It’s” a collapse of industrial design”, said Mustapha.
Kuala Lumpur’s soaring people fuelled more high-rise design, but demand for homes, in particular, came from ethnic Chinese Malaysians for whom real house is a favoured store of money, said Cha-Ly Koh, chairman of home data firm UrbanMetry. Some people became more convinced of that thought after years of rising prices, which helped them purchase more properties. One in five houses in Malaysia were empty as of 2020, according to survey data, and many of them now lay bare.
Prices have generally remained flat in recent years, and apartment owners who cannot sell their properties are now facing underwater debts. And still, new houses keep coming up.
Ferlito remarked of the ongoing development despite the declining returns from real estate,” It’s a mystery even to me.”  ,
In the commercial field— where one-third of office space is , empty , — there also are n’t enough tenants to complete the offer, said Siva Shanker, CEO of land organization at home firm Rahim &, Co. As such, the market largely consists of companies shuffling between buildings, he added.
In Merdeka 118, PNB does itself occupy a significant part of the 118 surfaces. It’s even signed up the region’s biggest supplier Malayan Banking Bhd — , which counts state-linked money as some of its largest owners — , as an outlet client. PNB agreed to pay a decade’s worth of upkeep of the company’s existing offices, among other fees, as part of the relocation , offer.  ,
For the remaining 30 % of its business room, PNB said it is looking for residents. Additionally, Meridian 118 may have a resort and an assessment board, as well as a luxurious store. According to PNB,” Merdeka 118 is aimed at enhancing resilience, pedestrians, and supporting regional economic activity” in a speech.