Hua Yang plans affordable housing projects

Hua Yang Bhd plans to launch affordable housing projects with a total gross development value (GDV) of about RM500 million in the Klang Valley in its 2014 financial year.

Chief executive officer Ho Wen Yan said: "We are in the midst of securing land bank for these mixed development projects. The first launch will be in the next financial year."

He told Bernama today that the affordable housing projects would be in Selayang, Seri Kembangan and Desa Pandan.

"The company is constantly looking to replenish its landbank with specific areas in the Klang Valley being considered are Selayang, Seri Kembangan and Desa Pandan," he said.

Ho said the projects would take between three and five years to complete.

He also said that the company planned a gated development with a GDV of RM70 million in Perak in its financial year ending March 31, 2013.

According to Ho, the company was currently in the process of purchasing a piece of land, which was strategically located in Perak for the gated development. The project will comprise affordable terrace houses measuring 22x70 feet with price tags below RM400,000.

Ho said the company would continue to focus on affordable houses, a segment which Hua Yang had been getting tremendous response since it started its property business in 1978.

"We've been selling between 30 per cent and 50 per cent of our properties during our launches,” he said.

Hua Yang is in the midst of developing five projects with a total GDV of about RM983 million of which 85 per cent of the properties worth RM835 million have been sold.

Two of the five projects, namely Symphony Heights and One South with GDV of RM205.7 million and RM515.3 million respectively, are in Selangor.

Another project, Senawang Link which carries a GDV of RM17.8 million, is located in Negeri Sembilan. Its other two ongoing projects, Bandar Universiti Seri Iskandar with a GDV of RM56.3 million is in Perak while Taman Pulai Indah which has a GDV of RM187.8 million is in Johor.

By Bernama