Iris seeks international partners to fund PPA1M project
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 1): Iris Corp Bhd is seeking international partners to fund the 1Malaysia Civil Servants Housing (PPA1M) programme.
US home prices ease in June
NEW YORK (Sept 1): The pace of gains in US home prices slowed in June but solid demand and tight supplies should keep a floor on the market, analysts said Tuesday.
Developers’ duty to build affordable units in Selangor soon
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 1): Property developers will be required to build affordable units for serviced apartment, small office/home office (Soho) and small office/virtual office (Sovo) projects in Selangor under the state’s new blueprint for housing development, which is expected to be unveiled soon.
CapitaLand debuts asset-light strategy with third-party management contract in Changsha
SINGAPORE (Aug 31): CapitaLand Mall Asia Ltd, CapitaLand’s wholly owned shopping mall business, has signed a management contract to manage the retail component of the landmark Fortune Finance Center in Changsha, the provincial capital of Hunan in Central China.
Transition and transformation
THE Transition Town movement came about because many people from all over the world were getting worried about issues such as peak oil (fossil fuel production reaching its peak and then dwindling to nothing) and climate change.
‘CITP aims to halve the number of fatalities by 2020’
CRANES, scaffolding and tractors are a common sight around the Klang Valley.
KLK Land inks MoU with Wesley Methodist School
PETALING JAYA (Aug 30): KLK Land, the property arm of Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Wesley Methodist School (WMS) for the building and running of a private school at its Bandar Seri Coalfields (BSC) township, the group announced in a press release today.
Setia Alam’s Opacus and Albida terraced homes 85% taken up over weekend launch
SHAH ALAM (Aug 30): S P Setia Bhd’s new launches of double storey terraced homes in Precinct 17, Setia Alam have received 85% take-up over the weekend.
Call for freeze on new malls in KL and Selangor
MALL owners and operators are urging the local authorities in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur to impose a two-year freeze on new applications to build shopping centres as a way to overcome the current oversupply of retail space.
