Veritas gives ‘leap of approval’

David abseiling off the 25-storey, 126m tall building in a stunt never before attempted by an architect, according to Veritas.

 

PETALING JAYA: Group president of Veritas Design Group David Mizan Hashim abseiled off a Glomac Damansara residential block in the final site inspection of buildings prior to its handover to its owners. The approval was given for Blocks B and C of the development.

David leapt 126m from the rooftop of Tower 1’s 25-storey Block B. According to Veritas, such a feat has never been undertaken by an architect.

“Upon completion, this development will be an icon for Damansara,” said David after his dramatic act at a press conference yesterday. He added that the one-kilometer long development will be in great demand because of its stategic location on the border between Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya.

Blocks B and C comprise the residential component of the integrated Glomac Damansara development which consists of 356 units in two 25-storey towers.

The towers, which have a gross development value of RM288 million, have been fully taken up since their launch in February 2011.

Veritas is a multi-disciplinary consulting firm that provided integrated architectural and planning services for Glomac Damansara, which is a mixed development project spanning 6.83 acres (2.76ha). Nearby are the Desa Kiara Condominium and the SS20 Damansara Kim housing estate.

The project comprises four phases, with Phase 1 consisting of 5- and 8-storey shop offices; Phase 2 a 25-storey office tower; Phase 3 the retail heart of the development, comprising a 3-storey podium of a retail lot and two 9- and 10-storey office blocks on top of the podium; and Phase 4 its residential component comprising the two residential towers.

Glomac’s new headquarters will be within one of the development’s office blocks. Phase 2’s office tower was sold en-bloc to Lembaga Tabung Haji for RM171 million in 2010. The developer will be keeping its retail components for recurring income.

This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, on February 28, 2014.

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