http://www.ytlcommunity.com/commnews/shownews.asp?newsid=17887
Read this article just now and came across the list of projects around Bukit Bintang, which included Menara YTL :eek:
Anyone volounteer to call Tan Sri Francis to find out more? ;)

Extract from the article:
Jalan Bukit Bintang has seen many developments over the years and coming up is The Pavilion shopping mall by Malton Bhd, which is located on the site of the former Bukit Bintang Girls' School. Other projects in the area include NAS Pavilion (formerly CN Gallery), Menara YTL, Prince Court Medical Centre and The Residence at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. There is also a parcel of land being developed opposite the Royale Bintang. The site was formerly occupied by the Pavilion cinema and is now a car park, Khong says.

There are still some parcels of land left for development in the stretch towards Jalan Tun Razak but these will most likely be for serviced apartments and small office/home office-type projects, he says.

I saw him had his lunch with few guys at the brand new restaurant located at "Feast" floor...I will ask him next time if lucky enough.. :)

Make sure you ask him okay :lol:
Wonder where the hell the Menara YTL will be. :?

How does Menara YTL look like?

wow! Congrats to YTL for the plan! Please ask him choon! :okay:

I think b4 ask will kena the guard hantam alrea :bash: dy..

You haven't try yet what :D

I saw him had his lunch with few guys at the brand new restaurant located at "Feast" floor...I will ask him next time if lucky enough.. :)


Wah! You always hang out at Starhill hoh? :D

Make sure you ask him okay :lol:
Wonder where the hell the Menara YTL will be. :?


I suspect it is the piece of land next to the KLCC Hospital (Prince Court Medical Ctr) ;)

I suspect it is the piece of land next to the KLCC Hospital (Prince Court Medical Ctr) ;)

Oh yeah...the one that have all the advertisement about YTL project :D

probably Menara YTL maybe built over old shop houses???

probably Menara YTL maybe built over old shop houses???

I dont think so ler ;)

Best comes with a mall at it's base :hahaha:

hey may be that building behind chulan squarelah

I THINK MENARA YTL WILL PROBABLY BE AT LEAST 50 STOREYS! or maybe they just make a twin for their current one beside BB Plaza :D

Not a single news at all pun :ohno:

Maybe their new HQ will be at the land between Chulan Square & Prince Hotel

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=173914&page=7&pp=20

let me just post it here:D

I've just browsing websites and found this building.I never heard of this building before but maybe some of u heard of it.Is it gonna be built ?

YTL Corporate Headquarters and Apartments
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Floors: 62 aboveground 3 underground 2 PH
MAX Height: 294m

http://www.ktaweb.com/works/image/ytl/ytl01.jpg http://www.ktaweb.com/works/image/ytl/ytl02.jpg
http://www.ktaweb.com/works/image/ytl/ytl03.jpg

^^ mother.. :uh: Kenny Yeang?? its a 60+.. thats.. :shocked: wheres the location?

^^ mother.. :uh: Kenny Yeang?? its a 60+.. thats.. :shocked: wheres the location?

I think it is Kenzo Tange's work. Saw it somewhere few years back. Quite an amazing design.

^^ mother.. :uh: Kenny Yeang?? its a 60+.. thats.. :shocked: wheres the location?
Sze thinks it's beside Prince Court Medical Center. It's a beauty and it should be built. I'll speak to Tan Sri Francis right away. :lol:

^^ great! :lol: its a good location too.. next to that hospital! and near KLCC.. anyway.. 'Shes' a true hot babe :okay:

^^ great! :lol: its a good location too.. next to that hospital! and near KLCC.. anyway.. 'Shes' a true hot babe :okay:

Ha.ha..do tell me Seed, which building is not a hot babe from your eye :lol:

Ha.ha..do tell me Seed, which building is not a hot babe from your eye :lol:


And not just limited to buildings.......which babe is not hot in his books? :D

VERY VERY IMPRESSIVE!!! Tan Sri Francis Yeoh deserves a tower like this one!!!

So now we have Four Seasons Centre + Lot C + YTL???? Cool~~

Wish they can really push this project.

