THIS YEAR, I&P Group Sdn Bhd is planning launches that, together with its unsold stock of properties launched last year, will have a total gross development value (GDV) of RM2.5 billion. The developer is also targeting revenues of RM1.5 billion to RM2 billion, says its CEO Datuk Jamaludin Osman. The upcoming launches will come from its 10 existing townships and projects.

A 70-acre site within Kampung Attap, Kuala Lumpur, encompassing Jalan Belfield, Jalan Hose and Jalan Talalla, appears to have caught the attention of a least four developers, which will collectively build offices, shoplots and some 2,500 serviced apartments.

This article first appeared in The Edge Malaysia Weekly, on January 19 - 25 , 2015.

The route rarely taken

WHEN you look up Kampung Attap on the Internet, Restaurant ZK emerges among the top 10 searches on the list. Apart from this restaurant famous for its fish head curry dish, little else is known about the history and origins of the area.

THE STATE is open to meeting with bankers to conduct joint public auctions on foreclosed units that fall into the low and low-medium-cost (LC and LMC) category.