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Article: Building magic
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- New Straits Times
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- October 9, 2004
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Andrew Wong
New Straits Times
10-09-2004
Building magic
Byline: Andrew Wong
Edition: 2*
Column: On tender
TO the untrained eye, some property developers must look like David Copperfield. Instead of taking years - sometimes as much as five - to prepare a barren site with a suitable layout plan and obtain the necessary approvals before being able to commence a marketing launch to the public, some have been known to do it just a few months after acquiring a parcel of land. Which, in the development world, is equivalent to the blink of an eye.
Are dark forces at work? An illusion, perhaps? The benefits, of course, are plentiful.
By reducing a project's conception period, developers can quickly ...