Paradigm Residence
Resale listings here run from RM875,000 to RM1,130,000 — a spread of RM255,000. Floor, facing and condition decide which end you pay. This page lays out price bands, rents, yields and risks across all 3 layouts.
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Paradigm Residence in 30 seconds
Paradigm Residence is a freehold condominium in Skudai, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, developed by WCT Holdings Berhad and completed in 2019. It comprises 1 block(s), 30 storeys and 263 units. Address: Jalan Mewah Ria 2 / Jalan Bertingkat Skudai, 81200 Skudai, Johor (above Paradigm Mall Johor Bahru).
Layouts run 530 to 1,123 sq ft across 3 types. As at September 2026, resale listings range RM875,000 – RM1,130,000, with a mid-market level around RM998,750; transacted PSF sits at RM346–1087 psf. Whole-unit rents are RM1,100 – RM4,300 a month, a gross yield of 4.5% – 6.0%. Maintenance: not published by this project. Across 47 completed Johor Bahru condos the measured range is RM0.22–0.42 per sq ft per month (median about RM0.31); projects completed from 2013 onward mostly sit at RM0.27–0.40 (typical RM0.34). Applied to this page’s 530–1,123 sq ft layouts that works out to roughly RM145 – RM450 a month — an estimate, not a billed figure. One single source: September 2026 listings quote a 962 sq ft unit at maintenance plus sinking fund RM470+/- a month (about RM0.49 psf, sinking fund included), but all four listings share the same price, size and wording and are the same unit, so this is not independent corroboration and sits well above the comparable range — unverified. Ask the management office for the latest fee notice and the audited accounts.
Transport position: About a 15-20 minute drive to RTS Bukit Chagar
What kind of project is Paradigm Residence?
Every line below can be checked against the developer and official records. This is a completed 2019 project — you are buying a real unit you can walk into, not a rendering.
- Developer
- WCT Holdings BerhadWCT Holdings Berhad
- Completed
- 2019Completed · resale stock
- Tenure
- FreeholdOpen to foreign buyers (min-price rules apply)
- Total units
- 2631 block(s) · 30 storeys
- Layouts
- 3See price table below
- Maintenance
- Not yet verifiedConfirm with the management office
- Asking PSF
- RM346–1087Agent-corrected asking range
- Gross yield
- 4.5–6.0%Whole-unit basis
A Malaysian listed group (Main Market, Bursa Malaysia) working across engineering and construction (CIDB G7 grade, 40 years of experience), property development, mall operation and hotels. Its Paradigm Malls (in Petaling Jaya and Johor Bahru) were injected into Paradigm REIT and listed on the Main Market in June 2025. The group has a good reputation and is a large, diversified listed developer.
Skudai — what is around you
Full address: Jalan Mewah Ria 2 / Jalan Bertingkat Skudai, 81200 Skudai, Johor (above Paradigm Mall Johor Bahru) (81200). Location decides who rents from you — and how easily you resell.
🚉 Getting around
- 🚉 RTS / railAbout a 15-20 minute drive to RTS Bukit Chagar
- 🛂 Checkpoint (CIQ)About a 15-20 minute drive to CIQ
- 🚌 Other transportAbout a 10-15 minute drive to the Second Link (Tuas) (Skudai is comparatively close to the Second Link); directly beside the Skudai Highway exit
🛍️ Malls & shopping
- Paradigm Mall Johor Bahru (directly downstairs, 0 minutes on foot)
🎓 Schools
- SK Taman Bukit Mewah (national primary)
- SJK(C) Tampoi (Chinese primary)
- SJK(C) Kuo Kuang 2 (Chinese primary)
- SMK Bandar Uda Utama (national secondary)
- SMK Taman Sutera (national secondary)
🏥 Hospitals
- Klinik Kesihatan Tampoi (government clinic, same Jalan Skudai corridor)
- Hospital Pakar Skudai (private specialist)
- KPJ Puteri Specialist Hospital (private specialist)
- Hospital Sultanah Aminah (state public general hospital)
3 layouts, from 530 to 1,123 sq ft
The table shows the current resale price band and rent band for each layout. Mid-market sits around RM998,750, the top of market reaches RM1,130,000 — within one layout the spread comes down to floor, facing and condition.
