Pusat Bandar Damansara as seen from SPRINT highway

Pusat Bandar Damansara is a township in the

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constituency of

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. The original buildings making up the township were constructed between 1981 and 1984, and were demolished in 2016 for new development.

Background

Offices in the original buildings of Damansara Town Centre were occupied by government ministries, departments and other private corporations such as Damansara Realty Berhad, Indah Water Konsortium, HELP University College and

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(J-Corp). Department of Immigration Malaysia and Ministry of Housing, and Local Governments Malaysia used to have their offices here and have since moved to Putrajaya, while passport renewal services were relocated to Pudu Sentral several years ago. Restaurants, convenience stores, supermarkets were located on the ground floor. During the upgrading of Jalan Damansara into Sprint Expressway's Damansara Link in 2000, the town centre became an "island" between separate carriageways. In 2011 the ''Twins@Damansara Heights'' condominium block opened, the first of many high rise buildings to come. In 2014 it was announced that the original buildings of Damansara Town Centre will be demolished and redeveloped as office buildings, apartments, a hotel and 'Pavilion Damansara Heights', the sister of the

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in Bukit Bintang in downtown Kuala Lumpur.

Access

Public transport

Damansara Town Centre lends its name to, and is served by, the Pusat Bandar Damansara and Semantan MRT stations. These stations once served as the only connection between the Kajang MRT Line and KL Sentral by

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bus T819, while waiting for opening of the Semantan-

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stretch in July 2017. Besides the aforementioned T819 route, the MRT station also serves as a bus hub for rapidKL buses connecting Damansara Town Centre to

/ Sri Hartamas, Mid Valley Megamall and the Ampang and Sri Petaling Lines' Bandaraya station.

List of roads

* Jalan Damanlela * Jalan Damansutera * Jalan Damansari * Jalan Damansuria

References

Suburbs in Kuala Lumpur Demolished buildings and structures in Malaysia Buildings and structures demolished in 2016 {{Malaysia-geo-stub