Property Focus
The Palm Spreads Its Leaves
Oxley WorldBridge has announced that sales are soon to commence on their latest residential project called The Palm. In a departure from the high-rise downtown condo towers which have characterised the previous two joint ventures between WorldBridge Land and Oxley, The Palm is a large scale luxury villa development located on National Road 1. Situated on a 3.6 hectare site in Chbar Ambov dis...
Read MorePeng Houth to Open Mall in 2019
Award-winning property developer Borey Peng Huoth has announced plans to open a shopping mall in 2019. In a move away from its traditional portfolio of only building gated residential communities, the company will be integrating the Diamond Plaza retail centre into a new mixed-used project called The Star Diamond. Located within a 2.4 hectare site in Chak Angre Krom commune, Phnom Penh, the two...
Read MoreMalaysian Property Investment Company Eyes Cambodia
A leading Malaysian-based property investment consultancy company has announced its intention to expand its operations into the ASEAN market, including Cambodia. The executive chairman of Rahim & Co International told the Malaysian newspaper the Sun Daily that the company intends to open at least two or three branches in the next five years. Key target markets included Cambodia and Vietnam,...
Read MoreFirst Cambodian Developer to Go ASEAN
WorldBridge Group is the first Cambodian-based firm to reveal an ambitious vision to operate across ASEAN markets. After strengthening its local base with a comprehensive range of business ventures, the conglomerate has already started to make some of its services available in the ASEAN region with plans to expand further. To date, the group has already expanded into Laos and Myanmar and recent...
Read MoreReal Estate Finance, Investment Analysis, Valuation & Modelling
Real estate construction or investment requires a high level of technical expertise in building and using financial models if the building is to be profitable for its builder or owner. This has not always been available, with the result that a large percentage of real estate has been built or bought without the necessary understanding or planning to underpin decision making. The consequence of thi...
Read MorePrime Locations Keep Allure for Investors
Land in prime locations is becoming scarce in Phnom Penh. As a result, developers are turning to other new locations. Boeung Keng Kang 1 and Diamond Island continue to remain the most desirable locations for luxury condominiums, with riverside areas of Chroy Changva emerging as a new high-end site. Location is not the only factor that brings up the price premium. In real estate, a top location ...
Read MoreThe Trend of Penthouse Living in Phnom Penh
Due to the limited supply of condominium buildings in the past, there used to be only a handful of penthouse units available in the market. But new projects today are offering more penthouse units. The average size of penthouses ranges from 300 to 500 square metres. Unlike typical condominium units where demand comes from a combination of buy-to-let investors, end-users and speculators, demand ...
Read MoreCambodia Property Awards 2018 Take off
The nominations for the Cambodia Property Awards 2018 are now open for developers and the general public until 5 January, while entries are accepted until 12 January 2018, according to the awards’ 21 June press release. Organised by Asia’s foremost online property company PropertyGuru Group, the PropertyGuru Cambodia Property Awards is part of the regional Asia Property Awards program which was...
Read MoreThe Palm introduces a new residential lifestyle
Oxley Worldbridge has announced that sales are soon to commence on their latest residential project called The Palm. In a departure from the high-rise downtown condo towers which have characterised the previous two joint ventures between WorldBridge Land and Oxley, The Palm is a large scale luxury villa development located on National Road 1. Situated on a 3.6 hectare site in Chbar Ambov dis...
Read MoreThai-based Makro Supermarket to Open Nine Branches
Thai-based Makro supermarket has announced it intends to open nine new branches in Cambodia following the opening of its first wholesale outlet later this year. After breaking ground in late May 2017, Makro is currently constructing a two-storey 10,000-square-metre wholesale warehouse supermarket on a 5-hectare plot in Beong Pung Peay city in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district in the northwest of th...
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