Love to see its materialise :D

Do anyone else happen to have the other rendering of this project :?

I've been hearing about Menara YTL since 5 years ago :ohno:

Here's a company which is rich enuf to built itself even the world's tallest but chooses not to even for a 'moderate' 70ish-storey building now hehehe....quite a departure from the others which have grand ambitious plans but no money :D

ANyway I hope they would pursue with this building soon......we've been waiting long enuf liao! :D

Judging from this, a new HQ is likely to happen :)

YTL Corp Bhd’s market capitalisation, at US$5bil now, could balloon to US$100bil or more by 2020, said managing director Tan Sri Francis Yeoh (pic).

He said the estimate was based on the group’s aim to achieve 20% compounded rate of growth in profits and “hopefully, in shareholders’ value” by 2020.

For year ended June 30, the group's pre-tax profit jumped 17.6% to RM1.3bil from RM1.2bil a year ago, while revenue rose 12.3% to RM4.9bil from RM4.4bil.

YTL is mainly involved in utility including power, water and sewerage services, as well as cement, construction and property development.

Over the years, Yeoh said, the group had expanded globally, buying stakes in such companies as Britain’s Wessex Water Ltd (100%), Australia's ElectraNet Pty (33.5%) and Indonesia's P.T. Jawa Power (35%).

Water and sewerage company Wessex operates under a concession in perpetuity and has more than 2.5 million customers. ElectraNet, on the other hand, has a concession to operate electricity transmission grid for the state of South Australia while Jawa Power is the second largest power plant in Indonesia with a capacity of 1,220-megawatts.

Additionally, the group had this year bought a stake in Singapore-based Jurong Cement Ltd, giving it access to China. Jurong Cement has a bulk terminal in Singapore and plants in China.


YTL Corp Bhd managing director Tan Sri Francis Yeoh at a press conference to announce the group's 50th Anniversary Celebration. - Starpic by Yap Chee Hong
“We are busy in the areas of our core competencies and I don’t see new areas of businesses,” Yeoh said at a media briefing on the group’s 50th anniversary celebration.

YTL is celebrating its golden jubilee with a series of concerts for five consecutive days from Dec 13.

Have to wait patiently liao like this....:D

This is a beautiful tower :-) I hope it get built. So it would be near Prince Hotel and the Pavillion ?

This is a beautiful tower :-) I hope it get built. So it would be near Prince Hotel and the Pavillion ?

Yup ;)

YTL Tower bile nak start bina ???

tapi saya ingat ini bangunan ah bikin itu sebelah 7 bintang hospital!dekat itu jalan laja chulan sama jalan tun lazak !i could be guys i notice that vacant lot next to menara yayasan tun razak!yo loh i wish they built this cepat cepat and move out of their present bukit bintang office ha ha

i think this gotta be one of the best since PTT, hehehe.

i think this gotta be one of the best since PTT, hehehe.

the best since PTT got to be Menara Telekom :D

the best since PTT got to be Menara Telekom :D

oh yea, i forgot. After Menara Telekom then, hehehe.

oh yea, i forgot. After Menara Telekom then, hehehe.

don't forget The Troika and Four Seasons also!! ha ha.....

also.. don't forget about plaza rakyat and kl sentral cluster :cheers:

so when the cnstction will be start?? ade tarikh rasmi x??

also.. don't forget about plaza rakyat :cheers:

Plaza Rakyat is so disappointing, i left it out on purpose :bash:

Plaza Rakyat is so disappointing, i left it out on purpose

:)
don't worry la..
at least we know plaza rakyat project will not be cancel.
just wait n see.. till year 2009-2010. :runaway:

don't forget The Troika and Four Seasons also!! ha ha.....

Depends which one is gonna start first but i personally prefer Menara YTL and Lot C and Troika to the others.

