UK property brings global prospects for E&O

By THE STAR PETALING JAYA: The acquisition of Princes House in Central London by Eastern & Oriental Bhd (E&O) is an ideal opportunity for the Penang developer to market its hospitality and property offerings in Malaysia to a global audience. E&O managing director Datuk Terry Tham Ka Hon said the company was considering plans to [...]


S’poreans forfeit option fee on mass market units as cold feet take over

By THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE: Buyers of 107 new private homes had a change of heart last month and returned their units to developers. The numbers, contained in a report from Goldman Sachs, show that even in a hot market, some people get cold feet. The same report also stated that 100 homes were returned [...]


E&O buys UK property

By THE STAR Developer acquires Princes House in central London for RM100.9mil PETALING JAYA: Lifestyle property developer Eastern & Oriental Bhd (E&O) has agreed to acquire its first major overseas property, a prime freehold office-cum-retail building in central London, for £20.25mil or about RM100.91mil. The property, Princes House, commands a prime position on the west [...]


Simultaneous launch for SP Setia’s 18 Woodsville project in S’pore

By THE STAR SHAH ALAM: Property developer SP Setia Bhd will unveil its maiden project in Singapore called 18 Woodsville via a simultaneous launch in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Jakarta this weekend. This is the first time that SP Setia is doing such a simultaneous launch for a development. In a statement, SP Setia said [...]


Gamuda property projects in Vietnam doing well despite high interest rates

By THE STAR PETALING JAYA: Although high interest rates in Vietnam will continue to dampen property sales, Gamuda Bhd is bucking the trend with its Gamuda City development in the south of Hanoi, HwangDBS Vickers Research said. It said Gamuda City and Celadon City in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), both held under Gamuda’s property [...]


Berjaya’s Great Mall of China to be ready by 2017

By BUSINESS TIMES MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT: Developer’s RM7.5b integrated complex to be world’s biggest once completed BERJAYA Land Bhd (BLand) is building the world’s biggest integrated mall complex estimated to be worth about RM7.5 billion on a 32ha site in China’s Hebei Province, its chief said. Called Great Mall of China, the 18.5 million sq ft [...]