Property hotspot in Penang

By Marina Emmanuel, Business Times


George Town: The development potential of Penang island's southeastern area is growing as more property developers are eyeing it for their projects.
Business Times has learnt that CP Land Sdn Bhd, the property arm of the CP Group, has disposed of 40 hectares of land it owns in the Queensbay area at Bayan Lepas to a Penang-based property player.

Sources said the land was sold at RM420 per sq foot (psf) to Asia Green Development Sdn Bhd in May and the transaction is believed to be worth RM160 million.

Asia Green is said to be planning to build serviced apartments on the land, which is currently serving as a parking lot.

The Queensbay development sits on 29.2ha of sea-fronting land on which Penang's largest shopping centre, Queensbay Mall, and the Eastin Hotel are sited.

The mall was sold by CP Group Sdn Bhd to CapitaMalls Asia last year for RM657 million.

On Monday, property player Ivory Property Group Bhd announced that it had won the rights to buy 41.50ha of land at Bayan Mutiara on the island, which lies south of the Penang Bridge and close to the Queensbay area.

Some 27.34ha are existing land and 14.16ha are to be reclaimed for a proposed mixed development, Ivory told Bursa Malaysia in a statement.

The reserve price of the Bayan Mutiara land is said to be RM200 psf and it is learnt that Ivory's win-ning bid was RM240 psf, im-plying that total land cost was about RM1 billion.

It is also learnt that Ivory's payment to the Penang Development Corporation will be staggered over five years and the company intends to embark on its maiden launch of the project next year.

Meanwhile, at a stone's throw from the proposed Bayan Mutiara development, Boustead Holdings Bhd is believed to be embarking on a reclamation project.

A financial daily last September reported that Boustead will be allowed to reclaim an area "very much less" than 40ha between the existing Penang Bridge and the Penang Second Crossing in Batu Maung as compensation for having had to reduce the height on a 12-storey hotel it is developing at Weld Quay on the island.

Boustead was reported to have submitted a compensation claim of RM60 million to the Penang Island Municipal Council for revoking the initial approval of a 12-storey building in order to comply with heritage status guidelines within the Unesco heritage zone.

Boustead's initial plan was for a RM140 million development of a four-star hotel with 300 rooms.

Property experts told Business Times that the cost of reclamation per square foot currently stands at RM40 and Boustead is likely to pay RM174.5 million for the reclamation of the 40ha.

It is also learnt that the Penang government will be given 8ha of the 40ha free of charge

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Two areas set to boom

BAYAN Lepas and Batu Maung in Penang’s southwest district and Batu Kawan in the south Seberang Prai district will be the new corridors of growth to boost the state’s development, said investPenang executive committee chairman Datuk Lee Kah Choon.

He said projects coming up at these places were the RM300mil Subterranean Penang International Convention and Exhibition Centre (sPICE), the Bayan Mutiara mixed-development project and Batu Kawan’s planned development as an integrated city.

“sPICE, under a public-private partnership agreement with SP Setia Bhd, will have a Penang People’s Park that includes the country’s first subterranean convention and exhibition centre,” he said in his talk titled ‘Live Market Update — What is the future for Penang’ at the Star Property Fair 2011.

“There will also be a seven-acre public park on the rooftop, a refurbished Penang International Sports Arena, an aquatic centre and a four-star hotel with retail outlets.

“The project is scheduled for completion by 2014.”

Big plans for the state: The audience listening to Lee during his talk on the future development of Penang

“The Bayan Mutiara mixed-development project on a 40ha site will see the creation of presti-gious offices, special medical fa- cilities, commercial blocks, resi-dential enclaves, and retail and public spaces meeting contemporary and iconic global standards,” Lee said.

He said the planned development of Batu Kawan included the next Penang industrial park.

“The plan is to turn Batu Kawan into an integrated city with residential, commercial and business zones incorporating education, leisure and medical facilities.

“These developments will create new jobs and spillover economic effects,” he said.

Lee also said recent investments by Bosch Solar Energy, Aviatron and Ibiden would generate new jobs for small-medium vendors in Penang.

“Last month, Bosch announced a RM2.2b investment in a crystalline solar cells plant in Batu Kawan.

“Aviatron and Ibiden announced their investments in avionics components and a printed circuit board facility respectively in April,” he said.

By The Star

Robust demand for landed homes in Penang

LANDED homes in Penang are still in great demand despite their high prices.

SP Setia Bhd’s sales and marketing executive Eunice Lee said many people were eyeing landed property due to expected limited and costlier supply in future.

“We have sales every day for our Setia Greens and Setia Pearl Island projects comprising terrace and semi-detached and villa units,” she said.

She said the number of visitors to the fair had been “fantastic”, especially during the weekend.

BSG Property’s sales and marketing executive Chong Hock Aun said the company was getting more enquiries on the landed segment as visitors felt that such pro- perty were likely to be more expensive if they did not buy them now.

Strategically located: Lee (left) showing B.C Lok, his wife and daughter the units of a project available at the SP Setia booth

Chong said there seemed to be more young couples who visited the fair during the weekend while older folk were the bigger crowd on the first two days.

Ideal Homes Properties Sdn Bhd sales and marketing manager Teh Yeow Jin said many visitors preferred landed property but their prices were generally out of reach.

“Take for example a landed property in Batu Maung. It could easily cost between RM700,000 and RM800,000,” he said.

The fair was an eye-opening experience for the director of Australian real estate agent Uniq Property, a first-time exhibitor at the event.

“We received enquiries from some 200 qualified buyers throughout the event for all four apartment projects in Melbourne showcased by us. Many of them had children studying in Australia or holders of permanent residence status there,” said Veki Brdjanin, adding that they sold two units of apartments.

By The Star