Green City Residence @ George Town, Penang
Only 52 freehold condominiums, four to a floor, on Levels 17 to 29 of a 29-storey tower in central George Town — 167 m in a straight line from Loh Guan Lye Specialists Centre. The building is finished: the register records its certificate of completion on 13 December 2024. The permit band straddles the island’s floor for foreign buyers, so eligibility is decided unit by unit at the SPA price.
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Green City Residence @ George Town, Penang at a glance
Every figure below comes from the developer’s own published material or the government register. Where neither has published something, it isn’t on this page.
- Development
- Green City ResidenceRegistered as Greencity Residence · advertised in Malay as Kediaman Kota Hijau · by Green City Garden Development Sdn Bhd
- Where it is
- George Town, Penang IslandDaerah Timur Laut · the building’s map listing sits 167 m straight-line from Loh Guan Lye Specialists Centre on Jalan Macalister
- Tenure
- FreeholdStated as ‘pegangan bebas’ on the developer’s advertisement filed with the register
- Building
- 1 tower · 29 storeysHomes on the top 13 floors, Level 17 to Level 29, on the register’s unit list
- Units
- 52Four homes a floor · the developer calls it a very low-density project
- Layouts
- 750 to 1,267 sq ftTwo and three bedrooms across nine type codes · two bathrooms each on the register
- Facilities
- Infinity pool, gym, sky gardenPlus a children’s wading pool, a restaurant and 24-hour security, per the developer’s advertisement and website · levels not stated
- Completion
- Completed · CCC 13 Dec 2024Register status ‘siap dengan CCC’, 100% built
- Government permit
- 20016-1/12-2024/1682(A)-(S)Valid 11 Dec 2023 to 10 Dec 2024 · expired, and no newer permit is listed
- Foreign buyers
- Decided unit by unitThe permit band straddles the island’s RM1,000,000 strata floor · affordable-category units are closed to foreigners
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Six things about Green City Residence worth knowing before you enquire
Four are reasons a George Town buyer would shortlist it. Two are things to settle before any money moves. All six come from the developer’s advertisement filed with the housing register, the developer’s website, or the register itself.
Fifty-two homes, four to a floor
The register’s unit list has exactly four homes on each of 13 floors, Level 17 to Level 29. In a city where new towers run to several hundred units, that is a small community: few neighbours on your landing, and every home starts at least 17 storeys up.
Freehold in central George Town
The developer’s advertisement states ‘pegangan bebas’, a freehold title. In the middle of the city that is worth having, because there is no lease counting down when you sell or refinance decades from now.
Three private hospitals inside one kilometre
Measured in a straight line from the building’s map listing, Loh Guan Lye Specialists Centre is 167 m away, Island Hospital 669 m and Gleneagles Hospital Penang 945 m. KOMTAR is 1.3 km. For retirees, doctors, and families looking after elderly parents, that is the whole case for this address.
A finished building, not a brochure
The register marks the project 100% built and ‘siap dengan CCC’, with the certificate of completion and compliance dated 13 December 2024. You can walk through the actual unit, check the view from that floor and test the lifts before you decide. On the day I read the register, 23 units were recorded as sold and 29 as not yet sold.
The permit and the licence dates have passed
The last advertising permit on the register expired on 10 December 2024 and no newer one is listed. The register shows the developer’s licence running to 10 December 2025. Vacant possession is not recorded either. Before you pay anything, ask for the current licence and permit, or written confirmation of the basis on which the remaining units are being sold.
Some answers are still not published
The developer’s own website, gcgdev.my, is a single page: artist’s impressions, drawings of four layouts (Types A, B, C and D), the finishes and a list of highlights. It describes an automated car parking system and face-recognition access, but not how the parking is allocated. The land area, the monthly charges and the use of the floors below Level 17 are not on the website or in the filed advertisement, and the advertisement separates affordable-category units from open-market ones without saying which types are which. I will get those answers in writing.
The whole development, decoded
Every number here is the developer’s own or the government register’s.
Facilities, level by level
As listed on the advertisement the developer filed with the housing register and on the developer’s website. Neither says which level each facility is on; I will confirm that on site.