Plaza Rakyat is so disappointing, i left it out on purpose

:)
don't worry la..
at least we know plaza rakyat project will not be cancel.
just wait n see.. till year 2009-2010. :runaway:

Wah so confident!

ha..ha...then wait only lor...;)

^^ Or wait till 2015 when they decide to build a new world's tallest or biggest or longest or most colorful or slowest something to celebrate 2020 :D

^^ Or wait till 2015 when they decide to build a new world's tallest or biggest or longest or most colorful or slowest something to celebrate 2020 :D

That is a good one mate ;)

when will construction start on this one?

when will construction start on this one?
Heaven knows. We don't even know if the rendering will be the final design. In december I drove past the possible construction site. YTL has some advertisements there for their other projects, but nothing else is going on there. :(

Heaven knows. We don't even know if the rendering will be the final design. In december I drove past the possible construction site. YTL has some advertisements there for their other projects, but nothing else is going on there. :(

The advertisement is always there...

this project ahh i suspectlah kiv for now because,the been pumping so much money into their sentul project they are so into this project they even built a dedicated flyover from mahameru to sentul comuter station! emm tamrind or what ever they call their apts to me makes no difference sentul is sentul big time but give it more time it will turn around after spending so much money there!

Ha..ha...I have to agree on you about that :D

old ytl tower (http://klskyscrapers.tripod.com/ytl1.jpg)

http://klskyscrapers.tripod.com/ytl1.jpg

cannot see mah :D

this project ahh i suspectlah kiv for now because,the been pumping so much money into their sentul project they are so into this project they even built a dedicated flyover from mahameru to sentul comuter station! emm tamrind or what ever they call their apts to me makes no difference sentul is sentul big time but give it more time it will turn around after spending so much money there!

off topic a lil bit,
YTL also construct a dedicated exit from the Besraya Highway to their project at Lake Fields Sungai Besi.

cause Lake Field is another project by them :D

YTL Q2 net profit soars on exceptional gain

By GOH EE KOON

PETALING JAYA: YTL Corp Bhd reported yesterday a big jump of 520% in its net profit to RM858.81mil for the second quarter ended Dec 31, 2005, from RM138.52mil previously.

Its half-year net profit breached the billion-ringgit mark at RM1.04bil, which was a 247.68% increase from the previous corresponding period.

The growth in profits was predominantly due to an exceptional gain of RM643.6mil on the disposal of various properties – Starhill Gallery, Lot 10 Shopping Complex and the JW Marriott hotel in Kuala Lumpur – by its subsidiary, YTL Land Sdn Bhd, to the main board-listed Starhill Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT).

The main drivers for the group’s 9.17% year-on-year revenue growth for the first six months were improved operating results from subsidiary YTL Cement Bhd and increased contributions from the group’s utilities division.

Revenue for the half year was at RM2.64bil.

Sales of YTL Cement jumped 73% to RM501.4mil for the financial year’s first half, translating to a net profit of RM72.6mil.

The improved financial performance was also due to the stabilisation of cement prices and the consolidation of its subsidiary, Perak-Hanjoong Simen Sdn Bhd.

YTL Power International Bhd’s half-year net profit grew 5.9% to RM393.7mil. Equity accounting of its 35% associate company, PT Jawa Power, in Indonesia remains the main contributor towards its growth in revenue and profit.

It’s water and sewerage services subsidiary in England, Wessex Water, also recorded improved earnings.

YTL Land & Development Bhd registered a net profit of RM10mil, a 44.38% fall from the previous corresponding half-year period.

However, YTL E-Solutions Bhd recorded a 19% increase in net profit to RM3.7mil, due to a higher demand for the group’s IT products and services and revenue growth achieved by its digital narrow-casting and media-content development subsidiary.

As for the Starhill REIT, its first reporting quarter since its listing, posted RM3.95mil in revenue for the period of Dec 16 to 31. Distributable income was at RM2.29mil for the same period. Starhill REIT’s fund size is 1.04 billion units.

On the YTL Corp’s performance, group managing director Tan Sri Francis Yeoh Sock Ping said the growth in earnings was expected to be sustained through to the end of the financial year.

wah! so much money. I think YTL should quickly throw some money and start to build this menara YTL, which could well raise its reputation as a mega company, right guys?