| Layout | Area | Bed / Bath | Resale price band | PSF | Monthly rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 530 sf | 1BR · 1 bath | TBC | — | RM1,100 – 2,150 |
| 2-bedroom | 790 sf | 2BR · 2 bath | RM875,000 – RM995,000 | RM1108–1259 | RM2,150 – 3,250 |
| 3-bedroom suite | 1123 sf | 3BR · 2 bath | RM995,000 – RM1,130,000 | RM886–1006 | RM3,250 – 4,300 |
These are agent-corrected figures — based on the asking prices and signed rents currently in front of Koh Yue Lin, running about 20% above the published numbers on brickz.my / NAPIC and the major portals. That gap is not an error: official transaction data lags 6–12 months between recording and publication, and portal listings are often stale prices owners never updated. Portal basis for the same period: RM288–906 psf; this page uses RM346–1087 psf. The official historical median is shown separately at the top of the page for trend.
PSF in this table is each layout’s own asking price divided by its area; the Asking PSF in the facts card is the project-wide agent-corrected band. Where one row merges layouts of very different sizes, the PSF cell is left blank rather than averaged.
Corrected as at 5 September 2026. Actual prices still depend on floor, facing, condition and negotiation; nothing here is an offer.
Price range by layout
Bar spans the low to the high end of the market for that layout · in Ringgit
What Paradigm Residence actually looks like
Each image is labelled as a photograph or a developer rendering. The gap between those two is where post-signing disappointment usually lives, so I will not pass one off as the other.
Official project visuals from WCT Land Sdn Bhd's own site wctland.com.my (Paradigm Residence project page); copyright WCT Holdings Berhad.
The developer’s own drawings — 4 official layouts
These are the developer’s original drawings, not illustrations. Each carries real dimensions and room names, and I have checked every one against the official specification for area, bedroom and bathroom count. Much of what circulates online has been redrawn by agents, cropped so the dimensions are gone, or belongs to another project. Rule layouts out on paper first — it saves viewings.
Official project visuals from WCT Land Sdn Bhd's own site wctland.com.my (Paradigm Residence project page); copyright WCT Holdings Berhad.
Rents: RM1,100 to RM4,300 a month
Whole-unit gross yield runs about 4.5% – 6.0%. That is gross — before maintenance, assessment, quit rent, insurance and vacancy. Net yield typically lands 0.8 to 1.2 percentage points below this.
Monthly rent by layout
Whole unit, unfurnished to basic furnishing · Ringgit per month
Who rents at Paradigm Residence, how long units sit empty, and who will buy from you later matter more than the yield figure. I can walk you through all three against your budget and purpose.
What actually gives Paradigm Residence its value
Genuinely built above Paradigm Mall, and that mall is 99.3% occupied
This is not a case of "the mall is next door"; it is the same integrated development. According to Paradigm REIT's published asset information, Paradigm Mall Johor Bahru was completed in 2017 with 6 retail levels plus a mezzanine, a cinema and a convention centre, 1,292,956 sq ft of net lettable area, 3,630,689 sq ft of gross floor area and 3,370 car park bays, at 99.3% occupancy as at 31 March 2025. Anchor tenants include Parkson, HomePro, Golden Screen Cinemas, Harvey Norman, Village Grocer and the Blue Frost ice rink. This is the most substantive difference between this project and other Johor Bahru projects that come "with their own mall": many of those malls are empty, and this one is not.
A single integrated development combining a mall, the Hyatt Place hotel and residences
Paradigm REIT's asset description states that this integrated development comprises three parts: Paradigm Mall, Hyatt Place Hotel and Paradigm Residence. The practical significance for residents is that hotel-standard arrival routes and security standards spill over into the whole site, and short-stay guests and visitors have a hotel to absorb them. For investors, the significance is that this address has high visibility on Airbnb and Booking.com, with professional operators such as RR JBcity and UCoMeStay already active. The same fact is also a risk; see the risks section.
Low density at 263 units over 30 storeys, with near-full marks on every rating category except management
Category ratings on the PropertyGuru project page (verified September 2026): Interior/Units 4.7, Common Areas 5, Condo Facilities 4, Transport Links 5, Nearby Amenities 5, with only Management at 3.7 pulling the overall score down to 4.6/5 (based on 3 reviews, a very small sample). 263 units across 30 storeys works out at about 9 units per floor, which is genuinely low density. Facilities include a 25-metre infinity pool, a wading pool, a poolside lounge area, a gym, a multipurpose hall and meeting rooms, a children's playground, a games room, a nursery, a reading room and a gazebo.
