Environment-friendly Midtown Community Mall Set to Open in December

The 3-storey Midtown Community Mall is set to open in TeukThla in December 2018, bringing an additional shopping centre to the kingdom. Located in the heart of TeukThla area along street 2004 and cornering with street 13B, the Midtown Community Mall has been designed through integrating between green spaces and wooden fixtures featuring a variety of retail shops and entertainment centres. Ow...

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Real Estate Agent UAS Sees Bright Future for Retail Malls

The rapid growth of Cambodia’s retail sector in recent years, thanks largely to the emergence of a middle class now numbering two million, have together been catalysts for the significant rise in retail mall tenancies, with the future only looking bright for this real estate sector. On 5 September, Construction and Property Magazine sat down with Mr Simon Griffiths, Managing Director for retail...

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Cambodia Needs Over 100,000 Hotel Rooms by 2030

Minister of Tourism H.E Thong Khon, has forecast that Cambodia will need more than 100,000 hotel rooms to accommodate the increasing number of national and international tourists which is expected to total to around 28 million by 2030. According to the minister, among the 100,000 rooms, 60% of them will require luxury four and five-star hotels (about 60,000 rooms) with Sihanouvkille Province al...

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Savills’s Forum Showcases Investment Opportunities in Hotel and Hospitality Industry

On 29 August, 2018, Savills Hotel APAC organised a panel discussion where experts presented key trends in the hotel and hospitality industry as well as investment opportunities in Cambodia. Held at Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra, three guest speakers specialising in the field of hotel and hospitality were featured namely Mr Mauro Gasparotti from Savills Hotel, Mr Christian Puchher from Hilton Wo...

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Real Estate Agent Vows to Improve Quality of Property Valuation

With the new strategic partnership between leading real estate company Cambodia Properties Limited (CPL) and Vietnam MB Bank, the quality of property valuation in Cambodia is stepping up to another level. Speaking during the signing ceremony of the strategic partnership cooperation on property valuation on 28 August, Oknha Cheng Kheng, CEO and chairman of CPL vowed to provide the best appraisal...

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Phnom Penh to Become Trade Hub for Foreign Investors

With massive building projects emerging and sustained growth, Phnom Penh is becoming a trade hub for foreign investors, according to H.E. Men Sam An, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Assembly and Senate Relations and Inspection. Speaking in front of 42-Chinese business delegates during the Tianxia Chaoshang Economic Conference on 26 August, H.E. Men Sam An highlighted the success ...

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Real Estate Management Provider Inks Mou With Wing

Cambodia’s real estate management provider Capital Management Solutions (CMS) had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with leading mobile payment portal Wing (Cambodia) Limited Specialised Bank to provide seamless payments solutions for its customers. Under the agreement which was signed on 22 August, CMS’s customers can now make their monthly rent, utilities and management fee payments,...

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3rd Asean Real Estate Network Alliance (Arena) Held in Cambodia

In a bid to expand the real estate business across Southeast Asia, the Cambodian Valuers and Estate Agents Association (CVEA) organised the ARENA 2018 convention and exhibition at the Sofitel Hotel Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Under the theme “How to run real estate companies in ASEAN”, the three-day (August 23-25th) event brought together almost 700 real estate salespeople, estate agent valuers, appr...

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Government Decentralises Issuance of Small-scale Construction Permits

In response to the increasing demand for housing construction, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Samdech Kralahom Sar Kheng has issued a law by decentralising the authority to issue permits for small-scale construction projects. Dated on 16 August 2018, city, district and Khan administrative levels now have the authority to grant permission for housing constructions of a total size...

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Keller-Williams market entry to increase licensing requirements, raise tax revenues

To help ensure the sustainability and progress of the real estate sector, local firm Khmer Real Estate Co., Ltd. has acquired the right to franchise the world's largest real estate business, Keller Williams. This commitment was made by Dr Kim Heang, CEO of Khmer Real Estate who told Fresh News that, “all land agents in Cambodia will do business with property licenses and must pay tax to the gov...

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