A NEW high-rise development project along Macalister Road in Penang is poised to become the talk of the town when launched at the end of next month. The mixed integrated Tropicana 218 Macalister project, to be developed by Tropicana Corp Bhd (formerly Dijaya Corp Bhd), includes an international brand hotel ... Read More

Hunza Properties Bhd plans to launch three projects with a combined gross development value (GDV) of RM1.4 billion over the next four years, said its executive chairman Datuk Khor Teng Tong. He said the three projects – which will be Hunza's focus for the coming years – include an integrated ... Read More

Also plans to launch new projects in Setapak and Jln Jubilee in KL, Bayan Lepas in Penang, JB, Sabah and Sarawak soon. More than 20,000 homes will be built under 15 affordable housing projects in Greater Klang Valley, Johor, Penang, Sabah and Sarawak. “These 15 new developments are under Phase ... Read More

The 1.7km Gurney Drive will sport a new, greener look under the proposed Seri Tanjung Pinang (STP) phase two reclamation project to be undertaken by Eastern and Oriental (E&O) Bhd. It will incorporate some 20ha of greenery area including a new parkland, water features, a cycling route and palm-tree lined ... Read More

GEORGE TOWN: Eastern & Oriental Bhd plans to develop residential and commercial projects worth RM25bil over the next 20 years for Seri Tanjung Pinang’s (STP) second phase. And this will generate some 15,000 jobs. Group managing director Datuk Terry Tham said the ratio of commercial to residential properties for the ... Read More

GEORGE TOWN: Despite a softer property market in the first quarter of this year, Penang's residential sector has continued to claim the lion's share, or 75 per cent, of the total 5,756 properties transacted. A research report by Henry Butcher Malaysia Penang shows that the total number of properties transacted in ... Read More

Investment analysts reassured by this statement although they are cautious about potential Budget 2014 announcements. Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) will not introduce new measures to curb household debt as the current ones are sufficient and have produced the expected results, said Governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz (pic) yesterday ... Read More

Imagine if a regulatory body decided to limit the number of durians purchased by each individual in order to lower the price of durians so that everyone would have the chance to taste the King of Fruits. What would happen? If this campaign was successful to the point that prices ... Read More

GEORGE TOWN: The Wet World Wild Adventure Park (WWW) in Batu Ferringhi will soon be the place to go. Touted to be the first open sea water adventure park in Asia, WWW is a project by Theme Park Concepts and Services Sdn Bhd (TPCS) and supported by the Penang Global ... Read More

GEORGE TOWN: Contractors, some with links to triads, are forcing buyers of high-rise property here to carry out renovation works. Many of them charge a premium, sometimes up to 20% more than normal contractors. If the buyers insist on hiring contractors from outside, they are compelled into buying materials such ... Read More