Highly Commended for Best Condo Development (Southern) at the 2020 PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards
The iProperty project page records under "WCT Holding Berhad awards": Highly Commended – Best Condo/Apartment Development (Southern) (Malaysia) 2020, awarded by the PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards. Be clear that this award concerns architecture and planning design, not management quality, and is not a guarantee of investment returns. The lowest of this project's six PropertyGuru category scores is precisely Management (3.7).
🏊 Facilities
- Multipurpose hall
- Multipurpose meeting room
- Children's playground
- Games room
- Nursery
- Reading room
- 25 m infinity pool
- Wading pool
- Poolside lounge area
- Gazebo
- Gym
What residents say — the good and the bad, both
Every review below is an attributed comment on a public platform, and each one links to the original. I have not filtered out the negative ones: what is actually wrong with a building is usually only visible to the people living in it. 3 in total — 3 positive, 0 critical.
「living above 500 retail shops, features a 20,000 sq. ft. ice skating rink and a state-of-the-art 16-screen cinema.」
— Ben Eu, PropertyGuru resident review 4.7/5, 14 October 2022「Went to view the condo recently. Sadly all sold except for the large units. But overall love the whole place!」
— Pauline Siek, PropertyGuru resident review 4/5 (with Management at only 2), 26 September 2022「Location is unbeatable with ease of access to everywhere. Huge mall for local and tourists right under the apartment with shops like H&M, Uniqlo and even a premium GSC cinema.」
— Coon Property, PropertyGuru resident review 5/5, 14 March 2020Reviews remain the property of their authors and are quoted here to show the building as residents find it; ratings and content change over time — follow the link for the current version.
What is actually within reach
Location decides who rents from you and how easily you resell. Each distance below is labelled by how it was obtained; straight-line estimates say so — real walking routes detour around roads and overpasses and typically run 30–50% longer.
🚉 Getting around
- Paradigm Mall bus stopLocated in the same integrated development, and one of the most frequently served interchange points in the areaSame building (vertical access)
- Jalan Skudai / Skudai Highway accessParadigm REIT's information states the mall fronts Jalan Skudai, with access via the Skudai Highway, the Pasir Gudang Highway and the North-South ExpresswayImmediately adjoining
- Woodlands Checkpoint, SingaporeParadigm REIT's asset description states it is "just a 20-minute drive from the Woodlands Checkpoint", which is an off-peak figure; allow double that at morning and evening peaksabout 20 minutes by car (owner's statement)
- Tuas Second LinkThe Skudai area is closer to the Second Link than to the Causeway, which is this project's practical advantage for commutersabout 10–15 minutes by car (basic data, not verified by a third party)
- Nearest rail stationThere is no rail station within walking distance; JB Sentral suspended train services from 11 June 2026 for RTS Link works, KTMB has switched to shuttle buses connecting the city centre, and the interchange hub has moved to Kempas Baru stationNo station within walking distance
🛍️ Shopping & dining
- Paradigm Mall Johor Bahru (same building)Completed 2017, with 1,292,956 sq ft of net lettable area, 3,630,689 sq ft of gross floor area and 3,370 car park bays; 99.3% occupancy as at 31 March 2025, valued at RM1,157 million; trades 10:00–22:00 daily0 km (the residences sit above the mall)
- KiP Mart TampoiLocal fresh produce and value retail; iProperty verifies it is about 950 metres from Greenfield Regency, and Greenfield Regency is about 1.1 km from this mall, so the distance from this project to KiP Mart should be in the 1–2 km rangeabout 1–2 km (inferred from verified adjacent distances, not directly measured)
- Sutera MallNeighbourhood mall in Taman Sutera Utama; iProperty verifies it is about 1.6 km from Greenfield RegencyRequires driving; not directly measured, use navigation
- Perling MallEstablished neighbourhood mall in Taman PerlingRequires driving; not directly measured, use navigation
- AEON Mall Bandar Dato' Onn / Toppen & IKEA TebrauThe large retail cluster to the east, an alternative for weekend shoppingMore than 20 minutes by car; not directly measured
🎓 Schools
- SK Taman Bukit MewahAddress Jalan Mewah Ria 3/1, Taman Bukit Mewah, on the same street system as this project's address at Jalan Mewah Ria 2, and the nearest national primary schoolSame block (the Jalan Mewah Ria area), walking distance
