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KUALA LUMPUR | OSK Tower | 66 FLOORS

OSK plans RM150m office tower in KL
By Sharen KaurPublished: 2009/04/13

OSK Property Holdings Bhd (6661) plans to build an office tower in the heart of Kuala Lumpur to capture rising demand for office space in the city centre.

The 40-storey building, which will cost RM150 million, will sit on 0.6ha of prime land, located between Plaza OSK and Ampang Park mall at Jalan Ampang.

Currently, the Royal China Taitong Restaurant is occupying the area, said executive director and chief operating officer Gerard Tan Boon Chuan.

Construction will start after it gets the approvals and when the restaurant's lease expires in 2012.

The tower is expected to be finished by early 2015 and it will be connected to Plaza OSK, which houses Bank of China and RHB Bank, with a sky bridge.
"We expect it to be a full-fledged financial centre," he told Business Times in an interview in Kuala Lumpur recently.

The 23-storey Plaza OSK, built in the early 1980s, and the land, are owned by OSK Holdings Bhd, a financial group with operations in investment banking, wealth management, venture capital and retail services.

Separately, OSK Property is also planning office towers in Kampung Baru.

As it has only 0.15ha in the area, it will partner other land owners for the project, Tan said.

"We are mulling over the best concept and design to build. We were in serious talks with land owners," Tan said.

This year, the company is aiming for RM200 million in property sales from its five existing projects in the Klang Valley, Kedah and Negri Sembilan.

For the year to December 31 2008, it launched RM180 million worth of properties and recorded sales of RM153 million.

To achieve the target, OSK Property will use different strategies for each product and location.

It has also launched a month-long Home Free Plus campaign where buyers pay 5 per cent down payment for a property, with zero per cent interest during construction.
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KUCHING: Arkitek KDI Sdn Bhd, in collaboration with Alan Kueh, has won the first prize for OSK Holdings Berhad’s recent Master Planning and Architectural Concept Design Competition.

Both Arkitek KDI Sdn Bhd led by Datuk John KS Lau and Kueh are from Sarawak. It is learned that this was the fourth time Arkitek KDI Sdn Bhd competed in national competition, where they have won a prize each time.
The competition called for an iconic response to a prime site of 2.93 acres in Kuala Lumpur currently occupied by the existing OSK Building and an adjacent vacant plot at Jalan Ampang.
Thirty-four entries were received from across the country under Stage 1 with only five entries shortlisted for Stage 2.
The winning scheme comprises a 60-storey building divided into three components, office/meeting/convention, serviced apartments, and luxury hotel.
Levels 1 to 23 are designated as office space to match the existing OSK Office Building. Both office towers are linked by a minimalist sky bridge on the uppermost office floors, which would facilitate inter-office interaction.
The remaining levels are divided into serviced apartments (180 rooms) at intermediate levels and 6-star luxury hotel (200 rooms) on the highest floors of the building to maximise views.
The total built up area for the tower will be 1.4 million square feet with 900 new car parks. The total estimated cost is RM400 million.
The jury admired the elegant and timeless quality of the winning submission which complements the existing OSK Building design. With consideration given to green technology, sustainability, economical construction methodology and flexible office space, the submission stood out as the most impressive design solution.
The new OSK Tower is intended to be a banking hub for Kuala Lumpur boasting conference and convention facilities on the podium block facing Jalan Ampang.
With the integrated hotel and serviced apartment facilities, it will be the ideal destination for local and international banking communities.
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