SkyWorld Development's The Valley Residences at SkySierra won a special mention award for value creation due to passive design, quality, and location, resulting in significant capital appreciation and strong demand from buyers.

Building value through design, quality and location

The 23rd TEPEA highlighted the resilient Malaysian property market, with developers showing strong revenue and profit growth. Awards now recognize sustainable architecture, social inclusivity, conservation, and exceptional individuals in the industry. The Edge Malaysia collaborated with GSPARX and ARTELIA for this successful event.

Note from the publisher: Honouring excellence in a resilient property market

Sime Darby Property secures top spot in 2025's The Edge Malaysia Top Property Developers Awards, reaffirming its leadership.

Sime Darby Property clinches No 1 spot again at The Edge Malaysia Top Property Developers Awards 2025

Top Malaysian developers are visionary, resilient, and focused on sustainability, as highlighted by The Edge Malaysia Property Excellence Awards 2025. Winners include Sime Darby Property for its dominant performance in the Top Property Developers Awards (TPDA) 2024, showcasing strong brand equity, financial performance, and diversified assets. Other notable projects recognized for excellence include PETRONAS Twin Towers, Sunway City Kuala Lumpur, Desa ParkCity, and IJM Rimbayu, which exemplify enduring design, community integration, and sustainability. The awards also honor outstanding individual developers like Tan Sri Lim Hock San and leaders such as N K Tong for their contributions to the real estate industry.

Commentary: Celebrating Malaysia’s A-list developers

The Edge Malaysia Top Property Developers Award (TPDA) evaluates developers based on financial health, quality, delivery, innovation, creativity, image, credibility, and management expertise. Established in 2003, it aims to inspire buyer confidence and signify excellence in the industry. The top developer this year was Sime Darby Property Bhd.

Top Property Developers Awards judges’ comments

The MET Corporate Towers in Kuala Lumpur exemplify sustainability through green design, responsible development, and community-focused initiatives, earning recognition for their eco-friendly approach without compromising functionality or appeal.

The Edge Malaysia-PAM Green Excellence Award 2025 Judges - Judges’ citation

Park Place @ ParkCity TownCenter wins The Edge Malaysia-PEPS Value Creation Excellence Award 2025, showcasing superior design and high appreciation despite market uncertainties. Special mention goes to SkyWorld's The Valley Residences @ SkySierra.

The Edge Malaysia-PEPS Value Creation Excellence Award 2025 Judges - Judges’ citation

The Edge Malaysia's 2025 Affordable Urban Housing Excellence Awards recognize three projects—Rumah Bandar Idaman Putra, Residensi Nexus Kajang, and Residensi Matang Premier—for innovative design, functionality, liveability, and accessibility, showcasing that affordable housing can be well-designed, convenient, and loved.

The Edge Malaysia Affordable Urban Housing Excellence Award 2025 Judges - Judges’ citation

Sime Darby Property reported record-high net profit of RM502.2 million in FY2024 (23% growth), driven by property development with strong sales momentum and investment segments contributing to revenue growth. The company launched products worth RM4.2 billion in GDV, exceeding targets. This success highlights the effectiveness of SHIFT25 strategy, with plans for new strategic planning post-SHIFT25. Focus on industrial and high-rise developments continues amid rising demand and favorable conditions.

A strategic shift

Datuk N K Tong

Datuk N K Tong is no stranger to Malaysia’s real estate scene, having been in the industry for over half his life. Son of the legendary Datuk Alan Tong, who is fondly known as the “KL Condo King”, Tong carries not only ...

Doing the right thing

Tan Sri Lim Hock San transformed his family's modest construction business into a listed property developer with a market capitalization over RM700 million, driven by vision, resilience, and responsibility. His journey underscores the importance of foresight, adaptability, and ethical leadership in entrepreneurship.

Legacy of vision, resilience and responsibility

WINNER | Park Place @ ParkCity TownCenter | ParkCity Group

When Malaysia was under lockdown and the property sector was bracing for a downturn during the Covid-19 outbreak in 2020, Perdana ParkCity Sdn Bhd (ParkCity G...