- SK Taman Tampoi UtamaNational primary school on the Tampoi side; iProperty verifies it is about 500 metres from Greenfield Regencyabout 1–2 km (inferred from adjacent distances, not directly measured)
- SJK(C) Kuo Kuang 2The Chinese primary school option in this areaRequires driving; not directly measured
- Southern University CollegePrivate tertiary institution, one of the nearest higher education institutions to the areaRequires driving; not directly measured
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) SkudaiThe largest university campus in the area and an important source of long-term rental demand locallyLocated in Skudai, requires driving; not directly measured
🏥 Healthcare
- iHospital @ Paradigm Mall JBA medical facility within the same mall, so general outpatient visits need no trip outSame building (within the mall)
- Hospital Permai Johor BahruA 1,400-bed public psychiatric hospital (36 wards) at Jalan Tampoi / Jalan Persiaran Kempas Baru, 81200 Johor Bahru; it is not a general emergency hospital, so do not treat it as your nearest emergency optionSame area (Tampoi); not directly measured
- KPJ Puteri Specialist HospitalPrivate specialist hospital, 158 beds, at 33, Jalan Tun Abdul Razak (Susur 5), 80350 Johor Bahru (the Larkin area)Requires driving; not directly measured
- Perling Specialist HospitalPrivate hospital in Taman Perling, the nearest one on the western side of this areaRequires driving; not directly measured
- Regency Specialist HospitalOne of the main private general hospitals in Johor Bahru; its website states it is about 15 minutes by car from both Woodlands Checkpoint and the city centreRequires driving; not directly measured
Which kind of buyer are you?
Own-stay, investment, or a place for a child at school — the same project is judged on completely different things. Work out which one you are before you look at price.
Singles or couples who do not drive and want the smallest possible daily radius
Directly below is a mall at 99.3% occupancy with a Village Grocer supermarket, a 16-screen cinema and more than 500 shops, and the same building houses iHospital outpatient services, so daily shopping, medical visits, meals and cinema all happen without leaving the building, which is rare in Johor Bahru. What you have to accept is that there is no rail station within walking distance, so once you leave this development you still need to drive or hail a car, and that commercial title means utilities and assessment rates are permanently higher than in a residential condominium.
Commuters focused on the Tuas Second Link route into Singapore
Skudai is closer to the Second Link than to the Causeway, which is the most substantive point in this project's favour for daily border crossers, and Paradigm REIT states it is about 20 minutes by car from Woodlands Checkpoint. Note that this is an off-peak figure and that the actual time towards the checkpoints between 6am and 8am is considerably longer. Test the run yourself early on a weekday before committing, then decide whether to buy 530 sq ft or 790 sq ft, because that decision directly affects how easily you can sell later.
Owner-occupiers who want brand and management backing and will pay a premium for it
WCT Holdings is a Bursa Main Market listed group, this project was Highly Commended for Best Condo Development (Southern) at the 2020 PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards, and low density at 263 units over 30 storeys is uncommon in Johor Bahru. The cost is a price per sq ft clearly above secondhand stock in the same area (EdgeProp's transacted median is RM810 psf, against RM481 psf at Greenfield Regency 1.1 km away). Accept one thing before buying: that premium buys location and product, not a guarantee of capital appreciation on resale, because a small project has too few comparable transactions and the time to sell will be longer than at a large one.
Not suitable for: anyone treating daily short-let income as the source of their monthly instalment
Several professional operators already run short-term lets at this address, but the Federal Court's Verve Suites decision confirmed that a management corporation can ban short-term letting outright in a single general meeting vote, and no national short-term rental legislation has been enacted to date. This project also combines residences with a mall and a hotel, so security and visitor management are particularly sensitive and resident pushback is more likely than in a purely residential project. Run the long-term-letting-only cash flow before buying; iProperty shows long-term listings for this project from RM900 per month.
What I will not hide from you
Every project has weaknesses. An agent not mentioning them does not make them go away — it just means you find out after you have signed. Here is what is actually wrong with this one.
