Surviving the crowded retail sector
PETALING JAYA (April 23): Retail space in the Klang Valley continues to grow despite declining sales, with new malls adding more than two million sq ft last year.
Compugates unit to dispose of Dengkil land for RM62.12m
KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): Compugates Holdings Bhd’s 70%-owned subsidiary, Compugates Development and Mining Sdn Bhd, plans to dispose of a piece of land in Dengkil, Selangor, to Bangsawan Bumimaju Sdn Bhd for RM62.
DONE DEAL: T-Parkland @ Templer Park condominium in Rawang
Sold for: RM455,000 (RM368 psf) Concluded by: Mike Yap of Vivahomes Realty (018-262 6898) When: March 2016 Noteworthy: • Freehold • 1,236 sq ft • 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms • Furnished with kitchen cabinet, built-in wardrobe, air-con and downlights • Newly-completed condominium • Level 6, facing swimming pool • Two car parking bays T-Parkland @ Templer Park by B&G Property is a condominium sitting on 3.
Penthouses for RM1 million and below
DO you think that owning a penthouse is out of your league? Well, we found some of these units for less than RM1 million – in the Klang Valley no less.
Crest Builder to jointly develop Jalan Ampang land with MRB
KUALA LUMPUR (April 21): Crest Builder Holdings Bhd’s 51%-owned unit, Landasan Bayu Sdn Bhd, has entered into a joint development agreement with the Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB) for the development of the latter’s piece of land in Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur.
Latitud 8 at Jalan Ampang to be unveiled by year-end
KUALA LUMPUR (April 19): Crest Builder Holdings Bhd has enterd into a joint venture (JV) with Prasarana Malaysia Bhd and Detik Utuh Sdn Bhd to develop Latitud 8, a mixed-commercial development which has a total gross development value (GDV) of RM1.
Shahril Faisal, emerging industrial designer
WHO: A native of Kuala Lumpur, Shahril Faisal (pictured, right) as a boy expressed an innate love for building and making things out of Lego bricks and clay, transforming them into “any desired form and construction”, he says.
Transcending mere art
RATHER than being just an art form, architecture should be the art of problem-solving, said Rocco S K Yim, executive director and founder of Hong Kong-based Rocco Design Architects, at the Datum:KL 2015 International Architectural Design Conference.
Be aware of the prescribed by-laws for stratified homes
STRATA living is the norm in land-scarce areas such as Kuala Lumpur and other cities in Malaysia.