YTL to issue US$300m bonds



YTL Corporation Bhd has proposed to issue up to US$300 million (about RM1.08 billion) nominal value five-year exchangeable bonds to fund future investments and projects.

It said on May 17 that the bonds, to be issued by its offshore special purpose vehicle, would be exchanged for new 50 sen shares and they would not be offered in Malaysia.

YTL said the funds would be used for future investments and projects and expansion of its business in Malaysia as it sought to become a global integrated infrastructure business.

“The proposal will also mitigate the outflow of funds from Malaysia as the bonds are exchangeable into YTL Corp shares,” it said.

actually where is the location for current menara ytl?

i think it is the land located near the hospital with the ytl advertisment billboard

i suspect u are right dy2k.2 thats along jalan raja chulan right next to the first 7 star hospital in malaysia!if i remember well they had a concrete batching plant there once!
interesting location i would say!but ahhh i suspect ytl not that gila to build this building so soon!but if they do they surely will preposed some radical to dbkl to improve traffic sitiation during peak hrs just like they did in sentul!

Yeah,i think they will come up with a building that will compliment the hospital.One thing I like about YTL is that they always come up with quality development,unlike most developers

Any news on this? Anything happening on the site?

wah! so much money. I think YTL should quickly throw some money and start to build this menara YTL, which could well raise its reputation as a mega company, right guys?

^^ I think YTL don't need this tower for reputation since YTL is already a mega mega company.remember,YTL is the first asian non-japanese company to be listed on the Tokyo stock exchange. ;)
btw ,wow...i like this tower :uh:. go YTL :D

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/95/263047091_5a1481a7c5.jpg?v=0
from Patchay Flickr

dont think any progress yet at the moment...

Looks odd... Like top heavy leh :lol:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/95/263047091_5a1481a7c5.jpg?v=0
from Patchay Flickr

The building looks awesome to me !:)

Looks great!!!!! Should've build it!

Yerrr....look kinda weird to me ler...

Well...still look nice to me.:D....Are they goin to be build as follow the proposed rendering??

From the rendering, it does look massive and tall, hopefully if they want to build it, they should make it >350 m.......

I dun think this design would see the light of day. I heard that they would probably employ Lord Norman Foster to design their HQ. Expect something spectacular! :yes:

^^ yay!! i never liked that old design anyway :D

Hee hee it looks like the taller version of menara marinara.I sure like to see something really radically different!! Its not that they dont have the money!!!

I dun think this design would see the light of day. I heard that they would probably employ Lord Norman Foster to design their HQ. Expect something spectacular! :yes:

Oh... Cool ^ ^

Hopes norman ll come out with a radical design. Something twist here n there like frank gehry work.

:ohno: Aiyo, somehow I feel a tinge of fear.. What will happen to Malaysia's traffic with so much towers around the city area.... Dunno good or bad... Day and night jam...:bash:


Errmm.. YTL's proposed HQ looks a little weird to me too.. I think it looks a little like Telecom Tower... A LITTLE only ah...

Hopes norman ll come out with a radical design. Something twist here n there like frank gehry work.

norman foster has his own design characteristic,.....and so as frank gehry, zaha hadid, daniel lieberskin.....

WAAHHHHH, Im sort of afraid to live on highrises, or near. Anyway, nice design, can't wait till it starts :)

norman foster has his own design characteristic,.....and so as frank gehry, zaha hadid, daniel lieberskin.....

I prefer something fresh and complicated like Gehry or zaha hadid style. Love gehry's work but dem too expensive to build. Zaha is my pick for her kind of manipulative and controversial styles. Want to see both works get reached into our shore oneday but it ll takes long time coz frankly speaking, we malaysians r so attached to norman foster.

One thing for sure we know YTL is in no hurry to build this one!!!All they need is there at the present HQ on jalan bukit bintang!!

we malaysians r so attached to norman foster.

who said that...? no lah. of coz we can see one or two buildings designed by his firm, but it doesn't mean that we are kinda 'attached' to him. in fact his works in malaysia is not popular in architecture mag. it is rather just an 'ordinary' building....

zaha hadid btw, is not a skyscraper architect. her works are much into low rise museum....so as daniel libeskind.

but i really hope Kuala Lumpur will have their works in the future, those architects are a trendsetter, not like our local architect...lack of creativity!!