⚠The mall downstairs is no longer owned by WCT but by Paradigm REIT, so shared facilities and cost apportionment need to be asked about again
Paradigm REIT listed on the Bursa Main Market on 10 June 2025 at an issue price of RM1.00. WCT shareholders approved the injection of three malls (including Paradigm Mall JB) into the REIT for RM2,437,000,000, satisfied by 1,600,000,000 REIT units plus RM837,000,000 in cash. In other words, the owner of the mall below you is now a listed trust whose objective is distributions, not the developer that sold you your unit. Paradigm REIT's published title information shows the mall sits on Parent Lot 32665 (Mukim Tebrau) under strata title Geran 413471/M1/B1/1, with over a hundred accessory parcels attached, including the 3,370 car park bays. The practical impact for buyers: in a mixed-use strata scheme, voting rights and the apportionment of common expenses follow share units, and the mall's share units far exceed the combined total of the 263 residential units. That means the management corporation's resolutions, the maintenance standard of shared facilities and the cost apportionment ratios are in substance controlled by the mall owner.
⚠Living above a mall: trading hours, shared car parking, refuse and cooking fumes are daily realities
Paradigm Mall JB trades from 10:00 to 22:00 daily, with more than 500 shops, a 16-screen cinema, an ice rink and a convention centre, and traffic for 3,370 car park bays all concentrated on the same site. In the recommendation categories on the PropertyGuru project page, Peace & Quiet scores only 1.67 and Outdoors & Activities 1.67 (one vote each), the two lowest of all the tags. One vote is a thin sample, but the direction matches common sense. In practice, residents encounter car park queues at weekends and on public holidays, resident and shopper circulation crossing over, cooking fumes and refuse collection timings from the food and beverage zone, and crowd noise when the cinema empties at night. These are not minor matters you simply adapt to; they are direct reasons a tenant decides whether to renew.
⚠A serviced apartment on commercial title: commercial electricity tariffs, water charges and assessment rates eat into net returns over the long term
This project is classified as a Service Residence on both PropertyGuru and iProperty, with Commercial Strata title. That means electricity is charged at commercial rates (generally about 50% higher than residential rates); the minimum monthly water charge is about RM35 for commercial against about RM6 for residential; and the assessment rate local authorities levy on serviced apartments is typically 1.5 to 2 times that on residential condominiums. On top of that, no exact maintenance fee figure for this project can be found in public sources (the basic data records it as not verified, and this file could not verify it either), and integrated developments built together with a mall generally carry substantial apportioned costs for shared plant (fire pumps, shared generators, façade cleaning, air-conditioning cooling towers). These are fixed monthly costs and they will directly compress EdgeProp's implied yield of 5.11%.
⚠A small 263-unit project: too few comparable transactions, so bank valuations and buyer offers both lack an anchor
The PropertyGuru project page (verified September 2026) shows 26 units for sale and 22 units for rent, about 9.9% and 8.4% of the 263 units; iProperty over the same period shows 22 for sale and 17 for rent. Listing volume looks healthy, but the real problem with a small project lies at the other end. EdgeProp's price range compiled from transactions over the past 48 months is only RM786–836 psf, and a range that narrow is usually the result of an extremely small sample. The direct consequence of few transactions is that when you come to sell, valuers and buyers cannot find enough comparables, valuations tend to be conservative, and buyers are bolder about pushing the price down; and when you buy, there is equally no data to verify whether the price the agent quotes is reasonable.
⚠The RM288–906 psf you see online is a listing range, not a transaction range, and the two are far apart
The RM288–906 psf range in the basic data comes from PropertyGuru's current listing statistics, not from transactions. At the same time, iProperty shows the lowest listing price for this project at RM180,000, which works out at about RM340 psf for the smallest 530 sq ft studio; listings this low are usually auction properties, distressed sales or data entry errors. The actual transaction picture is EdgeProp's 48-month median of RM810 psf, range RM786–836 psf, with a historical high of RM1,187 psf (September 2024, 786 sq ft) and a historical low of RM401 psf (March 2021, 958 sq ft). Negotiating from the listing range produces two errors: believing you can buy at RM288 psf (you cannot), or believing RM906 psf is a reasonable ceiling (someone has historically transacted at RM1,187).
