Leisure Farm Community

[Valdez]

How does one find this access road Valdez? Turn left at LF exit?
I happen to meet some Sunway folks. They will be developing their Medini portion of their land first as that has a leasehold of 129 years. Pendas portion nearer LF will be slated for later.

Speaking to both the UEM and Sunway folks, the extension of the highway to join the 2nd link seems to be near final agreement. Will be a trilateral collaboration between LF/UEM/Sunway. Makes business sense for all involved.

The access road is a short distance from LF 2nd entrance.once you exit from the 2nd entrance turn left. About 50 meters you will see a bus stop at the opp side of the road. Turn into this small access road which incidentally has been repaved. Within 5 minutes you will reach the tanjong pelepas slip road. Proceed along this road and you will reach the toll in no time.

 

[Market]

The access road is a short distance from LF 2nd entrance.once you exit from the 2nd entrance turn left. About 50 meters you will see a bus stop at the opp side of the road. Turn into this small access road which incidentally has been repaved. Within 5 minutes you will reach the tanjong pelepas slip road. Proceed along this road and you will reach the toll in no time.

Thanks Valdez.
It's been raining the past few days in Singapore. I suppose it's the same in Leisure Farm. Does LF or the surrounding ever flood in a heavy downpour?

 

[Valdez]

During the resident meeting we were informed by the management that the HSR station will be located 1 to 2 km away from leisure farm. Hope that it is true as it will definitely lift the demand and prices of LF properties.
Congrats to every one who has a home or waiting for your keys.
Definitely phase 2 and phase 3 BC prices will be between $700 to $900 Psf.
Bayou gardens a cluster housing project beside the sales gallery already priced at close to rm$900 Psf.

Tuas or Jurong likely site for S'pore-KL rail station

TUAS West or Jurong East is likely to be one end of the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur high-speed rail that is due to roll out in 2020, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday.



The city centre will also be considered as an alternative terminal station for the $15.6 billion project that is tipped to cut land travel time between Singapore and Malaysia to just 90 minutes, though it is a less likely option.



"The city would be ideal, but it is very difficult to do," Mr Lee disclosed during a joint press conference with his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak at the end of an annual "retreat" meeting between the two leaders. "The expense would be very high. You have to tunnel a long way - and to find a sufficiently big plot (of land) in the city in order to build the railway station is not easy."



Tuas West makes sense because it is close to the Singapore-Malaysia border, and so is Jurong East which will become a major transportation, economic and financial zone for Singapore, Mr Lee said.



"Because it is (in) the Jurong Lake district and many things are happening at Jurong East," he said. "We will decide within the next year or so."



The idea of a Singapore-Kuala Lumpur rail was hatched between Mr Lee and Mr Najib at last year's retreat meeting. It is due to have seven stations, including a terminal station in Singapore and another in the Malaysian capital. There will be three stations in Johor Bahru and one each in Negri Sembilan and Malacca.



Property consultants The Business Times spoke to also point to Tuas West and Jurong East as likely locations to site the terminal. Of the three, Jurong East offers a compromise in terms of cost and connectivity. Building costs fall between the other two locations, and though not matching up to the city area, Jurong East is better connected to the rest of Singapore than Tuas West, they said.



It would make sense for the terminal to be located near the MRT station, said Christine Li, OrangeTee's head of research and consultancy. But finding the right location will be challenging considering the multiple developments in the area, she added.



Even so, siting the terminal in Jurong East will improve its position as a regional centre. Chesterton Singapore's managing director, Donald Han, said that the terminal would be a magnet for businesses and people to locate there. CBRE research head Desmond Sim reckoned that developments there would likely "synergise and benefit most".



Besides being close to the border, Tuas West, which is under developed with more available land, would offer the cheapest construction costs with minimal disruptions, said industry players. Ms Li said that Tuas West was considered possibly because of the port shift.



But the mostly industrial area is far from other parts of Singapore.



Nicholas Mak, SLP International's executive director said that this can be overcome by ensuring good access to public transport systems. But Jones Lang LaSalle's national director for research and consultancy, Ong Teck Hui, said that for travellers into Singapore, another 30 minutes to the city would be a "significant add-on to the 90-minute journey".



A terminal in the city would no doubt have the best connectivity for both travellers and locals. But land is prime with higher opportunity costs. Besides, construction work would cause more inconvenience. Mr Han of Chesterton Singapore pointed to the existing Tanjong Pagar railway station at Keppel Road and the KTM rail corridor as a more cost-effective way of locating the terminal in the city. Land acquisition costs would be reduced, said Mr Han.



