Selangor Properties slips into the red on forex losses
KUALA LUMPUR (March 25): Selangor Properties Bhd started off its current financial year ending Oct 31, 2016 (FY16) on the wrong foot, reporting a net loss of RM16.
Gamuda’s 2Q profit falls 12% to RM160.11m
KUALA LUMPUR (March 25): Gamuda Bhd, which is involved in construction and property as well as water concessions, saw a 12% drop in net profit in its second financial quarter ended Jan 31, 2016 (2QFY16) to RM160.
DONE DEAL: Cluster house at Kota Emerald West, Rawang
Sold for: RM685,000 Concluded by: Des Yap of Vivahomes Realty (016-220 2209) When: December 2015 Noteworthy: • Built up: 1,900 sq ft • Land area: 3,053 sq ft • Corner lot • Unfurnished • 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms • Gated-and-guarded scheme • 3km to Rawang Aeon and McDonald’s Kota Emerald West consists of 2-storey terraced houses and cluster houses (semi-detached homes that comprise four homes joined together, resulting in each house becoming a corner house).
Bukit Bintang City Centre serviced apartments priced indicatively at RM1,600 psf
PETALING JAYA (March 24): Bukit Bintang City Centre’s (BBCC) serviced apartments – which will be open for a public preview this weekend – will be priced indicatively at RM1,600 psf, said a personnel from developer BBCC Development Sdn Bhd.
Companies scaling back on office space per head
PETALING JAYA (March 24): Companies are more sensitive and cautious in their spending on office space compared with 20 to 30 years ago, said JLL country head for Malaysia YY Lau.
Glomac to roll out RM627m worth of properties in 2HFY16
KUALA LUMPUR (March 24): Property developer Glomac Bhd said it plans to roll out RM627 million new launches in the second half of the financial year ending April 30, 2016 (2HFY16), where four out of the five planned projects are in the affordable landed residential segment.
PROPERTY SNAPSHOT 4: What’s hot in Kerinchi/Pantai?
• Today, we look at price growth and indicative asking rental yields for non-landed residences in the district of Kerinchi/Pantai.
KL CBD office demand to outstrip new supply in 2018
PETALING JAYA (March 23): Kuala Lumpur’s central business district (CBD) office market – which includes the Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC), the Golden Triangle and the city centre’s older commercial area – is expected to see higher absorption rates from 2016 to 2018, with demand expected to overtake new office supply of about 1.
Binastra Land in talks with AccorHotels for new hotel brand
PETALING JAYA (March 23): Binastra Land Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Binastra Group, is in talks with AccorHotels Group to bring in a new hotel brand to its upcoming mixed development ION at Jalan Sungai Besi, said Binastra Land executive director Datuk Ong Theng Soon.
IOI Properties to launch Conezion this weekend
KUALA LUMPUR (March 23): IOI Properties Group Bhd plans to officially launch two residential blocks of its new freehold mixed development Conezion @ IOI Resort City at Putrajaya this weekend.
