http://www.msn.com/en-my/news/other/ekoves...sets/ar-AAaZzHv

what is your comment on the financial and cash flow position of the developer?

Jagalat bro, better look at their quarterly report to know their cash flow status.

Ekovest Berhad quarterly report.

http://ekovest.listedcompany.com/misc/quar...rt_20150331.pdf

Savills recently took over CB Richard Ellis Malaysia (CBRE).

Long time ago, CBRE did managed some malls as well, including the infamous SStwo Mall.

very sad to see cheras central many retail moving out

Come on la! First mall and hotel engaged professional to managed and at the same time setup a management team to learn from this experience then only can say in next project that our management team will bring the same success story of retail mall and hotel in ekocheras to our next flagship project -  Ekotitiwangsa project!

we can feedback all we want but mall management is a diff ballgame.. most mall managers i know will say NO even to the idea of new malls with low chansi of success let alone manage them..

Progress looks good btw   
On a side note, notice even more shops closing down n some retailers r saying a big no no to new malls.. winter has begun n we are just at the start

convesely if u see malls that are not doing so well besides smallish in size (normally below 700 sq ft NLA), they are typically surrounded by residential houses or service apartments but do not hv much integration with corporate offices which are fully tenanted. A few examples are Paradigm mall, Tropicana mall, Atria, Quill, Jaya Mall, The 19 USJ City mall and SS2 mall. These malls are not thriving as they do NOT have constant foot traffic from white collar office workers working in nearby corporate office towers. With 40 new malls set to open by next year, i wonder how these malls will survive when intense competition sets in for these retail malls.

EKC should look into how to get their corporate office tower be fully tenanted by MNC companies and also big listed companies.  As a general rule of thumb, mncs normally pay 20 to 30% more than local companies. By getting these better paid workers into their corporate office tower, these workers have more disposable income to spend at ekomall which is good for the business of the food and retail shops. This is key to the success of ekomall. the resi units alone cannot fire up the biz of the mall. The "normal' residents at block J, H and E will leave at 730 am to work to beat d jam and rtn late maybe 8 to 830pm, not leaving them with much discretionary time 2 shop. Only the retirees got lots of time to hang around eko mall but retirees do not have active income anymore so they will be careful with their spending. This group would not be able to drive the ekomall biz. The high paid white collar workers working in the  corporate office tower can drive the eko mall business. So attention should be paid to filling up ekocheras corporate office tower with mnc companies and other big stable malaysian companies who are good pay masters. The mall need to leverage on the tenants of the corporate office tower as their key stable customers, then the hotel guests and lastly the residence staying in block J, H and block E.