^^ Zaha Hadid designed a high rise in Marseille maybe she'll do a skyscraper soon??

oshkoshbood, r u involve in design industry? Whats makes our local architect lacks creativity? Or are they actually creative enuf but there is a stumbling block of doing so? One thing on our architects attitude, they knows about complaining or commenting on minor small issues, but on their part...R they reliable to issue dwg and stick to it? In my experience, we received dwgs for construction, we plan, we call in all trades involve and sit for discussion together, work on it but in the nick of time, architect issues changes and sometimes, revamp whole design without constitute variation costs. Just imagine how much time and money r lost to us, while the architect can sit relax in his suite thinkin of his night outing. Well, because here we follow british system where architect is the meeting chairperson, generally we hv to take their order, regardless how the things work. In U.S however, architects follow engineer instruction. Unless our local boys r competent as their british counterpart, whatever system can work here, but not now at the moment.. :ohno:

but i really hope Kuala Lumpur will have their works in the future, those architects are a trendsetter, not like our local architect...lack of creativity!!


Lack of creativity? I am sure you know Hijjas Kasturi and Dr. Ken Yeang right? :D

I think they are fantastic. And so do many others. In fact some of their work receive international awards and not to mention public praises. If those are not creativity then what is?

Lack of creativity? I am sure you know Hijjas Kasturi and Dr. Ken Yeang right? :D

I think they are fantastic. And so do many others. In fact some of their work receive international awards and not to mention public praises. If those are not creativity then what is?

Could you tell any malay or international projects (if there was) that these two guys were part of ^^

Hijjas Kasturi is designing a Saudi Arabia university.It's in his website.

I'm a fan of Hijjas Kasturi. By the way, speaking of Daniel Libeskind, an iconic condo designed by him (Reflections@ Keppel Bay) is coming up across the causeway. Hope to see one of his works in KL someday.

Hijjas Kasturi and Kean Yeang are OKs for me. Both have projects in overseas as well. but still their works are not in any architecture magazines(overseas edition), which mean international people not really consider their designs as innovative/trendsetter...

Ken Yeang, his idea of 'bioclimatic skyscraper' is not really practical. 1st. construction cost is really expensive, and the maintainance cost make it worse. and have to remember, an architect is also a business man. so, the 'bioclimatic' thing is just a 'marketing strategy'. no offence...:yes:

but what i said about lack of creativity is....just take Berjaya Times Square, for example...it's horrible! others i cannot commend....see structures around you..and you will know what i mean...

James Foong, i was trained as an architect only i cannot be an architect bcoz japanese system doesn't comply malaysian-british system. but i'm happy working as an building engineer...

^^ err.. actually theres alot bout malaysian architec and architecture on the front page of the archi mags here down undies.. so to say that "their works are not in any architecture magazines(overseas edition)" is kinda..

never make another general sweeping statement again without checking the facts. :ohno:

^^ err.. actually theres alot bout malaysian architec and architecture on the front page of the archi mags here down undies.. so to say that "their works are not in any architecture magazines(overseas edition)" is kinda..

^^ so true. greetings from downunder

Ok...take Japan ONLY magazines for example...done!

ok i think enuff of this, i dont want this thread is closed for a silly fighting. back to the topic, hopefully someone could dig in anymore info whether YTL is gonna stick to this design or is there somewhere that foster (or other architects ) comes out with the design/rendering etc.

agree. bcoz i don't wanna talk also....

Quite a fight :P

YTL should be able to put up something good. a nice tall one please!

Nice structure ! Anyway Al-Arabian, are you Malay or Arab ? ( Im damn crazy about everything related to Arab countries :D

Loos very much like the TA3(60 storeys), TA4(35 storeys) @ KLCC
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=481740

I wish they could have made this a Supertall, Its so near to the 300M border.

