I went to their show unit, 6xx sqft. And yet at launching, so many uncertainties like dunno what facilities, quite steep maintenance fees and etc...

I was there.... too much info not able to be provided. Too early stage.

But I would like to suggest to improve the facade of the building and the mall.

SiMon Cowell will say this is easily forgettable.

Such an aggressive project with such high density at that level of pricing for this location

Either the developer did not do realistic market research or he know something I do not, wish them luck...

It appears to me that they consider having a shopping mall with cinema at podium floor is an irresistible USP. Summit Square, Selayang Mall , etc. have pretty lousy track record in that area. Maybe to them, low entry level is damn captivating.

Can anyone check whether someone told me there's gonna be "AEON" here is true or not?

Holiday Villa Hotel is pretty much confirmed, though.

That Selayang Spring project next to the hot spring last time also had an ambitious plan for a shopping mall, now ended up abandoned project!

Yeah pass by. Very sad indeed.

Will SP Setia project at Templer Park have any mall or retail complex?

Managing a mall is no easy task...

From Selayang to Templer Park and then is not too far from one of the so called new growth property hotspot, Rawang!

You mean AEON to be part of this project? Or to be built nearby?

I seriously doubt AEON will be coming otherwise they will put up the loge on the scaled model like how they put up for Holiday Villa.

+1
Wish them luck...

Agree the info is quite limited at the moment since this is just the first preview. Talking to one officer (not the sales executive) knowing they are quite committed looking for the partners to get into the mall. The unit facilities are quite standard. Price from 360k to 400k+.

Yes, Holiday Villa is confirmed in. AEON will be Maxvalue, pacific mall will be in. In the discussion is bowling center, and GSC. Probably the retailers will consider the place due to the HV which may bring in some crowd apart from Selayang locals. The rest will be those fast food chain restaurants, e-service banking, clothes, telco etc...

My opinion is once all these confirmed, the price will definitely increase. Probably this can be seen during official launching. Confident level to such a project is 50-50 at this moment. Saw quite a lot of booking during this preview.

Many projects ard selayang area is shop-house+ condo and pure condo basis. Selayang mall and capitol are mall-basis. Star City could be a bit different. Let's see. The developer introduced similar concept at PJ and it has been fully sold off.

This post has been edited by dav668: Jan 13 2014, 12:14 PM

Hi, what is pacific mall?

What is the similar concept project in PJ by this developer?

Think its the pacific store....macam the store or econsave ie mid size grocery stores

The development in Selayang is a bit less compare to other areas. To the north there are more hill area compare to southern part of Selangor. However, the growth of population and value in property in Selayang or Selangor North is at positive side.

Just get to know also the MRT Line 2 will include Selayang in plan. There would be at least one station in Selayang as the MRT corp estimated huge population from this area. Due to the MY gov's culture, probably we may not see the expected station by 2020 but it is just time matter. No one can confirm the location of Selayang MRT station however it is very close to Star City in proposal as the area is located in between Selayang Jaya/Utama/Intan Baiduri and Baru/MPS/Hospital Selayang.

Talking about the Selayang property and Star City, there are few condos newly built in this area lately. Not forgotten the Emerald 2 which is main competitor of Star City. However, E2's concept is street-mall. It is common to see Rm600k+ condo in Selayang nowadays. The landed second-hand property eg terrace house is priced in the range of 600k to 1.2m. With many developers slowing down the pace for launching new condo due to BN policy and coming GST, it did cool down market for a short while. Once this buffering period is over, the investor and buyer will go on hunting the property. Major cause is due to the growing number of population aged 30-40 yrs old who need to own house in these years. Comparing to other developing countries nearby, there are still room for the property value of MY to grow.

SC offers relatively smaller unit with denser population. This is against those who have get use to condo unit with 1000 to 1200sqf. in addition, the management fee of 0.35-0.40 is at a bit high side with commercial status in title. However, some people manage to convert the utility under schedule H. I am not too sure if it is really feasible. 624sqf is preferred unit and based on the layout, 2 bedrooms can be ideally set up. The mall will start to operate end of 2015, hotel will be opened 2016/17. We can say the developer leaves one block for later development as "testing water" or it can be defined as "making larger profit" if things go expected at that area. Not forgotten also the EcoSky in Jalan Ipoh also left one block of area for future launching. We cant justify the confident level based on such plan.

Are you SA, agent or purchaser?

I am someone living ard that area. I did research when i decided to get one there. It is easier by just listening to SA making good stories for the unit you would like to get. But, it is always good for us to do research as such investment or purchasing committed us for more than 20 years.

There are information online from reports, properties talk, media news and so on. I couldn't tell about the source of MRT station location in Selayang however it has been reviewed in 2013 by MRT corp for their plan of Selayang-Serdang-Putrajaya line.

The opening of the mall and hotel info are from SA.

And personally i have been viewing many properties around the area for the past 6 months.
Just for your reference if you think the info is useful.

Cheers.

This post has been edited by dav668: Jan 15 2014, 05:27 PM

Not sure what will happen for the MRT2, but I dun think it will be near StarCity vicinity.
The reason is location wise, that area is not strategic. Near Hospital Selayang or Pasar Borong, maybe.
I have also been staying in Selayang area for more than 20years.
I dun think there are huge population here in Selayang. Unlike Puchong or Kelana Jaya which can attract outsider to start family and buy houses there. Mostly buyers here are from younger generations who grow up in Kepong or Selayang vicinity. Just my 2 cents.

The scale of EcoSky and this StarCity are totally different class.
Regarding the high maintenance fees charged by StarCity, what facilites will they provide?
The USP is the hotel and mall. Residents who pay high maintenance fees are not using the hotel.
If they are charging 40cents psft, it will be among the highest in Selayang area (and yet not confirming the facilities they will provide).
Anyway, still hope that this StarCity will be successful, because it will make Selayang boom.
The Selayang Springs is a waste and an eyesore.


This post has been edited by Calculator2013: Jan 15 2014, 05:29 PM

Can share why the population of 30-40 yo will choose Polaris? The largest size is 624sqft. Is the space adequate for family?