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SINGAPORE (June 7): A unit of The Straits Trading Company Ltd is investing about A$119 million (RM375.

SINGAPORE (June 6): LMIRT Management, manager of Lippo Malls Indonesia Retail Trust (LMIRT), is acquiring the entire issued share capital of PT Mitra Anda Sukses Bersama (PT MASB) from its owners for 310 billion rupiah (S$32.

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PETALING JAYA (June 5): SMD Development Sdn Bhd is planning property launches worth some RM880 million starting mid-2017 to 2019, said its CEO Datuk Jeffery Tan.

PETALING JAYA (June 5): Do not expect the property market to experience the kind of boom that it went through in the last cycle — this was IJM Land Bhd managing director Edward Chong’s view of the Malaysian property market.

PETALING JAYA (June 3): Forebase Property Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Forebase Hong Kong Ltd, is looking to launch its maiden project in Malaysia — Hemmon House in Jalan Inai, Kuala Lumpur this September.

SINGAPORE (June 2): Mapletree Investments, the Temasek-backed property development, investment and capital management company, acquired a portfolio of assets from Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors worth US$1.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 2): Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd's (MRCB) tie-up with the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) will help reduce the conglomerate's burden of having to finance the entire Bukit Jalil project here by itself, said analysts, who are positive on the proposed joint venture (JV).

WASHINGTON (June 2): Former US president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle initially decided to stay in Washington once he left the White House so their daughter Sasha could finish high school.

SINGAPORE (May 31): Ascott Residence Trust (ART) is acquiring DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel New York – Times Square South for US$106 million (S$148.