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News & Events M101 SkyWheel: premier of first iconic design project in Malaysia New state-of-the-art complex by M101 Holdings Sdn Bhd to grace city skyline of Kuala Lumpur. WITH A 10-PROJECT portfolio up to 2018 totalling RM4.0 billion in Gross Development Value (GDV), property developer extraordinaire M101 Holdings Sdn Bhd has unequivocally served notice of its quest to re-define “Metropolitan Living” and, in turn, the urban landscape and city skyline of Kuala Lumpur. Following on from two other undertakings, namely, the M101 Dang Wangi and M101 Bukit Bintang which are slated for completion by June 2017, the company made headline news again recently with the façade launch of the third under the brand with its flagship project M101 SkyWheel, sited at 34 & 36 Jalan Yap Kwan Seng. Present, in celebration of the auspicious event, were M101 Holdings Sdn Bhd co-founders/directors Dato’ Seth Yap Ting Hau and Datuk Chua Eng Pu, joined by Porsche Design Group Managing Director, Roland Heiler and Chief Financial Officer, Frank Angelkötter. Revolutionary in more ways than one, bringing several “firsts” to the property scene, the iconic M101 SkyWheel is a twotower “all-in-one” integrated commercial and retail development that will house luxury residences, office suites, an international-class hotel, food and beverage facilities and an expansive shopping mall, atop which sits a Ferris wheel – the highest A scale model of the officially launched M101 SkyWheel. FROM LEFT: Yang Berbahagia Dato’ Seth Yap Ting Hau, Founder and Executive Director, M101 Holdings Sdn Bhd; Frank Angelkötter, Chief Financial Officer, Studio F. A. Porsche; Yang Berbahagia Datuk Chua Eng Pu, Founder and Executive Director, M101 Holdings Sdn Bhd; Tobias Huettl, Studio Manager (Singapore), Studio F. A. Porsche, and Roland Heiler, Managing Director, Studio F. A. Porsche. in South East Asia. For interior design spaces, including executive suites and cabin interiors (of Ferris wheel) and a façade theme for the