Companies scaling back on office space per head
PETALING JAYA (March 24): Companies are more sensitive and cautious in their spending on office space compared with 20 to 30 years ago, said JLL country head for Malaysia YY Lau.
Asia Pacific office space demand up by 33% in 2015
PETALING JAYA (March 22): Despite the slowdown in the property market, demand for Asia Pacific’s office space increased by 33% in 2015 compared with 2014, said JLL’s head of research of Asia Pacific capital markets Megan Walters.
Beverly Group extends its reach to KL city fringe
STARTING out as a civil structure contractor, Singapore-based Beverly Group Sdn Bhd — a subsidiary of Singapore-registered Qingdao Investments Pte Ltd — became a property developer when its founder and CEO Lim Seak Koon decided to experience property development “from the other side”.
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Oxley’s high-stakes game
Ching Chiat Kwong, a former policeman-turned-serial entrepreneur and property developer, is used to taking risks.
Prove claim demolished building was Raffles residence, says Penang mayor
GEORGE TOWN (Feb 24): Penang Island City Council (MBPP) today reiterated that it had no records to show that a building demolished on the Runnymede property in George Town was the home of Singapore founder Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
Sime Darby to sell properties worth RM2 billion to reduce debt, says report
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 17): Sime Darby Bhd is planning to sell some RM2 billion worth of real-estate assets in Australia and Singapore as it battles cash flow issues amid falling palm oil prices, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Oxley Holdings plans to open hotel and residences in KLCC area in 2020
PETALING JAYA (Feb 16): Singapore-listed property developer Oxley Holdings Ltd (Oxley) has announced it will open its 207-room So Sofitel Hotel and a 590-key So Sofitel Residences in the heart of Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) area in 2020, it said in a press statement today.
Singapore property investment sales volume lowest since 2009, says consultant
SINGAPORE (Feb 2): Property investment sales volume in Singapore declined 9% to S$16 billion last year, the lowest since 2009, said DTZ Debenham Tie Leung (SEA) Pte Ltd in a statement today.
