UEM Sunrise Unveils The Connaught One At Grand Weekend Launch, Receives Favourable Response
KUALA LUMPUR, June 30 2023 – UEM Sunrise Berhad (“UEM Sunrise” or the “Company”) has unveiled their latest development, The Connaught One in Cheras during its grand official launch on Saturday, June 24.
The official launch, which took place at Forest Valley Hall in Bandar Mahkota Cheras, witnessed an overwhelming response of more than 800 attendees, among whom were from the Company’s customer loyalty programme, Trésor particularly from Residensi AVA and Klang Valley as well as the Cheras community and general public.
UEM Sunrise Chief Marketing Officer Kenny Wong gave his opening remarks to the attendees. He
said The Connaught One is their first TOD and the first residence in their RISE Series under their
Happy+ product series as part of the Company’s efforts to categorise future residential products into
segments based on their homebuyers’ lifestyle and life stage needs
UEM Sunrise Chief Marketing Officer Kenny Wong said during the event: “The Connaught One is our first transit-oriented development (TOD), and the first residence in our RISE Series under our recently launched Happy+ product series. It reflects our efforts to categorise our future residential products into segments based on our homebuyers’ lifestyle and life stage needs.”
He also shared: “The overwhelming response during The Connaught One’s grand launch serves as yet another testament of the public’s confidence in UEM Sunrise’s value-driven and future-proof products, and we truly appreciate continued their support and trust in us.”
The event, hosted by the delightful Nadia Heng, featured a lucky draw, a photobooth mimicking an MRT train cabin along with street food to pay tribute to its location near a prominent night market and close proximity to the Taman Connaught MRT Station.
The public viewing the scale model of The Connaught One. Targeted at first-time homebuyers,
professionals, and multi-generational families, The Connaught One will offer two 53-storey towers,
Tower A and B, comprising 1,334 service apartment units and 15 retail lots.
To date, The Connaught One has recorded an impressive take-up rate of 85% for Tower A. Sprawled on a 1.4-hectare tract in Cheras, the freehold development has a gross development value (GDV) of RM747 million.
Targeted for first-time homebuyers, professionals as well as multi-generational families, The Connaught One will offer two 53-storey towers, Tower A and B that will comprise 1,334 service apartment units and 15 retail lots.
Located just right next to the Taman Connaught MRT station and the Cheras Sentral Mall, the development will feature five different layouts of residential units with built ups ranging from 42 m² (452 ft²) to 118 m² (1,270 ft²), and retail lots will have sizes ranging from 70m² (763 ft²) to 133 m² (1,440 ft²).
Prices of the residential units start from RM290,000* onwards and the development is due to be completed in 4Q2027.
The Connaught One will come with a wide range of facilities including a jogging track, bicycle lane, multi-generational playground, jacuzzi, lap and wading pools as well as reading areas among others. The common area will also be partially powered by solar panels and common electric vehicle (EV) chargers.
Nearby amenities will include the Pantai Hospital Cheras, USCI University and one of Kuala Lumpur’s longest night markets known as the Taman Connaught night market. The development is also connected to highways such as Cheras-Kajang Expressway (CKE), the Sungai Besi-Ulu Kelang Expressway (SUKE), and Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR2) as well as Jalan Cheras.
