Ascott Star Residence KL City Centre Review 2026: Price, Layouts, Location & Who It Suits

Quick answer: who is Ascott Star Residence for?

Ascott Star Residence suits buyers who want a finished home about 450 m from the Petronas Twin Towers, in a tower where The Ascott Limited runs serviced residences on the lower floors and offers its services to residents on request. Sizes run from a 679 sq ft one-bedroom to a 2,972 sq ft 4 + 1 bedroom unit. It is less suited to buyers who look only at the headline figure: the list price per square foot sits above most recorded sales in the Star Residences development, so price the exact unit before you choose.

My view

What you buy at Ascott Star Residence is a completed tower on Jalan Yap Kwan Seng with the Ascott name attached. Menara AmBank is about 50 m away, the Twin Towers about 450 m and Avenue K about 550 m, and the building has been finished since 2021, so you can walk the actual unit instead of a show unit. The private homes sit on Levels 35 to 56 with their own lift, above the Ascott-run floors, and residents can pay for Ascott's concierge, room service, and laundry and valet services when they want them. The trade-off is price: the developer's list price works out at about RM 2,274 to 2,583 per square foot, while units across the Star Residences development recorded about RM 1,470 to 2,380 from 2024 to 2026. Ask for the price of the exact unit and set it against the sales below.

• Suits: buyers who want to inspect a finished home near the Twin Towers before paying; owners who like hotel-style services on call; families who need a large unit, up to 2,972 sq ft.
• Think twice if: you are buying on price per square foot alone, or you need more than two car parks.

Project facts (checked, updated September 2026)

Who is the developer?

Ascott Star Residence is developed by Alpine Return Sdn Bhd, a 50:50 joint venture of Symphony Life Berhad (formerly Bolton Berhad) and United Malayan Land Berhad (UM Land). Symphony Life is listed on Bursa Malaysia; its developments include the Tijani homes in Kenny Hills, 6 Ceylon, Arata, Twy @ Mont' Kiara and the Taman Tasik Prima township, and the group has built more than 15,000 residential, commercial, retail and industrial properties. UM Land's completed homes in Kuala Lumpur include Suasana Sentral Loft at KL Sentral, Suasana Bangsar, Seri Bukit Ceylon and Suasana Bukit Ceylon, and its townships include Bandar Seri Alam and Taman Seri Austin in Johor and Bandar Seri Putra in Selangor.

The builder is Samsung C&T, whose projects include the Petronas Twin Towers and the Burj Khalifa. The serviced residences in the tower are run by The Ascott Limited, a member of CapitaLand, which operates the Ascott, Citadines and Somerset brands, The Crest Collection and lyf, with more than 500 properties in over 130 cities. The Star Residences development won Best Apartment, Best Mixed-Use Architecture and Development awards for Malaysia at the Asia Pacific Property Awards 2017-2018.

What is near Ascott Star Residence?

Distances are approximate.

Menara Public Bank and Menara Maxis are about 650 m away, The Intermark about 1.2 km, and Starhill Gallery, Fahrenheit88 and Lot 10 about 2.1 to 2.5 km.

What do nearby homes actually sell and rent for?

Ascott Star Residence is completed, and the Star Residences development has its own recorded sales; the records cover all three towers together and do not say which tower each unit is in. The closest references outside the development are The Mews, a completed building about 230 m away with 926 sq ft units, and Four Seasons Place, a completed branded residence about 360 m away, for units of about 2,300 to 2,400 sq ft.

Recorded sale prices, 2024 to 2026

The recorded sizes are the main floor area without the air-conditioner ledge, so they read about 22 to 44 sq ft smaller than the sizes in the layout table below. The developer is still selling remaining units directly, so some recorded sales may be the developer's own sales rather than resales.

Asking rents, September–October 2026

Asking rents are what owners are listing for, not signed leases, so treat them as a ceiling.

How I read it. Across the Star Residences development, the middle of the 11 one-bedroom-size sales is about RM 1,620 per square foot, against the developer's list price of about RM 2,274 to 2,583. The larger units recorded higher, about RM 1,810 to 2,380, and the highest figures are on the upper floors. The Mews, about 230 m away, recorded much less, about RM 1,080 to 1,300; Four Seasons Place, the other branded residence nearby, recorded about RM 2,530 to 3,510 for its large units. So the useful comparison is the price of the exact unit you are offered, from the developer or on the resale market, against these records, not the headline figure. All three are finished buildings you can inspect today. For rent, units of 710 to 722 sq ft across the Star Residences development are listed at RM 4,100 to 4,500 a month and 948 sq ft units at RM 5,500 to 6,500, while The Mews' 925 to 943 sq ft units are mostly listed at RM 4,100 to 4,500. These listings cover all three towers and are for whole units let by the month, so they do not show what the Ascott-run serviced residences on the lower floors charge.

Which Ascott Star Residence layout suits you?

What I would pick. For a couple, the 2-bedroom Type C at about 948 sq ft is the layout I would start with: two bathrooms, and the size with the most comparable records nearby. For a family, Type E at 1,400 sq ft gives three bedrooms and three bathrooms on Levels 43 to 56. Types D, F1, F2 and G are on the top floors, Levels 53 to 56, where there are only 5 or 6 units per floor. Because the building is finished, you can ask to see the actual unit and its view before you decide.

What does it cost to hold each month?

The maintenance fee is about RM 0.65 per sq ft a month, including the sinking fund, so:

On a 1,000 sq ft unit that is about RM 650 a month, against about RM 660 at Jewel by Oxley, RM 680 at DIVINE KL City Centre and RM 700 at DAWN KL City Centre. Quit rent and assessment tax come on top. Ascott's services are charged separately when you use them.

Price per square foot against its neighbours

Ascott Star Residence has the highest starting price of the four and the widest range of sizes, up to 2,972 sq ft. It and Jewel by Oxley are completed; DIVINE and DAWN, both about 230 to 290 m away, are new launches with much smaller units and completion expected in 2032 and 2029.

Facilities

The H2O facility deck on Level 6 has a pool, kids' pool, reflective pool, jacuzzi, pool deck, floating cabana, hydrotherapy shower, koi pond and rock garden; a gym area, dance and yoga room and kickboxing room; a sports lounge, two VIP KTV rooms and three KTV rooms; a banquet room with pre-function area, an outdoor pavilion and BBQ lounge, a hammock garden, a reading room, an outdoor playground and child play area, and a chill-out area. There is also a link bridge, surau, laundromat, convenience store, meeting room, management office, and changing rooms and toilets. The O3 Sky Park has a sun deck, lap pool and pool deck. Star Boulevard, the retail podium, carries the Star Walk of Fame, billed as South East Asia's first.

Ascott's à la carte services for residents, at extra charge, include concierge, room service, five-star hotel amenities, meeting rooms, laundry and valet, and express check-in and check-out.

Pros and cons (my view)

How to view Ascott Star Residence

WhatsApp Shyan Yee (REN 46305, IQI Realty) at +60 17-279 8932 for the price list, floor plans and a viewing. Actual units in the tower are shown in place of show units, with one day's appointment, and the show gallery is at Lot 108, Jalan Yap Kwan Seng. Some of the remaining units on Levels 35 to 43 are offered as Ascott-managed units, run by The Ascott Limited alongside the serviced residences below: treat that as an investment purchase, with a separate furnishing agreement, and ask for the full terms in writing. Full specifications are on the Ascott Star Residence project page.