i had bought a unit during the prelaunch last yr after taking a drive around this area.

i had assessed the area and my thought process as below:

Neighbourhood
Up the road is the affluent areas ie Subang Heights, USJ Heights, USJ 3A/3B/3C/3D. Good population catchment but lacking commercial area/shops here. If go at night place it totally "dead". Definately currently not a place to hang out and has good potential for commercial area like USJ Taipan at this side of town.  TM should provide the required commercial area as catalyst to move this area to new level.

Not to forget that in addition to this further up the road additional population catchment from the USJ and Subang Jaya vicinity.

Toll
Perception is after the batu 3 toll is "Shah Alam".... okay.... so developer has to work harder to convince ppl that this development will be a success. Dijaya strong name. Should be ok on this front... Similar with Desa Park City "after the toll = Kepong" case? So in this case take comfort in strong brand identity of developer...

HTC / Telco Tower
Perhaps also consider the following developments near HTC... Solaris Dutamas, Hartamas Regency 1, Hartamas Regency 2, Puncak Prima, condos near Plaza damas (Windsor Tower, Waldorf Tower, Damas I, Damas II, Damas III). Nearer to TM, also got USJ Heights / Subang Heights bungalow right under HTC.... Wake up in multi million dollar bungalow to the metallic smell of HTC tower....

Conclusion is want to buy, then buy... dont want to buy HTC is convenient excuse.

Understandably HTC/telco tower creates mental block for many ppl. Actually this was also once a deal-breaker issue for me but after taking into consideration the above.... okla. take a bet.

Kilang
Though is near kilang area, kilang is not the type that is full of asap. Behind USJ 1 also lot of kilang but then USJ also successful. Key is that kilang to be out of sight from main road... On main road 2 other kilang remains... Rex Industries and Times Publishing which are large corporates. Given enough $$$, they also will sell off their factories to developer lah (im firm believer in capitalism). So while im not betting that this will happen anytime soon, at least the kilangs along the main road is not owned by 100 cinapeks (or 30,000 banglas)....

Cemetary
Tropicana City Mall also even nearer to hindu/malay cemetary la.... This place cemetary further away and also likely to be block by commercial building in future.

Accessibility
Area is currently quite inaccessible (only can access via Shah Alam-CSR side and USJ 4 side. Absence of confirmed, direct access to federal highway will be deal-breaker issue. But developer confirmed direct access.

Strong vested interest of developer to ensure success
This area is big and is long term development for Dijaya (10-14 yrs i heard?). Hence developer has a very strong vested interest to make sure Phase 1 is successful so the following phases will become more and more profitable for them. So developer and buyers are in the "same boat". This is key factor that sealed deal for me. This is not a "okay-thank-you-bye" development for the developer...

Im not sure if this thought process is correct / perfect but appreciate the taikors here can komen on it ya.

Appreciate independent (and even opposing) views.

Very good information.So Bandaraya going to develop this piece of land...is that mean in the future those who bought the unit there can escape from the toll..? Hehe.

Land cross the train line belongs to BRDB.
http://announcements.bursamalaysia.com/EDM...20Of%20Land.pdf

PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Subject to the approvals of the relevant authorities, BRDB intends to undertake a mixed development
with an estimated gross built-up area of 5 million sq. ft. comprising retail, street retail, designer suites,
office suites and residential apartments. The proposed development is expected to be carried out in
four (4) to five (5) phases over seven (7) to eight (8) years with the construction of Phase 1 expected to
commence in 2009. Based on a preliminary feasibility study, the proposed development is expected to
generate Gross Development Value of about RM1.5 billion and Gross Development Profit of about
RM0.5 billion.

Anyone Tower A buyer getting the approval for OCBC so far? I find the approval is really slow for OCBC as the banker update me still waiting for approval to submit.

Agree. Maybank approve my application but right until now they havent proceed to send the offer letter to the lawyer. The lawyer can't proceed with the loan agreement coz of that. sigh. I'm chasing them. Next week deadline. 

here's the summary for each bank that I've applied and got approval considering the day application submitted to each bank;

RHB = 5 Working Days
HLBB = 5 Working Days
MBB = 4 Working Days
CIMB = 6 Working Days
OCBC = MIA (No Status)
HSBC = MIA (No Status)

at least 20k up for Tower A studios

but singapore is an island wor, good location property is always scarce, compare to KL which has been expanding ever since with new land mass opening up, RIM, TUDM, Cochrane... DIBS cooling measure sure kena hit some of the prop that location wise is relatively 'new'.

well... in my opinion, gain tax imposed on seller will be channel to buyer. it will not be able to curb the speculation issue. the 70% LVR also not be able to stop this although it reduces some speculator or flipper. in my opinion, there should be tighter rules impose on Loan for Higher Income group. Based on Nett Salary Range will be good. Imagine, the richer will get lower finance margin and the poorer get higher loan margin. why the richer buy? cos they are simply speculator / flipper. anyway, each rules that come out has it's flaw. there is no perfect rules to protect everyone. just my 2 cents.

I bought one unit of phase 1, Pandora, final reased unit at RM950 psf before discount. So if they are indeed selling at RM850 before discount, we feel very much cheated. Developer, ini boleh??

Will laugh only after 4 yrs when it is all completed , and starts showing result . Will laugh more when it becomes matured if successful . Now only a small smile.

Tropicana bought this piece of land at premium price, so they can't sell anything lower than RM 800 psf. Think they will follow the price increase like that they did for their Kota D'sara project: RM 1.2k psf?? 

So many talk and event.. sales should be great

putrajialat and cyberjialat .... very creative terms ....    ....

The tesco extra near the stadium jam quite bad esp on sundays when got bazaar..jubli perak is still the worse.. from guthrie highway across d federal n until the roundabout closer to kesas. lucky metropark got flyover...
I city i feel ok only  i gt i citys tenant list liao...all new brands to msia.. from metropark less than 8 mins no jam.