The Waterville Home at Lake Edge
YTL Land and Development Bhd (YTL Land)’s sweep of both the low and high-rise Residential Development Awards in this year’s International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI) Malaysia Property Award is significant in several ways.
Its winning entries are the low-rise Lake Edge in Puchong, Petaling Jaya and the high-rise, The Maple at Sentul West in Kuala Lumpur.
This is the first time that the same developer has won both the coveted awards since the Residential Development Award was divided into low and high-rise categories in 2006.
Second, this is the third time in three years that YTL Land has won the Residential Development Award. Its Andalucia at Pantai Hillpark, a Spanish-style gated development in Kuala Lumpur won under the high-rise category in 2006.
No other developer has achieved this before. Thus YTL Land has solidly stamped its mark as an innovative developer of high-end, lifestyle residential developments.
Third, YTL Land’s wins will encourage developers to be more daring, creative and innovative in their approach particularly in housing design and concept. This is pertinent as house buyers are very discerning and constantly demanding better products.
The latest achievements bring the total awards that the YTL Group had won in the FIABCI Malaysia Property Award to six. The other four being the Special Award for National Contribution (for Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre or KLPac won in 2007), Master Plan cateogry (Sentul West and Sentul East Master Plan in 2007), Residential Development for high-rise category (Andalucia at Pantai Hillpark in 2006) and Property Man of the Year 2003 won by YTL Group executive chairman Tan Sri Yeoh Tiong Lay.
(Incidentally the Hap Seng Group also won two awards this year. They are for its Hap Seng Star Mercedes-Benz Autohaus, Kuala Lumpur under the Specialised Project Award and its Hap Seng Mercedes-Benz Autohaus Service Centre in Kinrara, Selangor under the Industrial Development Category).
YTL Corp Bhd deputy managing director Datuk Yeoh Seok Kian, who received the two trophies from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on Wednesday at the FIABCI awards ceremony, said he was “overwhelmed and honoured” to receive the awards.
Both winning developments share a common goal envisioned by YTL Group managing director Tan Sri Francis Yeoh, which is “to focus on developing luxury homes, hotels, marinas, and other real estate, architecturally designed and crafted to a world-class standard of excellence and that blends ecologically with their natural surroundings to preserve the environmental value of the areas.”
YTL Land has engineered urban renewal and enhanced the value of an established neighbourhood that improves people’s quality of life. Like other industry leaders, it shares a common trait: ability to innovate, creating demand, and taking challenges as an opportunity to do better.
So what is so innovative and special about Lake Edge and The Maple?
YTL Land created a niche in a competitive market in Puchong. Instead of building a traditional township, it developed Lake Edge as Puchong’s first gated community featuring lakeside living and fenceless homes where 45% of the land has lovely landscaped features. It boosted Puchong’s image.
Many of its 420 upmarket homes overlook a 12-acre disused mining lake. Density is only 5.5 units per acre or 28 people living on each acre as compared to industry standard of 8 units per acre.
The homes are larger than the usual modern tropical courtyard houses and have unique features. For example the 37 units of 100-ft long Pavilion Terraces each has a reflective pond separating the pavilion from the main section of the house.
The Garden Terraces with extra 20ft length has an outdoor jacuzzi overlooking a 20ft private garden where one can enjoy a private space in one’s own garden. The latest design, 50 Waterville terraced homes has a private pool each.
As for The Maple at Sentul West, (the only residential development in Kuala Lumpur with a 35-acre private park), YTL Land again stressed on having lots of green spaces with 60% of The Maple’s site dedicated to landscaping.
It is a delight strolling in the park that was converted from the former 9-hole Sentul Golf Course.
By The Star
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