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PETALING JAYA (Aug 2): Tourism and cultural property developer Yong Tai Bhd has seen its major shareholder Co-Prosperity Holdings Ltd increase its stake in the former via a private placement exercise ahead of the Impression Melaka theatre’s scheduled opening in February 2018.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 31): Analysts have given the thumbs up to conglomerate Sime Darby Bhd's management changes announced last Friday, as they opined the changes would pave the way for the group's demerger exercise.

PETALING JAYA (July 30): Online property auction platform e-Lelong for court auctions of immoveable properties has taken off with an initial pilot project to smoothen out the kinks in the system before going nationwide.

  PETALING JAYA (July 27): Melawati Mall in Taman Melawati, Kuala Lumpur opened its doors yesterday to serve an estimated 740,000 residents in the surrounding neighbourhoods which include Taman Melawati, Taman Melati, Wangsa Maju, Bukit Antarabangsa, Ukay Heights, and Kemensah Heights.

SINGAPORE (July 27): With shopping and dining being two of the most popular pastimes among Singapore residents, owning an apartment that’s within walking distance of a retail mall — or, better yet, located above the mall — has become very desirable.

PETALING JAYA (July 26): Astaka Holdings Ltd has announced that Johor’s upcoming administrative and commercial hub One Bukit Senyum has been granted node status by the Ministry of Finance and the Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA).

PETALING JAYA (July 26): Sunsuria Bhd has teamed up with Genlin Development Sdn Bhd to jointly acquire and develop a 9,030 sq m site in Sentul, Kuala Lumpur into a mixed development.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 26): Mah Sing Group Bhd has expressed support for the government's proposal that a single regulatory body be set up to supervise the property sector in Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 26): The government is looking into establishing a single authority to monitor Malaysia’s property market, amid issues of supply and demand mismatch within the affordable housing segment.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 25): The government is looking to establish a single authority to regulate the housing industry especially for affordable housing in the country.