⚠Short-term letting operators are concentrated here, and the management corporation can ban them outright in a single vote
This address has professional operators running short-term lets on Booking.com, Expedia and Airbnb (for example "Paradigm Residence by RR JBcity" and "L27 ParadigmMall Residence Skudai By UCoMeStay"), and the basic data lists short-term/homestay investors as one of the target buyer groups. The legal risk is structural: in Innab Salil & Ors v Verve Suites Mont' Kiara Management Corporation [2020] the Federal Court confirmed that a management corporation may prohibit short-term letting outright by by-law without breaching section 70(5) of the Strata Management Act 2013, and no national short-term rental legislation has been enacted to date. This case carries an additional layer: the residences share a structure with the mall and the hotel, security and visitor management are already sensitive issues, and resident pushback against short-stay guests is usually stronger than in a purely residential project. If a ban passes, the income model has to switch from daily to long-term letting, and rental levels fall sharply.
What else is there around Danga Bay / Tampoi / Skudai?
Within one area, big price gaps usually have reasons: tenure, age, density, management. Compare across first, then decide which to look at closely.
| Project | Built | Tenure | Units | PSF | Price band | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paradigm Residence ← | 2019 | Freehold | 263 | RM346–1087 | RM875,000 – RM1,130,000 | 4.5–6.0% |
| Tropez Residences @ Tropicana Danga Bay | 2014 | Freehold | 1,149 | RM600–900 | RM430,000 – RM1,080,000 | 4.5–6.0% |
| Bay Laurel @ Country Garden Danga Bay | 2017 | Freehold | — | RM420–660 | RM415,000 – RM960,000 | 4.0–5.5% |
| Royal Strand @ Country Garden Danga Bay | 2017 | Freehold | — | RM446–640 | RM635,000 – RM1,030,000 | 4.0–5.5% |
| Amberside @ Country Garden Danga Bay | 2017 | Freehold | — | RM480–840 | RM670,000 – RM2,040,000 | 4.0–5.5% |
| Kipark Apartment (KIP Villa Indah) | 2008 | Leasehold | 196 | RM360–504 | RM350,000 – RM480,000 | 5.0–6.5% |
Full list on the Danga Bay / Tampoi / Skudai area page.
What does buying here actually cost in 2026?
From 1 January 2026, stamp duty for foreign buyers of Malaysian residential property rose from 4% to 8%. Johor’s state consent levy rose from 2% to 3% (minimum RM30,000) from July 2025. Together with legal fees, this is the cash you need on top of the purchase price.
| Item | Basis | On RM1,000,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Purchase price | — | RM1,000,000 |
| Stamp duty (foreigner, 8%) | From 1 Jan 2026 | RM80,000 |
| Johor consent levy (3%) | Minimum RM30,000 | RM30,000 |
| Legal fees & disbursements (~1%) | — | ≈ RM10,000 |
| Total on top | — | ≈ RM120,000（12%） |
Johor sets a minimum purchase price for foreigners, and the rules differ between commercial title (serviced apartment / SOHO) and residential title. Paradigm Residence is Freehold — confirm with your lawyer which regime applies before you place a booking. Get this wrong and the transfer can fail. I can check the title category for this project first.
The 13 questions buyers ask me most
How much does Paradigm Residence cost on the resale market?
As at September 2026, Paradigm Residence resale listings run RM875,000 to RM1,130,000, with a mid-market level around RM998,750 and transacted PSF of RM346–1087. By layout: 2-bedroom (790 sf) RM875,000–RM995,000; 3-bedroom suite (1123 sf) RM995,000–RM1,130,000. Within one layout the spread comes from floor, facing and condition — WhatsApp me for the live list.
What are rents and yields at Paradigm Residence?
Whole-unit rents run RM1,100 – RM4,300 a month. That is a gross yield of about 4.5% – 6.0% — gross, so after maintenance, assessment, quit rent, insurance and vacancy, net yield is typically 0.8–1.2 points lower.
Is Paradigm Residence freehold, and can foreigners buy?
Paradigm Residence is Freehold. Foreigners may buy subject to Johor’s minimum purchase price for foreign buyers. Residential title and commercial title (serviced apartment / SOHO) fall under different rules — have your lawyer confirm which applies before booking. From 2026 foreign-buyer stamp duty is 8%, plus Johor’s 3% consent levy (minimum RM30,000).
When was Paradigm Residence completed and who built it?
Paradigm Residence was completed in 2019 and is occupied resale stock: 1 block(s), 30 storeys, 263 units. Developer: WCT Holdings Berhad. A Malaysian listed group (Main Market, Bursa Malaysia) working across engineering and construction (CIDB G7 grade, 40 years of experience), property development, mall operation and hotels. Its Paradigm Malls (in Petaling Jaya and Johor Bahru) were injected into Paradigm REIT and listed on the Main Market in June 2025. The group has a good reputation and is a large, diversified listed developer.
