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MALAYSIAN real estate investment trusts (M-REITs) may soon be allowed to put as much as 15% of their total assets into development projects and vacant land for development and are already positioning themselves for the liberalisation that is slated for the end of the year, industry sources say.

SEMENYIH (June 25): Eco Majestic’s Rumah Selangorku Open Day has attracted 500 interested buyers to its sales gallery in Semenyih today, with some of them waiting since 7am to get the front place, according to the developer Eco World Development Group Bhd (EcoWorld).

KUALA LUMPUR (June 20): Sunway Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) has bought a tract of land measuring 143,225 sq ft (13,306 sq m) adjacent to its Sunway Carnival Shopping Mall in mainland Penang from its parent Sunway Bhd, for RM17.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 17): Sunway Bhd expects to sustain its performance for the current financial year ending Dec 31, 2016 (FY16) despite challenges faced by the property and construction sectors.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 16): AmanahRaya Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) is acquiring a land together with a four-storey office building in Cyberjaya for RM40 million.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 14): Crest Builder Holdings Bhd’s unit Crest Builder Sdn Bhd has clinched a construction contract from Sime Darby Bhd’s unit Sime Darby Melawati Development Sdn Bhd worth RM438.

•    Properties in Tropicana and Sunway Damansara fall primarily in the upper-middle segment.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 8): The High Court here yesterday allowed an application by the developer of the East Klang Valley Expressway (EKVE) project to be an intervenor in a lawsuit by three environmental organisations to challenge the Selangor Forestry Department’s decision to close Taman Rimba Ampang (Ampang Forest Park) to make way for the project.

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PETALING JAYA (June 1): Eco Majestic – a township by Eco World Development Group Bhd (EcoWorld) in Semenyih – has signed a memorandum of service agreement (MoA) with Telekom Malaysia (TM) to provide Internet connectivity readiness for its future residents, said the developer in a statement today.