Demand in the Myanmar real estate market is expected to pick up in 2018 now that the rules to the new Condominium Law have been released. Under the new rules, property investments by foreigners are expected to spike, said U Aung Naing Oo, secretary of the Myanmar Investment Commission. The rules, which were released in […]
Yangon developer looks to cash in on loop line improvements
January 23, 2018 by
YANGON — The Japanese trains trundling along the line that loops around Myanmar’s commercial capital, Yangon, are a throwback to an earlier era and a far cry from the modern carriages that whiz through Tokyo. But improvements to the Yangon Circular Railway are likely to speed things up a bit, starting this year, and they […]
Bouygues, Kajima, Taisei win $1.1bn of Work in Myanmar
December 2, 2017 by
While international attention is focussed on the plight of more than 800,000 Rohingya Muslims forced from their homes in Myanmar’s Northern Rakhine state and sheltering in refugee camps in Bangladesh, the increase in foreign investment into Myanmar continues, leading to a rush to build modern office complexes in Yangon, the country’s commercial capital. Today it […]
Peninsula chain adds carefully chosen links in Myanmar, elsewhere
March 3, 2017 by
As it expands into Myanmar and Turkey, the operator of the Peninsula hotel chain is sticking with its signature formula of opening in the best of the best locations. The Peninsula Yangon will form a key part of a broader redevelopment project around the historic Yangon Central Railway Station. The headquarters of the old Burma […]
The Peninsula Hotel to Arrive in Yangon
February 23, 2017 by
First Myanmar Investment (FMI) has announced its luxury hotel venture The Peninsula Yangon as part of its real estate development Yoma Central, a move that coincided with a rise in its share price. On February 16, FMI held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Yoma Central project, formerly known as the Landmark Development, in Yangon. […]
Ground broken on massive mixed-use complex in Yangon
February 17, 2017 by
YANGON — Construction began here Thursday on a roughly $700 million project led by Myanmar real estate developer Yoma Strategic Holdings and Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp. The commercial-residential complex will be the largest real estate investment in Myanmar since the civilian government took over last March. A Peninsula hotel, the luxury chain run by […]
MPE cancels tender for Nyaungdon LPG Plant Joint Venture Project
March 18, 2016 by
Subscribe to our tender alert mailing list THE Myanma Petrochemical Enterprise (MPE) announced yesterday that there were no successful applicants for the Nyaung Don LPG Joint Venture Project and the tender is officially cancelled. The MPE invited prospective foreign investors to submit a Letter of Expression of Interest (LOEI) for the implementation of a Joint […]
Myanmar Petrochemical Enterprise announced pre-qualified companies for the Nyaung Don LPG Plant Joint Venture Project; Submission Deadline: Feb 29, 2016
December 14, 2015 by
Subscribe to our tender alert mailing list The Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Ministry of Energy Invitation to Tender Joint Venture Project of Nyaung Don LPG Plant (NDJVP) Tender No. (2/ NDJVP/2015-2016) Myanmar Petrochemical Enterprise (MPE) has received a letter of Expression of Interest (LOEI) from a total of 22 companies […]
Luxury hotel agreement signed for former MR headquarters
March 17, 2014 by
Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Limited and Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd.,have signed an agreement to convert the former Myanmar Railways headquarters in downtown Yangon into a luxury hotel, they announced in a joint news release. The shareholders’ agreement to restore the former MR headquarters on BogyokeAung San Road into a hotel to be called The Peninsula […]
