Berjaya Corp Bhd and The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company plan to develop luxury condominiums that would sell for RM2 billion, as they bet that the rich will continue to splash on high-end property.
Berjaya will build some 300 condominiums, to be managed and sold by Ritz-Carlton. A standard 3,000-sq-ft condominium unit could be sold for RM7 million.
"With Ritz-Carlton's expertise in luxury hospitality and management of high-valued real estates, we're confident of attracting well-heeled customers. We're looking at offering these units at between RM2,000 and RM2,500 per sq ft," said Berjaya Corp Bhd chairman and chief executive officer Tan Sri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun.
Kuala Lumpur's current most expensive address is The Binjai by KLCC Holdings, located along the intersection of Persiaran KLCC and Jalan Binjai. It was reported that the indicative selling price is at RM3,000 per sq ft.
Troika, a project by Bandar Raya Development Bhd, also along Jalan Binjai, had recently seen transaction almost doubling to RM1,800 per sq ft, from its launch price of RM1,000 per sq ft three years ago.
Tan said he would be happy if Ritz-Carlton could sell half of the units and BCorp will keep the rest for rental.
BCorp and Ritz-Carlton expect to start marketing these luxury units in September 2009.
So far, BCorp has invested some RM200 million in the sub-structure of this development. Another RM800 million worth of job packages will be tendered out.
"We hope to complete construction by 2011," Tan told reporters in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
Housing & Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan witnessed the signing of the management agreement of the new Ritz-Carlton Residences Kuala Lumpur at Jalan Sultan Ismail.
The new Ritz-Carlton Residences Kuala Lumpur at Jalan Sultan Ismail will be built on a 1.216ha site beside the Concorde Hotel and opposite Renaissance Hotel in Kuala Lumpur.
It replaces the RM700 million Berjaya Central Park, launched in 2005 with the small-office-home-office concept in mind. It was to consist of a 51-storey services suites with hotel blocks and three levels of basement car park.
By Business Times (by Ooi Tee Ching)
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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