Sunday, July 27, 2025

The Edge best managed & sustainable property awards 2025


The Edge Malaysia Best Managed & Sustainable Property Awards 2025

The awards, which is in the ninth year, recognise buildings that show excellence in property management. The call for entries began on Jan 13 and closed on Feb 21.

Submissions were open to:

  • Any building in Malaysia managed by a Malaysian-registered property management firm, which has obtained relevant Certificate/Permit/Compliance or Certification:

    • Certificate of Fire

    • Certificate for Occupation

    • Certificate of Completion and Compliance (for buildings less than 10 years old)

    • Others

Properties that have won Gold are not eligible for resubmission, unless there is a change in property manager or the submission is for a different category.

The anchor award offers various categories, which are reviewed by the panel of judges. Based on the award submission, the below info is made public and is non-shareable.

The categories were:

  • Multiple-owned Strata Residential

  • Multiple-owned Strata Office

  • Single-owned Office

  • Single-owned Office in a Mixed Strata

  • Mixed Development (Entire)

  • Strata Retail and Non-strata Retail

  • Specialised (or industrial, heritage buildings, hostels and so on)

  • Repurposed Buildings (recycled or adaptive reused buildings)

The judging panel comprised representatives from The Edge Malaysia and industry experts, who made site visits to shortlisted projects before the final decisions were made.

Those with interest in any of the submissions abstained from casting their votes accordingly.

The results were audited by Deloitte Malaysia and the winning projects were announced and honoured at an awards ceremony on July 15.

THE MAIN JUDGING CRITERIA:

Maintenance

  • Quality of M&E and building services

  • Quality of indoor air quality

  • Cleanliness and upkeep of facilities

  • Special/key features of the building

Administration

  • Standard operating procedures

  • Transparency of accounts (ex: financial governance — procurement process)

  • Crisis management and preparedness in the event of natural disasters, pandemic, fire, etc.

Collections

  • Debtor ageing/billing/collection ratio

  • Proportion of debtors

  • Notification procedures: notifications, reminders, warnings, etc.

Financial sustainability

  • Adherence to budget (e.g. budget versus actual expenditure)

  • Management initiatives and innovation (cost optimisation and innovations (e.g. energy saving measures such as LED bulbs, sensors, water harvesting, design features or beautification projects introduced, efficient supervision of maintenance work, productivity efforts introduced), etc.

Security

  • Use of technology (CCTV), etc.

  • Proactive measures to enhance building security

  • SOPs for crisis management and preparedness

Community and communication

  • Community building initiatives

  • Procedures for tenant or occupant liaison (including booking facilities, dispute resolution, etc.)

  • Booking for facilities and dispute resolution

Development value/yield

  • Comparative growth in value over time (State sources)

  • Comparative rental yield (State sources)



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