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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