Shared facilities
- Infinity swimming pool
- Children’s wading pool
- Gymnasium (sky gym)
- Restaurant
- Sky garden
- 24-hour security surveillance
- Face-recognition access
- Automated car parking system
Where the project is now
All 9 Green City Residence @ George Town, Penang floor plans
Nine type codes appear on the advertisement the developer filed with the register, from 750 to 1,267 sq ft, all with two or three bedrooms. The same advertisement includes unit drawings; Types A, B, C and D are shown below. The other five type codes are not drawn on the advertisement or on the developer’s website, so ask me for those. The register records two bathrooms for every unit.
Type A — 1,086 sq ft
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Type B — 1,267 sq ft
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Type C — 770 sq ft
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Type D — 1,092 sq ft
Get this floor planType A1 — 850 sq ft
Get this floor planType A2 — 850 sq ft
Get this floor planType A3 — 850 sq ft
Get this floor planType B1 — 850 sq ft
Get this floor planType C1 — 750 sq ft
Get this floor planInside Green City Residence @ George Town, Penang
Where Green City Residence @ George Town, Penang sits
Central George Town, in Daerah Timur Laut (the North-East District) of Penang Island. The building’s map listing is 167 m in a straight line from Loh Guan Lye Specialists Centre on Jalan Macalister and 1.3 km from KOMTAR.
Pinned to the building’s Google Maps listing (‘Green City Residence’, postcode 10450). The coordinates filed with the national housing register for project 20016-1 fall about 475 m to the north-east, beside Jalan Burma, which does not match the building’s listed position, so I have not used them. Distances are straight-line from the pin.
- Loh Guan Lye Specialists Centre167 mstraight-line
- SJK (C) Union530 mstraight-line
- Island Hospital669 mstraight-line
- Gleneagles Hospital Penang945 mstraight-line
- KOMTAR, George Town1.3 kmstraight-line
- Gurney Plaza2.4 kmstraight-line
- Penang Chinese Girls’ Private High School2.6 kmstraight-line
- Penang Bridge7.8 kmstraight-line
- Queensbay Mall9.6 kmstraight-line
On the government register it is project 20016-1 — 52 units, completed with CCC
The housing developer’s licence is held by Green City Garden Development Sdn Bhd (20016). The register files the project as Greencity Residence, written as one word, and the developer’s advertisement calls it Kediaman Kota Hijau in Malay. It is the only project the register lists under this company.
| Project code | Registered name | Advertising permit | Permit expires | Units | Bed / bath | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20016-1 | Greencity Residence — flats / condominium, 29 storeys | 20016-1/12-2024/1682(A)-(S) | 10 Dec 2024 (expired) | 52 | 2–3 / 2 | 100% built · completed, CCC 13 Dec 2024 |
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Read from teduh.kpkt.gov.my on 2 October 2026. Check it yourself: teduh.kpkt.gov.my/semakan-status-kemajuan?kodProjek=20016-1
52 units on the register, 52 on the developer’s advertisement
The register files one component of 52 flats / condominium units in a 29-storey building, with two or three bedrooms and two bathrooms. Its unit list runs from Level 17 to Level 29 with four homes on every floor, which adds up to 52 — the same total printed on the developer’s advertisement. On the day I read it, 23 units were recorded as sold and 29 as not yet sold. The advertisement, filed in 2024, counted 35 remaining at that time.
What the permit band tells you about foreign eligibility
The advertising permit records a minimum of RM200,000 and a maximum of RM2,170,419. That is the band on the advertising permit, not the price of any unit. The developer’s advertisement separates affordable-category homes from open-market homes, which explains the low end of the band. Penang Island’s floor for a non-citizen buying strata property is RM1,000,000, so the band straddles it: eligibility is decided unit by unit at the price in the sale and purchase agreement, and affordable-category units are closed to foreigners altogether.
Schedule H, 36 months, no extension on record
The sale and purchase agreement is Schedule H (strata), with the standard 36-month delivery period and no approved extension recorded. The first agreement is dated 30 September 2022, which put the latest delivery date under it at 30 September 2025. The certificate of completion and compliance is dated 13 December 2024, ahead of that date.
