Developer collaborates with social enterprise to hold festival that promotes upcyclingA water fountain at Eco Sky.VISITORS at Ecoworld Gallery got a glimpse of creative uses for recyclable items that were discarded.Property developer Eco World Development Group Bhd (Ecoworld) collaborated with...

BY GEETHA KRISHNANExpensive: While prices in Brisbane, Queensland and Perth, Western Australia have eased, Melbourne and Sydney are seeing astronomically high house prices. – filepicSECURING a job and having a roof over one’s head for the long-term are the main aims of most migrants.These goals...

KUALA LUMPUR: Officials of Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) will face the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to explain the agency’s controversial investments overseas.PAC chairman Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed said the panel’s focus would be on properties bought in Melbourne, which are also being...

BY REBECCA RAJAENDRAMXiamen University president-designate Professor Wang Rui Fang (right) showing the plans for Xiamen University Malaysia Campus to Ter.SUNSURIA Bhd will soon launch the Sunsuria City township in Sepang as it has completed the acquisition from a property development joint-venture...

No home sweet home with neighbours like theseThis neighbour can’t keep his or her nose out of your business.BY OH ING YEENWHETHER you live in a landed property or high-rise building, having a bad neighbour (or neighbours!) can be a nightmare. There are even cases where people have moved out...

BY S. PUSPADEVIWait-and-see: Cheah says the group will watch the market and study the revisions to the Strata Title Act and its impact.PETALING JAYA: Property and construction group Sunway Bhd that has unbilled sales of RM2.5bil as of March, will adopt a wait-and-see approach and plan its property...

PETALING JAYA: Spring Gallery Bhd, the ceramics company formerly known as PFCE Bhd, has received a RM75mil job for an apartment project in Kemaman, Terengganu.Spring Gallery said in a filing with Bursa Malaysia that its wholly-owned subsidiary Profit Sunland Sdn Bhd inked a managing contractor deal...

Picturesque projects: (From left) Tan, Kamal and Yeoh checking out Eco World’s booth during the fair at G Hotel, Penang.GEORGE TOWN: The StarProperty.my Fair 2015 in Penang kicked off with over 40 exhibitors showcasing their products around the island and elsewhere.The fair offered choices...

18 Woodsville has a GDV of S$120mil.KUALA LUMPUR: SP Setia’s maiden development in Singapore, 18 Woodsville, has been completed two months ahead of schedule.The property developer said in a statement that owners of apartments in the 15-storey building with a gross development value (GDV) of...

BY SHARIDAN M. ALIPETALING JAYA: Builder-cum-property developer WCT Holdings Bhd could reward its shareholders and pare down borrowings with the nearly RM1.2bil claims it was awarded by a Dubai tribunal over a long-standing contract dispute with Meydan Group LLC.“Although its management has yet...