Monday, July 26, 2010

BLand to launch projects worth RM500m this year

By Biz Times

BERJAYA Land Bhd (BLand) (4219) will launch new projects worth more than RM500 million this year to take advantage of pent-up demand for housing in the Klang Valley.

BLand is bullish on the property market, its senior general manager of properties and marketing, Mah Siew Wan, said.

"We are seeing a return of buying interest for high-end houses. Our properties are all unique and in prime areas so we are confident of brisk sales," she told Business Times in an interview.

BLand, 53 per cent controlled by Tan Sri Vincent Tan's Berjaya Corp Bhd, will launch Vastana25, a high-end project, at Seputeh Heights in Kuala Lumpur by end-July.

Last weekend, it relaunched The Peak at Taman TAR in Selangor.

The Peak, comprising 88 guarded and gated bungalow lots, was re-launched as it now has freehold status.

By the end of this year, BLand will launch KM1 Condominiun in Bukit Jalil and shop offices in Berjaya Park in Shah Alam, Selangor.

The group has about 10 ongoing developments worth some RM1 billion and it will launch more projects next year, Mah said.

BLand has some 400ha in the Klang Valley with the potential of generating more than RM8 billion in gross development value.

It also has projects in China, Vietnam and South Korea worth more than US$12 billion (RM 38.4 billion).

In China, BLand has a mixed-development project comprising retail, entertainment, theme park and water park in Sanhe City, Hebei Province. It has yet to launch the project.

Infrastructure work on its maiden US$3 billion (RM9.6 billion) resort-type mixed-development township project in South Korea has started.

The project featuring apartments, serviced residences, semi-detached and resort-style villas, a wellness resort, a casino and resort hotel, hotel residences, a mall and an indoor arena will be launched next year.

In Vietnam, BLand has a US$6.3 billion (RM20.7 billion) mixed-development project in Dong Nai Province.

* Bland is coming up with new property development this 2years (2010, 2011), we shall see other players joining in for the following months. "km 1 condominiums is open up for registration" caught my attention. Did a little searches and found that it is a total 300units condo (Density of the Condo is still reasonable & manageable, but i foresee they are many condo popping out like mushroom in that area) Hopefully it will not really dents up that area! hehe.. Location of km 1 condominiums is just beside Green Avenue Condominiums and opposite The Link, check it out "km 1 condominiums location". I guess Bland is offering the Golf Course View again to attract buyers, but i'm not sure.

* My 2cents of thought

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Kuala Lumpur International Financial District (KLIFD)

Read an article on the star about the MRT to give high economic investment return. An interview by STARBIZ to Gamuda Bhd group MD Datuk Lin Yun Ling. It come to my attention on the Kuala Lumpur International Financial District (KLIFD), was curious about the location and information about of this KLIFD.

Come to realise that it is a proposed joint property development comprising office towers for finance and banking, residences and retail spaces between 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and the Mubadala Development Company on a plot of land covering 34.4 hectares near Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur. (Near Jalan Davis in Pudu, at 1st i tot it was on the Sg.Besi airport/ airfield)

Unfortunately the KLIFD groundbreaking was ceremony postponed due to unknown reason. The event was reported that, was to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and General Sheikh Mohammed Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces.

Anywhere is the location of the Kuala Lumpur International Financial District (KLIFD)- http://wikimapia.org/#lat=3.1390485&lon=101.7160821&z=17&l=0&m=h

Hopefully it will start work and MRT will be connected to this area.