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Continue Reading ⋅ 19 February 2022
Springville Residences is a low density development offering residents an exclusive and convenient lifestyle. Springville is located next to Global Oriental Berhad’s Equine Boulevard Business Centre and Naza TTDI’s Pusat Komersil Equine.
Springville Residence is a leasehold, 2-tower, 18-storey, 277-unit condominium located in the heart of Taman Equine, Seri Kembangan. Standing directly opposite the Alice Smith International School on Persiaran Dr George Lim Ah Soo (a brand new road), the low-density condominium is flanked by semi virgin greenery on one side and almost adjoins to two up-and-coming commercial centres on the other side – these being Global Oriental Berhad’s relatively new Equine Boulevard and Naza TTDI’s brand new Dualis, also called Pusat Komersil Equine. The developer for Springville is Global Oriental Berhad or GOB, as popularly known.
About the Condominium
Springville is gated and guarded and although mid-range in cost with a launch price of RM638,000, it comes with full condo facilities which include a tennis court, basketball half court, swimming pool, gymnasium and so forth.
Interior view of Springville Residence (artist impression).
There are basically three types of layouts available with built-ups ranging from 1,044 sq ft to 1,185 sq ft. All units come with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and 2 carparks. The views available are Garden View, Pool View, Air Hitam Forest Reserve view and the Alice Smith School View.
Springville is a completed project. The keys were handed over at the end of June 2016. However there are still a number of units left at developer’s prices. There are units too for rental and for subsale.
About the Developer
As mentioned earlier, Springville Residence is developed by Global Oriental Berhad (GOB), formerly known as Equine Capital Berhad or ECB.
Now ECB has a long standing history which goes back to 1994 when the company purchased 550 acres of freehold land in Seri Kembangan and developed it into the satellite township of Equine Park. Yes, ECB, now GOB, were the people behind the existence of Equine Park and there is a reason why the township has a reference to horses but that will be revealed later in this article. Thus, one will see that much of the foundation and character of Equine Park bears the stamp of its builders.
The series of commercial and residential developments built after Equine Park such as Pusat Bandar Putra Permai, Putra Permai and so on going back over two decades, have today come full circle back to their latest projects in their pioneer flagship township of Equine Park. These projects include their recently-completed commercial lots called Equine Boulevard and EQuator as well as their current and new residential launches such as Galleria (highrise), Springville (highrise), and Villa Heights (bungalows).
You will be taken to visit all three residential developments in a video in the Location section below.
Project Name: Springville Residence, Equine Park
Name of Road: Persiaran Dr George Lim Ah Soo, Taman Equine, 43300, Seri Kembangan, Selangor
Developer: Global Oriental Berhad ─ (formerly known as Equine Capital Berhad)
Developer’s Address: Global Oriental Berhad, No 1, Jalan Putra Permai 1A, Taman Equine, 43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor Darul Ehsan
Tel: 03-8941-7878 Email: gob@gob.com.my
Website: http://www.gob.com.my
Tel: (603) 8945 7878
Fax: (603) 8953 0878
Email: sales@gob.com.my
Sales Gallery: GOB Sales Gallery, 5-1 Jalan Equine 10, Taman Equine, 43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor
Tel: 03-8945-7878 Email: sales@gob.com.my
Property Type: Condominium
Land Area: 4.5 acres
Land Title: Residential
Tenure: Leasehold (note: 77 years remaining)
No of Towers: 2
No of Storeys: 18
Total No of Units in 2 Blocks: 277
No of Units per floor: 8
Available Unit Types and Built Up:
- Type A: All Type A are INTERMEDIATE units 3R + 2B + Yard + Balcony| Built Up: 1,044 sq ft
- Type B: All Type B are CORNER units 3R + 2B + Yard + Balcony| Built Up: 1,185 sq ft
- Type C: All Type C are CORNER units 3R + 2B + Yard + Balcony| Built Up: 1,053 sq ft
No of Lifts per Floor: 3 + 1 Service Lift = 4
No of Car Park Bays given per Unit: 2
Price of Units: From RM637,875 to RM864,750
Price per sq ft: RM576
Expected Date of Completion: Completed in 2016
Project Details
Artist Impression of the entrance and Springville, now materialized exactly as you see it.
The real guardhouse, up close.
As you can see, Springville is two blocks at 18 storeys tall. With 277 units over 4.5 acres of land and priced mid-cost, Springville is very low density and comes with full condominium facilities, beginning with the guardhouse. It is gated and guarded of course.
But do note that this is a leasehold condominium with a tenure until 2108.
There are three floors of car parks, two are underground. Each unit is given 2 carparks, side-by-side and covered. Above the carpark is the facilities podium. In this picture, you can see the Tennis Court clearly.
