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PEER REVIEW
PEER REVIEW
The Malaysian Surveyor

ABSTRACT

Stratified development has become the popular choice amongst the urban
population in Malaysia leading to the development of mixed use development in
view of the limited supply of land and the maximisation of return to the developer.
However, there seems to be a lack of awareness of the governing provisions with

respect to the management of the units of the mixed use development amongst the
parcel owners as well as the managers. This paper attempts to highlight the current
structure of provisions for the management of stratified properties in Malaysia and
establish the likely issues faced in the management of the mixed use development.

From interviews with experts, it is revealed that although there are improvements in
the existing strata laws, there are still issues in the equitable share apportionment,
the formation of the Limited Common Property, the duties of the Commissioner of
Building and the awareness of the property managers and parcel owners towards

the management of the mixed use development.

Keywords: Mixed Use Development, Property Management, Stratified Units.

1. Introduction Small Office Home Office (SOHO), (TND), is a movement which
Small Office Virtual Office (SOVO) advocates a return to pre-World
n recent years, more Malaysians and even Small Office Flexible Office War II suburban development, now
are moving into stratified units, (SOFO). These developments are referred to by most as “sprawl”.
especially in urban centres due equipped with both residential usage Essentially, New Urbanists envision
to limited land availability (Azmin, and business usage on a commercial compact neighbourhoods comprised
2006). Stratified development land. These developments are of a mix of residential housing
Ihas become a major trend in normally smaller and cheaper than and commercial uses, pedestrian-
Malaysia, especially in big cities most of the residential units offered friendly streets, large tracts of open
which include Kuala Lumpur as in the market. In addition, developers space, and convenient access to
developers often find stratified have also induced the idea of having mass transit. In a way, this concept
developments are more profitable. mixed development in the current is therefore applied to the current
Higher amount of saleable units property market whereby in one capability where strata buildings
can be produced in a stratified stratified property would comprise can be made for convenience
development given the small area several uses which include retail/ of users. However, with the
of land required for a stratified service apartment, retail/hotel/ increasing development of strata
development. service apartment and even hotel/ titled property and legislations to
service apartment. govern the property management
Due to the scarcity of residential lots, of such property, there has been an
developers have also induced an idea According to Brown & Bonifay increasing demand for professional
of having a new concept of stratified (2001), New Urbanism, also property management skills. The
development on commercial lands commonly referred to as Neo style of property management of a
which includes developments like Traditional Neighbourhood Design mixed use strata development may

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