Plans are underway to transform the Forest City project in Johor, and current developments could work in its favour. Will they be enough? The programme Insight looks at the prospects for what was once ...

Forest City, a $100 billion project by China in Malaysia, was supposed to revolutionize urban living with its eco-friendly and high-tech design. But years later, it remains mostly empty.

The name Forest City Malaysia conjures up ideas of botanical wonder, a green paradise. Today, however, the project, designed on an artificial island in the Straits of Johor, is completely abandoned.

ISKANDAR PUTERI, Malaysia, Oct. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Johor, Malaysia, has ushered in a moment of great historical significance. Witnessed by the Regent of Johor, Forest City Special Financial ...

Forest City was an audacious $100 billion project by a top Chinese developer. Today, the project is a fraction of what had been planned and the developer is broke.

KUALA LUMPUR: Forest City’s plans to become a family office hub are gaining pace gradually, with details such as incentives and criteria to be officially announced in the first quarter of 2025 ...

Forest City in Malaysia was a Chinese project meant to house 700,000 people, but it's now eerily empty as the government looks to entice people to move there. By Rebecca Robinson.

Additionally, political instability in Malaysia and the global COVID-19 pandemic further impeded progress. Today, Forest City is largely uninhabited, with deserted streets and empty buildings ...

ISKANDAR PUTERI: Forest City will be the first location in Malaysia to offer a 0% tax rate for family offices, says Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan.

Malaysia is offering 0% tax rate for family offices to set up shop in its struggling mega-project Forest City, as it looks to revive investor interest in the $100 billion development near its ...

In September, Malaysia announced a zero per cent tax rate for family offices located in Forest City’s SFZ, as part of incentives to attract foreign capital and revitalise the area as a go-to ...