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Significant Magna Prima stake up for sale?
THE controlling shareholders of property developer Magna Prima Bhd are understood to be looking to hive off a large stake of about 30% in the company, sources say.
PROPERTY SNAPSHOT 3: What are developments priced in Setapak?
• Today, we continue our focus on Setapak by looking at average prices on a per square foot (psf) basis.
Napic: Weak property market performance in Sabah in 2015
KUALA LUMPUR (April 19): Sabah’s property market showed a downtrend in 2015 with the decrease of all sub-sectors and fewer new properties launched.
Latitud 8 at Jalan Ampang to be unveiled by year-end
KUALA LUMPUR (April 19): Crest Builder Holdings Bhd has enterd into a joint venture (JV) with Prasarana Malaysia Bhd and Detik Utuh Sdn Bhd to develop Latitud 8, a mixed-commercial development which has a total gross development value (GDV) of RM1.
Penang projects all follow planning guidelines, says PR1MA
KUALA LUMPUR (April 19): Perbadanan PR1MA Malaysia said all its Penang project plans are priced at an average of 20% below market prices in surrounding areas and in line with the state’s planning guidelines.
Gehry Partners’ show apartments in Battersea Power Station open
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.
63,000 still waiting for PPR, PA houses: DBKL
KUALA LUMPUR (April 19): There are about 63,000 people on the waiting list for People's Housing (PPR) and Public Housing (PA) houses, said Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) director (Housing Management and Community Development), Wan Mohd Ghazali Nor, Bernama reported today .
Shahril Faisal, emerging industrial designer
WHO: A native of Kuala Lumpur, Shahril Faisal (pictured, right) as a boy expressed an innate love for building and making things out of Lego bricks and clay, transforming them into “any desired form and construction”, he says.
Transcending mere art
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.
MRT2 tender schedule to sustain interest in construction sector
THE recently announced tender schedule for the estimated RM30 billion Mass Rapid Transit Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya Line (SSP Line), or MRT2, promises exciting times for the construction sector over the next few months.
