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Immediate returns on investment, 5 Highlights of Forest City Prime Commercial Units with Lease
Don't wait to buy real estate, buy real estate and wait. However, the question here is what type of property worth the investment? Let’s get to know about the commercial units with lease in Forest City Special Financial Zone. Stable leases to safeguard your wealth. Over ten thousand residents ensuring a steady customer base. Located in a popular tourist destination with vast consumer pool. Low entry threshold, promising great investment return.
1. Commercial Properties with Leases in A Thriving Community
Commercial units at Regalia Park community, most come with stable leases. Immediate returns on investment while catering to a strong consumer base within a neighborhood of ten thousand residents.
2. Multiple Incentives Supporting Businesses and Consumers
Forest City is located within the Iskandar Malaysia Special Economic Zone, a major development initiative by the Malaysian government, and the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone, a collaborative effort between Malaysia and Singapore. Additionally, it is listed as a Special Financial Zone by the Malaysian government, benefiting from policy support from both nations and all three special economic zones, thus offering unparalleled development potential.
Additionally, Forest City has applied for Malaysian Digital Status, offering up to 10 years of income tax exemption for enterprises such as big data analytics, artificial intelligence, and fintech in digital, smart technology, and green smart fields, ensuring a continuous influx of relevant businesses.
Forest City initially been granted as a duty-free area. The first phase includes duty-free goods such as alcohol, chocolates, cosmetics, and perfumes. Efforts are underway to establish the duty-free island policy. After the gazettement, Forest City Island 1 will upgrade to a duty-free island, expanding duty-free categories and industries and applying for exemptions on import-export, sales, and service taxes, benefiting the island's industrial development.
3. Comprehensive City-Level Amenities and Rising Industrial Development
Forest City offers city-level comprehensive facilities with nearly 100 businesses in operation, which include dining, duty-free shopping, supermarkets, medical care, entertainment, education, decor, and tourism services. In education, Forest City International School provides American elite private school standards, offering a complete American academic system from kindergarten to high school.
Tourism wise, Forest City offer two high-star hotels, two international-standard 18-hole golf courses, and 4-kilometer coastline facilities, creating a tourism landmark in Johor!
In 2023, Forest City received over 4 million tourists; the 4-kilometer coastline welcomed over 2 million tourists; the two golf courses hosted nearly 90,000 golfers; and the two hotels received over 80,000 visitors! It has attracted more than 10,000 international residents to inhabit the Island.
4. Strategic Location Adjacent to Singapore
Forest City is adjacent to Singapore, with a straight-line distance of only about 2 kilometers. It has a unique cross-border advantage, efficiently connecting Singapore and Johor, attracting cross-border commuters and commercial activities.
Currently, Malaysia and Singapore can use QR codes for passport-free customs clearance, significantly improving cross-border efficiency. The RTS, expected to be completed by the end of 2026, is projected to transport 10,000 passengers hourly between Malaysia and Singapore, facilitating personnel flow between the two countries. As one of the nearest commercial areas to the second checkpoint, Forest City is poised to attract more Singaporean consumers and industrial demands.
5. Convenient Transportation, Seamless Connectivity
Forest City is close to Malaysia's Tanjung Pelepas Port (ranked fifth globally for container port performance in 2023) and Singapore Port (ranked second globally for import-export container ports in 2023). It is also near Senai International Airport in Johor (40 km) and Changi International Airport in Singapore (65 km), ensuring convenient population and cargo movement.
Forest City has the potential to become a high-speed rail hub. His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim publicly stated that should the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail resume, it will choose to cross the border through Forest City. The high-speed rail connects Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru, to Singapore and is part of the Pan-Asian Railway, extending north to Kunming, China, and south to Jakarta, Indonesia, via Java Island.
Currently, Forest City’s highway is fully operational, providing convenient access to the PTP highway towards the second checkpoint, Singapore, and Kuala Lumpur. Over 6,000 vehicles travel daily, with stable growth.
Three shuttle bus routesconnect the island’s communities, urban commercial areas, and the second checkpoint. A half-hour's drive covers multiple urban commercial areas. The bus to the second checkpoint takes about 20 minutes and about half an hour to downtown Singapore via the Second Link. With policy support, Forest City will continue to upgrade transportation links between Malaysia and Singapore, making cross-border travel increasingly convenient.
