TROPICANA MIYU
Tropicana MIYU is developing by Tropicana Corporation, a reputable developer which specialised mostly on mid to high-end property development in Malaysia. Tropicana Corp is season developer and the risk of completion is relatively low. PROPCAFE highlighted it because choosing the right developer is crucial to avoid high abandon risk in current “crisis” period. Quick search in google will help you to know more about this developer.
The name of a property is important as it is the name for many residents to call HOME. Yup, “I am staying at “MIYU”!”. Why MIYU? The Developer is thinking about ME & YOU! Sound a bit selfish :P. How about others? In Mandarin, it sound like MEI YOU . Joke aside, it is at least an unique name that can be easily remembered. MIYU in Japanese also can be interpreted as “Beauty, Dream.” So, name wise, not too bad.
Density
This project is sitting at a 2.28 acres land, with a total of 271 units. It translates to a density ratio of 119 units per acre. Although many claim that this is low density project, PROPCAFE disagreed because you simply cannot use gross units to conclude the density of the development (how about 150 units in 0.5 acres?). The land is very small and the units are offered with the layout of 2 bedrooms and above. To call it mid density is probably more appropriate. Anyway, living with less units like 200+ units within a project is getting rare nowadays and you still have much less traffic compares to larger lands with similar or slightly lower units offering. It is still a bless to owners. Decent density ratio, but not low.
The good news is, with only 37 storeys (7 storeys are carpark podium) and eight units to share a floor, there are still 3 & 1 lifts to share among 271 units which come in a reasonable lift sharing ratio, therefore, waiting time for lift is not an issue.
Freehold and Orientation
It is hard to get freehold property in prime Petaling Jaya land nowadays. MIYU, is clearly having great advantage of this compare to nearby leasehold properties. To add on, it is a fully residential property without any commercial units within the property, yup no 7/11, no laundry shop, no shops. But it also no such convenient within the building :). So, it really depends on how you see it. The units’ orientation of either South and North Facing made it easier for buyers to choose the units as all of them could avoid “West Sun”, except a wall from the corner unit. In term of the architectural design, well done, MIYU.