Turning pandemic challenges into lasting value

Rumah Bandar Idaman Putra, an affordable townhouse development in Johor's thriving Bandar Putra Kulai, offers 396 units priced at RM150,000 each. Designed for smaller families and emphasizing community ties, these units feature durable materials, practical layouts, and a sustainable approach with smart and green touches like solar-powered street lights. Recognized as the winner of The Edge Malaysia Affordable Urban Housing Excellence Award in 2025, it highlights IOI Properties' commitment to delivering high-quality affordable housing that meets residents' needs without sacrificing comfort or design.

Living in a thriving township

Residensi Nexus Kajang offers affordable, high-quality apartments in a strategic location with excellent connectivity, amenities, and sustainability features.

Affordable housing that has it all

Swiss luxury group Richemont is in talks to join a consortium bidding for De Beers, the diamond miner being sold by Anglo American and valued at about US$1 billion (RM4.1 billion), a person familiar with the matter said.

Cartier-owner Richemont in talks to join bid for diamond giant De Beers — Reuters

Non-Muslims aged 18 to 20 will no longer be eligible for adoption under proposed legal reforms aimed at standardising the definition of a child across Malaysian laws.

Home Ministry proposes lowering non-Muslim adoption age cap to 18 from 21

Apple's chairman Tim Cook said Apple Intelligence has been approved in China and a test version is due later in October, China's state-backed media The Paper reported citing an exclusive interview with Cook on Thursday in Shanghai.

Tim Cook says Apple Intelligence approved in China — report

After getting China to accept limits to its car exports, the European Union is already eyeing follow-up action in other industries — setting up their next trade clash.

EU risks bigger China trade fight with plans to expand curbs

Selangor Information Technology & Digital Economy Corporation (Sidec) has signed a memorandum of collaboration with NCT World Sdn Bhd to establish the NCT Smart Industrial Park (NSIP) as a key base for Selangor’s robotics manufacturing ecosystem.

Sidec signs pact with NCT to make its industrial park key base for Selangor robotics manufacturing ecosystem

Allegations that the prime minister is abusing his power cannot be proven by the existence public statements and allegations, as well as police investigations and court cases, and, instead, must be backed by facts of the misconduct.

Anwar court filing: Tuan Ibrahim cannot prove PM misconduct with public statements, probes and prosecutions

Malaysian shares fell on Thursday as a four-day winning streak on the FBM KLCI ended amid renewed concerns over rising US interest rates.

Malaysia shares slip as US inflation worries, foreign selling end four-day win streak

Months of sustained wildfires in Indonesia have caused a spike in respiratory illnesses and blanketed several Southeast Asian countries in hazardous haze, with Singapore and Malaysia also hit badly over the last week.

The pollution has stoked political tensions across the region, with officials questioning Jakarta's handling of the fires as well as its reluctance to accept help from its neighbours.

Why is the haze so bad in Southeast Asia this year?

A summary of how key Bursa Malaysia indices and the ringgit performed on Thursday.

FBM KLCI closes down 0.25% to 1,623.70 on Oct 15, 2026, ending four-day winning streak

Gold prices climbed more than 1% on Thursday as the dollar and US Treasury yields remained under pressure, while investors looked to fresh US inflation data for clues on whether the Federal Reserve (Fed) will raise interest rates again this month.

Gold climbs over 1% on softer dollar, yields ahead of US inflation data

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak will serve the remainder of his prison sentence for the SRC International Sdn Bhd case under home confinement&nbsp;at his residence in Langgak Duta, Kuala Lumpur, with his family, according to several Malay dailies.

Najib to serve remaining SRC jail sentence under home confinement at Langgak Duta, says Shafee — reports

Penang Regional Development Authority (Perda) chairman Datuk Dr Shaik Hussein Mydin has been charged with 15 counts of receiving bribes totalling nearly RM850,000.

Penang development authority chairman Shaik Hussein Mydin charged with 15 counts of graft

BYD Malaysia has appointed Inokom Corporation Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Sime Darby Bhd (KL:SIME) based in Kulim, Kedah, as its local assembly partner for its planned completely knocked-down (CKD) vehicle operations in Malaysia. 
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BYD Malaysia appoints Inokom as local assembly partner

IN September 2022, CGS International Securities Sdn Bhd (then CGS CIMB) granted a RM60 million margin trading account facility to Wong Thean Soon, co-founder and largest shareholder of MyEG Services Bhd, now known as Zetrix AI Bhd (KL:ZETRIX).

