The short read
A leasehold tower in Bangsar South with a single block of mid-sized homes. Management is well organised and proactive, though resident experience skews negative overall, largely due to congestion and parking pressure in the surrounding area.
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Facilities
Pools
Fitness and sport
Wellness
Social and entertainment
Families
Convenience
Security and parking
Living here
Location & Environment
Traffic noise
- The building sits close to a busy road, so some noise can reach it, though upper floors and units facing away are less exposed.
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- Within 500 m of Jalan Kerinchi. Near enough to hear at times, though higher and inward-facing units get less of it.
Green view
- Views vary by unit and haven't drawn much comment either way.
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- No mapped green space within about 800 m
Green space
- Bukit Gasing Forest Reserve is about 1.3 km on foot.
Schools
- About 9 min to Garden International School and about 10 min to BSKL by car.
Malls
- About 2 min to KL Gateway Mall, about 2 min to The Sphere and about 5 min to Jaya Shopping Centre by car.
Access
- KJ19 Universiti is about 750 m on foot.
Facilities
Facilities provided
- Facilities include pool, children's pool, gym, sauna, jacuzzi, playground, barbecue deck and clubhouse.
Management
- Management favours planned, preventive upkeep over firefighting, with the property manager holding regular meetings and staying in touch with residents.
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- The MC has implemented preventive maintenance and careful planning approaches rather than crisis management.
- Property manager regularly engages with residents and holds monthly committee meetings.
Sentiment
Resident sentiment
- Resident experience skews negative, largely due to the dense surrounding area, where nearby roads through Bangsar South become badly congested at peak hours.
Space
Home size
- Homes from 1,260 to 2,068 sq ft.
Homes per tower
- 291 homes across 1 tower.
Getting around
What Bangsar South is like
Bangsar South is a modern, master-planned township on the southern edge of Bangsar, built by UOA Development over the last two decades on the former Kampung Kerinchi land. It is first a place to work: the commercial half has been an MSC Malaysia Cybercentre since 2010, and its office towers hold international employers including Alibaba, Lazada and Pfizer. High-rise serviced apartments and condominiums fill the rest, and they house the people who work there, young professionals above all, plus students from the University of Malaya next door.
Once written off as a day town that emptied at night, it has matured into a self-sufficient neighbourhood. Nexus and The Sphere hold shops, restaurants and cafes, from roti canai stalls to international chains, with groceries and convenience stores throughout, and Mid Valley is a short drive away. Covered walkways and link bridges connect most of the township, so a resident can walk to the office, the shops and the train without crossing a main road in the rain. Landscaped streets and a large forest reserve with hiking trails along one edge soften the towers.
Transport is its strength. Kerinchi and Universiti stations on the LRT Kelana Jaya line serve it, a free township shuttle runs to the stations, and the Federal Highway, the New Pantai Expressway and the SPRINT all feed in. An MRT3 station is planned for the nearby Pantai corridor. Being ringed by highways has a price: traffic noise from the roads and the LRT, and local roads that are narrow and jam at peak hours.
Building has not stopped, and new residential and office towers keep arriving. Supporters call it a well-planned township that is still maturing; critics call it a concrete jungle with too much supply. Prices sit well below Bangsar proper, which is much of its appeal.
Before you view it
- Knock on a neighbour's door or ask the guardhouse how long most residents have lived here.
Who built it