Here is the big picture. The Guardhouse, the car park and above it, the Facilities podium with pools, children’s playground, landscaped garden and so on.
Here is a look at the facilities podium. Note the covered walkways.There are two levels to the podium. Here is only one side of it.
Floor Plans
Springville has three Floor Plans: Type A (intermediate units) and Types B and C ─ corner units. All three have balconies and yards. As it is a completed project, the available units left are on the upper floors. Do have a look at the floor plans.
Springville has three Floor Plans: Type A (intermediate units) and Types B and C ─ corner units. All three have balconies and yards. As it is a completed project, the available units left are on the upper floors. Do have a look at the floor plans.
This is Type A, with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, a yard and a balcony.
This is Type B, with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, a yard and a balcony.
This is Type C, with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, a yard and a balcony.
Specifications
Here are the materials and fittings going into the units.
This is the facilities podium (Artist Impression). This is the pool/s section of the podium with the playground located at the other side.
The facilities provided are top-notch as you can see. They include:
- Swimming Pool
- Children’s Pool
- Basketball Half Court
- Gymnasium
- Tennis Court
- Children’s Play Area
- Sauna
- Reflexology Path
- Landscaped Garden
Location
Actual photo of Springville Residence.
Springville Residence, Equine Park stands directly in front of Alice Smith International School on Persiaran Dr George Lim Ah Soo. It is barely 20 metres across the road of Jalan Equine with Block A facing the school directly.
Alice Smith International School. Picture taken with Springville Residence on the right. The school is just across the road.
Turning the other way around, note the proximity of TTDI Dualis and Equine Boulevard. Note too the blue pavement grills providing safety to pedestrians walking to the business centres or around the developments.
Walking less than 1 minute or 50 metres across the road of Persiaran Dr George Lim Ah Soo, Springville residents will be able to access TTDI Dualis also known as Pusat Komersil Equine. Or walk 2 minutes or 100 metres down the same road and residents would be able to reach Equine Boulevard. Many banks are located there, along with a myriad of other amenities such as furniture shops, dentists, clinics and even boutique budget hotels. Such is the convenience offered to Springville residents.
The “protected curb” leads all the way to Equine Boulevard. This is the portion of Boulevard that is closest to Springville. It is really only a few steps away!
This is the length of Equine Boulevard and the brand new road of Dr George Lim Ah Soo. See more pictures of the inside of Boulevard below.
From Springville, it would take only 3 minutes or 800km to reach AEON Jusco along Jalan Equine. Or slip down Persiaran Akademi Perdana via Persiaran Dr George Lim Ah Soo travelling just 550 metres or 1 minute by car and you will join Jalan Putra Permai (an artery that leads to the SKVE and LDP) along which you will find Putra Walk, Pasar Borong Selangor, Giant Hypermart and the Atmosphere.
Directly opposite Boulevard, across the same road of Dr George Lim Ah Soo, is TTDI Dualis better known as Pusat Komersil Equine. Everything is still brand new of course ─ the road too as you can see. But soon, all the shop offices will fill up and this place will bustle.
Springville’s Unbeatable Convenience
Springville is in an enviable part of Equine Park. The location is at once secluded, being nicely nestled in a quiet leafy area, yet sits an arm’s length away from the centre of a bustling business community filled with all kinds of amenties.
Springville is just 300 metres or 1 minute by car from EQuator, another square with a hundred over shoplots and shop offices spanning 16 acres. Equator is new of course, not yet completely filled up with businesses but will surely be in due time, and it is just 800 metres from Jusco (take a look at the video included below to see the actual driving distance), opposite of which are rows upon rows of older shoplots housing businesses such as KK Mart, KK Hotel, music schools, pet shops and veterinarian clinics, clothes and luggage boutiques, organic stores, car accessory shops, mechanics and most of all ─ Chinese coffeeshops.
Bustling Equine Park eat-street. The stalls open from early morning till late at night. These shoplots were built by GOB too.
In this row of coffeeshops, Restoran Tar Chong is pretty famous peddling their Claypot Lou Shu Fan, Chap Fan, Kai Fan, Wanton Meen, Dai Chow and a hundred other fares done a hundred different ways. In Equine Park, when it comes to food just name it ─ it’ll be served up to you.
Further up the same street is Restoran Y2 with their array of Chinese fast food. These two coffeeshops have been here for years taking up many shoplots and have become quite the identity of Taman Equine. Their stalls spill into the streets and light up the night as they open till the wee hours 24/7. Then again, food is available all over Equine Park, not just here in the stalls. From upmarket restaurants to franchised fast food to street food, whether Halal or non-Halal, there are choices galore! You’ll never go hungry if you live here.
A Closer Look at GOB’s EQuator and Equine Boulevard
GOB Show Gallery in EQuator, the new commercial block, on Jalan Equine 10, off Jalan Equine.
