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PUTRAJAYA (April 11): The Sabah portion of the Pan Borneo Highway upgrading works have been made official by the signing of a project delivery partner (PDP) agreement by the federal and state governments and the PDP, which includes public-listed MMC Corp Bhd and Khazanah Nasional Bhd-owned UEM Group Bhd.

Malaysian real estate investment trust (M-REIT) sector Maintain overweight: We currently maintain “overweight” on the sector and continue to prefer retail M-REITs (Pavilion REIT and IGB REIT) over non-retail or diversified M-REITs.

COLOUR is serious business for the Pantone Color Institute — the authority on colour and provider of colour systems — which practices the annual ritual of informing the world about the “Colour of the Year”.

•    This week, the spotlight falls on the secondary market of non-landed residences along one of Kuala Lumpur’s oldest arterial roads, Jalan Ipoh.

Concept BEAUTIFUL Château began as a pottery business operating out of a house before widening its business to include furniture.

FOR Kota Kinabalu-based Borneo Estate Development Sdn Bhd’s chief operating officer, Ben Kong Chung Vui, property development means building something that is relevant to the present and the future.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 9): E-commerce businesses are impacting the property market, especially the office and warehouse sectors.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 8): HCK Capital Group Bhd said its indirect 70%-owned unit HCK Premier Builders Sdn Bhd (HPBSB) has entered into a joint venture (JV) development agreement with Daya Builders Sdn Bhd for the development of apartment units in Kuching, Sarawak.

BANGKOK (April 8): Best Western Hotels & Resorts signed its largest ever multi-hotel agreement with real estate developer AD Houses Co Ltd, which will lead to the opening of four Best Western Plus hotels in Thailand this year.

PETALING JAYA (April 8): Eleven hospital projects have been certified as green in March under the GBI Hospital Tool, which was launched last year.