While he said that Jurong East would be a likely candidate, having the terminal in Marina South, especially near the cruise centre, would create a "multi-nodal transport hub". Mr Han added it could push the expansion of the Central Business District into the Southern waterfront corridor.



Mr Najib said yesterday that the terminal station in Kuala Lumpur will be located in Bandar Malaysia, at the current Air Force base in Sungai Besi, which has been earmarked for redevelopment into a mixed use community and commercial district.



Mr Lee said that the high-speed rail is a "very major cooperation project which will preoccupy us for several years to come".



He added: "Officials have been working hard and there are many items here to discuss and settle: the design, the financing, the governance, the operations, the security and immigration requirements, the legal arrangements."



Despite the challenges, both Singapore and Malaysia leaders are sticking to the 2020 deadline for now. "That's quite an ambitious target," Mr Najib conceded. "(But) we wanted it to be an ambitious target so that we become very, very focused and the entire weight of both governments will be directed at this."



Mr Lee added: "I think 2020 is a good target to work for. It will be very challenging to achieve, but we don't think we should relax the constraint yet."



Meanwhile, Malaysia is keen to push two new initiatives raised at the latest retreat, the fifth since it kicked off in May 2007 in Langkawi by Mr Lee and former Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi. The two new initiatives are "a joint border control at a single checkpoint" and a long-term "Friendship Bridge" to provide a third road link between the two countries.



The Friendship Bridge is another variation which has been raised by Malaysian leaders since 2003. Mr Lee said that Singapore's current preoccupation is to improve the flow of traffic at its Custom and Immigration Quarantine (CIQ) checkpoint, but it recognises a need to widen the links across the Straits of Johor in the long term. This is already being looked into by the Singapore and Malaysian ministers studying cross-border road linkage.



Mr Lee is agreeable to co-location of the CIQ, especially for the new links such as the Rapid Transit System linking Johor and Singapore and the high-speed rail. But he said that it is harder to do for the existing links, because the CIQ is already built.



With additional reporting by Sheena Tan in S'pore

 

[PuteriWorld]

Lets hope so. Those who snapped up properties there should rejoice.

During the resident meeting we were informed by the management that the HSR station will be located 1 to 2 km away from leisure farm. Hope that it is true as it will definitely lift the demand and prices of LF properties.
Congrats to every one who has a home or waiting for your keys.
Definitely phase 2 and phase 3 BC prices will be between $700 to $900 Psf.
Bayou gardens a cluster housing project beside the sales gallery already priced at close to rm$900 Psf.

Tuas or Jurong likely site for S'pore-KL rail station

TUAS West or Jurong East is likely to be one end of the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur high-speed rail that is due to roll out in 2020, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday.



The city centre will also be considered as an alternative terminal station for the $15.6 billion project that is tipped to cut land travel time between Singapore and Malaysia to just 90 minutes, though it is a less likely option.



"The city would be ideal, but it is very difficult to do," Mr Lee disclosed during a joint press conference with his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak at the end of an annual "retreat" meeting between the two leaders. "The expense would be very high. You have to tunnel a long way - and to find a sufficiently big plot (of land) in the city in order to build the railway station is not easy."



Tuas West makes sense because it is close to the Singapore-Malaysia border, and so is Jurong East which will become a major transportation, economic and financial zone for Singapore, Mr Lee said.



"Because it is (in) the Jurong Lake district and many things are happening at Jurong East," he said. "We will decide within the next year or so."



The idea of a Singapore-Kuala Lumpur rail was hatched between Mr Lee and Mr Najib at last year's retreat meeting. It is due to have seven stations, including a terminal station in Singapore and another in the Malaysian capital. There will be three stations in Johor Bahru and one each in Negri Sembilan and Malacca.



Property consultants The Business Times spoke to also point to Tuas West and Jurong East as likely locations to site the terminal. Of the three, Jurong East offers a compromise in terms of cost and connectivity. Building costs fall between the other two locations, and though not matching up to the city area, Jurong East is better connected to the rest of Singapore than Tuas West, they said.



It would make sense for the terminal to be located near the MRT station, said Christine Li, OrangeTee's head of research and consultancy. But finding the right location will be challenging considering the multiple developments in the area, she added.



Even so, siting the terminal in Jurong East will improve its position as a regional centre. Chesterton Singapore's managing director, Donald Han, said that the terminal would be a magnet for businesses and people to locate there. CBRE research head Desmond Sim reckoned that developments there would likely "synergise and benefit most".



Besides being close to the border, Tuas West, which is under developed with more available land, would offer the cheapest construction costs with minimal disruptions, said industry players. Ms Li said that Tuas West was considered possibly because of the port shift.



But the mostly industrial area is far from other parts of Singapore.



