United Overseas Australia Ltd (UOA Group) is a

property development Real estate development, or property development, is a business process, encompassing activities that range from the renovation and re- lease of existing buildings to the purchase of raw land and the sale of developed land or parcels to othe ...

and investment company whose operations are based mainly in Malaysia. The group's parent company is incorporated in Australia and listed on the

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and the

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. It has developed and constructed various commercial and residential projects in the

Klang Valley Klang Valley ( ms, Lembah Klang; zh, 巴生谷; ) is an urban conglomeration in Malaysia that is centered in the federal territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, and includes its adjoining cities and towns in the state of Selangor. It is co ...

, most notably the mixed-use

Bangsar South Bangsar South ( Malay: ''Bangsar Selatan'') is an integrated property development project which sits on the former Kampung Kerinchi site in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is renamed of Kampung Kerinchi from the developer to upscale the value of land ...

district within

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. UOA was founded in 1987 by Malaysian engineers Kong Chong Soon and Kong Pak Lim. Prior to starting UOA, Chong Soon and Pak Lim were involved in the construction industry in Singapore and Australia respectively. The group moved its headquarters to Kuala Lumpur in 1989 and has focused its operations in Malaysia since. Up to the late 2000s, it had completed projects with an aggregate gross development value of over RM3 billion, comprising mainly small to medium-sized commercial and residential developments. In 2005, the group transferred several of its investment properties into UOA Real Estate Investment Trust (UOA REIT) and listed the

REIT A real estate investment trust (REIT) is a company that owns, and in most cases operates, income-producing real estate. REITs own many types of commercial real estate, including office and apartment buildings, warehouses, hospitals, shopping ce ...

Bursa Malaysia Bursa Malaysia is the stock exchange of Malaysia. It is one of the largest bourses in ASEAN. It is based in Kuala Lumpur and was previously known as the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE). It provides a full integration of transactions, offer ...

. UOA REIT's portfolio comprises parcels of UOA Damansara in

Bukit Damansara Damansara Heights ( ms, Bukit Damansara) is an upscale suburb in western side of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, located five kilometres away from the city centre. The suburb falls under the Segambut district and its parliamentary constituency. It is a ...

, UOA Center in

Kuala Lumpur City Centre Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) is a multipurpose development area in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. KLCC refers to the area within and surrounding the KLCC Park but the term has also been widely used by buildings nearby to the vicinity. Designed to ...

, and UOA Pantai in

Lembah Pantai Lembah Pantai is a sub-district and parliamentary constituency in south-western Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Constituencies adjacent to Lembah Pantai are Seputeh, Segambut and Bukit Bintang. The total number of population is 148,094 as of 2020 census. ...

. Tower B of Menara UOA Bangsar, which was completed by the group in 2008, was subsequently added to the REIT. The group remains the majority unitholder of the REIT and manages the trust via UOA Asset Management Sdn Bhd. Work commenced on Bangsar South, the group's flagship development, in 2007. The 60-acre site was formerly a

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colony in the Kerinchi area. The first phase was completed in 2011, and the district now contains residential and commercial buildings, hotels and a conference centre. The group's main Malaysian property development arm, UOA Development Bhd, was listed on Bursa Malaysia in 2011. In 2017, the group made its first foray into Australia by investing in development sites in

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and

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