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KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): AmFIRST Real Estate Investment Trust (AmFIRST REIT) has confirmed that it is acquiring a Mydin store in Bukit Mertajam, Penang — its first investment in the north — confirming a report in The Edge Financial Daily published yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is disposing of its One Sheldon Square at Paddington Central in London’s West End — its first property disposal in the United Kingdom — to London-listed British Land Co plc for £210 million (RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): Residential properties priced between RM200,000 and RM500,000 will drive demand for housing this year, said Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Chua Tee Yong.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 14): Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) said it has submitted a tender to acquire the 3.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 13): CapitaLand Ltd’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Ascott Ltd, unveiled a 253-unit serviced residence in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 10): Selangor Properties Bhd is replenishing its landbank to undertake more residential projects.

BANGALORE (April 10): India continues to witness healthy transactions in its commercial market, the Jones Lang LaSalle Pvt Ltd (JLL) India Monthly Real Estate Monitor said in February.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 10): The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), in collaboration with the Works Ministry, has signed the Sustainable Infrastructure in Malaysia Pledge to reduce environmental damage and the maintenance cost of buildings.

SHAH ALAM (April 10): Sin Heap Lee Development Sdn Bhd (SHL) recently launched its Sri Budiman Apartments — an affordable 536-unit guarded home development within the 150-acre (60.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 10): BlackRock Inc, the world’s largest asset manager, has finally found a buyer for its 540-room DoubleTree by Hilton Kuala Lumpur hotel in Singapore-based Royal Group Holdings — owned by tycoon Asok Kumar Hiranandani — more than a year after it was put on the market.