The facility came with a price cap on Zetri...

Cover Story 2: Insights into margin calls on Zetrix’s Wong

(Oct 15): Malaysian property tycoon Datuk Lee Yeow Seng is making waves as one of the most aggressive buyers of commercial real estate in Singapore, and he’s not done yet.

Malaysia's IOI Properties Group eyes US$760 mil property deals in Singapore

Bina Puri Holdings Bhd (KL:BPURI) is doubling down on Sarawak-focused projects to turn its fortunes around, as the group emerges from a court-supervised debt restructuring that was completed in September.

Bina Puri doubles down on Sarawak pivot as it emerges from debt restructuring

A sharp sell-off in Asian tech stocks sent a chill through global equity markets on Thursday, as crowded bets on data centres and other key AI plays faced a reckoning from high and rising interest rates.

Tech sell-off gathers pace as chipmakers hammered

Zetrix AI Bhd (KL:ZETRIX) on Thursday confirmed it is under police investigation following a Bursa Malaysia query about a news report on the probe.

Zetrix AI confirms police investigation into company following Bursa query

CTOS Digital Bhd (KL:CTOS) reversed course toward new all-time low on Thursday as more analysts downgraded the digital services firm following a major cybersecurity incident.

CTOS Digital resumes descent to new all-time low with more analyst downgrades

THE situation at Zetrix AI Bhd (KL:ZETRIX) appears to be deteriorating, with more issues emerging. Late last Friday (Oct 2), Zetrix and its wholly-owned unit MyEG Sdn Bhd had their roles as collection agents for the Road Transport Department (JPJ) suspended, effective from 12.01am on Oct 5.
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Cover Story 2: Heading deeper into the woods

Malaysia recorded a 4.5% decline in live births in 2025, while the total fertility rate (TFR) fell to 1.5 children per woman, reflecting a continued downward trend in the country's birth rate.

Malaysia's live births down 4.5%, fertility rate at 1.5 children per woman in 2025 — official data

Nasdaq-listed American Resources Corporation (ARC) has appointed Datuk Mark Ling as chief executive officer of its newly established American Resources Indo Pacific, which will spearhead the group's expansion into the region, starting with the development of an integrated rare earth supply chain in Malaysia.

American Resources appoints former Edra president Mark Ling to lead rare earth supply chain development in Malaysia

Sunway Bhd (KL:SUNWAY) property arm, Sunway Property, soft-launched Tower C — the final tower of Sunway Velocity 3 — on Oct 10 virtually, following a 98% take-up rate across Towers A and B within two years. 
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Sunway Property soft-launches final tower of Sunway Velocity 3

IN a rare move, Excel Force MSC Bhd ­(KL:­EFORCE) (EForce) has proposed to raise funds of up to RM10.66 million through the issuance of new shares.

According to the company, which last implemented a share placement to raise funds in 2010, the proceeds are required for working capital be...

Cover Story 2: Where did Excel Force’s RM26.6 mil go?

Malaysia is considering hosting Formula One (F1) races once every few years, potentially in collaboration with other countries, following the recent Bahrain Grand Prix held at the Sepang circuit that generated nearly RM950 million in estimated economic returns.

Malaysia mulls F1 return after race generates RM950 mil in economic returns

The government plans to introduce a “user-pays” electricity pricing system for large consumers, including data centres and energy-intensive industries, to shield households from rising electricity costs.

Govt plans ‘user-pays’ electricity pricing for data centres, energy-intensive industries

Malaysian shares fell on Thursday as a four-day winning streak on the FBM KLCI ended amid renewed concerns over rising US interest rates.

Malaysia’s central bank has greater room to adjust interest rates after changing its policy guidance last month and stands ready to act if inflation pressures intensify as the Middle East conflict keeps energy prices elevated, its governor said.

BNM governor signals room to act as inflation risks rise

Malaysian exporters are likely increasing conversions of their foreign-currency earnings into the ringgit, which stands to boost the local exchange rate through the rest of the year, analysts say.

Exporter dollar sales boost ringgit, analysts say

Oil prices fell by about 2% on Thursday as potential US steps to ease restrictions on Russia's "shadow fleet" tankers soothed price concerns, but attacks on ships in the Middle East and Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy infrastructure limited the decline.

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