Challenging times for KLCC condo market
For most new homebuyers, properties in Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) are probably “obnoxiously overpriced” or simply “not for ordinary people”.
For most new homebuyers, properties in Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) are probably “obnoxiously overpriced” or simply “not for ordinary people”.
KUALA LUMPUR (May 20): Builder-cum-property developer WCT Holdings Bhd, which had earlier planned to set up a RM2 billion real estate investment trust (REIT) this year, may postpone the exercise until 2016.
• Based on transactions analysed by theedgeproperty.
• The prices of condominiums in the KLCC area reflect the prestige of living in the heart of the city.
Li Si’en and Guerrand Lai Jiemin, or En and Rand as they prefer to be called, have always had a passion for cats.
• This week, the prime Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) area takes centre stage.
CYBERJAYA (May 15): Joyful Star Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Emkay Group Bhd, will sell part of its Star Central development in Cyberjaya to Kabaz Sdn Bhd for RM26 million.
PETALING JAYA (May15): Former Petaling Jaya councillor Derek Fernandez is urging the Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) to consult the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) on the proposed MRT Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya (SSP) line.
KUALA LUMPUR (May15): Ever since the Klang Valley’s largest transit hub KL Sentral emerged, the Brickfields area in Kuala Lumpur has seen its real estate values spike.
The landscape of Kuala Lumpur’s Brickfields neighbourhood has evolved dramatically since Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) first planned to build the 72-acre transit-oriented and integrated development KL Sentral in the area in 1996.