Southern Marina Residences

Completed and freehold, Southern Marina Residences is a waterfront project by Southern Marina Development, located in Puteri Harbour, Iskandar Puteri. Its two towers, one of 32 storeys and one of 34, stand on 12.5 acres wedged between the public marina and Puteri Harbour’s mega-yacht marina. Each floor has eight units sharing four lifts.

Handover took place in December 2018, so buyers get vacant possession straight away and have no build period to sit through. The unusual part is the range of layouts. There are twelve, starting with a one-bedroom of 769 sq ft and running to a four-bedroom penthouse of 3,317 sq ft, yet each floor carries only eight homes.

Each apartment looks out over water. To the north, the public marina is faced by Types A1 and A2 together with B3 and C2. To the south, Types A3 and C1, along with B1 and B2, face the private marina. Down below on the marina front runs Puteri Harbour’s promenade, lined with shops and al fresco restaurants.

You can stand in the actual unit before you decide

Nearly everything on sale in Iskandar Puteri is sold off a floor plan and a scale model. Here the building has been standing since 2018, which changes what due diligence means. You can ride the lift at seven in the evening and time the wait. You can stand at the window of the specific unit on the specific floor and see exactly which way the water sits and what is being built between you and it. You can read the ceiling height with your own eyes instead of off a spec sheet.

The same fact cuts the other way, and it is worth saying plainly. Nothing here is new. There is already a management corporation, an already-accumulated sinking fund and seven years of wear on the common property. Ask to see the maintenance account and the last AGM minutes, and walk the car park and the recreation deck — not just the unit. On a completed building those documents exist, which is more than an off-plan buyer gets.

Unit Types

Bathroom counts are not tabulated per type in the developer’s own material, so they are left off this table rather than guessed at from the drawings. The plan sheets themselves are reproduced below and show the layout of each bathroom.

Layout & Floor Plan

All twelve plans are the developer’s own drawings, one per type, each printed with its type code and built-up area. Types A1 to A3 are one-bedroom layouts, with A1 and A2 carrying an additional study or utility room and A3 the largest single-bedroom plan at 870 sq ft. The B types are two-bedroom-plus layouts between 1,260 and 1,324 sq ft. C1 and C2 are three-bedroom-plus plans at roughly 2,000 sq ft with a balcony.

Types D1 to D4 are penthouses on the upper floors, where the floor plate drops to four units instead of eight. D2 is the largest at 3,317 sq ft with four bedrooms plus three additional rooms; all four carry a maid’s room, a wet and dry kitchen and a balcony.

On Level 5 of both towers, a small number of units include a private enclosed space: a ground-level terrace added to an otherwise standard layout. Because the developer assigns them no type code of their own, raise it directly if you want a terrace.

Facilities

• 50 m lap pool
• Children’s wading pool and interactive water play
• Jacuzzi
• Gymnasium
• Steam room
• Children’s playground
• BBQ area
• Multi-purpose hall
• Tennis court
• Half basketball court
• Wellness and fitness gazebos
• Leisure pavilion
• Deck with a view over the marina

The tennis court and half basketball court are worth noting — a recreation deck of this size in this segment usually stops at a leisure pool and a gym. Access to the development is controlled through four security tiers, and parking runs from two bays for a Type A or Type B unit to three for a Type C and four for a Type D penthouse.

Location & Connectivity

Iskandar Puteri’s marina district is Puteri Harbour, planned from the start around a working harbour instead of having one added later. The same masterplan contains Legoland Malaysia, Traders Hotel and the university campuses of Educity. Roughly fifteen minutes’ drive brings you to the Malaysia–Singapore Second Link, the western Johor crossing, as opposed to the Causeway.

• Set between two marinas — the public one and the Puteri Harbour mega-yacht marina
• Puteri Harbour Promenade — shops and al fresco restaurants lining the marina front
• Traders Hotel Puteri Harbour
• Legoland Malaysia
• Educity Iskandar — Marlborough College, University of Southampton and Newcastle University
• Afiat Healthpark
• Johor Premium Outlets
• Malaysia–Singapore Second Link — about 15 minutes
• Senai International Airport

What Puteri Harbour does not have is a rail station. The RTS Link terminates at Bukit Chagar in Johor Bahru city, not here, so this is a precinct you drive in and out of. Day-to-day groceries and school runs mean a car.

Developer Background

The developer, Southern Marina Development Sdn Bhd, was set up specifically for this waterfront site. Its record is best judged by the finished towers: completed in December 2018 and lived in ever since, they offer proof of a kind that a list of past deliveries cannot. Instead of weighing up a promise, you can examine the completed units, the common areas and how the estate has been managed.

Units are still sold as primary-market stock, and the developer’s package was most recently revised in December 2024.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much is Southern Marina Residences?
Southern Marina Residences starts from around RM820,000 gross. The price of a given unit depends on its layout and floor. PM us for the current price list.

Is Southern Marina Residences freehold?
Yes. The land tenure is freehold, on a commercial title — uncommon for a waterfront address on the Johor coast, and it means no state consent is needed on a future sale.

Is Southern Marina Residences completed?
Yes. The development was completed in December 2018 and has been occupied since. Units hand over on completion of the transaction, with no construction period.

How many units are on each floor at Southern Marina Residences?
Eight, served by four lifts, on the typical residential floors. The penthouse floors drop to four units per floor.

Which units at Southern Marina Residences face the private marina?
South-facing units over the private marina are Types A3, C1, B1 and B2. On the north side, A1, A2, C2 and B3 look onto the public marina.

Are there penthouses at Southern Marina Residences Puteri Harbour?
Yes, there are four penthouse plans: D2 (3,317 sq ft), D3 (2,709 sq ft), D1 (2,629 sq ft) and D4 (2,264 sq ft). On penthouse floors the unit count drops from eight to four.

What is a PES unit at Southern Marina Residences?
PES means private enclosed space, which here is a terrace at ground level joined to the apartment. Only a few units on Level 5 in each tower have one, and they follow the standard type layouts.

How far is Southern Marina Residences from Singapore?
The Malaysia–Singapore Second Link is about fifteen minutes away by car. Note that this is the western crossing at Tuas, not the Causeway into Woodlands.

How many car park bays come with a unit at Southern Marina Residences?
Two bays for Type A and Type B units, three for Type C, and four for the Type D penthouses.