The Penang government does not have any intention to table an enactment to limit foreigners from buying pre-war buildings in its world heritage zone, state executive councillor Jagdeep Singh Deo said today. The housing development and town and country planning committee chairman added that it is not possible to table ... Read More

Paramount Property, the property development division of public-listed Paramount Corporation Berhad (Paramount), today marked its debut in the Penang property market with the unveiling of Utropolis Batu Kawan, Penang’s first university metropolis. Utropolis Batu Kawan mirrors the successful, award-winning university metropolis concept first introduced by Paramount at its Utropolis Glenmarie ... Read More

The proposed paired road from Tanjung Bungah to Teluk Bahang will reduce the travelling time between the two places by more than half, said project director Mazlan Ali. He said it now took about 20 minutes to drive on the 10.9km existing stretch from Tanjung Bungah (where Jalan Lembah Per-mai ... Read More

A proposed affordable housing by Nova Land Development Sdn. Bhd. at Jelutong, Penang. It is strategically located near Nova Place and Grace Residence by Nova Mulia Development, easily accessible via Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway. This development will see the demonstration of 34 existing houses and workshops for the construction ... Read More

Aspen Vision City Sdn Bhd (AVCSB) is set to launch its first landed housing at Aspen Vision City in Bandar Cassia, Batu Kawan, Penang next year. AVCSB is a subsidiary of Aspen Vision Land Sdn Bhd (AVLSB) while AVLSB is a subsidiary of Aspen Vision Development Sdn Bhd (Aspen Group) ... Read More

The three paired roads proposed as part of the RM6.3 billion undersea tunnel project could be delayed further due to land and environmental assessment issues, said state executive councillor Lim Hock Seng. “This package was supposed to start first but we found that the lands that was previously acquired by ... Read More

MARC Residences, an upcoming mixed development by Jayamas Property Group at Bukit Mertajam. Strategically located on a 1.84 acres land along the ever bustling Jalan Song Ban Kheng. It is diagonally opposite Honda 3S Centre, just a stone's throw away from Beng Teik primary school. This development will see a 26-storey skyscraper, ... Read More

SP Setia Bhd is acquiring 1,675 acres of land in Penang for RM620.12 million following a successful tender bid. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia yesterday, the group said its wholly owned subsidiary Setia Recreation Sdn Bhd accepted an award of tender for the purchase of the parcels of freehold ... Read More

The guidelines for the increase in development density to 128 units per acre from 87 units per acre will only come into effect next year in Penang. Penang Local Government, Traffic Management and Flood Mitigation Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said the state was in the process of fine tuning ... Read More

Tropical Island Resort Sdn Bhd (TIRSB) has entered into a joint-venture agreement with Q Islands Development Sdn Bhd (QID), a subsidiary of Ideal Property Group, to redevelop the Jerejak Rainforest Resort & Spa and the 80 acres of land owned by TIRSB on the island. TIRSB is a joint-venture company ... Read More