Friday 28 August 2015

Pudu jail site redevelopment to start early next year


Eco World Development Group Bhd is expected to start construction of the RM8.7 billion Bukit Bintang City Centre (BBCC) project by the first quarter of next year.

Chief executive officer Datuk Chang Khim Wah said upon getting the development approval from the Kuala Lumpur City Hall, the company would prepare the pre-marketing for the launch of the project by year-end.



“We remain confident of achieving our RM3 billion sales target this year, due to the number of projects that we are doing in the township currently. We have the flexibility to have ‎a broader marketing spectrum of products.

“Whatever challenges ‎thrown at us this year or next year, we are quite confident the sales target would be met,” he said after the company’s extraordinary general meeting (EGM) here today.

The former Pudu jail site has been approved for a mixed residential and commercial development comprising a retail mall, an entertainment block, strata offices, office tower, two hotels, and serviced residences and apartments. The development period is expected to be about eight ‎to 10 years.

During the EGM, shareholders had approved the company’s proposal to subscribe for two million new ordinary shares of RM1 each in BBCC Development Sdn Bhd, representing a 40% stake in the enlarged issued and paid-up share capital of BBCC.

BBCC is a special purpose vehicle, jointly set up by Eco World, Uda Holdings Bhd and the Employees Provident Fund (EPF)‎ for the purpose of developing the BBCC project.

Eco World had on Feb 4, 2015, entered into shareholders’ agreement with UDA Holdings and the EPF to jointly invest‎ and fund BBCC as the vehicle to undertake the development of the project.

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