Nicholas Mak, SLP International's executive director said that this can be overcome by ensuring good access to public transport systems. But Jones Lang LaSalle's national director for research and consultancy, Ong Teck Hui, said that for travellers into Singapore, another 30 minutes to the city would be a "significant add-on to the 90-minute journey".



A terminal in the city would no doubt have the best connectivity for both travellers and locals. But land is prime with higher opportunity costs. Besides, construction work would cause more inconvenience. Mr Han of Chesterton Singapore pointed to the existing Tanjong Pagar railway station at Keppel Road and the KTM rail corridor as a more cost-effective way of locating the terminal in the city. Land acquisition costs would be reduced, said Mr Han.



While he said that Jurong East would be a likely candidate, having the terminal in Marina South, especially near the cruise centre, would create a "multi-nodal transport hub". Mr Han added it could push the expansion of the Central Business District into the Southern waterfront corridor.



Mr Najib said yesterday that the terminal station in Kuala Lumpur will be located in Bandar Malaysia, at the current Air Force base in Sungai Besi, which has been earmarked for redevelopment into a mixed use community and commercial district.



Mr Lee said that the high-speed rail is a "very major cooperation project which will preoccupy us for several years to come".



He added: "Officials have been working hard and there are many items here to discuss and settle: the design, the financing, the governance, the operations, the security and immigration requirements, the legal arrangements."



Despite the challenges, both Singapore and Malaysia leaders are sticking to the 2020 deadline for now. "That's quite an ambitious target," Mr Najib conceded. "(But) we wanted it to be an ambitious target so that we become very, very focused and the entire weight of both governments will be directed at this."



Mr Lee added: "I think 2020 is a good target to work for. It will be very challenging to achieve, but we don't think we should relax the constraint yet."



Meanwhile, Malaysia is keen to push two new initiatives raised at the latest retreat, the fifth since it kicked off in May 2007 in Langkawi by Mr Lee and former Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi. The two new initiatives are "a joint border control at a single checkpoint" and a long-term "Friendship Bridge" to provide a third road link between the two countries.



The Friendship Bridge is another variation which has been raised by Malaysian leaders since 2003. Mr Lee said that Singapore's current preoccupation is to improve the flow of traffic at its Custom and Immigration Quarantine (CIQ) checkpoint, but it recognises a need to widen the links across the Straits of Johor in the long term. This is already being looked into by the Singapore and Malaysian ministers studying cross-border road linkage.



Mr Lee is agreeable to co-location of the CIQ, especially for the new links such as the Rapid Transit System linking Johor and Singapore and the high-speed rail. But he said that it is harder to do for the existing links, because the CIQ is already built.



With additional reporting by Sheena Tan in S'pore

 

[Market]

Most property industry folks in Malaysia I speak with seem to feel that the Nusajaya area will be ideal for the HSR as it has large tracts of undeveloped land, eg Gerbang Nusajaya, etc.

Overall, will just need to plan ahead for increased traffic utilisation and human movements volume.

MRT system to move people to the HSR should be factored in as well in the 5-10 year term.

If Gerbang Nusajaya gets selected, even Gelang Patah as a township will grow in importance over time due to its proximity.

 

[cow138]

Geylang Patah is under opposition party..

Wonder if this will be a factor in the decision making. The govt might not want to chose this area to benefit the opposition.

 

[Valdez]

From the map seemed like the Fast Track is directly in front of the 1st and 2nd entrances.
They have cleared a big plot of land outside entrance 2. Work on the major interchange just before the 1st entrance going to start next month.
The HSR terminal at nusajaya will be beside the fast track.

 

[Market]

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From the map seemed like the Fast Track is directly in front of the 1st and 2nd entrances.
They have cleared a big plot of land outside entrance 2. Work on the major interchange just before the 1st entrance going to start next month.
The HSR terminal at nusajaya will be beside the fast track.

Thanks Valdez again.

Interesting map. Exit 313 will make it very convenient for those in Leisure Farm to get to.
Separately, I can see the education park by Sunway to the bottom right of the map, and amusement park too. Looks inline with the Sunway map which I saw not long ago.

As discussed in the earlier part of this forum, the LF mgmt will need to think of ways to minimise the noise from the racetrack when it is up and running. I can only think that the new developments can only add to the value of LF and surrounding (+ the HSR terminal being nearby as well)

 

[tansi]

found in bookshop the latest edition of Johor street directory, the narrow strip of land between the highway & the country road connected to the two entrances are marked as "Hektar Klask". The wide plot of land west of the highway is marked as sportscity.
Is that the Hektar real estate or reit, in the business of shopping malls?

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From the map seemed like the Fast Track is directly in front of the 1st and 2nd entrances.
They have cleared a big plot of land outside entrance 2. Work on the major interchange just before the 1st entrance going to start next month.
The HSR terminal at nusajaya will be beside the fast track.

