Wisma Lee Rubber (Kuala Lumpur)
Malaysia /
Kuala Lumpur /
Kuala Lumpur /
Jalan Melaka, 1
World
/ Malaysia
/ Kuala Lumpur
/ Kuala Lumpur
World / Malaysia / Selangor
office building, company, production of rubber products/goods
Address:
Wisma Lee Rubber
No. 1, Jalan Melaka
50100 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Touted as Kuala Lumpur’s first high-rise office tower when it was completed in 1980, Wisma Lee Rubber in Jalan Melaka, Kuala Lumpur was recently upgraded and refurbished at a cost of RM24 million. This 29-storey building is owned by the Lee Rubber group. This building is also a former OCBC Bank Malaysia main office which recently moved to its own Menara OCBC located not far from here. The refurbishment exercise, together with the new OCBC Bank headquarters in the vicinity, help to accelerate urban rejuvenation in the area. The major shareholder of both Lee Rubber and OCBC Bank is the family of the late Singaporean tycoon and philanthropist Lee Kong Chian.
The company, Lee Rubber Co. (Pte) Ltd. started business in Muar, Johor, in 1927. At the time, Malaya and Singapore were considered one country. According to Lee Foundation financial controller and director Lee Seng Chuan, the Lee Rubber group continues to show confidence in Malaysia by investing in several infrastructures. The company has recently built two new rubber processing factories in Kedah and Kelantan, each costing around RM40 million. Furthermore, it also operating hypermarket in Segamat, Malacca and Batu Pahat, with each structure costing RM20 million.
Wisma Lee Rubber
No. 1, Jalan Melaka
50100 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Touted as Kuala Lumpur’s first high-rise office tower when it was completed in 1980, Wisma Lee Rubber in Jalan Melaka, Kuala Lumpur was recently upgraded and refurbished at a cost of RM24 million. This 29-storey building is owned by the Lee Rubber group. This building is also a former OCBC Bank Malaysia main office which recently moved to its own Menara OCBC located not far from here. The refurbishment exercise, together with the new OCBC Bank headquarters in the vicinity, help to accelerate urban rejuvenation in the area. The major shareholder of both Lee Rubber and OCBC Bank is the family of the late Singaporean tycoon and philanthropist Lee Kong Chian.
The company, Lee Rubber Co. (Pte) Ltd. started business in Muar, Johor, in 1927. At the time, Malaya and Singapore were considered one country. According to Lee Foundation financial controller and director Lee Seng Chuan, the Lee Rubber group continues to show confidence in Malaysia by investing in several infrastructures. The company has recently built two new rubber processing factories in Kedah and Kelantan, each costing around RM40 million. Furthermore, it also operating hypermarket in Segamat, Malacca and Batu Pahat, with each structure costing RM20 million.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 3°8'58"N 101°41'49"E
- Merdeka 118 (U/C) 0.8 km
- Kuala Lumpur (KL) Police Contingent Headquarters 1.1 km
- Tradewinds Square 1.5 km
- U Mobile Sdn Bhd (223969-U) 1.5 km
- Megan Avenue II 2.2 km
- LOT 301 by PHB 2.3 km
- Sunway Velocity (U/C) 3.4 km
- Dataran Dwitasik Shop/Office 5.5 km
- Cheras Business Centre 7.1 km
- Connaught Avenue 9 km
- Chee Chong Kai (Jalan Petaling China Town) 0.6 km
- Jalan TAR & Masjid India 0.6 km
- Bukit Aman 0.9 km
- Old Kuala Lumpur 1.3 km
- KL Central Park - The Lake Gardens (Perdana Botonical Garden) 1.4 km
- KL Central Park - The North Gardens 1.4 km
- Golden Triangle 1.5 km
- Perdana Botanical Garden 1.5 km
- Gombak District 16 km
- Selangor 36 km
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