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$788m mixed-use development to be built near Johor RTS station
The Straits Times
|February 14, 2025
A RM2.6 billion (S$788 million) development including a mall topped by four towers is being planned at the Johor Bahru terminus of the upcoming Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link rail project connecting to Singapore's Woodlands North MRT station.
JOHOR BAHRU - A RM2.6 billion (S$788 million) development including a mall topped by four towers is being planned at the Johor Bahru terminus of the upcoming Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link rail project connecting to Singapore's Woodlands North MRT station.
The project, currently called the Bukit Chagar Integrated Mixed-Use Development, also includes a hotel, serviced apartments, a health-and-wellness hub as well as education facilities.
The 1.7ha development will be integrated with the RTS station in Bukit Chagar and the new Immigration, Customs and Quarantine Complex on the Johor side.
It will also be connected to existing and future public transport services in state capital Johor Bahru, such as the KTM electric train service and city buses.
A multi-storey park-and-ride facility that can accommodate 1,550 cars and 1,015 motorcycles will also be built as part of the project.
The developers said on Feb 13 that all the motorcycle spaces and some 850 car spaces - or nearly 75 per cent of the total space planned - will be ready by November 2026 in anticipation of heavier traffic flows when the RTS begins operation.
RTS Operations, the company appointed to run the rail line, has said the 4km cross-border rail line is on track for completion by end-2026.
This story is from the February 14, 2025 edition of The Straits Times.
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