Bukit Jalil is a suburb of Kuala Lumpur. It is bounded by the National Sports Complex (NSC) on the east, the Shah Alam Expressway on the north, city boundaries to the west, and the Puchong–Sungai Besi Highway boundaries to the south. It was known as the Bukit Jalil Estate until 1992, when it was developed into the NSC for the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
Bukit Jalil's perimeter.
During that time in preparation for the 1998 Commonwealth Games, the government invested about RM2 billion to overhaul existing venues and build the NSC comprising Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Putra Stadium, National Hockey Stadium, National Aquatic Centre and National Squash Centre, where the United Engineers Malaysia-Renong group took almost 6 years to build those facilities.
After the Commonwealth Games, several property developers had started acquiring large parcels of land to develop houses, condominiums, serviced apartments, shoplots, offices and retail outlets.
One of the earliest buyers to obtain approval to develop some 162ha of freehold land on a coveted hill in Bukit Jalil was Berjaya Land Bhd, back in the 1980s.
In 2 decades, Berjaya Land has built the 18-hole Bukit Jalil Golf and Country Resort along with some exclusive bungalows and high-rise developments such as Savanna and Savanna 2, Covillea, KM1 East and West, Greenfields, Arena Green, Green Avenue and The Link Business Centre.
Meanwhile in 1994, Bukit Jalil Development Sdn. Bhd., the property development arm of Ho Hup Construction Group, which owned about 62 hectare of prime freehold land near NSC and has delivered more than 2,300 units of residential and commercial properties. Some of the signature developments were Sri Rakyat Apartments, Jalil Damai Apartments, the two-storey Ritz shop offices and Jalil Sutera which were sold between 1999 and 2010. In 2012, the company started the construction of Aurora Place @ Bukit Jalil, an ultra-modern and upmarket hybrid mall, and in late 2013, it launched the Aurora Sovo @ Bukit Jalil comprising 209 smart office versatile office (sovo) units.
Rejuvenation of NSC
National Sports Complex
In 2015, Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) was awarded a RM1.6 billion contract to rejuvenate the NSC and make it the new KL Sports City, which could rival Singapore’s iconic Sports Hub.
A 2-phase redevelopment of the NSC, before and after the 2017 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, is set to put the KL Sports City on the Asian sporting map in the coming years.
Phase 1, which involves a facelift for the stadium and other sporting facilities in the area, will end in July.
Costing about RM499.21 million, Phase 1 includes the refurbishing, renovation and upgrading of the National Stadium, Putra Stadium, hockey stadium and aquatic centre.
The National Stadium will get a new facade and a silver vertical structure. At night, the facade will turn into a light show.
The second phase will see the creation of KL Sports City - a fully-integrated sports hub that will consist of new, world-class infrastructure including high-performance sports training facilities, a sports rehabilitation science centre, youth park, public sports facilities, sports museum, youth hostel, convention centre and a sports-focused retail mall.
Officially, the National Stadium can seat 87,411 people - making it the largest in Southeast Asia after Indonesia’s Gelora Bung Karno had a reduction in capacity in 2007.
Based on capacity, the National Stadium is the 24th largest in the world and its football stadium is the second-largest in the world.
The construction of a new level of corporate boxes is set to push the capacity to 90,000.
Rapid Development
The Havre, a fully-residential high-rise property by Aset Kayamas, Skyluxe On the Park by SkyWorld Development Sdn Bhd, Paraiso Residence @ The Earth Bukit Jalil by Wealth Plateau Sdn Bhd and The Link 2, (Phase 1) by Berjaya Golf Resort Bhd, a wholly-owned unit of Berjaya Land.
Skyluxe comprises a 43-storey and 44-storey tower with a total of 477 units.
The Link 2 comprises two blocks of serviced apartments, shoplots and shop offices.
Among the biggest developments in Bukit Jalil is the 20.2ha Bukit Jalil City integrated development with residential, commercial, office and retail components.
The project is divided into 4 major components: the 2 million sqft Pavilion Bukit Jalil shopping mall, 1,098 luxury serviced apartments (The Park Sky Residence), 444 units of 2- and 3-storey shoplots and three- and 5-storey retail offices.
Launched in 2015, the project is undertaken by Pioneer Haven Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary of Malton Bhd, in partnership with Kuala Lumpur Pavilion Sdn. Bhd., and is expected to be completed in 2019.
Other developers in Bukit Jalil include Jalil Max Development Sdn. Bhd., Darul Dinasti Sdn. Bhd. (Trinity Group) and Kiara Resources Properties Sdn. Bhd. which are building condominiums.
These rapid development has resulted in major improvement of the connectivity of Bukit Jalil.
Bukit Jalil is now seen as a new growth area in the south of Kuala Lumpur. The population is growing, it is well-connected by major roads, highways and the public transportation.
