TOKYO: US real estate firm LaSalle Investment Management plans to invest ¥300 billion (RM10.8 billion) in Japanese property over the next 12 months, the head of its Japan arm said on Tuesday, June 15.

KOTA KINABALU: The city of Kota Kinabalu is expected to be squatter-free by 2015, Mayor Datuk Iliyas Ibrahim said on June 15.

He said that to achieve the goal, the Kota Kinabalu City Hall (DBKK) was formulating strategies to rid the city of squatters, which included involvement in the housing industry in addition to activities by state government agencies.

PETALING JAYA: Sunway REIT Management Sdn Bhd (SunREIT) is looking at doubling its assets base from RM3.78 billion in five to seven years.Its CEO Datuk Jeffrey Ng said the REIT managers has a medium- to long-term horizon on its investments, and might acquire foreign properties to be injected into its REIT in the future."However, the REIT will focus on Malaysian properties for the time being, an

FUJIAN: "Encircling the cities from the countryside and finally capturing them" was a key guerilla warfare tactic employed by Mao Zedong in his campaigns against the Kuomintang. It is now being resurrected by Fujian-based real estate developer Powerlong Real Estate Holdings.

HONG KONG: A new private sector campaign is offering free office space in the city's prime locations, helping small entrepreneurs with their dreams

Launching a start-up business is no easy feat, especially in Hong Kong, one of the world's most expensive cities in terms of office rentals.

BEIJING: The global economic recovery is likely to be "slow and tortuous" and China faces risks from a multitude of factors including trade protectionism and bad real estate loans, China's Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) said on Tuesday, June 15.

SINGAPORE: The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) economy will grow at a pace of around 4% this year and next on the back of big infrastructure projects, its central bank chief said yesterday.

Last month, the government had projected growth of around 3.2% in 2010.

KUALA LUMPUR: The total construction cost of the new Istana Negara in Jalan Duta is more than RM800 million, including road upgrading and the building of a flyover.

Deputy Works Minister Datuk Yong Khoon Seng said this amount was more than the RM400 million originally announced as the latter did not cover the negotiated price and was not the overall cost.

KUALA LUMPUR: Owners and beneficiaries of land in Kampung Baru land have agreed to the plans to redevelop the area which will retain 100 per cent Bumiputera ownership.

The decision was made during a discussion between Federal Territories and Urban Well-being Minister Datuk Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin and 50 representatives of the owners and beneficiaries.

KUALA TERENGGANU: The Finance Ministry has approved the construction of the Bukit Kuang Bridge in Kemaman which involves an allocation of RM200 million, Terengganu Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said said on Monday June 14.