Big night, big wins


The celebration of the sixth installation of the StarProperty Awards 2021: Real Estate Developer was held in Cyberspace for the second time, capitalising on the experience gained from the previous virtual event to create greater excitement and pomp.

Continuing to break new grounds as winners celebrate their hard-won trophies, StarProperty, the property division of Star Media Group (SMG), conducted the auspicious event in SMG’s Studio Maya, a green screen studio to cater to creating digital content.

Following strict standard operating procedures (SOPs), the managing directors, chief executive officers and heads of
winning property developers went through two days of filming and interviews in preparation for the virtually held StarProperty Awards 2021.

The gala night was lived on Oct 28, featuring the winners of this year’s awards. The event can still be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8J2CXCspo4&t=4s.

The biggest winners of the night with seven awards went to SkyWorld Development Group. Celebrating their wins are (from left) brand communication head Leonard Tan, deputy chief executive officer Lee Chee Seng, founder and group managing director Datuk Ng Thien Phing, product assistant general manager Chen See Leong and corporate marketing senior manager Joey Tong.

SkyWorld Development Group bagged the most trophies for 2021, winning seven awards. The respective properties that took the titles include SkyVogue Residences, The Valley Residences, EdgeWood Residences, SkySierra Integrated Development, The Valley Residences and SkyAwani 5 Residence.

Sunway Property and Sunway City Iskandar Puteri jointly came in second with five trophies. The awards were won
by Sunway Citrine Lake homes, Sunway GRID and Sunway City Iskandar Puteri. Gamuda Land Sdn Bhd, Mah Sing Group Bhd (Mah Sing), Matrix Concepts Group (Matrix Concepts), OSK Property Bhd and Tropicana Corporation Bhd (Tropicana) each took four trophies.

Sunway Property development division deputy managing director Lum Tuck Ming (right) holds the first of five trophies after receiving it from Star Media Group (SMG) chairman Tan Sri Chor Chee Heung.

Gamuda Land makes another year of good runs with four awards. From left are Gamuda Cove general manager Wong Yik Fong, corporate branding and communications assistant general manager Celina Ong, Gamuda Land chief operating officer Aw Sei Cheh, Gamuda Gardens assistant general manager Wong Siew Lee and twentyfive.7 deputy general manager Randall Tong.

Gamuda Land’s winning developments include Lucent Residence, Gamuda Gardens and Townsquare. For Mah Sing, the winning properties were M Luna, M Arisa and Meridin East, while for Matrix Concepts, Sendayan Merchant Square, Ervina and Avisa & Belissa won their respective awards.

OSK Property’s Iringan Bayu, Seremban won multiple awards in several categories, making it one of the more versatile developments, while Tropicana’s latest projects, namely Tropicana Miyu, Tropicana Grandhill and Tropicana Cenang, took their respective categories.

IJM Land Bhd, Mitraland Group, Platinum Victory (PV) and Sri Pengkalan Binaan Sdn Bhd (SPB) each won three trophies. For IJM Land, the winning properties were Bandar Utama Sandakan and Riana Dutamas. Mitraland’s mixed development Gravit8 gave the developer three trophies, whereas PV snagged theirs for Vista Sentul Residences and SPB’s Taman Nuri, Puncak Kasa Heights and Acacia Heights took their respective awards.

Seven developers took two awards each. They are Austin Heights Sdn Bhd, Glomac Bhd, Guocoland (Malaysia) Bhd, HCK Capital Group (HCK), I-Bhd, NCT Group of Companies (NCT) and Suntrack Development Sdn Bhd (Suntrack).

The winning entries for Austin Heights were 8 Avenue and The Original Cluster Home, while Glomac’s Plaza, Guocoland’s Emerald 9 and Suntrack’s Tuai Residence took their respective trophies. The transport-oriented development i-City Golden Triangle was I-Bhd’s winning entry.

In contrast, HCK took their awards through Edumetro and Edusphere, and NCT’s Ion Forte Green City and Grand Ion Majestic won for the developer. Homecity Realty Sdn Bhd’s Garden Villa, Parkland Group’s Taman Parkland and Seri Pajam Development’s Nada Bidara each won an award.

Chief executive office James Tan holds up the two trophies that Suntrack has won.

Mah Sing heads jointly holding their four trophies. From left are property subsidiaries CEO Yeoh Chee Beng, group chief executive officer Datuk Ho Hon Sang and sales and marketing senior general manager Chen Weng Hong.

HCK group executive director Dennis Ling takes a photo with the two trophies.

I-City director Monica Ong (right) holding her trophies after receiving them from SMG chairman Tan Sri Chor Chee Heung.

Glomac project senior general manager Ong Chee Howe (left) and business development senior manager FD Idzham FD Iskandar proudly hold their trophies

SMG group chief executive officer Alex Yeow (second from left) takes a photo with the Tropicana team after they received their awards. From left are group corporate and marketing communications general manager Serena Lim, sales and marketing managing director Joanne Lee and group corporate and marketing communications manager Winnie Ooi.

Homecity managing director Datuk BC Ng (right) and business development manager Darren Ng jointly hold their trophy.

Guocoland marketing and sales executive director Andy Chua holds the two trophies that the developer won.

IJM Land took three awards. Taking a group photo with Star Media Group (SMG) chairman Tan Sri Chor Chee Heung (third from left) and group chief executive officer Alex Yeow (second from left) are (from left) IJM Land central region senior general manager Datuk Hoo Kim See, managing director Datuk Edward Chong and 368 Segambut Sdn Bhd director Datuk Anderson Thor.

Mitraland group general manager Tan Chee Hoaw celebrates his company’s wins.

Matrix Concepts snagged four awards. Taking a group photo with Star Media Group (SMG) chairman Tan Sri Chor Chee Heung (third from left) and group chief executive officer Alex Yeow (second from left) are (from left) group business development and project planning senior general manager Pak Heng Cheong, chief marketing officer Lim Kok Yee and assistant general manager Bryan Lee

Vista Sentul, which won two awards, was happily celebrated by director Gary Gan.

NCT alliance Bhd director Sae-Yap Atthakovit (left) and NCT sales and development senior general manager James Chang celebrate their wins

SPB director Yap Lih Shiyan shows that first-timers can grab trophies as well.

Celebrating their win with Seri Pajam Development chief operating officer Thomas Ten (centre) are (from left) assistant general manager Cheo Sze Yih, general manager Lee Chi Kien, director Ten Fui Jean and planning and development head Nur Farhana Zulkifflin


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