ALOR SETAR: Alor Setar city will get a facelift by 2012 with the completion of Plaza Tunku Yaacob, a four-star hotel and condominiums.

Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak said the buildings would become new landmarks for the city under a new concept to attract tourists to the state.

KUALA LUMPUR: The ongoing tender of foreclosed properties under Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Bhd (Danaharta) has received overwhelming response, according to Prokhas Sdn Bhd.

PETALING JAYA: Sunway Holdings Bhd has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with Taman Equine Riding Sdn Bhd to purchase a 33.37 acre plot of land in the vicinity of Taman Equine in Subang Jaya, Selangor, via the former’s wholly-owned property development subsidiary, SunwayMas Sdn Bhd, for RM37.793 million.

PETALING JAYA: Fajarbaru Builder Group Bhd’s net profit rose 23.4% to RM6.553 million in its third quarter ended March 31, 2010 (3Q2010), from RM5.311 million in the same period last year.

Revenue for 3Q2010 jumped 26% to RM43.448 million from RM34.478 million recorded in the same quarter last year.

JOHOR BAHRU: Residents in eight squatter settlements along the banks of Sungai Tebrau will be offered affordable flat units with better amenities under the squatter resettlement programme.

According to the Media and Communications Unit (Medkom) of the Johor Menteri Besar's Office, the programme costing RM303 million was among the biggest in Johor currently.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will be holding its first carbon-neutral conference next week.

The conference on Sustainable Buildings South-East Asia (SB10SEA), which is taking place at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre from May 4 to 6, 2010, is the first carbon-neutral event to be held in the country and is organised under the auspices of the UN.

KUALA LUMPUR: Selangor Properties Bhd has lined up several property launches in Damansara Heights, Gombak and Selayang this year.

Among these is a high-end condominium on Jalan Batai in Damansara Heights, group financial controller Lee Boon Kian told the media after the company’s annual general meeting here on April 28.

PETALING JAYA: Setia International Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of S P Setia Bhd, has obtained the approval from Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board for the purchase of land measuring approximately 1.07 acre in Melbourne’s Central Business District (CBD).

KUALA LUMPUR: The former Nestlé House, now known as Quattro West (pictured) in Petaling Jaya, has won the “Best Redevelopment Malaysia” category at the coveted Asia Pacific Commercial Property Awards 2010 held in Hong Kong recently.

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 17 applicants have been pre-qualified as main contractors (MCs) and 15 applicants pre-qualified as nominated sub-contractors (NSCs) for the proposed Light Rail Transit (LRT) extension project of the Kelana Jaya and Ampang Lines, according to Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd (Prasarana) in a press statement on April 28.