Making money from 'unwanted' properties

Mar 10

Run-down properties or houses in deplorable conditions are not usually recommended as good investments, but just like how some enterprises thrive on recycled or upcycled materials, an adept few have seen gold in what others have spurned.

Discovery Gallery for first luxury senior living project in Malaysia officially launched today

Mar 12

KUALA LUMPUR (March 9): Pelaburan Hartanah Bhd (PHB), UEM Group Bhd (UEM Group), and Japan’s Medical Care Service Inc (MCS) officially launched the discovery gallery of a joint project between the three parties known as Rei Seraya Residence — Malaysia’s first luxury senior living project with care services — on Jalan Ampang, next to Gleneagles hospital.

What do we really want in a home?

Mar 29

The age-old Asian culture decrees that securing a roof over one’s head is a must.

Collapse at construction site kills worker, injures four

Mar 09

KUALA LUMPUR (March 9): The accidental collapse of steel beams at a construction site in Bukit Beruntung, Selangor, has resulted in the death of an Indonesian worker, The Star Online reported today.

Nudie pix in S’pore property listing sparks investigation

Mar 09

PETALING JAYA (March 9): A property listing for a mansionette in Choa Chu Kang, Singapore, featuring a nude shot of a man has prompted the Council for Estate Agencies (CEA) — which regulates the island republic’s real estate industry — to investigate the incident, reported the Straits Times.

Platinum Victory plans RM2b launches

Mar 09

KUALA LUMPUR (March 9): Unfazed by the current market slowdown, Platinum Victory Development Sdn Bhd is lining up some RM2 billion worth of new property launches this year and is confident that the property market will pick up soon.

S P Setia to buy rest of Setia Federal Hill for RM431.89m

Mar 09

KUALA LUMPUR (March 9): S P Setia Bhd yesterday entered into a sale and purchase agreement with Mekar Gemilang Sdn Bhd to acquire the remaining 50% stake in Setia Federal Hill for RM431.

DRB-Hicom swaps real estate for tracts in Tebrau

Mar 09

KUALA LUMPUR (March 9): DRB-Hicom Bhd intends to swap its real estate, including land and a golf resort in the Klang Valley, with its controlling shareholder Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar al-Bukhary (pictured) for industrial land in Tebrau, Johor, and RM288.