News about office

PETALING JAYA (Aug 3): Sunway Bhd’s real estate arm Sunway Property is setting up a regional office and sales gallery in the northern state of Malaysia, Penang, which is scheduled for completion in April 2017, the developer said in a statement yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 27): As more office landlords fight over a shrinking pool of tenants, owners will have to reduce rents further to entice prospective occupants, said Savills Malaysia executive chairman Christopher Boyd.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 25): UOA Development Bhd saw its net profit rise 22.

A RECENT move by Lembaga Tabung Haji to lease its office space in Menara TH Platinum at Platinum Park, Kuala Lumpur, at way below market rental rates caught everyone by surprise and shocked real estate agents and office building owners.

  Rented for: RM1,800 Concluded by: Edmund Chin of Propstar Realty (012-339 1260) When: March 2016 Noteworthy: • Leasehold • Intermediate office unit on the first floor with washroom • Built-up area: 1,637 sq ft • Near institutes of higher education such as KDU, KBU and SEGi College; within 15 to 30 minutes’ drive to shopping malls such as 1 Utama, The Curve, IKEA and Atria Shopping Gallery • Surrounded by mature townships such as Bandar Utama, Damansara Utama and Damansara Jaya Glomac Centro is a mixed development comprising 2-storey shop offices and a block of 29-storey serviced apartments in Kayu Ara, Petaling Jaya.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 13): KLCCP Stapled Group, which comprises units in KLCC real estate investment trust (REIT) stapled together with the shares of KLCC Property Holdings Bhd, expects a 1% to 2% revenue increase in the current financial year ending Dec 31, 2016 (FY16), as it adds 45,000 sq ft of office space to its office rental income.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 13): MRCB-Quill Real Estate Investment Trust (MQREIT) does not expect to be significantly affected by the current office space oversupply, as only 7% of its net lettable area (NLA) will be up for renewal in July.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 9): E-commerce businesses are impacting the property market, especially the office and warehouse sectors.

INVESTORS of shoplots and shopoffices enjoyed rental yields of more than 10%, and saw their capital values grow faster than other property types, before prices started increasing in 2009, says Savills (M) Sdn Bhd managing director Allan Soo (pictured, below).

AN undersupply of affordable housing, particularly in major urban areas, coupled with an oversupply of office and retail spaces, may lead to deeper imbalances in the property market, says Bank Negara Malaysia in its 2015 annual report, which was released recently.