Global Oriental Berhad or GOB, the developer has its Show Gallery located in EQuator. These are 2 to 5-storey shop offices on Jalan Equine. A mere 550 metres away from EQuator lies Equine Boulevard.
EQuator is the relatively-new completed blocks of shop offices in Taman Equine.
Equine Boulevard banking street. Clockwise from left: Maybank, CIMB, Public Bank, the mix of shops and Hong Leong Bank. Hong Leong Bank was the first to open here in Boulevard when the shoplots were completed in 2013. Springville residents do not even have to travel out to access amenities, all the amenities are at their doorstep.
Now Equine Boulevard is quickly becoming known as Banking Street. Since completion in 2013, these blocks of 3- and 4-storey shoplots have secured the tenancy of at least four major banks. They are: Maybank, Hong Leong, CIMB and Public Bank. More will probably follow but it is likely new banks may take up EQuator since there are still unoccupied units at this more recently-completed business square.
In short, Taman Equine is a very successful, very matured and very self-contained township.
Equine Park or Taman Equine ─ Why It Is Called Such and How It Came To Be
Taman Equine, marked out in pink. Source: Google Maps
Looking through the lens of history, there used to be horses, stables and equestrian activities in Equine Park or Taman Equine. On any good weekend, riders on their trusty mounts would be seen clip-clopping along the lonely, heavily-wooded roads around Wisma Penyayang and the Alice Smith School. This was back in the day when there were more trees than people and when even AEON Jusco hadn’t even arrived. (AEON Jusco opened its doors in 2006).
Equine Park was named Equine Park because coincidentally, or maybe not coincidentally, the riding academy and stables called Akademi Ekuestrian DiRaja, was established in the area soon after Global Oriental or Equine Capital Berhad (ECB) as the Group was known then, acquired 550 acres of leasehold Seri Kembangan land in 1994. The plan was to develop the parcel into Equine Park. Thus, the masterplan may have included equestrian sports from the very beginning.
Then, in 1996, a parcel of land next to the designated plot for the stables was sold for the construction of the Alice Smith International School. That was how Alice Smith came to be in Equine Park. In the years that followed, the eminence of the school became the “landmark” for this area, particularly for the newer developments wanting to put themselves on the map.
Once upon a time: The Akademi Ekuestrian DiRaja Selangor was at the exact spot where GOB Sales Gallery and their latest shoplots EQuator are situated today.
But the main landmark was of course, the horses. According to an ECB 2003 annual report, in September 1997, a year after the launch of Taman Equine’s maiden project of Bungalow lots, Akademi Ekuestrian DiRaja Selangor, Malaysia’s first full-fledged equestrian academy, was conferred Royal Status by the Sultan of Selangor, Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj. In January 1999, the riding academy officially opened its doors, offering a comprehensive range of riding courses for individuals and groups. It was a historic moment.
The imprint of hooves in the annals of time. Left: In June 2002, the First Annual Gymkhana Games was held at Akademi Ekuestrian DiRaja Selangor, Equine Park. Right: ECB’s Prospectus was launched at the Equine Home Gallery in September 2003. Back in its day, ECB’s Equine Home Gallery was considered the largest and most modern property showroom. That gallery has now been taken down and in its place is where Galleria (another GOB residential project) stands today.
In between these years and after ─ such as the launch of the Putra Permai controlled cost apartments in 1998, and the acquiring of 239 acres of land for the development of Pusat Bandar Putra Permai in 1999 ─ Taman Equine grew from strength to strength and has not looked back since.
The riding academy is now gone of course, presumably relocated to Putrajaya and in its place ─ in the exact spot actually ─ is GOB’s Show Gallery in the developer’s own square of shoplots called EQuater on Jalan Equine 10, off Jalan Equine. (Have a look at the map above).
Time changes everything as they say but some things stay imprinted, such as character. In the case of Taman Equine, the fabric of its character lies in the interweaving of the old and the new in an eclectic mix of laid-back countrified charm, full of traditionalism and culture but awakening to the call of urbanity. Equine Park spans over 800 acres today. It is burgeoning, niche in many ways and quite like no other, at least in this part of Puchong South.
Why not Savour the Serenity of Equine Park Yourself?
Yes, why not? Click on the video below for quick drive around. You will get to see three of GOB’s latest developments ─ Galleria, Springville and Villa Heights, plus a few other new commercial squares such as GOB’s EQuator, Equine Boulevard and other long-established landmarks such as Alice Smith, AEON Jusco, and McDonald’s.
Nicely Networked and Amenitised Township
Highways around Equine Park as can be seen in the map are: LDP, SKVE, MEX, PLUS, BESRAYA, Proposed SKIP and Proposed KIDEX.
