVIEW KEMENSAH LOCATED in Kuala Lumpur’s Taman Melawati in Hulu Kelang, RiverView Kemensah is a freehold low-density landed residential development by Loh & Loh Development Sdn Bhd.

STRATA COMMERCIAL CATEGORY — SILVER MERCU SUMMER SUITES RIGHT in the heart of Kuala Lumpur city’s Golden Triangle, Mercu Summer Suites with its two towers stands proud along Jalan Cendana.

NON-STRATA COMMERCIAL CATEGORY — BRONZE WISMA SELANGOR DREDGING Located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur city centre, Wisma Selangor Dredging is a low-density office complex comprising four towers, namely West, North, South and East.

AS land costs in urban centres like Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Johor Bahru have risen significantly due to land scarcity, property developers have little choice but to go vertical and construct high-rise projects, be they residential, commercial or integrated developments.

AFTER a hiatus from launching new projects, Malaysia Land Properties Sdn Bhd (Mayland) had introduced a very different product from its usual offerings in the form of Hampton Damansara serviced apartments at Country Heights Damansara in Kuala Lumpur last November.

Colourful textile shops, aromatic Indian cuisine and the Indian cultural street decorations along Jalan Tun Sambanthan make Brickfields a vastly different world from its upmarket neighbours, KL Sentral and Bangsar, and just a little bit farther away, Kuala Lumpur City Centre and Bangsar South.

PETALING JAYA (March 17): Maju Holdings Sdn Bhd has obtained the green light from the relevant authorities to build a KTM train station which will be connected to its shopping mall at the Maju Kuala Lumpur development in Sungai Besi, KL.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 15): Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok are generating higher investor interest in direct commercial real estate investment, according to JLL’s newly released Investment Intensity Index.