Naza TTDI shines in Asian awards

KUALA LUMPUR: Naza TTDI Sdn Bhd, the master developer of Taman Tun Dr Ismail in Kuala Lumpur, bagged five awards for its projects in the Klang Valley at the recent Asia Pacific Property Awards 2012.

The developer won four "5-star" awards and one "highly commended" award.

Naza TTDI won the highly commended award for its website, www.nazattdi.com.

For the five-star awards, Naza TTDI's mosque development in Section 13, Shah Alam, had two wins for Best Public Service Development category and Best Public Service Architecture category.

The mosque is earmarked to be the first "green" mosque in Malaysia and is being built and fully funded by Naza TTDI as its contribution to the community within its development.

For the Best Office Architecture category, Naza Tower at Platinum Park took home the winning prize while for Best Commercial High-Rise Development, Phase 3 and 4 of Platinum Park won the award.

"This year's multiple success was indeed a pleasant surprise and it puts us in the right direction for Naza TTDI's brand to be internationally recognised and positions the company to become a leading property developer in the country," said SM Faliq SM Nasimuddin, Naza TTDI deputy executive chairman and group managing director.

The RM4 billion Platinum Park project on 3.68ha is destined to be the latest iconic mixed development within the vicinity of KLCC.

It will have six green building index (GBI) compliance towers of which three are "Grade A" office towers, two luxury residential towers and one branded residence/hotel towers.

By Business Times

Naza, UEM Land, and Opus win property awards

PETALING JAYA: Naza TTDI Sdn Bhd, UEM Land Holdings Bhd and Opus Group Bhd were among the winners announced at the Asia-Pacific Property Awards 2012 gala dinner in Kuala Lumpur recently.

Naza TTDI bagged five awards at the event on Friday. It won for its mosque in Section 13, Shah Alam, which received two Five Star' awards in the Best Public Service Development and the Best Public Service Architecture categories.

The third Five Star award was in the Best Office Architecture, Malaysia, for Naza Tower at Platinum Park and the fourth Five Star award was in the Best Commercial High-rise Development Malaysia for Phase 3 and 4 of Platinum Park, while the Highly Commended' award for Developer Website was for the company's website at www.nazattdi.com.

As for UEM Land, it won the Best Architecture Multiple Residence in Asia Pacific for its East Ledang development. This development is a gated and guarded community garden residences situated in Nusajaya, Johor. UEM land also received Highly Commended awards in three categories at the national level for its three other developments: mixed-use development for Puteri Harbour in Nusajaya, commercial high-rise development and high-rise architecture for Angkasa Raya in Kuala Lumpur.

Meanwhile, Opus' international subsidiary and New Zealand-listed consultancy firm, Opus International Consultants Ltd, won the Best Public Service Architecture Asia Pacific award.

Opus received the award for its Wilson Special Needs School in Auckland, New Zealand.

Opus also received the Public Service Architecture New Zealand (5 star) award.

By The Star

Daya CMT bags job worth RM270m

KUALA LUMPUR: Daya Materials Bhd’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Daya CMT Sdn Bhd, has won a RM270 million contract from Yuk Tung Corp Sdn Bhd to construct three blocks of 28-storey mixed development, at Jalan Sungai Besi in Kuala Lumpur.

It said that the project is expected to be completed by November 2014 and it will be funded through Daya CMT’s internally-generated funds and loans.

By Business Times