Iskandar Malaysia

Casa Impiana is only 5km from Johor Bahru town centre, located opposite Taman Tasek and Royal Johor Country Club, next to education centre. It’s a completed project with CFO issued and ready for occupancy. The individual title of the property has also been issued.

Casa Impiana is contained in a gated and guarded environment with 24 hours security. Some facilities to take note are pedestrian paved walkways, bicycle paths and extensive lush landscaping.

There are few types of units available for sale. The built up area of some of the available units are 2,790 sq. ft. (intermediate unit), 2,896 sq. ft. (end unit) and 3,291 sq. ft. (corner unit). The standard land size is 1,950 sq. ft. The end and corner unit has some extra land. The standard units are with 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. These are leasehold properties with remaining lease of approximately 97 years.

The selling price starts from RM 443,000. Additional discount can be arranged for serious buyers. This is a limited time offer. So, hurry up. There will be a monthly service charge of RM80 per month. The expected rental for an unfurnished unit is RM 1,500.

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Bistari Impian Apartment is located very near the Johor Bahru city area. It’s only about 3 minutes driving distance to city. There are 4 blocks altogether within the development and they are Block A, B, C and D. The oldest block is D. After which block A and then block B is constructed. The newest block is C. It’s a leasehold property and the lease is expiring in 2109 (remaining years left is 93).

There are 2 types of units available for sale in block B & C. 1st type is 1130 sq. ft. with balcony and 2nd type is 1140 sq. ft. without balcony. Both types are 3 bedroom units with 2 bathrooms. The service charge for both type of unit is RM143.

Bistari Impian is located within a gated & guarded environment with 24 hours security. It has facilities like swimming pool, multi purpose hall cum games court, barbecue pit, children’s playground, tennis court and etc.

The selling price starts from RM190,000 for new unit. The rental for an unfurnished unit is at the range of RM900 - RM1,000 and a fully furnished unit will be at the range of RM1,300 - RM1,500.

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By : Siti Nurbaiyah Nadzmi

JOHOR BARU: The state government has made preparations if the Johor Baru-Singapore bridge project is revived in the future.
Menteri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman said the on-going construction of the semi-permanent access road to the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) complex at Bukit Chagar was in anticipation of the bridge project.

The access road, which links the causeway to the complex and other parts of the city, is for light and heavy vehicles.

It will be ready by June next year.

Ghani said the cost of the proposed highway to link the causeway to the new CIQ complex was too expensive.
The cost was almost equivalent to building the bridge itself.

Subsequently the state government was told to come up with an alternative route.

“We were told that the route must be accessible, cost-effective and with an amendable design. Read the rest of this entry »

PETALING JAYA: It was all quiet on the central front for property-based Malaysian Pacific Corp Bhd (MP Corp) due to a delay in the sale of its Wisma MPL in Kuala Lumpur.

The delay was due to its strategy for a partial sale with a view for joint development of a tower block rather than an outright sale of the entire property.

Such a joint venture was in the best interest of the company and its shareholders, as management worked towards obtaining a better price and terms, the company said in its latest results announcement.

There is, in addition, a southern front in the group’s development strategy. It has about 500 acres of freehold land near Pasir Gudang in Johor that is master-planned for its proposed LakeHill Resort township.

That may sound like just another township but one of its components is the proposed Asia Pacific Trade and Expo City (Aptec). This will be developed as a wholesale trade and distribution hub, with proposed participation from merchants and manufacturers from China, India and other countries in Asean. Read the rest of this entry »

PETALING JAYA: It was all quiet on the central front for property-based Malaysian Pacific Corp Bhd (MP Corp) due to a delay in the sale of its Wisma MPL in Kuala Lumpur.

The delay was due to its strategy for a partial sale with a view for joint development of a tower block rather than an outright sale of the entire property.

Such a joint venture was in the best interest of the company and its shareholders, as management worked towards obtaining a better price and terms, the company said in its latest results announcement.

There is, in addition, a southern front in the group’s development strategy. It has about 500 acres of freehold land near Pasir Gudang in Johor that is master-planned for its proposed LakeHill Resort township.

