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RM3m makeover turns Yeng Keng Hotel into luxurious stay

GEORGE TOWN: From a facility charging RM5 per bed per night for travellers on a shoe-string budget, Yeng Keng Hotel here, which was built in the mid-1800s, will reopen its doors as a five-star boutique hotel come June.

Beginning in 2009, Hoo Kim Properties group had invested over RM3 million in renovating the once dilapidated building in bustling Chulia Street.

S.Korea NPS to buy Berlin Sony Center for US$767 mln

SEOUL: South Korea's national pension fund, the world's fifth biggest, said on Sunday it was in the final stage of talks to buy Sony Center in Berlin, Germany, for about 850 billion won (US$767 million).

City & Country: King of villas

Prices in China's red-hot property market have been skyrocketing in recent years. But Villa 99 in Shanghai is in a world of its own. With close to an acre in built-up, and sitting on 24 acres, the three-level residence is on the market for a whopping RMB1 billion, or RM470 million.

City & Country: Skyrocketing prices

Property prices in both Mainland China and Hong Kong have skyrocketed in recent years. Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post reported that a 3-storey house on The Peak, with a view of Victoria Harbour, changed hands on March 16 at HK$280 million (RM115.3 million).

City & Country: Bullish on Malaysia

The Chinese real estate investors are in town and they are buying, buying big.Besides high-net-worth Chinese individuals, there is a group of coal miners from Shanxi, 600km away from Beijing, with a combined net worth of more than US$1 billion (RM3.2 billion).

City & Country: Sunway Giza, a new landmark in Kota Damansara

Sunway Giza, the latest retail icon within Petaling Jaya’s Kota Damansara township, is creating a new buzz in the area.Located along Persiaran Surian and a part of the Dataran Sunway commercial enclave,Sunway Giza, developed by Sunway City Bhd (SunCity) on a 6.17-acre tract, is a neighbourhood shopping centre.“It provides an alternative for the residents who might not want to go to the major sh

Offshore: Parbury Avenue house going for S$55 million

Standing on the rooftop terrace of the Parbury Avenue house that was once his family home, Derek Goh gestures at the view of the Upper East Coast neighbourhood with the greenery, and a glimpse of the sea beyond. “This is the most desirable aspect of the property — the view, the location,” he says. “You just have to be up here to appreciate it.