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IN its latest Asia Pacific Prime Office Rental Index for 4Q2016, global property consultancy Knight Frank found that 12 cities out of 19 surveyed in the Asia-Pacific region have registered positive rental growth in 4Q2016, up from eight in the previous quarter.

Colourful textile shops, aromatic Indian cuisine and the Indian cultural street decorations along Jalan Tun Sambanthan make Brickfields a vastly different world from its upmarket neighbours, KL Sentral and Bangsar, and just a little bit farther away, Kuala Lumpur City Centre and Bangsar South.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 17): Gabungan AQRS Bhd is selling a piece of land in Petaling, Selangor for RM34.

PETALING JAYA: The Association of Banks in Malaysia (ABM) said the approval rate for housing loans in 2016 is high at 73.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 15): Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok are generating higher investor interest in direct commercial real estate investment, according to JLL’s newly released Investment Intensity Index.

  PETALING JAYA (March 14): Hua Yang Bhd’s residential projects Sentrio Suites (pictured) in Desa Pandan and Residensi Flora@One South in Seri Kembangan, both in the Klang Valley, as well as Lavender 2 in Bandar Universiti Seri Iskandar, Perak have received their Certificate of Completion and Compliance (CCC).

KUALA LUMPUR (March 14): Sime Darby Bhd’s decision to unlock value for its shareholders by breaking its conglomerate structure into three distinct pure play companies is a smart move, said Aberdeen Asset Management plc co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) Martin Gilbert.

PUCHONG (March 13): IOI Properties Bhd is aiming to start construction of an office development with an estimated gross development value (GDV) of at least S$3.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 10): Iskandar Waterfront City Bhd (IWC) shares, which resumed trading yesterday following the announcement that it is merging with its parent Iskandar Waterfront Holdings Bhd (IWH), climbed as much as 10.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 9): Iskandar Waterfront Holdings Sdn Bhd (IWH) says its Bandar Malaysia land is also included in the corporate exercise announced yesterday which involves the group merging with Iskandar Waterfront City Bhd (IWC).