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Bandar Malaysia is a 486-acre mixed-use,
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by 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) located at
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. This project will be built at the current Sungai Besi Air Base site over 20 years. It is planned as a central transport hub connecting
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)'', Mass Rapid Transit,
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and 12 other highways with an estimated gross development value (GDV) of over RM140 billion. Bandar Malaysia was slated to be a hub for global multinationals and
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companies, and has the opportunity to become a game-changer for foreign investors in Malaysia. The project was ready to start by early 2021, after the settlement of a RM1.24bil payment to the Federal Government by IWH-CREC but was pushed back to a later date. The development, in fact, had been initially expected to kick-off in March 2020 but was delayed by the pandemic. A source had expressed their confidence that the project will be resumed at a later date, given the uncertainties brought about by the current COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in the country.


Background

On 28 May 2011, Bandar Malaysia project was announced by Malaysia's 6th
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, Dato' Sri Najib Razak with a public-private partnership model. The project has an estimated cumulative gross development value of RM 150 billion. Master planner appointed for architecture drawing was
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. With this development, the current
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airbase at Sungai Besi Air Base is to be relocated to Sendayan, Negeri Sembilan for RM 2.7 billion, of which RM1.1 billion is funded by the government and the rest by 1MDB. This relocation project is managed by ''Perbadanan Perwira Harta Malaysia'', a subsidiary of the Armed Forces Fund Board Malaysia known as ''Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera''. In December 2015, 1MDB sold 60% stake of Bandar Malaysia to the consortium of IWH-CREC Sdn Bhd, which consists of Tan Sri
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's Iskandar Waterfront Holdings Bhd and China's China Railway Engineering Sdn Bhd for RM 7.41 billion. However the deal fell apart on 3 May 2016 with the reason of failure to meet payment obligations announced by Ministry of Finance of Malaysia (which owned 1MDB). In May 2017, Dato' Sri Najib Razak visited to
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for One Belt One Road Forum. In a joint conference at
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Beijing Hotel with Wanda Dalian Group, Wanda Dalian Group expressed deep interest to participate in Bandar Malaysia but abandoned its interest months later. In July 2017, Ministry of Finance launched a request for proposal and up to seven Chinese and two Japanese companies have submitted proposals said to be valued between RM30 billion and RM43 billion for the Bandar Malaysia project but no further elaboration were made by the Ministry of Finance. On 14 July 2021, it was announced the deal between China Railway Engineering Corp and Iskandar Waterfront Holdings will not proceed given the deal lapsed on 6 May with failure to meet conditions.


Proposed interchange stations

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: two stations have been confirmed, Bandar Malaysia North and Bandar Malaysia South. **
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: as a proposed interchange station for Bandar Malaysia South but it was later on scrapped. * ERL (proposed) *
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(proposed) *
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(proposed) * KTM Komuter Seremban Line (proposed) *
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See also

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KL Sentral Kuala Lumpur Sentral Station (KL Sentral) is a transit-oriented development that houses the main railway station of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. Opened on 16 April 2001, KL Sentral replaced the old Kuala Lumpur railway station as the ...
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Tun Razak Exchange The Tun Razak Exchange, otherwise known as TRX (previously known as Kuala Lumpur International Financial District or KLIFD)'','' is a 70-acre development by 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) in the heart of Kuala Lumpur for international finance ...
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Malaysian National Projects Malaysian National Projects are major national and giant projects which are important in the development of Malaysia. This is a list of national projects from Malaysian independence in 1957 to the present. 1957–1963 *Stadium Merdeka *Klang Ga ...


References


External links


Bandar Malaysia Official WebsiteBandar Malaysia Brochure (PDF)1MDB - Bandar MalaysiaBandar Malaysia Master Plan Illustration by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLPBandar Malaysia Resources PageBandar Malaysia

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