News about Kuala Lumpur

KUALA LUMPUR (April 6): Property consultancy CH Williams Talhar and Wong Sdn Bhd (WTW) has received a number of enquiries from local and foreign buyers – including investment funds and developers – to bid for the 7.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 4): Dissatisfaction over expensive home prices has been escalating in Malaysia in recent years, with prices now reportedly beyond the reach of an average worker in key states like Kuala Lumpur and Penang.

WHEN Alfred Russell Wallace worked on his theory of evolution through natural selection following his explorations of the Malay Archipelago in a small hut not far from what is now Sarawak’s capital, Kuching, he noted how much of the state was unreachable due to its hilly terrain and dense forests.

JOHOR Bahru, capital of the country’s southernmost state, has gone through a tremendous transformation and revitalisation over the past few years.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 1): Aseana Properties Ltd, a London-listed property developer in which Ireka Corp Bhd has a 23% stake, is selling the Aloft Kuala Lumpur Sentral Hotel in Malaysia to Prosper Group Holdings Ltd for RM418.

PETALING JAYA (April 1): The International Real Estate Research Symposium 2016 (IRERS) organised by The National Institute of Valuation (INSPEN) is expected to attract 300 participants from around the world.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 30): Although Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has restricted approvals to develop new hotels, luxury apartments and office developments, the authorities will still allow applications for selected mixed commercial developments, said Federal Territories Minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.

A number of houses in Kuala Lumpur’s Bukit Persekutuan boast a unique orientation — the top floor is at street level, and the bedrooms are downstairs.

STARTING out as a civil structure contractor, Singapore-based Beverly Group Sdn Bhd — a subsidiary of Singapore-registered Qingdao Investments Pte Ltd — became a property developer when its founder and CEO Lim Seak Koon decided to experience property development “from the other side”.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 21): Vancouver’s prime residential property market’s average price growth in 2015 was 24.