SURIAN RESIDENCES CONDOMINIUM

Mutiara Damansara is a 355-acre freehold township in Petaling Jaya that was once part of Bukit Kual Estate, with more than 2,000 residential and commercial properties built. It is very much an owner-occupied township: buyers are mainly upper middle income households, the tenants are mostly employees of multinational and small Malaysian companies, and landed homes draw a mix of locals and expatriates.

The shopping core is The Curve, Tesco, IKEA and the Ikano Power Centre, beside the homes, and two extensive landscaped parks, the Mutiara Parks of 13 and 6 acres, give the township its green space. A resident describes a quiet environment with good access, and there are a number of schools nearby.

An elevated pedestrian walkway runs from the Mutiara Damansara MRT station entrance to Surian Tower and nearby buildings. The township is already congested, with concern that better connectivity would add to its traffic problems, and a resident has raised the danger of cars stopping at the roadside to buy from hawkers.

The township is being renewed. The eCurve mall was to be demolished in 2024 for The Lines, 999 serviced apartments in four towers, the tallest of 67 storeys, next to the MRT station, as part of a 10 to 15 year revitalisation plan with an estimated gross development value of RM8.9 billion. Undeveloped land was already getting scarce by 2018, and in 2017 and 2018 Surian Condominium units averaged RM710 psf and the newer Reflection Residences about RM841 psf, with asking rents of RM2 to RM2.20 psf a month in 2022.