In Depth

Don’t let aesthetics come above safety

“You take your car to service every 10,000km mileage – that is predictive maintenance as you don’t wait until the car breaks down. But sadly, the truth is that we don’t do that to our property and we wait until things break down before we decide to act,”

Don’t be fooled when buying a home

"What if you have bought a property because you are attracted to the artist’s impressions on the brochure but found out later that it is not up to expectations?”

Ill-managed real estate is not future-proof

Location, timing and pricing are not the only factors you must consider when buying any property. It is important to ensure that the desired property has been designed and built for quality property management.

Your questions on crucial property management answered

Questions from the audience were forwarded to the respective speakers of Edgeprop.my’s Symposium on Excellent Property Management 2019 “Is your investment future-proof?” following the event on April 27. These are the answers from the speakers. 

Outloook for Pavilion REIT seen to remain stable

Pavilion REIT’s first quarter of financial year 2019 (1QFY19) distributable income of RM72.2 million (+3.5% year-on-year [y-o-y]) came in within expectations at 25.6% and 26.5% of our full-year forecast and full-year consensus estimates respectively.

Here's why High Court dismissed Najib's bid to strike out SRC charges

Justice Nazlan said the three criminal breach of trust (CBT) charges faced by Najib are not defective as an offence of money laundering and CBT charge is found to be valid following a Court of Appeal decision where in a similar case, the accused is charged with money laundering and CBT. There is no ambiguity on the positions of Najib being prime minister, finance minister and advisor emeritus of SRC, he added.

Embracing challenges in strata living

Naim Bahagia Residences is one of the first stratified properties in Naim Bandar Baru Permyjaya, one of the largest townships in Miri, Sarawak being developed by Naim Group of Companies since 1995. It is home to more than 20% of Miri’s population today.

Loyalty to global standards

“In the past 20-over years, the building management team and ExxonMobil have been working very closely to manage the building and I am proud to say that Menara ExxonMobil is performing well in terms of occupancy and rental growth today despite the overall economic slowdown,” says KLCC Property Holdings CEO Datuk Hashim Wahir.

Dayabumi for the future

Back in the 1980s, it was also one of the few buildings in the city that has a rooftop helipad for emergency evacuations.