KUALA LUMPUR: The next few years will be tough for the Kuala Lumpur office property market. Vacancy rates are expected to rise in the next two years while rentals ease by 10% to 15%, says Sarkunan Subramaniam, executive director of Knight Frank Ooi & Zaharin Sdn Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara has left the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) unchanged at 2% and its monetary piolicy will remain accommodative to ensure the Malaysian economic recovery is well entrenched.

The central bank said on Tuesday, Jan 26 the decision was made at its monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting.

KUALA LUMPUR: Primary housing sales in Malaysia are expected to remain moderate as property developers remain cautious over the economy this year, according to Dr. Zalian Mohd Isa, director of National Property Information Centre (NAPIC) of the Valuation and Property Services Department in the Finance Ministry

KUALA LUMPUR: Recovery for the Malaysian retail sector has been observed in 4Q 2009 but political risk and oversupply of retail space could dampen investor sentiment.

PENANG: The Penang government has selected Sim Leisure Consultants Sdn Bhd to run the RM120 million eco-friendly "Ecofun Theme Park Resort" project in Teluk Bahang.

KUALA LUMPUR: Industrial development projects in Malaysia are moving towards a more corporate image, from the previous "workshop" image.

Anthony Chua, executive director of KGV-Lambert Smith Hampton (M) Sdn Bhd said industrial developments now have new features such as the gated & guarded concept, wider roads, underground cabling & covered drainage, facade-glass and lifts.

KUALA LUMPUR: Sime Darby Property Bhd and Sunrise Bhd have formed a partnership through a 50:50 joint-venture (JV) company named Sime Darby Sunrise Development Sdn Bhd. The JV company will develop three lots of freehold commercial land measuring 20.95 acres in the 180-acre Bukit Jelutong.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian property market registered transactions worth an estimated RM75.42 billion last year and the market is expected to improve further in 2010 in line with the country's economic recovery.

KUALA LUMPUR: Sime Darby Property Bhd and Sunrise Bhd have formed a partnership through a 50:50 joint-venture (JV) company named Baywood Avenue Sdn Bhd which will eventually be known as Sime Darby Sunrise Development Sdn Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR: MRCB Land’s KL Sentral Park commercial development project has been awarded Singapore’s Building and Construction Authority’s (BCA) Green Mark highest rating, the Platinum Award (Provisional).