the division was formed through the integration of the property arms of golden hope, guthrie and sime darby during the 2007 synergy drive merger. the property arm of sime darby traces back to united estates projects berhad, a property development company established in 1964. in 1985, sime darby purchased a large stake in united estates and the company was renamed sime uep properties berhad. sime uep was used to develop former oil palm plantation lands belonging to sime darby.