Completed — but confirm the current permit and vacant possession
The register shows the component 100% complete with its CCC, while the vacant possession date field is still empty. The advertising permit shown expired on 10 December 2024, the register shows the developer’s licence valid to 10 December 2025, and no newer permit is listed. I do not know the reason, so treat it as something to confirm: ask for the current documents before signing or paying for one of the remaining units.
About Green City Garden Development
Green City Garden Development Sdn Bhd (1246602-V) is a George Town company, and Green City Residence is the only project the national register lists under its licence. Its own website is gcgdev.my, a single page about this project. There the company says it is run mainly by local architects and civil engineers, and that its directors worked on earlier George Town projects, naming The Cantonment, Infinity Beachfront Condominium and Gurney Paragon. That is the company’s own statement; none of those is a project under this licence.
On the advertisement it filed with the register, the developer describes a very low-density luxury condominium in the centre of George Town, with smart-home software and imported finishing hardware, and a view of KOMTAR from Levels 22 to 29. The shared facilities it names are an infinity pool, a gymnasium, a restaurant and a sky garden, with 24-hour security.
The same advertisement names Majlis Bandaraya Pulau Pinang as the approving authority, with building plan reference MBPP/OSC/PB11141/19, and gives the developer’s licence as 20016/12-2025/1224(A).
One honest note: with a single project there is no earlier building of this developer to inspect. In its favour, the tower was certified complete in December 2024, more than nine months before the delivery date under the first agreement. Against that, the permit and licence dates on the register have passed and vacant possession is not recorded. Ask who manages the building today, see the latest management accounts, and have your solicitor check the strata title position before you commit.
Frequently asked questions
How many units are there at Green City Residence?
52 condominium units. The developer’s advertisement and the government register give the same total.
The register’s unit list places them on 13 floors, Level 17 to Level 29, with four homes on each floor of the 29-storey tower.
Is Green City Residence freehold?
Yes, according to the developer: the advertisement filed with the housing register states ‘pegangan bebas’, which is freehold tenure.
Because the building is complete, ask whether individual strata titles have been issued yet. Your solicitor’s title search before signing settles both points.
What are the unit sizes and layouts at Green City Residence?
The developer’s filed advertisement lists nine type codes: Type C1 at 750 sq ft and Type C at 770 sq ft with two bedrooms; Types A1, A2 and B1 at 850 sq ft with three bedrooms and Type A3 at 850 sq ft with two; and three-bedroom Types A, D and B at 1,086, 1,092 and 1,267 sq ft.
The register records two bathrooms for every unit. The drawings for Types A, B, C and D from the filed advertisement are on this page; message me and I will send the plan for any other type you are considering.
Can foreigners buy at Green City Residence?
Only some units. Penang Island’s minimum for a non-citizen buying strata property is RM1,000,000, and the permit band here runs from RM200,000 to RM2,170,419. Eligibility is decided unit by unit at the price in the sale and purchase agreement, and the affordable-category units are closed to foreigners.
For a unit that qualifies you need state consent, pay a 3% state levy on approval (1.5% for island strata between RM1,000,000 and RM1,500,000) and the flat 8% stamp duty for non-citizens, and cannot resell for three years. Tell me the size you want and I will check which remaining units clear the floor.
Is Green City Residence completed? When can I move in?
The building is complete. The register shows 100% built with the certificate of completion and compliance dated 13 December 2024; the developer’s advertisement had given December 2024 as the expected date.
The register does not yet show a vacant possession date. If you buy one of the remaining units, the handover timing depends on your agreement, so ask me for the current position on keys, strata titles and the management of the building.
Which floor and which type should I choose?
With only four homes on a floor, choose first by height and direction. The developer’s advertisement speaks of a KOMTAR view from Levels 22 to 29; Levels 17 to 21 are lower in the same tower. Ask which unit numbers face the city and which face inland.
