Overseas Property Investment

The most recent bangkok property investment news from a variety of international property news sources.

Over the weekend I had the opportunity to visit the newly opened St Regis Bangkok.

MUTIARA Goodyear Development Bhd’s unit Pembangunan Bandar Mutiara, Bangkok, Thailand. It will subscribe for 3 million Redeemable Preferred Shares (RPS) in Agathis One Ltd. Proceeds from the RPS will be used by Agathis to invest in a proposed joint venture development project on a 25.6 acre land area in Tambon Bang Kaew, Ampur Bang Phi, [...]

Madrid office rents have fallen 30% since the crisis began, but still rents have risen, which shows just how much prices of commercial property have been eroded in Spain. But still the consensus indicates that investors should be waiting for a little while yet before pouncing on the bottomed market.   77% of the 154 [...]

The future of Asia is in its cities. It is the cities and the activities generated therein that will help the continent march forward. But in order for cities to thrive, it needs people. Although still one of the less urbanised continents, Asia’s urban population has grown from 32% in 1990 to 42% in 2010, [...]

Colliers International says office investment yields are likely to remain stable at between 6 per cent and 6.5 per cent Competition among lessors of office space in Kuala Lumpur is expected to intensify this year, with average rental of office space in the business district projected to remain unchanged at US$24.31 (US$1 = RM3.05) per [...]

SINGAPORE is Asia’s greenest city, while Kuala Lumpur ranks average in a green city survey, together with the likes of Bangkok, Jakarta, Beijing, Shanghai and Delhi. This was the finding of the Asian Green City Index survey carried out by the independent Economist Intelligence Unit. The EIU examines the environmental performance of 22 major Asian [...]

SINGAPORE is Asia’s greenest city, while Kuala Lumpur ranks average in a green city survey, together with the likes of Bangkok, Jakarta, Beijing, Shanghai and Delhi. This was the finding of the Asian Green City Index survey carried out by the independent Economist Intelligence Unit. The EIU examines the environmental performance of 22 major Asian [...]

Some of the completed units at Suria Residen, a low-density, gated housing developed by Glomac in Cheras. PETALING JAYA: Glomac Bhd, a medium-sized property outfit, is on an exciting growth path as it undertakes more niche developments with fast turnaround time in Greater Kuala Lumpur. The company has a broad range of affordable to higher-end [...]

Google has agreed to buy its Manhattan Office Building for $1.8billion; the largest ever commercial property purchase by a tenant, and in fact one of the largest ever office building transactions, with only a handful of offices selling for more, including the General Motors building, which sold for $2.9 billion in 2008. Google currently occupies [...]

With the NKEA in mind, it is time to make GKL a livable place which is clean and peaceful, and filled with environment-friendly economic activities producing high-quality, high-value goods and services. MANY analysts compare, rather simplistically, the economy of Singapore with that of Malaysia. This is like comparing apples with oranges. The two economies cannot [...]