The nearest international schools to Taman Equine. Left: Alice Smith International School, Taman Equine and Right: Rafflesia International School in 16 Sierra, 5km away. Of course, there are dozens of national and Chinese national type schools all around as well. (Pix from Google Satellite Map)
International Schools and Universities (within 15 minutes from Taman Equine)
- Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
- Multimedia University (MMU)
- LimKokWing University of Creative Technology
- John Hopkins University
- Segi College University
- Alice Smith International School (nearest of all)
- Rafflesia International and Private Schools (in 16 Sierra)
- ELC International School Cyberjaya
- Tanarata International School Kajang
- Australia International School
- Taylor’s International School, Puchong
The nearest shopping complexes. Left: AEON Jusco, Taman Equine. Centre: The Atmosphere, Seri Kembangan. Right: Giant Hypermart, Seri Kembangan. (Pix from Google Satellite Map)
Grocery Shopping and Shopping Malls (within 15 minutes of Taman Equine)
- Aeon Jusco
- Giant Hypermart Seri Kembangan
- The Atmosphere, Seri Kembangan
- Pasar Borong Selangor
- Putra Walk
- IOI Mall Puchong
- IOI Resort City Putrajaya
- Sierra Zentro (16 Sierra)
- (upcoming) Bukit Jalil City (Bukit Jalil)
- (upcoming) The Link 2 (Bukit Jalil)
To read about other properties in the Seri Kembangan area, click on:
Akira Residence, 16 Sierra and other property types in 16 Sierra
Analysis
A showcase of GOB’s track record: Completed Projects and On-going Projects.
About the Developer
As mentioned, Springville has just been completed. Purchasers received their keys in early July 2016.
“Global Oriental Berhad (formerly known as Equine Capital Berhad) was listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad on 28 October 2003. The GOB Group’s core competency is in property development. Its niche in township development since 1992 is best exemplified by its three flagship projects, namely Taman Equine, Putra Permai and Pusat Bandar Putra Permai. These projects span over 800 acres of leasehold land located at Seri Kembangan in the state of Selangor.”
Excerpted from http://www.gob.com.my/
For more of GOB’s Story and the building of Taman Equine, scroll up to Location.
The Figures
The comparative figures below are between 4 new developments in the same area of Taman Equine: Springville Residence and Galleria by GOB, Trion888 by Naza TTDI, and Zeva Residences by the Trinity Group.
| Name | Tenure | Unit Size | No of Units | Average Price PSF | Approx Start Price per Unit |
| Springville Residence, Equine Park Completed 2016 | L hold | 1,044sq ft ─ 1,185sq ft | 277 | RM576 | From RM638+K |
| Galleria, Equine Park expected completion: 2016 | L hold | 450sq ft ─ 760sq ft | 504 | RM520 | From RM274+K |
| TRION888, Equine Park expected completion: 2017 | L hold | 450sq ft ─ Types A,B,C | 194 | RM577 | From RM349+K |
| Zeva, Equine South completed in 2015 | L hold | 455sq ft ─ 1,536sq ft | 766 | RM453 | From RM188+K |
Summary
The three on-going, new launch and completed GOB projects in Taman Equine.
“I’m not a girl…not yet a woman”. So sang Britney Spears.
Strange reference to draw parallels from you might say but Equine Park is a little like that. No longer a backwater for sure but not yet a full-blown city with crammed streets and clogged traffic, Equine Park strikes a nice balance between rustic quietude and urban vibrancy. That’s the allure of the place.
So it gets a little jammed along Jalan Putra Permai linking to the SKVE and the LDP during rush hour but isn’t that the norm with any other area with encroaching population? Besides, there are options of other highways to make a quick detour if the need arises.
The average price per sq ft of Equine Park ─ infact of Seri Kembangan as a whole ─ has risen over the years but this is a direct reflection of the rising value of real estate all over Malaysia. The good news is, Equine Park’s prices are still hovering between RM550 and RM650 per sq ft ─ give or take a few ringgit ─ and GOB developments seem still to be priced at the reasonable end of the scale.
Galleria, Springville and Villa Heights are very different projects in the same area, but packaged distinctively for different budgets and separate segments of the demographic ─ whether single, hip and happening; married and starting a family; or older, established and/or retired.
For all the amenities that this demographic will need ─ whether it is schools, universities, childcare, enrichment classes, hospitals, F&B, leisure, sports and entertainment, business opportunities and even job opportunities ─ Taman Equine has them all, laid out for easy accessing within the township itself or through highways, and all without having to miss a beat or get discordant with life as you know it.
So at the end of the day, if the lilt of Taman Equine resonates with you, give GOB developments a thought on whether you could or should make a home here. After all, they were the ones who built Equine Park and they have done a good job thus far.
