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Tang Yan Song\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you were a tourist in Johor Bahru in the mid-1990s, chances are you hurried through, eager to spend as little time as possible in what the Lonely Planet then described as a \u201cdirty, chaotic border town.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward a few decades, and the city is unrecognisable. It bristles with luxury apartments, trendy bars and restaurants, and modern public transport. From a place people once fled, it has become a destination drawing homebuyers, tourists, and international businesses, pumping millions of dollars into its future.<\/p>\n<p>Johor\u2019s transformation began in the early 2000s with the launch of Iskandar Malaysia, the country\u2019s largest special economic zone by investment value. But it is in recent years that the city has been supercharged into one of Malaysia\u2019s most dynamic urban centres.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>These infrastructure efforts are part of a cohesive strategy to integrate Johor\u2019s economy internally and with our neighbours, driving efficiency and lowering the cost of doing business<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>One of the biggest drivers is tech. Johor is now one of Southeast Asia\u2019s largest AI hubs and among the fastest growing in the world.<\/p>\n<p>In the first half of 2025, Johor approved 42 data centre projects worth MYR164.45 billion (USD35 billion), bringing the total operational and under-construction sites to 47. Among them is Microsoft, which purchased its fourth plot for MYR119.8 million (USD27 million).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are talking about a region that really grew at a pace nowhere else in the world has seen,\u201d says Rangu Salgame, CEO of Princeton Digital Group.<\/p>\n<p>Across the state, giant warehouses hum with rows of servers powering everything from Netflix to AI chatbots. The boom has been fuelled by abundant, affordable land\u2014something Singapore, once a data centre hotspot, now lacks\u2014alongside heavy infrastructure investment aimed at securing Johor\u2019s long-term success.<\/p>\n<p>Projects include the widening of the North\u2013South Expressway, expansion of the Senai\u2013Desaru Expressway linking Johor\u2019s coasts, and the rollout of a new elevated bus-tram system. A long-awaited electric train line connecting Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru has been delayed beyond its planned August launch.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the most anticipated development is the Johor Bahru\u2013Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) link, due to open in January 2027.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll these infrastructure efforts are not ad hoc; they are part of a cohesive strategy to integrate Johor\u2019s economy internally and with our neighbours, driving efficiency and lowering the cost of doing business,\u201d said Lee Ting Han, chairman of the Johor State Investment, Trade and Consumer Affairs Committee, in August.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetter highways, ports, rail, and digital infrastructure will ensure that as industries grow, the benefits are wellmanaged and widely shared. This focus on infrastructure is turning Johor into a logistics and commerce nexus, reinforcing that our growth is underpinned by tangible improvements on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johor\u2019s relationship with Singapore has always been central to its growth.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43150\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43150\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/shutterstock_2510060087.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/shutterstock_2510060087.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/shutterstock_2510060087-400x245.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/shutterstock_2510060087-600x367.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/shutterstock_2510060087-768x470.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Johor Bahru is shaking off its dowdy reputation to emerge as a powerhouse. travjes23\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Since the 19th century, the state\u2019s economy has been tied to Singapore\u2019s fortunes\u2014from plantations supplying the British port, to the steady flow of workers and goods after independence. Even in the 1990s, when Johor Bahru was dismissed as a shabby border town, Singaporeans crossed for cheap food, medicines, and petrol. But today, Johor has transcended its reputation as merely a source of cutprice essentials.<\/p>\n<p>A new joint special economic zone has become one of the most attractive developments, fuelling trade and travel between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>The Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ), officially established this year, spans an area nearly five times larger than Singapore and almost double the size of China\u2019s Shenzhen. It offers tax breaks for industries including AI, computing, and aerospace manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCritical infrastructure improvements underpin the zone\u2019s development,\u201d says Jamie Tan, managing director of JLL Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis 4km rail link, scheduled to operate by December 2026, will be capable of transporting up to 10,000 passengers per hour in each direction, cutting crossborder travel time to just six minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Singapore, meanwhile, will purchase land parcels from Malaysia to expand the Woodlands Checkpoint. The site, equivalent to a football field, is expected to ease border congestion. Foot traffic at Woodlands rose 22 percent in 2024, with daily visitors increasing to 327,000 from 269,000 the previous year. By 2050, average daily numbers are projected to hit 400,000.<\/p>\n<p>Easier access and new opportunities are spurring heavy property inflows from Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>According to Govinder Singh, executive director of Apac Capital Markets at Colliers Singapore, more than half of real estate investment capital flowing into Johor in the first four months of this year came from cross-border sources. He noted that 51.8 percent of inflows were led by Singapore investors, followed by those from Japan, the US, China, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, the UK, and Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, total real estate investment in Johor reached roughly USD2.1 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Roy Ling, CEO of FollowTrade, an investment platform, tells Property Report that Johor and Singapore\u2019s property markets have long been intertwined.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor decades, Johor offered space and affordability, while Singapore provided stability and trust. They\u2019re not substitutes, but complements. That balance has shaped the cross-border story for generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the Woodlands expansion, Ling added: \u201cSingapore\u2019s move to expand the checkpoint into Malaysia is not just about easing congestion\u2014it\u2019s about futureproofing cross-border connectivity. A more efficient gateway will unlock real estate value on both sides of the Causeway, strengthening Woodlands as a growth corridor and boosting Johor\u2019s appeal as an integrated economic partner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Singaporean homebuyers are increasingly looking at Johor as a genuine place to live\u2014close to Singapore, yet far more affordable. Housing prices in the city state start at around SGD29,000 (USD21,700) per square metre in central areas and about SGD19,000 outside. By contrast, Johor\u2019s range is MYR4,800 (USD1,136) per sqm for standard condos and MYR10,800 for luxury.<\/p>\n<p>Ling concludes: \u201cAs Johor expands its industrial and residential base, Singapore becomes even more valuable as the premium, safe-haven market. We\u2019ll see a division of labour: Johor for scale, Singapore for trust. In the long run, both markets will rise together, with Woodlands as the new gateway to ASEAN.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>T<\/em><em>his article was originally published on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiarealestatesummit.com\/newsroom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asiarealestatesummit.com<\/a>. Write to our editors at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:propertyreport@propertyguru.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">propertyreport@propertyguru.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once regarded as a poor relation across the causeway, Johor Bahru is cementing its status as an integrated economic partner to Singapore<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":43152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,92],"tags":[260,4746],"class_list":["post-43149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-magazine","category-news","tag-johor-bahru","tag-malayisa","news_country-malaysia","news_author-george-styllis"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ 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