Mega sale of Penang’s history


Ready for a new era: Many of the homes and shophouses, built in the 1900s with their artful yesteryear architecture still well preserved, are ready for redevelopment and repurposing. — CHAN BOON KAI/THE STAR

GEORGE TOWN: Whole blocks of prime pre-war properties and some vacant land here – all locked in trust deeds for decades – have now been opened for sale in what could be the largest en bloc subsale offer of mature properties in the country.

Many of the homes and shophouses, built in the 1900s with their artful yesteryear architecture still well preserved, are ready for redevelopment and repurposing.

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