That may sound like just another township but one of its components is the proposed Asia Pacific Trade and Expo City (Aptec). This will be developed as a wholesale trade and distribution hub, with proposed participation from merchants and manufacturers from China, India and other countries in Asean. Read the rest of this entry »

JOHOR BARU: Iskandar Development will eventually bring immense benefits to the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Johor.

Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman said the flow of domestic and foreign investments to Iskandar would create business opportunities for the SMEs.

“The SMEs will benefit in terms of spillover from big companies or multinational corporations (MNCs) in Iskandar,” he said at the Johor SMEs expo on Saturday.

At the event, Ghani also launched the inaugural issue of Bisnes Johor magazine published by Johor Entrepreneur Development Council.

Present at the launch was Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development, Education and Higher Learning committee chairman Datuk Maulizan Bujang.

Ghani said the SMEs would remain at the backbone of the country’s economy as they have been around for years supporting the big companies and MNCs. Read the rest of this entry »

JOHOR BARU: More fitness- and health-centre operators are expected to set up outlets in Iskandar Malaysia.

Prospects for the health and fitness market seems good in view of the influx of expatriates and locals from other states in search of jobs and economic opportunities.

“The health and fitness market is growing and demand for such services will go up,” said Clark Hatch and Fitness Centre Sdn Bhd executive director Nigel Cuff at a media preview of the company’s second outlet in the Johor Baru City Square office tower.

He said the RM2.5mil centre was Malaysia’s biggest Clark Hatch gymnasium, occupying 2,043 sq m on the 12th floor of the tower.

It was also the first Clark Hatch outlet in Asia to have an advanced computerised check-in system, he said.

Since opening its doors in May, more that 1,200 people had signed up, mostly executives aged between 20 to 40 years. Read the rest of this entry »

JOHOR BARU: Small- and medium-sized enterprises in Iskandar Malaysia have been assured that they will benefit from the expected influx of major foreign investors.
Menteri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman said SMEs should not worry about being sidelined as they had an important supporting role to play.

“The trickle effects of the projects will definitely go down to the local SMEs,” he said after opening the Johor SME Exposition 2008 at the Angsana shopping complex here yesterday.

On claims that the local SMEs had yet to receive any benefit from Iskandar Malaysia, Abdul Ghani said all quarters should not jump to conclusions before the whole plan for the development corridor could take off.

He had previously promised that the first of a series of major projects in Iskandar Malaysia would start before the end of this year.
Iskandar Region Development Authority (Irda), the administrator of the development corridor, had from time to time been criticised for not being sensitive to the needs of the local business community. Read the rest of this entry »

By ZAZALI MUSA

Tanah Sutera wants to make its project the central hub of Skudai

JOHOR BARU: Tanah Sutera Development Sdn Bhd wants to position its Taman Sutera Utama development as the “central hub of Skudai”.

General manager Steven Shum said the development on a 48.562ha site would offer business, entertainment and education facilities.

“Being located along the Johor Baru-Skudai-Senai Growth Corridor within Iskandar Malaysia augurs well for its future growth,’’ he told StarBiz.

Shum said the catalyst of the hub would the RM75mil Sutera Mall, Johor Baru’s latest retail complex that would be opened tomorrow.

The three-storey mall with 27,870sq m floor area offers a wide range of tenant mix from 250 outlets. Read the rest of this entry »

JOHOR BARU: Menteri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman has promised that projects proposed by major foreign investors in the Iskandar Malaysia development corridor will start before the end of the year.
Brushing aside sceptics, Abdul Ghani said their investments will indeed come in and make an impact to generate economic growth.

Among projects that will soon take off in the development corridor are a high-tech park in Senai and new petro-chemical and gas facilities in Tanjong Pelepas and the eastern part of Iskandar Malaysia.

“Johor has always been among the most preferred choices of investment destinations, with the state receiving an average of 20 per cent of the country’s total annual foreign direct investments over the past five years,” he said after the ground-breaking ceremony of Mutiara Motors Sdn Bhd’s building in Larkin yesterday.

Abdul Ghani said the latest trend of investment flow in the region indicated that landing cost is soaring and this will further put Iskandar Malaysia at an advantage as investors search for alternative sites for their projects.
“The higher landing costs is likely to lead to investors diverting their interests from neighbouring countries to Johor,” he added.

Abdul Ghani said Iskandar Malaysia had already secured several committed major investors, particularly in the services sector.

NST, 4 August 2008