PETALING JAYA: Sustainability remains a key agenda item for corporate real estate (CRE) executives, with 70% viewing sustainability as a critical business issue today and 89% taking sustainability into consideration when making their location decisions, an increase from 76% in 2008, according to the third annual CoreNet Global and Jones Lang LaSalle global sustainability survey conducted in Sep

KUALA LUMPUR: AmFirst Real Estate Investment Trust (AmFirst REIT) saw its net profit for the second quarter ended Sept 30, 2009 (2QFY2010), increase by 18.85% to RM10.35 million, from RM8.7 million a year earlier.

KUALA LUMPUR: Nusajaya Consolidated Sdn Bhd (NCSB) has acquired a parcel of Puteri Harbour Land in Johor Bahru from Bandar Nusajaya Development Sdn Bhd and UEM Land Bhd for RM16.3 million.

KUALA LUMPUR: The authorities in the growth corridors must have sustainable town and city planning standards to allow viable and attractive developments to take place.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Building Society Bhd (MBSB), a financial institution which largely caters to government servants, is looking to grow its loan portfolio aggressively in the financial year ending Dec 31, 2010, with a focus on expanding its corporate loans business, its chief executive officer, Ahmad Zaini Othman said.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Building Society Bhd (MBSB), a financial institution which largely caters to government servants, is looking to grow its loan portfolio aggressively in the financial year ending Dec 31, 2010, with a focus on expanding its corporate loans business, its chief executive officer, Ahmad Zaini Othman said.

KUALA LUMPUR: Construction firm Crest Builder Holdings Bhd won a RM145.3-million contract to help build an office tower.

In a filing to Bursa Malaysia on Nov 10, its wholly-owned subsidiary Crest Builder Sdn Bhd has been awarded a contract by Khor Joo Saik Sdn Bhd for the construction of super-structure works of a 35-storey office tower on Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur.

PETALING JAYA: Maymont Development Sdn Bhd is opening up the remaining 100 units of its Matahari Luxury Super Condos in Desa Sri Hartamas, Kuala Lumpur, for sale to the general public after exclusive previews to international customers, investors and selected local buyers since April 2007.

PETALING JAYA: Land and General Bhd (L&G) is planning for a mixed development with an estimated gross development value (GDV) of RM450 million on a 2.6-acre land on Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, which it proposed to acquire.

KOTA KINABALU: State Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Hajiji Mohd Noor has called on the town planners to adopt a people-centric approach in pursuing sustainable development.

He said this was in line with the concept of 1Malaysia, which prioritised the interest of the people above all else.