Then choose by size: 750 to 850 sq ft suits a couple or a small household; the 1,086 to 1,267 sq ft types are the family layouts. The register showed 29 units not yet sold when I read it, but it does not show which types those are, so ask me for the current list.
What is the price and the maintenance fee?
The only public price information I publish is the government permit band: RM200,000 to RM2,170,419 — the band on the advertising permit, not the price of any unit. The low end belongs to the affordable category, which has its own eligibility rules. I will not repeat figures from property portals.
The monthly maintenance charge and sinking fund are not published. Message me and I will send the current price list for the remaining units and the charges in writing.
How does Green City Residence compare with Noordinz Suites?
Both are 29-storey towers in George Town, and that is where the likeness ends. The Edge reported on 11 August 2025 that Noordinz Suites has 603 units of 377 to 603 sq ft with completion targeted for the third quarter of 2027. Green City Residence has 52 units of 750 to 1,267 sq ft and is already complete.
If you want a compact city unit and are content to wait for a building under construction, read the Noordinz Suites page. If you want a full-size two- or three-bedroom home you can inspect today, with very few neighbours, this is the one.
Is this part of George Town practical for daily life or for renting out?
For daily life: straight-line from the building’s map listing, Loh Guan Lye Specialists Centre is 167 m away, SJK (C) Union 530 m, Island Hospital 669 m, Gleneagles Hospital Penang 945 m, KOMTAR 1.3 km and Gurney Plaza 2.4 km. Penang Bridge is 7.8 km away.
For renting: the tenants this location draws are medical staff, patients’ families on longer stays and people working in the city centre. I do not quote rental figures. If the unit is in the affordable category, letting and resale may be restricted, so check that before you buy with tenants in mind.
Ask which units are available now
Completed projects change hands unit by unit, and whatever the developer still holds moves too. Tell me your budget and whether you’re buying to live in or to let — I’ll send back the units that actually fit.
Completed project — what is for sale changes unit by unit, so ask before you plan a viewing
Louis Koh
11 years in Malaysian property · Johor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur & Penang new launches · English & 中文
I work with cross-border buyers from Singapore and further afield, and with local investors. I’ll tell you when a project isn’t right for you — that’s usually worth more than the brochure.
Published 2026-10-02 · Last verified 2026-10-07 against the developer’s advertisement filed with the housing register, the developer’s website (gcgdev.my) and the KPKT housing register. Unit availability, pricing and completion dates are set by the developer and subject to change. This page is marketing information, not an offer or a contract.
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Developer: Green City Garden Development (1 development on this site)
Where it is: George Town, Penang
The unit mix, the permitted price and how far up it is
None of this table is the developer’s account of itself. It is what the Ministry of Housing and Local Government records from the 7(f) returns: unit type, bedrooms and bathrooms, built-up area, unit count, the price range on the permit, and the certified percentage complete. A brochure price can be revised; the price on the permit was filed. A brochure need not mention progress; the percentage is certified. The status vocabulary is theirs too: Lancar (on schedule), Lewat (behind), Sakit (sick), Terbengkalai (abandoned).
20016-1 · GREENCITY RESIDENCE
Overall status: Siap Dengan CCC — completed
| Component | Bed / bath | Built-up | Units | Price on the permit | Complete |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rumah Pangsa/Kondo 29 storeys Siap Dengan CCC | 2, 3 / 2 | — | 52 | RM200,000.00 – RM2,170,419.00 | 100.00% |
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This is the document the developer had to file, and the housing department had to approve, before it was allowed to advertise at all — served from the ministry’s own host. It normally carries the location plan, the developer licence and building-plan approval references, the expected completion date, the encumbrance position, and the unit count and price floor and ceiling for each type. The brochure a salesperson hands you can be reissued. This one cannot.
Read from teduh.kpkt.gov.my on 2026-10-08, project code 20016-1. Re-read weekly.
What to do with the number. Read it against the delivery date in your own agreement, not against what a salesperson says. A project with a year left on its statutory clock and a third of the building up is telling you something the brochure will not.
How does that compare? Every development on this site, grouped by register status — cancelled, abandoned and behind schedule first.