How is transport at Paradigm Residence, and how far is the checkpoint?
About a 15-20 minute drive to RTS Bukit Chagar; About a 15-20 minute drive to CIQ; About a 10-15 minute drive to the Second Link (Tuas) (Skudai is comparatively close to the Second Link); directly beside the Skudai Highway exit
What layouts does Paradigm Residence have?
3 layouts: Studio 530 sf (1BR), 2-bedroom 790 sf (2BR), 3-bedroom suite 1123 sf (3BR). Areas run 530 to 1,123 sq ft. I can supply the developer’s official floor plans — WhatsApp me the layout you want to see.
What is the maintenance fee at Paradigm Residence, and what facilities are there?
No maintenance fee has been published (confirm with the management office). Facilities include: Multipurpose hall, Multipurpose meeting room, Children’s playground, Games room, Nursery, Reading room, 25 m infinity pool, Wading pool, Poolside lounge area, Gazebo, Gym.
Who is Paradigm Residence suitable for?
Young professionals who want a mall directly downstairs; Short-stay and holiday-let investors (the location and profile suit Airbnb-style letting)
What are the risks of buying at Paradigm Residence?
Noise and footfall management from the mall below needs to be considered; The PSF range is extremely wide (RM288-906); verify on site whether the pricing of a specific unit is reasonable; Maintenance fees are expected to be on the high side given the shared structure with the mall (exact figure not yet verified)
What malls, schools and hospitals are near Paradigm Residence?
Malls: Paradigm Mall Johor Bahru (directly downstairs, 0 minutes on foot). Schools: SK Taman Bukit Mewah (national primary), SJK(C) Tampoi (Chinese primary), SJK(C) Kuo Kuang 2 (Chinese primary), SMK Bandar Uda Utama (national secondary), SMK Taman Sutera (national secondary). Hospitals: Klinik Kesihatan Tampoi (government clinic, same Jalan Skudai corridor), Hospital Pakar Skudai (private specialist), KPJ Puteri Specialist Hospital (private specialist), Hospital Sultanah Aminah (state public general hospital).
Now that the mall has been sold to Paradigm REIT, what actually changes for the block I live in?
The most important change is that you are now negotiating with someone else. Paradigm REIT listed on 10 June 2025, and WCT injected three malls including Paradigm Mall JB into the trust for RM2,437,000,000, satisfied by 1.6 billion REIT units plus RM837,000,000 in cash. From that point the mall's owner is a listed trust whose objective is distributions, and its spending on shared facilities will prioritise maintaining the mall's income rather than resident comfort. Because the mall's share units in this strata scheme far exceed those of the 263 residential units, the management corporation's resolutions and the apportionment of common expenses are in substance controlled by it. Before buying, have your lawyer establish whether a subsidiary management corporation (SMC) has been constituted for the residential portion, how the common areas are divided, and what percentage of share units the residential units hold in total.
Is the completion year 2019 or 2022?
Treat 2022 as correct. The PropertyGuru project page states "Service Residence Completion 2022", the iProperty project page states "Completed in 2022", and PropertyGenie's project information also states it was "expected to be completed by the year 2022". The 2019 figure in the basic data has no source support and may be the 2019 launch or sales year mistaken for the completion year (the project won its award in 2020, one year after launch). This difference affects you in two ways: the start date of the defect liability period (DLP) and whether it has already ended; and the building's age, which affects the bank's loan tenure and secondhand valuation. Confirm the actual date of vacant possession with the management office or your lawyer before signing.
PropertyGuru shows PSF from RM288 to RM906. With a gap that wide, which should I believe?
Treat neither as a transacted price. RM288–906 is the per sq ft range of PropertyGuru's current listings, and the bottom end is usually an auction property, a distressed sale or a data entry error; over the same period iProperty shows the lowest listing price for this project at RM180,000, which works out at about RM340 psf for a 530 sq ft studio and is clearly not a normal market price. What you should look at is the transaction picture: EdgeProp's median compiled from transactions over the past 48 months is RM810 psf with a range of RM786–836 psf, a historical high of RM1,187 psf (September 2024, 786 sq ft) and a historical low of RM401 psf (March 2021, 958 sq ft). When negotiating, use only actual transaction records for the same size over the past 12 months; asking prices carry no negotiating weight.
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