It is not unusual nowadays to see developers jumping on the “green” bandwagon in their new developments.

While many developers are lying low in the current economic downturn, there are some that have gone ahead with their plans.

For over two decades, Damansara Utama’s main commercial centre, Damansara Uptown, has been a hub of activity for businesses and residents in the area. Undoubtedly, Damansara Uptown, located in Selangor’s Petaling Jaya, has been a commercial success for its developer See Hoy Chan Sdn Bhd.

KULAI (Johor): Main-board listed Scientex Bhd will continue to focus on the affordable housing segment to expand its property business in Johor. It will offer a wider range of affordable houses and commercial properties to cater to demand, said Scientex Berhad managing director Lim Peng Jin on May 15. "Various development plans are in the pipeline and will be executed at the right time.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s very own green building rating system will be launched on May 21 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre by Works Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Asia Pacific real estate investment market continues to contract further in the face of global financial turmoil, says Colliers International. In the quarterly update of the Asia Pacific real estate investment market, it reported total value of investment sales transactions in Greater China fell by 67% and South Asia plunged 84% in 1Q 2009 compared with 3Q 2008.

The urban traffic problems in Kuala Lumpur city are rather complex, caused not only by a poor public transport system/operation but also factors such as inadequate road junction capacity, road network inefficiency, road users’ attitude/habits, imbalance of land use development and transport infrastructure development.

About 1km from the Sibu Airport in Sarawak, is the 1,400-acre Sibu Jaya township. Visitors can get to Sibu Jaya via the Pan-Borneo highway, which also links Sibu to Kuching and Miri. Upon entering Sibu Jaya, you see conventional walk-up shophouses as well as industrial lots.

While the finishing touches are being put to the two-tower Pavilion Residences, the owner of one of these towers is getting ready to sell the luxury condo units in what is described as a “depressed market”.IMMO Pavilion, a German investment services group that acquired Tower 1 en bloc in 1H2008, believes it is the right time to sell as it sees confidence returning to the market.

Silence, some would contend, is golden. To others, silence is synonymous with consent. Whatever the case, the reticence about the risk assessment report on the tragic landslide that occurred on Dec 6 last year in Bukit Antarabangsa is unacceptable and an embarrassment to the government.Five months have passed since that fateful day when the world of the victims came crashing down.