The Johor Bahru Central Business District ( ms, Daerah Sentral Johor Bahru) or currently known as Ibrahim International Business District, is the commercial and political centre for the city of Johor Bahru in

Johor Johor (; ), also spelled as Johore, is a state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. Johor has land borders with the Malaysian states of Pahang to the north and Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the northwest. Johor shares maritime ...

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

. JBCBD is officially defined as the area within the

Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road, (JBIRR) or Jalan Lingkaran Dalam, Federal Route 188, is a multi-lane federal ring road highway that circles the Johor Bahru Central District in Johor, Malaysia. The highway was the most expensive road infrastructu ...

comprising the city centre,

Jalan Wong Ah Fook Wong Ah Fook Street ( ms, Jalan Wong Ah Fook) is a major one-way road in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. It is located in Johor Bahru's central business district and is also one of the busiest roads in the city. It was named after Wong Ah Fook, ...

, Royal Johor Museum, the palace grounds, Sultanah Aminah Hospital and

Southern Integrated Gateway The Southern Integrated Gateway ( ms, Gerbang Selatan Bersepadu) refers to a complex at Bukit Chagar, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia incorporating the city's main railway station, JB Sentral, and a :customs, :immigration, and quarantine compl ...

Centre for business

The area is a centre of business activity. All of the country's major banks have a presence in the city centre. Major shopping centres such as

Johor Bahru City Square Johor Bahru City Square is a shopping centre and office building close to the Johor–Singapore Causeway which borders the two countries in Wong Ah Fook Street, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. History The building was opened in 1999. In 2000, th ...

and

Komtar JBCC Komtar JBCC is a shopping mall in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. History The shopping mall was established as a redevelopment project of the old KOMTAR building complex. The old building was transformed into the shopping mall, hotel and office ...

are located within the area.

Centre for politics and government

The area is also the seat of the state branches of the federal government as well as political parties' offices.

Transport hub

The area also plays host to the custom, immigration and quarantine (CIQ) complex of the Malaysian Government on the Malaysia-Singapore Causeway, including Sultan Iskandar Building. The

Johor Bahru Sentral railway station Johor Bahru Sentral (also known as JB Sentral) is an integrated transport hub in Bukit Chagar, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. Inaugurated on 21 October 2010, it replaced the closed Johor Bahru railway station located 200m south of it. As part ...

is also located in the area.

Johor Bahru–Singapore Rapid Transit System , , , , , The Johor Bahru–Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS Link) is an international cross-border rapid transit system that will connect Johor Bahru, Malaysia and Woodlands, Singapore, crossing the Strait of Johor. It will ...

and

Iskandar Malaysia Bus Rapid Transit The Iskandar Malaysia Bus Rapid Transit (IMBRT) is a proposed bus rapid transit system to be built in and around Iskandar Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia. It will consist of trunk, direct, and feeder bus rapid transit corridors. The Brisbane BRT wil ...

will be the future public transport model located in the CBD.

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Johor Bahru Hunts
Johor Bahru Central business districts