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UEM Sunrise Launches Southern Industrial & Logistics Clusters (“SILC”) Phase 3 and Inks Agreement with Crown Worldwide Group

 UEM Sunrise Berhad (“UEM Sunrise” or the “Company”) has now launched Phase 3 of the Southern Industrial & Logistics Clusters (“SILC”) – a fully integrated 1,300-acre industrial park in Iskandar Puteri, Johor, which is targeted at light to medium industries.

At the launch ceremony of SILC Phase 3 held in Mont’Kiara, Kuala Lumpur, UEM Sunrise inked a Sales and Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) with Crown Worldwide Group for the sale of more than 180,000 sq ft of land in SILC Phase 3. The land, which will be developed into a facility with a capability to store over 1.5 million boxes of corporate documents for its Crown Records Management Brand as well as being home in the south of Malaysia for its Crown Relocations and Crown World Mobility brands. Crown is set for an investment of approximately RM37 million, and will also help create a series of new jobs in its industry in Iskandar Puteri.

Hong Kong-based Crown Worldwide Group, a giant in Information Management, World Mobility, Relocations and Fine Art logistics, is the latest addition to the highly-international mix of companies from around the world that have invested in SILC.

These include international companies from Australia, China, Denmark, Germany, Korea, India and Singapore, making up almost half of the existing tenants at SILC.

At the signing ceremony, UEM Sunrise was represented by Anwar Syahrin Abdul Ajib, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, while the Crown Worldwide Group was represented by its Managing Director, Leon Hulme.

Commenting on the investment by Crown Worldwide Group, Anwar Syahrin Abdul Ajib highlighted that it demonstrates the continuous confidence of foreign and domestic investors into Iskandar Puteri, located within Zone B of Iskandar Malaysia.

“We are delighted to have Crown Worldwide Group joining the growing international tenant mix at SILC Phase 3, as it is a testament of confidence to the world-class innovative and holistic offering of SILC.” said Anwar Syahrin.

He added, “I am confident that this will be a fruitful venture that will spur further growth in SILC and the wider Iskandar Malaysia region, particularly in the logisticsservices and operationsspace. We expect to see a significant progress in job creation in our industrial park by the third quarter of 2018, which will help contribute to a new wave of development for the region once Crown Worldwide Group begins its operations.”

Conceptualised to be an innovative and holistic industrial development, SILC Phase 3 is a gated & guarded development with infrastructure ready land and provides access to vocational training for workers within the state. The industrial park also boasts comprehensive infrastructure, including safety and security masterplan, access to Facilitation Services as well as Central utilities facilities. All of these features will enable SILC Phase 3 to maximise business growth as well as drive infrastructural growth in Iskandar Puteri.

Crown Worldwide Group Managing Director, Leon Hulme expressed the company’s excitement at being a part of a catalytic development for Iskandar Puteri.

“We have followed the development of Iskandar Puteri for a long time – from when it was a region that is full of promise to a young burgeoning town that is full of opportunities. We chose to invest in SILC Phase 3 because we see Iskandar Puteri as a regional hub from which we can best serve the Malaysian market, while simultaneously giving us access to the wider Southeast Asian region. Together with UEM Sunrise, we are eager to contribute towards this thriving city inthe region and to be a part of the next phase of growth for Iskandar Puteri,” he said.

SILC Phase 3 offers levelled industrial land with ready infrastructure, built to suit packages and limited units of Ready Built Factories in the Industrial park. The park, which facesthe Second Link Highway, is only six minutes away from the Malaysia-Singapore Second Link, Customs, Immigration and Quarantine and Port Clearance (‘CIQP”) Complex and a short 15 minutes away from the Port of Tanjung Pelepas. SILC Phase 3 also benefits from the unique position with access to the freight railways that links to Senai, Johor Bahru Central, Pasir Gudang and Port of Tanjung Pelepas.

Set amidst a vibrant ecosystem of industries, residential developments and leisure spots, phases 1 and 2 of SILC are completely sold out. SILC currently houses businesses from 12 international countries.

SILC Phase 3, located on a net area of approximately 196 acres and targeted to have a total of 86 industrial serviced lots. The earthworks which commenced earlier is expected to be completed by Q3 2017.