Jalan S.P. Chelliah Affordable Housing

The exhibition for Penang State Government affordable housing project had ended on 7th March 2013 with more than 17000 applications. The state government has awarded the project to local construction company Zubicon Sdn. Bhd. The Bayan Baru company is picked out of eight companies that had submitted their tender for the Request for Proposal as it had offered the highest Guaranteed Monetary Contribution (GMC) of RM 60 billion.

Construction of the project is expected to start within a year after Zubicon signs the contract for the project and it will be completed within three years. Zubicon will add 580 units of affordable homes at 800 sqft, thereby increase the total number of affordable homes from 1320 units to 1900 units:

Category	Size	Price/unit	Initial Plan	New Plan
Medium Cost	1000 sqft	RM 400000	275 unit	275 unit
	900 sqft	RM 300000	165 unit	165 unit
	800 sqft	RM 200000	110 unit	690 unit
Low Medium Cost	700 sqft	RM 72500	770 unit	770 unit
		Total	1320 unit	1900 unit

Zubicon has proposed the concept of sustainable and self-contained compact development which would fit into a central business district, consisting of RM 25 million worth of public facilities that include a linear park, a 70 percent green space and the improvement of Sungai Pinang.

There is also proposal of a public bus terminal, pedestrian and bicycle lanes and a big sky tree.The design of the building which will comply with the Green Building Index, boasting of a recycling centre and a stand-alone surau.

If you are interested in the project, you may still download the application form via erumah. You can then submit the application form to Komtar 3rd Floor or PDC Bayan Baru.

Penang State Government Affordable Housing Details

As mentioned earlier in the first post, there are two projects under the Penang State Government Affordable Housing. The first one is the Jalan S.P. Chelliah project in Penang Island and the second one is the Bandar Cassia project in Batu Kawan, Seberang Perai.

There is not much information about the project in Jalan S.P. Chelliah. There are only artist illustration of the project and the location map shared at the registration counter. The project is situated at the prime location in Georgetown as you can see from the map above. Below is the artist illustration of the project.

However there are a lot of information on Bandar Cassia. Bandar Cassia will be the major housing development by Penang state government. It is strategically located with just 5 minutes away from Penang Second Bridge.

This is the town planning of Bandar Cassia.

The artist illustration of Bandar Cassia.

The project opens for registration this time is Bandar Cassia Phase 1.

The floor plan for 800 sqft unit.

The floor plan for 900 sqft unit.

The floor plan for 1000 sqft unit.

The registration counters are open during the Chinese New Year holidays. Do visit for more information if you are interested on the projects. Gong Xi Fa Cai!