 

[Market]

found in bookshop the latest edition of Johor street directory, the narrow strip of land between the highway & the country road connected to the two entrances are marked as "Hektar Klask". The wide plot of land west of the highway is marked as sportscity.
Is that the Hektar real estate or reit, in the business of shopping malls?

Does the piece of land between the NS highway and LF main entrance 1 and 2 belong to LF or UEM?
From some maps which I have seen before, they seem to come under the ownership of LF.
I suppose the reference to the narrow strip of land (Hektar Klask) refers to this piece of land?

 

[captainjones]

found in bookshop the latest edition of Johor street directory, the narrow strip of land between the highway & the country road connected to the two entrances are marked as "Hektar Klask". The wide plot of land west of the highway is marked as sportscity.
Is that the Hektar real estate or reit, in the business of shopping malls?

Hi, may I know where is the bookshop you bought the Johor street directory. I have been searching for one but not available. Thanks.

 

[Stevewish]

Hi, may I know where is the bookshop you bought the Johor street directory. I have been searching for one but not available. Thanks.

Can try Popular book store at City Square, JB. If can't find, try MPH one level down.

 

[Valdez]

From today straits times - so it's probably true the high speed terminal station is to be built beside the Peter lim racetrack. So near to leisure farm. All LF resident HUAT

 

[Daydreamer]

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From today straits times - so it's probably true the high speed terminal station is to be built beside the Peter lim racetrack. So near to leisure farm. All LF resident HUAT

Hopefully the sales staff wouldn't cut it out as a selling point. On the serious side, don't put your hope up too early. It's in Malaysia after all. Nothing materialise until its actually open the front door.

 

[PuteriWorld]

Peter Lim racetrack is supposed to be the 2nd F1 in Malaysia and its mega and relevant project to Putrajaya and it does make sense to locate the HSR near it as this is the place where big money are generated and they want international visitors to come down from KLIA and Singapore Changi Airport. Don't think it makes sense to locate HSR in Bukit Indah near Jusco anyway

In 5-10 years time I foresee Bukit Indah and surrounding prices to drop as more foreigners move out of Bestari Heights, Sutera, Tun Aminah, Nusa Duta, Horizon Hills etc to enjoy the fun at places nearer to 2nd link such as Gerbang Nusajaya and Puteri Harbour. Already I can see a slight reduction in traffic along Nusa Bestari. The atrocious jams are a thing of the past.

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From today straits times - so it's probably true the high speed terminal station is to be built beside the Peter lim racetrack. So near to leisure farm. All LF resident HUAT

 

[FHBH12]

I attribute to more malls n shops opening in other parts of JB e.g. Kulai n Sutera.

 

[Market]

Peter Lim racetrack is supposed to be the 2nd F1 in Malaysia and its mega and relevant project to Putrajaya and it does make sense to locate the HSR near it as this is the place where big money are generated and they want international visitors to come down from KLIA and Singapore Changi Airport. Don't think it makes sense to locate HSR in Bukit Indah near Jusco anyway

In 5-10 years time I foresee Bukit Indah and surrounding prices to drop as more foreigners move out of Bestari Heights, Sutera, Tun Aminah, Nusa Duta, Horizon Hills etc to enjoy the fun at places nearer to 2nd link such as Gerbang Nusajaya and Puteri Harbour. Already I can see a slight reduction in traffic along Nusa Bestari. The atrocious jams are a thing of the past.

Generally speaking, if the SG crowd move to Gerbang Nusajaya area, the locals will populate the Bestari, Bukit Indah area.
Prices and demand should hold as the overall market should hold if the locals can fill the gap left by overseas investors.

 

[PuteriWorld]

How can the locals ever pay for the RM 600 to RM 700K terrace houses in Bukit Indah? Kulai Jusco has opened so I think at least 10-20% of the crowd has departed for Kulai Jusco. Kulai population and those nearby such as Indapura and Saleng, Senai makes more sense to go Kulai Jusco for shopping and hangout now

Generally speaking, if the SG crowd move to Gerbang Nusajaya area, the locals will populate the Bestari, Bukit Indah area.
Prices and demand should hold as the overall market should hold if the locals can fill the gap left by overseas investors.

 

[FHBH12]

Rental cost is higher at Puteri Harbour. Only those earning in SGD will patronise there. Weekday crowd will be weak for now.

 

[Valdez]

Hopefully the sales staff wouldn't cut it out as a selling point. On the serious side, don't put your hope up too early. It's in Malaysia after all. Nothing materialise until its actually open the front door.

Look out for some exciting announcement early may