Jaya One to expand

An artist’s impression of the new phase of Jaya One in Section 13, PJ.

JAYA One, one of several developments in Petaling Jaya's Section 13, will be increasing its footprint with a new phase of commercial development to complement the current five commercial office buildings located at the junction of Jalan 13/6 and Jalan Universiti.

Construction of the new phase has already started and will comprise 400 retail, residential and office units on an additional four acres of land, says Tetap Tiara Sdn Bhd executive director (Jaya One) Charles Wong.


Wong: ‘When we launched the first phase of Jaya One in 2004, it took a bit of convincing the market then that office properties would sell.’

“When we launched the first phase of Jaya One in 2004, it took a bit of convincing the market that office properties would sell. We did not do residential because we knew that it would not work. Now that we have completed the first phase, we are ready to launch residential units in the form of serviced apartments,” he says.

The new phase will comprise 30 units of retail and 130 office units. There will also be 240 units of serviced apartments spread over two blocks. The new phase will consist of a gross built-up area of about 993,000 sq ft, bringing the gross area up to about 1.7 million sq ft.

Prior to the development of Jaya One, the 11-acre site was occupied by a factory.

The retail portion is priced between RM850 and RM1,300 per sq ft. Sizes range from 1,200 to 3,500sq ft. The office portion is priced at RM580 per sq ft. The first residential tower of 13 storeys is priced at RM600 to RM650 per sq ft while the four-storey, second residential block is priced at RM600 per sq ft.

“Section 13 will be a dynamic market as the local authorities have put many new requirements in place. There are several serviced apartment projects coming up. Among the new requirements is the need for developments to be inter-connected with one another. The most practical way will be the provision of bridges to link the projects together. We will be building connecting bridges to neighbouring developments to allow easy access and movement among the buildings within Section 13,” says Wong.

He says there will be greater setbacks between neighbouring lots and internal roads are being planned to avoid adding pressure to the current three roads that service the area. Currently, the three roads are Jalan Universiti, Jalan Kemajuan and Jalan Semangat. Internally, Section 13 is served by Jalan 13/6.

Wong says the authorities are trying to get land owners to amalgamate pieces of land to avoid ad hoc development.

The gross development value for the new phase is RM360mil for the portion of the development the company is selling. The company will retain a certain portion for recurring income as it did with Palm Square, which comprises mainly food and beverage outlets in the first phase of the project.

Wong says thus far, most of the buyers are investors with about 20% buying for their own use. The first phase is currently fully occupied with offices being rented out between RM2.50 and RM2.80 per sq ft, retail outlets at RM6.50 and RM7 per sq ft and Palm Square RM8.50 and RM10 per sq ft.

Wong says a large number of those who bought into the new phase had previously bought into the first phase. Besides Tetap Tiara's serviced apartment blocks, there are currently two other serviced apartment projects being planned for Section 13.

By The Star