KOTA KINABALU, Feb. 8 -- The city will have an additional 800 rooms to cater for the state's fast-recovering tourism sector with the completion of The Peninsula Kota Kinabalu by 2028.

Launching the project at the central business district (CBD) here on Thursday, Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor said the integrated mixed-development on a 14.89-acre site also showed the confidence of developer Trillium Development Sdn Bhd in Sabah's robust property market.

Hajiji is confident the latest development and other mixed-developments along the waterfront stretch will give investors the confidence to invest in property development in Sabah.

The development would see the construction of service apartment blocks, premium residential towers, o...