KUALA LUMPUR (July 26): In this week's cover story, Parkwood Holdings Bhd's (KL:PARKWD) executive chairman Lim Chin Sean and chief operating officer Chan Keen Wai reveal the developer's next phase of growth, from industrial to residential and mixed-use developments.

Meanwhile, the Master Builders Association Malaysia (MBAM) has elected a new president. Kenneth Liew Kiam Woon makes history as the association's first elected president from outside the ranks of civil structure contractors. In his inaugural My Space column, he outlines his priorities for strengthening the construction industry and fostering closer collaboration with stakeholders.

Also in this issue, Majestic Gen Sdn Bhd is preparing to launch Majestic Flora, a freehold strata-landed residential development in Bandar Tasik Kesuma, Semenyih. Scheduled for launch by end-August, the project marks the company's first landed strata development.

For this edition of Designworks, Vietnam-born architect Nguyen Hoang Manh shares his design philosophy of weaving nature, space and local culture into architecture, drawing on projects that blur the boundaries between the built environment and the natural world.

Rounding out this week's issue, Matrix Concepts Holdings Bhd (KL:MATRIX) has soft-launched Levia Residence Puchong, its fourth high-rise residential project in the Klang Valley. The freehold development comprises two 39-storey towers with a total of 1,336 residential units.

Read all about it in the July 27 issue of The Edge Malaysia weekly.

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