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PETALING JAYA (April 19): The first show apartments by internationally-renowned architectural firm Gehry Partners is opening at the iconic Battersea Power Station rejuvenation project.

PUTRAJAYA (April 19): The overall property market slowed down marginally in 2015 from a year ago – with volume down by 5.

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.

KOTA KEMUNING (April 18): Eco World Development Group Bhd (EcoWorld) will be unveiling the first phase of its Eco Sanctuary City development – Eco Somerset lifestyle shop offices in the Eco Sanctuary township at the south of Kota Kemuning – on April 24, said Eco Sanctuary general manager Ho Kwee Hong.

FROM a real estate investor to becoming a leader in development companies and now an author of a first-of-its-kind real estate book, Dr James Tee (pictured) attributes his journey in the industry to his sense of curiosity.

SINCE its emergence in the 1950s, the internet has grown into a juggernaut, changing the way we do practically everything, from finding a partner to buying everyday items like groceries and electronic appliances.

PETALING JAYA (April 16): Sime Darby Property Bhd will launch its RM586.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): UEM Sunrise Bhd’s managing director and chief executive officer Anwar Syahrin Abdul Ajib is taking a leave of absence from the property development group for personal reasons, with its parent’s group managing director Datuk Izzaddin Idris assuming his duties in the interim.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) Malaysia president Datuk Seri Fateh Iskandar Mohamed Mansor (pictured, below) aims to achieve bookings for properties worth RM500 million in the three-day real estate exhibition event Mapex 2016.

PETALING JAYA (April 15): WCT Holdings Bhd is set to launch the first phase of luxury condominium development The Waltz Residences at Paradigm Garden City, Overseas Union Garden (OUG), Kuala Lumpur in 2Q2016, said WCT Holdings managing director Taing Kim Hwa.