News by E Jacqui Chan

"If I use my Tan Sri title on my name card overseas, people just call me Mr Tan,” Tan Sri Esa Mohamed chuckles as he hands us the one for the International Union of Architects (UIA).

Cranes, scaffolding and tractors are a common sight around the Klang Valley. From houses and high-rises to highways and urban transport systems, something is always being built.

After eight years of selling its condominiums overseas, Japan’s Mitsubishi Jisho Residence Co Ltd is finally bringing its brand of condos to Malaysia.

The domestic property market may be experiencing a downturn at the moment but if the response to the public preview of Sunway Bhd’s Sunway Mont Residences in Mont’Kiara is any indication, there are still bright spots in the gloomy outlook.

Despite obtaining city status in 1988, Kuching’s skyline is still relatively short of tall buildings and skyscrapers. With ample land in Sarawak’s capital city, residents there prefer to buy landed homes and shopoffices.

LD Legenda is Lien Dak's first project as a property developer. 

Rundown factories and warehouses, small and large, have long been a common sight in Malaysia. And that is something Datuk Stewart LaBrooy and Rajesh Kumar Tharmalingam, chairman and CEO of Area Management Sdn Bhd respectively, are looking to change as the world moves into a new industrial era driven by e-commerce and the logistics markets.

The government hopes to raise at least RM833 million from the sale of a 19-acre piece of prime land located at the corner of Jalan Duta and Jalan Semantan near Istana Negara.

Knight Frank notes that kl will continue to see the entry of branded residences as it moves towards becoming a world-class city by 2020.

Tokyu Land Corp (TLC) and ARK Real Estate Co Ltd are bringing their 13-storey residential project, Branz Shibuya Tokiwamatsu (BST) in Tokyo, to Malaysia.