News about London

PETALING JAYA (April 11): The UK’s new home sizes have contracted to levels seen during 80 years ago, underscoring growing concerns over small homes that lie at the heart of the country’s housing crisis,  reported the South China Morning Post.

PETALING JAYA (April 2): Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) has completed the disposal of its 90 High Holborn property in London for an undisclosed sum, said its chairman Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 30): Eco World International Bhd (EWI), which is 27%-owned by Eco World Development Group Bhd, has raised its sales target for its financial year ending Oct 31, 2018 (FY18), to RM3 billion from RM2 billion previously, based on plans for its existing projects and additional sales it intends to achieve from its new Be Living sites.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 23): Battersea Power Station Development Co is today launching London’s newest retail and leisure destination — Battersea Power Station.

PETALING JAYA (March 13): London house prices are falling at the fastest rate since the 2009 recession, with its most expensive boroughs recording the biggest drops, reported Bloomberg.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 13): Malaysian infrastructure conglomerate AlloyMtd Group has appointed international consultancy and construction firm Mace to undertake the redevelopment of One Crown Place, which has a gross development value (GDV) of £500 million (RM2.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 1): A long-awaited arena in the British city of Bristol could rival London's O2 and Birmingham's NEC if built on Filton Airfield, a newspaper reported, quoting YTL Corp Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 24): Eco World Development Group Bhd will hold off on launching any sizeable projects this year as it focuses on strengthening its balance sheet and consolidating its landbank.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 23): UEM Sunrise Bhd has awarded London-based project management consultant Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, as the winner of the International Land Use Master Planning Competition for Gerbang Nusajaya's Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) plot.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 19): S P Setia Bhd's earnings may be lifted by at least RM400 million from the potential sale of commercial assets being developed within the Phase 2 of the Battersea Power Station (pictured) development in London, according to PublicInvest Research.