A world-class city underpinned by sustainability, wellness and liveability in the making

The 5,000-acre City of Elmina township situated along the Guthrie Corridor Expressway has been earmarked as the new growth corridor of the Klang Valley.

Home seekers eyeing quality living in the next boom area will find City of Elmina an exciting option.

Developed by Sime Darby Property, the impressive township, once completed, comes with full-fledged amenities including a 300-acre central park, 90km cycling and jogging track, shopping mall, education hub, healthcare and wellness centre, and two public transport lines.

City of Elmina has a gross development value of RM27 billion and is expected to be completed by 2040. It consists of four townships — the 1,088-acre Elmina East, 2,662-acre Elmina West, 1,000-acre Denai Alam and 250-acre Bukit Subang. Nature lovers will be happy to note that out of the 5,000 acres of land, 3,480 acres are reserved for green space.

Wellness a priority

In tandem with the vision to establish it as a “wellness and liveable” city, City of Elmina features a 300-acre Elmina Central Park located in the heart of the township. The park will be divided into five proposed precincts with different themes, namely forest park, cultural park, urban park, community park and sports park. Situated next to the 2,700-acre Subang Lake Dam Forest Reserve, it provides diverse facilities such as an arboretum, al fresco food and beverage stores, public art area, playgrounds and sporting fields.

Sime Darby Property’s General Manager of Business Unit 1 Appollo Leong says the park is something very unique given its size and range of facilities as it aims to provide a space for residents to rejuvenate themselves amidst the pressure of urban life.

“We are putting a lot of effort and investment into City of Elmina,” says Leong.

Another notable feature of City of Elmina is the 90km cycling and jogging track, of which 25km has been completed so far. Being one of the longest tracks in the country, the track will provide a safe and uninterrupted cycling and jogging experience for residents with its off-road design and link bridges.

Strategically located and accessible

“A lot of people think the development is very far, but it actually takes only about 20 to 30 minutes from here to reach KL using the upcoming Damansara-Shah Alam Highway (DASH),” Leong points out.

The upcoming DASH will link City of Elmina to Penchala Link and connect the development to Subang, Kota Damansara and Mutiara Damansara. It will only take approximately 20 minutes to get to Kota Damansara or Mutiara Damansara and about 30 minutes to get to KL.

“We are very well-connected now and the upcoming DASH is going to change the entire dynamics of this region with better connectivity,” Leong adds.

The development can be accessed via major highways such as the New Klang Valley Expressway, KL-Kuala Selangor Expressway, Guthrie Corridor Expressway and Federal Highway.

The accessibility and connectivity is expected to improve with the completion of DASH in early 2020.

The jewel to be unveiled soon

As the prime integrated development in City of Elmina, the 300-acre Elmina City Centre will comprise a transit-oriented development, a shopping mall, mass rapid transit (MRT) and light rail transit (LRT) stations, business park, shoplots, serviced apartments, townhouses and schools, among others.

An MRT station in Elmina City Centre will be established as an extension from the Sungai Buloh MRT station in the Sungai Buloh-Kajang MRT Line. This will connect the township to other parts of the Klang Valley and Bukit Raja, Klang. There will be another line extension from the Shah Alam Stadium LRT station to Denai Alam and Elmina City Centre before going to the northern part of City of Elmina.

The MRT and LRT stations will form an interchange at Elmina City Centre, and Sime Darby Property will build a transit-oriented development with the interchange. The MRT and LRT stations have been approved under the Selangor Transportation Plan and when demand calls for it, the space for the construction of the stations by the Land Public Transport Commission has already been allocated.

Leong says earthworks on Elmina City Centre has started and the developer is currently talking with two mall operators to kick-start the shopping mall on a 20-acre site in the city centre. Construction will commence after discussion concludes in the next nine to 12 months, he adds.