Pekeliling Flats (Demolished) (Kuala Lumpur)
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(Former Pekeliling Flats)
Jalan Tun Razak
50450 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Built in 1967, the 17-storey Tunku Abdul Rahman Flats, better known as the Pekeliling Flats, was once the second-highest apartment building in Kuala Lumpur, after Suleiman Courts (now Sogo shopping complex), and was one of the earliest housing projects for city folks. The flats have seen their share of tragedies. Many had committed suicide at the flats and several former residents recalled memories of hearing a dying man's screams after he jumped off the 16th floor blindfolded. A lot of people were murdered here by drug addict. The list of bad things about the flats does not end there as a few former residents revealed back in 2004 before their relocation.
Privatisation and redevelopment plans for the flats were announced in early 1995. The government had appointed Asie Sdn. Bhd. (www.asie.com.my/) as the developer for a new RM5 billion mixed development project called Taman Sari as part of the government's urban renewal efforts to provide residents with better housing and living conditions. Some of the blocks (Blocks A and B) were demolished in mid-2006 and the remaining blocks (Blocks C - L) was earmarked to be demolished later. However, as of June 2011, the plot of land where Block A and B once stood remained empty and has turned into a 'mini jungle' and the remaining blocks (Blocks C - L) continued to stand, appearing as a sore thumb in the Kuala Lumpur skyline.
On 1 August 2011, Asie Sdn. Bhd. has dished out the first contract for the RM9 billion privatised urban regeneration project in Kuala Lumpur to Mah Sing Group Bhd., Malaysia's fifth largest property developer by revenue. Called M Sentral, it will feature serviced residences and retail lots.
<Vacant>
(Former Pekeliling Flats)
Jalan Tun Razak
50450 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Built in 1967, the 17-storey Tunku Abdul Rahman Flats, better known as the Pekeliling Flats, was once the second-highest apartment building in Kuala Lumpur, after Suleiman Courts (now Sogo shopping complex), and was one of the earliest housing projects for city folks. The flats have seen their share of tragedies. Many had committed suicide at the flats and several former residents recalled memories of hearing a dying man's screams after he jumped off the 16th floor blindfolded. A lot of people were murdered here by drug addict. The list of bad things about the flats does not end there as a few former residents revealed back in 2004 before their relocation.
Privatisation and redevelopment plans for the flats were announced in early 1995. The government had appointed Asie Sdn. Bhd. (www.asie.com.my/) as the developer for a new RM5 billion mixed development project called Taman Sari as part of the government's urban renewal efforts to provide residents with better housing and living conditions. Some of the blocks (Blocks A and B) were demolished in mid-2006 and the remaining blocks (Blocks C - L) was earmarked to be demolished later. However, as of June 2011, the plot of land where Block A and B once stood remained empty and has turned into a 'mini jungle' and the remaining blocks (Blocks C - L) continued to stand, appearing as a sore thumb in the Kuala Lumpur skyline.
On 1 August 2011, Asie Sdn. Bhd. has dished out the first contract for the RM9 billion privatised urban regeneration project in Kuala Lumpur to Mah Sing Group Bhd., Malaysia's fifth largest property developer by revenue. Called M Sentral, it will feature serviced residences and retail lots.
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Coordinates: 3°10'27"N 101°41'47"E
- Bukit Bintang City Centre (Former Pudu Jail) 3.8 km
- Former Shell Petrol Station 285 km
- Demolished houses. 295 km
- Island View 1089 km
- Dokmaideng Playland 1651 km
- Renaissance Seoul Hotel 4614 km
- Location of USSR pavilion 4960 km
- Former site of Sugiko Ichihara Machinery Center 5340 km
- Ogatsu Junior High School 5630 km
- Funakoshi Elementary School 5635 km
- Bandar Baru Sentul DBKL Apartment 0.5 km
- Taman Golden 0.9 km
- Bandar Baru Sentul 1 km
- Kuala Lumpur General Hospital 1 km
- YTL Sentul East 1.2 km
- Titiwangsa 1.6 km
- Old Kuala Lumpur 2 km
- Setapak & Wangsa Maju 4.9 km
- Gombak District 14 km
- Selangor 35 km
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