Anyway, here is a list of projects (U/C, proposed, on hold, or vision etc ) projects that are above 250m, (please add more :D)

1- Sungai besi Hub - 400+ proposed or vision?
2- Plaza Raykat - 380+ On hold
3- Menara YTL - 294m MAX height, proposed
4- Lot C - 267m, U/C
5- Four seasons centre - 260m, U/C

Unknown,
TA4, TA5, TA6

^^ eco city @ midvalley 70 flr, must be 300+m

any news on this preject?

29/1/08

i belif dis wil be da future Menara YTL site

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2079/2227632067_d0bc316c25_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2228/2228421032_1bdd5c33b0_o.jpg

is this near the KLCC Hospital??

^^you can see the hospital in the 2nd pic...

still nutin???

ini projek bila mau start? nie dah 2009.... 2010 ke start?

Itu pasal ini company banyak solidlah !They not going to build just for the hack of it to show the world!I think they will eventually when the market is right and just may be when the traffic on jalan tun razak improves ha ha

^^^ Yea, they rather spend their money on building their superhome. smart move.

it was now in the engineering design stage by this singaporean firm, www.webstruc.net - Check out under the tall building section. you ll find the norman foster designed rendering for a 60 storeys office tower and a 40+ storey condo tower along.

it was now in the engineering design stage by this singaporean firm, www.webstruc.net - Check out under the tall building section. you ll find the norman foster designed rendering for a 60 storeys office tower and a 40+ storey condo tower along.

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/9647/12243585.jpg

^^dats hot....
but i juz love the Kenny heights project from dat website....... norman foster rock!!!

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/9647/12243585.jpg

norman foster. emm....you can see some element of him like the HK's HSBC HQ. :yes:

^^^ Yea, they rather spend their money on building their superhome. smart move.

one is personal money and another is company money.......two different thing :yes:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3413/3591425242_47621e7b7c_b.jpg

YTL Heaquarter, 2008 - 2012

This project consist of mixed use of office, serviced apartment, and retail. It is belong to YTL, another Foster and Partners project in Malaysia.

The concept itself is to react to tropical climate by configuring Office and Serviced apartment to face north and south, and creating mountain climate in the podium.

WOW!! :banana:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3413/3591425242_47621e7b7c_b.jpg

YTL Heaquarter, 2008 - 2012

This project consist of mixed use of office, serviced apartment, and retail. It is belong to YTL, another Foster and Partners project in Malaysia.

The concept itself is to react to tropical climate by configuring Office and Serviced apartment to face north and south, and creating mountain climate in the podium.

Just like an abstract design although weird yet amazing !

the second tower looks more promising..too boxy for both tower?

the second tower looks more promising..too boxy for both tower?

dis is wat i call cool boxy tower n not like capsquare2, outdated like a skool project!!!.... both towers looks dem cool!!! the tall tower must be the office n short tower must be the residence tower....:banana::banana::banana:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3413/3591425242_47621e7b7c_b.jpg

YTL Heaquarter, 2008 - 2012

This project consist of mixed use of office, serviced apartment, and retail. It is belong to YTL, another Foster and Partners project in Malaysia.

The concept itself is to react to tropical climate by configuring Office and Serviced apartment to face north and south, and creating mountain climate in the podium.

totally a supercool project....:banana::banana:

Here got under "Commercial" section a model of YTL HQ.
http://www.tnbuilt.com/v2/index.html

Izzit new design?

Propoed YTL New HQ ..same design as above lah...
Taken from http://www.tnbuilt.com/v2/index.html

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/400/75494026.jpg

mcm project foster kat spain je ni....
so plain jane.....

construction period 2008-2012..
alamak dah 2010 la polak.

good news..launching end of dis year or early next year..phase1 will be the srvd rsdence cum hotel(luxury brand)...other new project will be srvd residence in sentul after the capers.....YTL kinda slow huh..

^^
:lol:
YTL is not kinda slow...but it's extremely slow..

good news..launching end of dis year or early next year..phase1 will be the srvd rsdence cum hotel(luxury brand)...other new project will be srvd residence in sentul after the capers.....YTL kinda slow huh..

u serious??? :banana: